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script-a-world · 23 days

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Do you have anything on building a lot of floating structures on the ocean? I'm talking about entire countries consisting of multiple large cities on the ocean. Thousands of miles wide. Would multiple islands work better so it looks like a lagoon but on the ocean or one giant structure? What kind of technology a civilization would need to consider such an undertaking? I'm also debating the main source of power and am trying to figure out if hydro or solar would be better, I'm sure there would be a mix but not sure what might be more advantageous.

Tex: We have answered something similar on this before (Wordpress), and chinampas are a similar idea (Wikipedia). One of the potential issues with this is that oceans have different divisions that can be classed by amount of sunlight received (Wikipedia), and obstructing the sunlight to large portions of the ocean would interfere with its ecology. This will inevitably have negative effects, and in an ideal situation, masses this big would be on a reasonably steady drift to keep from harming any particular area of the ocean. Something thousands of miles wide would need to be able to withstand the potential destruction caused by wave height that might or might not be uniform in severity (Wikipedia). Making lots of small, interlocked platforms would help distribute most of the forces caused by wave generation, and would be optimal in terms of energy requirements compared to technologies such as anti-gravity and other forms of propulsion to counteract potential shear forces. Hydro or solar power would unfortunately be insufficient for the scale you’re looking for, as it would not generate enough power in a short enough amount of time to be routed toward counteracting the forces exerted upon the structures by the ocean itself. You would need to look at a consistent generation of power, as well as several power banks in case of distribution interruptions. Solar, wind, and marine energy are good passive systems that can broker energy gaps in an emergency, but currently the minimum standard would be some form of nuclear power. An excellent fictional example that you could model would be Stargate’s city of Atlantis (SGCommand). It is a city-ship, in that it is a very large habitable construction designed to float in the ocean and also fly through deep space, and as such a good reference for advanced technological applications like what you’re attempting.

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Can you at least tell us what a team of retrosaur guardians would be like?

Geez, you’re really pushing for retrosaur guardians aren’t you? Well I guess I’ll satisfy your curiosity with words.

Primitive Carnivorous Retrosaur: Resembles the old megalosaurus reconstructions, and is an absolute tank. Is a cryogenic organism that can freeze liquids and stores large amounts of water in a gecko tail to use as ammo. Also has nasty teeth that explode/shatter to leave nasty bite marks that make regeneration difficult.

Primitive Herbivorous Retrosaur: Also basically a tank but with a shovel/plow theme. Haven’t given it much thought, but it basically tears up the terrain and throws it at opponents.

True Tyrant: A Diablosaurus/Tyranopyrodon relative (basically a carnotaurus) with a samurai/oni theme. Has tusk, long horns like katanas, thick spike studded armor, and a tail like a spiky Kanabō. Abilities are shooting lightning out of its tusk, superheating it’s spikes, and shooting its eyes as projectiles that dissolve and act as glue. (I’ve already drawn it)

Tiny Tyrant: I donno. Probably something really slim, ridiculously flexible, and fast. Looks kinda like a troglodytic neurotenic fetus creature. Has bioluminescence powers and other things.

Egg Thief: If the tiny tyrant is unsettling, then this one is downright gross. Covered in explosive cyst, asymmetrical body with an uneven limb count, and has a multi-chambered stomach that has a variety of horrible acids and enzymes. Otherwise I’m not sure.

Flying Tyrant: Has extreme polydactyly on all limbs and has a heavy metal theme. Not sure if only the front limbs should be wings or if all four limbs should be wings. Abilities focus around the polydactyly, heavy metal, and electricity.

Transitional Tyrant: Unsure.

Long Necked Sea Tyrant: Claws and tail end in hooks. Basically built to anchor itself to the ground and writhe, fling itself around, constrict, and spin. Unsure about abilities.

Long Tailed Sea Tyrant: Long and thick sea serpent body with colorful frills. Has multiple sets of limbs, and is a frighteningly fast swimmer. Unsure about abilities.

Short Tailed Sea Tyrant: Small and ichthyosaur-like but with frills and thick scales. Is extremely fast, and large frill extensions on its arms allow it to fly. Unsure about abilities.

Long Necked Goliath: Absolutely massive “brachiosaur” line Retrosaur. With six limbs and a “punk rock mountain” vibe. Unsure of abilities but summoning lightning and causing earthquakes with shear mass are some of them.

Duck Billed Goliath: No adaptations for water, and the wide feet are no longer useful for swimming. Instead, the long toes are strong and function like fingers to get a grip on land. The crest and large/tall scutes resemble flames, and can excrete explosive oils that ignite when in contact with the air (basically lights itself and everything on fire, but it’s fire proof itself). Scutes and crest contain an interconnected vocalization system that can produce devastating sound waves, or vibrate so hard it can self destruct the guardian. (Already drawn).

Helmeted Goliath: Small and swift, but incredibly strong because many of its muscle fibers are oriented in three different directions like our tongues. Has a drill theme. Unsure of abilities other than the fact that it can fire off its drill-like dome crest with extreme force (temporarily exposing its brain) and it can self-destruct its head to send bone shrapnel everywhere.

Spike Tailed Goliath: Lithe, swift, and graceful. The large stegosaur-like plates are oriented sideways away from the body and are large enough to allow it to glide. Unsure about the rest though.

Club Tailed Goliath: Incredibly well armored and able to curl into a ball for better mobility. Has multiple sets of limbs. Abilities revolve around emitting smoke to obscure its presence, and firing off its scutes to act as heat seeking missiles.

Horned Goliath: Instead of horns it has bosses like a pachyrhinosaurus. It’s frill can color change to create mesmerizing patterns like a cuttlefish. It’s front limbs sprawl out to the side and each is incredibly muscular and as big as the entire torso. Other than that I’m unsure.

#ask #questions #anon #anonymous #guardianverse

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nayci · 6 years

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31. Catching the other before they fall

I know this was supposed to be a fluffy prompt. But um…yeah. Phaeydra noped right out of that and gave me this. I’m actually quite happy with how it turned out. I hope you enjoy despite the genre shift. lol Warning: This prompt response is fairly dark. If such things bother you, I would not proceed forward in reading.

The nightmares plague Phaeydra nightly. Infinitedarkness, the void, shadowy tendrils of nothingness, dark whispers surround herin an ominous blanket. Their words hushed, their cold breath barely grazing hersensitive, soft flesh. They urge her to dig deeper into the darkness, to giveinto the cold, to allow them access into the deep recesses of her mind. To fallinto their embrace is their desire. They can show her so many things. So manyof the base, carnal desires she locks behind the facade of a Jedi. She isnothing but padawan, a pawn for their gain. As she sits there in the void, shedraws her knees inwards and up, burrowing her face in them. She begs for themto go away in a soft whisper. They care not of her terror, the pain in herskull. In fact, they thrive on it, gaining strength and momentum. The whisperscontinue to taunt her until morning, even after she wakes to prep for herlessons.Even as she grows and becomes a Jedi Knight, the nightmares continue. Hermasters know of her plight. Have taught her techniques to assist in quellingthe raging darkness within. And during the day these techniques work. She ishyper focused and driven to push the whispers to the wayside and out of hermind. But night after night, despite her stubbornness, they return morepowerful than the last. They hiss cruelly into her ears. Pull at her limbs andher hair. They are no longer just intangible whispers, just like she is nolonger a child. They take shadowy form with vivid glowing yellow eyes, toweringover her and staring. She yells at them, screams at them to leave her alone.All they do is laugh and taunt her further. Showing her death after death ofeveryone she knows. From infant to adult, the darkness slaughters them allwithout care until only she remains. And by morning, her body awakens drenchedin a cold sweat with a shrill scream just on the tip of her lips. Kira, bless her soul, worries for her master, her friend. She knows of hermaster’s history, of how she and a group of padawans were abducted by the sithat the age of eight. How the masters couldn’t find them until an SIS agentdeeply embedded in Empire territory gave critical intelligence on their location twoyears later. Her master was the only one to survive the assault. She knows howsensitive miraluka are to the force. She can’t even begin to imagine watchingeach force signature burn into oblivion. It’s excruciating enough to feel it.She knows, despite Phaeydra’s strength in the daytime, her master is suffering.She wonders if the other masters know how critical their Battlemaster’s senseof self and stability is slowly beginning to crumble.Phaeydra knows her strength is waning. After the Emperor’s possession, thedarkness residing in the back of her mind is now at its strongest. Even aftershe destroys his physical body she can still feel his presence. And sometimes,out of the corner of her force sight, she gets a glimpse of fleeting shadowslithering along the walls of her ship or along the ceiling of the fleet. Butevery time she thinks about turning her head to look at it, she stops herself.She doesn’t want to see. She doesn’t want to watch her nightmares slowly bleedinto reality. The dark whispers slowly seep into her ears into the day time.And it absolutely terrifies her when she turns a corner on the fleet and sees ablack mass standing at the top of the stairs, staring down at her with thoseglowing yellow eyes, with a cheshire grin stretched grotesquely across itsface, rowed with pointed sharp teeth. Before she can scream a droid pulls herattention away from her horrors with a trill and a beep. A T3-G2 unit rolls toher and beeps, beginning a holocall. Her attention and skills are neededelsewhere for something important. As the Hero of Tython, it was her duty tosee this “event” to its full fruition. The title still leaves a bad taste inher mouth. She doesn’t deserve it. So, she heads to the lift to meet the youngman on the other end.His force signature almost punches the breath out of her.It is the most beautiful she’s ever seen. A soft golden hue that never waverseven as he walks around the room and speaks of the plan to attack Korriban. Sodifferent than the others she’s seen throughout her life. The colonel’ssignature was so…pale in comparison. In fact, the colonel’s signature worriesher. Something is wrong, very wrong. But she can’t place it no matter how hardshe focuses on it. There is something he’s not telling them. And when things fallapart after their attack on Korriban, the shifting energy around the colonelunnerves Phaeydra to the point where she can’t trust anything he has to say,even after she assists in retaking Tython. Apparently, Theron Shan has the samesort of inclination. When the truth of the attacks on Korriban and Tython cometo the forefront, and the traitors plot comes to fruition despite their deaths,Phaeydra is knocked back by the shear amount of force energy Revan exudes. Shewatches as his signature morphs and shifts, mixes with the gold and blackenergies in such a way that she doesn’t know what to make of it. A part of heris disturbed, sickened by the display, but on the other hand she is intriguedby it. So different than her masters, so different than the many sith she’sfought. But something is still so wrong with it she knows she must destroy it.It is too close to the darkness that claws its way through her night afternight. The only thing that remotely calms her raging emotions at afterreturning to Manaan is the calming, potent force signature of Theron Shan. Butshe doesn’t know why that’s the case. Unfortunately, Lana and he must go intohiding, wanted traitors to the Republic and Empire alike. The thought scaresher. It also unnerves her just how much she’s come to rely on his presence insuch a short amount of time. They still barely knew each other outside of aprofessional setting. She’ll be fine she tells herself. This is no differentthan before they met.The darkness attacks her at full force in the night. Clawing at her skin,tearing into it, bruising and making it bleed. The shadows swirl around her formfuriously as they work to crush her. The darkest whispers they’ve ever told herare now screams and rabid. They tear her face mask off. Rip her clothes. Pullhard at her legs and arms. And Phaeydra tries to resist screaming in agony. Thedarkness is enraged, throwing image after image of the death and destructionthey will bring to everyone and everything around her. They promise to destroyeverything about her from her flesh to her soul. She is theirs and theirsalone. Their puppet to do what they wish. Phaeydra knows she can’t fight itanymore. Her body is too beaten and broken. Despite her best effort, she criesout in pain and despair, the tendrils of darkness pull her closer and closer tothe edge of the cliff, below it lays the endless swirling void. She knows tonightis the night she’s going to fall. She no longer has the energy to fight thewhispers and threats. Her head hanging in defeat as the shadows close in behindher, their glowing yellow eyes glaring in loathing and disgust. They hiss ather to take the plunge. Broken, she moves one foot forward off the cliff, andthe cheshire grins return. Fall they say, join us in the void. A pregnant pause ensues as Phaeydra’s body wavers betweenthat precipice of light and dark. And as Phaeydra is just about to give up andgive in, as her body slowly begins to fall off that cliff, something brings herdecent to a halt. The shadows’ whispers abruptly stop. Her head rises to findout why, what stopped her from giving the shadows what they’ve wanted foryears. As she’s pulled back from that cliff she turns to look at her wrist. A softgolden hue is wrapped around it, holding her gently, guiding her to stand backat full height and turn to face the demons that plague her. The golden energyshift and wraps itself up and around her forearm, pressing itself tightly, yetnot uncomfortably, around it and glows brighter. The familiarity startles herjust as much as the surge of the cleansing strength that carries itself throughher body. The shadows begin to growl dangerously in front of her, snarling astheir eyes go from a glowing yellow to red. Their forms shifting larger and morphingtogether into a large black mass. As it moves towards her quickly to try andconsume her Phaeydra uses every ounce of strength given to her to plant herselfin place, muscles taut and ready to push back. She screams as she flings herarms forward and sends out a large force of blue energy, the strongest she’sgiven in years, towards the shadows rushing towards her. The mass screams as the energy hits. Mixing with andtearing it apart. A blinding light forms and yet despite the pain it bringsher, Phaeydra continues the force push. Willing herself continue fighting. Shecan feel the golden energy encouraging her onwards, assisting in her attack.Flashes of her friends during childhood being slaughtered give way to thempeacefully smiling as their souls join the force. Images of her torturerstaunting and causing her physical pain give way to the Jedi finding her andtreating her wounds. The laughter of her companions as they sit and eat a mealovercome the threats the darkness tries to throw forward at her. And with onefinal scream she sends a blast of energy that obliterates the dark mass tryingto consume her. Chest heaving, she looks around and takes in her surroundings. She is finally alone. The cliff and swirling void is gone. The dark swirls ofnothing around her gives way to a pale light gray. She looks down at her handsand watches the golden hue fluctuate between bright and soft, expecting it toleave now that its duty is done. But it doesn’t. A quiet sob escapes her as shecollapses to her knees, energy spent, and unconsciousness slowly begins to takehold. Words of thanks don’t quite make it past her lips as she falls intoslumber. Once she’s sleeping, the wisps of gold around her forearms loosen, butdon’t let go. It instead travels upward, caressing and soothing every part ofher skin until it reaches her heart. From there it lays softly against thebeating of her chest, and melds into her skin, the rest of it following suitalong the rest of her body.When Phaeydra awakens in the morning, she doesn’t feel the darkness in her mindanymore. Only the gentle tug of a familiar, protective, force signature.

#Phaeydra #swtor #swtor oc #Theron Shan #theron shan x jedi knight #prompt response #greyias

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lokeanrampant · 5 years

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Indoctrination via Societal Influence

Had an interesting conversation recently that really got me thinking about indoctrination. Cause I HATE indoctrination. Despise it. It doesn’t matter to me if it’s in real life, in books, in video games – the media doesn’t matter, because indoctrination is frequently used to teach people to hate themselves, to not think for themselves, to adhere to a status quo with which we had no say and is a matter of tradition for tradition’s sake (which if you know anything about my blog, you know I LOATHE).

And probably no one will read this and whatever…it’s still something I need to get out and shout and rail against and just…NOT keep inside. There’s a lot about gender identity, forced gender identities and attributes, overall influence and divisiveness to cause power structures, etc. It’s a rant and it’s frustration and it’s tears and it’s pain.

And it’s sorrow.

The stereotypical gender molds – female and male separations – are divisive to me as they seem restrictive by dictating what it means to be one or the other and never the twain shall meet. Which is, if I may, BULLSHIT. What attributes of personality, interests, abilities, etc., are considered “female” or “male” by society is literally that – dictated by a society that was and still is geared toward creating division. If you can separate things, especially people, you can place one over the other. It’s not a merging of people to create a unified community; it’s a division of people to create a power structure. This particular power structure was created to elevate men over women.

Are there biological differences between the classic male and female genders? Absolutely. But there are also a fuckton of biological merging between the two. Medicine is particularly bad about this. To a degree, it makes sense – medicine is based on averages, what works for the majority of people who are similar to x, y, z genetics. That is good EXCEPT when it goes on for too long, it strangles itself and becomes restrictive. With the push for trans rights and visibility and care based on the individual rather than the “norm,” we are actually trying to steer medicine to treating what is presented, not what is textbook average. That is brilliant and what it should be as it works for everyone based on biology, not some preconceived societal dictate.

There is a reason most medications do not work for predominantly genetically female people – they weren’t tested or designed for those people. The majority of medications and procedures and hell, even warning signs for diseases, are all based around predominantly genetically male people. It’s why heart attack symptoms for women are so vastly different and missed. It’s why women miss major illnesses because the pain is less than cramps and we’ve been told for years that we’re overreacting to how painful that is and that cramps are dismissed as an inconvenience, not an actual THING. (Also, please note, anyone with a womb can have uterine cramps, because they are fucking contractions designed to push out unneeded biologic material, and genetics is a complicated and fascinating mess and variety of chromosomes - however you feel is who you are and you are VALID. Medicine is a bitch and until we get Big Pharma out of it and focus on actually healing and not money, well, it is going to continue to be a bitch. Someone tell me why my new medication is over a thousand dollars, $350 with insurance, and fucking $5 with a manufacturer coupon. WTF…if it’s $5 with a coupon, it should be FIVE DOLLARS FLAT. Assholes.)

This societal division creates self-doubt and anxiety that we aren’t male enough or female enough and it spirals into self-hate that we don’t fit. And again, I call BULLSHIT. My sister (and when I start talking gender issues, I start getting twitchy about even calling sister/brother/mother/father as they’re all gendered labels instead of parent and sibling, but ugh, that’s an issue for another day…) presented with PCOS symptoms in high school, especially hirsutism. That caused her a lot of self-doubt in how people perceive her and how she perceives herself. She’s afraid of anything that might make her look more “masculine” to people because of that, to the point she was terrified of getting a short haircut (and she looks super cute with it and she’s so much more comfortable in this heat). WTF, people? We should not be doing that to other people!

And OMG, the comments we get when we do things that are “traditionally male.” Comments from men and women. Things like demolishing, repairing, and rebuilding a deck. The fact that I burn through a pair of “gardening” gloves and hand shears yearly because they don’t make work gloves small enough for me in the local hardware stores and I don’t putter in a garden – I fucking LANDSCAPE. I move stone and gravel and till the ground and build raised beds and clear brush and brambles. Garden gloves don’t survive that shit. Doing these things should not be bad ass for a woman. These things are practical and they need to get done. My sister and I are fortunate to have a house, but we have it because we simply couldn’t afford to continue living in an apartment where the rent went up $400 every six months. Our mortgage is less than our last apartment by a significant amount. However, that also means we have to do all the upkeep and repairs because we still can’t afford large scale repairs without years of saving. It’s a constant battle.

I am the only female in a department of 16 at work. I get comments from the few other women at work regarding my hair, saying how brave I am (I am a dirty ash blonde, but currently have black and raspberry hair, super pretty, because I changed it up for a play. I wish my hair had stayed the strawberry it was when I was little. *pout*). BUT WHY THE FUCK IS THAT BRAVE? It’s HAIR. Why is it more…I don’t know, wild, I guess? Why do we have to give up something like that after some arbitrary age? That goes back to that whole millennial reblog about how we feel pressured to reach arbitrary society-dictated goals by x age and that being an adult means we have to give up certain things. FUCK THAT NOISE. I already feel that I’ve lost out on so many things because my mental health issues had me stalled for years, then I figured out who I was and got started, then mental health went down again (lovely roller coaster ride). But I’m behind. I’m so far behind on those milestones society says we should have by now, even though it’s ridiculous and we shouldn’t have to meet those milestones because they’re simply NOT APPLICABLE to today’s life. They aren’t. If you can meet them, hey, more power to you. Most of us can’t. Most of us won’t. And quite a few of us don’t care to do so because there are more important things to handle right now and giving up who we are to obtain some arbitrary approval isn’t one of them. And yet it still fucking HURTS that I feel I can never have some of those things because I was trained to believe I was only worth something if I had them.

Even then, we can only go so far because our entire system is rooted in that nonsense and we still have to play by some rules just to survive. And it’s stupid and it’s frustrating and you just want to rail at the system because it needs to be changed, but you’re just one person. Just one. And getting past the apathy of so many around you, encouraging people to speak up and gather together to present a front, to not be cowed, to not feel like their voice doesn’t matter, to make them feel like they can help make a change for the better? It’s an uphill battle. People don’t want to get involved. Sure, a lot of them believe in better ideas and ideals, but we’ve been trained to accept, not to fight. (Somehow, I always come back to activism for a better world. I’d say sorry, but I’m not, not really.)

ANYWAY, back to gender identity.

What gender SHOULD be is what each individual chooses to be.

What society has made it is something else entirely. There are these societal molds into female and male traits, where you are one or the other. You’re not supposed to like or do these things if you’re the opposite one. And it’s created this schism where it’s so damned fucking unhealthy. It created toxic masculinity that says males can’t be emotional or seek aid. It’s created this hyper-femininity where women truly believe they need a man to do things. And it’s not wrong to want a man to do things, either around the house or for you or whatever. It’s not wrong to want ANYONE, ANY IDENTITY, to help you do something, whether that something is emotional or physical. But it IS WRONG for society to dictate that those are NECESSARY THINGS BECAUSE OF YOUR SOCIETY-IMPOSED GENDER. What YOU choose is what YOU choose. That is what feminism is, that is what humanism is – the ability to choose for yourself what feels best to you, with the caveat of “so long as it harm none.”

So yes, I feel female. My version of female, because I personally don’t feel nb, though who knows, that may change as I get older. And she plays video games, both violent and not. She not only gardens, but uses some damned fun and effective power gardening tools (seriously, y’all…alligator loppers are AMAZING – mini-gardening chainsaw that is brilliant for removing brush) AND landscapes with masonry, gravel, pavers, stones, and retaining walls and building raised beds. She cooks, she cares, she loves (even if it’s not returned or wanted), she fights, she protects. Even if her hands aren’t pretty or elegant, they are her mother’s hands – hands that can comfort; hands that can create life or if necessary, take it away to prevent suffering; hands that create as well as destroy. Even if she doesn’t matter, now or ever, in the grand scheme of things, she is fire, an element of change, destruction, and creation.

I was taught to hate everything about who I was from a very young age. I was trained to believe I was only worth something through the male lens…and I was never, ever, good enough. I just want people to NOT have to feel that, to not be taught that. I want people to be able to be who they are, whoever that is, without society telling them they are inherently wrong simply for existing. I know I don’t fit anywhere. I don’t fit mainstream. Hell, I don’t fit in the outliers. I’m not LGBT enough to fit there, either, as I have been pushed away from there on multiple occasions for not being enough.

But I don’t want that for others. I’m used to being alone and out the outside, but it’s a hard road to walk and live.

#personal rant #indoctrination #societal influences #fuck that noise #your gender is your gender #who you are is who you are #how about some healthy attributes that are good for everyone #how about that?#could we maybe start doing that a tiny bit more?#fuck society #i either need to watch it all burn #or go live as a hermit #or maybe i just won't wake up tomorrow and this will be pointless anyway

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playgroundsurfacing · 6 years

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Safety

The info mentioned below ought to be used as a guideline to lessen injuries associated with playground equipment. Nonetheless, it is thought that these recommendations, together with the technical info in the ASTM Criteria for Public Playgrounds will certainly add to greater playground safety.

What is a Public Play ground?

A public playground describes one intended to be used by kids ages 6 months through 12 years in business child care centers, establishments, several household houses, parks, dining establishments, resorts, and also institutions.

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General playground safety factors to consider Playground materials and appearing Recognizing particular play area threats and also how to prevent them Correct actions should keep a play ground as well as its' devices Making use of platforms, guardrails and also safety obstacles to lessen unexpected falls There are 7 vital elements you should bear in mind when laying out your play ground:

Availability: The surface area material has to allow accessibility to the tools for youngsters with specials needs.

Age Separation: Areas for different age should be separated by a buffer area. This area will certainly decrease the opportunity of injury by children of differing activity levels encountering each other.

Age Group: Different play grounds are structured for various age. The safety demands vary with each age. Bear in mind the age that will be making use of the play area and acquisition as necessary.

Clashing Activities: The play ground ought to be organized right into areas to stop injury from overlapping tasks. Make certain to position swings and merry-go-rounds toward an edge, side or side of a backyard. Slides must not be put in a busy area.

View Lines: Aesthetic barriers should be minimized to make sure that caretakers, parents or supervisors can keep track of kids making use of the play ground. Benches placed around the beyond the structure allow onlookers a place to rest while they view the children.

Signs and/or Identifying: Signs need to be offered to offer the individuals assistance as to the age relevance of the devices, in addition to ways to correctly utilize the tools.

Guidance: Ensure the supervisor is aware of the basic safety guidelines of the equipment. When choosing a website for a playground, there are a few variables that are important to take into consideration:

Traveling patterns to as well as from the playground: Exist any kind of threats in the method? If so, clear the risks.

Neighboring ease of access hazards (website traffic, bodies of water, steep hillsides, and so on): Could a kid unintentionally or purposefully run into a close-by risk? If so, give a method to contain kids within the playground (fencing, hedge). Understand that the fencing or bush need to still enable monitoring by managers.

Sunlight exposure: Is the sunlight's warm adequate enough to warmth steel parts, slides, platforms, steps or emerging enough to burn youngsters? Will users be revealed to the sun throughout one of the most extreme part of the day? If so, consider positioning it so the bare metal is shaded. Give cautions that the devices will certainly be hot in the sunlight. Consider shading the playground with a shade structure.

Slope and also water drainage: Will loose fill product remove in the rainfall? If so, think about correct drainage to prevent washouts. When mounting a playground, use devices and equipment authorized by the supplier. Follow the directions INCREDIBLY thoroughly or work with a play ground installer. Bear in mind to maintain all products from the supplier and start a thorough record of all inspections and also upkeep. Completely evaluate the tools prior to the initial use, consisting of the equipment.

Wood:

Creosote-treated wood (railway ties, telephone poles, etc) and also finishings that contain pesticides should not be made use of. Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) was an old chemical that was used to deal with timber, consisting of wooden playgrounds. Because 2001, this therapy is no longer safe it is understood to wear away certain materials much faster compared to others. Metal:

Prevent using bare steel for systems, slides or actions. In straight sunlight, bare steel can come to be incredibly warm and also trigger contact melt injuries. Use plastic layered metal, plastic or timber. Treatment the playground with a shelter is constantly the most effective option. When coating existing bare metal or making use of plastic covered metal, take into consideration:

The manufacturer must ensure that individuals could not ingest, inhale or absorb possibly harmful amounts of preservative chemicals as an outcome of get in touch with. All paints must fulfill the CPSC (Customer Product Safety Payment) guideline for lead paint. Coloured surface areas must be kept regularly to stop rust and deterioration. Equipment:

Things to check pertaining to equipment:

All fasteners, adapters and treatments ought to not be detachable without making use of tools. All revealed equipment should be smooth to the customer to stop lacerations, infiltrations, or cloth entanglement hazards. Hardware in moving joints must be secured versus unintended or unauthorized loosening. All hardware ought to be destructive immune. Bearings or bushings utilized in moving joints should be self-lubricating or very easy to lubricate. All S-hooks as well as C-hooks need to be closed (no gap or area more than 0.04"). A proper play area surface area is among the most vital consider lowering injuries that take place when youngsters fall from devices. The surface under the play ground tools must be soft enough and also thick adequate to soften the influence of a youngster's loss. Turf and also dirt are not suggested for emerging material due to water as well as all-natural weathering which could occur at a radical rate. There are 2 sort of surfacing product: unitary as well as loose-fill.

Unitary materials are normally ASTM evaluated rubber floor coverings or a pour-in-place power taking in material. These kinds of surfacing alternatives are great for kids and handicap accessible playgrounds and also are generally more expensive than loose-fill materials.

CCA treated timber mulch, gravel or dirt are not appropriate types of loose-fill material.

Loose fill materials will compress a minimum of 25% with time because of make use of and weathering so it is a great idea to load the use area with more than the suggested fill degree. As an example, if the play ground will certainly require 9 inches of wood chips then the preliminary fill level should be 12 inches.

Suitable Emerging:

Any product examined to ASTM F1292, including unitary surfaces, crafted timber fiber, and so on . Pea gravel Sand Shredded/recycled rubber compost Wood compost (not CCA-treated). Timber chips. Unsuitable Emerging:.

Asphalt. Carpet. Concrete. Dust. Lawn. CCA-treated timber. When choosing playground devices, it is important that you keep in mind what the intended age will certainly be. Children of different ages and also stages of development have different needs and capacities. Playgrounds are created to urge a child's imagination while creating brand-new abilities. If you are choosing a play ground for an institution or public park, you should check your state's standards on incorporating handicap available play frameworks in the play ground.

Some devices is not suggested for public playgrounds consisting of trampolines, swinging gateways, giant strides, climbing ropes that are not safeguarded at both ends, rope swings or heavy steel swings. Equipment such as platforms, tipped systems, guardrails and barriers, handrails, as well as indicates to access and egress from play tools have various standards for the different age (toddlers, preschool, and school age). It is essential to comprehend that guardrails are not intended for kids as it is very easy for them to creep through.

It is much easier for a child to climb up compared to it is for them to climb down. Remember to supply various approaches to access and egress from the play framework so various ability degrees will certainly really feel comfortable using the equipment.

There are 6 major categories of playground dangers:.

Crush and Shear Details: Crush and shear factors could be brought on by parts moving about each other, or to a set part, during a regular usage cycle, such as with a seesaw. To establish if there is a crush or shear point, think about the probability a child can obtain a body part inside the factor as well as the shutting force around the factor.

Entanglement and Impalement: Drawstrings on hoods of coats, sweatshirts, and various other upper body garments could end up being knotted in play ground equipment, and also can cause death by strangulation. To prevent this, eliminate any type of ropes, dog chains, or comparable items affixed to play ground devices and also stay clear of tools with ropes that are not protected at both ends. Projections on play area equipment ought to not have the ability to entangle children's garments neither need to they be large enough to lance.

Entrapment: Going entrapment could occur feet first or head initially. Openings could present an entrapment threat if the range between any indoor opposite surface areas is above 3.5 inches as well as less compared to 9 inches. Youngsters could become allured by partly bound openings, such as those created by two or even more play area components. To reduce entrapment hazards of tipped platforms, infill must be made use of to lower the area between stepped platforms.

Sharp Factors, Corners, as well as Edges: Any sharp edge or factor can cause severe lacerations. To prevent the risk of injury make sure that timber components are smooth and not splintering, all corners are rounded and all steel sides are rolled or have rounded covering.

Put On Hold Hazards: Suspended components need to be positioned away from high web traffic locations, brilliantly tinted as well as ought to not loop back on themselves.

Tripping: Play grounds must be without any tripping hazards such as rapid adjustments in elevation, anchoring gadgets and also control wall surfaces for loose-fill appearing. All play ground locations need to be examined for excessive wear, wear and tear as well as any possible hazards. For each tool, the regularity of comprehensive inspections will depend on the type and also age of the equipment, the quantity of use and also the neighborhood environment. To help ensure your loose-fill appearing degree remains adequate and also is not displaced, it needs to be inspected often as well as raked back right into its correct place if essential. When examining loose-fill appearing products, pay certain focus on areas under swings as well as at slide leaves, pooled water on compost emerging as well as locations of icy surfacing.

Records of the complying with need to always be retained:.

Upkeep evaluations. Repair services. Crashes or injuries. Platforms should be normally flat with openings that allow for drain. A tipped system has to have a gain access to component if the difference between systems is 12" for young children or 18" for school-age users. Access to platforms over 6 feet high (with the exception of free-standing slides) ought to offer an intermediate standing surface so that the youngster could pause and decide to keep going or locate one more means down.

Guardrails and safety barriers are utilized to reduce the probability of unexpected drops from elevated systems, nonetheless; safety barriers supply higher protection for kids. Guardrails need to be tall sufficient to protect the highest child from tipping over the top and also reduced enough that the smallest kid could not walk under it. Obstacles are not needed if it will disrupt the meant use the equipment, such as climbing up equipment.

Guardrails or protective barriers must be provided on the following:.

Raised systems. Walkways. Touchdowns. Stairways. Transitional surface areas. There are several aspects to consider when picking the ideal playground for any type of exterior location. The above details are the basic safety laws to help children travel to as well as from the play ground, to recognize any possible dangers near your play area and also exactly what barriers on the unit will certainly disrupt the line of sight of those supervising the youngsters at play.

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