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Date: January 12 2013
CHILDREN under five who have swimming lessons develop better language, literacy and numeracy skills and are likely to be more prepared for the transition to school, according to a Griffith University study.
The four-year study surveyed almost 7000 parents of children from Australia, New Zealand and the United States and independently assessed 177 children aged three, four and five.
Unsurprisingly, it found children who had early-years swimming lessons performed better in tests of some physical skills, although not ball-handling.
However, lead author Professor Robyn Jorgensen said what was surprising and of interest to parents, educators and policymakers, was that these children also scored significantly better in literacy, numeracy, mathematical reasoning, visual motor skills (cutting paper, drawing lines, colouring in) and oral expression.
''It does appear that children who participate in swimming are achieving a range of milestones earlier than normal populations,'' Professor Jorgensen said in the interim report of Early-Years Swimming: Adding Capital to Young Australians.
''This has been supported strongly from the parent survey, but also (to a lesser degree) in the child testing … For example, the survey showed that young swimmers are reported by their parents to be counting to 10 much earlier than is expected on developmental milestones.''
The interim report said the children also scored better on measures of understanding and complying with directions.
Professor Jorgensen said it could be argued that only wealthier families could afford swimming lessons and therefore the findings reflected social strata. But she said data from the child assessments showed there were significant differences between swimmers and the normal population, regardless of socio-economic background.
''Quality swimming lessons are rich in opportunities for learning beyond swimming skills … which may help in the transition to school,'' she said.
Paul Sadler, the founder of Paul Sadler Swimland, which provided financial support to the study, said swimming lessons might involve games with counting or children chanting Humpty Dumpty before falling into the water. ''I'm not surprised about literacy and numeracy coming up because there is all the language around 'Ready set go', 'Your turn' and stuff with numbers.''
Megan Harris, whose children Lillie and Baxter had swimming lessons from 12 months, said the biggest benefit for her was the confidence her children gained in and out of the water.
''Definitely, I think that helps with the transition to school.'' She said water safety was stressed and children learnt from a very young age to wait their turn and then count to three before getting into the water.
The interim report recommended children who traditionally do not do well at school, particularly in early years, should participate in learn-to-swim. ''Subsidising may be a way forward for disadvantaged families to enable better access to school.''
But it warns that the swimming industry is unregulated and there is considerable variation among swim schools. ''The swim environment and swim teachers/lessons need to be of consistently high quality,'' it says.
Although the industry gave financial support, the independent study represents the views of the research team only.
This material is subject to copyright and any unauthorised use, copying or mirroring is prohibited.
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Last week, Chileans traded nearly $300 million in bitcoin through The surge in OTC trading shows that the global economic situation has changed greatly.
1. Large scale adoption is in progress
According to the data, the OTC bitcoin trade in Chile has increased sharply since the end of 2016. Although it fluctuates a lot, it shows a sharp upward trend. The week ending February 8 was the largest BTC trading volume so far, and given the recovery of the overall encryption market, it is reasonable to assume that this growth will continue.
For a long time, the popularity of bitcoin in South America has been growing due to the history of inflation and government corruption in this field.
The data shows that Chile's growing OTC market is not an example, and similar trends can be seen in every country in this field.
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency are becoming major economic forces in South America and other regions
Central exchanges in South America are also showing signs of growth. Trading gateways such as foxbit and Mercado bitcoin are proliferating. With the launch of latamex, coin security has recently entered this field.
2. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency become the main economic forces
In the period of economic crisis, with citizens turning to blockchain and cryptocurrency assets, people have made a lot of efforts to popularize cryptocurrency in underdeveloped countries.
However, the fact is that cryptocurrency is also popular in stable developing countries. For example, Chile has experienced stable economic growth and low inflation for more than 30 years.
Other factors suggest that citizens of countries such as Chile are being drawn into cryptocurrency, and the fact that these countries may rely heavily on remittances is an economic activity that cryptocurrency quickly takes over.
Similarly, a large part of the South American population has no or insufficient bank accounts. Therefore, blockchain assets can provide financial services that cannot be provided by traditional financial systems.
It is worth noting that cryptocurrency services at point of sale (POS) are rapidly entering Latin America. For example, pundix soon plans to install thousands of XPOS devices in stores in South America, and other POS companies such as kappture and Cielo also have big plans for this market.
It turns out that in South America and other regions, the overall growth of cryptocurrency adoption proves that significant changes are taking place in the global economy.
Politicians and regulators who have so far chosen to abolish blockchain reform are facing an embarrassing situation and can only come forward to solve it. As cryptocurrencies become more available and user-friendly, the number of records currently used and traded seems to be just the tip of the iceberg.
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An ant collecting kit provided by the Naturalist Center at the California Academy of Sciences.
Bay Area Ant Survey
The Bay Area Ant Survey is a citizen science program that gives the public a chance to participate in research by obtaining baseline data for ants living in local counties. The major goals of this scientific survey are to identify local species, chart native ant distributions, and provide baseline data to monitor the distribution of the invasive Argentine ant.
Participants collect ants and send their ant-filled vial and corresponding data sheet back to the Naturalist Center at the California Academy of Sciences. All specimens will be identified and entered in a database by an Academy entomologist. All results are then uploaded to AntWeb where the location and identification of the ants are made public. Your contribution becomes part of the scientific record!

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This project focuses on the Beothuk groups living within the Exploits River Valley (ERV), and the changes within their society and in their house construction between 1750 and 1829 AD. This follows work carried out by Laurie Mclean who has recently exposed house-pits in the Exploits River Valley previously discovered by Don Locke in the 1960s, but which were believed lost to looting and erosion.
By examining these recently rediscovered sites in detail, this research will improve our knowledge of Beothuk reactions to the arrival of Europeans, which has been of primary interest over the past few years to the public and to the archaeological community.
This request is for a preliminary study of the ERV house-pits, aimed at recording the shape using survey equipment and to test the use of drones to facilitate this process. If drones can be used to locate and record Beothuk house-pit features from photogrammetric models of the landscape the archaeological investigation of the Beothuk settlement of the ERV can be conducted faster, and on a larger scale than previously possible enabling a regionally situated understanding of Beothuk settlement change and population distribution between 1760 and 1820 AD, and ultimately address the following questions.
Do the increasing size of Beothuk House-Pits show a population increase within the Exploits River Valley due to population movement from outside the area or movement by local bands?
Did the Beothuk move into the Exploits River Valley in family groups to form new households or did they move into existing households?

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Lubinsky syndrome: Introduction
Lubinsky syndrome: A rare disorder involving abnormal tooth development and kidney problems.
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I'm a newbie to medical and healthcare informatics. I need to access some raw telemedicine dataset including vital signs for a single person over a specific period of time. Basically my questions are:
 - How many possible vital signs can be measured, say in an emergency ambulance transfer? E.g. Heart Rate, SpO2, Co2, RR, etc.
 - What are the possible size and bitrate requirement for each? For this, if we have the dataset, we can calculate the size/time_period to get the bitrate.
Any advise on how to get these information?
In a typical ambulance operating at the paramedic level in the US, the following vital signs might be recorded:
 - Heart rate
 - Respiratory rate
 - BP
 - SpO2
 - GCS
 - EtCO2
 - Pupil size
The last two would be uncommon and only found with certain patients. It's likely there would be more than one set of vitals if the transport time is longer than a few minutes.
As for size, that's for a programmer who knows how the data is being transmitted and stored to figure out. It's not really a medical question, but using the maximum possible ranges of the numbers the minimum bit sizes I come up with are:
 - HR: 9
 - BP: 16
 - RR: 6
 - SpO2: 7
 - GCS: 4
 - EtCO2: 7
 - Pupils: 4
Total: 53
Recognize that those are the minimum sizes you could pack the data into. It's not likely stored in those minimal sizes but rather larger, traditional data types supported by modern databases and programming languages.
There is no way to calculate a bitrate requirement without knowing how much data has to be transmitted within what period of time. In any case, that's definitely not a medical question.
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Swarming Up A Storm: Why Animals School And Flock
Originally published on Fri August 17, 2012 11:06 am
By tricking live fish into attacking computer-generated "prey," scientists have learned that animals like birds and fish may indeed have evolved to swarm together to protect themselves from the threat of predators.
"Effectively, what we're doing here is we're getting predatory fish to play a video game," says Iain Couzin, who studies collective animal behavior at Princeton University. "And through playing that game, through seeing which virtual prey items they attack, we can get a very deep understanding of as to how behavioral interactions among prey affect their survival."
It has long been assumed that the schooling behavior of fish and the flocking behavior of birds evolved in part because it helps protect individuals from being attacked by predators, says Couzin. "But in actual fact there is surprisingly little direct evidence."
That's because it's been hard to come up with experiments that could test how different kinds of group behavior affect predation risk. "It is very hard to manipulate the behavior of, say, a bird flock and then see what effect it has on a falcon. That's virtually impossible," says Christos Ioannou at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.
Together with colleague Vishwesha Guttal, they decided to see if they could create a virtual population of pretend fish that would look convincingly real to a predator.
The predator they selected was the bluegill sunfish. They went to a local lake with nets, collected a bunch of them, and took the fish back to the lab.
"The nice thing about bluegill sunfish is they're generalist predators. They will tend to hunt pretty much anything that's alive and in the environment that's smaller than them," says Couzin. "And so we don't need to train them to attack our virtual prey."
The prey were little dots of light projected onto a transparent film on the inside of the tank. On the computer screen, the dots look red, but the projected images look white or slightly pink. "To the fish they look very much like little zooplankton, little creatures that live in the water body that move around, that we know group together in the natural environment," says Couzin.
The predatory fish would hover near a dot, and then strike — only to get a mouthful of nothing.
The computer-generated prey items were each programmed to follow a different set of rules for behavior. For example, some were strongly attracted to others and wanted to be close to them. Others preferred to go off on their own. And others would match their direction of travel with whoever was nearby.
The researchers kept track of which individuals got attacked, and programmed the system so that those individuals' behaviors were less likely to be transmitted to the next generation of prey. "And so we could actually allow our virtual population to evolve the strategies that best avoid being attacked by real predators," says Couzin.
What they learned is that in response to the attacks, the virtual prey spontaneously formed groups that not only aggregate but move together.
"I think it's the first evidence that this coordinated behavior we see in bird flocks and fish schools, where individuals are really highly coordinated in the direction they're heading, has an anti-predatory effect," says Ioannou. "To our knowledge that's the first time it's been done in a really clear, experimental way."
The results are published in the journal Science.
Couzin says that his lab is continuing to develop the technology to do more sophisticated tests. They're adding a new projection system that allows the virtual prey to appear to move in three dimensions, and an eye-tracking technology for the fish that would give the virtual prey some real-time information about the predator's intentions.
"These prey can now respond to the predator, they can now avoid the predator," says Couzin, "and so we've really taken this technology much, much further, allowing us to continue exploring this integration of the real and the virtual worlds."
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Animals - fish, birds, mammals, often congregate in huge groups that move together. No one really knows why. But it's long been thought that gathering in these flocks, schools and herds help protect animals from being eaten by predators.
NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports scientists recently tested that idea by essentially getting fish to play a video game.
NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE, BYLINE: The fish who unwittingly played this video game were not the ones being chased but rather the big bad predators. They were bluegill sunfish that researchers caught in a local lake and brought back to a tank in the lab.
IAIN COUZIN: And the nice thing about bluegill sunfish is they're generalist predators. They all tend to hunt pretty much anything that's alive in the environment that's smaller than them.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: Iain Couzin studies animal behavior at Princeton University. He says these fish are such eager hunters that it turns out they'll even hunt something that isn't real. His team used a computer to create fake prey, little images that were projected onto a thin transparent film inside the fish tank.
COUZIN: So to us they look like little red dots moving around. To the fish they look very much like little zooplankton, little creatures that live in the water body that move around that we know group together in the natural environment.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: And animal groups are what Couzin wants to understand.
COUZIN: Why do we see the evolution of groups in nature? Why is grouping so ubiquitous?
GREENFIELDBOYCE: He says there are real questions about how animals evolve to form groups and coordinate their behavior.
COUZIN: And this has actually been almost impossible to address using conventional biological experiments.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: Because it would be very hard to take say, a bird flock and get each one to do different things to see how that might effect their chance of being eaten by a predator.
But he and his colleagues could manipulate the behavior of the computer-generated prey in the fish tank. They programmed each little dot to follow a different set of rules. For example, some dots would cozy up to other dots, others kept their distance. Some would start to travel in the same direction as their neighbors; others, not so much.
COUZIN: And then we would ask, which of these strategies is most successful at avoiding being attacked by our real predators?
GREENFIELDBOYCE: They did that by watching to see which dots the live fish went for. The dots that survived tended to be the ones that both stayed close and moved in concert with their neighbors.
COUZIN: And so, forming groups that not only aggregate, but actually move together, allows you to minimize risk of attack from real predators.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: The results were published online by the journal Science.
Couzin says this is some evidence that group behaviors can evolve as a response to predation. But this experiment is still far from what happens in the real world. He's already developing a new fish video game that's even more life-like. This time they'll see what happens when the bluegill sunfish see virtual prey that can move in 3-D and try to escape.
Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR News.


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The Aperture Science Weighted Storage Cube, along with its Weighted Companion Cube variant, is the most common and basic testing element in Portal and Portal 2. It is used throughout the testing courses of the Aperture Science Enrichment Center.
- The Weighted Storage Cube is a device used for solving cube-and-button based puzzles in the various Test Chambers found throughout the Enrichment Center.
- In Portal and the Single Player campaign of Portal 2, Weighted Storage Cubes are to be placed on a Super Button to allow Test Subjects to advance.
- In the cooperative campaign of Portal 2, the Weighted Storage Cubes are to be placed on Cube Buttons.
- Weighted Storage Cubes appear either via an Aperture Science Vital Apparatus Vent or are already in a test chamber.
- It can be picked up by using the "use" key and can also be taken through portals.
- The Weighted Storage Cube can also be used as a makeshift weapon against an Aperture Science Sentry Turret by dropping it on the Sentry Gun from a Portal, or as a makeshift shield to block turret fire and energy pellets.
- Like most objects, the Weighted Storage Cube will disintegrate upon touching an Aperture Science Material Emancipation Grill.
- In Portal 2, the cubes have a circular blue light on each side, and when left on a button it changes to a yellow light. They are also notably smaller in size than in Portal.
- The Weighted Companion Cube in Portal 2 bears a resemblance to the standard Cubes, their only difference is that they have a heart on each face of the Cube and emit a pink light.
- A special type of Storage Cube, the Weighted Companion Cube appears in both Portal and Portal 2. It is identical to the regular Weighted Storage Cube in both games, except that it has a heart where the Aperture Science logo would be. At the end of the Test Chamber 17 in Portal, the player is forced to throw it into an Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator. Narrative provided by GLaDOS and Doug Rattmann suggests that the Companion Cube is designed to test emotional stress by having subjects develop affection for it before being forced to destroy it.
- In Portal 2's second chapter Test Chamber 07, GLaDOS reveals that there are warehouses full of Weighted Companion Cubes shortly after disintegrating two of them. She also contradicts her statements from the first game, openly stating that they are sentient. As the Material Emancipation Grill for that chamber is not functioning, Chell can remove the companion cube from that chamber (earning the player the "Preservation of Mass" achievement/trophy), only to have GLaDOS destroy it herself shortly before reaching the elevator.
- It is unknown whether the Companion Cube can communicate openly in any way. Although generally the Cube actually talking seems to be a sign of madness, if the "Preservation of Mass" achievement is earned, GLaDOS claims the Cube was about to say "I love you," and in Portal 2, the Cube produces a chime, which foreshadows the Turret Opera.
- Twentieth century prototypes of the Storage Cubes were seen in the old condemned parts of the Aperture Science Innovators test chambers, where they also served a similar purpose for weighing down buttons. These cubes can react to the Mobility Gels, as well. It is unknown if the early cubes were simple crates with nothing inside, or if they were actually weighed down to help push down and hold in place the early Aperture Science Super Buttons. These cubes also appear to be made of wood, held together by staples. No analogue of the Companion Cubes appear.
|Do whatever it takes to survive.|
|Drop Box (20G)|
|Place a cube on a button without touching the cube.|
|Preservation of Mass (20G)|
|Break the rules in Test Chamber 07.|
|Schrodinger's Catch (20G)|
|Catch a blue-painted box before it touches the ground.|
|Iron Grip (20G)|
|Never lose a cube in Chamber 6 of the Mass and Velocity co-op course.|
|Party of Three (25G)|
|Find the hidden companion cube in co-op test chamber.|
|Never lose a cube in Chamber 6 of the Mobility Gels co-op course.|
Behind the scenes
- The Weighted Companion Cube was invented because playtesters often failed to realize that the puzzle required you to take the cube with you, so they made it unique and more noticeable, and had GLaDOS put a great deal of emphasis on it in her voiceover.
- A Weighted Companion Cube plush and fuzzies are available to purchase online at Valve online.
- A Companion Cube prop can be unlocked for Xbox Live avatars by completing the Portal 2 Single Player campaign.
- The teaser trailer version of GLaDOS' Incinerator Room features the burned Companion Cube.
- The Companion Cubes seem to replace Storage Cubes in the Aperture Investment videos.
- The Companion Cube from Portal is implied to have never been completely incinerated during the ending sequence of Portal 2. This is noted by the amount of burns marks it has sustained, also implied from statistics of the Portal Gun which can endure temperatures of up to 4000 kelvin, that subsequent Aperture products are also able to. In addition, the Companion Cube in Portal 2 sports a new design, but the cube in the ending sequence is the Portal design.
- In Portal 2, when held, the Companion Cube causes the game to play a type of tune or chime specific to it, much like how certain music plays during the activation or use of certain testing elements of functioning Aperture Science technology (eg. Aerial Faith Plate). The tune is a loop that foreshadows the upcoming Turret Opera at the end of the campaign.
- In the Xbox 360 game Fable III, a crate with a heart painted on each of its sides can be found in one of the game's dungeons, being worshipped by a creature called a Hobbe. On the table next to the cell in which the Hobbe is being kept, there is also a Cake.
- In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 there is an unlockable title called "Companion Crate" on hearts background, most likely referring to Portal and Portal 2
Weighted Storage Ball, the model of which is shared with that of the simplified Personality Core.
Weighted Storage Cubes being delivered by Aperture Science Pipe Network.
Aperture Science Weighted Storage Cube icon in Perpetual Testing Initiative.
List of appearances
- ApertureScience.com (Non-canonical appearance) (Not before Christmas 2007)
- Portal: First Slice
- Portal: Still Alive (Non-canonical appearance)
- Portal ARG
- PotatoFoolsDay ARG
- Portal 2: Lab Rat
- The Final Hours of Portal 2
- Randolph the Red-Nosed Turret (Toy only) (Non-canonical appearance)
- Portal Pinball (Non-canonical appearance)
- Lego Dimensions (Non-canonical appearance)
- Weighted Pivot Cube
- Edgeless Safety Cube
- Cube Button
- Edgeless Safety Cube Receptacle
- 1500 Megawatt Super Button
- GDC 08: Portal Creators on Writing, Multiplayer, Government Interrogation Techniques on Shacknews
- RPS Interview: Valve's Erik Wolpaw on Rock, Paper, Shotgun
- Scott Klintworth's official website
- The Final Hours of Portal 2
- Weighted Companion Cube Plush at the Steam store.
- Weighted Companion Cube Fuzzies at the Steam store.


Warren Buffet and his teachings about Trading
Warren Buffet and his teachings about Trading
1. Circle of competence: Warren Buffet looks for the business he can understand and analyze. He only invests in the company that is in his circle of competence. For example, during the technology boom in the 1990s, everyone was investing in technology stocks. It didn't matter to the investors to understand the underlying business of the company they were investing in it. However, Warren Buffett didn't invest in technology stocks simply saying that he cannot understand them.
He said- 'I can understand the business behind coca-cola, automobile or textile industry. I know how they work and how they can generate profit. I can predict their growth. However, I do not understand technology companies. These companies do not lie inside my circle of competence, therefore I do not invest in them'
2. Management:Warren Buffett gives a lot of weight to an efficient management. He evaluates the management's rationality towards reinvesting for growth along with rewarding its shareholders. Further, he is very stern about the honesty of a management.
3. Value: 'Price is what you pay, Value is what you get'.
Warren Buffet spends a lot of time reading the financials of the company. He goes through all the annual reports of the company to find its profitability, returnability, liquidity, valuation etc. Warren Buffett always analyses the value of the company before looking at its market price. This is because he does not want to get biased by knowing the company's market price before analyzing its financial statements.
4. Moat: The concept of the moat was popularised by Warren Buffett. A moat is a deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defense against attack. Some stocks have a similar moat around them. That's why it's really tough for its competitors to defeat them in its sector. Warren Buffett always looks for a company with a wide economic moat. This moat helps the company's business to outperform its competitors. The moat can be anything like brand value, license, patent, switching cost etc.
5. The margin of safety:
'A good business is not a good investment if you overpay for it'.
The concept of margin of safety was originally introduced by Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing. He was also the mentor of WarreBuffetet.
This is the central concept of value investing. Basically, this concept states that if you think a stock is valued at Rs 100 per share (fairly), there is no harm in giving yourself some benefit of the doubt (if you are wrong about this calculation) and buy at Rs 70, Rs 80 or Rs 90 instead. Here, the difference in the amount is your margin of safety.
Warren Buffett looks carefully for a margin of safety in a company before investing. He only invests if the company is currently selling at a discount.
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Noun: yawl yol
 1. A ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
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Verb: yawl yol
 1. Emit long loud cries
 "yawl with sorrow";
 - howl, ululate, wail, roar, yaup
Sounds like: yacks, yawl
Derived forms: yawled, yawling, yawls
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Explanations on why driving with cracked windscreen is bad
There are parts of the vehicle that can be disregarded when broken. But the windscreen is just not one of that. Every day, there are hundreds of people die and injure themselves to the poor conditions of windscreens. In addition, think about it, it's your vehicle after all; would you want it to look back. Having a cracked windscreen has many downsides, and each one of them are deadly enough.
Here are 5 reasons why you should never drive with a cracked windscreen.
 1. Malfunctioned airbag deployment
The factor that governs the deploying of airbags is the sudden pressure change that takes place in the event of a crash. But when your windscreen is cracked, the accuracy and the rate at which the vehicle figures out whether to deploy the airbags or not is going to be less. If the times are so bad, there will not be any deployment whatsoever; and we all know how helpful airbags are.
 1. Boost the damaged caused by crashes
Let's assume that you happened to lose the control and hit a tree or light post by the road, but not so fast. Typically, the front of the vehicle would a little crashes and the airbags would come off. But when the windscreen is cracked, it will have a very high tendency to be scattered and projected inside the vehicle that will put the fate of the passengers at stake. After all, glass shards can make you go blind in a moment.
 1. The longer you wait, the worse it gets
Replacing a vehicle windscreen is going to be quite expensive over having a repair. But most people wait long enough so that the situation of the cracks would get severe and severe to a point where the conditions are irreversible. This is why you should never ever wait when there is a chip or a crack in your windscreen since it will never get any better.
 1. Obstruction to the vision
Having a crack at the corner of the glass might not have a direct effect on the driver but what if the crack was obstructing the driver's view? This situation can get even worse on misty days, rainy days and even every night. You will not only be putting your life and the passengers at risk but also the ones in the road.
 1. Makes the ride look ugly
If you really love your vehicle, you shouldn't drive when the windscreen is cracked. That is just going to make the looks of the vehicle to be quite poor and you don't want that. Why should you suffer all these issue when you can just get it fixed once and for all after all?
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Bug#561615: ITP: mingus -- advanced music theory and notation package
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Alessio Treglia
* Package name : mingus
 Version :
 Upstream Author : Bart Spaans
* URL : _URL_
* License : GPL
 Programming Lang: Python
 Description : advanced music theory and notation package
 mingus is an advanced music theory and notation package
 for Python with MIDI playback support. It can be used to play
 around with music theory, to build editors, educational tools and
 other applications that need to process and/or play music.
 It can also be used to create sheet music with LilyPond
 and do automated musicological analysis on chords, scales and
 harmonic progressions.
 The MIDI package can save and load MIDI files, and -last but not leastprovides a general purpose sequencer for all the containers and a
 FluidSynth sequencer subclass. This allows you to play all your data
 structures straight from Python in just a couple of lines. Most of the
 icky timing and MIDI code has been abstracted away for you, leaving a
 clean, relatively simple API.
 Lastly, the extra package includes a LilyPond exporter which can be used
 to create sheet music in PDF, PNG and postscript. It also offers ASCII
 tablature and MusicXML exporting and a sound analysis module which can
 recognize notes and melody in raw audio data.
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1-day training
Why this topic?
Data is omnipresent and of vital importance in regulated industries. Constant growth of data, combined with highly evolving technical environments, induces data integrity risks that can affect patient safety and product quality. Over the past years, governmental agencies have increased their focus on data integrity issues. Recent warning letters and non-compliance reports demonstrate the need for a dedicated company data integrity programme.
What can you expect during this training?
For whom?
This training is intended for anyone involved in data integrity for the pharmaceutical sector, the cosmetics industry, the food industry or related sectors.


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Liko Vest for StandingShell is intended for raising patients who are practicing to stand with the aid of a standing shell.
A standing shell is much appreciated as an aid for disabled children and youths. However, applying the standing shell manually and raising the child in it can be very strenuous for the caregiver. But with the right lifting aids, these problems can be avoided.
We recommend the use of a lift and sling, for example SilhouetteSling, for lifting the child to the standing shell. For convenient access when it is time to lift the child out of the shell, SilhouetteSling is left inside the shell while the child is standing.
Vest for StandingShell is used during the actual raising operation and is placed outside the standing shell when the child is lying down, then connected to a patient lift. We recommend one of Liko's overhead lifts or the mobile lift Golvo. The raising is accomplished securely and controlled by patient lift.
Before lifting, keep the following points in mind:
- Choose a larger size of Vest for StandingShell than you would if you were using Liko MasterVest for the same patient.
- Leg Harnesses are included in the product to prevent the vest from sliding up along the standing shell.


Blindness is 10 times more common in Kenya than in the Western World. Since 2003, MEAK has helped over 11,000 people see again and has treated tens of thousands of eye infections with drops and antibiotics.
Being blind means that the usual day to day struggle for subsistence and survival becomes ever more difficult; rendering individuals a burden on their families and unable to contribute to normal daily tasks, such as minding children or tending to animals.
Local tribal scouts have been trained to diagnose and treat eye problems. They spread the news that MEAK are in the area and offering solutions for eye problems (as well as other medical needs) so MEAK can reach people previously unseen.
Remote Northern Kenya is where many MEAK eye missions are carried out. Flies are abundant which can cause Trachoma, a disease spread by eye-seeking flies and exacerbated by dusty environments. After years of infection and re-infection, scarring occurs on the inner eyelid causing it to turn inwards, making the eyelashes rub the eyeball with each blink, which is extremely painful. MEAK is treating this through surgery, antibiotics and stressing the importance of facial cleanliness; as well as encouraging environmental changes to diminish the exposure to flies.


If Drakeford wants to stop independence, his arguments should deal in facts – not fantasy
08 Apr 2021 4 minutes Read
YesCymru picture by Lluniau Lleucu. Mark Drakeford. Picture by the Welsh Government.
John Ball, former lecturer in economics at Swansea University
One of the interesting consequences of the growing support for independence is that the previously sleepy UK media is showing finally noticing the movement, the latest being the Financial Times.
I do not know how many members of the Senedd bother with the FT, but one who clearly does is the First Minister, using the paper once again to bend the truth when asked about independence.
Presumably, his contribution was intended to impress the readers of this worthy business newspaper. But what he succeeded in doing was emphasising his economic illiteracy.
According to the newspaper he "told the Financial Times that Wales could never have secured so many Covid-19 vaccines as a small independent nation, and also questioned how the country could have its own currency, given the 160-mile long border with England was crossed by hundreds of thousands of people each day".
There's quite a lot of obfuscation packed into a short paragraph so let us unpick them one at a time.
The answer to what currency an independent Wales would use is, of course, the pound. There is no reason why, in an independent state, the pound could not continue to be used.
There are different systems; the first and obvious is a Currency Union, such a currency union based on the pound already exists. There is a nine-member sterling currency union and although most of its members are not sovereign states, they are to a greater or lesser extent self-governing. Indeed, in many ways Wales is already a member of this union.
In the absence of a currency union Sterlingisation – the use of the pound without the consent of the Bank of England – would be an alternative and is seen by any economists as the way forward.
Support for sterlingisation (in Scotland but applies equally to Wales) has come from two important sources. Lord Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England has pointed out that there is no reason why Scotland could not continue to use the pound within such a scheme. The think tank Adam Smith Institute has suggested that sterlingisation not only allows continued use of the pound but would stimulate the economy.
The use of non-domestic currency is in fact quite common – many countries have such an arrangement. There are (other than sterling) nine currency unions, nine countries or dependencies outside the Eurozone use the Euro, eleven countries the US dollar, seven share the East Caribbean Dollar, nine the West African Franc and five the Central African Franc.
The 19 countries currently using the Euro do not have a domestic currency. In a lesson for Wales, the five fastest-growing economies in Europe (the three Baltic States, Slovenia and Slovakia) use the Euro which is clearly not their domestic currency.
In a further astonishingly uninformed view of the facts, Drakeford added that as a small independent nation, Wales could never have secured enough Covid vaccines.
He has forgotten that Astra Zeneca vaccine is produced in Wrexham, or perhaps in his restless enthusiasm to disparage independence, he has forgotten that Wrexham is in Wales.
But it also ignores the evidence on vaccine availability and distribution by the small nations of Europe is exemplary.
By January Sweden had already accessed 20million doses and Norway 5 million. In addition to their domestic responsibilities, both nations immediately ensured that doses would be available to poorer countries in the world. The UK has not.
Ireland had no problems accessing 5.5 million doses and has immunised over a third of the population; has as Finland. Malta has immunised over a half and Denmark will have immunised the entire population by the end of June. Not bad going for small nations unable to access the vaccine.
The First Minister does not seem to have a grasp of mathematics either. His final claim in the Financial Times interview was that the 160-mile-long border with England is apparently a hurdle to independence.
Finland has two borders, each over 1000 miles long so one wonders how they manage.
Apparently, the border with England is crossed by "hundreds of thousands each day." Given that the entire population of East Wales is just over 600 thousand, these hundreds of thousands probably explain why Cardiff, Newport and Wrexham are entirely empty of people between nine and five.
The First Minister may indeed not be a supporter of independence, but can we please have facts and not fantasy?
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After-Dinner Poetry: Catriona Wright's Table Manners (Montreal, QC: Véhicule Press, 2017, $17.95, 88 pages). Review by Julie Mannell
Molecular Gastronomy is a concentration of food preparation focused on the creative physical and chemical transformation of ingredients at a microscopic level. This concept is alluded to in "Gastronaut," the title of the first poem in Catriona Wright's debut poetry book Table Manners. The poem reinvents the term, instead suggesting the opposite, a scientific exploration of consumption as it relates to the external. A photo of "barbecued tarantulas in Cambodia" causes the speaker "jealousy and rage" for which they must confront by way of their "edible moss" that is only adequate insofar as it might "calm myself enough to sleep." Here the language of rare and high cuisine stands as a place marker for other suggestions of class—travel, freedom, rare and often inaccessible experiences that may lead to expensive varieties of wisdom. The speaker in the poem is aware of their own shortcomings but (literally) breathes back into those it perceives as judgmental, "My breath smelled as though I'd been fellating a corpse. I coughed on everyone."
This sets up the central concern of Table Manners: how the self reacts when constrained by the obligatory digestion of cultural signifiers and the sometimes unpalatable imperative to perform socially. The poems do not provide an answer but interrogate social experience purely through reaction and reflection, compacted by the constraint of culinary terms that often reveal themselves as distinctively unappetizing. In "Dumpster" the voice flirts with eating garbage:
I would not let a single
rainbow Chips Ahoy! or briny dill pickle
or cocktail shrimp ring breach my lips
unless it had first passed through the purifying
fires of the dumpster—five star chef, wizard
capable of transforming the too, too processed
into the unsullied flesh.
The contents of the dumpster are allotted the same linguistic treatment as fresh produce at a grocery store and explored with the same capitalistic impulse, "The only thing rotten is everything sold here." While Wright's andoxographic practice should have the impact of mocking the dumpster, it instead, cleverly, has the opposite effect. It elevates waste while diminishing the appeal of clean and fresh material thereby embarrassing the lexical signals society uses to sell and profit off ideals and anxieties surrounding health and nutrition. In the poetry of Wright, everything is both soiled and appetizing.
This is again reiterated in "Parties: A Selection"—a collection of haikus that concisely portray different social gatherings:
pulled pork muddled mint
pansexual Prince all primped
pumping up the crowd
this first poem in the series conveys what one might imagine to be a lavish nightclub with techno music and bottle service. Yet, by the end of the series we are at another event entirely:
barbecued tofu
please don't call me a lady
left early for once
Here food has the power to signal not just what people will be eating but what they will wear when they eat, where they will eat it, and, ultimately, it sets the tone for the kind of social engagement the speaker will have.
One criticism for Table Manners is that what works for it, sometimes works against it. While the constraint is noble—the language of the culinarian in the world beyond the kitchen—limiting a project to reliance on a single metaphor that repeats itself can sometimes feel to the reader as if they are being hit over the head with the theme. The book, paradoxically, is at its best in the poems that abandon the metaphor the most.
Julie Mannell is an author of poetry, prose, and essays. She is currently completing her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph. Mannell is the recipient of the Constance Rooke/HarperCollins Scholarship, the Mona Adilman Poetry Prize, and the Lionel Shapiro Award for Creative Writing. She splits her time between Montreal and Toronto.
This review was published in issue 14:2 Lies and Duplicity." To see more from this issue, please visit Vallum's website.


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TUESDAY, Sept. 20 (HealthDay News) -- People affected by
epilepsy are nearly eight times more likely than those without it
to develop schizophrenia, and those with schizophrenia are also six
times more likely to have epilepsy than people who are not
schizophrenic, a new study suggests.
Researchers in Taiwan say this two-way relationship between the
two conditions may be due to genetic, environmental or
After analyzing information on almost 5,200 patients with
schizophrenia and more than 11,500 patients with epilepsy and
controls matched for age and sex in both groups, researchers found
the prevalence of epilepsy was higher in the schizophrenia patient
group at about 7 per 1,000 person-years, compared to just over 1
per 1,000 among those not affected by schizophrenia.
Meanwhile the study, published in
Epilepsia, showed the prevalence of schizophrenia was about 3.5 per 1,000 person-years for patients with epilepsy, compared to about 0.5 among those without epilepsy. The researchers noted the incidence of schizophrenia was slightly higher among men with the disease than women.
"Our research results show a strong bidirectional relation between schizophrenia and epilepsy," said the study's lead author Dr. I-Ching Chou, an associate professor with China Medical University in Taichung, Taiwan, in a journal news release. "This relationship may be due to common pathogenesis in these diseases such as genetic susceptibility and environmental factors, but further investigation of the pathological mechanisms are needed."
The National Institutes of Health provides more information on


Pomegranate May Improve Exercise Performance
Pomegranate is rich in dietary nitrates, which have been shown to improve exercise performance.
In a study of 19 athletes running on a treadmill, 1 gram of pomegranate extract 30 minutes before exercise significantly enhanced blood flow (39).
This led to a delay in the onset of fatigue, and an increase in exercise efficiency.
More studies are needed, but it seems like pomegranate may be beneficial for physical performance, similar to beetroot juice.
13. Anything Else?
If you want to enjoy the health benefits outlined in the article, then you can either eat the pomegranate arils directly, or drink pomegranate juice.
At the end of the day, pomegranates are among the healthiest foods on the planet.
They have wide-ranging benefits, and may help reduce the risk of all sorts of serious diseases.


Relationships among selected variables and quality of life in healthy older adults /
by 1973- Thievon, Susan Lea
Abstract (Summary)
The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive relationships of physical activity, social support, and physical symptoms with mental and physical health-related quality of life in community-dwelling older adults. This secondary analysis of data used a predictive correlational design, using bivarate correlations and multiple regression analysis. A sample size of 215 community dwelling older adults was obtained. Results of data analysis revealed sample characteristics of a mean age of 70 (range 55-93), 29% male, 99.5% white, 65% married, well educated, and moderate income. Physical activity significantly positively correlated with physical and mental quality of life (r =.678, p <.001; r =.281, p <.001, respectively). Social support significantly positively correlated with physical and mental quality of life (r =.158, p <.05; r =.212, p <.01, respectively). Symptom distress significantly negatively correlated with physical and mental quality of life (r = -.443, p <.001; r = -.435, p <.001, respectively). Hierarchal regression, controlling for age, income, and work status, revealed that physical activity, social support, symptom distress, and mental quality of life together significantly predicted 55% of the variance in physical quality of life (R =.743, R2 =.552, p<.01). Hierarchal regression, controlling for income, revealed that physical symptom distress, social support, physical activity, and physical quality of life significantly predicted 28% of the variance in mental quality of life (R =.529, R2 =.280, p<.01). In conclusion, physical activity level, social support, and physical symptom distress significantly predict both physical and mental quality of 8 life in older adults. Interventions addressing these variables should be further developed and tested in similar and diverse populations of elderly. 9
Bibliographical Information:
School:University of Oklahoma
School Location:USA - Oklahoma
Source Type:Master's Thesis
Keywords:aging intervention studies quality of life physical fitness exercise activities daily living
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Lanthionine is a non proteinogenic amino acid found in peptides of microbial origin. It is a sulfide bridged alanine dimer (HOOC-CH(NH2)-CH2-S-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH) which is synthesized from cysteine and dehydroalanine by posttranslational modifications of peptides.
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not based on composition rules. However, these shortcuts should be deducible by using simple mneumonic rules (such as "to get a vowel with '-accent, type AltGr-key with the physical keyboard's key sitting below the vowel key").
NOTE: This does not seem to be easily achievable, but it looks like a very nifty UI: a certain HotKey is reserved (e.g., AltGr-AppMenu); when it is tapped, and a character-key is pressed (for example, B) a menu-driven interface pops up where user may navigate to different variants of B, Beta, etc - each of variants with a hotkey to reach NOW, and with instructions how to reach it later from the keyboard without this UI.
Here are the finer points elaborating on these levels of complexity:
 4. One should consider what the Quick_Access_Key does when the layouts A and B are identical on a particular key. One can go with the "Occam's razor" approach and make Quick_Access_Key the do-nothing identity map. Alternatively, one can make it access some symbols useful both for script A and script B. It is a judgement call.
 Note that there is a gray area when layouts A and B are not identical, but a key K produces punctuation in layout A, and a letter in layout B. Then when in layout B, this punctuation is available on AltGr-key, so, in principle, Quick_Access_Key would duplicate the functionality of AltGr. Compare with "there is more than one way to do it" below; remember that OS (or misbehaving applications) may make some keypresses "unavailable". I feel that in these situations, having duplication is a significant advantage over "having some extra symbols available".
 7. for symbols that are naturally thought of as sitting in a table, one can create intuitive mapping of quite large tables to the keyboard. Split each key in halves by a horizontal line, think of Shift-key as sitting in the top half. Then ignoring '~ key and most of punctuation on the right hand side, keyboard becomes an 8×10 grid. Taking into account AltGr, one can map up to 8×10×2 (or, in some cases, 8×20!) table to a keyboard.
 Example: Think of IPA consonants.
 9. "There is more than one way to do it" is not a defect, it is an asset. If it is a reasonable expectation to find a symbol X on keypress K', and the same holds for keypress K'' and they both do not conflict with other "being intuitive" goals, go with both variants. Same for 3 variants, 4 - now you get my point.
 Example: The standard Russian phonetic layout has Ё on the ^-key; on the other hand, Ё is a variant of Е; so it makes sense to have Ё available on AltGr-Е as well. Same for Ъ and Ь.
 10. Dead keys which are "abstract" (as opposed to being related to letters engraved on physical keyboard) should better be put on modified state of "zombie" keys of the keyboard (SPACE, TAB, CAPSLOCK, MENU_ACCESS).
 NOTE: Making Shift-Space a prefix key may lead to usability issues for people used to type CAPITALIZED PHRASES by keeping Shift pressed all the time. As a minimum, the symbols accessed via Shift-SPACE key should be strikingly different from those produced by key so that such problems are noted ASAP. Example: on the first sight, producing NO-BREAK SPACE on Shift-Space Shift-Space or Shift-Space Space looks like a good idea. Do not do this: the visually undistinguishable NO-BREAK SPACE would lead to significantly hard-to-debug problems if it was unintentional.
Explanation of keyboard layout terms used in the docs ^
Unfortunately, being on unchartered territories, in my explanations I'm forced to use home-grown terms. So be patient with me... The terms are keyboard group, keyboard, face and layer. (I must compare them with what ISO 9995 does:
In what follows, the words letter and character are used interchangeably. A key means a physical key on a keyboard clicked (possibly together with one of modifiers Shift, AltGr - or, rarely Control. The key AltGr is either marked as such, or is just the "right" Alt key; at least on Windows it can be replaced by Control-Alt. A prefix key is a key tapping which does not produce any letter, but modifies what the next keypress would do (sometimes it is called a dead key; in ISO 9995 terms, it is probably a latching key).
A plain layer is a part of keyboard layout accessible by using only non-prefix keys (possibly in combination with Shift); likewise, additional layers are parts of layout accessible by combining the non-prefix keys with Shift (if needed) and with a particular combination of other modifiers (AltGr or Control). So there may be up to 2 additional layers: the AltGr-layer and Control-layer.
On the simplest layouts, such as "US" or "Russian", there is no prefix keys - but this is only feasible for languages which use very few characters with diacritic marks. However, note that most layouts do not use Control-layer - it is stated that this might be subject to problems with system interaction.
The primary face consists of the plain and additional layers of a keyboard; it is the part of layout accessible without switching "sticky state" and without using prefix keys. There may be up to 3 layouts (Primary, AltGr, Control) per face (on Windows). A secondary face is a face exposed after pressing a prefix key.
A personality is a collection of faces: the primary face, plus one face per a defined prefix-key. Finally, a keyboard group is a collection of personalities (switchable by CapsLock and/or personality change hotkeys like Shift-Alt) designed to work smoothly together.
Assume that the layout does not use the Control modifier. Then each of these faces would consists of two layers: the plain one, and the AltGrone. For example, pressing AltGr with a key on Greek face could add diaeresis to a vowel, or use a modified ("final" or "symbol") "glyph" for a consonant (as in σ/ς θ/ϑ). Or, on Latin face, AltGr-a may produce æ. Or, on a Cyrillic personality, AltGr-я (ya) may produce ѣ (yat').
CORE faces
Universally accessible faces
satellite faces
Access to diacritic marks ^
The logic: prefix keys are either 8-bit characters with high bit set, or if none with the needed glyph, they are "spacing modifier letters" or "spacing clones of diacritics". And if you type something after them, you can get other modifier letters and combining characters: here is the logic of this:
The second press
The principal combining mark.
Surrogate for the diacritic
(either " or '): corresponding "prime shape"-modifier character
The modifier character itself.
Some stats on prefix keys: ISO 9995-3 uses 26 prefix keys for diacritics; bépo uses 20, while EurKey uses 8. On the other end of spectrum, there are 10 US keyboard keys with "calculatable" relation to Latin diacritics:
To this list one may add a "calculatable" key $ as the currency prefix; on the other hand, one should probably remove? since AltGr-? should better be "set in stone" to denote ¿. If one adds Greek, then the calculatable positions for aspiration are on [ ] (or on ( )). Of widely used Latin diacritics, this leaves ring/hacek/breve/horn/ogonek/comma (and doubled grave/acute).
CAVEATS for BÉPO keyboard:
The keyboard generated with this layout:
The generator module: UI::KeyboardLayout and reference therein: see "SEE ALSO" in UI::KeyboardLayout.
On diacritics: (Chars of languages)
 Accents in different Languages:,12,inne_diakrytyki.htm#07
 Typesetting Old and Modern Church Slavonic
On typography marks
On keyboard layouts: (used almost nowhere - only half of keys in Canadian multilanguage match)
 Discussion of layout changes: (Old Irish mechanical typewriters) (One-handed layout) (and references there)
 Images in (download of)
 Neo2 sources:
 Shift keys at center, nice graphic:
 Physical keyboard:
 Portable keyboard layout
 Typing on numeric keypad
 On screen keyboard indicator
 With 2-letter input of Unicode names:
 Chaining dead keys:
 Mapping VK to VSC etc:
 [Link] Remapping CapsLock to mean Backspace in a keyboard layout
 (if repeat, every second Press counts ;-)
 Scancodes from kbd.h get in the way
 Keyboards with Ctrl-Shift states:
 On assigning Ctrl-values
 On hotkeys for switching layouts:
 Text services
 Low-level access in MSKLC
 On font linking
 Unicode in console
 Adding formerly "invisible" keys to the keyboard
 Redefining NumKeypad keys
 And backspace/return/etc
 Doing one's own WM_DEADKEY processing'
 Dead keys do not work on SG-Caps
 Dynamic keycaps keyboard
 Backslash/yen/won confusion
 Unicode output to


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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine whether immunophenotypic profiles detected by flow cytometry are useful in differentiating chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) from reactive monocytosis, and between CMML subtypes. Methods: Eight-color flow cytometry was used to immunophenotype blasts, monocytes, and granulocytes in the bone marrow of 34 patients with CMML and 12 patients with reactive monocytosis. Results: Bone marrow myeloblast, promonocyte, and monocyte counts by flow cytometry were significantly higher in the CMML group than in the reactive monocytosis group. Myeloblast aberrancies were present in all CMML patients as compared with 2 of 12 (16.7%) reactive monocytosis patients (P < 0.001). The number of blast aberrancies ranged from one to nine (median, four) in CMML patients and 94.1% of CMML cases exhibited ≥ two aberrancies. In contrast, two reactive monocytosis cases showed only one phenotypic abnormality of blasts. Monocyte and granulocyte aberrancies were present in 26 of 34 (76.5%) and in 31 of 34 (91.2%) CMML patients, respectively. Decreased side scatter (SSC) and abnormal CD11b/CD13/CD16 maturation pattern in granulocytes were more frequent in CMML than in reactive monocytosis. No significant differences in antigen expression were detected between the CMML subtypes except that altered CD45/SSC pattern on the blasts was more commonly observed in CMML-0/1 than in CMML-2. Conclusions: CMML has phenotypic aberrancies in monocytes, granulocytes, and more frequently in myeloblasts. Aberrant expression of two or more antigens in myeloblasts by flow cytometry has a high sensitivity (94.1%) and a high specificity (100%) to differentiate CMML from reactive monocytosis.
- chronic myelomonocytic
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Cell Biology


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Peerumade, Kottayam, Punalur, Tiruvalla and Alappuzha are those stations in the State which have witnessed significant reduction in rainfall during the last century.
Y.E.A. Raj, Deputy Director-General, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, revealed this during a special address at the Kerala Environment Congress 2012 here.
The topic of his address was 'Extent of climate change over India and its projected impact on Indian agriculture.'
Climate change in respect of individual stations manifests with mixed trends with positive and negative changes, he said. For instance, positive trends are available from stations such as Kochi (100.6 mm) and Kasaragode (153.5 mm) in the State.
"It must be stated here that rainfall series for individual months/seasons in some of the series may have shown a significant trend.
In some other cases, these trends would have manifested only recently.
"A more detailed analysis of time series must be performed to detect and analyse such incidence," Raj said.
The scenario of significant climate change, especially global warming, is now well documented and the evidence incontrovertible. However, in the Indian context, there appears to be no clear signal of such change at least in crucial parameters such as rainfall and occurrence of cyclonic storms. Projected climate change based on various models suggests steady increase in temperature and, at a later stage, slight increase in rainfall.
The effect on agriculture is likely to be mixed, Raj said. The increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere initially favours agricultural production.
But increase in temperature would have exactly the reverse effect. The situation is fluid and could even be seen to be contradictory at times.
This calls for learnt and measures responses based on scientific facts free from transnational biases.


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DescriptionSilicon-based tandem solar cells are one of the promising approaches to increase the efficiency of photovoltaic devices beyond the single-material detailed-balance limit while benefiting from the well-established technology of the conventional silicon solar cells. However, an inexpensive, earth abundant, stable and non-toxic material with a proper band-gap has not yet been identified for the upper cell. We suggest CZTS, a chalcogenide with a bandgap of 1.5 eV, as a promising material for the top absorber. The presence of a high temperature (500-600 oC) annealing process in a sulfur-rich atmosphere during synthesis of CZTS makes monolithic integration challenging. Thus, a barrier layer is necessary between the two absorbers. This barrier layer must act effectively as a diffusion barrier and allow exchange of charge carriers between the two cells. In this research, we investigated various layers of TiN and TiO2, deposited with (PE)ALD, as potential materials for the barrier layer. For this purpose, simple stacks of Cu/(~25nm)TiN/Si and Cu/(~80nm)TiO2/Si were prepared, and systematic isothermal annealing experiments at 550 oC in vacuum were performed to simulate the CZTS synthesis conditions. Subsequently, the samples were characterized by XRD, XPS, and sheet resistance measurements to evaluate the effectiveness of TiN and TiO2 as diffusion barriers. Furthermore, optical simulations were done to determine the optical performance of these layers in the near infrared spectrum.
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|Event title||European Materials Research Society: 2018 Spring Meeting|
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- Solar cells
- Diffusion Barrier


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Jupiter system captured in JUICE NavCam test
The Navigation Camera (NavCam) of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) has been given its first glimpse of the mission's destination while still on Earth.
The camera was mounted to an equatorial mount and pointed towards different targets, including bright stars, Jupiter and its moons in order to exercise its 'Imaging Mode' and 'Stars Centroiding Mode'. The integration time was optimized for capturing the stars and moons acquisition, so Jupiter appears saturated. See also the enlarged and annotated image.


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This illustration shows an artist's impression of the brown dwarf 2MASSW J1207334-393254, or 2M1207 for short. With a mass that amounts to 25 times that of Jupiter, 2M1207 is surrounded by a circumstellar disc of gas and dust and possesses a planetary companion five times more massive than Jupiter. The planetary companion lies at a very large distance from 2M1207 – the projected distance between the two bodies measuring 55 astronomical units (AU).
Sub-millimeter observations performed with the SPIRE instrument on board ESA's Herschel Space Observatory have shown that the disc's total mass amounts to about three to five times the mass of Jupiter and that its radius ranges between 50 and 100 AU. With such a massive disc, it is likely that the planetary-mass companion originated directly from disc fragmentation, thus challenging the standard scenario of giant planet formation via core accretion.


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General Hydroponics MaxiBloom™ is a highly concentrated soluble granular plant nutrient designed for higher growth rates and yields. MaxiBloom™ stimulates flower, fruit, and vegetable production and provides essential minerals. Use MaxiBloom™ during the reproductive growth phase to provide a comprehensive diet for hydroponically-grown plants or for soil-grown plants. Maintain ideal nutrient pH between 5.5 and 6.5.
For seedlings, cuttings, foliar feeding, and transplants, use 1/4 teaspoon per gallon of water or.25 grams per liter. For orchids, delicate and slow growing plants, use 1/2 teaspoon per gallon of water or 1/2 gram per liter. For most applications, including salad greens and leafy vegetables, use 1 teaspoon per gallon of water or 1 gram per liter. For fast growing plants, including many vegetables, use 1 1/4 teaspoon per gallon or 1.25 grams per liter. For very fast growing plants, use 1 1/2 teaspoon per gallon or 1.5 grams per liter with caution. Guaranteed analysis (5-15-14) includes Total Nitrogen (N) 5.0% (0.5% Ammoniacal Nitrogen, 4.5% Nitrate Nitrogen); Available Phosphate (P2O5) 15.0%; Soluble Potash (K2O) 14.0%; Calcium 5.0%; Total Magnesium (Mg) 3.5% (3.5% Water Soluble Magnesium); Combined Sulfur (S) 4.0%; Chelated Iron (Fe) 0.1%. Derived from Ammonium Nitrate, Ammonium Molybdate, Calcium Nitrate, Cobalt Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Iron DTPA, Iron EDTA, Magnesium Sulfate, Potassium Borate, Potassium Nitrate, Potassium Phosphate, Potassium Sulfate, and Zinc Sulfate.
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The well-preserved remains of almost 1,000 pile dwellings and moorland settlements can be found in numerous lakes and wetland areas in and around the Alps.
The UNESCO World Heritage property comprises a total of 111 exemplary pile dwelling sites in the Alpine regions of Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland. Of the sites in Germany, 15 are located in Baden-Württemberg, predominantly in the western part of Lake Constance and on Lake Federsee, and three are in Bavaria, on Lake Starnberg (Rose Island) and in Pestenacker and Unfriedshausen near Landsberg am Lech.
These ancient dwellings date back to between 5,000 and 500 BC. The boggy conditions at the sites mean that wood, textiles, plant remains and other materials have been extremely well preserved. Significant finds of fabrics, wheels, carts and logboats, many still in excellent condition, provide important information on settlement structures, trade and mobility during the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Age.
The Lake Dwelling Museum at Unteruhldingen on Lake Constance and the Federsee Museum at Bad Buchau offer valuable insights into this fascinating subject.
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The international logistics landscape is witnessing a tangible growth in the containerized air freight segment, driven by the ever-increasing demand for rapid transportation of goods across the globe. The aircraft cargo container market is a critical component of this logistical framework, ensuring that cargo is transported safely, efficiently, and in compliance with rigorous airline standards.
Current State of the Market
Among the key players dominating this space are global logistics giants such as UPS, FedEx, and DHL. These air freight businesses have long been at the forefront of innovation in air freight, not only in terms of their vast fleets but also in their adoption of containerization to optimize cargo handling.
Containerized air freight offers numerous benefits, including improved cargo security, reduced risk of damage, and enhanced speed of loading and unloading operations. Due to these advantages, more carriers are switching from bulk load to containerized freight.
Market Trends and Drivers
- E-commerce Rise: There is a direct correlation between the booming e-commerce industry and the need for timely and reliable air freight services. This surge significantly impacts the demand for aircraft cargo containers.
- Technology Advancements: Innovations in material science have led to the development of lighter, more durable containers, which can increase fuel efficiency and lower operational costs.
- Globalization: The expanding global supply chain continues to fuel the demand for air freight. Emergent markets are also becoming significant players as they increase their imports and exports.
- Regulatory Compliance: Stricter safety regulations prompt airlines to invest in certified containerized solutions, thus propelling the aircraft cargo container market.
- Environmental Concerns: Air freight is under scrutiny for its carbon footprint. Sustainable practices and eco-friendly container materials are now more important than ever.
- Cost Sensitivity: Although containerized freight is more efficient, initial investments and maintenance costs are higher in comparison to traditional bulk loading, making cost a significant factor influencing adoption rates.
- Pandemic Aftermath: The recent pandemic has both disrupted supply chains and altered trade patterns, which have immediate and long-term effects on the cargo container market.
The projection for the aircraft cargo container market remains robust. With global trade volumes expected to increase, the reliance on efficient and secure shipping methods will drive the industry forward. Strategic partnerships and technological investments are likely to emerge as key differentiators among the major players.
The aircraft cargo container market is at a pivotal juncture. Companies like UPS, FedEx, and DHL will need to navigate the balance between investing in innovation to meet market demands and addressing global calls for sustainability and efficiency. With e-commerce and globalization as steady market drivers, the continued evolution of containerized air freight seems undeniably poised for growth. The future trajectory, however, will be determined by the industry's response to the challenges and its ability to capitalize on emerging opportunities. The potential for containerization to transform the air freight sector is immense, and it remains a crucial element in shaping the future of logistics. As the industry continues to evolve and adapt, one thing is certain – efficient and secure containerized air freight will remain a key component of global trade. With technological advancements on the horizon and an ever-changing market landscape, the sky's the limit for this vital sector. Let's keep our eyes on the horizon and see where containerized air freight takes us next. # # # # ## References
It's imperative for industry stakeholders to foster innovation in sustainable container design and develop alternative materials that can reduce the environmental impact. Continuous progress in creating aerodynamically effective containers can lead to significant fuel savings, which not only decrease operating expenses but also contribute to environmental conservation. Moreover, exploring new technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) for real-time tracking and blockchain for enhanced security can potentially redefine the standards of containerized air freight. These advancements promise to heighten the efficacy of the logistical chain and deliver added value to customers through improved service levels and transparency.


text: After irradiation by 8.0 Gy gamma-ray, each mouse was stomach-fed by 4 mg ligustrazine injection twice a day. On the 7th day after irradiation, CD49d expression in ligustrazine-treated group was significantly higher than that in control group (P < 0.01), and showed no difference from that in normal group (P > 0.05). On the 14th day after irradiation. CD49d expression was increased in control group, but decreased significantly in ligustrazine-treated group (P < 0.01). The expression of Cyclin D2 in spleen mononuclear cells (MNC) in ligustrazine-treated group was significantly higher than that in control group, but the ratio of G0 + G1 phase cells was significantly lower in ligustrazine-treated group (P < 0.01). This finding indicated that ligustrazine could increase the expression of adherent molecule on bone marrow hematopoietic cells and Cyclin D2 in spleen MNC, thereby promoting the growth of hematopoietic cells.


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"Let's Get Physical, Physical Internet" is an underground experimental performance, in conjunction with the exhibition Wang Wang Wang 网网网 at I: Project Space gallery.
We often forget the physicality of the Internet and our reliance on it's servers around the world. The Internet is as physical as our ability to access it. How have we come to depend on it? How does it comfort us? How does it agitate us? How does location affect our ability access to it? How do we use it to fulfill our material needs? How does it preserve our own physicality?
By plugging in and tuning out, the use of displaced sounds, awkward movements, annoying selfies, questionnaires and found online audio, explores the Internet and all it's obvious and subtle nuisances in relationship to the physicality of it


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Numbers 19 tells how people who became impure because of contact with a dead human must be sprinkled with ashes of a red heifer before they can enter the tabernacle. Among other particulars of the law, verse 9 states, "A man who is clean should gather the ashes of the heifer and lay them outside the camp in a clean place (for future use)" There was a dispute between the Sadducees and Pharisees over what is "clean."
Scholars explain that Sadducee, Tzedukim in Hebrew, denotes the holy ones, and Pharisees, Perushim in Hebrew, indicates separatists or reformers. The Sadducees maintained the ancient traditions, insisted that the Torah be read literally, and said it says what it says, nothing more. Pharisees disagreed: Torah shouldn't be taken literally; there is an ancient tradition called the Oral Law that informs how to read the text. For example, although the Torah says "an eye for an eye" – if one pokes out another's eye, he loses his own – the Pharisees said the words signify money. Similarly, when the Torah states do not boil a calf in its mother's milk, it forbids eating dairy and meat products together, and one can consume meat a short time after dairy but must wait longer to eat dairy after meat.
Scholars maintain that Judeans, as they were called at the time, followed the Sadducean approach until they came in contact with the Greeks in the fourth century BCE, when the Pharisaic movement began.
Sadducees interpreted verse 9's "A man who is clean should gather the ashes" literally: he could not be ritually unclean (impure). Despite the clear wording, as they did with the above mentioned examples, Pharisees maintained that they had an Oral Law that the man could be unclean. And they went further. They insisted that their view must be publicized so that people would know that the Sadducean approach to Judaism is wrong. They therefore instituted the practice that the man who gathered the ashes would be publically made unclean before he gathered the ashes.
The Pharisees used this technique of developing practices to demonstrate that Sadducean views are wrong many times. Shabbat candles are an example. Exodus 35:3 states: lo teva'aru eish b'khol moshveikhem b'yom hashabat. Sadducees defined teva'aru as "burn" and translated the verse: "You may not burn a fire in all of your habitations on the sabbath day" and sat in darkness on the sabbath. Pharisees, who sought ways to make laws more lenient, translated teva'aru as "kindle." They prohibited creating a fire, but if the fire already existed one could enjoy its light and heat. To demonstrate that the Sadducee position is wrong, Pharisees developed the custom of lighting candles just before the sabbath and keeping it lit for at least a short period during the sabbath.
 As stated above, Maimonides explained in his Guide of the Perplexed 3:47 that nothing really happens to a person who comes in contact with a dead body that can't be remedied by using soap and water. The purpose of this command is to minimize the opportunities for the Israelites to visit the tabernacle, for overuse reduces the impact that the tabernacle should have.
Many traditionalists insist that the Sadducees broke off from the Pharisees and that the later followed the Oral Law that was given by God to Moses at Sinai. They define Tzedukim as descendants of Tzadok from whose family high priests were chosen for some generations. However, the high priests during the period of Pharisees and Sadducees were not from this family and Sadducees would not refer to the ancient practice which would have been an embarrassment since the high priests should have been from this family. They define Perushim as those who explain the Torah. Many if not most of the laws in the Oral Law can be dated to the post-biblical period.
 Why did the Pharisees change the laws? Rabbi Dr. Binyamin Lau offers many examples of the changes and the different reasons for them in his three-book series The Sages. Among other reasons are the changes in circumstances. Hillel had to allow loans to continue in force after the Shemita year despite the Bible saying differently; otherwise people would stop lending money. Another reason is a change in outlook. This is why "eye for an eye" was later understood as monetary compensation. Some of the new laws, however, created hardships, such as the law forbidding mixing meat and dairy products and laws instituted to "create a fence around the Torah," laws designed to keep Jews a distance from the possibility of violating what the rabbis considered a Torah law, such as forbidding touching a lamp lest one forgets and accidently extinguishes it.
 See Mishna Para 3:7 and Maimonides explanation of it.
 See Mishna Menachot 10:3 for another example.


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Straw and silk ribbon
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Museum no. T.59-1936
The printed hat band on this child's straw hat depicts the aeroplane flown by French aviator Louis Bleriot (_PHONE_) on the first flight across the English channel, in July 1909. The flight is significant in aviation history because it was the first time a plane was flown across a large body of water.
The hat is of a popular shape for children in this period. The green petersham edging on the brim of the hat is also used at the centre of the crown. This green ribbon motif is decorated with large silk embroidery stitches, a style of embellishment which was frequently used in women's fashionable dress at the end of the first decade of the 20th century.


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Why are Metal Detectors so Important for the Food Industry?
Within the food production industry, there is perhaps no bigger contaminant material than metal. Due to its abundant use in all stages of food processing, the material is often found in the raw foodstuffs. It is essential that this is located and move before the packaging stage to guarantee the safety of consumers and the legitimacy of your company.
Metal detectors catering specifically to the food industry should be a compulsory piece of equipment for any area of food production, including baked goods, fruit and vegetables, dairy, fish, meat, cereals, beverages and more.
With the vegetable processing industry for example, the sheer range of products catering to a variety of vegetables means that here is always a risk of contamination from metal, through broken equipment or delivery.
There is also the risk of sabotage within food production, especially as a large percentage of product is imported overseas where rules and regulations are not necessarily as strict as within the United Kingdom. By having a metal detector, the risk of sabotaged food product reaching the consumer is greatly reduced.


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|1.||(Brit) US and Canadian name: cord a flexible insulated electric cable, used esp to connect appliances to mains|
|2.||informal flexibility or pliability|
|3.||to bend or be bent: he flexed his arm; his arm flexed|
|4.||to contract (a muscle) or (of a muscle) to contract|
|5.||(intr) to work according to flexitime|
|6.||to test or display (one's authority or strength)|
|[C16: from Latin flexus bent, winding, from flectere to bend, bow]|
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To contract a muscle.
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