Well, that can work but there are not many places you can dig out from in safety and in reality, digging in Center Perks isn’t a good solution. There are only certain things you can do when everyone else is busy.įrom there, you’ll probably start to make a plan, likely trying to reproduce everything you’ve seen in the tutorial, digging out. You’ll also find out that free time is not as useful as you might expect. There’s even a two hour job period which only requires about 10 minutes of talking to a staffer so you can easily explore the prison at will. You can search other inmates desks, as the tutorial taught you, and move freely as there is a lot of free time to explore. The first thing you realize is that Center Perks is a lot harder than the tutorial, almost nothing is left around for you to find, and much of what seemed simple in the tutorial isn’t here. It’s the easiest prison in The Escapists 2 but it’s your first chance to really play the game. The prison is called Center Perks 2.0, a remake of a prison from the first game. If you thought all the prisons would be as easy as the tutorial, you’re in for a rude awakening. So let’s discuss the first prison after the tutorial. So really this is a game that’s focused on the gameplay of escaping prisons. There is mini cutscenes when you escape from prison. At least the transport levels are presented with the player on some means of conveyance, a plane, train or boat, and ultimately has more development than just a generic prison that you’re in for unspecified reasons. There are also a couple of levels that are “transport levels” While these are more themed than the normal prisons, they have less free-roaming and a touch more level design, but again, it’s not a lot of story here either. You’re telling your own story about how you break out of prison, but realize it’s heavily put on your head to do any storytelling and there is none provided by The Escapists 2. There’s just random incidents and quests that don’t tie together. It’s a missed opportunity but it also would have taken a lot more time and effort to show a full tour.īut really, once The Escapists 2 actually starts it’s more about open world free roaming gameplay, and the fact is it never tries to tell you anything coherent. In fact, The Escapists 2 shows you the opening in scenes rather than a full tour and because of that, you don’t actually learn the layout of the jail. There is an opening cinematic (skippable) which shows you the layout of the prison but this is just showing you locations. You should be able to understand what everything is.Īs for the story, aside from the tutorial level, there’s not much here. Even covering up a hole with a poster looks great and helps the player to see what’s going on while thematically covering the locations. A good example is that walls are removable or destroyable, and so that tile-based geometry represented by pixel art looks right. In fact, the graphics make a lot of sense for The Escapists 2 and work well with the theme. They look good and almost everything in the inventory is recognizable by sight. The graphics for The Escapists 2 are pixel graphics in the style of the NES, though more fluid than the NES ever was. Every prison from there on you get to choose a created character from your list as your character. At least I didn’t see him again over a number of prison levels. It’s easy to escape when the game practically leaves a pickaxe and shovel for you, for instance.Īt the end of that tutorial, the famous escapist you played is captured again and I believe that’s the last time you see that prisoner again. The fact is the tutorial is good, however, everything is set up to help you win. Now, this is a tutorial prison so he practically walks out but it gives you an idea of how to escape prisons. He explains how he performed his daring escape, or rather a mundane one. You play an escapist who is being questioned about his big escape. The Escapists 2 starts off with a rather simple tutorial mission. Well apparently, The Escapists did well enough and then Humble Monthly Bundle for August 2018 picked The Escapists 2 in their Early Unlocks, and once again I’m back in the hole, the pokey, or the big house. So in 2018, I’m back in the same pixelized prisons and I wonder how I got here. It was an interesting idea for a game but ultimately I didn’t enjoy the experience and quickly moved on to other games, vowing not to return to prison, at least with that series. I played the original The Escapists in 2015. Also available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, macOS
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Turn your head to the right, for example, if you want the water to splash to the right. Then turn it by hand in the direction you want the water to spray. To change the spray direction, move the spray arm by hand. To shorten or lengthen the distance of your impact sprinkler. Screw the diffuser pin into or out of the water stream. On the other hand, the diffuser pin allows you to adjust the Impact sprinkler from 25 to 45 feet. The Satellite 2 Pop-Up Impact Sprinkler from Orbit puts you back in charge of your lawn and garden. As a result, turn it clockwise to shorten the distance and counterclockwise to lengthen it. After setting the arc, turn the diffuser screw on the front of the nozzle with a flat-head screwdriver to set the spray distance. However, you do not need any tools to complete this task. Then, slide one collar to the right to set the stop point and the other collar to the left to set the point. After removing the head from the ground and ensuring the trip, the lever is depressed. We can modify the arc of the Satellite impact rotors from 25 to 360 degrees by sliding down the frictional heating collars under the spray head. Flip it clockwise to shorten the spray distance and counterclockwise to lengthen it. Insert the screwdriver or key’s plastic end into the arc-adjustment hole and turn clockwise to widen the arc - a full turn adds 90 degrees.Īdjust the distance after you’ve finished adjusting the head and screwing it onto the riser by quickly turning the screw on the front of the nozzle, just above the aperture. The Saturn gear-driven rotary sprinkler is remarkably similar to the Voyager, but we should the arc before installing the sprinkler head. We must adjust sprinkler heads to eliminate dry spots and pooling water, which can lead to lawn disease. However, sprinkler systems use a timer to water your lawn regularly. We can adjust the spray pattern from 40 to 360 degrees to conserve water and irrigate the lawn only when necessary, with no waste runoff. Turn the diffuser screw on the top of the turret clockwise to reduce spray distance and counterclockwise to increase spray distance. Use the key’s screwdriver or metal end to adjust the spray distance. Turn it clockwise to widen the arc a complete rotation equals 90 degrees. Insert the plastic end of the key or the flat-head screwdriver into the adjustment stop on the turret and push the key or screwdriver straight through the slot to adjust the left stop. Then align it with the spray area’s right side. To adjust the arc, reset it by turning the green turret on the top of the head to the left. However, previous Saturn models can be adjusted with a flat-head screwdriver. Orbit, on the other hand, manufactures the Saturn line of gear-drive rotary sprinkler heads, and the most recent model, the Saturn IV, comes with a special adjustment key. However, turn it clockwise to shorten and counterclockwise to lengthen the spray distance. To change the spray distance, turn the screw in the center of the shower head with a flat-head screwdriver. Then, while holding the sleeve steady, rotate only the head until the indicator aligns with the left side of the spray area. wrap the tool around the sprinkler sleeve to keep it in place.Īs a result, rotate the sleeve until the nozzle head’s indicator points to the right side of the spray area. Lift the nozzle out of the ground with the Orbit adjustment tool to adjust the arc. Orbit adjustable pop-up spray nozzles, on the other hand, can water in arcs ranging from 25 to 360 degrees. As a result, a unique key is available from dealers who sell Orbit sprinkler system components. Orbit makes a variety of sprinkler heads, all of which are easily adjustable with a flat-head screwdriver. However, you must adjust the heads regularly to keep up with changes in the local climate in addition to your growing plants. Reduce the radius by turning the nozzle head screw clockwise.įirst, put in an underground sprinkler system in your lawn and garden is only the first step toward proper irrigation. Increase the amount of water by turning the bow counterclockwise. Thus, reduce the amount of water by rotating the arc clockwise. Orbit sprinkler head adjustment: Turn on the spray nozzle to see what adjustments are needed for the orbit sprinkler head. There really nice skins I personally like them. That is all i have to say of my opinion on the app so you can agree with me or disagree i don't care.įirst of all I really like this app you can get a skin for Minecraft instead of like getting skins from the skins they have in Minecraft. The one downside to the app is that there are a lot of ads but at least you can buy ad free on the app (which I'm not actually gonna do cause that is just a waste of my money but you can if you want) so if you see the in-app purchases that is what the purchases is. When i got on it was free and i was able to see all kinds of good outfits and outfits based of my fav YouTuber, Aphmau (i don't care if you don't like her but i do), and when i went to save an outfit to my photos to use on Minecraft it actually worked and i was able to use it. But even after all that i decided to just try it out and see if it was actually good. So i saw a good deal of 5 star ratings saying things like “amazing!” “Must get” etc, and i remembered how i have been told before that apps can buy reviews so i thought to myself again saying “oh i bet they bought these”. So when i first saw this app i thought to myself “i bet this is a scam” so then i looked at the reviews. Thanks for reading this ( If you made it this far! ) and it’s definitely worth the purchase! This is a AMAZING app and even though what I said it true, if they did something about it I would give this app 5 stars instead of 4. This is a kinda long review so I’m going to end it here. One thing is I wish you could change settings because every time I save a skin ( Which is very often ) I get the notification saying” One last thing” and I just keep getting it and I know how to get the skin in my Minecraft after the first time I saved a skin and I got the notification. Also, it’s super easy to use and not hard at all. It definitely helps your Minecraft worlds and you to look WAY better than just the Alex and Steve skins. I know I’m using annoying a lot so I’m going to say some things positive about the app. It was just annoying and having to scroll for AGES is just so annoying. I wish there was a filter instead of the search because I wanted one with a flower crown but it showed 2 skins that only had Flower Crown in their name. Some skins don’t have any adds though so that’s nice. Like some skins in order to open them, add. I love this app SO much and it’s just so much fun! One thing I don’t like though is the amount of adds. Headline: SEC Charges Global Software Company SAP for FCPA Violations Headline: SEC Charges Future FinTech CEO Shanchun Huang With Fraud and Disclosure Failures Headline: SEC Charges Morgan Stanley and Former Executive Pawan Passi with Fraud in Block Trading Business Morgan to Pay $18 Million for Violating Whistleblower Protection Rule Headline: SEC Adopts Rules to Enhance Investor Protections Relating to SPACs, Shell Companies, and Projections Headline: SEC Charges Chicago-based Aon Investments and Former Partner with Misleading Pennsylvania Public Employees’ Pension Fund Headline: SEC Charges Northern Star SPAC for Material Misrepresentations in its IPO-Related Disclosures Once the Principal has signed this document (personally or through an Authorized Representative) and supplied the requested items, he or she must relinquish this document to the Notary Public who will notarize the execution of this paperwork.Headline: SEC Charges Founder of $1.7 Billion “HyperFund” Crypto Pyramid Scheme and Top Promoter with Fraud On the blank space adjacent to the Signature, the Signature Party should Print his or her Name After signing this document, the Signature Party must supply his or her “Physical Street Address,” “City,” “State,” and “Zip Code.” The next blank space will require the Principal’s Telephone Number and active E-mail Address recorded in the designated areas. First, the Signature Party must report if he or she is a person (by marking the checkbox labeled “Individual”) or if he or she is a representative a Business Entity by marking the box labeled “Business.” If the Signature Party is a Representative of a Business, he or she must also record the Name of the Business that is granting Principal Power on the blank line labeled “Business Name.” The blank line labeled “Signature Of Individual Or Business Owner” should be signed by either the Principal Vehicle Owner or the Authorized Representative of the Business that owns the Vehicle. The next area will require the Principal Vehicle Owners attention. The choices presented are Duplicate Title, Noting of Lean, Request For Verification Of Ownership, Vehicle Information Request, Transfer Of Title, Application For Title And Registration, and/or you may mark the box labeled as “Other” then record it on the blank line labeled “Specify.”ģ – The Granting Party Must Sign This Document Use this area to fill in the Vehicle’s Make, Vehicle Identification Number, Model, Body, and Year.įinally, in the box under the Vehicle Information section, mark each check box that corresponds to Powers the Vehicle Owner wishes to grant the Agent. The next few spaces requiring information will simply present some labeled blank spaces: Make, VIN, Model, Body Type, and Year. The last blank space, divided by three labeled areas (“City,” “State,” “Zip Code”) will provide a place where you may continue the Attorney-in-Fact’s Street Address reported above. The second labeled area of this line (“Street Address”) will call for the Attorney-in-Fact’s Residential Street Address. If he or she is the Representative of a Business, then supply the Legal Name of that Business along with the Title he or she holds in the area labeled “Business Or Title Service, If Applicable.” The first labeled area of the third blank line will need some more information regarding the Attorney-in-Fact. In the initial statement, enter the Full Name of the Principal Vehicle Owner on the blank space labeled “Name.” Next, present the Attorney-in-Fact’s Name on the blank space labeled “Name Of Attorney-in-Fact Representative The next required pieces of information will be requested in a statement. Record the Date this document is being issued on the blank line near the top left-corner of the page (labeled “Date”). The first item required on this page will be the Date. Download this form using any of the buttons presented with the image on this page.Ģ – Satisfy The Information Requirements Of This Document This type of appointment can only occur through a completed form bearing the Principal’s Signature. The Vehicle Services Division of the Tennessee Department Of Revenue will allow a Vehicle Owner to name an Agent to perform the same actions he or she can with the Principal’s Vehicle. How to Writeġ – Appoint An Agent With Principal Vehicle Powers Using The Paperwork On This Page It is important that all the information is filled in or else the Division will consider it void. A Tennessee vehicle power of attorney (Form RV-F1311401) can be used to allow another entity (usually a car dealer) to handle the titling of your motor vehicle in front of the Tennessee Department of Revenue Vehicle Services Division. Students may feel self-conscious praying in public, so privacy is optimal. It is mainly during the short winter months that the noon prayer falls during school hours.įor students who request a place to pray, an empty classroom or a room in the library are good options. The time period for the noon prayer varies throughout the year, but the time period generally begins between 12:15pm and 1:15pm and ends two to three hours later. The only prayer that may need to be performed during school hours is the noon prayer. The time required for washing and prayer is about ten to fifteen minutes. During the prayer, Muslims quietly recite from the Quran and other prayers as they stand, bow, and prostrate themselves on a clean surface such as a prayer rug. Before praying, Muslims are required to wash their hands, mouth, nose, face, arms, and feet, which they can do in a bathroom sink. The prayers take place during the following windows of time: dawn to sunrise midday to late afternoon late afternoon to before sunset sunset to dusk and after dusk. Islam prescribes five daily prayers throughout the day, a practice observed by many Muslims. While these are practices of a religiously observant Muslim student, it is important to remember that Muslims are not all the same and will manifest diversity of religious practice or lack of practice. So, it’s best to ask the student about their needs, instead of assuming what their needs are. The following are some common religious practices which may impact some Muslim students at school. IntroductionĪs our nation grows increasingly diverse, it is important to understand and to accommodate the religious practices of all our students to the best of a school’s ability. Students also have the right to inform others about their religion, subject to restrictions that the school may impose, the right to attend Friday prayers, and the right to be excused from school for religious holidays. The Equal Access Act of 1984 further affirms the rights of students to initiate and participate in religious activities, such as religious clubs or even prayer services, as long as they are initiated and led by students. It also guarantees the right of a student to engage in personal worship or prayer, so long as it is student initiated and does not disrupt classroom instruction. The First Amendment guarantees such religious rights as the right to wear religiously mandated clothing and observe religiously mandated dietary rules. Religiously mandated practices for students are protected by the First Amendment, which upholds the right to freedom of religion. 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This DAF Analysis is for aspirants who have cleared the Civil Services Mains 2023 Examination and will be appearing for the Personality Test. “There have been many important contributors to Manchester City’s renaissance, but arguably none are more important than Vincent Kompany”.Īlthough it is heartbreaking for City fans to say goodbye, his injury issues made this day coming sooner rather than later inevitable. He was quickly adored by the City faithful, and off the pitch he also found love with Mancunian and die-hard blues fan Carla Higgs.Ĭlub chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak was full of praise and admiration following Kompany’s announcement on Sunday morning. His decision to leave the club has brought about an opportunity for him to become player/manager of Anderlecht, the club which was also so close to his heart that the opportunity to return as player/manager was too good to turn down.įrom his first game in a City shirt, Kompany made a terrific impression on the pitch. That first contract was back in 2008 at the beginning of the Sheikh Mansour reign when he signed from Hamburg, where he had spent two years following beginning his professional career with Belgium side Anderlecht. Wherever he likes, as far as I’m concerned: he has lived and breathed everything Manchester City ever since he signed his first contract. In commentary for the Leicester game upon watching City’s centre back score a 30-yard-screamer, Gary Neville asked “where do you want your statue Vincent Kompany?” His contribution to the club over the last 11 years has been monumental. When developing PHP applications, it’s vital that you analyze your code early on in the development process to identify any issues or vulnerabilities. As such, it provides features like a Class import annotator, Class constants in DocTags, Auto alias import for annotation class, Goto for doc tags and property names, and so much more. The PHP Annotations plugin makes this process easier as it provides PHP annotation support for IntelliJ. It's simple when you document your code properly, you or any other developer working with your code will always know what a class, method, or other structural element does. Nowadays, it's just as important to document your code properly as it is to write clean, quality code. Duckly is great for pair programming, code reviews, debugging sessions, and much more.Īll the communication and the code-sharing sessions are P2P and encrypted, and only team members can join your calls. Duckly provides the solution to that by allowing you and your team to share the same view while coding. With remote work becoming the norm throughout companies due to COVID-19, the ability to pair-program is interrupted by bad WiFi signals or background noise. This plugin proves itself necessary by the day. It enables remote developers to work as if they were side by side. 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Minecraft Creeper Light Switch Cover by redbeardmathpirateĬreepers are hostile mobs that will chase players throughout the game, and explode if they get too close. The LED function is controlled with neopixel strips, so it will shift between colors. It can be turned into diamonds, which in turn can be turned into the best, highest-grade weapons and tools. As one of the most difficult to find ores in the game, there isn’t a more valuable material in the game. One of the coolest 3D printable lights is this great LED cube made to look like the elusive Diamond Ore block. There are four different models, a sword, axe, pickaxe, and shovel. These simple 3D models can be used as keychains, pendants or even Christmas tree ornaments. Throughout the game, players often need to use tools and weapons, and of course they’re styled in the classic 8-bit style. Minecraft Tools with Keychain Hole by GSAMakerspace The main body is made of 3D printed from standard PLA, while the top “flame” is printed from a transparent material. It’s made with the LED lights from eight small candle tea lights that give the torch a realistic, flickering glow. This fantastic wall-mounted nightlight is made to look like the torches encountered in caves and underground structures throughout the game world. Minecraft Torch Nightlight by SuperInfraMan Here are ten 3D printable Minecraft things: Naturally, that means that the Internet has tons of amazing Minecraft 3D models just waiting to be 3D printed, and I found some of my favorites. The game is wildly popular with gamers of all ages, but it has become especially popular with younger players who enjoy the open world, sandbox game play mechanics.īecause the graphics are so simple, they are ideal for turning into 3D printable models, and often the actual game assets can be extracted and turned into 3D models. They can also encounter hostile creatures like spiders, skeletons, zombies and, of course, the Creepers. The different types of cubes that players encounter will include dirt, stone, ores, water, lava and trees, and they can often encounter animals like cows, pigs, and chickens. The world that you play in is made up of simplified, 8-bit-style blocks that, depending on the game play mode, involves building, arranging or breaking them to build virtually anything. As of 2015 the game has sold more than seventy million copies on multiple platforms, including PC, mobile devices and the XBox. The simple, open world video game was launched in beta in 2011 and before it had even been advertised, it had sold over one million copies based entirely on word of mouth. If you haven’t heard of Minecraft, then you probably don’t have kids, know anyone who plays video games and I have doubts that you’re even reading this because you’ve probably never been on the Internet. Some privacy settings may interfere or reduce functionality in your gameplay experience. The privacy settings on your account may not be set up properly. Try going through more gameplay and make sure the Festival Playlist unlocks as well. You may not have completed enough of the tutorial. If you still cannot access or find your car, then fill out a ticket and one of our Customer Advocates will investigate. If you are certain you have done this and apparently lost credits or cars while trying to claim them, first reboot and check again. Make sure you complete each auctioned car by selecting it and claiming the car or your credits so they are added to your garage or account. Where is the car I won? Where are my credits? In unusual cases, rebooting your equipment may clear error messages. The Auction House has a limit on the number of transactions within a 24 hour period. Why do I keep getting a Bid Failed message? This intended behavior wasn’t working correctly and has been adjusted, as per design The correct behavior from the Auction House works as follows: you will see the “ending soon” message, but if any other player bids on that auction, the cooldown gets reset to 1 minute. Why does the last minute of an auction reset? Users who have Legendary status as a painter or tuner have the benefit of higher Auction House ranges. How is it that other sellers can set a higher Buy Out price for the same car I'm selling? There is about a 15% fee for listing on the auction house. Like real life, the Auction House takes a commission on sales, which increases due to price and other player paints and tuning setups applied to the car. Why did I get less than the bid price for a car I sold on the Auction House? Players who own the DLC for a particular car can buy and sell those DLC cars in the Auction House, but players who don't own the DLC will get an error message when trying to bid on DLC cars.Ĭan I sell my Barn Finds or Loyalty cars on the auction house?īarn find cars and Loyalty reward cars cannot be sold on the auction house. Strictly no comments & posts about piracy, exploits, scripts, third party software, cheating tools, or any other sort of unauthorized game modification.Īll wishlists must contain direct links to their respective posts for voting on in either the post itself or its comments.The Auction House is a feature where players can put their own cars up for auction for in-game credits, or bid on other players' cars.Ĭan you buy DLC cars in the Auction house? No posts showing what you got from a wheelspin, got as an in-game gift, or what you are gifting. For car trading head over to /r/ForzaAuctions. No game sharing requests and no posts involving real money. No posts involving selling, buying, trading and giving away cars. This includes, but is not limited to pictures of screens taken by phone (unless necessary), low resolution images, uncropped screenshots, intentionally misleading content and misinformation, posts missing proper punctuation, non-descriptive titles and reposts. Low effort posts will be removed at the discretion of the mods. No begging for upvotes, views, plays, likes, shares, downloads, votes, visits, etc. Posts about Forza Motorsport and real life cars are only allowed in the 'suggesting car to be added' context, which must be clearly noticeable. Strictly no politics and related inappropriate topics, including references. Posts must be directly related to the Forza Horizon series and in english. No NSFW, brigading, witch hunting or harassing other users. A place to share, discuss and celebrate everything about the Forza Horizon series!īe good to each other, follow reddiquette when posting or commenting. The long-term success of seagrass restoration projects is still relatively low, with much current effort directed towards understanding the environmental parameters, physiology of various seagrass species, and planting or seeding methods to improve outcomes (see, for example: Kemp et al., 2004 Schenk and Rybicki, 2006 USGS, 2002). Seagrass restoration can be promoted via seed collection and subsequent dispersal (Orth et al., 1994, 2000) or transplantation of plant material with or without sediment attached to the root system (Fonseca et al., 1998). Moreover, other parameters such as sediment composition, wave exposure and current velocity need to be considered for successful planting of seagrasses (Koch, 2001 Fonseca et al., 2002). Light availability (at least 10 percent of surface irradiance) is essential for the long-term survival of seagrasses (Dennison et al., 1993). Planting techniques, including wave-exposure requirements, can be found in Fonseca et al. Replanting of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is typically undertaken to restore habitat after these plants have been lost in the subtidal area. Water levels tend to be higher than normal during storm events and the capacity of seagrasses to attenuate waves (and provide shore protection) is diminished. The highest degree of wave attenuation, and hence potential shore protection, occurs when seagrass occupies the full height of the water column (Fonseca and Cahalan, 1992). During the winter months, seagrasses in temperate areas become less dense or may even disappear, providing less protection during the season when increased storm activity may bring increased wave activity. The value of seagrass beds for shore protection is limited by their seasonality. Submerged vegetation such as seagrass stabilizes the sediment and may contribute to wave attenuation at low tide (Koch, 2001). Vegetation can be used in combination with graded banks to provide an effective approach to reduce erosion. Vegetation also can be used to stabilize banks or bluffs-roots from plants (trees, bushes, grasses) bind soils and form a living, adaptive barrier. Various forms of bioengineering techniques can be employed to control groundwater seepage and surface runoff. This procedure for addressing erosion is not limited to the shore zone, but can be used elsewhere, such as on upland banks or bluffs. At sites with a larger fetch (over roughly 0.8 km, about 0.5 mi), creation of a marsh fringe will require the addition of elements such as sand fill (to provide a better substrate or planting terrace, see Figure 3-1) with or without some type of sill to attenuate wave action (see Figure 3-9). This strategy is generally limited to sites with very limited fetch. Vegetation can be used to control shore erosion by planting appropriate grasses into the existing tidal and supratidal substrate. Institutional reorganization and coordination Measures to manage land use may be outlined as follows: Management of land use varies greatly, from passive to active approaches. The temporal component derives from the requirement that the effectiveness of these measures depends on the consistency and longevity with which they are applied. Historically, land use controls have been applied at the level of an individual lot without consideration of the system-level (e.g., littoral cell) processes that drive erosion. Spatial scales vary at the federal, state, regional and local levels. Land use measures have both spatial and temporal components. Decisions on land use typically occur at the state and local levels. |
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