![]() ![]() The projected establishment of a soda ash factory near Lake Natron’s beaches has become a new hazard. Despite plans to build a dike at the north end of Lake Natron to restrict the freshwater, the potential of dilution to this breeding site remains a severe concern. More predicted logging in the Natron watershed regions and a proposed hydroelectric power station on the Ewaso Nyiro across the Kenyan border would pose threats to the salinity balance due to increasing siltation influxes. Threats to the Environment and Preservation Surrounding Lake NatronĪlthough the land around Lake Natron is uninhabited, there is some seasonal agriculture and grazing. alcalica is found in Lake Natron, it is not endemic. In the waters of the hot spring inlets, two indigenous fish species, the alkaline tilapias Alcolapia ndalani and A. The mudflats are also breeding zones for greater flamingos.īecause of its strong link to the Lesser flamingos as their sole permanent nesting habitat, Lake Natron inspired Disneynature’s nature documentary The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos. Due to its caustic environment, predators are unable to access their eggs on evaporite islands, which are formed seasonally, Lake Natron is a safe nesting habitat. These flamingos, East Africa’s only sizable flock, congregate along neighboring salty lakes to feast on Spirulina (red pigmented blue-green algae). When salinity rises, cyanobacteria thrive, and more nesting birds can be supported by the lake. Lake Natron is the sole regular breeding place for the 2.5 million lesser flamingos in East Africa, who have been classified as “near endangered” due to their reliance on this single locale. Some fish may even thrive in somewhat less saline water along their edges. Nonetheless, indigenous algae, birds, and invertebrates can be found in Lake Natron. ![]() The high temperature of Lake Natron (a maximum of 60 ☌ ) and high and changeable salt concentration are unsuitable to most species. Around the lake’s margins, freshwater and salt marshes wetlands host a diverse range of flora. The salt-loving bacteria that reside there typically tint the alkali salt crust on the lake’s surface pink or red. The deep reds of the open water of the lake and the orange hues of the shallow areas of the lake are produced by the red accessory photosynthesizing pigmentation of the cyanobacteria. ![]() Some cyanobacteria, for example, are halophile creatures that create their own food through photosynthesis, just like plants. Salinity levels rise when water evaporates in the dry season, allowing salt-loving microbes to flourish. Lake Natron’s color is indicative of lakes with extremely high evaporation rates. The lake has been able to concentrate into a caustic alkaline brine as a result of this. Carbonate is abundant in the lavas, although magnesium and calcium levels are quite low. The neighboring bedrock is made up of alkaline, sodium concentrated trachyte lavas that date back to the Pleistocene. The lake’s alkalinity can exceed a pH of 12. Trona (sodium sesquicarbonate dihydrate) and Natron (sodium carbonate decahydrate) have been left behind due to high amounts of evaporation. Lake Natron’s temperature is usually above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). The surrounding region experiences erratic seasonal rainfall, with an annual total of 800 mm (31 inches) falling primarily between May and December. Lake Natron has a breadth of 57km (35 miles) and is 22 km (14 miles) broad at its widest point. It is relatively shallow, measuring only up to three meters (9.8 feet) deep, and its breadth changes depending on the water level. The Southern Ewaso Ng’iro River, which originates from central Kenya, and hot springs rich in minerals are the main sources of water supply for the Lake Natron. Satellite image of the lake on 6 March 2017 The lake is located inside Lake Natron Basin, which is a Ramsar Site wetland of worldwide importance. It is located in the Gregory Rift, which is part of the East African Rift Valley‘s eastern branch. Lake Natron is an alkaline or saline lake in Tanzania’s Arusha Region, located in the north Ngorongoro District. Threats to the Environment and Preservation Surrounding Lake Natron.Lake Natron – Flora, Fauna, Preservation, Visiting and More. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This update will add additional entries in an effort to give players more ideas on how to get a new experience from this classic game. The builds on this list will have players hunting down Deathclaws in hopes of finding something to actually give them a challenge. In regard to this article, powerful simply means that a build will make the game almost too easy. With so many options, it's easy to overlook what could be an extremely powerful build. The chance to disarm rises to 15 at rank 4+. While the wiki doesn't go very high, I've bothered. Animal Vigor, Dragonborn DLC Code + 0059A5, Werewolf, DLC1AnimalVigorPerk. To condense info, the following table uses the formula for Fallout 4's leveling system: 75 (Current Level-1) + 200 so it takes 750+200 to reach level 2 (200 xp), and 500 XP to reach level 6 (75 (5-1)+200) (for mathematically challenged that's 754 300 + 200 500). The chance to disarm is 10 for Rank 2, 1 to cripple at rank 3. Alchemist Rank 4, 000C07CC, Alchemy, Alchemist60. Each perk has a base SPECIAL requirement that must be met before it can be taken this. Updated by Jeff Drake: Fallout 4 gives the players so many options when deciding on what path a character will take. You can certainly reach high damage numbers with this Perk and benefit every bit as much as if you'd gone with other types of weapons under the Melee classification. SPECIAL perks are obtainable via spending perk points in the perk chart. Whether you’re wanting to play a stealthy character, a melee berserker, or tank anything and everything in your suit of Power Armor, these are considered the strongest builds among the fanbase that don’t rely on exploits or glitches. Late Perks: Better Criticals (Luck 6), Critical Banker (Luck 7), Quick Hands (Agility 8), Sniper (Perception 8), Penetrator (Perception 9), Concentrated Fire (Perception 10) The perception column is the most important for ranged weapons, as it has the best perks to get early in the game and late into your playthrough. RELATED: Fallout 4: The Most Unobtainable Items In The Game The strongest builds focus on great perk synergies or utilizing the best weapons in the game to pump out extreme levels of damage, one-shot enemies, or minimize the damage you take. There are a lot of viable builds for Fallout 4 and which one’s best for you largely depends on your preferred playstyle. ![]() ![]() The new Aldis will also create around 2,400 jobs.ĭespite being the fourth biggest grocery chain in the UK, the German-owned supermarket is underrepresented in London apparently owing to a lack of suitable sites. It’s still on the hunt for new locations to host the stores: Aldi is even offering a finders fee of 1.5 percent of a freehold price or 10 percent of the first year’s rent for leasehold site to people who can recommend a previously unknown location.īen Shotter, regional managing director at Aldi, said: ‘We strongly believe that access to affordable, high-quality food is a right, not a privilege. Huzzah!Īnd these aren’t going to be diddy Aldis – the plan is to open stores that are the standard 20,000 sq ft with 100 dedicated parking spaces. But in some very good news, Aldi has plans to open AT LEAST 60 new stores in London, hoping to double its offering in the capital. Food shopping in the capital is a pain: more often than not, we’re forced to cobble together our groceries from subpar Tesco Metros, cornershops and astronomical organic delis. ![]() Roll on Viagra for the authorial brain.There aren’t many things that excite Londoners more than a Big Supermarket. But somehow, Jeffrey, I think that not even that will work. Is there any way the sixtysomething can keep his place at the top of bestsellerdom's slippery pole? Well, I suppose you could try getting put away for four years and writing your book in Cell Block Eleven. But somehow, in this day and age, I can't see it. I can imagine it - just as I can imagine America being ravaged by computer-generated insects or a Buick saloon cruising through time portals. Can you envisage a 33-year-old winning Wimbledon (as Jaroslav Drobny did), a 44-year-old playing cricket for England (as Wally Hammond did), a 45-year-old winning the world heavyweight title (as George Foreman did), or a 50-year-old playing top-class football (as Stanley Matthews did)? The same parameter shift is happening (belatedly) in bestselling books as happened, decades ago, in sport. This year's Booker was won by a young contender, Yann Martel, half the age (39) of the oldest shortlisted candidate. As elsewhere, the race is increasingly to the young and swift, not the old and canny. This ruthlessness works against the King-sized superseller, which needs up to 40 full-price, full-display weeks to make its numbers.Īt the end of the day, it's down to age. Wal-Mart discounts to the bone and returns books days after delivery. They do not want the same book cover on display day after day. But, unlike the traditional bookshops, Wal-Mart keeps its stocks very shallow. The Big W sells everything under one vast roof - including books. When Wal-Mart moves into town, all the smaller stores (including what used to be called "supermarkets") close down. Havoc, death, destruction, yawn.Ī third explanation for the drooping blockbuster is the Wal-Martisation of America. In Prey (warmed-over Jurassic Park) a hive of computer-generated insects (cyberbugs) escape from a laboratory. With queues for smallpox vaccination, and citizens opening their Xmas (Anthraxmas?) cards, gas masks at the ready, the old stories just don't have the same thrill. America, post 9/11, has a new set of dreams and nightmares. It's all deja lu been there, read that.Īnd, of course, the book world (like other worlds) has changed utterly. So, too, with Turow's and Grisham's legal thrillers. Clancy (with his fantasia of papal assassination) bet the store on John Paul II dying, and the pontiff perversely didn't (despite Cardinal Law's best efforts). ![]() King's latest reads suspiciously like a Christine retread (old cars with strange powers). Like childbearing, delivering blockbusters every year takes it out of you. They want fresher, less formulaic wares such as Alice Sebold's (age 39) saga of youthful drugs, rape, and wretchedness, The Lovely Bones - first novels that come from nowhere. ![]() The fiction-reading public has, meanwhile, got younger. Crichton is 60, King and Clancy 55, Turow 53, Grisham (sprightliest of the bunch) 47. ![]() These authors are all veterans, old hands, a trifle wrinkled. ![]() ![]() ![]() In no time, our stories got picked up by the likes of Forbes, Foxnews, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Macrumors, and many others. PiunikaWeb started as purely an investigative tech journalism website with main focus on ‘breaking’ or ‘exclusive’ news. Note: We have more such stories in our dedicated Twitter section so be sure to follow them as well. That said, we’ll keep tabs on further developments and update the article accordingly. We also tested the various versions of the app and established that installing an older version (v9.50 or older) of the app fixes the issue as well. It works on both mobile app and website.Ĭopy tweet link > paste > remove the characters starting from the ? > replace with /video/1 Meanwhile, affected users can try a workaround that involves the following steps. Official acknowledgment and potential workaroundsįortunately, Twitter has acknowledged the issue where ‘Copy to clipboard’ function is not working. It also allowed them to share tweets swiftly and easily. Users are now annoyed as this feature came in quite handy. So all you need to do is just copy as usual then paste it to other device whenever you need it. It keeps track of everything you copy into your clipboard across the device. This broken functionality of the ‘Copy to clipboard’ feature is preventing users from easily copying and re-sharing contents of tweets. 1Clipboard is a universal clipboard managing app that makes it easy to access your clipboard from anywhere on any device. As a consequence, long pressing on a tweet doesn’t copy the text in question to the clipboard. You could upgrade manually to 1809, but now you may as well wait another couple of months and get 1903- preferably AFTER the first major update to 1903 has been released. The issue seems to have popped up with the update to v9.51 of the app, at least based on our testing. FIX IT ASAP.ALSO THE UPDATE BRING BACK COPY TO CLIPBOARD NOT HIGHTLIGHT TEXT When I press and hold on a tweet, the “Copied to clipboard” function does not pop up anymore. WHEN YOU TRY AND VIEW THEM NOTHING SHOWS UP. Many Android users are now facing an issue where they are no longer able to use the ‘Copy to clipboard’ function ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) on Twitter. ![]() ![]() Twitter ‘Copy to clipboard’ function not working We also highlighted how Android users once started experiencing issues with tweet, retweet and quote tweet. However, it seems that it never worked to the best of its capacity. This feature facilitated a swift process of copying and sharing contents of any tweet by long-pressing on it. It was quite exciting for Android users when Twitter finally added a simple yet useful feature of selecting text in a tweet. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fearless, both in Swagism’s sonic depth and conscious social commentary, the band easily translates this adventurousness in a live setting. ![]() Ghost-Note’s live performances are bold and in your face, with the group offering up none of the tight-laced pretenses frequently associated with the band’s jazz roots. Focused on creating seductive danceable grooves and a contagious feel-good energy, each show is an opportunity to let loose and connect, for both fans and the musicians alike. After forming in 2015, Ghost-Note has already begun to take the world by storm. The group’s two studio albums-2018’s Swagism and 2015’s Fortified-have earned critical acclaim and popular success around the globe, with both albums hitting the #1 spot on the iTunes Jazz Charts. Justin Stanton (Snarky Puppy) – keyboardsĭaniel Jones (Jay-Z, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake) – keyboards Mike Jelani Brooks (Kirk Franklin, RC & The Gritz) – tenor saxophone, flute Jonathan Mones (Funky Knuckles, RC & The Gritz) – alto sax, flute Sylvester Onyejiaka (Prince, Quantic) – baritone sax, tenor sax, fluteĭominique Xavier Taplin (Prince, Toto) – keyboards Robert “Sput” Searight (Snarky Puppy, Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar) – drumsĭwayne “MonoNeon” Thomas (Prince) – bass, guitar Furthermore, the ever-growing family of musicians has mounted successful headlining tours in the United States, Europe, Australia, NEW ZEALAND, Canada, and Japan and performed at high-profile international music festivals and events across the globe. Nick Werth (Galaxe, Yak Attack) – xylosynthĪ.J. Jon Jon Webb (Rihanna, Ledisi, Beyoncé) – bassĪlvin Ford Jr.Steven Jumper serves as partner and President of Strategy at Ghost Note - one of Washington, DC's fastest emerging boutique digital communications agencies. In this role he is responsible for leading the development of innovative integrated communications strategies and relationships with some the region's most notable companies and organizations. Current and previous clients and partners include Microsoft, EventsDC, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, the District of Columbia and Opterna - a global fiber optics solutions company. Steven is also a cofounder of Technoir - a dynamic initiative to fund, showcase, and celebrate diversity in tech. To date, Technoir has awarded thousands of dollars to black and brown-owned startups and developed a network of partners that includes AT&T, hit ABC show "Shark Tank", General Assemb.ly, and Georgetown University. Steven has developed an expertise in strategy and client engagement after previously serving as an executive at some of the region's leading boutique communications agencies. ![]() Before leaving to build Ghost Note, he served as director at The Walker Marchant Group, where he developed campaigns for leading companies and organizations including Walmart, Walgreens, Thompson Hospitality and Howard University. ![]() ![]() ![]() For a paid app to make this list, it had to offer a solid upgrade over the free apps at a reasonable price. There are a lot of free apps on this list because a lot of free apps do email very well. All these apps do the basics, and do it well. I didn't want apps that made a song and dance out of checking your inbox or sending emails. It's more about the eight least interesting ones that completely get out of your way. ![]() This isn't a list of the eight most interesting email apps. In short, if you use a normal email account and not something like HEY or Proton, all these picks should work for you. While I can't promise that these email apps will work with every single email service out there (they won't), I made sure they work nicely with the big ones like Gmail and Outlook, and that they enable other accounts through the POP3 or IMAP protocols. I was looking for email apps that were explicitly designed to work well with the device they were on, take advantage of platform-specific features, and generally just be nice OS citizens. PCs have different interface and usability conventions than Macs an iPhone doesn't work the same as an Android phone-and dedicated email apps should respect all that. Here's what I wanted the best apps to be and do: This means that if you're going to the effort of setting up a dedicated email app for desktop or mobile-and maybe even paying for one-it had better get a few things right. Really, the web apps for most major email services are, believe it or not, not that bad (the Gmail web app, for example, works well even on mobile web browsers). This also means we aren't considering any web apps for this list. ![]() If you like what you see here but want more niche options, like the best email apps for security or customization, check out our platform-specific lists. Think of it as kind of an email all-stars list. This list is also focused on the best email apps for the four most popular platforms: Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. Some apps on this list, like Outlook and Gmail, are the name of both an email client and an email service, but what I was testing here was the app itself. For example, all of the email clients on this list will work with your aol.com email address (AOL is an email service). We're looking at the apps that run on your devices and enable you to check your email service. email apps), not the best email services. Let me start here: this is an article about the best email clients (a.k.a. Outlook for an alternative to Apple Mail for iOSĮdison Mail for a Gmail alternative for Android Windows Mail for the best free Windows email appĪpple Mail for the best free macOS email app ![]() I spent time with all the top email apps on every device, and here are my picks for the eight best desktop and mobile email apps for all the big platforms. A good app and a patient attitude are the only way through. I've tried nearly every purported fix, system, or solution available (you should see my Gmail labels), and I've long since concluded the best fix is to take a deep breath and accept that email will never be amazing. I've spent more time tinkering with email than any person should. I've used email since 1995 (my dad set up the account for me because I was five years old), and I've worked fully remotely since 2012. ![]() |
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