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Northeast Asia includes the areas of Northeast China, the Russian Far East, Japan and the Korean Peninsula. Climate variability and change impose enormous challenges for this region, with its rapidly developing economy and large population. Natural climate variability and anthropogenic forcings both modulate regional climate, particularly in regions sensitive to global climate change, such as Northeast Asia.
To investigate how much, to what extent, and how natural variability or anthropogenic forcings affect the regional climate of Northeast Asia, scientists from University of Reading (UK) and Institute of Atmospheric Physics (CAS, China) carried out an attribution study by performing a set of numerical experiments with different forcings.
"Northeast Asia has experienced abrupt summer warming and changes in temperature extremes since the mid-1990s," says Dr. DONG Buwen from University of Reading. "And accompanying the warming in surface mean temperature, significant changes in certain temperature extremes, characterized by increases in the summer mean daily maximum temperature, daily minimum temperature, annual hottest day temperature, and annual warmest night temperature, have been observed".
Climate model experiments forced by changes in SST/sea ice extent (SIE) and anthropogenic forcings reproduced the general patterns of observed changes. Meanwhile, experiments forced by individual forcings suggested that changes in SST/SIE play a dominant role in summer mean surface warming, but reduced aerosol precursor emissions over Europe play an important role in changes of some temperature extremes, mainly through aerosol-induced coupled atmosphere-land surface feedback processes.
"As long as GHG concentrations continue to increase and anthropogenic aerosol precursor emissions over both North America and Europe continue to decrease, the abrupt summer surface warming and increases in hot temperature extremes over Northeast Asia since the mid-1990s will probably sustain in the next few decades," predicts Dr. DONG.
Additionally, Dr. DONG's team also applied this attribution study to Western Europe and the Sahel region, to better understand the variability and change in regional climate.


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How are chromosomes 'painted'?
Your 23 pairs of chromosomes contain around 24,000 pairs of genes. FISH – fluorescent in situ hybridisation – can be used to 'paint' chromosomes. Scientists prepare chromosomes on a microscope slide, tag a copy of the gene they want to find with a fluorescing dye and add it to the slide. Under a special microscope, the same gene shows up as a brightly coloured dot on the chromosome.

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Today in History
July 19, 1799
Key to the Kingdom
French troops stationed in the Nile Valley during Napoleon Bonaparte's occupation of Egypt find the Rosetta Stone on July 19, 1799. The black stone slab, from the 2nd century, BC, is inscribed in three scripts: hieroglyphics; demotic, an Egyptian script; and Greek, introduced after Alexander the Great's conquest of the area. Because scholars could read Greek, the stone becomes a key to deciphering ancient Egyptian scripts. Following Bonaparte's surrender to Britain in 1801, the Rosetta Stone becomes the property of Britain, where remains on exhibit in the British Museum.
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Theoretical Entropy Clock
 1. Hello dbmorpher here,
 I was looking at some articles on entropy and wondered, could this be used to calculate time?
 Entropy is known as the arrow of time, figurative I know but could actually be used to measure.
 If there was a device that calculated the entropy in a set system couldn't it automatically calculate it and give a numerical value?
 This would need a set system for all clocks but would render any other nonatomic clocks obsolete because it is based on measurements and calculations instead of gears and circuitry.
 I would like to know if what I said in that last sentence could happen and if I could make one myself.
 I found this
 But I do not understand it very well.
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 This is VERY puzzling. What system do you wish to measure the entropy of that is SO reliable as to be used as a clock? And how would this be more accurate than current atomic/Cs clock?
 BTW, the naive link between entropy and the arrow of time is a QUALITATIVE relationship, not a QUANTITATIVE one. Nothing here says that entropy can provide an accurate MEASURE of time.
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 Right. I could use a pot of water on my stove as a clock, but it would be cumbersome and not all that accurate.
 5. Well from what I have learned entropy is measured not observed, therefore a small calculator sized computer could be fitted to a clock and measure the entropy in the system, the only way for the clock to be inaccurate is if the laws of thermodynamics broke.
 Refute me if I am wrong.
 6. Can you not think of all clocks in this way? A wound clock has less microstates available to it than an unwound clock. A clock is that which measures entropy change reliably. Reliably being defined as: it progresses in some constant ratio to other clocks.
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May 26, 2011 Babies are born earlier when their mothers live near a concentration of freeways and main roads, a study of 970 mothers and their newborn babies in Logan City, south of Brisbane, has found.
Senior research fellow Associate Professor Adrian Barnett from Queensland University of Technology's (QUT) Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) said the study, published April 4 in the online journal Environmental Health, showed that the more freeways and highways around a pregnant woman's home, the higher the likelihood of her baby being born prematurely.
"The most striking result was the reduction in gestation time of 4.4 per cent or almost two weeks associated with an increase in freeways within 400 metres of the women's home," said Professor Barnett, whose earlier study found a strong association between increased air pollution and small fetus size.
"Although the increased risks are relatively small, the public health implications are large because everyone living in an urban area gets exposed to air pollution. Pre-term and low-birth weight babies stay in hospital longer after birth, have an increased risk of death and are more likely to develop disabilities."
Professor Barnett said although air pollution levels in south-east Queensland were low compared with industrial cities, people's exposure to the chemical toxins in vehicle emissions was relatively high because of our outdoor lifestyle and open houses.
The study counted the number of roads around the mother's homes up to a 500 metre radius.
"We examined the distance between the home and busy roads to find the distance at which most of the negative effects on birth outcomes occurred because this has implications for local governments planning expansions or new roads," he said.
Most of the effects were within a 200-metre radius, but negative health effects were present up to 400 metres.
Professor Barnett said the study had also taken into account the effects of smoking levels and the socio-economic status of the mothers.
The effects of noise pollution were considered to be a possible contributing factor, but Professor Barnett said it was difficult to separate the effects of air and noise pollution.
"Vehicles braking and starting means that road junctions have some of the highest levels of noise and air pollution," he said.
"Disturbed sleep during pregnancy may cause extra stress and be a risk factor for adverse birth outcomes.
"This study points to the fact that pregnant women should reduce their exposure to traffic. A reduction in traffic emissions through improved vehicles or increased public transport use would have immediate health benefits by giving children a better start to life."
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- Adrian G Barnett, Kathryn Plonka, W. Kim Seow, Lee-Ann Wilson and Craig Hansen. Increased traffic exposure and negative birth outcomes: a prospective cohort in Australia. Environmental Health, 2011, 10:26 DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-26
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Cost of Service and Tariffs
Determination of the cost of service is essential to have a clear understanding of the actual cost of delivering electricity to various customer categories and therefore ensure businesses make the right development decisions. Economic efficiency in tariff design requires tariffs to be linked to the economic cost of meeting consumers' demand. It includes identifying the efficient, rather than the actual, costs of electricity supply.
We support regulators in developing appropriate tariff frameworks and transitioning to cost-reflective tariffs. We also support utilities in tariff calculation and regulatory submissions.
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Collaborative environments and semantic interoperability
Convener: Peter Fox | Co-Conveners: Sandro Fiore , Paolo Diviacco , Bruce Wright , Jon Blower
Oral Programme
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Poster Programme
Poster Summaries & DiscussionsPSD102 / Thu, 01 Jan, 01:00–15:15 /
Increasingly, scientists and citizens are using the Web to contribute and interact with scientific data. This session will explore collaborative environments and social networks used by both professionals and citizens for exploring, discussing and contributing to the body of scientific knowledge and data. Such environments have great potential for enabling new collaborations to be formed and to extract more value from scientific data, but many technical and social challenges need to be faced.
Geoscientific information can be both rich and complex, and content is not always readily interpretable by either humans or machines. Interpretation of such information is important if it is to be shared, exchanged, integrated or used by advanced third-party applications as would be required in an interoperable context. Questions to be addressed may include: how meaning can be represented using ontologies or other semantic mechanisms; how representations of meaning can be used in an interoperable context to allow information to be shared; how representations of meaning can be used in applications (for example, for discovery and analysis); and how knowledge can be abstracted, interpreted and inferred from semantic representations and data and information repositories.


Coexistence of humans and mobile robots
Pedestrian movement is considered to be influenced by the environment, the pedestrian's own intentions, and other pedestrians. Taking these effects into account, we aim to accurately predict the movement of pedestrians.
Prediction of pedestrian movement considering the relationship with others in the vicinity
Pedestrians move under the influence of others around them, and the degree of this influence depends on the relationship between the pedestrians. We propose a method for learning such interactions with others in the vicinity using machine learning approaches to predict pedestrians.
 - Jiaxu Wu, Hanwool Woo, Yusuke Tamura, Alessandro Moro, Stefano Massaroli, Atsushi Yamashita, and Hajime Asama: Pedestrian Trajectory Prediction Using BiRNN Encoder-Decoder Framework, Advanced Robotics, Vol.33, No.18, pp.956-959, 2019. doi:10.1080/01691864.2019._PHONE_
Detection of "smartphone zombies" from a mobile robot
With the spread of smartphones in recent years, smartphone zombies have become a major social problem. When someone's attention is focused on his/her smartphone, he/she lose attention to his/her surroundings and run the risk of colliding with others. We have proposed a method to detect such high-risk pedestrians by using a LiDAR mounted on a mobile robot.
 - Jiaxu Wu, Yusuke Tamura, Yusheng Wang, Hanwool Woo, Alessandro Moro, Atsushi Yamashita, and Hajime Asama: Smartphone Zombie Detection from LiDAR Point Cloud for Mobile Robot Safety, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol.5, No.2, pp.2256-2263, 2020. doi:10.1109/LRA.2020._PHONE_
Prediction of pedestrian movement based on environmental information
For example, when walking down a straight corridor, a human walks in an approximate straight line along the direction of the corridor. In this way, humans move in a way that is influenced by the shape of their environment. Also, when you walk in an office, for example, the meaning of the environment is greatly influenced by what rooms are in the vicinity, where the elevators are, where the restrooms are, and so on. Therefore, it is important to consider this environmental information in order to accurately predict the movement of pedestrians.
We have proposed a method to accumulate the movement characteristics of pedestrians in the environment by using sensor information installed in the environment, and use it for movement prediction.
 - Shunsuke Hamasaki, Yusuke Tamura, Atsushi Yamashita and Hajime Asama: Prediction of Human's Movement for Collision Avoidance of Mobile Robot, Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp._PHONE_, Phuket, Thailand, December 2011. doi:10.1109/ROBIO.2011._PHONE_
Pedestrian behavior model considering intention
Humans are thought to be walking while switching their intentions, such as avoiding or following others in the vicinity, depending on the situation of others and the environment around them. We extend the Social Force Model1 and propose a model that generates behaviors while generating sub-goals according to the switching of such walking intentions.
 1. A model in which pedestrians are regarded as a point mass and move according to virtual forces from the environment, others, and destinations acting on them. (Helbing & Molnár, 1995)。


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The Harry Potter franchise is a global sensation and the books have been translated from British English into around 73 languages.
While some translators have stayed true to the original English spelling and pronunciation, others have changed the names of characters and places for their audience.
The Hogwarts houses, named after the four founders of the school of witchcraft and wizardry, are at the core of the books and films.
In the English versions, the four houses are called Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin, and while their pronunciations may vary, these names have been kept in the Portuguese, German, Spanish and Turkish translations.
Despite using a different alphabet, the Arabic and Greek translations keep the same pronunciation of all the Hogwarts houses, with "Gryffindor" written غودريك غريفندور and Γκρίφιντορ, but pronounced the same as in English.
Italian, French, Welsh and Hungarian have completely changed some of the houses to make their onomatopoeic quality more obvious for their audience.
"Slytherin" became "Serpentard" in French and in Welsh, translators went for the descriptive "Slaffenog".
"Hufflepuff", the house represented by a badger, became "Tassorosso" in Italian, "Poufsouffle" in French and "Wfftiwff" in Welsh.


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Maori men and women from different homelands
Engraving of Maori man and woman
"A New Zealand Warrior and his Wife", an engraving from the journal of Captain James Cook's visit on Endeavour (Pic: State Library of NSW)
The male and female ancestors of today's Maori people of New Zealand originated from different parts of the world, molecular biologists have said.
Their claims, made by Masters student Adele Whyte, the Tuapapa Putaiao Maori Fellow at Victoria University in Wellington, and her supervisor Professor Geoff Chambers, will be aired on ABC-TV's science program Catalyst tonight.
By comparing the DNA of people from Asia, across the Pacific Ocean and New Zealand, Whyte and Chambers have revealed a 'living genetic map' of ancient Maori migration routes.
The findings confirm archaeological evidence that the ancestors of today's Maori originally set out from mainland south-east Asia 6,000 years ago, hopped from island to island, starting with Taiwan, and arrived in New Zealand 800 to 1,000 years ago.
However the research also brings startlingly new evidence that as Maori ancestors migrated one group of islands to the next, men from Melanesian communities joined the boats. This changed the genetic mix, and lead to the differences observed in the genetic make-up of today's Maori men and women.
The research involved two separate genetic mapping processes. The Southeast Asian homeland was confirmed by Chambers' research into the frequency of two different genes that influence the body's reaction to alcohol. He found that while Asian people have both gene types, Maori and Pacific Islanders have inherited only one.
He looked back along the trail of migration to try and work out where the gene was lost. The indigenous people from Taiwan have both genes, but a lower frequency of one - the very gene that the Maori now lack.
"We think this one was lost at the first step of migration, when people left what is now Taiwan," Chambers told ABC Science Online.
The second mapping process involved Whyte's examination of sex-linked genetic markers, namely mitochondrial DNA in women, and Y-chromosomes in men. The research found that in addition to the alcohol genes, female Maori have other genetic markers which confirm their ancient Asian origin. To her surprise, however, the men have genetic markers that show a Melanesian ancestry.
"As a result of intermarriage along the migration trail, the signatures of the mitochondrial DNA from women have stayed more 'island south-east Asian', and the Y-chromosomes are more Melanesian," Whyte told ABC Science Online.
"We think both men and women set off together, and recruited local guides who were probably men. Women stayed with the south-east Asian populations, and Melanesian men were recruited along the way."
Genetic bottlenecks
Whyte also analysed the 'haplotypes' (groups of closely linked genes) carried on mitochondrial DNA, which is inherited only through the female line. Each population has a unique range of haplotypes. While Europeans have over 100 haplotypes in a particular region of DNA, studies so far have only found four different Maori haplotypes in the same region.
"The reason for this difference is what we call a genetic bottleneck. When people leave an island to go to the next island, obviously not everybody gets on the boat, so some of the genetic diversity is being lost," she said. "Some of the maternal lineages may not have got on the boat, so they're not carried on to the next place."
Whyte has now identified 10 haplotypes in New Zealand Maori. "From that we have worked out that 56 women came to New Zealand to create the diversity of today's population," she added.
Whyte said these findings were consistent with Maori legend.
"The story I was told when I was growing up is that there was a fleet of seven great waka (canoes) that came to New Zealand," she said. "Every tribe knows which waka their ancestors arrived in. My ancestors were in a waka called Takitimu."
"There might have been 20 people travelling in a canoe the size of a waka. Seven waka, that's about 140 people. And if, as we think, about half or 56 of these people happen to be women, it does seem to tie in."
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DocumentFragment is a "lightweight" or "minimal" Document object. It is very common to want to be able to extract a portion of a document's tree or to create a new fragment of a document. Imagine implementing a user command like cut or rearranging a document by moving fragments around. It is desirable to have an object which can hold such fragments and it is quite natural to use a Node for this purpose. While it is true that a Document object could fulfill this role, a Document object can potentially be a heavyweight object, depending on the underlying implementation. What is really needed for this is a very lightweight object. DocumentFragment is such an object.
Furthermore, various operations — such as inserting nodes as children of another Node — may take DocumentFragment objects as arguments; this results in all the child nodes of the DocumentFragment being moved to the child list of this node.
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Mission: The Penobscot River Paddling Trail seeks to establish and maintain a paddling, camping and educational trail down the main stem of the Penobscot River.
Vision and Aspirations:
- Enable exceptional paddling and Leave No Trace camping experiences down the Penobscot River.
- Provide education to paddlers and non-paddlers concerning the ecology, natural history, Wabanaki history and current status, colonial history, industrial history, and present status of the Penobscot River.
- Promote and demonstrate an ethic of watershed conservation.
- Help to connect paddlers to upstream campsites on the West and East Branches of the river, to campsites of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, and to the saltwater campsites of the Maine Island Trail Association.
- Provide a vehicle for economic growth in the watershed by including commercial outfitters, guides, lodgings, campsites, restaurants and stores in our maps and materials.


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Edit and/or assign an existing Labor Activity for the Company. Labor Activities define specific work-related tasks performed by your Company. Access this from the project management menu by going to Project>Setup
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Translate and Localize your web application with PHP and gettext
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On CodeForest today there's a new tutorial showing you how to localize your application with the help of the gettext functionality PHP offers or just simple arrays.
Wikipedia says: Localization is the process of translating a product into different languages or adapting a language for a specific country or region. There are several techniques that developer can use to localize an application. The most common ones are using arrays and gettext. I will try to explain both and how to use them.
They provide code examples for each method - arrays containing literal strings matching one-for-one with their English counterparts and the gettext method where language files are created and handled outside of the codebase. Gettext does require support to be loading into your installation (might not be by default).
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What is the monitor output resolution and/or the analog output resolution of the D7F-C01/-C03 Vibration Sensor?
The monitor output and analog output of the D7F-C01⁄-C03 do not have resolutions.
This is because there is no A⁄D conversion circuit. Analog data is output as analog output.
The resolution of the output waveform is the resolution of the measurement device, such as an oscilloscope.


Psychiatrist: Know Thy Own Bias
Tuesday, August 8, 2000
Feminist therapy, around for 30 years, is often misunderstood. Recently, a leading psychiatrist took a bold step by explaining its fundamentals to her colleagues and offering ideas on improving their treatment of women.
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Dr. Nada Stotland
The recent selection of a noted feminist psychiatrist to assume the prestigious position of speaker-elect of the American Psychiatric Assembly demonstrates that ideas about women's mental health, once thought to be revolutionary, are now part of the mainstream.
At the same time, Dr. Nada Stotland, a professor of psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology at Rush Medical College, is assuming her leadership role when basic tenets of feminist therapy are being undermined by the increasing reliance on drug therapy and the growing popularity of genetic explanations for mental illness.
In addition to her speaker post, Stotland also received this year's Alexandra Symonds Award, an honor bestowed by the psychiatric association and the Association of Women Psychiatrists on a woman psychiatrist for promoting women's health and the advancement of women.
Given the dais at the award ceremony at the association's annual convention in Chicago this spring, she seized the opportunity to explain her views about feminist therapy in a male-dominated profession. She exhorted psychiatrists to examine their own relationships with women and encouraged them to consider whether sexual discrimination and abuse contribute to their patients' illnesses.
In a wide-ranging speech, she touched on a host of issues from the reality of sex discrimination to psychiatrists' treatment of women, alighting briefly on whether feminist therapy is hostile toward men.
Feminist therapy calls for the therapist to consider the influences of factors such as employment discrimination and other forms of bias, menopause, domestic abuse and postpartum depression in the treatment process, she explained.
"Political and social reality shape individual symptoms and individual dysfunction," Stotland told the standing room only crowd. "It's a reality that there is discrimination against women and that women are disproportionately abused. The classic disease model--whatever that is--tends to blame the patient, rather than society." Such thinking can re-victimize the patient.
Stotland added that the idea that mental health professionals should take societal forces into account may not sound revelatory, but traditional medical and biological treatment models have often neglected to acknowledge such factors.
Stotland also tried to dispel the mistaken notion that feminist therapy is hostile to men and holds that men cannot be effective therapists for women, on the contrary, she said; male psychiatrists can do feminist therapy if they embrace its philosophy.
The main thrust of feminist therapy is to empower the patient, and it is not meant to be anti-male, she said, but noted that some women with histories of abuse and exploitation may feel uncomfortable with male psychiatrists.
She urged therapists to consider whether to ask women if they have been subjected to verbal or physical abuse, since women rarely volunteer that information. Lateness for therapy sessions, she said, might result from something as basic and widespread as child care issues.
And she pointed out that women still encounter discrimination for characteristics or behaviors associated with female hormones, such as moodiness, excitability that are associated with female hormones, although men do not experience discrimination linked to their male hormones.
"Where is the category of psychiatric illnesses linking problem behavior to male hormones?" Stotland asked rhetorically "If a woman is complaining about something and has a perfectly logical complaint but the person who hears it doesn't like it, the complaint may be attributed to menopause, premenstrual symptom or being pregnant," she said.
To better serve women, mental health professionals need to make sure they know a woman's reproductive health history and any hormone-related issues, Stotland said. Oral contraceptives and hormones for pre-menopausal women, as well as anniversaries of reproductive losses, can bring on or exacerbate symptoms.
And she urged her colleagues to examine how their political views shape their treatment recommendations for women.
For example, Stotland said in a recent interview, "If you're an anti-abortion person and you have a patient who's facing a decision, that's a very touchy question. Do you have an obligation to refer that patient to someone else?" she asked.
At the same time, she acknowledged, "We all have experiences. It's not that you're going to expunge those. I think your duty is to know where you're coming from as a psychiatrist. But there are no exact answers."
Ellyn Kaschak, editor of the journal "Women and Therapy" and author of "Engendered Lives," a key textbook on feminist therapy is impressed that Stotland spoke so frankly at the convention. Talking to psychiatrists about feminist therapy was a gutsy move, said Kaschak, a professor of psychology at San Jose State University.
Psychiatrists are traditionally conservative and attuned to the biological model of medicine, Kaschak said. Also, about two-thirds of the nation's psychiatrists are male, though half of the psychiatrists in training are women.
During the 30 years feminist therapy has evolved, Kaschak added, its legitimacy has waxed and waned. But many mental health professionals have adopted the practices associated with feminist therapy, such as establishing an egalitarian relationship with patients and prohibiting sex between therapist and patient.
However, like most time-consuming treatments, feminist therapy is threatened by managed care limits on the number of psychotherapy sessions, an overuse of medication and an infatuation with genetics as causing physical and mental illness, Kaschak said.
Denise Webster, who chairs the steering committee for The Feminist Therapy Institute, a collaborative of about 120 feminist therapists, agreed.
"The media is on this kick as though genetics is the answer to everything. And, everybody is into using a pill for everything. It is reductionist and the most narrow focus of what human behavior is all about. It ignores what it is to be a human being and what it is to be in society," Webster said.
Webster, a professor of nursing at the University of Colorado, also said that what psychiatry commonly identifies as illnesses are really injuries. For example, she said, women used to be put on tranquilizers when they complained about being in danger from domestic violence.
"Now, if they've got a problem, the thinking is: just put them on Prozac" Webster said, "Nobody asks why everybody is so depressed. They just think more people need to be on medication. Our view is that a lot of problems that people have are the result of inequities."
Melinda Voss has a master's degree in public health. A former reporter for The Des Moines Register, she freelances and teaches journalism at the University of Minnesota.


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Captive Underwriting Strategies: An Expanded Risk Appetite?
The COVID world has stimulated thinking around the nature of risk and the significance of unexpected and severe external shocks. This has coincided with the firming of the insurance market after a long soft market cycle. There has consequently been a renewed focus on the role of captives in risk management and risk financing.
The range of captive involvement is potentially broad:
- Commercial price increases, retention increases, capacity shrinkage and coverage restrictions create a void that captives can fill by supplementing the coverage provided by the market. We could term this a tactical response.
- An examination of the nature and management of risks faced can reveal how a captive can enhance risk financing in a more strategic way.
Consideration of both approaches is timely:
- Market conditions and COVID uncertainties have increased the appetite to extend captive use for currently insured risks.
- Considering recent events, risk managers and their organizations have re-examined the scope of risks to which they are exposed, bringing into scope risks for which insurance may be scarce or even unavailable, but where risk financing may be desirable.
- The risk profiles of professional service firms have been changed by external shocks and the complexity of service delivery has increased in some areas.
This article will examine:
- What advantages can be captured by captive expansion?
- What risks might be considered and what are the decision criteria?
- A 3-step process for design and implementation.
1. Advantages of an Expanded Captive Role
Captive utilization is of course context specific. The probable generic benefits are:
- Tactical applications can ease the effects of market cycles.
- There may be a limited insurance market for new and emerging risks, but an insurance proposition can be designed for captive application.
- Adding additional risks to an established captive creates an increased spread of risk and may thereby deliver diversification of capital benefits.
- Consideration of new underwriting will stimulate an exercise in risk identification and assessment.
- Placing a risk into a captive creates an incentive to quantify it.
Balancing the needs of stakeholders, tax and regulatory considerations, all play a role as discussed in Retaining Risk in a Captive – Considerations for Professional Service Firms.
2. What Risks to Consider and Some Decision Criteria
It makes sense to start by considering risks that are already covered and review the experience. What is the tolerance to expand the captive based on past results?
Building incrementally could begin with covers that are peripheral to Professional Liability, cyber for example, especially viewing the recent changes in insurers' coverage terms for those covers relating to information and network security risks.
One might avoid risks where there is plentiful and affordable commercial capacity. Historical experience shows the benefits of moving incrementally to avoid short term volatility and to build capacity over time. We suggest some design criteria below: also, see, Your Captive Needs a Strategy.
Considering the risks
- Two sources for potential captive risks are one's own risk maps and external surveys. Risks identified in such exercises may be insurable, or partially insurable, while others may have characteristics of insurable risk.
- Captives can provide solutions for emerging risks for which insurer response has been slow. In that respect so called Non-Material Damage Business Interruption (NMDBI) has gotten a lot of attention. Reputation is also a risk in that category.
Categories of risks that might be considered are:
- Risk where cover does exist in the market. Intellectual Property exposures are an example. There is some cover within a PI policy and there is a niche insurance market.
- Risks outside of the scope of existing covers. Some regulatory risks fall into this category.
- Risks that have insurable characteristics but are not conventionally insurable. The costs of engagement or investment failure may be candidates.
- Partially covered interruption risks. Some risks are clearly insurable but others such as technology system failure may only be partially available.
- Risk where cover does exist but there may be gaps. Bodily Injury and Property Damage arising from professional services.
Coverage can be broadened over time as the risk is understood and incident data emerges.
Before getting to design, it is worth considering where commercial insurers get it wrong:
- Pricing too low
- Slow to react to change
- Rapid expansion of risk assumption
- Lack of expertise and understanding of the risk
The key criteria are perhaps the protection of the core purpose and historical funding of the captive.
3. Three Step Process for Design and Implementation
Step 1 – Risk Identification
Accessing one's own data and external resources such as surveys and using a roundtable or workshop can be employed to investigate the major risks facing the organization, and the degree to which risk financing exists or can be designed.
Step 2 – Design Process
- Desirability: Is there need or demand for the cover?
- Feasibility: Can the coverage be articulated, defined in policy language, and priced?
- Viability: would the designed cover respond to the risks faced, and be adaptable to changing conditions?
Step 3 – Underwriting Strategy
- Based on the above exercise, determine the triggers, and write the policy language.
- How to price without adequate historic data? Create scenarios that can be used to assess frequency and severity.
- Feed the scenario results into a model. Access any suitable external data to support the model. Consider the aggregation potential.
- Build up net retained limits and adapt pricing over time.
As the world of risk continues to evolve more opportunities for captive use will evolve. The key considerations are constant. The captive represents a pooling of risk. Protection of the core purpose and historical funding are vital objectives.


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You heard right. It seems that unusual species names aren't limited to scientists' favorite rock stars or Star Wars figures—now Internet search engines are in the game. Entomologist Brian Fisher named a new species of ant, Proceratium google, in honor of the mapping program Google Earth. Fisher, who chairs the entomology department at the California Academy of
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Hampshire is set to be at the forefront of energy research in the UK by taking part in an innovative project that uses fuel-producing algae to power a new type of energy plant.
Hampshire County Council is taking part in the launch at the Kent Science Park in Sittingbourne on 19 October of 'Ecotec 21', an Anglo-French consortium set up to study Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technology. The launch will announce collaboration on CHP development, bringing together UK and French universities, research institutions, government-funded organisations, energy and facility managers, designers and architects.
Combined Heat and Power technology captures the by-product heat created by power plants and uses it for heating or hot water. Ecotec 21, co-funded by 'INTERREG IV A' under the European Cross-Border Cooperation Programme and 50% match funded by Hampshire County Council, is a new project that will investigate the potential for CHP to reduce heating costs in buildings.
The project will look at three experimental biomass power plants, one of which will be built by The University of Greenwich. The Greenwich plant will investigate how glycerol can be used in a CHP engine and will eventually provide some of the heating for the university campus. Some algae produce glycerol as a protective by-product when they are kept in very salty water. The glycerol is then harvested for use in the CHP engine. Glycerol has many advantages over other biomass materials as it is water-soluble, bio-degradable, non-odorous, non-volatile, non-toxic and produces virtually no combustion particulates.
Councillor Mel Kendal, Executive Member for Environment and Transport said:
"Because they capture the waste heat that normally goes into the atmosphere, CHP plants can reach efficiencies of over 80% compared with about 50% efficiency for conventional gas turbines or even less for coal-fired plants. This is an exciting chance to help Hampshire reduce its carbon footprint.
"With this 'INTERREG IV A' funding, we can create our own in-house CHP technical 'know-how' which will benefit Hampshire's residents and enable us to investigate other energy-efficient processes."


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Anisotropy in Ic(B) characteristic of Bi(2223)/Ag tapes results in a considerable decrease in magnet critical current, if the magnet winding is only made with the multifilamentary tape prepared by a standard powder-in-tube (PIT) technique. In case of cylindrical windings, the turns in pancake coils, which are located at the magnet ends, have lower critical currents than those in the other parts of the winding. In order to eliminate this undesired effect, an intensive effort is exerted to develop the tapes which have the filaments with the c-axis oriented in some other direction than the perpendicular one to the broad tape face of the tape is. In this work we present the results of calculations of critical currents of individual turns if such tapes, prepared by a novel tape-in-rectangular tube (TIRT) technique, are utilized in different parts of the winding. The analysis shows that the magnet design has always to be carried out with respect to both the magnetic field distribution in the winding and the specific properties of the tape to be used. This means that the orientation of the filaments in the TIRT tape of each pancake is to be determined with respect to the properties of the local magnetic field. This technology, which may lead to higher critical currents of individual turns, and consequently to higher critical current of the magnet, is discussed together with the natural limitations of engineering current density with respect to practical aspects of applying tape-in-rectangular tube technique to production of the Bi-based tapes with specifically oriented filaments.
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Facts of experience are the phenomena that occur in our day to day living. These are the experiences we observe for ourselves and in others. As parents we witness our children's 'facts of experience'and then make relative assessments about how they are doing with the challenges in their lives. These facts of experience are the behaviors we can see. On the other hand, the feelings, attitudes, motivations and other internal processes our childen privately experience are not necessarily congruent or apparent with what we witness. This becomes the parental dilemma in trying to best understand our children.
- Trust what you observe regardless of what is said.
- Acknowledge what you feel in relationship to what your child is experiencing.
- Talk about what you sense is going on in order to get clarification of your own values.
- Keep a rational perspective.


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Navigating self-improvement gaps
Julianne Isaac works on a Kneeling Superman with her personal trainer Carla Serna.
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Fear not. Gaps make perfect sense. It's the gaps that initiate change; and, in closing the gaps we set goals.
So, gaps are our friends -or are they?
As you first begin taking steps to reach your goal, you might have a sensation of bliss -you are happily excited to be closing your identified gap. This new-found drive produces adrenalin and it feels good.
As time moves on, closing that gap can get hard -willpower wanes, adrenalin drops and that "oh-so-good" feeling is replaced by the "oh-this-isawful" feeling. You are now face-to-face with your own personal abyss. That gap no longer feels like a friend.
Don't worry -this is a natural process in any change cycle. When your motivation is wavering and your "get up and go" is more like "give up and no," there is hope. Try these:
1. Commit to 21 days, three days at a time: Three weeks is all the time needed to form a new habit. Break it down into three-day chunks -small, easy-to-manage steps.
2. Be clear: Why do you want to make this change? Why are you really doing this? What will you gain by making this change? Write it down on paper.
3. Do it for you: When changing for someone else, it often won't last. Change for you. Determine your internal motivation; it's more likely to keep you going.
4. Make a mental shift: Focus on what you want to create rather than what you want to get rid of. Positive focus will equal positive results.
5. Daily visualization: Visualize yourself already having achieved your goal. What does it feel like and look like? Do this visualization daily for at least five minutes.
6. Pick habits that reinforce one another: Habits do not stand alone; they are interlinked -to help make the change feel easier. For example, getting enough sleep is linked to eating better and exercising more.
7. Notice the small stuff: Little things you do to take care of yourself matter; it proves to the brain that you are worth it. Pay attention and celebrate the small stuff.
8. Tune into feeling good: Focus on the positive feeling you get when you are implementing a good habit. On tough days, recall that feeling -it will help motivate you.
9. Focus on becoming better, not perfect: Instead of concentrating on succeeding or failing, concentrate on becoming a better person overall. Keeping it real and in balance will keep you moving forward.
10. Be willing to fail at it: Expect bumps, expect mistakes. Knowing that it will happen makes it easier to accept, learn from and move forward from.
As we continue on our change journey many "gaps" will appear. When we embrace instead of fight them, we strengthen our ability to move through them.
Gaynor Levisky is the Life and Health Coach at INLIV (inliv.com).


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Please, somebody standadise the order of function variables
Finding a needle in a haystack is a wonderful bit of symbolism and I welcome its use in many situations.
It's just the implementation of that symbolism that needs to be standardised. For forgetting the order in which a function expects variables to be passed in is tedious.
In PHP, for example, there are some very useful functions: in_array() and strpos() to name but two.
Usage is in_array($needle, $haystack) and makes sense as you want to check that the needle is in the haystack.
But, it's strpos($haystack, $needle) that messes things up. You can't look for a haystack within a needle!
So, because of strpos() confusing things, it's quite often that I (and other's I'm sure) mix the order, no matter which function is in use. Unless I've been using the function within the last few hours, I'll most likely get it wrong.
These are long standing functions in a well established language, so there's no hope of these ever being corrected.
For new functions, a possible answer would be to pass variables by associative array when the function has more than 1 variable input.
An example of calling such a function would be: myFunction(array('needle' => 'malteser', 'haystack' => 'bag_of_revels'));
This way, it wouldn't matter which order you remembered to pass in the variables. As it happens, this is how I write my own functions.
Apparently, something similar is done in Python. Might get around to learning it sometime…
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The database object name is referred to as its identifier. Everything in Microsoft SQL Server can have an identifier. Servers, databases, and database objects, such as tables, views, columns, indexes, triggers, procedures, constraints, and rules, can have identifiers. Identifiers are required for most objects, but are optional for some objects such as constraints.
An object identifier is created when the object is defined. The identifier is then used to reference the object. For example, the following statement creates a table with the identifier TableX, and two columns with the identifiers KeyCol and Description:
(KeyCol INT PRIMARY KEY, Description nvarchar(80))
This table also has an unnamed constraint. The PRIMARY KEY constraint has no identifier.
The collation of an identifier depends on the level at which it is defined. Identifiers of instance-level objects, such as logins and database names, are assigned the default collation of the instance. Identifiers of objects in a database, such as tables, views, and column names, are assigned the default collation of the database. For example, two tables with names that differ only in case can be created in a database that has case-sensitive collation, but cannot be created in a database that has case-insensitive collation.
There are two classes of identifiers:
Regular identifiers
Comply with the rules for the format of identifiers. Regular identifiers are not delimited when they are used in Transact-SQL statements.
WHERE KeyCol = 124
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FROM [TableX] --Delimiter is optional.
WHERE [KeyCol] = 124 --Delimiter is optional.
Identifiers that do not comply with all the rules for identifiers must be delimited in a Transact-SQL statement. For example:
FROM [My Table] --Identifier contains a space and uses a reserved keyword.
WHERE [order] = 10 --Identifier is a reserved keyword.
Both regular and delimited identifiers must contain from 1 through 128 characters. For local temporary tables, the identifier can have a maximum of 116 characters.
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 Certain symbols at the beginning of an identifier have special meaning in SQL Server. A regular identifier that starts with the at sign always denotes a local variable or parameter and cannot be used as the name of any other type of object. An identifier that starts with a number sign denotes a temporary table or procedure. An identifier that starts with double number signs (##) denotes a global temporary object. Although the number sign or double number sign characters can be used to begin the names of other types of objects, we do not recommend this practice.
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Carefree is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona. According to 2010 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 3,363.
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The median income for a household in the town was $88,702, and the median income for a family was $105,699. Males had a median income of $61,050 versus $38,750 for females. The per capita income for the town was $62,433. About 2.0% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.2% of those under the age of 18 and 3.2% of those 65 and older.


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Porous graphite was prepared without the use of template by rapidly heating the carbonization products from mixtures of anthracene, flourene, and pyrene with a CO2 laser. Rapid CO2 laser heating at a rate of 1.8 × 10 6 °C/s vaporizes out the fluorene-pyrene derived pitch while annealing the anthracene coke. The resulting structure is that of graphite with 100 nm spherical pores. The graphitizablity of the porous material is the same as pure anthracene coke. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the interface between graphitic layers and the pore walls are unimpeded. Traditional furnace annealing does not result in the porous structure as the heating rates are too slow to vaporize out the pitch, thereby illustrating the advantage of fast thermal processing. The resultant porous graphite was prelithiated and used as an anode in lithium ion capacitors. The porous graphite when lithiated had a specific capacity of 200 mAh/g at 100 mA/g. The assembled lithium ion capacitor demonstrated an energy density as high as 75 Wh/kg when cycled between 2.2 V to 4.2 V.
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The fashion industry is a billion dollar industry. Teen consumers are a force to be reckoned with as they spend more than $100 billion every year. Because of this impact, market researchers spend a lot of time and money examining teen spending habits. Oftentimes, teens do not have the skills they need to make wise consumer decisions. The 4-H Textiles and Apparel Program helps teens to develop these skills and make smarter choices that will benefit them throughout their lives.
Fashion is woven into the fabric of our daily lives. Innovative uses of textiles have resulted in life-saving inventions like bulletproof vests. Exercise apparel can now monitor your vital signs, including heartbeat. Fashion is even out of this world with carbon fibers that protect astronauts as they reenter the atmosphere. Advances in textile science help to make our lives easier every day. Textile science knowledge creates better consumers and fashion designers. While teens learn to recognize better quality and make better selections in ready-to-wear garments, they also learn to make better choices when selecting fabrics to sew their creative designs.
Fashion is fun! Having the ability to design and create your own apparel is a unique way to express your personality. Through a "Project Runway"-style competition, teens in 4-H use their technical and creative skills to invent innovative designs. Whether recycling clothes from the local thrift store or creating designs using items from the local hardware store, these "out-of-the-box" garments come together for a fun and exciting fashion show.
The 4-H Textiles and Apparel Program builds confidence in teens by giving them opportunities to be leaders as part of the 4-H State Fashion Board. Teens from across Louisiana are given the chance to learn more about the fashion industry through field study trips, fashion camp and creating their own fashion shows. Teens will graduate high school with an awareness of careers in the fashion industry as well as skills that will help them to achieve their personal and professional goals.
In addition to the State 4-H Fashion Leadership Board, join us for our state-level annual events which include the June LSU 4-H University Fashion Revue Competition and Fashion Show as well as the January Camp Grant Walker 4-H Fashion Camp. These opportunities are available across Louisiana. To find out what's going on in your parish, contact your local LSU AgCenter Cooperative Extension 4-H Agent. For more information contact Tanya Giroir, 4-H Textiles and Apparel Program coordinator.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- People who eat large, tropical predatory reef fish such as barracuda and grouper may be at risk for a form of food poisoning called ciguatera fish poisoning, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.
Illness occurs when people eat fish that contain toxins produced by a marine algae called Gambierdiscus toxicus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Some symptoms of ciguatera poisoning -- such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea -- resemble other types of food poisoning. But ciguatera poisoning also causes neurological symptoms such as difficulty walking, weakness, tooth pain, and reverse temperature sensation (for example, cold things feel hot and hot things feel cold) that can persist for months, the CDC report said.
There's no cure for ciguatera but the symptoms can be treated and usually go away in days or weeks. However, symptoms can last for years in some people.
The CDC report said there was a significant increase in ciguatera poisoning cases in New York City among people who ate locally purchased barracuda or grouper in 2010 and 2011. Until then, ciguatera poisoning was fairly uncommon in the city.
During the period August 2010 through July 2011, city health officials received reports of six outbreaks and one single case of ciguatera fish poisoning, involving a total of 28 people. One of the patients was a physically active man who swam more than two miles a day before his illness. After the start of symptoms, he had trouble walking that lasted for several months, the CDC report said.
Ciguatoxins don't hurt the fish. And fish with the toxins don't look sick and don't appear, smell or taste different than fish without the toxins, the researchers noted.
Currently, there is no practical way to test fish for the toxins before they're sold. So prevention efforts depend on knowing which fishing areas have fish that might contain the toxins, along with accurate diagnosis of patients and consistent reporting of cases to public health agencies, according to the report, which is published in the Feb. 1 issue of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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How old can a starter REALLY be?
Couple of other threads are branching off into discussion of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. I thought therefore I would open a new one for better organisation and focus of topic.
I want to ask, just how old can one claim a flour-water "starter" to be?
First a couple of factoids about Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
1. The yeast cells double every 90-100mins or so
2. The mean life span of a cell is 26 generations
100min x 26 = 2600 mins which is 43 hours which is just short of 2 days.
Like our own human bodies, every cell that makes us what we are, dies off in time, but thankfully the cells are replicated before that happens. The replication time for our various cells varies tremendously but it is believed that the cells with the largest replication cycle are 10yrs. The implication of this is philosophically intriguing. It means you are no older than 10yrs no matter how old you believe you are, or at least there is no cell in your body older than 10yrs! A counter philosophical thought is that everything that is "us" is made up of matter, and since matter can neither be created nor destroyed then all the matter that makes up our bodies has been here since the dawn of the universe itself, in which case we are many billions of years old.
What we choose to define as the "human being" defines how old we are. If it's our cells, then we're 10yrs old, if it's the primordial matter, then billions of years old.
And so back to wild yeast starters and our good friend Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
If each yeast cell lives no longer than a couple of days, how in any true and just sense could it be said that there exists a "20 yr old grandmother starter"? In looking for possibilities, I wonder whether this refers to some other elements of the starter that actually ARE 20 yrs old or is the whole notion simply a lot of kidology and hocus pocus?
Consider this. I light a wood fire in the chimenea in my garden and feed it with a constant stream of new fresh fire wood. For 20 years I keep it going and never once let the fire go out. Tell me, is my fire 20yrs old? Is there any part of it that is truly 20yrs old? It has had new fresh wood constantly, and new fresh oxygen constantly, so surely the flames I am seeing are new fresh flames and all the gasses and products of combustion are equally being given off freshly. Nothing in there is 20yrs old unless perhaps the ashes produced linger on for that length of time (but then do the ashes constitute the fire?).
I'm intrigured by this notion of these very old starters given that any starter is a symbiotic balance of yeasts and bacteria that are constantly fed, which replicate for a finite number of generations and then die.
Common sense says there must be "something" in these starters aside from the yeasts and bacteria that does somehow survive through the years or else it's all a bit disingenuous.
Can anyone tell me what that "something" is?
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Are you searching for a soul in sourdough starters? ;) This seems to be a more philosophical question and I'm not sure whether I can write something about it because of my English as a third language skills or.... well I'll give it a try.
I'm not sure for yeast, but for other fungii, spores can survive quite a long time. That our yeast forms spores you can see here:
ontopic again:
What do we want from a starter? That it has a good taste, gives good rise,... And we want it to be stable. But what does "stable" mean?
In my opinion: It should give reproducible results. It should be strong against other germs. If neglected for a while it should recover.
You can see this as an ecosystem or society. The typical schoolbook example with insects and birds: If there is a lot of insects, birds have a lot of food. More birds will survive the winter and have more children. They will eat more insects therefore soon there will be less food for the birds. Therefore less birds. Therefore more insects.... An now add birds of prey, and plants eaten by the insects,... and you'll have an ecosystem.
Such an ecosystem has more a moving equilibrium than a steady state. You can influence it from outside e.g. when a winter kills a lot of insects and the migratory birds won't find enough food in spring.
A "stable" ecosystem should be able to recover from that. It needs more to influence it (like Monsanto, Sygenta and Bayer killing all insects.) An unstable ecosystem can easily be disturbed. In such a stable ecosystem, after a few years it won't be the same insects and same birds, but their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren... and so on. But it is still the same ecosystem.
From an outside view: I'd say, if an ecosystem has been able to recover from a lot of turbulences like hard winters, hot or cold summers... and does not diverge in one direction if the outer parameters stay the same for a while (... and a while more)... you can consider it stable.
Transferred to sourdough starter: If it's been there for many years and always performed well, it is likely to have created a good and stable ecosystem.
Just my thoughts about it.
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Appreciate the thoughts. Not entirely sure you understood the question. Let me try again. In your last statement you said :
My question is, is there any part of that good and stable ecosystem that is actually years old? I'm suggesting that any yeasts in there will no no older than 2 days. Do you agree?
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The US American society is no older than 114 years and 252 days as it is the age of Jeralean Talley is the oldest citizen?
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point of view I could say that there is still a portion of flour and water that were used to start the starter, and a portion of flour and water of subsequent feedings. This is pretty simple to realize, knowing that the amount of initial flour/water decreases exponentially (assuming a perfectly homogenous starter), but the exponential function is always positive and is only zero "at infinity". This is limited, of course, by the elementary parts (molecules, atoms, whatever you would care to take into account) of initial flour/water, that is, when you get less than half of an atom remaining (by calculation, in practice this isn't actually possible), the original flour/water mixture is extinct.
This is all moot, however. Exponents die down so quickly that an AP starter can get converted to rye in about three feedings, so there is no practical use to these considerations. I'm no biochemist, but I think that when a stable ecosystem of various microorganisms is reached in one starter or another, it stays very much the same if not messed with too much. The notion of "old" starters is much more romance than fact in my opinion.
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"The notion of "old" starters is much more romance than fact" I'm with you fully on that.
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This sounds like some deep stuff!
Would a practical appliication of this question be: What is the benefit of maintaining a starter over long periods of time, unless one bakes with it very frequently?
(For instance, if I only bake sourdough bread every once in a while, is it worth expending the effort (and money) maintaining it, or would it be the same if I started from scratch each time?)
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by maintaining it rather than starting a new one each time :) That's the best reason to maintain it that I know. However, there are some archaic recipes that just call for flour and water and are done over several days, I've seen a thread about one not too long ago.
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As far as I can logically deduce, there is no part of the starter that can be years old. It would have been diluted out in days, if fed every day, or at least in weeks or months. But, the ecosystem is the surviving part. The U.S.A. is hundreds of years old, some of the individual states are older than the U.S.A. and some younger. Cities have an even wider range of ages. But the people, plants and animals are different now than they were then. Only the ecosystem is the same, and not even that is completely so, as the character of the ecosystem is influenced by the current generation living in it.
There is a benefit to an ecosystem getting older, whether it be a human governmental organization or a sourdough starter. That is, the changes that take place in the environment, especially catastrophic changes, tend to strengthen the ecosystem by weeding out the weakest elements and catalyzing adaptation in the survivors. Survival of the fittest, so to speak. But not just survival, thriving.
Look at the ever present problem of sickness and disease. We try to kill


I have been searching for quite a while to no avail for this answer, and was hoping that someone may have the answer here.
I'm not new to c++; I have been working with it for about 3 years now, and recently moved into visual c++ (with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008), where I quickly ran into a problem I have yet to answer.
My question seems easy enough; is it possible to create objects (such as labels or picture boxes) on the fly from within functions, rather than in the namespace constructor?
I know the general creation code defined with the handles/pointers in the beginning of the form's namespace, but I'm wondering if - through a function - it is possible to create and destroy them?
And if so, what is the proper syntax, and how would I be able to - if at all possible - port it over to an external.cpp file?
Considering the diversity of the C++ language, I believe that the answer to my problems exist, but I have yet to find out precisely what it is.
Any potential help would be appreciated.


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Peach-faced Lovebirds
Common Names: Peach-face Lovebird, Peach-faced Lovebird, and Rosy-faced Lovebird
Scientific Name: Agapornis roseicollis
Origin: Namibia, Angola
Relative Size: 5 1/2 inches
Weight: 55-60 grams
Average Lifespan: 10-20 years
Egg Clutch: 2-6 eggs
Incubation: 23 days
Talking Ability: Poor
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General Information about Peach-faced Lovebirds
A normal Peach Faced Lovebird is green and has a red mask that starts at the top of the forehead and fades to a peach color as it moves toward the breast and neck area. The eyes are black with a thin white circle around the eye. The beak is beige and extends downward about an inch. The tail is multicolored with hues of blue, red, and green. Peach Faced Lovebirds are the second largest of the lovebird species; the largest being the Abyssinian Lovebirds.
Due to Peach Faced Lovebirds being kept more than other lovebird species, many mutations have been bred and are available today in the pet trade. The most common are the lutino, orange faces, opalines, pieds, cinnamons, and creaminos.
Peach Faced Lovebirds in the Wild
These parrots are native to Africa and can be seen is flocks of fifty or so. During the breeding season, the birds will branch off into couples and find a small cavity to raise their babies. They thrive in dry arid environments; however, these birds prefer to nest during the rainy season as the embryos need a bit more moisture to develop and hatch. In the wild, it is not uncommon to see these lovebirds feed on blossoms or millet.
Currently, a documented population of Peach Faced Lovebirds has been recorded in Phoenix, Arizona. They are able to survive through feeding stations and fruit trees in urban areas. These feral lovebirds will nest in old woodpecker cavities and especially those found in cacti.
Peach Faced Lovebirds in Captivity
Peach Faced Lovebirds have been in captivity for hundreds of years. It was not until they were imported and studied in the 1930's did they become household pets. They were easy to breed and many breeders had established large colonies. As more mutations became available and pet owners discover these wonderful delightful parrots, they are quickly becoming even more popular as household pets. Because these parrots have become quickly accepted into general households, they have now become a rival to budgies and cockatiels. These are wonderful pets and are a joy to watch. It's important to note that they can have a long life span if handled properly.
Peach Face Lovebirds as Pets
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The Peach Faced Lovebird is the more common of the lovebird species kept in captivity. They are easy to breed and make fantastic pets if handfed or tamed. Many owners will spend countless hours with their birds perched on their shoulders while watching television or reading a book. It is important these birds be worked into the owner's daily activities as they crave human affection. If the parrot is tamed and has bonded to their owner, most will continue to demand affection and enjoy being petted on the back of their necks.
These birds are very loyal companions. They form monogamous bonds in the wild and seem to practice the same behavior towards their owners. For this reason, a new baby lovebird should be exposed to all family members to avoid jealousy and biting. All family members should participate in bird chores and reward the bird with treats.
The owner of the bird should use positive reinforcement to mold the lovebird's behavior as it matures. All negative behaviors should be ignored (biting or screaming) and should only be praised and given treats when it is acting as it should. A lovebird is very smart and will change its behavior as soon as it starts to understand its boundaries.
Because of their curiosity, these birds are very playful and need toys to occupy them while their owners are away. Not only do toys occupy the lovebird, but it teaches the bird how to act independently when the owner cannot spend time with the parrot. Special toys with bright colors, various types of beads, and small wood blocks should be placed into the cage. This allows the bird to chew and play. These birds also enjoy ropes to hang from and appreciate paper towel rolls to quickly chew at them.
It is important a pet lovebird not have a nesting box placed into the cage as this will cause the lovebird to become territorial, thus leading to many behavioral problems.
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Peach Faced Lovebirds are not great at talking. Although, those that do talk tend to be females. These birds have higher pitched sounds and some have described their voices as sounding like a whistle with consonants. If the owner wishes to train their parrot to talk, they need to continue repeating words daily in an excited high pitched voice. Avoid using old tape recorders that repeat phrases as this will bore the parrot.
Peach Face Lovebird Breeding
Peach Face Lovebirds can breed year round but should not be allowed to breed during hot summer months. High heat can kill young chicks and create an uncomfortable environment for both the hen and her babies. As the breeding season approaches, the female lovebird will tuck nesting material into her wings and will carry it back to the nest. During this time, males will mate with the female repeatedly and eggs can be expected within three to five days after mating. The females will usually start to incubate once two eggs are laid. The clutch can consist of two to six eggs and incubation lasts 23 days.
Lovebirds need a higher amount of humidity for proper hatching. Females will often bathe daily to supply an ample amount of moisture for her clutch of eggs. Spraying outside the nesting box with a spray bottle will greatly increase a proper hatch--this can be done twice a week. Another idea for more humidity is giving the birds green grasses or palm leaves which are then shredded by the birds. This helps to greatly enhance moisture inside the nest. Spraying inside the nest box with a spray bottle should never be done as it can kill the developing embryos—just a few pumps of water outside the box will do the trick.
Lovebirds can breed twice a year; however, it's highly recommended that the pair be given a season to rest. A female will willingly produce four clutches a year if given the chance. This type of breeding is unethical and will quickly result in an exhausted hen that will have a short lifespan. Proper nutrition is a must for the growing chicks and hen to maintain optimal health.
These small sized parrots are the more aggressive species of lovebirds and can become territorial during breeding; especially the females. Keeping a watchful eye on the birds can prevent injury or even death during territorial disputes.
Because of their aggression, when breeding in colonies, adequate space must be provided to ensure less tension. Placing extra food bowls around the aviary will greatly help maintain the peace.
If babies are to be pulled for hand feeding, they should be pulled at around eight to ten days old. It is a good idea to pull all the chicks as pulling only one chick will cause the mother to abandon her nest. Most lovebirds wean around 10 to 13 weeks but some can take longer. A young Peach Face Lovebird will have black markings on its beak which will fade as the baby matures.
When weaning, these parrots should be exposed to many different foods to ensure the parrots do not become picky as they mature. Most owners will place different fruits and vegetables inside the weaning tank as this gives the parrots enough time to become accustomed to the textures and tastes of different foods.
Finding the Right Cage for your Peach Faced Lovebird
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A parakeet cage is not a good choice for a Peach Faced Lovebird. Though these parrots are slightly larger than a budgie, they need enough room to house their toys, perches, food and water bowls, and an all important bath bowl.
The bars of the cages should not be too large, nothing over half an inch, as the lovebird might get his head stuck between the bars.
It's important the cage be powder coated or be made of stainless steel. Galvanized or zinc made cages can cause metal toxicity and can easily poison these parrots. Most cages can now be purchased or coated with a non-toxic paint to cover the bars.
A perch should be placed in the center of the cage. It is important there be other perches with different diameters so the parrot can exercise its feet. The perches should also be placed away from food and water bowls as the lovebird's droppings will contaminate food and water bowls. The bottom of the cage needs to have a grill installed. This grill will act as a barrier between spoiled food and the bird's droppings.
The cage should have a door large enough so the owner can place both hands into the cage. Most cages made for lovebirds have three doors and this tends to work perfectly. It is important these doors have a lock because Peach Faced Lovebirds will learn to escape from their cage.
Feeding Your Lovebird
These small parrots enjoy a variety of foods. Unlike most parrots that manipulate their food with one hand, lovebirds cannot do this. For this reason, their food should be shredded or chopped finely to ensure that the lovebird can easily eat it.


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Robustness of Spin-Chain State-Transfer Schemes
Joachim Stolze, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Omar Osenda, Analia Zwick
in Quantum State Transfer and Network Engineering, edited by G. M. Nikolopoulos and I. Jex (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014), pp. 149–182.
Spin chains are linear arrangements of qubits (spin-1/2 objects) with interactions between nearest or more distant neighbors. They have been considered for quantum information transfer between subunits of a quantum information processing device at short or intermediate distances. The most frequently studied task is the transfer of a single-qubit state. Several protocols have been developed to achieve this goal, broadly divisible into two classes, fully-engineered and boundary-controlled spin chains. We discuss state transfer induced by the natural dynamics of these two classes of systems, and the influence of deviations from the ideal system configuration, that is, manufacturing errors in the nearest-neighbor spin couplings. The fidelity of state transfer depends on the chain length and the disorder strength. We observe a power-law scaling of the fidelity deficit, i.e. the deviation from perfect transfer. Boundary-controlled chains can provide excellent fidelity under suitable circumstances and are potentially less difficult to manufacture and control than fully-engineered chains. We also review other existing theoretical work on the robustness of quantum state transfer as well as proposals for experimental implementation.


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Units of Bitcoin
Units of Bitcoin most commonly are expressed in decimal exponents such as BTC ("bitcoins"), mBTC ("millibitcoins") and μBTC ("bits").
Bitcoin Explained Episode 8: Units of Bitcoin
Decimal metric units[edit]
The BTC unit was chosen to represent a value of 108 so as to give sub-unit precision rather than large whole numbers. Mirroring the standard Le Système International d'Unités, this allows for divisions of 1/10th (deci-bitcoins, dBTC), 1/100th (centi-bitcoins, cBTC), 1/1 000th (milli-bitcoins, mBTC), and 1/1 000 000 (micro-bitcoins, μBTC).
The term "bit" is a popular new unit being used to represent smaller Bitcoin amounts. Due to the rising value of 1 bitcoin (currently 1 BTC = $450 USD), many prices must be displayed in fractional bitcoin amounts. For example, a bottle of beer might be priced at.0085 BTC. These fractional numeric values can be confusing and difficult for many people to read. The bit sub-unit (equal to 0.000001 BTC) is considered by many to be a more memorable and intuitive way of displaying Bitcoin amounts; the aforementioned beer would cost 8500 bits.
Originally proposed on Bitcoin the sub-reddit, and now being embraced by the payment processor Bitpay, the bit sub-unit offers the following advantages:
 - More compatible with existing financial software that can only handle 2 decimal places. For example: using a figures like 49.99 bits instead of.00004999 bitcoins.
 - Figures would remain easily readable in the event of an extreme rise in Bitcoin's exchange rate: if 1 Bitcoin was worth $100,000, then a $4.99 beer would cost 49.90 bits.
 - Bit is an easier to remember unit when compared to other longer unit names and acronyms: 100 bits instead of 100 microbitcoins/100 μBTC/1 millibitcoin/1 mBTC).
However, there are some disadvantages to the bits nomenclature:
 - Unit prefix terms such as micro-, milli-, and centiare more familiar to those who use the metric measurement system (i.e. everyone except Americans)[2].
Table of all units[edit]
This table is intended to include all well-defined units of bitcoin value, including less common and niche units.
Unit Abbreviation Decimal (BTC) Alternate names Info
Algorithmic maximum 20,999,_PHONE_ Calculation
tam-bitcoin 2,814,749.76710656 1,0000,0000 tonal
mega-bitcoin MBTC 1,000,000 Rare in context
kilo-bitcoin kBTC 1,000 Rare in context
hecto-bitcoin hBTC 100 Rare[3]
Initial block subsidy 50 Until block 210000
bong-bitcoin ᵇTBC 42.94967296 1,0000 tonal
Current block subsidy 12.5 block As of block 420000
deca-bitcoin daBTC 10 Rare
mill-bitcoin ᵐTBC 2.68435456 1000 tonal
bitcoin BTC 1 coin SI base unit
san-bitcoin ˢTBC 0._PHONE_ 100 tonal
deci-bitcoin dBTC 0.1 Rare
ton-bitcoin ᵗTBC 0.01048576 10 tonal
centi-bitcoin cBTC 0.01 bitcent Formerly frequent Bitcents were frequent until the November 2013 bubble
milli-bitcoin mBTC 0.001 millibit, millie Occasional
bitcoin TBC 0.00065536 Tonal base unit
bitcoin-ton TBCᵗ 0.00004096 0.1 tonal
bitcoin-san TBCˢ 0.00000256 0.01 tonal
micro-bitcoin μBTC 0.000001 bit Frequent
bitcoin-mill TBCᵐ 0.00000016 0.001 tonal
0._PHONE_ finney[4]
bitcoin-bong TBCᵇ 0.00000001 0.0001 tonal
sat 0.00000001 Satoshi Blockchain value
msat 0.00000000001 millisatoshi[5] Payment channel value
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See Also on BitcoinWiki[edit]
 1. Bitcoin units & denominations - BITS TO USD
 2. From How Many Bits Are in a Bitcoin? - 99 Bitcoins
 3. Bitcoin Units & Denominations - Explained Simply - Bitcoin Chaser
 4. After Hal Finney, Bitcoin Pioneer
 5. Receiving and receiving payments


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Robust Bayesian models are appealing alternatives to standard models, providing protection from data that contains outliers or other departures from the model assumptions. Historically, robust models were mostly developed on a case-by-case basis; examples include robust linear regression, robust mixture models, and bursty topic models. In this paper we develop a general approach to robust Bayesian modeling. We show how to turn an existing Bayesian model into a robust model, and then develop a generic computational strategy for it. We use our method to study robust variants of several models, including linear regression, Poisson regression, logistic regression, and probabilistic topic models. We discuss the connections between our methods and existing approaches, especially empirical Bayes and James–Stein estimation.
"A General Method for Robust Bayesian Modeling." Bayesian Anal. 13 (4) 1163 - 1191, December 2018. _URL_


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Deciphering the World of Modern Dating
Modern dating can often feel like navigating a labyrinth. The advent of digital technology and dating apps has brought new dimensions to human interactions, turning the once straightforward process into an intricate puzzle of signals, emojis, and read receipts. This complexity is exacerbated when you're left in a perplexing situation: 'he unmatched me but is still texting.' This scenario can evoke a cascade of questions, and justifiably so. What does it mean? Is it a common phenomenon, or is it an isolated incident? What is the appropriate reaction?
In the light of such queries, understanding the core dynamics of modern dating is crucial. One essential aspect of this is the shift in power dynamics enabled by the anonymity and distance of digital platforms. The traditional script of dating has been transformed, allowing for diverse narratives and complexities. This has, undoubtedly, blurred the lines of communication and behavior, culminating in the perplexing situation of being unmatched, yet still receiving texts.
The realm of online dating is replete with mixed signals. He might unmatch you on the dating app, eliminating the visual reminder of your existence in his digital dating sphere, yet he still finds a way to keep the conversation alive through texts. This paradoxical situation begs a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that drive such behaviors.
The anonymity and convenience of online dating can lead individuals to adopt unconventional behaviors, often driven by complex emotions, changing desires, or even an underlying fear of commitment. Unmatching while continuing to text might be one such manifestation, reflecting a certain ambiguity in his intentions or feelings.
This scenario is often seen as a red flag by many relationship experts who perceive it as a sign of indecisiveness, non-commitment, or, worse, manipulation. However, the world of emotions and relationships is seldom black and white, and it is vital to understand the diverse reasons behind such actions.
Unmasking Mixed Signals: 5 Revealing Signs in the 'He Unmatched Me but Is Still Texting' Scenario
1. The Fear of Commitment: send mixed signals when they're scared of getting too involved or committing. Unmatching you on the app could be his way of maintaining a safe distance while texting keeps you within his comfort zone. He might want to continue the conversation without the added pressure that the dating app implies.
2. The Balancing Act: be juggling multiple interests at the same time. Unmatching you could be an attempt to manage his digital dating space while texting ensures he keeps his options open. In such cases, he might view you as a potential interest but is not ready to give up exploring other possibilities.
3. The Desire for Control: continuing to text can also be about maintaining control over the situation. He can decide when and how to interact with you, putting him in a dominant position. This power dynamic can make you feel uncertain and anxious, furthering his control.
4. The Pursuit of Ego Gratification: seek validation and gratification by keeping others in their sphere of influence. This can be achieved by sending mixed signals like unmatching yet continuing to text. The perplexity it creates often leads to more attention given to him, fulfilling his ego needs
5. The Buffer Zone: to unmatch could be about creating a buffer zone that separates his online dating life from his personal life. By moving the conversation to text, he can manage his digital persona while keeping you in the loop.
These five signs provide a roadmap to decipher the actions of your digital suitor. However, it is essential to remember that everyone's motivations may differ, and these signs may not always apply universally. It is always important to trust your intuition and prioritize open, honest communication to understand the person better.
Understanding Your Worth: Emotional Turmoil
Being unmatched but still receiving texts can stir a whirlwind of emotions, leading to self-doubt and confusion. It is critical to remember that you are not alone in this situation, and many others have experienced the same perplexity. The digital dating world is complex, and situations like these often reflect more on the person who unmatched you than on you.
It is essential not to take such actions personally. The decision to unmatch could be driven by a multitude of factors, many of which have nothing to do with your worth or attractiveness. Instead, they often reflect the individual's indecisiveness or fear of commitment.
When confronted with such a situation, your emotional well-being should be the priority. Engage in self-care, reach out to supportive friends, or seek professional guidance. Set boundaries and decide what you are willing to tolerate. It is okay to communicate your discomfort and ask for clarity.
You are deserving of a relationship that is clear and unambiguous, where mixed signals don't leave you guessing. Don't let the perplexity of the modern dating world compromise your self-worth. Stay strong, and you are more than the sum of your texts.