Anyone who keeps houseplants knows that indoor foliage can brighten a dull, dreary atmosphere and create a refuge from everyday stresses. Plants can also remove common toxins from indoor environments and add oxygen to stale air. Given these benefits, you'd think that indoor plants would be as common in offices as staplers and annoying coworkers! Sadly, most of us know only two kinds of office plants. the silk ones and those dusty brown fire hazards on top of the filing cabinet. While many of these leafy casualties could have been saved with proper care, it's critical to choose plants that can thrive in the challenging office biome. With a little forethought, you can choose the perfect plant to improve your workplace's aesthetics and your health.
Assess your office lighting. Obviously, a plant that needs full sun doesn't have much of a chance in a windowless copy room, but figure out where you can put plants in your office and determine how much natural sunlight they'll get on average. However, when in doubt, low light (shade loving) plants will do fine in most office settings (such as the top of a cubicle in the center of the floor, away from the windows). Some plants will do well if placed near the fluorescent lights in the office. If you have access to untinted south-facing windows, you'll have more flexibility in choosing plants.
Some plants (like many orchids and bonsai) have very specific light, humidity, and temperature needs. If this is your first office plant, try something easier (like philodendron or pothos).
Many office plants grow well from cuttings. Take cuttings from plants in other offices or your even that cool plant in your neighbors yard. Once you put your cutting into water, it can take from one week to six months to root. Plants that do well from cuttings root quickly, while others can be more difficult, and some will not root at all.
Want to buy plants, but don't have a lot of money to spend? Consider asking your employer to budget for office flora. Studies show that plants increase employee productivity and health, so it's a worthwhile benefit for everyone involved.
Go for variety. It's true that some plants simply can't be grown in the office, but you still have a world of choices. By following the guidelines above for finding the perfect plant for each space, you're likely to get a good variety of foliage in your workplace.
Take good care of your office plants. Not only are unhealthy plants an eyesore, but they can also be hazardous to your health. Molds that attack plants, for example, can cause respiratory problems in humans.
Be sure the office plant does not have an offensive odor. Some plants which look quite beautiful in bloom can have an odor that is quite pungent that many people might find offensive or otherwise bothersome. Also, some people might be extra sensitive to strong smells or even allergic to a particular plant.
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We specialise exclusively in quality houseplants, pots and containers for the home and office. Because we specialise solely in house plants and accessories, we offer quality and value you will not find anywhere else in the UK. We are passionate about exotic indoor plants, we know them and always endeavor to to precondition them so that you do not have many of the problems so often associated with indoor plants, after all we have a stock of thousands of plants and we have to know how to care for them.
The Plant Breeders' Rights Office administers the Plant Breeders' Rights Act (1990) and Regulations which provide legal protection to plant breeders for new plant varieties for up to 18 years.
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The Plant Variety Protection Office (PVPO) administers the Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA), by issuing Certificates of Protection in a timely manner. The Act provides legal intellectual property rights protection to breeders of new varieties of plants which are sexually reproduced (by seed) or tuber-propagated.
The information presented in this publication is tailored to apply to and is limited to patents on asexually reproduced plants. While the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) does accept utility applications having claims to plants, seed, genes, etc., such practice is beyond the scope of this publication. General information regarding utility practice can be obtained by calling PTO Information Services Division at us., or from a registered patent attorney. Intellectual property protection for true breeding seed reproduced plant varieties is offered through the Plant Variety Protection Office, Beltsville, Md., which should be contacted for information regarding intellectual property protection for such crops. Provisions and Limitations Patents to plants which are stable and reproduced by asexual reproduction, and not a potato or other edible tuber reproduced plant, are provided for by Title 35 United States Code, Section 161 which states. Whoever invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant, including cultivated sports, mutants, hybrids, and newly found seedlings, other than a tuber propagated plant or a plant found in an uncultivated state, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of title. (Amended September 3, 1954, 68 Stat. 1190). The provisions of this title relating to patents for inventions shall apply to patents for plants, except as otherwise provided. As noted in the last paragraph of the statute, the plant patent must also satisfy the general requirements of patentability. The subject matter of the application would be a plant which developed or discovered by applicant, and which has been found stable by asexual reproduction. To be patentable, it would also be required.
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This resource is based on the following source. U. S. Department of Agriculture. No date. Western wetland flora. Field office guide to plant species. U. S.D. A. Soil Conservation Service, West National Technical Center, Portland, Oregon. Unpaginated. This resource should be cited as. U. S. Department of Agriculture. No date. Western wetland flora. Field office guide to plant species. U. S.D. A. Soil Conservation Service, West National Technical Center, Portland, Oregon. Jamestown, ND. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. (Version16JUL1997).
The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) is an agency of the European Union, located in Angers, France. It was established in 1994. Its task is to administer a system of plant variety rights, also known as plant breeders' rights, a form of intellectual property right relating to plants. The CPVO works rather like the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. it grants intellectual property protection for new plant varieties. These rights are valid for a period of either 25 or 30 years.
The Plant Exchange Office supports the National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) mission to collect, document, distribute, evaluate, enhance, and preserve the genetic diversity of economic plants important to U. S. and world agriculture. This is accomplished through developing methods to prioritize U. S. germplasm needs, procuring plant germplasm through international and domestic exchanges, arranging for and participating in international and domestic plant explorations, and developing in situ maintenance programs for crop plants and their wild relatives. In addition, the PEO documents and assigns unique identifiers to incoming plant material and responds to foreignrequests for germplasm maintained in the U. S.
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S that may be developed and submitted for approval in Canada, the information provided in these guidelines should not be considered as exhaustive and will be updated as appropriate to reflect current scientific knowledge and acquired field experience. For further clarification, applicants are strongly recommended to consult with the Canadian Food Inspection Agencys Plant Biosafety Office. For all purposes of interpreting and applying the law, applicants are invited to consult the official versions of the relevant Acts and Regulations. The scope of this Directive covers all plants (excluding aquatic plants) containing a novel trait that has been intentionally selected, created, or introduced into a distinct, stable population of the cultivated plant species through a specific genetic change, including agricultural and horticultural crop plants and forest trees. The purpose of this Directive is to (
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May maintain, change, or remove existing conditions respecting the release. impose additional conditions. or refuse or cancel the authorization and require the applicant to stop the release and take any appropriate action necessary to eliminate from, or minimize the risk to, the environment. This document is published by the Plant Biosafety Office. For further information, please contact. Plant Biosafety Office, Plant Products Directorate, Canadian Food Inspection Agency 59 Camelot Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0Y9 Telephone. (613) us. Facsimile. (613) us.
The role of this office is. To establish a functional Plant Breeders Rights system in Kenya. To work out and establish a coding system for all crops. To receive and process applications for breeder's rights. and to maintain a register of varieties released and protected as well as those released and not protected in Kenya. Role of the Plant Breeders Rights Office - Establish a functional Plant Breeders Rights system in Kenya. - Work out and establish a coding system for all crops - Receive and process applications for breeders rights - Maintain a register of varieties released and protected as well as those releases and not protected in Kenya
KEPHIS liases with the offices of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) of which Kenya is a member under the 1978 convention. Breeders are therefore requested to register their varieties for protection at the earliest opportunity. Farmers are also advised to observe breeders rights while undertaking their crop production programs. IN addition the Plant Breeders Rights Registration Services conducts National Performance Trials (NPT) and District Uniformity and Stability (DUS) tests to ensure that only superior well adapted varieties that are distinct and stable are released to Kenyan farmer for cultivation (whether protected or not protected). Such released varieties are indexed (catalogued) for ease of reference by the farmers and seed traders. The seeds of the released varieties are rigorously maintained by the breeder and regularly supplies high quality breeders seeds to the seed merchants for further multiplication to meet national / international seed demand. This seed increase is undertaken through a comprehensive seed quality control and certification system.
Putting office plants in your workspace is healthy for you, healthy for the environment, and easy on the eyes. Save water, and exaggerate your gardening prowess, with one of these happy indoor plants that's pretty close to impossible to kill. Leave it be on the weekend, or forget to water your plant during a busy hump-day, and a hearty survivor like one of the flora listed below won't even notice. Instead of shriveling up and dying like a more finicky plant would start to do, one of these tough customers will keep on taking a bite out of indoor air pollution by grabbing bad stuff like carbon monoxide right out of the atmosphere, just like.well, just like nature intended. Spider Plant Spider plants are happy with watering just once a week, and do well in moderately cool places, which is good news if you're in an office where air conditioning is just part of the daily deal. They do best when they're near a window so that they can get some natural light, but don't put them right in the path of very strong sun or the leaves will freak out and start turning brown. Spider plants like it mellow. Jade Plant Jade plants can keep growing for decades, which definitely tells you something about how tough they are. Much like the parrot on the shoulder of a pirate, there's a chance that your jade plant might outlive you, but chances are, it'll just be a cool, laid-back partner in crime and will keep most of your secrets. Peace Lily These elegant white flowers only need watering about twice a week and have an exotic look that belies how easy they are to handle. Most flowers need a lot of sunlight to fully bloom, but peace lilies still put on a show in low-to-middling lighting conditions, which makes them optimal for bringing a little eye candy to a dingy cubicle. Got a favorite low-maintenance office plant? Share it in the comments and help other readers green their workday thumbs. Related Posts. How To Go Green At Work Eco Memo. Bring your Plants to Work Plants Improve Your Mood
We try to work with our customers to establish a long lasting relationship so that we all benefit. We take good care of our office plants, maintaining them discretely in an attempt to cause as little disturbance to the day to day running of your business as possible.
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Each completed diagnosis is returned with the identification of the causal agent and information about the management of the disease, pest, or disorder. Management recommendations stress the use of cultural, or non-chemical methods, but may also include chemical recommendations when warranted. Where is the Plant Diagnostic Lab located? The UNH Plant Diagnostic Lab is affiliated with the Plant Biology Department and is located on the UNH campus, 38 Academic Way (formerly College Road) in Spaulding Hall, room G37. Click here for written directions or here for a map. Who may submit plant samples to the UNH-PDL? Anyone growing or maintaining plants may submit samples to the UNH-PDL. Clients include home gardeners, landscapers, golf course superintendents, arborists, and commercial nursery, fruit, vegetable, and greenhouse operations. Although the majority of the samples received by the UNH-PDL are from New Hampshire, out-of-state submissions are also accepted. How are samples submitted to the UNH-PDL? Ideally, samples should include healthy, moderate, and advanced/severe examples of the problem. The best samples include transition from health to diseased on the same sample. Samples may be submitted directly to the UNH-PDL by mail or 'walk-ins,' or they may be submitted through the UNH Cooperative Extension offices located in each of the ten New Hampshire counties. Samples may be mailed to. The Plant Diagnostic Lab, Plant Biology Dept., G37 Spaulding Hall, UNH, Durham, NH 03824. For additional information on submitting samples contact your county Cooperative Extension office or call us. Is there a fee for submitting samples to the UNH-PDL? There is a $15.00 charge for samples submitted to the UNH Plant Diagnostic Lab. A sample consists of one or several specimens of a single plant species (one or several tomato plants would be a single sample. one tomato and one pepper plant would be two samples). All samples should be accompanied by a Disease Identification form (Available throughout the UNHCE county offices or by calling us. ). Top of Page
Houseplants at home and in the office do more than just look pretty. They help clean the air that we breathe as well as make us feel less alienated in the artificial environments that pass for offices now. Modern office buildings spew out hundreds of chemicals from the new carpets, paints, upholstery, computers and plastics. A study carried out by Chichester College confirms the advantages of having house plants around because they make our environment a healthier place in which to live and work. Researchers have found that one potted plant per 100 square feet of floor space can help clean the air. The students rated the most effective plants and the ubiquitous Areca Palm came first for removing ammonia, and formaldehyde (found in many cleaning products) from the air and releasing moisture into the air. Next was the Peace Lily which removes acetone, then the Rubber Plant, then Ficus Benjamina (weeping fig) then the dracena. Number 6 is english ivy that eliminates mould causing asthma, boston ferns are highly rated for improving air quality, then the spider plant ( is there any office that doesn't have at least one of those) and lastly the moth orchid (phalaenopsis). Is it possible that the reason that these plants are in every office is because plant suppliers know that they are healthy or is it just because they are hardy? The pity is that these are such boring looking plants--can't those students find something more interesting for us to stare at for 8 hours a day?.. Chichester College Via.. Chelsea Flower Show
The Plant Disease Information Office in New Haven is part of the Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology of The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. The Inquiry Office in Windsor is part of the Valley Laboratory of The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. They answer inquiries about plants and plant health and performs disease diagnosis for all Connecticut residents, including homeowners and professionals (e. g., arborists, commercial growers, landscapers, orchardists) Plant samples can be submitted in person or by mail. Disease diagnosis involves visual assessment, microscopic examination, and other procedures as necessary. These include culture of the causal agent on artificial and selective media, serological tests, and various other procedures. Questions or requests for information can be made by phone, fax, email, or in person. Plant Pest Handbook
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The Office of Physical Plant (OPP) is responsible for the stewardship of all the University's physical assets. This includes facilities at all the campus locations of the University as well as University Park. Physical plant has responsibility for facilities planning, design, construction, capital budget management, utility engineering, real estate, and environmental health and safety for the University, and maintenance and operations at University Park. Presently, Penn State is undergoing a $769 million, five-year capital plan involving the construction and renovation of numerous academic, athletic, and auxiliary facilities on multiple campuses. This construction program is contracted and managed by Physical Plant with a hybrid of funds from the State and Federal government and the University. Penn State's total physical plant includes 1642 buildings comprising 24 million square feet of space, with a plant replacement value of $3.5 billion on almost 19,000 acres across the State of Pennsylvania. OPP's workforce consists of over 1,100 professional, skilled, and administrative employees who provide the University with quality and cost-effective facilities services. Physical Plant personnel prepare long-range plans for efficient use of facilities, administer the University's real estate, see that new facilities are built properly and renovate older facilities. They also maintain roads, manage waste, landscape the campus, monitor building energy usage, clear the snow in the winter, and paint the end zones for home football games. OPP handles about 50,000 work assignments every year to keep facilities maintained. A wide variety of skilled work is carried out 24 hours-a-day, 365 days-a-year. Physical Plant is organized into seven major divisions. Administrative and Financial Services Design and Construction Facilities Resources and Planning Campus Planning and Design Commonwealth Services Operations Environmental Health SafetyThe combined efforts of these Divisions to plan, build, and maintain the physical infrastructure of Penn State, allow the University to carry out it's mission of teaching, research, and public service.
Three F&B members are participating in the years Leadership Centre County class. Susie Blauer Auxiliary Business Services Lloyd Rhoades Office of Physical Plant Greg Scott Office of Physical Plant This is a great opportunity for these F&B employees as they spend the year learning and promoting community needs, opportunities, and awareness.
A proposal to build a fertiliser plant in Collie is moving forward, with the proponents discussing their plans with staff from the Prime Minister's office last week. North West Chemicals and Fertilisers wants to build a $2.2 billion fertiliser plant in the south-west Western Australian town. It would process between two and four million tonnes of a coal a year into fertiliser. The WA Farmers Federation has previously welcomed the proposal, saying the more fertiliser that's produced, the lower prices will be for farmers who have experienced skyrocketing prices in the past year. The Labor Member for Collie-Preston, Mick Murray, who arranged the meeting, says the major hurdle is working out carbon credits. Tags. regional-development, fertilisers, bunbury-6230, collie-6225
This resource is based on the following source. U. S. Department of Agriculture. No date. Northeast wetland flora. Field office guide to plant species. U. S.D. A. Natural Resources Conservation Service, Northeast National Technical Center, Chester, Pennsylvania. Unpaginated. This resource should be cited as. U. S. Department of Agriculture. No date. Northeast wetland flora. Field office guide to plant species. U. S.D. A. Natural Resources Conservation Service, Northeast National Technical Center, Chester, Pennsylvania. Jamestown, ND. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. (Version12APR1999).
The United States Ddepartment of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, political beliefs, and marital of familial status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs). Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA Office of Communications at (202) us. (TDD). To file a complaint, write the Secretary of Agriculture, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., 20250, or call (202) us. (voice) or (202) us. (TDD). USDA is an equal employment opportunity employer.
The Plant Disease Information Office in New Haven is part of the Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology of The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. The Inquiry Office in Windsor is part of the Valley Laboratory of The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. They answer inquiries about plants and plant health and performs disease diagnosis for all Connecticut residents, including homeowners and professionals (e. g., arborists, commercial growers, landscapers, orchardists) Plant samples can be submitted in person or by mail. Disease diagnosis involves visual assessment, microscopic examination, and other procedures as necessary. These include culture of the causal agent on artificial and selective media, serological tests, and various other procedures. Questions or requests for information can be made by phone, fax, email, or in person. Plant Pest Handbook
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Home | Buildings Office | Plant Operation The Buildings Office monitors and controls the operation of major plant such as heating, ventilation, hot water and central lighting systems. The operating parameters will be agreed between each Person In Control/Head of School, the Energy liaison person, The Engineering Services Manager and the Services Co-Ordinator. Plant operation is controlled by Service Co-Ordinator reporting to the Buildings Officer Contact in the first instance should be made with the Help Desk by emailing repairs@tcd. ie . While all building users may comment on plant operation and environmental conditions, changes to operating times or settings will only be made with the agreement of the Person In Control/Head of School or the buildings Energy liaison person. An operating schedule will be agreed with each Person In Control. The plant will operate so that environmental conditions will normally be within the agreed limits. Calls for the service will be responded to within one working day and agreed environmental conditions restored as soon as possible. While there are no charges for the service as agreed, changes to the schedule agreed with the Building/School Energy liaison person will be carried out for a charge.
Walking into a typical high-tech office environment one is likely to see, among the snaking network wires, glowing monitors, and clicking keyboards, a plant. What a sad creature it is. Domesticated yet ill-adapted to its artificial niche of human design, this generic plant sits on a desk corner under artificial illumination, serving as a placeholder for that which electronic machinery cannot offer. personal attachment. Office plants are an expression of a need for undemanding presence in an efficiently impersonal environment. There are, however, alternatives. Office Plant #1 is an exploration of a technological artefact adapted to the office ecology that fills the same social and emotional niche as an office plant. Comparable in size to a generic office plant (l0 x l0 x 33 inches), OP#1 consists of a large bulb surrounded by metal fronds mounted on a base. The ball, a hammered aluminium sphere, can open and close. Mounted on a stem, it can also rise above the fronds and remain in any intermediate position. The fronds, made of copper wire, sway slowly, moving individually or in synchrony. OP#l monitors the ambient sound and light level and, employing text classification techniques, also monitors its owner's email activity. Its robotic body, reminiscent of a desert plant in form, responds in slow, rhythmic movements to comment on the monitored activity. In addition, it makes its presence and present knowledge known through low, quiet, ambient sound. OP#l is a new instantiation of our notion of intimate technology, that is, technologies that address human needs and desires as opposed to technologies that meet exclusively functional task specifications. OP#1 lives in a technological niche and interacts with users through their use of electronic mail. It acts as a companion to and commentator on these activities. Here we will describe the major artistic and technical concepts that underlie the design of OP#1. Email Space Once, social interaction was defined by communal space. The properties of the space delimited the forms of exchange. The local pub, for example, was a space large enough to support a critical threshold of social energy, public enough that a cross-section of the local population was present, yet small enough that one could notice friends and acquaintances. This is the ideal of public intimacy. crowd presence without alienation. Once, letter writing was bound to paper. The physicality of the letter conditioned the interaction. It took time to inscribe ink on paper, to handle the envelope, to wait for the letter to be received. Communication was removed from the realm of the immediate, opening a space for contemplation. This is the ideal of reflective intimacy. private sharing combined with distancing. Technology, in its usual move of utopian plenitude, offers to satisfy both desires in one convenient package, email. While new forms of computer interaction are continuously created, email is the first computational forum for human social interaction to become ubiquitous. Some people argue that the lack of public intimacy in the anonymity of the suburb will no longer be a problem now that virtual communities can be formed and conveniently connected by email. With a lowered threshold for message creation and near instantaneous transmission, email is a conversational medium. But the conversants aren't subject to the constraints of real-time response. Given additional time to think, they can engage in the construction of letter writing. But this new medium, while pretending to offer the catch-free satisfaction of two desires, also introduces the watchword of computing into social interaction. efficiency. Email encourages constant connection. Reflective letter writing may take place in the evening, after the work day is finishedbut how inefficient to separate work and personal life. Email encourages continuous multitasking between work, play, and social interaction. As one sits constantly at the computer, words can be processed, numbers tabulated, games played, letters answered, all in one undifferentiated flow of activity. Where conversation and letter writing used to require distinct context shifts that involved changing mental state as well as physical location, the ease with which the user can switch contexts on the computer belies any distinction between these activities. And the ease with which an email can be sent ensures that all of us will be receiving dozens if not hundreds a day. With the blurring of historical distinctions surrounding concepts such as efficiency, pleasure, conversation, and work, this increasing stream of information contains an odd mixture of work-related announcements, junk mail, meeting requests, short quips from friends, and occasional heartfelt letters. Offering a seductive outlet for the primal human desire for social contact, email represents the transformation of the alluring familiarity of the letter and conversation by the logic of the machine. As a new hybrid communication space, email is a fascinating site in which to observe human adaptation to and negotiation within a new medium. OP#I is a commentator on this space. It physically responds to the social and emotional content of email messages received by the user. Unstructured, this email space is not accessible to scrutiny. In order to open this new social sphere for analysis and questioning, we have developed, after reviewing a large body of email, a special categorization scheme. Consider that an email message is either private (addressed to a single person) or public (multiple addresses). The tone can be either formal or informal. Private, informal email can be intimate, that is, email addressed to close friends. These distinctions form the basis of the category tree employed by OP#I. After passing through this initial category tree, every message can be assigned to one or more categories. In this categorisation scheme, every message is assigned a set of labels. For example, a message may be a public, informal announcement, or a private, informal, humorous request. Sculptural Presence and Kind Surveillance Office Plant #1 is a desktop sculpture, an office machine that serves as a companion. Like a good piece of sculpture, it is always on. Based on physical principles of static equilibrium, OP#1 needs no external power source-to function as a sculpture. The addition of slight, slow, and at times hardly noticeable motion gives OP#I an enigmatic quality. OP#1 is kinetic but on the verge of motionlessness, and static but on the verge of movement. It reacts to and comments on the events it analyzes and takes on varying stances in the process. It delivers rich and complex actions as if it understood the significance of the email exchange. OP#1's activity cycle is defined by a period of 24 hours. During the active office hours, it is receptive to user presence. After hours, it uncouples itself from the daily trivia as it moves into a contemplative space for regeneration OP#1 is both a sculpture and an observer. It can be decided y silent, simply present as an aesthetic experience provider. As a good observer. OP#1 is attentively quiet. Its preference for minimal action is commensurate with its ability to observe its communicative environment. It watches this space benevolently and forms in its actions an instantiation of kind surveillance. This form of surveillance is not geared to record and maliciously manipulate data about a human user. OP#l's knowledge remains unrecorded and poses no threat. It is a data-driven electronic voyeur with no intentions. Physical Design Externally, as we have seen, OP#1 is formed to resemble a desert plant. Internally, however, it is something quite different. OP#1's mechanical design is based on a dynamically varying but constantly balanced exchange of forces. The system is always in equilibrium, balanced by two counterweights. An electrical and mechanical actuation is removed from direct observation. The sources of motion seem unclear, and the plant's movements appear mysterious. The force-delivering stepper motors are concealed in the lower part of the plant, though discernible through semitransparent Plexiglas. The window in the bottom of the base would promise to reveal the inner workings of the plant but shows, instead, a scene composed of rocks, sand, and moving counterweights. the datarium. The datarium is the equivalent of a vivarium. In the datarium, however, the only life forms are data-driven lead counterweights moving in and out of the rock and sand garden. The fronds or leaves surrounding the bulb are of copper wire and can be activated by a series of shape memory alloy (SMA) wires in the base of the board into which the fronds are set. The heat-sensitive SMA wires contract when activated and exert a small force on the lower end of the fronds, making them sway as the heat is applied. OP#1 has three degrees of freedom. opening and closing the bulb, raising and lowering the stem, and swaying the fronds. These three degrees of freedom can be combined into three primary physical postures called rest, bud, and bloom. When at rest, the bulb is closed and fully lowered. In bud, the bulb is closed and fully extended. In bloom, the bulb is open and fully extended. The fronds can be moved while the plant is in any of these positions. These states and their transitions are controlled by a fuzzy cognitive map (FCM). Like neural nets, FCMs are used to maintain mutually informed connections between different nodes. When email is analyzed, the result is passed into the FCM and the appropriate node is activated by giving energy to that node. The node with the most energy becomes the active node, and the posture associated with this node becomes the present posture. the plant moves to this posture from its current one. The links between nodes spread the activation energy to other nodes. Positive links between nodes cause nodes to add energy to each other. Negative links between nodes cause them to take energy from each other. Activation energy from bud flows towards bloom. budding makes blooming more likely. Rest and bud, and rest and bloom, are mutually inhibitory. Rest and bud both spread their energy to an intermediate posture, and rest and bloom spread their energy to a second intermediate posture. The combination of the mutual inhibition plus the intermediate posture will cause these pairs of states to compromise towards the intermediate posture. Finally, the self-inhibitory links tend to cause values in the system to decay. In the absence of input, the plant will not stay in a given posture forever. When all of the nodes are zero, the plant will move towards the rest posture. As email is classified, energy is added to nodes, thus initiating the process of competition and cooperation between the nodes. In addition to physical movement, OP#1 has a voice. it produces sound using a speaker housed in the bulb. These sounds provide the plant with a background presence. The sounds include variations on whistle, chant, sing, moan and complain. The sound nodes all have mutually inhibitory links (only one sound will be active at a time). In addition, there may be excitatory and inhibitory links from body postures to sound nodes. For example, the bloom node may have excitatory links to the sounds chant and sing and inhibitory links to the sounds moan and complain. Intimate Technology As stated above, OP#1 is an instantiation of intimate technology. As opposed to traditional machinery that is designed to perform well-defined and economically useful tasks, intimate technology attempts to focus on human desires, interaction niches between man and machine, places of unfulfilled desire for contemplation. As an act of technology appropriation, OP#1 is indebted to the history of artists' use of machinery. The futurists discovered the aesthetic of mechanical precision. the dadaists, the irony of predefined movement. and Marcel Duchamp, the erotic poetics of repeated motion. Daniel Spoerri and Survival Research Labs (SRL) have worked the raw force and destructive power of mechanical contraptions into spectacular events. Our interests lie in the relationship between technology and the social sphere. for example, in the subtleties of machine-mediated information exchange. OP#I makes use of engineering principles and artificial intelligence (AI) practices and reintroduces the result into a socially sensitive sphere. the office workspace. The home or office is the preferred setting for intimate technologies, not highbrow galleries or sterile laboratories. Close to end users, in bedrooms, kitchens, or bathrooms, and as portable items, intimate technologies thrive in the niches where machine efficiency has eradicated desire. In our conception of intimate technologies, the device is a mediator between the realm of repeatable machine precision and human instinct. Intimate technologies are an attempt to reclaim the territories colonized by the unquestioned pursuit of efficiency. They propose to reintroduce contemplation into the design space and to build machinery that allows and fosters it. Intimate technology is a form of critique that comments on the alienating effects of technology by reclaiming the engineering disciplines to the service of desire. Technical Appendix As OP#I uses a set of methods and techniques that are not common in artistic practice, we include below a short description of its main technical aspects. Plant movement. Machines excel at performing fast and precise movement but the requirement here is for very slow movements. In order to achieve slow linear and rotary motion under space limitations, we used micro-stepping stepper motors. This allows both slow and precise movement control without cumbersome gear reduction [1]. We tested a variety of actuators for the fronds, amongst them polyelectrolyte ion exchange membrane metal composites (IEMMC) [2] and shape memory alloy (SMA) [3]. We choose SMA as it requires little space and no climate control and provides acceptable reaction times ( I sec. for 150 micrometers in diameter). Text classification. In order to sort incoming electronic messages into categories, we employ text classification using the practical and efficient Naive Bayes Classifier [4]. This method is a Bayesian approach for computing the probability that a new text belongs to a class given the words present in a text. It involves a preliminary pass, a learning step in which the various probability terms are estimated, based on the frequency of words occurring in the training data. Interestingly, the Bayes learning method requires no explicit search through the space of possible hypothesis. It is formed by counting the occurrences of various data combinations within the training sessions. Plant behaviour architecture. The state of OP#1 is dynamically modelled with a fuzzy cognitive map (FCM) [5]. FCMs are fuzzy signed (+ enforcing and - inhibiting) digraphs with feedback. In an FCM, nodes representing actions and variables (states of the world) are connected in a network structure reminiscent of a neural network. At any point in time, the total state of the system is defined by the vector of node values. In our implementation, the nodes represent actions. The action associated with the action node with the highest value is executed at each point in time. The values of nodes change over time as each node exerts positive and negative influence on the nodes it is connected to. The FCM approach is attractive because it can resolve contradictory inputs and maintains aufficient state to exhibit incremental effects. Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following companies and individuals for their support in this project. Allegro Microsystems, which generously supplied electronic components. Microkinetics, which discounted its stepper motors for us. George Biddle of the material science department of Carnegie Mellon University, who made his machining and materials expertise generously available to us. and Bernard Mettler for his invaluable knowledge of mechanics.
The Plant Breeders' Rights Office (PBRO) is part of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The Office functions to secure the rights of plant breeders by granting protection for their new varieties. The Office examines applications to determine whether applicants are entitled to receive a grant of rights. It publishes and distributes plant breeders' rights information via the Plant Varieties Journalsee Plant Varieties Journal), records details of incoming applications and assists the public in obtaining documentation pertaining to a right that has been published.
The Plant Breeders' Rights Office (PBRO) publishes the Plant Varieties Journal containing information concerning plant breeders' rights. The Journal is distributed on a quarterly basis. The Journal provides an opportunity for all interested persons to review the information concerning a variety and to object to the particulars of the published applications/descriptions if they feel the requirements for distinctiveness, uniformity and stability or other requirements of the Act have not been met.
Personnel in the Office of Plant and Pest Services are responsible for ensuring compliance with the Virginia Pest Law, the Virginia Plant and Plant Products Inspection Law, the Virginia Bee Law, and the Noxious Weed Law. Regulatory Inspectors conduct a variety of activities, including inspections of nurseries, bee hives, plants, and plant products for export. They respond to invasive insect, plant and plant disease introductions. work to protect Virginia's endangered species and enforce agricultural quarantines. Additionally, many of these specialists provide educational programs for public outreach and work cooperatively with officials from other state, federal, and local agencies, including the Virginia Department of Forestry, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and many others.
The Physical Plant office is located directly across the street from McGill Library on South Market Street, New Wilmington, PA This building provides offices for the Physical Plant Director, supervisors, office staff, electrician and locksmith. The Physical Plant office hours are 8.00 a. m. - 4.00 p. m. Monday through Friday. The Physical Plant office is closed on college-observed holidays.
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Contact. Office of Plant Operations Armstrong Center Mailing Address. 11935 Abercorn Street Savannah, Georgia us. Phone. (912) us. Fax. (912) us. Email. plantops@armstrong. edu
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Contractor shall furnish a pre-engineered, 400 square foot addition to an existing office building at the Kika De La Garza Plant materials Center (PMC), Kingsville, TX., in accordance with the attached statement of work and floor plan.
The Sustainability Office wants to award students, staff and faculty who demonstrate a commitment to making our campus a model of environmental sustainability. The Greenie Awards intend to do just that. Students, staff and faculty are encouraged to nominate co-workers, colleagues or even themselves for the award, explaining how their undertaking, activity or project has contributed to greenifying the campus. Nothing complicated just a simple explanation of the project and how it fosters campus sustainability. There will be a winner every month and winners will receive a $50 gift certificate to Mountain Equipment Co-op or a vermi-compost bin as well as a pound of fair trade coffee or a package of fair trade tea. So don’t be shy and click on the nomination form below and get them in to the Sustainability Office. Nominations must be in by 25th of each month. Winners will be announced every second month through ReThink - the Sustainability Office's E-Newsletter and via direct contact (e-mail or phone). Either save the completed Word document nomination form and remit it to the Sustainability Office via e-mail at sustainability@umanitoba. ca or send it in an interdepartmental envelope to theSustainability Office, Physical Plant, 89 Freedman Cres.
Contact. Office of Plant Operations Armstrong Center Mailing Address. 11935 Abercorn Street Savannah, Georgia us. Phone. (912) us. Fax. (912) us. Email. plantops@armstrong. edu
The Plant Breeders' Rights Office (PBRO) is part of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The Office functions to secure the rights of plant breeders by granting protection for their new varieties. The Office examines applications to determine whether applicants are entitled to receive a grant of rights. It publishes and distributes plant breeders' rights information via the Plant Varieties Journalsee Plant Varieties Journal), records details of incoming applications and assists the public in obtaining documentation pertaining to a right that has been published.
The Plant Breeders' Rights Office (PBRO) publishes the Plant Varieties Journal containing information concerning plant breeders' rights. The Journal is distributed on a quarterly basis. The Journal provides an opportunity for all interested persons to review the information concerning a variety and to object to the particulars of the published applications/descriptions if they feel the requirements for distinctiveness, uniformity and stability or other requirements of the Act have not been met.
Canadas federal food safety, animal health and plant protection enforcement agency. The CFIA delivers 14 inspection programs related to foods, plants and animals in 18 regions across Canada. Their role is to enforce the food safety and nutritional quality standards established by Health Canada and, for animal health and plant protection, to set standards and carry out enforcement and inspection. Activities range from the inspection of federally-registered meat processing facilities to border inspections for foreign pests and diseases, to the enforcement of practices related to fraudulent labelling. Verifies the humane transportation of animals, conducts food investigations and recalls, perform laboratory testing and environmental assessments of seeds, plants, feeds and fertilizers. The CFIA is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the following Acts. Administrative Monetary Penalties Act, Canada Agricultural Products Act, Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act, Feeds Act, Fertilizers Act, Fish Inspection Act, Health of Animals Act, Meat Inspection Act, Plant Breeders Rights Act, Plant Protection Act, Seeds Act, the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act as it relates to food, and the enforcement of the Food and Drugs Act as it relates to food. Will identify insects if taken or mailed in to this office. Inspects green plants, mainly for import or exporting. Responsible for the import and export regulation of meat hygiene, processed foods, seeds, fertilizers, feeds, animal health and plant protection. Will provide rabies pickup when rabies is suspected. Inspection and administration of imports and exports of all animals. Investigate foreign and reportable animal diseases.
BLM Alaska State Office Invasive Plant Identification and Prevention Photos of common invasive plants and other information about invasive plants in Alaska.
General information on BLM's invasive plant management program in California with links to BLM field office websites on invasive plants.
BLM California Alturas Field Office Twenty-three invasive plants are profiled with photos, descriptions, and definitions.
BLM California Arcata Field Office Thirteen invasive plants invading the Arcata area are discussed with photos, individual invasive plant data.
BLM California Bishop Field Office Nine invasive plants in the Bishop area are discussedwith photos, individual invasive plant data.
BLM Eastern States Office Invasive Plants Home Page A little bit about kudzu, the plant that ate the south.
BLM Nevada State Office Invasive Plants Home Page Roots to petal look at invasive plants in Nevada. how they hurt Nevada, how they spread, how to recognize them, and what is being done about them. Links too.
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BLM Prineville, Oregon, District Office Integrated Invasive Plant Management on the Prineville District, BLM. Includes explanation of the problem and efforts to combat invasive plants, links, and photos with text details about the invaders
BLM Utah State Office Invasive Plants Home Page Partners Against Noxious Invasive Plants. Information about invasive plants in Utah (including information about partners) and photos
Thermographic analysis of the central office power plant-a tool forthe maintenance engineer McMenamin, D. P. Telecommunications Energy Conference, 1990. INTELEC apos.90., 12th International Volume, Issue, 21-25 Oct 1990 Page(s).487 - 489 Digital Object Identifier us. /INTLEC us. Summary.Thermographic analysis is a cost-effective addition to the maintenance engineer's toolbox. Modern infrared imaging systems are capable of determining the temperature of surfaces which cannot easily be touched because they are carrying lethal voltages. Additionally, they are so much faster than a thermometer, that they lend themselves to the study of low voltage equipment also. The author covers some of the ways in which thermographic imaging was used by Bell Atlantic Corporation in eastern Pennsylvania. It is used effectively to uncover potential problems, as well as to reduce maintenance costs
Anne Trafton, News OfficeNovember 15, 2006 Some of nature's most complicated chemistry takes place in the shoots and leaves of the tiny, unassuming periwinkle plant. MIT researchers studying the flowering plant have now figured out how to manipulate those complicated biosynthetic pathways to produce novel compounds, some of which could have pharmacological benefits."Plants are really nature's best chemists," says Sarah O'Connor, the Latham Family Career Development Assistant Professor of Chemistry and co-author of a paper on the work in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. O'Connor and chemistry graduate student Elizabeth McCoy decided to explore the periwinkle plant in part because it is the only plant that produces vinblastine, a drug widely used to treat cancers such as Hodgkin's lymphoma. The biochemical pathway that produces vinblastine and other alkaloid compounds is long and complicated, usually requiring at least 10 enzymatic steps, which occur in different parts of the periwinkle plant (also known as
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