...Working safely with trees recommended practices for the amenity tree industry WORKING SAFELY WITH TREES Foreword The amenity tree industry presents a challenging and changeable work environment associated with a high rate of injuries and several fatalities – the majority involving unexpected falling trees and branches. Tree-related fatalities were examined in depth as part of the Work Related Fatalities Program – a joint venture involving the Victorian WorkCover Authority, the State Coroner’s Office and VIOSH Australia (University of Ballarat). The Tree Felling Safety Group (TFSG) was formed as a result of this work to promote health and safety in forestry, arboriculture and urban tree industries. The TFSG includes representatives from industry, local government, unions and WorkSafe Victoria – the operational name for the health and safety arm of the Victorian WorkCover Authority. The Group is keen to see potential solutions implemented to help to prevent death and serious injury involving tree workers. The development of this guidance material was a TFSG initiative. The result is a practical and user-friendly guide produced by industry representatives that aims to improve workers’ awareness and understanding of common hazards, risks and safety requirements, while assisting employers to meet their legal obligations. I urge everyone working in the amenity tree industry to use this booklet as a constant reference point, particularly supervisors and team...
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...This is a review of the Aspen Tree Interiors Hanging Fanback Porch Swing. This is a roomy porch swing that you can lounge on while reading a book or enjoying a cool summer breeze and a glass of wine. It's a comfortable porch swing that's sturdy and comes in a variety of colors to fit in with any type of décor you have on your patio, porch, or in the backyard. Personally, we're a fan of bright, bold colors, but you can choose the one that suits you best. Pros of the Hanging Fanback Porch Swing Amish-made Made in the USA Knot-free yellow pine Can hold several adults Durable construction Hanging hardware included Cons of the Swinging Day Bed Curbside delivery only First Impressions We've reviewed quite a few porch swings, but this is one of our favorites. The back of the swing is an unusual shape, so you could easily leave the back unadorned with pillows to highlight that design element. It's a wide 6-foot day bed that can take a thick cushion. This will turn it into a relaxing bed instead of just a swing to sit on while enjoying the outdoors. You could even use this as a place for your toddler to nap while you soak in the peace and quiet of nature....
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...ASSIGNMENT 10 PROJECT WORK a) Project for primary classroom THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST UNITOVERVIEW This primary unit takes across curricular approach involving language arts, math, science, and social studies. Art, music and movement education activities are also used to develop the concepts in this unit. Students will learn about the rainforest through a variety of activities to complete both on-line and in downloadable format for use in the classroom. In addition there is a resource bank of print and non-print resources included. Each lesson develops a particular focus and may take one class or several classes to complete. Extending activities are also provided as well as assessment and evaluation tools and templates. Foundational Objectives: Knowledge ! Students will increase their knowledge about the rainforest. Skills and habits * Learn about and practice the skills and strategies of effective listeners, speakers, readers, writers and representers. * Speak and write to express thoughts, information, feelings and experiences in a variety of forms for a variety of purposes and audiences. * Read and view a range of grade-level appropriate oral, print, and other media texts in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes. * Assess personal and group strengths...
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...vast island, a dark curvy passage lead down to a large forest full of plants. Lining the bark of numerous trees was moss as soft as feathers, and weeds springing out from cracks in the ground. Behind the cluster of bushes, which looked like they haven't been trimmed in years, there was an oak tree. Towering over anyone passing, the tree seemed as if it were thousands of feet tall. Its roots dug deep into the soil, reaching for every last drop of water. No one knew what magic lived inside this tree. And no one ever found out. Pilanu, the former goddess of Nature always enjoyed that story from the very moment her grandmother told her. She visioned it in her mind, and how she would use her goddess capabilities...
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...caving. Luckily for us, the former caving grounds have been deemed safe for the public and re-opened in recent years (City of Negaunee). This is quite obviously appealing to the history buffs, but more importantly to those that believe that nature has a mysterious and whimsical voice. Thankfully, we have many people here that get a buzz from the way the world speaks. While walking in to my naturalistic solace and playground, I tried to look at it with a new eye. Instead of just finding peace in the journey of falling leaves and comfort in the swaying branches, I attempted to observe in detail. The very first thing I noticed as I walked past a long staircase to nowhere, was that a small squirrel was perched on the lowest branch of the tree nearest me. I slowly knelt down in order to get a closer look while trying not to stir him; taking in the amber tone of his bushy fur, and the high gloss that finished each of his eyes. I could see a drop of dew that sprouted from his nose and I wondered briefly how it had gotten there. He then brought the tiny nut he was holding to his jittery mouth; constantly looking...
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...as it is often referred to. Simply put, Deforestation is the clearing of the Earths forests on a very large scale. This is a worldwide epidemic, and generally in mainstream society, it is an issue that is largely put aside in its importance. While over 30% of the worlds land mass is still covered by forested areas (National Geographic.com), the rate in which the trees are being devoured is alarming. According to an article in the magazine, National Geographic, an area the size of Panama is cleared each and every year. Strategies must be developed to help control the amount of this precious resource that are stripped from the people and many different that rely on the forest for survival. To first understand and formulate a mitigation plan, one must first know the purposes behind Deforestation. There are many reasons behind why humans strip the forest of its trees. These reasons can vary, depending on the country we are talking about. They almost all come down to economics. For example, in many South American countries, poverty and lack of food sources cause people to clear land for the purpose of agriculture. The unavailability of jobs and a need to provide for their families results in necessity. They will use what is referred to as “slash and burn” techniques, where small amounts of acreage are cleared and then burned. Let’s look at some rainforest facts, provided by Raintree Nutrition, Inc. These can be found at rain-tree.com/facts.htm * Rain forests use to cover...
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...a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said, "Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems. I could be decorated with intricate carving and everyone would see the beauity". The second tree said, "Someday I will be a mighty ship. I will take Kings and Queens across the waters and sail to the corners of the world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull". Finally, the third tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hill and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how close to them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time and people will always remember me". After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group of woodsmen came upon the trees. When one came to the first tree he said, "This looks like s strong tree, I think I should be able to sell the wood to a carpenter".... and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy. because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest. At the second tree a woodsman said, "This looks like a strong tree, I should be able to sell it to the shipyard." The second tree was happy because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mighty ship. When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frigtened because he knew that if they cut him down his dreams would not come...
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...not improved over current conditions. This may include ensuring schools have adequate funding and up to date qualified individuals are teaching curricula, to having adequate jobs or safe streets to walk on. Each community will vary and have its own plan in place. Here at Colney & Pitts, we strive to not just take on a one-way street approach with local habitats and their residents; we take in key points to what’s best for the greater good. Some can say, but how does a big pharma company knows what’s best with all the scandal that revolves around the pharmaceutical industry? For the sake of transparency, yes there are plans to harvest the Prunus Africana tree, but we would like for the tribe to know that there are key points to ensure the continual of this rare tree. In the past years, this tree has been exploited by poachers and by excessive de-barking. The first way we chose to combat against this is to re-plant twice as many trees that we’ll de-bark. These trees will be planted in a nearby region that has had their Prunus population poached. Granted, it takes up to 20 years for these trees to reach their maturity, but we’d like to conserve the natural habitat where possible since your tribe uses this tree. Colony & Pitts plans to use the Prunus Afrikana for medical uses just like the Kikuyu does. However, we would like to be able to help out people all...
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...Entropy for Entertainment= -14log214+34log234=0.8112 Similarly, Entropy for comedy= 0.5435 Entropy for Documentaries= 0.8112 Weighted Average=420x0.8112+820x0.5435+820x0.8112=0.70412 (e) Which of the three attributes has the lowest Entropy? Answer: Movie ID has the lowest Entropy. (f) Which of the three attributes will you use for splitting at the root node? Brief explain your choice. Answer: We will use Movie Category to split the root nodes even though the entropy for Movie ID is lowest it is just an identification attribute and a decision tree using this attribute would not generalize at all. Movie ID value is unique for each record. The number of records for each partition are too small to make any predictions. Thus movie id is not a good choice. 2. Consider the decision tree shown in Figure 1, and the corresponding training and test sets in Tables 2 and 3 respectively. (a) Estimate the generalization error rate of the tree using both the optimistic approach and the pessimistic approach. While computing the error with pessimistic approach, to...
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...Title Dried Jackfruit Leaves as an Alternative Material for Corkboard (Wood) Objectives/Rationale 1. Study the components of Jackfruit leaves that contribute to its use for an alternative material for corkboard (wood). 2. Determine the effectiveness of glue as an adhesive material for pressing leaves together. 3. Observe its feasibility as a durable corkboard if it is as effective as the commercial corkboard. Statement of the Problem This study was conducted to investigate the properties of jackfruit leaves as substitute to wood. Specifically, the study attempted to answer the following questions: 1. What properties do dried jackfruit leaves have that makes it a substitute to wood? 2. How effective is the glue that is being used to adhere the leaves? 3. Is the corkboard made from dried jackfruit leaves as durable as those corkboards sold commercially in the market? Hypothesis 1. There is a significant effect on the certain properties of dried jackfruit leaves that enable one to use them as substitute to wood. 2. There is a significant effect on the certain required properties that glue should acquire for it to be good adhesive. 3. There are certain problems that the researcher will encounter through the processes to be done. Significance of the Study The study will be of special significance to the people in the community, to the members of the family and to the country as well. The people will...
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...Two opposing stakeholders are the small oil palms growers and the orangutans that live in the rain forest. The orangutans lead an arboreal life and live off of a diet largely consisting of fruit. They just want to be left alone to swing from tree to tree and eat fruit in the rain forest. Smallholders are looking for a way to make money and raise their standard of living. There are not a lot of options in Indonesia and Malaysia for them. One way is to grow oil palms. But to do that they need land and the easiest way to get it is to take land that is currently covered by rain forests. So they cut or burn the rain forest down to grow palms. Unfortunately this destroys the habitat of the orangutan. The orangutans can’t just pack up and move or adopt new ways of surviving in a new environment. They need the forest to survive. The growers don’t have a lot of resources to work around the rain forest issue so they take land away from the orangutan to provide for their families. The World Wildlife Fund and Little Brownie Bakers have opposing stakes in this issue. World Wildlife Fund is interested in saving the animals that live in the rain forest from destruction. They oppose cutting down the rain forest to make way for plantations. Little Brownie Bakers is interested in quality ingredients for their products. With no clear alternative to palm oil they need a supplier that can produce enough palm oil to meet demand. They buy from a plantation that is cutting down rainforest and that...
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...Primrose Everdeen In the novel Primrose, or Prim for short, is quite a prominent character, she is the sister of the narrator and heroine of the book; Katniss. Prim is 12 years old and lives in the seam of district 12 with her mother and sister, she has a pet Cat; Buttercup, and Pet Goat that she uses for milk; Lady. Although Primrose is not just the name of this female character but it is also the name of a flower. Plant profile - Primrose (or Primula vulgaris) is native to western and southern Europe, north-west Africa and south-east Asia. It is a delicately scented, pretty, pale yellow flower with five petals. Primrose flowers in the early spring and is one of the first flowers to bloom; it grows in open woods and shaded hedgerows. Primrose symbolism – Although fairly similar, different cultures have their own symbolic meanings for the primrose plant. The Victorian interpretation of primrose was quite superstitious; like when bringing the primrose plant into your house if you have more or less than thirteen flowers it was believed to be bad luck. It was also a symbol for bashfulness, inconsistency, young love, neglected merit and also says I can’t live without you when given as a gift. Whereas in Norse folklore it was much more related to the gods, since it is the sacred flower of ‘Freya goddess of love’ and all that she enraptures, in Norse culture it also represents the woman and the petals on the blossom stood for various stages of life. Although those two cultures...
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... Dear Mr. Shaky: It has been a month since I was hired as GM of the Inn Restaurant. I am settling in well and look forward to a long prosperous relationship. I would like to take this opportunity to discuss with you some items of concern regarding the condition of the building. During this site inspection the following things caught my attention. * Old trees have grown so that their branches could become entangled in the power lines connected to the restaurant * Many of the windows have gaps possibly from the building settling * Water is not properly drained from the building. * Spider web pattern of cracks forming on the foundation. * The roof has tar paper that is pulled up in one section along with bird nests and tree branches. * There are also charred markings around the exhaust vent of the hood system. These are all potentially hazardous situations for our guest and staff. If we do not take action to fix these issues it will not only affect our bottom line but our ability to stay in business at all in this facility. The trees pose several problems. With the branches being so close to the power lines could potentially cause a fire if wind gust cause them to snap and clog up or wear down the gutter system. The roots could be clogging drains underground which could lead to expensive plumbing cost. The windows that have gaps in them are a major cause of our high energy cost. Water puddles up around the foundation because the current landscaping does...
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...Fall - A Time Transition The fall season has many meanings for me. It is a time of transition that takes us from warm balmy days to the more harsh weather of winter. It's a time that takes us from the spectacle of nature in full bloom, to nature in hibernation. The signs of this transition are everywhere. The vivid colors of summer fade away, the color of the sky changes from deep blue to gray. The green fades from the grass and plants lose their blossoms. The leaves on the trees turn color, and lose their grip. Insects disappear. It's the tune of year that signifies the end of summer and vacations. No more picnics, swimming, baseball, tennis, and a myriad of other activities that most of us enjoy in the outdoors. It signals that during the next few months we will have to endure weather conditions that are not conducive to spending quality time outdoors enjoying nature. The knowledge of this seasonal period of transition awakens, in me, a more keen awareness of my surroundings than at any other time of year. The deeper appreciation comes from knowing that the good weather days are coming to an end. The fall season conjures up all sorts of analogies in my mind. For example, football and basketball games are divided into four quarters, a dollar is divided by four quarters, the calendar year is divided into four quarters, and the human life span might also be divided into four 20 year parts, assuming that we live an average of 80 years. In all these examples, the third period precedes...
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...The Ecosystem of the Rainforest An ecosystem is a relationship among the living and non-living organisms in a designated area and the environment in which they interact with. It includes plants, trees, animals, water, and soil. The rainforest ecosystem includes a variety of species, plants, and animals. All living organisms in this ecosystem physically adapt to the rain. The climate in the rainforest is very humid due the amount of rainfall. A tropical rainforest is very hot and wet; this type of climate is hit directly by the sun because of its location near the equator. The closer you are to the equator the solar radiation there is. The average temperature reaches about 77 degrees Fahrenheit. This climates temperature remains about the same all year never dropping below 64 degrees Rain falls at about 250 cm each year. Because the sun is directly hitting the rainforest, when the sun warms the ground and sea the water evaporates into the air. Warm air vapor and cold ail vapor form eventually causing clouds to form resulting to rain. This water cycle constantly repeats itself. Rain occurs more than 90 days a year in a rainforest. The rainforest consist of mainly trees and animals, trees can reach up to 164 feet in height. Because of the climate plants such as ferns and mosses or epiphytes, receive lots of water and direct sunlight so they grow very tall. Along with the many species of plants living in the rainforest, tropical animals such as Toucans, anacondas...
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