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In 2004, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration listed the rainbow smelt as a federal Species of Concern. The rainbow smelt is a small fish that lives in estuaries and offshore waters, and spawns in shallow freshwater streams each spring. Its numbers have dropped dramatically during the last fifteen to twenty years for reasons that are not well understood.
Using scientific information from our collaborative efforts, the state agencies of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts developed a regional conservation and restoration plan for rainbow smelt (pdf file, 100 pages, 9 MB). Each state is determining the most important threats from water quality, fishing pressure, or habitat alteration facing smelt populations in their area. We are also identifying regional threats, potentially including rising ocean temperature and marine bycatch, and site-specific threats and management recommendations, such as redesigning stream culverts to allow fish passage.
For more information about rainbow smelt, please visit _URL_.
PDF files below may require Adobe Reader software (download here free) to view or print.
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Technical Reports and Smelt Conservation Plan
- Regional Conservation Plan for Anadromous Rainbow Smelt in the U.S. Gulf of Maine, Enterline et al. 2012 (pdf file, 100 pages, 9 MB)
- Fourth North American Workshop on Rainbow Smelt: Extended Abstract Proceedings, Wood et al. 2012 (pdf file, 88 pages, 2.3 MB)
- An Evaluation of the Use of Egg Transfers and Habitat Restoration to Establish an Anadromous Rainbow Smelt Spawning Population, Chase et al. 2008 (pdf file, 20 pages)
- Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) Spawning Habitat in the WeymouthFore River, Chase and Childs 2002 (pdf file, 34 pages)
- Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) spawning habitat on the Gulf of Maine coast of Massachusetts, Chase 2006 (pdf file, 180 pages)
Monitoring Methods and Field Protocols
Final Report for 2007-2012 NMFS Species of Concern Grant
Any information or data presented in this Final Report or its Appendices should not be replicated or used without the permission of the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources.
- Final report text (PDF file, 41 pages, 2 MB)
- A - A Regional Conservation Plan for Anadromous Rainbow Smelt in the U.S. Gulf of Maine (PDF file, 100 pages, 9 MB)
- B1 - "Rainbow Smelt: An Imperiled Fish in a Changing World" - Informational pamphlet about rainbow smelt biology, population trends, threats, and regional monitoring efforts (PDF file, 4 pages, 7.5 MB)
- B2 - "Multi-State Collaborative to Develop and Implement
a Conservation Program for Rainbow Smelt" - Informational pamphlet (PDF file, 2 pages, 2.1 MB)
- C - State of Massachusetts Revised Regulations Concerning Rainbow Smelt (PDF file, 1 page)
- D - State of Maine Revised Regulations Concerning Rainbow Smelt (PDF file, 3 pages)
- E - The Fourth North American Workshop on Rainbow Smelt Extended Abstract Proceedings (PDF file, 88 pages, 2.3 MB)
- F - Quality Assurance Program Plan (QAPP) for Water Quality Measurements Conducted for Diadromous Fish Habitat Monitoring (PDF file, 71 pages, 1.1 MB)
- G - Regional fyke net monitoring field protocol (PDF file, 2 pages)
- H - Regional standardized methods for rainbow smelt scale collection, preparation, and ageing (PDF file, 5 pages)
- I - A Regional Conservation Plan for Atlantic Sturgeon in the U. S. Gulf of Maine (PDF file, 37 pages)
- J - Summary of Maine Atlantic sturgeon data: Description of monitoring _PHONE_ and 2009-2011 in the Kennebec and Merrymeeting Bay Estuary System (PDF file, 17 pages, 1.1 MB)
- K - List of available datasets (PDF file, 3 pages)
- L - Maine Dept. of Marine Resources Creel Survey Protocol (PDF file, 1 page)
- M - Kennebec River Ichthyoplankton Report (PDF file, 28 pages, 1.7 MB)
- N - University of New Hampshire Final Reports (PDF file, 28 pages)
- O - Biomonitoring Final Report (PDF file, 3 pages)
- P - Fish Health Screening and Pathology Final Report (PDF file, 11 pages)
- Q - Toxic Contaminants and Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Results and Lab Reports
- Contaminants Report 1 (PDF file, 35 pages)
- Contaminants Report 2 (PDF file, 18 pages)
- Contaminants Report 3 (PDF file, 392 pages, 3 MB)
- Contaminants Report 4 (PDF file, 410 pages, 3.4 MB)
- Contaminants Report 5 (PDF file, 131 pages, 1.6 MB)
- Contaminants Report 6 (PDF file, 70 pages, 1 MB)
- Contaminants Report 7 (PDF file, 22 pages, 1 MB)
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The Gaze, a theory about filmography originating in The Seventies that has since been expanded to fit all visual media, describes the relationship between the media, especially visual media, and how it is observed and meant to be observed.
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 - The editorial gaze: The reason a shot made it to publishing is because it was deemed relevant or notable enough to be included in the first place.
 - The Male Gaze: The often unconscious assumption on the part of a creator that the audience is male (and, generally, heterosexual). This frequently applies even in works intended for women. The comparatively rare converse is Female Gaze.
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What is Marjoram?
Marjoram is a fragrant herb that is native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the mint family and has a sweet, slightly bitter flavor. The herb is commonly used in Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and North African cuisines to flavor a variety of dishes, such as stews, soups, meat dishes, and salads.
It is also used for medicinal purposes, such as to soothe digestive issues, relieve headaches, and promote relaxation. The essential oil extracted from marjoram is used in aromatherapy and can also be applied topically to alleviate muscle and joint pain.
This herb is often confused with oregano, which is also a member of the mint family and has a similar flavor profile. However, it has a milder, sweeter taste compared to oregano, which has a stronger, more pungent flavor.
How does it taste
It is sweet, slightly bitter, and pungent flavor, with hints of pine and citrus. Often described as having a delicate and floral taste that is similar to oregano but milder. It is commonly used in Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and North African cuisines to add flavor to meat dishes, stews, soups, and salads.
The herb is also a popular ingredient in spice blends, such as za'atar and herbes de Provence. Overall, it adds a warm and savory flavor to dishes, making it a versatile herb in the kitchen.
It is commonly used in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine. Here's a simple recipe that you can try at home:
- Fresh marjoram leaves
- Olive oil
- Wash the leaves and pat them dry with a paper towel.
- Remove the leaves from the stems and discard the stems.
- Chop the leaves finely.
- Place the chopped marjoram leaves in a bowl and add a pinch of salt.
- Drizzle a small amount of olive oil over the marjoram leaves and stir to combine.
- Taste and adjust the seasoning as needed.
- Use the marjoram as a garnish for soups, stews, salads, and other dishes. You can also mix it with other herbs like thyme and rosemary for a flavorful herb blend.
Note: Marjoram has a delicate flavor, so be careful not to overpower it with too much salt or oil. Also, it's best to use fresh herb for this recipe as dried marjoram can be quite strong.

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This section describes the requirements for allowing trusted domain authentication in Windows domains. These requirements apply to any passwordless authentication method when Tectia Server is located in another Windows domain than the client users accessing Tectia Server and services it offers. The client users may be located in a network domain that is external to a corporate network providing a service that is secured with Tectia Server. These requirements apply to Windows domain controllers only.
- Domain controllers
Windows Server 2003 or a newer version is required.
- Trust path between domains
A bidirectional trust path between Windows domains is required when the client and the service are in different domains. Otherwise Kerberos extensions from Microsoft called Service-for-User (S4U) do not work.
- Functional level of domains
The functional level of domain controllers should be
Native Win2003in order for the Kerberos extensions to work properly.
You can raise the domain functional level by logging into the primary domain controller with administrator credentials. Locate the Active Directory Users and Computers and in the console tree, right-click the domain node whose functional level you want to raise.
- DNS suffixes
DNS suffixes must be configured properly so that the trusted domains can see each other and can retrieve information about users.
On the DNS server, by clicking the Advanced button in a connection's Internet Protocol (IP) Properties dialog box, you can open the connection's Advanced TCP/IP Settings dialog box. On the DNS tab of this dialog box, you can create DNS suffixes to be used by the connection.


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Known to be an exceptionally high jumper, the Siberian cat is a strong and powerfully built cat, with well proportioned characteristics that include strong hindquarters and large stomachs. Siberian cats typically weigh between 15-20 pounds (6.8-9.1 kg) for the males, or 10-15 pounds (4.5-6.8 kg) for females. Siberian cats are shorter and stockier than Maine Coon cats and Norwegian Forest Cats even though they can attain approximately the same weight. Also, Siberian cats typically attain their full growth more slowly, over their first 5 years.
Siberian cats are generally intelligent, playful, affectionate and loyal, leading many to describe their character as dog-like. Siberian cats are lap cats. Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and his wife own a type of Siberian cat, a Neva Masquerade male cat named Dorofey. Dorofey used to fight with a cat belonging to Mikhail Gorbachevâ€"who was Medvedev's neighborâ€"so the Medvedevs had to have Dorofey neutered.
Siberian cats are hypoallergenic. Siberian cat's fur is textured, medium-long and usually tabby patterned. Their fur is plush, can have a wide range of coloration (including points), and does not have a tendency to mat.
In 1999 Indoor Biotechnologies tested the fur for four cats for Fel d 1; a mixed breed, two Siberian cats, and an Abyssinian. The results showed the Siberian cat and Abyssinian cat fur as having lower Fel d 1 levels than the mixed breed cat.
While Siberian cats are a fairly recent introduction to the US(1990) and thus relatively rare, though popular, the breed can be seen in Russian paintings and writings hundreds of years old. This sets them apart from breeds that are the result of fairly recent selective breeding.
There is an increasing interest in Siberian cats worldwide, and they are currently accepted in all registries.
Siberian Cats are generally intelligent, playful, affectionate, and loyal, leading many to describe their character as dog-like. Siberian cats enjoy the outdoors to a great degree. They are independent, and may respond to their name when called.
Breed Standard
The Siberian cat is a medium/large, strong cat which takes 5 years to mature. The females weigh less than the males. They are extremely agile and athletic. Their muscles are mighty, outstanding and powerful. The back is medium and slightly lower in front than in the hind, but appears horizontal when in motion. A barrel shaped, muscular torso, develops with age. The hind legs, when straightened, are slightly longer than the forelegs. The paws are round, big and quite powerful. The overall appearance should be one of great strength and power; the facial expression is quite sweet. The general impression is one of roundness and circles.
Siberian cat is a moderately long to longhaired, with hair on the shoulder blades and lower part of the chest being thick and slightly shorter. Siberian cats have a triple coat. There should be an abundant ruff setting off the large, impressive head. There is a tight undercoat, thicker in cold weather. Allow for warm weather coats. The hair may thicken to curls on the belly and britches, but a wavy coat is not characteristic. The skin may have a bluish cast. Clear strong colors and patterns are desirable, but are secondary to type.
The large, almost round eyes are at least one eye width apart with the outer corner slightly angled toward the lower base of the ear. There is no relationship between eye color and coat color/pattern, however, as with all pointed cats the eye color is blue with pointed colors
The tail is medium length, wide at the base, blunt at the tip without thickening or kinks, evenly and thickly furnished.
The head is a modified wedge of medium size with rounded contours, broader at the skull and narrowing slightly to a full rounded muzzle with well-rounded chin. There may be a slight muzzle curvature, but the transition between the side of the head and the muzzle is gentle and inconspicuous. The cheek bones are neither high set nor prominent. There should be a good distance between the ears and eyes. The top of the head is flat, with a gentle nose curvature of a gentle slope from the forehead to the nose and a slight concave curvature before the tip. The neck is medium, rounded, substantial, and very well-muscled, siberian cats have the appearance of no neck.
On average, a Siberian cat's litter consists of 4 kittens. Some litters, however, have consisted of as few as one and as many as nine kittens.
There exists controversy concerning color point Siberian cats. Some consider them to be a separate breed called Neva Masquerade, but so far no major cat registry has accepted them as a separate breed. They are considered to be a color division of the Siberian cat breed.


The man who wanted to wage a 1,000-year war with India
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Book: Born to be Hanged – Political Biography of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; Author: Syeda Hameed; Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 264
The premise itself sounds interesting. A book by an Indian human rights activist about a Pakistani politician who once famously vowed to wage a 1,000-year war against India.
But the subcontinent and its political upheavals in the modern era have often thrown up contradictions as delicious as Syeda Hameed's political biography of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, "Born to be Hanged".
This one comes in a coarse-covered hardbound book immersed in red and black, colours suggestive of the import of the title. What stands out, however, in the book's design element is the elegant black and white portrait of the Berkeley-returned politician, whose meteoric rise, mercurial career and monumental end is a defining period in the history of Pakistan.
Hameed's well-researched book is a product of 20 years of painstaking labour, coupled with access to the Bhutto family's personal library and interviews with Pakistan People's Party co-founder Mubashir Hassan.
Accessing letters from the library, Hameed brings to the fore previously unknown facets of Bhutto's personality, many elements of which bloomed at a tender age. The letter from the late Prime Minister to the Father of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, for example, betrays the makings of an ideology deeply rooted in religion and the inevitability that there could never be a truce between Hindus and Muslims in the subcontinent.
"Musalmans should realise that Hindus can never and will never unite with us, they are the deadliest enemies of your Quran and prophet," Bhutto, only 14 then, wrote to the Quaid-e-Azam in 1943 from his home in the city of Larkana in Pakistan's Sindh province.
The book is spread over four major parts, each of which delves into details about the key phases in Bhutto's life as a person and as a personality. However, the author also goes to lengths to underline how socialism crept into the psyche of the young Bhutto: A principle he vehemently believed in, but one which he conveniently abandoned once the going got tough for him as a politician.
Hameed says the introduction to Marx for Bhutto came in the form of a gift on his 21st birthday, along with a biography of Napoleon, also considered a hero by the young Sindhi. Over the years, a mixture of University of Berkeley and Oxford and Pakistan and its division-ridden society got him working on a passion which married socialism with Islam.
The book then goes on to narrate the second key phase in his life, when he was sworn in as Minister for Commerce in the government at the age of 30 and as Pakistan's Foreign Minister at 35 in a dispensation headed by Mohammad Ayub Khan, his benefactor, whom he later denounced as a dictator and hence had to face incarceration.
Here, Hameed, sometimes through gentle nudges, suggests how Bhutto the socialist gradually took a backseat and Bhutto the politician who brooked no stopping gradually started pushing the realpolitik pedal.
"Declaring Friday as holiday, closing down 'dens of vice' like bars and cabarets, stopping short of ordering chopping of hands and feet for theft (it would happen later) was how Islamisation played out on the ground. All this he did against his grain, against his better judgement," the author writes.
Hameed, through her conversations with Mubashir Hassan, and other published references, takes the reader through the phase which saw Bhutto's career peak in the 1970s, when he became in 1973 the country's 10th Prime Minister before General Zia ul Haq's coup, which led to his incarceration and his eventual sentencing to death, following a sham trial. Hameed argues that the trajectory and the journey of his life, leading to his hanging, was destined, just as Oedipus was wedded to his fate.
Through a less quoted work of journalist-politician Rafiuddin Ahmed, Hameed tries to recreate the last moments of Bhutto's life before he was hanged at the central prison in Rawalpindi, putting an end to the life of the doyen of Pakistani politics but inadvertently giving birth to the dynasty that followed. (IANS)
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Incorporating Wireless Technology in Your Practice
Tammara Stender, Au.D., GN ReSoundBy Tammy Stender
Wireless hearing aid accessories are opening doors for our patients. They are designed to improve listening in situations that have been challenging for hearing aids, including the television, stereo, PC, MP3 player and significant others. For the phone, they improve the signal-to-noise ratio and speech understanding by virtue of the routing the conversation to both ears simultaneously (Picou and Ricketts, 2010). But how do we incorporate them into our clinical protocols? Where do they fit in the hearing aid practice? How can they be effectively promoted and positioned for what they are: accessories which maximize hearing aid benefit for the user?
Hillary Snapp offered a very comprehensive answer to these questions in her presentation at the Advantages in Amplification Online Symposium, presented by ReSound, in November, 2011. To effectively incorporate wireless technology in the clinic, she suggested the following:
 - Administer the QuickSIN (Etymotic Research) and subjective questionnaires during the evaluation visit to gain a better understanding of the patient's problems discriminating speech in noise. If significant problems are identified, wireless technology can be introduced during counseling.
 - Introduce wireless accessories at the follow-up visit after the hearing aids are fitted, to avoid overwhelming the patient with too much information too quickly.
 - Demonstrate wireless accessory benefits to the patient by playing a DVD or television program without and with the accessory. Enlist the help of significant others by having them adjust the program to a comfortable level, and contrasting that level with the level that is most comfortable for the hearing aid user. Then with the level set comfortably for the significant other, stream the program signal to the patient's hearing aids through the wireless accessory to show the additional clarity and boost in the signal-to-noise ratio. For an external microphone accessory, clip the accessory to the significant other or another speaker and increase the distance between the significant other and the user, up to 20 feet. This will demonstrate the distance that can be reached without degradation of the speech signal, and call attention to the additional benefits of being able to hear what the significant other is saying even in a different room in the home. Demonstrate phone accessory usage by having the significant other call the hearing aid user from a different room in the clinic, or have the user dial a movie information line such as Moviefone ( This will promote the benefits of binaural, feedback-free listening on the phone.
 - Mitigate time constraints with the patient by pairing wireless accessories to the hearing aids and the fitting software before the patient arrives. This will maximize the time you have to counsel about accessory usage and fine tune the settings with the patient.
 - Use subjective questionnaires to validate the effectiveness of wireless accessories and hearing aids at follow-up visits, or through other methods of staying in contact with your patients.
A final point is not to make snap judgments about which types of patients are the prime candidates for wireless technology. Although wireless accessory marketing materials may show hearing aid users who are young, professional, and active, your older patients ought not to be discounted. Wireless technology can be most advantageous when limited mobility is an issue. One example is for the external microphone that can be used by a significant other to communicate with the hearing aid user even from a different room in the home. The television/stereo accessories can enable hearing aid users to enjoy entertainment with loved ones without straining to hear or completely losing the ability to communicate during the program. The phone accessory improves listening abilities with speakers who are typically difficult to hear, such as young grandchildren. All of these benefits combat the spectre of social isolation due to hearing difficulties, which can be especially troubling for the older patient.
Wireless accessories have hit the hearing aid market, and appear to be here to stay. Their benefits are easy to perceive and to demonstrate to patients. While they are still to be regarded as accessories, a sidekick to the superhero hearing aids to which they are paired, they can undoubtedly provide improved solutions to the most difficult listening situations encountered by hearing aid users.
Etymotic Research: QuickSIN Online User Manual. Available at: Accessed: February 23, 2012.
Picou EM & Ricketts TA. Comparison of wireless and acoustic hearing aid based telephone listening strategies. Ear and Hearing, 2010; 31(6), 1-12.
Snapp, 2011. Wireless technology – adoption and incorporation for your practice. Presentation, Advantages in Amplification Online Seminar Presented by ReSound, Audiology Online, November 7-11, 2011.
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2. Trace all the outside lines with a black permanent marker.
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Geographic concentration of the elderly population
12.5. Regional elderly dependency rate: Asia and Oceania
12.6. Regional elderly dependency rate: Europe
12.7. Regional elderly dependency rate: North America
The elderly population (those aged 65 years and over) in OECD countries increased almost three times faster than total population between 1995 and 2005. In 2005, the elderly population was equal to 14% of the total population.
In Japan, Italy and Germany the elderly population was almost one-fifth of total population in 2005. On the other extreme, in Turkey, Korea and Mexico the elderly population represented less than 10% of the total population (Figure 12.1).
As the elderly population may be more concentrated in a few areas in each country, regions face different economic and social challenges raised by an ageing population. In 2005, 35% of the elderly population lived in only 10% of OECD regions. The share has not changed significantly in the past ten years with the exception of Ireland, due to the increase of the overall population including the elderly population in the region of Dublin (Figure 12.2).
The geographic concentration index compares the geographic distribution of the elderly population and the area of all regions in a country. According to this index, Canada (82), Australia (82) and Iceland (65) were the countries with the highest concentration of the elderly population in 2005, compared to the OECD average (38). A relative geographic concentration of the elderly population can facilitate the provision of services (Figure 12.3)
The concentration of the elderly population may be a function of the total population - more people, therefore more elderly people - or may be due to regional disparities in the age structure, with the same population but more elderly people. A comparison of the concentration indexes of total and elderly population shows that in 2005 on average the elderly population was less concentrated than the total population (Figure 12.3).
Urban areas (i.e. areas with a high geographic concentration of the total population) attract younger people thus elderly people remain in areas with a lower geographic concentration index for the overall population. This is evident, in particular, in Korea, Portugal, France, New Zealand, Japan and Ireland where the concentration of the elderly population is higher in the "peripheral" regions, areas far from the agglomerated regions. On the contrary, in Poland, Belgium, the Slovak Republic and Hungary the share of the elderly population seems to be higher where population is more concentrated, generally in urban regions (Figure 12.5-Figure 12.7).
From 1995 to 2005, only 23% of OECD rural regions have increased their share of population (over the national average), while half of the urban regions and 45% of intermediate regions increased their share. Only in Belgium, Germany and Poland did the rural regions post a higher population share increase than the percentage of urban or intermediate regions (Figure 12.4).
The regional elderly population is the regional population of 65 years of age and over.
The elderly dependency rate is defined as the ratio between the elderly population and the working age (15-64 years) population.
The geographic concentration index offers a picture of the spatial distribution of the elderly population within each country, as it compares the elderly population weight and the land area weight over all TL3 regions (see for the formula). The index ranges between 0 and 100: the higher its value, the larger the regional concentration of population. International comparisons of the index can be affected by the different size of regions.
Figure 12.1Figure 12.4: First available data: Australia 1996, Austria 2001, Iceland 1997, Poland 2000, Slovak Republic 1996.
Figure 12.4: As a share of regional population over national population.
Challenges of the ageing population in rural regions
The elderly dependency rate - i.e. the ratio between the elderly population and the number of people of working age (15-64) - gives an indication of the balance between the economically active and retired populations. In 2005 this ratio was on average 20% in OECD countries. There was a substantial range between countries (30% in Japan versus 9% in Turkey and Mexico). Differences among regions within the same countries were also large. The higher the regional elderly dependency rate the higher the challenges faced by regions in generating wealth and sufficient resources to provide for the needs of elderly people. Concerns may arise about the financial self-sufficiency of these regions to generate taxes to pay for these needs.
In 2005, the elderly dependency rate across OECD regions was higher in rural (21%) than in urban regions (20%) with the exception of Poland, Belgium, the Czech Republic and Hungary. This general pattern was more pronounced in certain countries, like Portugal, France, Finland, Japan, Spain and Korea (Figure 12.8).
Besides the elderly dependency rate, a second factor affecting a region's ability to cope with ageing is the concentration of elderly people. Regions with a large elderly population may exploit economies of scale in the provision of certain services, in particular health care and personal services. Regions with a small elderly population may bear higher costs by virtue of having an insufficient population for achieving economies of scale.
Only 24% of the OECD elderly population lived in rural regions in 2005; with more of the elderly residing in urban regions (44%) than in intermediate regions (32%) (Figure 12.9). As such, rural regions are more likely to face the challenge of ageing due to higher elderly dependency rates and lower concentrations of the elderly.
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12.1. National elderly population as a percentage of the total population
12.2. Per cent of the elderly living in the 10% of TL3 regions with the highest elderly population
12.3. Geographic concentration index of the elderly population and population (TL3 regions), 2005
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Chapter IV: Biofouling And Corrosion Study
Corrosion and Steel Fabric Thickness Study
Twelve stations were selected on hull and superstructure surfaces that had access to metal edges (Figure 4.8). At each station, divers used a claw hammer to chip away a few square inches of fouling growth and corrosion from both sides of the metal edge to expose shiny metal. Observations were then made of the thicknesses of dense fouling, black and grey oxides, and shiny steel that were visible in the exposed end sections.
These measurements were made in order to permit future corrosion engineers to estimate corrosion rates at those locations. Metal thicknesses of the steel fabric at the specific locations will have to be obtained from drawings/specifications of the ship that show its condition immediately prior to 1945. Those thicknesses can then be compared to the thicknesses obtained in later observations to estimate the amount of steel loss that has occurred.
It is recognized that surfaces on or near exposed edges might be affected by edge events that could alter measurements of corrosion, in other words, yielding higher corrosion rates than would occur on large-area flat surfaces. However, since sampling removal of metal pieces from flat areas was not allowed, it was decided to examine the edge corrosion to allow at least a worst-case estimation of corrosion rates.
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emguy.atom('C1') in rings[0])
>>> print('C6', 'C1') in rings[0])
There are a couple of predicates on rings:
>>> print(rings[0].is_aromatic)
>>> print(rings[-1].is_aromatic)
>>> print(rings[0].is_fused)
>>> print(rings[-1].is_fused)
>>> print(rings[0].is_fully_conjugated)
>>> print(rings[-1].is_fully_conjugated)
The predicate 'is_fully_conjugated' is true for aromatic ring systems and for ring systems where every single bond is conjugated, for example the 5-membered ring in 'POCTOS'.
POCTOS 2D diagram
POCTOS 2D diagram to exemplify conjugated rings.
>>> poctos = csd.molecule('POCTOS').components[0]
>>> poctos_rings = poctos.rings
>>> print(poctos_rings[0].is_aromatic)
>>> print(poctos.rings[0].is_fully_conjugated)
The atom 'C6' in 'CEMGUY' is a spiro atom and is in two rings; the atom 'C5' is not spiro but is also in two rings. The Atom property, rings, gives access to the list of all rings in which the atom lies, and the Bond property, rings, similarly gives access to the rings of which the bond forms part:
>>> print(cemguy.atom('C6').is_spiro)
>>> print(len(cemguy.atom('C6').rings))
>>> print(cemguy.atom('C5').is_spiro)
>>> print(cemguy.atom('C5').rings)
[Atom(...)-Atom(...)-Atom(...), Atom(...)-Atom(...)-Atom(...)-Atom(...)-Atom(...)]
>>> print(cemguy.atom('C12').rings)
>>> print(len('C1', 'C5').rings))
Some of the bonds of 'POCTOS' are conjugated:
>>>'C6', 'C7').is_conjugated
>>>'C1', 'O1').is_conjugated
We are not analysing the geometry of the bonded system in order to determine conjugation: this may produce false positives.
Working with string representations of mol2 and sdf files
It is sometimes useful to have access to a string representation of a molecule within a Python script, for example to convert a CCDC molecule into an RDKit molecule by making use of a SDF formatted string as an intermediate.
The ccdc.molecule.Molecule.to_string() method is therefore provided for a molecule to be returned as a string in either 'mol2' or 'sdf' file format.
>>> s = mol.to_string(format='mol2')
>>> print(s)
 39 41 2 0 0
Generated from the CSD
 1 O1 1.9287 5.1676 1.7209 O.2 1 RES1 0.0000
Similarly the ccdc.molecule.Molecule.from_string() method reads in a molecule from a 'mol2', 'sdf', 'mol', or 'cif' formatted string.
>>> m = Molecule.from_string(s, format='mol2')
>>> print('Identifier: %s, Mol.Wt: %.4f' % (m.identifier, m.molecular_weight))
Identifier: ABEBUF, Mol.Wt: _PHONE_
The format parameter may be one of 'mol2', 'sdf', 'mol', or 'cif'.
A SMILES representation of the molecule is accessible through its ccdc.molecule.Molecule.smiles attribute.
Close Contacts
Close contacts, pairs of atoms closer than the sum of there Van der Waals radii, can be identified within a molecule.
>>> abelup = csd.molecule('ABELUP')
>>> print(abelup.contacts())
(Contact(Atom(O1)-Atom(O2)), Contact(Atom(O1)-Atom(O7)), Contact(Atom(O3)-Atom(H2)), Contact(Atom(O4)-Atom(H2)), Contact(Atom(O5)-Atom(H3)), Contact(Atom(O6)-Atom(H3)), Contact(Atom(O7)-Atom(H1)), Contact(Atom(C7)-Atom(H1)), Contact(Atom(O11)-Atom(C9)), Contact(Atom(O11)-Atom(H6)), Contact(Atom(O11)-Atom(H17)), Contact(Atom(C17)-Atom(H6)), Contact(Atom(H5)-Atom(H16)))
The ccdc.molecule.Molecule.Contact instance has a couple of useful properties:
>>> contact = abelup.contacts()[0]
>>> print(contact.atoms)
(Atom(O1), Atom(O2))
>>> print(round(contact.length, 3))
>>> print(round(contact.strength, 3))
>>> print(contact.type)
Van der Waals
Hydrogen Bonds
The hydrogen bonds of the molecule may be obtained by the method ccdc.molecule.Molecule.hbonds().
>>> hbonds = abelup.hbonds()
>>> print(len(hbonds))
>>> print(hbonds)
There is only one hydrogen bond detected. This is an instance of ccdc.molecule.Molecule.HBond which is a derived class from ccdc.molecule.Molecule.Contact and has some additional properties:
>>> hb = hbonds[0]
>>> print(hb.atoms)
(Atom(O7), Atom(H1), Atom(O1))
>>> print('D-H-A: %.3f, H-A: %.3f, D-A: %.3f, Strength: %.3f' % (hb.angle, hb.length, hb.da_distance, hb.strength))
D-H-A: 146.797, H-A: 1.612, D-A: 2.438, Strength: 1.612
HBond Criterion
There is another possible hydrogen bond in this structure between atoms O1 and O2. There is, though, no hydrogen to be donated, but use of the keywork argument 'hbond_criterion' to ccdc.molecule.Molecule.hbonds() will allow this case to be detected:
>>> criterion = Molecule.HBondCriterion()
>>> hbonds = abelup.hbonds(hbond_criterion=criterion)
>>> print(hbonds)
(HBond(Atom(O1)-Atom(O2)), HBond(Atom(O1)-Atom(O7)))
The default constructed ccdc.molecule.Molecule.HBondCriterion does not require the hydrogens to be present, and in consequence both potential hydrogen bonds are detected. Note that the hydrogen bonds returned do not contain a hydrogen even though it is present in one of the hydrogen bonds. In consequence the ccdc.molecule.Molecule.HBond.length and ccdc.molecule.Molecule.HBond.angle are both None.
Let us look more closely at the ccdc.molecule.Molecule.HBondCriterion class. We can retrieve the default behaviour of the method by setting the attribute ccdc.molecule.Molecule.HBondCriterion.require_hydrogens to True:
>>> criterion.require_hydrogens = True
>>> print(abelup.hbonds(hbond_criterion=criterion))
We can specify the geometry of the hydrogen bonds detected:
>>> abacuf = csd.molecule('ABACUF01')
>>> hbonds = abacuf.hbonds(hbond_criterion=criterion)
>>> print(hbonds)
(HBond(Atom(O2)-Atom(H7A)-Atom(O8A)), HBond(Atom(O6)-Atom(H5A)-Atom(O7A)), HBond(Atom(O2A)-Atom(H7)-Atom(O8)), HBond(Atom(O6A)-Atom(H5)-Atom(O7)))
>>> print([round(hb.angle, 3) for hb in hbonds])
[147.972, 160.882, 147.972, 160.882]
>>> print([round(hb.da_distance, 3) for hb in hbonds])
[2.788, 2.879, 2.788, 2.879]
>>> criterion.angle_tolerance = 150.0
>>> hbonds = abacuf.hbonds(hbond_criterion=criterion)
>>> print(hbonds)
(HBond(Atom(O6)-Atom(H5A)-Atom(O7A)), HBond(Atom(O6A)-Atom(H5)-Atom(O7)))
[160.882, 160.882]
>>> criterion.angle_tolerance = 120.0
>>> criterion.distance_range = (-5.0, -0.67)
>>> hbonds = abacuf.hbonds(hbond_criterion=criterion)
>>> print(hbonds)
(HBond(Atom(O2)-Atom(H7A)-Atom(O8A)), HBond(Atom(O2A)-Atom(H7)-Atom(O8)))
[2.788, 2.788]
If we wish we can work with distances, rather than Van der Waals corrected distances:
>>> criterion = Molecule.HBondCriterion()
>>> criterion.vdw_corrected = False
>>> print(criterion.distance_range)
(-5.0, 0.0)
>>> criterion.distance_range = (0, 2.8)
>>> hbonds = abacuf.hbonds(hbond_criterion=criterion)
>>> print(hbonds)
(HBond(Atom(O2)-Atom(O8A)), HBond(Atom(O2A)-Atom(O8)))
[2.788, 2.788]


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NO! Actually, we can't stop you from doing it, but according to Law Services, there is no indication that a person's score on one test date is a better indicator of performance than a score on another test date. Therefore, unlike the SATs where most colleges just looked at your highest scores, your average score will be reported to the law schools if you take the LSAT two or three times. It's worth repeating--this is not a test you take once just to see how you would score. You need to be fully prepared for the first time and do your best.
If your score is considerably below where you expected it to be, it may be necessary to retake the test. Check with the catalogues of the various law schools you are considering. Some only accept the first score, but the vast majority of schools will consider the average of your test scores. Keep in mind, however, that schools that look at second test scores expect to see a very significant increase on the second exam. A drop in score would be seriously detrimental.
Ideally, you will prepare for the LSAT over a long enough period of time that you will not take too much time from your Clark course homework. It is important not to detract from your normal academic pursuits and your grade point average.


of time. We can easily observe second and count it. There are some more units of time. For example, milliseconds, microseconds, nanoseconds which are smaller than the second. We also have bigger units like minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years.
The Time Calculation tool allows you to enter the time in seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, and years. As these are the easily observable units.
Overall we can say that the Time Calculator is the best online time calculating tool to find the duration between two times. Also, you can perform addtion and subtraction operation in this application. It's easy to use, fast, and accurate.
Using Time Calculator, you can easily calculate the duration between two times. Fill the times(hours, minutes, seconds) in respective fields. Select Subtract and then "Calculate".
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Definition of Efficacy:
 1. Performance. Before embarking on these changes, we need to evaluate their effectiveness in achieving the desired results. If we do not believe that change will help, we will have to reconsider our plans.
 2. Ability to achieve the desired or desired result.
 3. Medicine: The ability of medicines or vaccines to support, treat or prevent an illness or disease.
Synonyms of Efficacy
Potency, Successfulness, Success, Productiveness, Fruitfulness, Efficacy, Power
How to use Efficacy in a sentence?
 1. To test the effectiveness of a new drug, it is usually given to the control group and another group of people through a placebo.
 2. The processor server is angry with its supervisors: the seemingly unnecessary restrictions on the way of driving and its operation mean that its capacity is far below its capabilities.
 3. Very little is known about the effectiveness of this treatment.
 4. Managers consider safety and performance when meeting and exceeding monthly quotas. Capacity is not just about getting things done quickly, but also about getting things done effectively.
Meaning of Efficacy & Efficacy Definition


Scottish wildcat kittens offer hope that species can be saved from extinction
Friday, 1st June 2018, 11:36 am
Updated Friday, 1st June 2018, 1:22 pm
Three Scottish wildcat kittens are getting used to their new surroundings at the Highland Wildlife Park - and they offer hope that the species can be saved from extinction.
The trio, born in March to mother Ness, have recently begun to emerge from their den at theÂ Royal Zoological Society park near Kingussie.
Photo: RZSS
They might look similar to domestic tabby cats, but theyÂ are the newest additions to a breeding programme which aims to protect the iconic Scottish wildcat from extinction.
David Barclay, RZSS cat conservation project officer said, 'While it is always a joy to see the excitement in the visitor's faces as they catch a glimpse of the kittens exploring their enclosure, it is an even greater feeling knowing that young wildcats like these could be the saviour of the species in Scotland.
'With little evidence of viable populations in the wild it is clear to see how valuable reintroductions from the captive breeding population could be. These kittens, from a wild born father, possess genes that will allow for new breeding pairs to be established ensuring the population continues to grow.
Photo: RZSS
'Very real threat of extinction'
'The Scottish wildcat is facing the very real threat of extinction due to hybridisation with domestic and feral cats as well as habitat loss and accidental persecution," addsÂ Barclay.
"However, together with our partners in Scottish Wildcat Action, Scotland's national conservation project for the species, we will continue to deliver conservation efforts for the species and make sure we give them the greatest hope of survival for future generations'
How wildcats differ
Although Scottish wildcats share some similarities with domestic tabby cats, the two species are not to be confused.
An adult Scottish Wildcat in captivity at the Highland Wildlife Park (Photo: TSPL)
The Scottish wildcat is the same subspecies of wildcat as is found in continental Europe, but has been separated from them since the end of the last ice age, around 9,000 years ago.
Domestic cats originate from Near Eastern wildcats and have been through a process of domestication. So they have a quite separate evolutionary history to Scottish wildcats and behave quite differently.
Wildcats are less social, generally just coming together for a short period for breeding, normally giving birth to two or three kittens, which the mother will protect fiercely.
Photo: RZSS
Douglas Richardson, head of living collections at the park said, 'RZSS Highland Wildlife Park first bred Scottish wildcats in 1981.Â Over the years we have provided many of our offspring to other high-standard collections and so from quite early-on we sowed the seeds for what is now the formal conservation breeding programme.
'It is comforting to know that the wildcats within the formal breeding programme will provide the lifeline that the species needs to ride-out the very real threat of extinction in the wild.'


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Cobalamin C deficiency presenting with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and pulmonary microangiopathy.
Summary: This case report describes patients with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and pulmonary microangiopathy with cobalamin C deficiency.
Conclusion: The report states that after corticosteroids alone did not improve their condition, MMACHC led to significant improvements after the deficiency was also treated.
Objective: Combined methylmalonic acidemia and homocysteinemia is a genetically heterogeneous disorder of cobalamin (cbl; vitamin B12) metabolism, which consists of five subtypes including cblC, cblD, cblF, cblJ, and cblX deficiencies. The purpose of this study is to summarize new clinical features mainly diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) in cblC deficiency.
Methods: We made a retrospective analysis of four pediatric patients diagnosed with DAH and pulmonary microangiopathy due to cblC deficiency between January 2017 and December 2018 in Beijing Children's Hospital.
Results: This study describes four patients with their ages ranging from 4 years 2 months to 7 years 6 months with cblC deficiency who developed late-onset diffuse lung disease (DLD). Of these, the first three patients presented predominantly with DAH, and the last patient with pulmonary microangiopathy confirmed by thoracoscopic lung biopsy. All patients were accompanied by pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), two accompanied by respiratory failure, and two accompanied by moderate megaloblastic anemia. Diffuse ground-glass opacification and poorly defined ground-glass centrilobular nodules were seen on high-resolution computed tomography in one patient and three patients, respectively. All patients were suspected of having idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis or interstitial lung disease at other hospitals. All of them received treatment with corticosteroid before admission, but the symptoms did not improve. Moreover, all patients carried compound heterozygous mutations (c.80A>G, c.609G>A) in MMACHC and improved significantly after being treated for cblC deficiency and PAH.
Conclusions: CblC deficiency should be considered in the differential diagnosis of DAH especially with PAH, and pulmonary microangiopathy be the main reason of DLD in these patients.


sndloop — A sound looper with pitch control.
This opcode records input audio and plays it back in a loop with user-defined duration and crossfade time. It also allows the pitch of the loop to be controlled, including reversed playback.
asig, krec sndloop ain, kpitch, ktrig, idur, ifad
idur -- loop duration in seconds
ifad -- crossfade duration in seconds
asig -- output sig
krec --'rec on' signal, 1 when recording, 0 otherwise
kpitch -- pitch control (transposition ratio); negative values play the loop back in reverse
ktrig -- trigger signal: when 0, processing is bypassed. When switched on (ktrig >= 1), the opcode starts recording until the loop memory is full. It then plays the looped sound until it is switched off again (ktrig = 0). Another recording can start again with ktrig >= 1.
Example 431. Example
asig in ; get the signal in
ktrig line 0, 1, 1 ; trigger signal
aout,krec sndloop asig, 1, ktrig, 4, 0.05 ; rec starts at 1 sec, for 4 secs 0.05 crossfade
printk 1, krec ; prints the recording signal
 out aout
The example above shows the basic operation of sndloop. Pitch can be controlled at the k-rate, recording is started as soon as the trigger value is >= 1. Recording can be restarted by making the trigger 0 and then 1 again.
Author: Victor Lazzarini;
April 2005
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A string or rope is cut into two pieces, and then magically restored into one piece!
- One piece of heavy string or thin rope.
- A piece of writing paper.
- A pair of good scissors.
The Cut-and-Restored rope effect is a classic of magic. Prefold a piece of paper before the show so it looks like the paper in Figure 1. When it's time to present the trick, pull out the paper and lay the string in it as shown.
Fold the top of the paper (section A) down, then fold the bottom of the paper (section C) up. Now for the secret move:
When you fold section C up over section A, use your thumb to catch the string as demonstrated in Figure 2. When you prefold the paper before the show be certain that section A is not so long that it will cover the string.
Securely grasp the package as in Figure 3, making sure that the view shown in the diagram is seen only by you.
Cut through the paper, as shown in Figure 4. Cut completely through the paper, dividing it and, presumably, the rope in half. In reality, only the paper is cut in half, the rope is still intact.
Crumple up the paper, and pull the rope out slowly. It is restored into one complete piece! The paper may be examined, and it will be seen to have been cleanly cut into two halves!
Credits: Alex Jones


Gaia is an astrometry spacecraft that's currently operating around the Sun-Earth L2 Lagrangian point. Question: why here? Why not the Sun-Neptune L2 Lagrangian point? By orbiting the Sun at a larger distance, it should be able to get more accurate parallax measurements.
Only reason I can think of is cost. I'm not familiar with estimating how expensive space probes cost, but Wikipedia says Gaia cost ~\$1 billion and this is comparable to the cost of the Voyager program, which also cost about ~\$1 billion. Of course Gaia's instruments should be more sophisticated than Voyager's, but there were also two Voyager probes, not one.
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 $\begingroup$ My question is very similar, although it doesn't have a good answer to it yet. astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/30285/… $\endgroup$ – Ingolifs Nov 25 '19 at 22:45
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 $\begingroup$ It's a pity that the community cannot overrule the decision which answer to accept. $\endgroup$ – Walter Nov 29 '19 at 11:08
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_ what's wrong with the accepted answer? I don't consider it worse than Rob Jeffries' answer - different, but not worse. $\endgroup$ – Allure Nov 29 '19 at 11:13
 - $\begingroup$ Apparently, we disagree on that last point. $\endgroup$ – Walter Nov 29 '19 at 11:14
 - $\begingroup$ you might find this interesting: Distance to Proxima Centauri (Gaia VS New Horizons parallax program) $\endgroup$ – uhoh Feb 6 '20 at 23:26
Well, you thought about the spatial aspect of a parallax measurement, but not about the temporal one.
Gaia's intention is to measure 3D positions as well as 3D velocities. For the distance, you need accurate parallactic measurement, which come in with your orbital period.
For a typical Gaia-star with several measurement per year, you'll get 5 values of the parallax after 5 years of time, which you then average. If you'd send Gaia towards Neptune (besides the fact that no one has ever sent an orbiter, to say nothing of a L2 mission that far out) that has a period of 168 years, then after 5 years you'd get... 5/168 th of one paralactic measurement.
It simply couldn't achieve its science goals if put around the L2 behind Neptune. Also no one on this planet has any experience in putting something into a outer system L2 point. This is different than putting it into Earth's L2, because reaching the L2 around one of the giants has vast and very precise $\Delta v$ requirements. This would be a massive technological leap, and things don't work that way in space. Small, incremental technological steps are required in an anyways unfriendly environment, to make sure everything works properly and no millions of dollars have been wasted.
Compare that to Gaia's predecessor, the Hipparcos satellite, which was parked in geostationary orbit.
Now you could still say, why not use Jupiter hypothetically anyways. Well, the orbital period there is still 11 years, and Jupiter's L2 still suffers from the intense radiation environment that is provided by Jupiter's magnetosphere. This would lead to rapid degradation of the CCDs used for scanning across the sky.
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 $\begingroup$ _USER_ It doesn't, but it gains benefit from large orbital velocities. Neptune is moving slower, as simple as that - you need longer to get the same parallax. Of course, that's not the only consideration - the size of the orbit affects the maximal precision you can get from your measurements; measuring parallax from a Moon orbit would be much faster, but also gives you less precision than waiting for the Earth-Moon system as a whole to reach the opposite of its orbit. $\endgroup$ – Luaan Nov 25 '19 at 9:54
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 $\begingroup$ It isn't wrong, so much as not telling the whole story. $\endgroup$ – ProfRob Nov 25 '19 at 9:58
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 $\begingroup$ _USER_ Ah, I was hoping we were just misunderstanding each other, but apparently not. Are you actually really trying to say that parallax measurement is impossible if you don't have measurements from two opposite ends of an ellipse? Surely if you know the shape of an ellipse, you can calculate the "expected" angle for the full ellipse regardless of where the two measurements are - of course the more distant the projected points, the more accurate the parallax measurement. $\endgroup$ – Luaan Nov 25 '19 at 14:28
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 $\begingroup$ _USER_ You don't need an ellipse at all to measure a parallax angle. All you need are two separate points. It doesn't matter how you get from point A to point B, whether its a full 180 degree arc, a small part of an arc, a straight line, or a detour through hyperspace. Triangulation has been used for centuries in construction and engineering, and I guarantee you that those engineers didn't walk in a half-circle just to get to their next measuring point. $\endgroup$ – HiddenWindshield Nov 25 '19 at 16:09
I think it is to do with (a) orbital speed and (b) telemetry and (c) power.
In order to measure Parallax you need to measure the position of the star from different locations in the solar system. The Parallax becomes more precise the greater the separation between those positions.
At Earth-Sun L2 you get a difference of about 2 au in 6 months. i.e. the spacecraft has a baseline that changes at 4 au/yr. In a 5-year mission, you essentially get 10 samples of the full baseline, that enables you to beat down the errors by $\sqrt{10}$, equivalent to an effective baseline of 6.3 au. At the same time, because the spacecraft has executed complete orbits, all of the sky has been sampled with a similar baseline (imagine viewing a line tracing out the spacecraft orbit from a distance - it will have a similar length when viewed from any direction).
If you calculate how long it takes a satellite in orbit at Neptune to make a baseline (defined by the chord of a circular orbit) of 6.3 au, it is only 5.5 years.
However, that would only be for part of the sky - the part at right angles to the spacecraft motion. Large portions of the sky would have barely any baseline at all because the spacecraft motion is essentially straight towards it. Solving for Parallax and proper motion (the relative tangential velocity of the stars) would also be difficult if the proper motion was then parallel to the satellite motion. At Earth-Sun L2, this problem goes away because every 6 months the Parallax motion reverses, but the proper motion doesn't. Around Neptune you would have to wait 84 years for that to happen.
Of course you would also get the observational baseline between where the spacecraft journey began (the Earth) and Neptune, which is potentially 30 au. However, this doesn't solve the problem of all-sky coverage and also wouldn't solve the issues discussed below.
The other issues are practical and I suppose potentially soluble if you throw enough money at them.
Gaia has a limited telemetry bandwidth. At the moment there is significant autonomous decision making and processing before a subset of the data is sent back to Earth. These problems become many orders of magnitude harder when you are 30 au, rather than at the Earth-Sun L2 point which is a mere 1.5 million km away.
Gaia also needs power and it uses solar panels. You get about 900 times less power per unit area at Neptune, meaning 900 times bigger solar panels or some alternative (nuclear) power source.
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 $\begingroup$ One could imagine a future mission that sent four identical spacecraft out to Jupiter and then used Jupiter's gravity to put them on solar escape trajectories in (as far as possible) four directions spaced tetrahedrally (like the bonds in methane). Over time, they would give a set of steadily increasing baselines in all directions. This would be massively more costly and technically challenging that Gaia though, and that wasn't easy. $\endgroup$ – Steve Linton Nov 25 '19 at 8:56
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_ Yes, that would be a way to do it. $\endgroup$ – ProfRob Nov 25 '19 at 9:59
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 - $\begingroup$ It's worth pointing out that one might propose an alternative power source (EG thermal nuclear), similar to those used in robot rovers


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A microarray data-based semi-kinetic method for predicting quantitative dynamics of genetic networks
Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, _PHONE_, Japan
BMC Bioinformatics 2005, 6:299 doi:10.1186/_PHONE_-6-299Published: 13 December 2005
Elucidating the dynamic behaviour of genetic regulatory networks is one of the most significant challenges in systems biology. However, conventional quantitative predictions have been limited to small networks because publicly available transcriptome data has not been extensively applied to dynamic simulation.
We present a microarray data-based semi-kinetic (MASK) method which facilitates the prediction of regulatory dynamics of genetic networks composed of recurrently appearing network motifs with reasonable accuracy. The MASK method allows the determination of model parameters representing the contribution of regulators to transcription rate from time-series microarray data. Using a virtual regulatory network and a Saccharomyces cerevisiae ribosomal protein gene module, we confirmed that a MASK model can predict expression profiles for various conditions as accurately as a conventional kinetic model.
We have demonstrated the MASK method for the construction of dynamic simulation models of genetic networks from time-series microarray data, initial mRNA copy number and first-order degradation constants of mRNA. The quantitative accuracy of the MASK models has been confirmed, and the results indicated that this method enables the prediction of quantitative dynamics in genetic networks composed of commonly used network motifs, which cover considerable fraction of the whole network.


What Is a Blacksmith?
Terran Marks - Blacksmith - Brown County Forge
What is a blacksmith?
Who is a blacksmith?
What do blacksmiths do?
A Blacksmith Shapes Hot Steel
Above all else, a blacksmith works with fire and iron-based metal (steel).
The "black" in blacksmith refers to the "black metal" or iron that smiths have worked for millenia.
We take pieces of steel and heat them up to over 1000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Then using a hammer and anvil, we bend, beat, and shape them into tools, railings, knives, and hardware.
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Over 1 Million Blacksmiths
Estimating the number of blacksmiths in the world is tricky. They are known for making a lot of noise, but not talking much.
You might have a blacksmith in your neighborhood. Someone who tinkers in their garage or barn with a hammer and anvil can call themselves a blacksmith.
The talented people who complete classes at Brown County Forge can call themselves blacksmiths, too.
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Different Types of Blacksmiths
There are a lot of different types of blacksmiths out there. Some specialize in a specific area of blacksmithing.
Shipsmiths focus on the hardware used on ships.
Bladesmiths mostly work on blades. Think: Japanese bladesmiths
Architectural Blacksmiths make things like railings, gates, beam brackets, and large hardware for buildings.
Artist-Blacksmiths often make decorative sculptures along with useful items.
Farriers are blacksmiths who shoe horses for a living. This is the most stable blacksmithing specialty in the 21st Century.
Hobby Blacksmiths might dabble in a few different areas.
What Type of Blacksmith Shop is Brown County Forge?
Terran Marks, the owner-blacksmith at BC Forge, is an Artist-Blacksmith. He makes decorative home hardware and teaches.
Architectural Blacksmithing is one of his interests. Shoeing horses is something he respects a lot, but doesn't have the nerve to try.
If you have questions about blacksmithing or visiting the forge, please contact us!
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____________the regular sequence of growth and development that cells undergo
 -Cell cycle is broken into 3 stages
 Stage 1_______________ (the period before cell division)
 -the cell grows to full size and produces structures it needs
 -____________________________________________ (replication)
 -Prepares to divide into two _______________________
 Stage 2_______________the cell's nucleus divides into two new nuclei
 - _______________threadlike chromatin in the nucleus condenses to form doublerod structures called _________________. Cell's DNA has replicated and each rod
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 - ________________– the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell. Each
 chromosome attaches to a spindle fiber at its centromere.
 - _______________ Centromeres split. The two chromatids separate and each
 chromatid becomes a new chromosome. The new chromosomes move to
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 - _________________Chromosomes begin to stretch out and lose their rodlike
 appearance. A new nuclear envelope forms around each region of
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 -_________________the cytoplasm divides. The cell splits in two. Each
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 _____________ cells: The cell membrane pinches in around the middle of the cell.
 ____________cells: a cell plate forms across the middle of the cell.
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scientific Name : Rhododendron ferrugineum
- Common nouns : Ferruginous rhododendron, Rose laurel of the Alps, Rosage, Rose of the Alps.
- Family: Éricacées
- Kind: Rhododendron, of the "pink" Greek rhodon and dendron "tree"
- Form: bushes from 30 to 120 cm height, marrying the forms of the relief.
- Sheets: persistent, glabrous on whole board not cilié, of color dark green and luisantes in lower part.
- Flowers: odorous of beautiful a pink sharp, grouped by 6 to 10 at the end of the branches.
- Flowering: from June to August.
- Habitat: rubbles, lawns, wood lights on the acid grounds of the slopes north.
- Altitude: between 1600 and 2400 Mr.
- Toxicity: yes, contains Arbutine, Aricoline and of Rhodoxanthine. They are considered of average toxicity, but causes vomiting, various digestive disorders, nervous, respiratory and cardiovascular disorders.
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Sending and Receiving Data on the Client
The following code demonstrates the send and recv functions used by the client once a connection is established.
_TAG_ DEFAULT_BUFLEN 512
int recvbuflen = DEFAULT_BUFLEN;
char *sendbuf = "this is a test";
char recvbuf[DEFAULT_BUFLEN];
int iResult;
// Send an initial buffer
iResult = send(ConnectSocket, sendbuf, (int) strlen(sendbuf), 0);
if (iResult == SOCKET_ERROR) {
 printf("send failed: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
 return 1;
printf("Bytes Sent: %ld\n", iResult);
// shutdown the connection for sending since no more data will be sent
// the client can still use the ConnectSocket for receiving data
iResult = shutdown(ConnectSocket, SD_SEND);
if (iResult == SOCKET_ERROR) {
 printf("shutdown failed: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
 return 1;
// Receive data until the server closes the connection
do {
 iResult = recv(ConnectSocket, recvbuf, recvbuflen, 0);
 if (iResult > 0)
 printf("Bytes received: %d\n", iResult);
 else if (iResult == 0)
 printf("Connection closed\n");
 printf("recv failed: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
} while (iResult > 0);
The send and recv functions both return an integer value of the number of bytes sent or received, respectively, or an error. Each function also takes the same parameters: the active socket, a char buffer, the number of bytes to send or receive, and any flags to use.
Next Step: Disconnecting the Client
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Getting Started With Winsock
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Disaster recovery blurs into high availability (or other way round?)
It's a virtualisation thing
Workshop IT managers use two terms when talking about systems availability. These are: High Availability or "HA", for keeping systems running without any form of unplanned down time; and Disaster Recovery or "DR", for ensuring that systems are rapidly returned to operation if they fail.
Some confusion has developed between these terms over the years.
Today, many vendors use HA and DR almost interchangeably. This is especially evident when they talk of applying the expanding range of virtualisation solutions to improve systems availability. It is almost the case today that the terms have become blurred to such a degree that it is worth asking the question, is there any difference between the two?
Following on from early consolidation of servers using virtualisation, organisations are beginning consider what advantages there might be in actively managing virtualised systems.
In addition, there is some interest in creating "private cloud solutions". This attention, coupled with the hype surrounding external hosted and outsourced services, may help shape thoughts on these capabilities.
Another factor coming into play is the question of how virtualisation might help organisations to extend the systems to which they provide HA / DR capabilities. Until very recent times, the high cost and complexity of providing either HA or rapid DR capabilities has meant that only the most important of business services and applications operated in these fashions.
But now organisations must work out how to assess the cost of availability/continuity for an expanding range of applications, potentially by creating a business service catalogue that prioritises and costs such characteristics in service level agreements.
Before considering if there are any real differences between systems offering HA or DR capabilities today, let us look at the causes of application delivery. The figure below is illuminating in many ways, showing that human generated failures are very well represented as the primary cause of service interruption.
Effective use of change management processes and tools, coupled with higher levels of "automation", can help reduce the instances of human error considerably.
Genuine system problems, such as network failure, physical component failure or power outages, are much less likely to be at the heart of an interruption to service availability. The days when hardware failure was the usual problem to be fixed are behind us as reliability, availability and serviceability features have migrated into commodity servers.
We can look deeper into the question of whether HA and DR mean different things today than they did even in the recent past. Until recently, the term HA was applied only to systems that needed to function with strict limits on any interruption to service delivery, at least as perceived by the end users or customers of the service.
DR, on the other hand, was the phrase applied to the process of getting a service up and running again with users back working, following any form of systems / network failure or any other form of service interruption. In extreme circumstances, DR was also commonly applied to describe how to respond to the complete loss of a service or an entire system, or potentially recuperating from the loss of a building, computer room or data centre.
Today, it is clear that the accepted usage and understanding of these terms has changed significantly. This is most notable when considering the language commonly used around virtual servers. It is quite common to see the two terms used almost interchangeably with little differentiation. Some vendors are prone to describe the now relatively well established ability to spin up a new virtual machine rapidly following a service degradation or interruption as HA.
Assume the recovery position
This usage is not particularly accurate, as it amounts to just fast, and potentially quite simple to enact, recovery from failure, better known as DR. In fairness it should be mentioned that whilst some vendors use HA in this way, others prefer to describe such scenarios as a natural extension of DR.
As mentioned above, a major use of the term DR has been to describe what happens when something big happens to a system that threatens the ability to run a range of services in that location. Expanding DR to include the recovery capabilities of single virtual machines or VMs running on a physical system is not a big stretch in usage. It is now possible to implement genuine HA with virtual systems, but this needs additional software management tools.
It remains to be seen if the distinction between the two terms will remain meaningful in the coming years, as virtualised systems and associated management tools become ever more widely deployed. In some ways, the distinction between HA and DR may even prove to be helpful to IT managers, as the chart above highlights just how difficult it has been in the recent past to obtain approval to secure funding to protect systems against failure.
In many ways, the reluctance to provide funding for HA mirrors the problem in getting approval to implement better systems management tools generally. It is to be hoped that, as genuine HA systems become more affordable, organisations recognise the value of good management tools to help ensure higher levels of service delivery and the undoubted business benefits delivered by IT as a result.
Some confusion has developed between these terms over the years.
True, and this article isn't helping.
Traditionally High Availability (HA) has meant the same as it does today, ensuring that a localised fault such as a server or network outage, or a disk crash, is automatically handled in such a way that a service remains available, or is restored very rapidly.
Disaster Recovery (DR), as the name implies, is a solution to a more widespread outage, perhaps a fire or a flood, which takes a whole datacentre off-air. It may not be automated, and recovery times are often somewhat longer, especially when it is integrated as part of a general Business Continuity plan which covers more than just the IT aspects of a disaster.
I would say that there is much more confusion between the terms Fault Tolerant (FT) and Highly Available (HA), which may be what this article is really considering.
What about FT and BC?
There's also fault tolerance (FT) which is a very high level of redundancy, such that software is unaware of any failure. I'm thinking especially of Tandem. And then there's business continuity (BC) which is like DR but focuses less on the disastrous aspects. I'm thinking near line storage or data replication. The lines can blur but you really need prudent amounts of both. You don't want to fail over to the bunker just because one disk goes bad. And your RAID6 array doesn't help when it's under water.
Well, I quite liked the article, don't care so much about whether it's HA or DR as long as it's UP...
Having been partially DOWN myself recently, I think this is a very important topic.... I especially like the idea of a "business service catalogue" which details costs/benefits of HA solutions, for a particular input.
I also like the idea of a root cause log, not mentioned in the article but implied by the very nice bar chart. I plan on implementing both as database tables in my BIS.
HA & DR?
From my perspective, it's online (local memory... fast... a workstation), nearline (available over the network, without human intervention... sometimes slowish... "the web") & offline (tape that isn't physically available to the Memorex robot and needs human intervention... "the cloud")... but then I come from a real hardware background.
In other news... March of 2008? Is freeformdynamics getting further & further behind? Perhaps they should get their heads out of the Clouds and invest in online storage...


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How can we balance the inherent bias found in search engines and achieve a sense of fair representation while effectively maintaining a high degree of utility? We are working on addressing inherent bias found in search engine results and recommendation systems.
Experiments with Google as well as the New York Times datasets show that top web search results from search engines are topically biased. Search and recommendation systems are shown to be highly biased, lack accountability and transparency. We are going beyond understanding the causes of this bias and finding ways to de-bias information presented to the end-user.
Our simulations with these datasets have been reported in several publications. These system-focused works also include a new theoretical framework for modeling bias and relevance in a search system.
✓ Investigate how users perceive search results from the perspective of bias and fairness.
✓ Observe users' awareness of the presence of bias in search results.
✓ Analyze how users react to search and recommendation results with increased diversity.
✓ Design algorithms to reduce bias and increase fairness in search and recommendation systems.
✓ Recruited participants through Mechnical Turk as well as through open calls.
✓ English speakers in the US only.
✓ Asking them to pick a rank list of results for a search query. One of these lists may be from Google, and the other one modified based on one of our diversity/fairness increasing algorithm.


Create Database-driven Resource Bundles with Java and MySQL | 2 | WebReference
Create Database-driven Resource Bundles with Java and MySQL | 2
Create Database-driven Resource Bundles with Java and MySQL [con't]
Creating a DBResourceBundle
As I explained in my Isolate Translatable Text in XML Files Using the Java 6 ResourceBundle.Control Class article, instantiation of a resource bundle is generally handled by the newBundle() method of the ResourceBundle.Control class. The advantage of overriding the newBundle() method is that it allows you to customize the default implementation of bundle instantiation to suit your specific needs. In this section, you will establish a connection to the database as you did previously so that you can populate ResourceBundles from your resource_bundle table. To fetch data from the table, you need to use the Connection object's createStatement(int resultSetType, int resultSetConcurrency) method. The resultSetType parameter can be ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY, ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE, or ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE. You only need to scroll forward. The resultSetConcurrency can either be ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY or ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE. You can make yours read only, as you aren't modifying any data.
String Utilities
Working with databases requires you to pay special attention to strings. A common mistake is to insert a variable into a table like so:
Without performing some kind of filtering on the variables, there is nothing to escape single quotes from the names. Notice the extra quote in the following SQL statement:
You will use three specialized string utilities to optimize the generation of SQL: StrngBuilder, StringUtils, and StringEscapeUtils.
The StringBuilder is used to construct the query string, as it is designed for use as a replacement for StringBuffer in places where the string buffer is used by a single thread (as is generally the case). The Java docs recommended using this class instead of StringBuffer because it is faster under most implementations.
The StringUtils object is included with the MySQL Connector/J driver. Its static isNullOrEmpty() method replaces the cumbersome (somevalue == null || somevalue = "") test.
The StringEscapeUtils is what escapes special characters from query variables. It is a third-party utility included in the org.apache.commons.lang3 package, which is available from their site. Like MySQL Connector/J, the commons-lang-2.5.jar file must be copied to the your $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext directory or added to your CLASSPATH environment variable.
Fetching the Properties
An if statement adds criteria to the query string based on the locale info provided. The completed SQL statement is then executed and stored in a Resultset object. You can then iterate through the results using the method and add the name/value pairs to the Properties. Finally, the connection is closed and a new DBResourceBundle is instantiated with the Properties object. Here is the complete code for the newBundle() method:
That's enough coding for one session. I believe that I hear a latte calling. In this information-packed article, you learned how to communicate between Java and a MySQL database using the MySQL Connector/J driver. You also created a test database and table, reviewed some specialized string utilities and overrode the newBundle() method to fetch locale-aware strings from a database. My Next article will walk through creating the DBResourceBundle class and creating a test program that will output text for different locales to illustrate what is happening behind the scenes. Last but not least, I'll discuss some ways to fine tune the loading of your ResourceBundles using the getCandidateLocales() method.
Original: July 8, 2010


Coping with Difficult Coworkers
Coping with difficult coworkers effectively requires significant forethought and restraint. Three guidelines can help you when dealing with difficult employees and other coworkers.
By Katie Shonkon / Dealing with Difficult People
At one time or another, most of us have found ourselves coping with difficult coworkers. We might experience flare-ups over workload, funding, or personality issues, to name just a few sources of workplace conflict. The experience of coping with difficult coworkers can be extremely stressful. The following conflict negotiation skills can help you address this type of difficult situation at work, whether you are managing difficult employees or dealing with coworkers.
1. Reappraise Negative Emotions
The anger triggered by workplace conflict can damage our decision making by prompting overconfidence, unrealistic optimism, and aggression, negotiation researchers have found.
One negotiation study by James Gross of Stanford University and his colleagues compared the relative costs of two forms of emotional regulation: 1) suppression, or attempts to tamp down and avoid confronting our emotions, and 2) reappraisal, or attempts to control our emotions by changing how we think about a given situation. In this study, relative to those who engaged in reappraisal, participants who suppressed their emotions had impaired cognitive processing, and their negotiation counterparts liked them less.
How can you reappraise your anger when dealing with difficult employees or coworkers? Try to anticipate when you may be subject to strong emotional experiences and reappraise the situation beforehand, suggests Stanford University professor Margaret A. Neale. As an example, before a conference call with a difficult coworker, think about what they might say that could cause you to react emotionally. If you anticipate a threat, consider what it might suggest about what they value, says Neale. This type of reappraisal may help you head off an emotional reaction when coping with difficult coworkers.
2. Respond to Challenging Moves
Whenever negotiators are bargaining over concrete issues, such as the terms of a work project, they are simultaneously conducting a parallel negotiation regarding their relationship, write Deborah M. Kolb and Judith Williams in their book Everyday Negotiation: Navigating the Hidden Agendas in Bargaining (Jossey-Bass, 2003). This "shadow negotiation" explains why discussions of concrete, seemingly rational matters can lead to angry outbursts and hurt feelings.
Negotiators may make any of several "moves" to question each other's legitimacy and assert their power, note Kolb and Williams. For example, whether subtly or directly, a negotiator may challenge your competence or expertise, demean your ideas, or criticize your style.
How can you defend yourself against such moves without being accused of overreacting? Kolb and Williams suggest several responses, which they call "turns":
 - Interrupt the move. Take a break, which should give everyone present time to gain control of their emotions.
 - Try naming the move. Put your coworker on notice that you recognize their power play. If someone says, "You can't be serious!" in response to one of your ideas, for example, you might respond, "Actually, I'm quite serious. Instead of cutting me off, how about if you give me a chance to clarify my plan?"
 - Correct the move. Substitute the other side's negative remarks with a more positive interpretation of your behavior. If a coworker incorrectly blames you for a decision that went wrong, rather than lashing out, provide hard evidence in the form of the facts.
 - Divert the move. Shift the focus back to the issue at hand. If someone criticizes you as overly sensitive, you might say, "Let's try to avoid personal judgments and concentrate on the proposal."
3. Mediate a Resolution
The techniques of professional mediators can help us when coping with difficult coworkers and other sources of workplace conflict, writes Tufts University professor Jeswald Salacuse in his book Leading Leaders: How to Manage Smart, Talented, Rich, and Powerful People (Amacom, 2006).
In mediation, disputants work together to reach a resolution that satisfies both sides. The mediator helps disputants deal with conflict by encouraging them to share information about their interests and explore creative solutions.
As a leader, you can never be fully impartial, but you can adapt mediation skills with the goal of handling difficult conversations and helping the organization. By listening closely and encouraging problem solving, you may be able to bring employees together.
Leaders also can leverage punishment and rewards to resolve workplace conflict, writes Salacuse. If two unit heads have been fighting over an account, you could threaten to penalize them or their departments—say, by giving the account to a third unit or by decreasing their funding—to motivate them to negotiate a resolution. Alternatively, you could reward disputants for setting aside their differences, whether with praise, additional funding, or some other valued resource.
What other advice do you have for coping with difficult coworkers?


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This bitmap format is used in the Kodak DC series family of cameras. It is also known under the name Kodak Photogen. KDC is a RAW photo format for the post-processing of photos that has the ability to change key image parameters while maintaining the original level of detail.
This format is used to store background images in uncompressed form in the X Windows System user interface for remote server maintenance. It stores a 'dump' or screenshot of the window or background of the client program. It may include different colors depending on the capabilities of the graphics card that is used to create the XWD file.


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Parents' Guide: Assassin's Creed Origins (PEGI 18+)
Assassin's Creed Origins is the tenth in the series of action adventure games from Ubisoft where players explore a pseudo-historical open world setting to kill targets, collect items and access more of the world.
This game follows the story of Egyptian assassins taking down a secret order that threatens Cleopatra's power. Players explore open-world Egyptian, Greek, and Roman environments with missions to find, stalk, and kill human enemies.
While the game's main aim isn't to recreate history, it does take its setting and time period seriously. This year there will be a Discovery Tour mode that creates interactive history lessons with audio narration, pictures, drawings but without the combat.
In the UK, Assassin's Creed Origins is rated by PEGI as only suitable for those 18 and overbecause of depictions of gross violence towards human characters, motiveless killing of multiple innocent humans characters, violence towards vulnerable human characters, depictions of sexual activity with visible genital organs, and use of sexual expletives.
The VSC expands on its PEGI rating by highlight that the game "includes dismemberment and horrific depictions of death. These acts of violence are often paired with strong blood and gore visuals".
"This game features depictions of motiveless killing of innocent human characters." When doing this in the game, the VSC highlight that "The deaths can be graphic in nature with strong blood effects shown". There is also violence towards more vulnerable characters. "During a cutscene a child is held by the shoulders and is then stabbed in the torso."
There is also sex in the game, with "depictions of sexual activity with visible genital organs". In a brothel in the game there are "naked couples [that] can be seen and heard having sex through a metal partition. This game also contains frequent use of sexual expletives. The words 'f**k' and 'c*nt' are found throughout."
Parental Control Settings
There are controls to turn off violence or blood in Assassin's Creed: Origins in the PC version of the game.
If you are playing the game in a family with younger members you can control access to the game via the Parental Controls of your system.
This enables you to set-up user accounts for children that only allow games of a specific rating to be played without entering a password.
If you do this, remember to require a password to log into the parent account.
You can consider the following alternatives for younger players. These are no less exciting or exuberant but they dial down the violence with content appropriate to youngsters.
- Horizon Zero Dawn (PEGI 16)
- Zelda Breath of the Wild (PEGI 12)
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War (PEGI 12)
- ReCore: Definitive Edition (PEGI 12)
- Lego City Undercover (PEGI 7)
- Portal Knights (PEGI 7)
- Yonder: The Cloud Catch Chronicles (PEGI 3)


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FAKTOR-FAKTOR IBU YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN KEJADIAN ABORTUS
Maternal and perinatal mortality problem is a big problem in the world. It was reported that the maternal mortality caused by complications during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. Abortion is one of the complications in pregnancy. Abortion related to various factors, maternal factors of 65%, 20% fetal factors, placental factors and 15%. Among these three factors, the cause of most of abortion is a maternal factors including age, parity, anemia, and maternal disease. Therefore, the authors wanted to know the relationship between maternal factors with the incidence of abortion. This research was conducted at the Mother and Child Hospital Amanah Sumpiuh using analytic correlational research design. Obtained total population of 350 respondents and a sampling technique used is total sampling. Data collection instrument in this study were the Medical Record. The results showed that the incidence of abortion in RSIA Amanah Sumpiuh in 2015 were 93 cases (26.6%). Addition of X2 statistical test results show that there is a significant relationship between age and parity with abortion and very low-level relationship with Chi Square values each X2 = 11.220 and X2 = 8.639. The coefficient of contingency both respectively 0.176 and 0.155. As for anemia and maternal illness, they do not have a significant relationship with the incidence of abortion.
Keywords: Relationship, Mother Factor, abortion