![]() Weather data is prone to errors, outages, and other defects. ![]() The information on this site is provided as is, without any assurances as to its accuracy or suitability for any purpose. Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by. Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database. Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.Įlevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.Īll data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition, by Jean Meeus.Īll other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis. To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Dallas and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. KDAL, 48% 6 mi, 20 ft KRBD, 23% 8 mi, 236 ft KNBE, 20% 10 mi, 72 ft KHQZ, 10% 16 mi, 26 ft © OpenStreetMap contributors ![]() Mesquite Metro Airport (KHQZ, 10%, 16 mi, east, 26 ft elevation change).Dallas United States Naval Air Station (KNBE, 20%, 10 mi, west, 72 ft elevation change).Dallas Executive Airport (KRBD, 23%, 8 mi, southwest, 236 ft elevation change).Dallas Love Field (KDAL, 48%, 6 mi, northwest, 20 ft elevation change).The stations contributing to this reconstruction are: The estimated value at Dallas is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Dallas and a given station. ![]() There are 4 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Dallas.įor each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Dallas according to the International Standard Atmosphere, and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations. This report illustrates the typical weather in Dallas, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from Januto December 31, 2016. ![]()
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![]() ![]() As with last years event, WWDC 2021 will be held online from June 7-11. Fingers crossed we also get terrifying full-scale versions of our Memoji avatars.Īccording to Bloomberg, Apple will release the headset - tentatively dubbed Reality Pro - in late 2023 or early 2024. Apple today confirmed that its 32nd annual Worldwide Developers Conference will again be a digital-only event with no in-person gathering due to the ongoing public health crisis. The headset is also expected to run its own operating system, so you can navigate via movements and your voice, rather than an adapted version of a familiar iPhone or Mac interface.Īnd just as Apple's devices have separate App Stores, the headset will have its own, with bespoke versions of the software you're used to on iPhone. During the WWDC23 event, Apple unveiled its much-awaited AR/VR headset, the Vision Pro along with a new 15-inch MacBook Air, new Mac Studio, Mac Pro and OS updates. It's been tipped to boast 4K resolution images, full body motion tracking, half a dozen cameras to provide views of the outside world, and the same kind of powerful M2 chips seen in its Macs. Apple has just announced a special event on October 30. Apples big WWDC 2023 event will kick off on June 5 with the company streaming the big opening event heres how to watch Apples WWDC 2023 keynote.Theres sure to be a lot to get through and. ![]() This post was first published on October 24, 2023. Image: Consumer headsets like the PlayStation VR 2 are mostly focused on gaming and entertainmentīloomberg reports communication and productivity will be among the headset's main use cases, and quoted a person who worked on the device as saying it's a "status symbol" product. The invite for the Apple special event coming on October 30. Given that, and that it is being announced at WWDC, it will likely be targeted at professionals and developers at first, rather than the average customer. Mixed reality has already proved to be an expensive proposition - Meta's premium Quest Pro headset, which is more targeted towards industry and education than entertainment, launched at £1,499 last October.Īfter a poor critical reception and disappointing sales, with Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse pitch failing to move customers and investors alike, it has since dropped to a cool £999.Īpple has never been afraid of a hefty price tag, and reports suggest its headset will cost as much as $3,000 (£2,409), putting it way above the starting price of its phones, tablets, and computers. Imagine working on a virtual sculpture at your real desk, for example, or a surgeon-in-training practising a complex operation on a digital patient. Mixed reality takes that concept further - rather than some swish digital furniture and pocket monsters simply being overlaid on to your surroundings, the idea is you'll interact with them as if they were really there. Image: Pokemon Go is one of the most successful mainstream demonstrations of AR ![]() ![]() ![]() Finally you can now handle estimates and credit notes in addition to invoices, you can set a discount for an invoice and you can manage several companies.Ī document is where all your data (accounts, transactions, etc.) is stored. The invoices now have a due date which make them appear in red when the payment has not been received yet. ![]() It's now easier to keep the link between your invoices and your transactions as you can create the corresponding transaction directly from an invoice. You can print the list of invoices and there is also a new default invoice printing template. You can import clients and invoices from a CSV file. The rules engine offers new possibilities and you can extract a date from text for example. You can select a line in a report or a progress bar of a budget item and hit space to preview the corresponding transactions. ![]() The display of all reports has been improved with a particular attention to keep the legend visible while scrolling. The balance evolution graph is now more customizable and allows you to see the evolution of your net worth over years for example. There is also a new action to add missing categories to a budget and you can change the start date and the end date of several lines of a budget at once. You can put a 0 amount line in a budget and you can add a line that will include transactions not included in other lines. The previous periods of a budget are now frozen and keep the budgeted amount they had when they were created even if you change the budgeted amount later. There is also a new action to categorize transactions from previous transactions automatically.Ī Today extension has been included to enter a new transaction quickly without having to leave what you are currently doing.Īll details in the transactions section. Splits are handled in a better way to avoid entering same information twice. For example it's now possible to hide the fields you don't use in the transaction editing panel to free some place. TransactionsĮverything has been done to make creating a new transaction faster and easier. Support of the Touch Bar of the new MacBook Pro has been added to further simplify the most common tasks. ![]() Many interface changes were implemented for greater ease of use. The database format has been rewritten completely to be faster and more reliable. Those who have been put off by iBank and iFinance may well be impressed.There are a lot of changes in iCompta 6 if you've already been using a previous version of iCompta so here is a short list of major new features. The one big downside of iCompta is the lack of preferences - there are virtually none, other than the ability to auto-save and automatically update exchange currencies.Īll in all, iCompta is an extremely well-executed finance application. If you feel secure enough doing so, you can even sync iCompta with your iPhone via Bonjour.Ĭolor coding categories works very well, so it's easy to see on what you've been spending your money on. You can also download transactions for exporting in CSV, QIF, and QFX format, although notably not in XLS, unfortunately. Over time, iCompta allows you to display a graph which shows your incomings and outgoings over a period of time and it can even make monthly forecasts based on past performances. You can even link accounts - including those of differing currencies - to their respective online pages for login via iCompta's own browser, although this only works with certain banks and I would be very careful about logging into your bank account this way anyway. The idea of iCompta is to allow you to bring all of your banking accounts together so that you can see what all of them contain in one app. ICompta is a simple but powerful money management app that could help you bring some order to your finances. ![]() ![]() ![]() Among other prominent personalities, the speakers include Georgie Ndirangu, Head of Pan-African Program Communications at Mastercard Foundation Natalie Jabangwe, Group Digital Executive Officer of Sanlam Ade Bajomo, President of FinTechNGR as well as many of ABH’s past heroes. ![]() ![]() The summit, to be held on November 23-24, will boast a speaker lineup of over 50 successful entrepreneurs and businesspeople from various cultures and backgrounds. Ibukun Awosika, Founder of The Chair Centre Group The distinguished ABH Grand Finale judges this year include:ĭr. All the action of the ABH Grand Finale will take place on the biggest augmented reality-enhanced stage that Africa has ever seen. This year’s ABH top 10 entrepreneurs were selected from an impressive pool of 27,267 applications from all 54 African nations. The theme for this year’s summit will be: “AI: African Insight, Innovation, Impact.” As a highlight of the two-day event, the top 10 finalists of this year’s ABH Prize Competition will take the stage at the ABH Grand Finale on November 24 to pitch their innovative business ideas face-to-face to global business legends, vying for their share of US$1.5 million in grant money. Already, the event is attracting a lot of interest, with its audience currently numbering thousands of registered individuals hailing from around 100 countries, including media and influencers from over 30 African countries. It will be a dynamic and engaging event featuring industry thought leaders, global business legends, renowned stage performers and influencers from across the African continent. The 2023 ABH Summit and Grand Finale, which marks the 5th anniversary of the ABH prize competition program, will bring together a diverse array of African entrepreneurial ecosystem players and aspiring entrepreneurs, offering a platform for networking, learning and awarding of the 2023 ABH winners. Over a 10-years, ABH will recognize 100 outstanding African entrepreneurs. It features 50 African entrepreneur finalists each year as they pitch their business to compete for the final prize and gain unparalleled mentoring, networking, training, and exposure. Every year since 2019, ABH has conducted a continent-wide search with its partners for the most talented and mission-driven entrepreneurs that are driving growth and positive impact in their communities. ABH is a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() The “inhaling fire” shows how long he has been that way because all of his crying and screaming. “each breath is like inhaling fire (Hosseini, 345) The simile represents the ache of Amir’s throat. “… My heart jackhammer in my chest” (Hosseini 345) The Metaphor in the qoute represents the pain that he has in his chest because his nephew just tried to kill himself and he doesn’t know if he is going to survive, also Amir blames himself for whats happened. The sky was a cloudless blue that day, and I saw a tiny jet leaving behind twin white trails.” (Hosseini 352) A handful of of kids were playing with buckets and pails in the sandbox. Imagery: The Imagery stands out the most in this section when the Arthur is describing the outside of the hospital to the reader “There was an arch-shaped trellis near the playground, in the shadow of a row of hibiscus trees, a few green vines climbing up the timber lattice. Amir is speaking for all the times he allowed himself to refer to his friend and brother as his servant he finally put his foot down.(Hosseini chapter 24) He has a name and it’s Sohrab.”Amir not only stood up for Sohrab but Hassan as well. ![]() “You will never again refer to him as ‘Hazara boy’ in my presence. “My hands are stained with Hassan’s blood I pray God doesn’t let them get stained with the blood of his boy too” Amir finally admits that he takes the blame for Hassans death and now that Sohrab is in the hospital for cutting himself he cant handle having his nephews life on his hands.(Hosseini chapter 24) Its like Hassan and Amir have switched roles and its time for Amir to take care of Sohrab like Hassan took care of him. At first Hassan says this phrase to Amir when he runs down the last kite for him and at the end of the novel Amir says this same phrase to Sohrab, and Amir runs a kite down for Sohrab. This is one of my favorite quotes because it shows how much Amir changes. ‘For you, a thousand times over,’ I heard myself say” (Hosseini 371). ![]() The book ends with Amir running for the kite in honor of Sohrab. When they win, Amir notices a small smile appear on Sohrab’s face. Until one day, Amir takes Sohrab to the park and they engage in a kite flying contest. They eventually move to America and what should’ve been a joyous time for Amir and Soraya, becomes a depressing time for the both of them because Sohrab doesn’t talk at all. Amir takes him to the hospital and is relieved to find out that Sohrab would be fine, he no longer trusts Amir and he becomes anti-social. Amir goes into the bathroom and sees that Sohrab has slit his wrists with a razor and is lying in the tub unconscious. Amir rushes off the phon eand goes to tell Sohrab the news. Summary: Amir gets a call from Soraya saying that she knows someone who could get Sohrab into America. ![]() ![]() (A Bengali spice, often confused with ajwain because of it’s appearance)ĭownload. In Indian cooking mostly white poppy seeds are used) Poppy seeds (Comes in both white and black variety. (Yellow, Brown, and Black In Indian cooking usually brown or black mustard is used for tempering) Also it comes in different varieties with varying range of heat) It is a work-in-progress and truly a co-created resource. Thank you! List of Indian Spices names in Hindi and Englishīlack Salt/ Himalayan Rock Salt/ Pink Salt It is more like a “living document” that needs your knowledge and contribution. This glossary is not definitive and definitely not complete. I am glad that so many people, from bachelors to seasoned cooks, have found this list helpful. That’s when I decided to make an ongoing Indian spices list with their Hindi and English names and images. For example, I read about using aniseed in a recipe and only when I saw the seeds that I realized they were actually saunf or what I knew as fennel. Very often I would come across an English word for an Indian spice and be at a loss. Most recipes, especially online, use spice names in English. Indian spices were (and still are) always the coveted item in many merchant cargos.Īs a kid, I remember looking into my mom’s metallic round spice box with their little containers and smelling each of the spices. India was at the heart of the Spice Trade. ![]() It is an amazing journey down history if you want to trace how travelers introduced new spices across borders. India is home to a large variety of spices that are used not just in Indian recipes but in recipes around the world. I have also recently made a printable list of the Spices Names that you can download from here. In the table below you can easily browse and search for any spice name in Hindi or English that you came across and need to know its corresponding name in English or Hindi. ![]() This is an ongoing list of images and names of Indian spices in English and Hindi for reference purposes. ![]() ![]() ![]() Out of the box, Raycast has some nice features, but the real power comes from all the extensions you can install from the Raycast store This replaces your keyboard shortcut Command + Space for Spotlight and provides you with a whole host of tools. Is the new and improved beautiful keyboard shortcut command prompt tool. , a great tool, but the GUI can look a bit dated, having been released way back in 2010. Bartender 4Īllows you to decide what shows up in your menu bar and when. Many of the apps that show up in the menu bar are just for tweaking settings that you will most likely set once and never touch again. ![]() You can drop pretty much anything in Yoink, and it will hold on to it for you until you are ready to place it into a target folder/app/etc. Is a tool that opens a small drop area when you begin to drag things in macOS. I also used CleanShot X to get all the images for this article. I found CleanShot X while searching for a ShareX I even use this editor to open images already saved to my desktop for marking up and sharing. They now have a feature to allow saving your capture as a project file you can reopen later and continue working. Is easily the most valuable app on this list! It lets you quickly take beautiful screenshots and screen recordings and then mark them up, copy them, save them, or even upload them to their cloud service. I’d like to say I use this for some Pomodoro focus sessions, but honestly, it is my reminder to move the clothing from the washer to the dryer… CleanShot X The farther you drag the handle, the longer your timer will be. GestimerĪdds a small handle to your menu bar that lets you create timers. I used to use BetterSnapToolįor this, and it is essentially the same tool, so my recommendation would be to pick up whichever is cheaper at the moment. Lets you drag your app to the sides and corners of your screen and have them snap to a specific size. MagnetĪnother feature that needs to be built into macOS is window snapping. This is something that should be built into macOS. Gives you a full app preview similar to what you would see on Windows! That alone is a great feature, but I use AltTab because it picks up ALL of the open applications, including windows opened from the macOS menu bar (in my case, Stream Deck). You can use command + tab to switch between apps on macOS, just like alt + tab on Windows. Reasonably priced… (Warning many of these apps are PAID apps).Does not require a third-party app manager (Setapp etc.). ![]() Some of these should really just be features of macOS and others are just better than the competition. Home Tech Code Game Archive Mac App Collection 2022Ī yearly app round-up! The constant search for new and better apps continues. ![]() ![]() ![]() The most inexpensive one comes with limited features, while the other plans have additional bells and whistles. Mvelopes offers three different monthly budget plans: $6, $10, and $20 per month, depending on which plan you choose. Syncing transactions is also automated, which makes it easy to see where you are with your “envelopes” spending at any moment in time. Mvelopes uses the envelope budgeting method, where you distribute every dollar into categories (or virtual envelopes) that you consider important and then spend as little as possible from them. MvelopesĪnother effective Mint alternative is Mvelopes, which helps you to build a budget and allows you to integrate your bank accounts to help you stay on top of your spending habits. Read more about the pricing and features in my YNAB Review. The monthly cost is $14.99 per month however, if you want annual billing, you can get it for only $99 per year. You can test it out with an interactive 34-day free trial, no credit card is needed, but it is a paid service after your trial, which may affect your pick on this one. It’s a great way to avoid living from paycheck to paycheck and slowly build up your savings account. It means that money from your income from last month will cover this month’s expenses, and so on forever. YNABfollows a system called “aging your money.” The goal of the program is to help you plan ahead, set a budget, and avoid making large purchases. For people who want to improve their money habits and create financial plans, You Need a Budget is an excellent choice. ![]() ![]() ![]() I have often had this exact symptom on an old beast of a mower. You might need to ask a small engine repair shop to show you how the linkage should be connected. Those kinds of problems are easy to create since the linkages and springs really must be right, and it's rarely obvious exactly where each goes. Solving those is cheap.īut if fuel IS coming out from the fuel line where it enters the carburetor and the engine still runs only a few seconds with the new carb, then you might have a problem with how the carb linkage and springs are attached. If you have a shut off valve or a fuel filter in the fuel line, there might be a problem there with sediment, or loose debris. The fuel line may be kinked, or clogged with some debris. If fuel is not coming out, then you'll have to find a way to examine the tank and fuel line to find out what's impeding fuel flow. To prove that to yourself, just pull the fuel line off the carb. I strongly doubt that lawn mowers rely on siphoning gas.ĭesigners know that, which is why they place the fuel tank ABOVE the carburetor. Just makes me realize how important it is to use gas without alcohol (even if expensive) or some type of stabilizer to prevent the alcohol from damaging rubber goods. I ended up using a tiny jeweler's screwdriver and digging it out in pieces making sure none of the pieces plugged up anything else. It is really difficult to get the remains of the deteriorated O-ring out. I changed out the tiny O-ring and problem solved. When mower has been running for a bit, too much air gets sucked in and stops fuel from being pulled up into carburetor. It has to form a seal to keep pulling fuel through the tiny holes in the plug up into the jet tube and into the body of the carburetor. About 3/8" inside that tube is a small rubber O-ring which the plug seals against when tight. Mower had been sitting for winter after using gas with no stabilizer, but I couldn't find any deteriorated rubber goods until I looked up into jet tube. Still no joy and now clearly not fuel not reaching carb problem as plenty of fuel in bowl when removed. Discounted ignition as problem as it was clearly a fuel issue so tried all usual tricks of checking fuel cap venting / fresh fuel / standard carb rebuilding and cleanout all ports /vents / metering screw, etc as recommended by Chris on this forum. Same problem as others with Craftsman mower w/Tecumseh carburetor starting up but not staying running for a few seconds or sometimes a few minutes. There is no vacuum advance or choke sensor on Tecumseh engines, so you don't need to worry about that. It should come with an instruction sheet in the kit. The side with the circle made into it goes into the hole first. Use safety glasses & take care where you aim! The new seat has a little circle on one side and is smooth on the other. Then a little shot of compressed air in the fuel inlet tube simply blows the old seat out. I insert a small screwdriver into the hole, taking care not to scrape the sides and give the old rubber seat a little twist, which loosenes it in the hole. The neopreme seat where the inlet needle sits needs to be removed also. Then use lots of carb cleaner in all the holes you see. I use a wire removed from a steel wire brush with a small bend about 1/4 inch from the end. That hole is the Low Speed Jet and needs to be cleaned using a fine wire. When you take the fuel bowl off, notice about a half inch above the bottom of the pipe leading down into the bowl, there is a very small hole located in the threads that the bowl retaining plug was removed from. ![]() You need to purchase a kit #631021B from a Tecumseh dealer. You need to clean the carb thouroughly with spray carb & choke cleaner. ![]() |
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