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What Is Schizophrenia? An Overview of Schizophrenia Signs, Symptoms and Treatments
What is Schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a severe and debilitating brain and behavior disorder affecting how one thinks feels and acts. People with schizophrenia can have trouble distinguishing reality from fantasy, expressing and managing normal emotions and making decisions. Thought processes may also be disorganized and the motivation to engage in life's activities may be blunted. Those with the condition may hear imaginary voices and believe others are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts or plotting to harm them.
Most people with schizophrenia suffer from symptoms either continuously or intermittently throughout life and are often severely stigmatized by people who do not understand the disease. Contrary to popular perception, people with schizophrenia do not have "split" or multiple personalities and most pose no danger to others. However, the symptoms are terrifying to those afflicted and can make them unresponsive, agitated or withdrawn. People with schizophrenia attempt suicide more often than people in the general population, and estimates are that up to 10 percent of people with schizophrenia will complete suicide in the first 10 years of the illness — particularly young men with schizophrenia.
While schizophrenia is a chronic disorder, it can be treated with medication, psychological and social treatments, substantially improving the lives of people with the condition.
What are the Symptoms of Schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia can have very different symptoms in different people. The way the disease manifests itself and progresses in a person depends on the time of onset, severity, and duration of symptoms, which are categorized as positive, negative and cognitive. All three kinds of symptoms reflect problems in brain function. Relapse and remission cycles often occur; a person can get better, worse and better again repeatedly over time.
Positive symptoms, which can be severe or mild, include delusions, hallucinations, and thought disorders. Some psychiatrists also include psychomotor problems that affect movement in this category. Delusions, hallucinations and inner voices are collectively called psychosis, which also can be a hallmark of other serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder. Delusions lead people to believe others are monitoring or threatening them, or reading their thoughts. Hallucinations cause a patient to hear, see, feel or smell something that is not there. Thought disorders may involve difficulty putting cohesive thoughts together or making sense of speech. Psychomotor problems may appear as clumsiness, unusual mannerisms or repetitive actions, and in extreme cases, motionless rigidity held for extended periods of time.
Negative symptoms reflect a loss of functioning in areas such as emotion or motivation. Negative symptoms include loss or reduction in the ability to initiate plans, speak, express emotion or find pleasure in life. They include emotional flatness or lack of expression, diminished ability to begin and sustain a planned activity, social withdrawal, and apathy. These symptoms can be mistaken for laziness or depression.
Cognitive symptoms involve problems with attention and memory, especially in planning and organizing to achieve a goal. Cognitive deficits are the most disabling for patients trying to lead a normal life.
What are the Subtypes of Schizophrenia?
Paranoid schizophrenia — feelings of extreme suspicion, persecution or grandiosity, or a combination of these.
Disorganized schizophrenia — incoherent thoughts, but not necessarily delusional.
Catatonic schizophrenia — withdrawal, negative affect and isolation, and marked psychomotor disturbances.
Residual schizophrenia — delusions or hallucinations may go away, but motivation or interest in life is gone.
Schizoaffective disorder — symptoms of both schizophrenia and a major mood disorder, such as depression.
At What Age do Schizophrenia Symptoms Appear?
Schizophrenia affects men and women equally. Symptoms occur at similar rates in all ethnic groups around the world. Symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions usually start between ages 16 and 30.
Men tend to experience schizophrenia symptoms earlier than women. Most of the time, people do not get schizophrenia after age 45. Schizophrenia rarely occurs in children, but awareness of childhood-onset schizophrenia is increasing.
It can be difficult to diagnose schizophrenia in teens. This is because the first signs can include a change of friends, a drop in grades, sleep problems and irritability — behaviors that are common among teens.
How is Schizophrenia Diagnosed?
A combination of factors can predict schizophrenia in up to 80 percent of youth who are at high risk of developing the illness. These factors include isolating oneself and withdrawing from others, an increase in unusual thoughts and suspicions, and a family history of psychosis. In young people who develop the disease, this stage of the disorder is called the "prodromal" period.
Currently, schizophrenia is diagnosed by the presence of symptoms or their precursors for a period of six months. Two or more symptoms, such as hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, and grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, must be significant and last for at least one month. Only one symptom is required for diagnosis if delusions are bizarre enough or if hallucinations consist either of a voice constantly commenting on the person's behavior/thoughts, or two or more voices "conversing." Social or occupational problems can also be part of the diagnosis during the six-month period.
Foundation-funded research to find markers, such as abnormal brain scans or blood chemicals that can help detect early disease and allow for quicker interventions is now being done. Scientists are also working to understand the genetic and environmental mechanisms that combine to cause schizophrenia. As more is discovered about chemical circuitry and structure of the brains of people with the disease, better diagnostic tools, and early intervention techniques can be developed. This is crucial for schizophrenia as it is believed that with every psychotic episode, increased damage is done to the brain.
Is There a Cure for Schizophrenia?
While no cure exists for schizophrenia, it is treatable and manageable with medication and behavioral therapy, especially if diagnosed early and treated continuously. Those with acute symptoms, such as severe delusions or hallucinations, suicidal thoughts or the inability to care for oneself, may require hospitalization. Schizophrenia treatments typically include antipsychotic drugs as the primary medication to reduce the symptoms of schizophrenia. They relieve the positive schizophrenia symptoms through their impact on the brain's neurotransmitter systems. Other treatments for schizophrenia include cognitive and behavioral therapy that can then help "retrain" the brain once symptoms are reduced.
These approaches improve communication, motivation, and self-care and teach coping mechanisms so that individuals with schizophrenia may attend school, go to work and socialize. Patients undergoing regular psychosocial treatment comply better with medication, and have fewer relapses and hospitalizations. A positive relationship with a therapist or a case manager gives a patient a reliable source of information about schizophrenia, as well as empathy, encouragement, and hope. Social networks and family member support have also been shown to be helpful.
Can Electrical Brain Stimulation Improve Cognition in People Living with Schizophrenia?
A method called transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS, has already been used to help stroke victims recover, and has been studied in patients with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. tDCS is a non-invasive technique in which a very weak direct electrical current is passed through the cerebral cortex via electrodes placed on the scalp. Donel M. Martin, Ph.D., of the University of New South Wales, who used a 2010 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant to conduct studies with tDCS, says the method "can potentially help the brain activity and inhibiting competing brain regions." More studies are needed to determine if cognition related to psychiatric illness can be improved beyond the treatment sessions themselves.
What are Examples of Recent Schizophrenia Research Findings?
A Way of Predicting if New Psychosis Patients Will or Won't Respond to Standard Treatment
Researchers used fMRI imaging to see a signal that predicts which recently diagnosed psychosis patients are likely—and unlikely—to have a reduction in symptoms after one year of coordinated specialty care. It's an important step toward a tool that can be used in the clinic.
Imaging Study Links Changes in Function and Structure of the Hippocampus in Early Psychosis
An imaging study links reductions in the size of the anterior hippocampus with hyperactivity in that region seen in early-stage psychosis patients. The finding informs efforts to develop interventions to delay or even prevent psychosis.
After 60 Years, Study Finds Children of Mothers with Bacterial Infections During Pregnancy Have Elevated Psychosis Risk
A study that enrolled its first patients 60 years ago has concluded that bacterial infection in the mother during pregnancy significantly raises the risk that her child will later develop a disorder with psychotic symptoms. The effect is much more prevalent in males and varies with the severity of the mother's infection.
Study Links an Early-Life Abnormality in the Auditory Cortex with Vulnerability to Hallucinations in Schizophrenia
New evidence about the origins of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia suggests vulnerability for them may be traceable to an abnormality in the way the brain's auditory cortex is organized at the beginning of life to represent different frequencies.
Learn more about Schizophrenia in this episode of Healthy Minds with Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D.


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The featured speaker will be Heidi Helfand, Director of engineering excellence at Procore Technologies, the creators of cloud-based construction software. The presentation, which will be held from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, is free and open to the general public.
During this discussion, Helfand will talk about how to more effectively manage teams at fast-growing companies. As companies grow, so do the number of people and teams, and managing this growth is crucial to future success. Given that, this discussion will explore how you go about managing this growth and change. How can people be empowered to own their team changes? How does an organization integrate new people into teams and the company without losing a sense of culture?
This talk will be a lively, interactive forum, as attendees will hear three-detailed success stories about companies that successfully managed growing teams. It will also include an open question and answer period.
Patterns of team change including: one by one, grow/split/load balancing across teams.
Techniques for enabling people to choose their own teams.
Techniques designed to bring openness to large-scale reteaming events.
How to provide support and coaching for people going through team change.
Practical tips to help teams gel and get up to speed after they change.
Helfand is also the author of "Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams." This book challenges the notion that you need to keep your teams the same in order to be successful.
She was on the "first team" at two highly successful start-ups, including Expertcity, Inc. (acquired by Citrix), where she was on the team that invented GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar. She was also a team member at AppFolio, Inc., a SaaS property management software company that went public in 2015. She is a co-active coach certified by the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
The event will be held in the Barcelona Room at World Wide Technology at 701 Fee Fee Road, Maryland Heights, Missouri. Although it is free and open to the public, seating is limited and pre-registration is suggested. To register, visit here. Refreshments and snacks will also be provided and available during on-site registration from 6-6:30.
World Wide Technology Asynchrony Labs is an information technology consulting firm located in St. Louis, Missouri. We specialize in application development, mobile computing, systems and sensor integration, enterprise architecture, and tactical collaboration. Our diverse client base includes commercial, non-profit, and government organizations. We've delivered solutions ranging from back-end government middleware to front-end applications and full-scale, commercial cloud infrastructures. In short, WWT Asynchrony Labs connects people, sensors, information, and systems.
World Wide Technology Asynchrony Labs today announced that it has been awarded a prime fielded contract on the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD), more commonly known as the JE-RDAP omnibus contract (Joint Enterprise Research, Development, Acquisition and Production and Procurement). The JPEO-CBD manages and delivers chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) defense capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense.
In 2015, Asynchrony Solutions, Inc was acquired by World Wide Technology (WWT), a $12 billion minority-owned company that is one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the US, and is continually ranked as one of the best places to work. WWT has a $1.4 billion federal practice supporting primarily the US Military.
WWT and Asynchrony Solutions, Inc (collectively, WWT Asynchrony Labs (WWTAL)) has developed and supported the Mobile Field Kit (MFK), a platform that provides a sensor integration, situational awareness, and collaboration tool suite supporting the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Explosive CBRNE Enterprise (CBRNE).
The JE-RDAP contract is a strategic win for WWT Asynchrony Labs as it is offers the procurement structure under which its existing Mobile Field Kit solution and related development work can continue to expand and drive new MFK technology into the future. This is an $8.27 billion multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract (MA-IDIQ) intended to strengthen national CBRNE defense systems and capabilities. This contract is geared towards supporting projects from all product lifecycle stages, including research, development, prototype, and production. Final implementation will include CBRNE systems, capabilities, equipment, supplies and material; installation protection; radiological/nuclear defense systems; and CBRNE information systems.
Additionally, the company now has the opportunity to compete for new business with other joint service program offices (Contamination Avoidance, Guardian, Information Systems, Protection, and Medical Countermeasure Systems) that support all ongoing work in the CWMD and CBRNE space.
"Being awarded a contract for this program is significant to WWT Asynchrony Labs as a company, but also for long-term support of CBRNE missions," said Robert Elfanbaum, General Manager of WWTAL.
World Wide Technology (WWT) is a technology solution provider with more than $12 billion in annual revenue that provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions to large public and private organizations around the globe. While most companies talk about delivering business and technology outcomes, WWT does it. Based in St. Louis, WWT employs more than 4,000 people and operates over 2 million square feet of warehousing, distribution and integration space in more than 20 facilities throughout the world. For more information, visit www.wwt.com.
World Wide Technology Asynchrony Labs today announced that Joshua Kerievsky an early pioneer of the Agile movement, will be the featured guest speaker at a company event on June 1st. Kerievsky will host a presentation titled "Modern Agile." The seminar is sponsored by WWT Asynchrony Labs.
This seminar will explore what Modern Agile is, why it emerged and how it can help you. Modern Agile is a principle-based, framework-free approach to agility defined by four imperatives: Make People Awesome, Make Safety a Prerequisite, Experiment & Learn Rapidly and Deliver Value Continuously.
Kerievsky is a globally recognized thought leader in Agile and Lean software development and a guru-level practitioner of Lean/Agile methods. He is the author of the best-selling book "Refactoring to Patterns." His pioneering work in Agile processes has helped popularize Agile Readiness Assessments, Chartering, Storytest-Driven Development and Iterative Usability, many of which are now standard in Agile/Lean processes. Joshua is the founder and CEO of Industrial Logic, a Lean/Agile consultancy that radically improves the software development capabilities of organizations around the globe.
The event is free and open to all World Wide Technology and WWT Asynchrony Labs' staff members, as well as the general public. It will be held on Thursday, June 1 at WWT World Headquarters at 701 Fee Fee Road, Maryland Heights, MO from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. Attendee check-in and refreshments will be from 6:00-6:30, the presentation will be from 6:30-7:30, and a question and answer period will be from 7:30-8:00.
Registration can be done here. Registration will close at 125 attendees or on May 30. Complimentary food and refreshments will be available as well.
For more information, visit WWT Asynchrony Labs or contact Rachel Cobstill at rachel.cobstill@asynchrony.com.
World Wide Technology (WWT) Asynchrony Labs is a new Apple mobility partner, joining other industry-leading technology companies in creating engaging, business-centric applications that leverage the full potential of the iOS platform. WWT Asynchrony Labs will serve as an R&D house testing and building innovative iOS applications for a variety of industries.
Enterprises require custom-built iOS applications that solve the unique business challenges of their respective markets. No company is better positioned to provide this need than WWT Asynchrony Labs which has been developing mission-critical applications for the Department of Defense and Fortune 1000 corporations since 1999. Our unique blend of full-stack developers, UX designers, and quality professionals are building custom iOS applications, through an iterative, Agile process to ensure that all relevant stakeholders – IT, business, partner and end user – are engaged in throughout the entire development lifecycle.
Read the rest of Bob Elfanbaum's post on the World Wide Technology Blog.
The Reason Scrum So Often Fails Agile Teams is a new article on AgileConnection by John Yorke.John is an Agile Coach at WWT Asynchrony Labs. He coaches the company's development teams, and is a former Scrum Master with more than 20 years' experience in software development.
The core of the Scrum framework for managing product development is the three key roles: ScrumMaster, product owner, and the development team. This triad is what makes Scrum so successful—when it works. However, it is the absence of these three roles that is the root cause of the majority of unsuccessful adoptions.
Read the rest of the story on AgileConnection.
St. Louis – October 2016 — WWT Asynchrony Labs today announced that Dave Thomas, one of the most well-known experts on computer programming, will speak at an event hosted by WWT Asynchrony Labs in St. Louis on October 20, 2016.
Thomas will deliver a presentation titled "Agile is Dead." This event is free and open to the general public. It will begin at 6:00pm, with a reception that includes refreshments provided by Asynchrony Labs, followed by Thomas' talk at 6:30. It will be held at the Barcelona Auditorium at WWT headquarters located at World Wide Technology, 701 Fee Fee Road, Maryland Heights, Missouri, 63043.
For those from the general public interested in attending, they can pre-register for the event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dave-thomas-agile-is-dead-tickets-28371063615. Also, for anyone interested in attending the 6:30 presentation but cannot attend in person, they can pre-register and view the session via WebEx. The WebEx login information will be provided when pre-registering.
Dave Thomas is one of the foremost computer programming experts on several programming languages. Over the years, he has written extensively and published numerous books, articles, and research papers and has spoken in the U.S. and internationally about Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Java, and agility. He wrote the acclaimed industry book, alongside co-author Andy Hunt, "The Pragmatic Programmer." Dave also hosts a popular industry blog and Twitter page @pragdave.
World Wide Technology Asynchrony Labs, Inc. is an information technology consulting firm located in St. Louis, Missouri. We specialize in application development, mobile computing, systems and sensor integration, enterprise architecture, and tactical collaboration. Our diverse client base includes commercial, non-profit, and government organizations. We've delivered solutions ranging from back-end government middleware to front-end applications and full-scale, commercial cloud infrastructures. In short, Asynchrony Labs connects people, sensors, information, and systems.
"How To Win With Agile By Cheating" is the latest article in the award-winning "Agile Architect" series by Mark J. Balbes, Ph.D., Vice President of Architecture at Asynchrony Labs.
It's time for your next meeting. You take the five minute walk to the only conference room available which is, of course, in the next building over. With laptop in hand, you enter the room, pleased to discover that it is roomy, comfortable and, best of all, there's available power. Plugging in your laptop, you settle in for the scheduled one hour team status update. Your next meeting starts right after this one, so even if this meeting ends early, you know you aren't going back to your desk.
Read more at Application Development Trends Magazine.
Staff from WWT and WWT Asynchrony Labs recently won first prize at the Cisco Live Hackathon in Las Vegas for their innovative software to try to explore and help solve the decline of the global bee population.
Bee colonies have been on the decline for some time due to environmental pressures, and it's become a global issue that researchers, farmers, environmentalists, even average citizens are trying to solve. One software development team has joined the fight, and their small device with simple and inexpensive hardware might be one way to bring the bees back.
Read the full story in Software Development Times yesterday.
Daniel Strabley, User Engineer, WWT Asynchrony Labs, was featured as a Lead Story in Computerworld.
The work on detecting weapons of mass destruction is similar in concept to what Strabley is doing to help his wife's grandfather, who is suffering from dementia. He has written software that can help people with varying degrees of cognitive issues, and is using sensors such as Amazon's new IOT buttons, to improve communication.
Read the full story in Computerworld.
WWT Asynchrony Labs will be hosting an "Innovation Lounge" at the Innovation Design Conference at St. Louis' historic Union Station, September 27-28. The event includes a great schedule of presentations, workshops and special events including peer-to-peer "brain dating" and "innovation safaris." Apple Cofounder Steve Wozniak will give the main keynote presentation. Asynchrony will be running various hands-on innovation games in our lounge, located in the Innovation Hub exhibition hall.


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There's no doubt about it, I'm obsessed with homeware and always on the look out for items to improve it. I've lived in my house just over 3 years and was getting bored of the colour scheme and style that I had originally opted for - although in true Kate style, I haven't just got bored with one room, I'm wanting to change 3 rooms in our house at present, and being one of those people that want everything yesterday, I was beginning to find it all a little overwhelming. My head was spinning with ideas on colour schemes and styles for all 3 rooms to the point where I couldn't even go to the shops to have a look for new items because I just didn't know where to start.
I'm hoping this moodboard that I've created will give me some guidance, and I've decided to start with my living room.
My living room was once a teal/grey/back colour scheme, however in the early summer I was tired of the wallpaper - I felt the style had become too popular to the point of being tacky so I stripped it, re-wallpapered and opted for a light duck egg blue paint to brighten things up. I have a love for shabby chic so I'm slowly replacing all black glass furniture with white wooden shabby chic style furniture. I only have only more piece to replace which is the TV stand, and then we're pretty much done. Today I managed to get rid of my teal curtains and replaced them with some nice cream ones that my mum had hanging around, luckily they were the perfect fit!
When we first moved in the previous owners had a gorgeous thick cream carpet down which was almost new. Obviously re wind 3 years and I had my own vision of teal and grey in my head so I pulled this poor carpet up and stuck it in the garage. Needless to say now I'm completely regretting that, I'm not sure if I can save it from all those cobwebs and spiders that have festered in it over the 3 years in the garage.. yuck!
Here are my top 10 items that I'm in love with and would look perfect in my living room.
I already have the chandelier lampshade in my hallway and I love it that much that I'm thinking about having the same one in my living room!
I've had my eye on the canvas for over a month now, I'm just hoping it'll come down in the sales soon!
I LOVE the lace cushion effect. We have a grey couch with huge scatter cushions, however because of the colour, I need to somehow incorporate the creams/whites/blues to detract from the fact that my couch no longer matches!
I thought the hanging birdcage frames were unusual yet cute, and the sheepskin rug would look perfect in front of the fire, again, detracting from the charcoal grey carpet!
Now I have something visual to refer to, hopefully I can crack on with some home décor shopping!
Keep your eyes peeled for some 'before' and 'after' pictures coming soon!
I love the idea of your new colour scheme. It's a real shame I don't live near a Dunelm Mill otherwise I'd pop in, it looks like they have some good pieces.


Flooring is just as important as any other part of your booth. When I talk about flooring, I'm referring to all floor coverings - carpet, area rugs, hard floors, etc.
Let's start with aesthetics. You work so hard at perfecting the visual image projected by your booth. You strive to create an environment that matches your brand and adds value to your work. In general, your booth will look unfinished if you don't use flooring.
This is the carpet that haunts the room where I do a craft show every fall. To say that it's ugly doesn't begin to describe it. It's like a casino carpet on drugs.
You can just barely see the hotel carpet peeking out from under my area rug. Now try to imagine if I didn't bring my own rug - can you see how it would not only detract from the design of my booth but it would also draw attention away from my work?
When you take control of all visual aspects of your booth, you can shape the perception that people have of your work. A complete, well-designed display conveys an aura of "I pay attention to detail and my work is worth it."
At an outdoor show, if you are trying to sell art and there is grass under your feet, you are basically having a yard sale no matter how you dress it up. Grass also gets worn out with a lot of foot traffic and, if it rains, there is the mud factor. People won't hang around your booth if they are slopping through the mud.
Next, I'll talk about comfort. You're not the only one on your feet during a show. Walking a craft show as a customer, you can cover a lot of territory. When the floor of your booth becomes a comfortable landing place, people will stay there.
When we get tired, walking is easier than standing in one spot. As a result, many customers move on to the next booth not because they're bored, but because their legs are telling their brain to "keep moving." And that is exactly what they do—they move on before you have a chance to sell to them.
So how do you handle this? One option is to use flooring that is inherently comfortable, such as foam rubber mats. I'll talk about these more in my next post. Another option is to put padding underneath another covering, such as an area rug.
However you choose to handle it, not only will your customers benefit, but so will you. While I use an area rug in the main part of my booth, I have thick anti-fatigue mats behind the table where I stand. I have found that my legs are much less tired at the end of the day when I stand on the mats.
In a nutshell, a booth without flooring is basically naked. It's like getting dressed up to go out, but choosing not to wear pants.
Don't go out without pants.
That carpet! Yes, definitely a mat/rug or other covering. Your booth looks calm and relaxing - and quite welcoming. (somewhere to go and get away from That Carpet!).
I would want to go there and look at the interesting and well-arranged display of books (of course, being addicted to books, I might well come in anyway, even if there was no floor covering - but I probably wouldn't stay as long, since I'd be off looking for a drink, so I could swallow a pill for the headache brought on by That Carpet!)..


Since I live in a cold climate, I feel for all the people who work outside in the winter. From the construction worker to the volunteer crossing guard, these individuals brave the elements every day to provide services to our community.
Panera Bread wants to thank all these hard working individuals during the month of February. The program is called Warm Up Wednesdays. Throughout Chicagoland, Panera Associates will be heading out to give free hot beverages and freshly baked treats to these brave individuals.
To kick off this amazing event, tomorrow, February 1, Panera is offering a FREE cup of coffee to its MyPanera card holders. Simply bring in your MyPanera card tomorrow to receive your free cup of coffee.
Don't let Panera be the only ones paying it forward. Next time you see a person braving the elements, think about sharing a little warmth with them.


Here's my latest wall based on Okamiden. The characters are little Chibiterasu and his grandparent Shiranui.
Shiranui was vectored from this picture and Chibiterasu was vectored from a small image on the game's instruction booklet.
The wallpaper was made with Illustrator aside from the final texture and blur applied.
Main version: No texture on Shiranui and Chibiterasu.
Alternate #1: Texture on everything, blurred based on distance with focus on Chibi/Shiranui.
Alternate #2: Texture on everything, no blur.
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show my support here as well :3 Great work!
oh wow this is worthy of my faving, and I don't do that often. very nicely done, it's breathtakingly beautiful and I'm a big time okami/okamiden fan.
Whoa, great! love the pastel colours^_^ you can see the effort that went into this and feel Okami spirit^_^ Chibiterasu is so adorable!
wow love the vector of Shiranui and Chibiterasu. nice job.
I LOVE YOU, I LOVE IT. It's the most beautiful wallpaper that i never seen !. BIG good WORK !
Wow , So beautiful ! i like it !
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tnks for this beautiful wall!
The vector is amazing and Chibiterasu is super cute. Lovely work.
It's really beautiful and the color are so nice & fresh!


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Meet Alternative Music Artiste Mau From Nowhere
By Richard Kamau / Monday, 23 Aug 2021 06:41AM / Leave a Comment / Tags: mau from nowhere
Kamau Wainaina, 24, popularly known as Mau From Nowhere, is an Alternative Sound artiste who most recently released his EP titled 'MFN'.
He spoke to Saturday Nation:
I grew up both in Kenya and the UK. I moved to the latter when I was four with my mum and sister, which was strange and a bit hard at first but infinitely rewarding.
How did your upbringing influence your music career? Who would you say was the biggest influence?
Both my parents have always been artistically inclined. My mum liked to sing and my dad loved listening to music and collecting visual arts. I remember getting my dad's old iPod shuffle and listening to music pretty much every day on the way back from school. When that broke, I started borrowing his iPod and listening to everything from old Snoop Dogg to India Arie. My first favorite rapper was Chamillionaire but I would say my biggest influence at the time when I started really practicing was a combo of Childish Gambino and a string of British indie bands (Little Comets, Bloc Party, Alt J).
What's your musical background?
Honestly? I don't have a huge musical background. I studied a few instruments growing up but never to a point of serious proficiency that I can claim today. Singing, rapping and poetry were the only consistent things that I enjoyed doing with friends since primary school. In my last high school, I remember we would jam a lot: whoever could play an instrument would start and then everyone, regardless of their musical background, would start singing or freestyling and I think that really helped me develop a personal relationship with performance as much as with listening.
How would you describe your music style?
Alternative. I definitely started in the Hip Hop and R&B space but I'm moving towards making more experimental stuff and I'm excited to see where it goes!
What inspired your name Mau From Nowhere?
It began as a joke to be honest. Before, my name was 'Maũ' and then 'Mau', but people really struggled to find me on the internet and streaming services because there are so many artists with similar names. Then one day, as I was joking with my girlfriend, who also grew up outside her home country, the joke 'mau from nowhere' came up as an ode to feeling out of place even in the home context.
Could you tell us more about your EP MFN? What would you attribute its success to?
I think it did well because it came quite naturally. Before releasing it, I was super lost because I had made a bunch of music with the intention of releasing a big breakthrough debut album. That sort of crumbled on itself when I left New York and came back home. That meant that I had to sort of throw the book away and focus on what felt right. So, I changed my name and used the EP to reintroduce myself.
In what ways has your music changed from when you first started?
It's gotten a lot simpler in my head. As a producer, I feel like I was doing more complex stuff than when I started but as a writer, I'm learning that less is more, so I'm trying to say whatever I'm trying to say in fewer words that hold more weight.
What are your main inspirations for your lyrics?
They always start with what I'm feeling, but the key for me has been to follow that thread deeper and see where it leads. Expanding the tiniest feeling can lead to so many things: memories, ideas, stories. It's like splitting an atom, but it takes a lot to condense all that energy into something tangible.
Which collaborations would you like to have in the near future?
Mustafa, Lady Donli, Obongjayar, Arlo Parks, Blinky Bill, Noname, Loyle Carner, Lisa Oduor, Amaarae, Mbithi Masya – The list is a lot longer but I'll keep it to those for now.
If you could invite any three people, dead or alive, for dinner, who would they be? And why?
That's tough. I think it would be Vince Staples, Michaela Cole & Little Simz. It's tempting to choose someone dead because I think it could upset the vibes.
What's the greatest fear you've had to overcome to get to where you are?
The fear of being unliked or hated, to be honest. I've tried to shrug it off in the past but the more I do, the more I realise that I'm torn between wanting to express myself and wanting to be hidden from everyone and everything. I like to think that art is here to force me to look inward into the things that I don't want to see and put them out without expectations of how people will react. At the end of the day, it's not about them.
How would you want to be remembered as an artiste?
As someone honest, and someone who helped people feel. I think regardless of how far I go, what matters most is staying true to myself – even as 'myself' evolves and changes.
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either.  But we really oughta do *something*.
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matview refreshes could be parallelizable tasks after that.
a good idea but it certainly merits consideration.


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NYC Land Use Bulletin- NYC Announces Proposal for Mandatory Inclusionary Housing
This week, the New York City Department of City Planning released an overview of its proposal for Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, a key component in Mayor de Blasio's Housing New York plan to create or preserve 200,000 affordable housing units. For the first time, New York City would mandate the inclusion of affordable housing in residential developments built within rezoned areas and pursuant to certain other discretionary actions adding value to residential projects.
The new mandatory affordable housing requirement is a significant departure from the current inclusionary housing program, which incentivizes affordable housing by offering floor area bonuses. This new mandatory program is intended to work together with City housing subsidies, other zoning changes and 421a reforms reached in Albany last month.
While many details remain to be released, we have insight on the most recent developments of the City's housing and zoning proposals and will update you on how these changes may affect your developments and projects.
Applicability of the Mandatory Inclusionary Program
Affordable Housing would be mandated in areas zoned and designated as Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Areas, either as part of City-initiated neighborhood plans or through private rezoning applications. City Planning's East New York rezoning, for example, would incorporate the Mandatory Inclusionary Program. Provision of affordable housing would be a condition of development in these areas.
It is critical to note:
In areas where the inclusionary housing program exists today, the current rules would continue to apply and the program would remain optional in these areas (Inclusionary Housing Designated Areas).
In other areas, development would continue to be allowed subject to current zoning rules. Mandatory affordable housing would not be a condition of development unless the area were to be rezoned and designated for mandatory inclusionary housing."
Amount and Levels of Affordability
Unlike the current inclusionary program, which requires that 20 percent of the residential floor area be affordable to households at 80 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI) in exchange for the floor area bonus, the new mandatory program would require two options:
25 percent of the total floor area would have to be affordable for households with incomes averaging 60 percent of AMI; or
30 percent of the floor area would have to be affordable for household with incomes averaging 80 percent of AMI
A third option may be applied by the City Council allowing for some level of moderate-income households as long as any other direct public subsidies are prohibited.
Affordable Housing under the program would be permanent
Both the existing incentive-based inclusionary housing program as well as the proposed Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program require that the affordable housing be permanent. Affordable housing built under the 421a rules must remain affordable for a term of 25 to 35 years, depending on the area.
Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, 421a, and Other Subsidy Programs
As described by the Department, the new Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Program is designed to work in conjunction with 421a and other HPD affordable housing programs. The Mandatory Program would allow developers to continue to utilize 421a benefits as allowed by State Legislation and in areas where deeper levels of affordability are sought, the Department states that HPD programs could be used. For insight on 421a, read our blog post NYC Land Use Bulletin: Major Changes Enacted to 421-a Tax Exemption Program
Further Details to be Provided
Capalino will continue to have insight on Mandatory Inclusionary Housing proposal as more details are released. For example, the proposal overview does not address such items as the allowed floor area (FAR) in each zoning district in mandatory inclusionary areas, how small developments would be treated under the program, whether certain size developments could pay into a fund as an alternative to providing the affordable housing directly, whether conversions would be subject to the mandatory requirement, the treatment of common entrances and mixing of affordable and market rate units, and how HPD and other subsidies could be applied in different market areas.
Public Review Targeted for September 2015
The Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program would be established through a citywide zoning text amendment that is expected to begin its formal seven-month public review in September 2015. The text amendment would be referred to community boards and borough presidents, and be considered by the City Planning Commission and then the City Council.
The Department is also expected to certify at the same time in September its first rezoning — East New York — to incorporate the new Mandatory Inclusionary Program. The Department has more than a dozen other areawide planning initiatives in the pipeline that are expected to also incorporate the mandatory affordable program, including Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, the Long Island City Core and West Flushing in Queens, East Harlem in Manhattan, and Bay Street in Staten Island. .
Finally, the Department is also expected to begin formal public review in early Fall 2015 for its citywide proposal, Zoning for Quality and Affordability, which is designed to promote better quality developments, senior and other affordable housing, and health care facilities. For our detailed analysis of Zoning for Quality and Affordability, read our blog post Land Use Bulletin 5.21.15 – Department of City Planning Releases Updates to Zoning Text Amendments
These three zoning proposals will greatly influence the shape of the city and development in the years ahead. Capalino will continue to monitor these proposals and update you on how these changes may affect your developments and projects.
For more details, visit Department of City Planning's website here: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/housing/mandatory-inclusionary-housing-summary.shtml
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While his four companies were failing to pay their taxes, a Christchurch man's Player's Club card shows he spent $93,415 at Christchurch Casino.
Anatalea Andrew Lafaitele, 53, of Northwood, has been ordered to undergo problem gambling treatment and counselling as part of a home detention sentence imposed in the Christchurch District Court.
In June, he pleaded guilty to four charges involving a long list of periods when the tax was not paid.
Inland Revenue told the court he had "multiple aliases" – Andrew Joe Vaotuua, Jean Paul Francois, and Taliaoa Andrew Vatua.
The failure of his companies left $191,344 in unpaid tax.
The companies were A1Treecorp Ltd, A1Heatcorp Ltd, and A1Telecorp Ltd which were placed into voluntary liquidation on January 29, 2016. A1Corp-Division was put into liquidation on the application of the commissioner on December 15, 2016.
Lafaitele was the sole director and shareholder of each company. The companies operated tree cutting and heat pump services in the Christchurch area.
The charges refer to PAYE deductions, Kiwisaver employee and employer deductions, child support deductions, student loan employer deductions, and superannuation contribution tax.
Judge Gary MacAskill noted that the Christchurch Casino records showed that Lafaitele had spent $93,415 at the casino between 2014 and 2016 according to the records on his Player's Club card.
The tax offending involved payments not being made over his four companies, for 66 tax periods. Records showed the money would have been available for payments in 25 of the tax periods. The offending continued for 20 months after a warning from IRD.
Judge MacAskill noted that Lafaitele was willing to pay reparation but had no means to pay it apart from deductions from his wages if he was able to get employment.
He ordered him to pay $10,000 over five years, from wage deductions. He also imposed nine months of home detention, and 200 hours of community work.


Israel is a tiny country, however you can find there up to 18 climate zones. The weather can change dramatically within 30 minutes car ride. One thing is common though - it is not snowing often here.
Today was one of the fairy days when almost everything stops in the Holy City.
Snow in Israel is a rear commodity - people admire it but they are not used to the consequences.
Almost all traffic stops when first snowflakes reach the ground. People stay at home and try to make as much photos as possible to impress their unlucky neighbors who live 30 minutes away and clearly don't have this happiness to see the snow.
The snow won't last long - 2 days at most, and it is suitable for sculpturing only for the first few hours, so the enthusiasts in need of making a snowman must hurry!
The photos are stunning, especially the first one! And I can imagine the happiness of dogs and kids. We love snow, but we are more used to it than you.


The Virginia General Assembly's 2016 session came to a close Friday with the passage of the state's $100 billion biennial budget.
The adopted spending plan comes with big news for Dulles Airport: Gov. Terry McAuliffe's proposed $50 million for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority over the next two years survived budget deliberations.
The $25 million-per-year supplement, McAuliffe said, will help Dulles Airport push down ticket prices as it struggles to compete with other major airports.
See other session highlights below.
The new budget includes about $900 million more in K-12 spending in the next two years than the previous biennial budget. Included in that figure is about a 2 percent raise for public school teachers.
Two bills that might have caused headaches for local schools were left in the House education committee. LeMunyon's House Bill 250 would have allowed students who have been assigned to different schools by attendance zone boundary changes to finish out their time at their current school. Another, Del. Kathleen Murphy's (D-34) HB 457, would have required every new elementary school to be built with room for full-day kindergarten, and required Loudoun's School Board to develop a plan to phase in full-day kindergarten in three years.
Del. Dave LaRock's (R-33) HB 259 would have prohibited the state Board of Education from replacing Standards of Learning with Common Core Standards without first getting approval from the General Assembly. The governor vetoed the bill, and the House of Delegates fell two votes short of overcoming the veto.
Two bills sponsored by Del. Thomas A. "Tag" Greason (R-32) to modify the Standards of Learning were successful. One, HB 831, requires that SOL exams include computer science and computational thinking, including computer coding. This comes while educators debate allowing coding as an alternative to foreign language requirements. Another, HB 381, requires the Board of Education to prescribe alternative SOL assessments for children with disabilities.
The General Assembly hit Loudoun hard this year with a bill that will limit agreements the county government makes with developers to keep up with growth.
The bill was penned by the Homebuilders Association of Virginia and passed by state legislators and signed by the governor over the objections of localities across the state. The Virginia Municipal League tried unsuccessfully to get a waiver process written into the bill.
Supervisors and staff from Loudoun spent time in Richmond trying to get exemptions written into the bill, and most of the Loudoun delegation of state delegates and senators voted against the bill outright or worked to get revisions written in.
Meanwhile, the county continues to discover ramifications of the bill, and several legislators have said they plan to continue working to weaken the bill's impact next year.
The Stone Bridge High School boys' cross country team, which won the Virginia High School League Group 5A state championship (Greason).
The Stone Bridge High School girls' volleyball team, which won the VHSL Group 5A volleyball championship, bringing home their first state title (Greason).
The Riverside High School girls' volleyball team, which won the VHSL Conference 28 championship in the team's first season [Greason and Del. J. Randall Minchew (R-10)].
The Briar Woods High School cheerleading team, which won the VHSL Group 5A state championship, its fifth state title (Greason).
Loudoun County Public Schools, which won a 2016 Programs That Work award from the Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition for the school system's Science Research Institutes for teachers [Greason, LeMunyon, Minchew, Murphy, Del. John J. Bell (D-87) and Del. Jennifer B. Boysko (D-86)].
Alexis Grandis, who created Hopeful Hats and donated 75 hats to Mobile Hope just before Christmas (Greason).
Mill Run Elementary School, which opened an outdoor classroom in cooperation with the Piedmont Environmental Council (Greason).
The Loudoun County Department of Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Management for its response to heavy snows in late January (Greason, Bell, Boysko, LaRock, Minchew and Murphy).
Sara Christie, an Ashburn elementary school teacher who won a 2015 Virginia Lottery Super Teacher award. Christie was one of eight educators across the state to win the award, which comes with a $2,000 cash prize and a $2,000 classroom credit from The Supply Room Companies (Greason).
The Riverside High School gymnastics team, which won the VHSL Conference 21 West championship (Greason).
The Broad Run High School wrestling team, which won the VHSL Group 5A Conference 14 championship. Two of its team members, Brandon Steel and Jonathan Birchmeier, also placed first in their weight classes at the VHSL Group 5A state championships (Greason).
The Briar Woods High School girls' swim team, which was undefeated in the regular season won the VHSL Conference 14 championship (Greason).
The Briar Woods High School boys' swim team, which had an undefeated regular season and won the VHSL Conference 14 championship (Greason).
The Patrick Henry College moot court team, which won the American Collegiate Moot Court Association national championship, its ninth national title. [LaRock, Minchew, Sen. Richard H. Black (R-13) and Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-27)].
The Loudoun Valley High School boys' cross country team, which won the VHSL Group 4A state championship (LaRock, Minchew, Black and Vogel).
The Loudoun Valley High School golf team, which won the VHSL Group 4A state golf championship (LaRock, Minchew, Black and Vogel).
Loudoun Valley High School student athlete Drew Hunter, who broke a 15-year one mile run record, was named the Gatorade National Boys' Cross Country Runner of the Year, won the Foot Locker Cross Country National Championship, and broke the Virginia record for a 5K run (LaRock, Boysko, Minchew, Black, Favola and Vogel).
Freedom High School, which will host its class prom as a charitable event, with all ticket sales and donations benefiting children living with pediatric cancer (Bell, Boysko, LaRock, Minchew, Favola and Wexton).
The General Assembly wrapped up its regular session work a day early. But the dust hasn't quite yet settled—legislators will meet again on April 20 to finish up and act on bills vetoed by the governor.


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Lodge-ing Objections... the lapdancing club saga in Oxford
Sunday, 4 November, 2012 - 16:25
The Lodge 'gentleman's club' was briefly closed down last month after OFN and local residents were successful in raising objections to their license renewal at a council hearing. But just a few days later the club re-opened after being granted a judicial review into the council's decision.
OFN's submission was comprehensive, and...
No More Page 3 - what men say
The organisers of the No More Page 3 campaign have made an interesting short film interviewing male Sun readers about what they think about page 3.
http://nomorepage3.wordpress.com/men-on-page-three/
In Oxford, Oxford Fawcett Society are co-ordinating action to support this campaign. Contact: oxford.fawcett@googlemail.com, or look for their Facebook page.
2013 Reclaim the Night planning - join in!
The next Reclaim the Night march will be on March 15th 2013, just after International Women's Day and the Oxford International Women's Festival, and it will follow a month-long campaign to raise awareness about how as a community we can make a safe space for women to speak out about violence.
We'd love for more women and men to get involved to help make this a powerful campaign, a proud march, and a great rally! Meetings are creative AND organised and there's a role for everyone. To find out more and get involved, email rtn.oxford@gmail.com...
Sexual abuse & rape support groups to restart
Tuesday, 23 October, 2012 - 18:23
A specialist support service for women in Oxfordshire who have experienced sexual violence is to restart in November thanks to a grant from the Big Lottery.
Run by Oxford based charity Oxford Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre (OSARCC), the group will be open to any woman over the age of 18 who has experienced sexual violence at any time in her life, whether as an adult or a child.
The groups will run weekly in twelve week cycles, facilitated by an experienced counsellor and group facilitator at a confidential location in central Oxford. Anyone interested in the service...
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We call on the Government to end cosmetic surgery advertising.
Right now there are few restrictions on where and how cosmetic surgery providers can advertise their procedures.
Yet cosmetic surgery adverts ruthlessly prey on women's body anxieties to generate profit. They recklessly trivialise surgical procedures that carry real health risks and fuel body...
We, the Oxford Sexual Abuse & Rape Crisis Centre, are currently looking for new volunteers to staff our telephone and email helplines. Full training will be provided and we look for women who are sympathetic to our principles and who are team players. We require volunteers to have a good level of English and they must be able to be involved for a minimum of 18 months. Training commences in April 2012 and runs over a...


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British Youth Sailing club scheme grows with addition of Welsh clubs
Cardiff Bay Yacht Club
Two Welsh sailing clubs have become the newest members of the British Youth Sailing (BYS) Recognised Club scheme aimed at promoting and developing the sport.
Cardiff Bay Yacht Club and Pembrokeshire Yacht Club have joined the initial list of fifteen Royal Yachting Association affiliated sailing clubs from around the country to be awarded Recognised Club status with more set to follow.
RYA Youth Racing Manager Mark Nicholls said: "We were excited to launch the new Recognised Club scheme to show our commitment to support junior and youth sailing across the nation.
"We have had a fantastic reaction to the scheme and that shows by adding Cardiff Bay and Pembrokeshire Yacht Clubs to the list so soon after launch."
Pembrokeshire Yacht Club
RYA Cymru Wales High Performance Manager Paul Simes added: "I've no doubt this is the first of many announcements you will hear about Welsh clubs becoming BYS Recognised.
"I am currently working with additional clubs and I encourage more to apply, not just in Wales. Even if you are unsure we can work through the application process with any club that thinks it meets the criteria."
Nick Sawyer, Cardiff Bay Yacht Club's professional sailor, said: "We're very happy to become a BYS Recognised Club and continue to provide sailors to the pathway. It's a great honour and we look forward to working with RYA Cymru Wales and the RYA to provide the champions of the future."
Julian Owens, Youth Co-ordinator for Pembrokeshire Yacht Club, added: "It's a measurement of the good and safe race training that we provide at PYC and a testament to the coaches and volunteers at the club that we've achieved the standard of BYS Recognised Club."
In order for a club to be considered for BYS Recognised Club status it must complete an application process which meet a series of exacting standards.
Clubs must run a regular race training programme within at least one of the BYS Recognised Classes – the Optimist, Topper, Laser 4.7, Cadet, RS Tera (Sport), RS Feva XL and BIC Techno windsurfer at junior level, and 29er, 420, Laser Radial, Laser Standard, Nacra 15 multihull and RS:X windsurfer at youth level.
Club sailors must compete at BYS Regional Junior Championships at least once every two years.
Training must be delivered by qualified RYA Coaches to RYA Recognised Training Centre standards or equivalent, with a Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy in place.
The Recognised Clubs scheme replaces the long-running Champion Clubs programme which came to an end at the start of 2018.
For information about how to become a British Youth Sailing Recognised Club, click here.
British Youth Sailing Recognised Clubs:
Norfolk Broads Yacht Club, Norwich, Norfolk
Felpham Sailing Club, West Sussex
Papercourt Sailing Club, Ripley, Surrey
Hillingdon Outdoor Activities Centre, Greater London
Worcestershire Youth Sailing Association, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Hollowell Sailing Club, Northampton
Windermere School, Cumbria
North Lincolnshire and Humberside Sailing Club, Lincolnshire
Ripon Sailing Club, North Yorkshire
Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club, County Durham
Royal Lymington Yacht Club, Hants
Warsash Sailing Club, Hants
Paignton Sailing Club, Devon
Poole Yacht Club, Dorset
Parkstone Yacht Club, Dorset
Cardiff Bay Yacht Club, Cardiff
Pembrokeshire Yacht Club, Milford Haven
Stay up to date with all the latest news and pictures from British Youth Sailing on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


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Geisler was wearing a black-and-white checkered flannel jacket and is described as 6-foot tall, 215 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes.
Glenwood Police Department is the lead investigating agency because he was last seen there, Hassell said.
The Glenwood Spring Police Department made the request Thursday and asked Pitkin County to help spearhead the coordinated search.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Glenwood Police at 970-384-6500 or the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office at 970-920-5310.


ND Afify and MB Sweatman, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 148, 204513 (2018).
We present a complete classical molecular dynamics (MD) study of the dielectric heating of liquid monoethanolamine (MEA) at microwave (MW) frequencies ranging from 1.0 to 10.0 GHz. The detailed dielectric properties predicted by a series of existing empirical force fields of MEA were carefully compared to experimental results. We find that all the evaluated force fields were unable to accurately predict experimental static dielectric constant, frequency-dependent dielectric spectra, and MW heating profiles of liquid MEA, although GROMOS-aa (all- atom GROningen molecular simulation) is the most accurate of those tested. With an isotropic scaling of partial atomic charges, the modified GROMOS-aa and OPLS-aa (all-atom optimized potentials for liquid simulations) force fields could accurately reproduce the experimental static dielectric constant and frequency-dependent dielectric spectra, but they failed to predict MW heating rates directly from MD heating simulations. Thus, the recently presented approach F. J. Salas et al., J. Chem. Theory Comput. 11, 683 (2015); A. P. de la Luz et al., ibid. 11, 2792 (2015) to tune existing force fields is not an ideal approach to produce force fields suitable for accurate dielectric heating studies. Published by AIP Publishing.


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Henrik Elmer
Comedian Profile
Currently based in Sweden, but performing regularly all over the world, Henrik makes frequent visits to the UK – and is always well-received.
Although rarely seen or heard on British broadcasting, Henrik is more than a little famous in his native Sweden, with appearances on numerous programmes that it would be fairly pointless to list here. He is currently working on a feature film, scheduled to be filmed in Sweden over the autumn of 2006, and is always in demand all over Scandinavia.
In August 2006 Henrik will take his first English-language solo show, "The Sweirdish Mind of Henrik Elmer", to the Edinburgh Fringe. The show was born after Henrik had a great idea for a TV show and was looking for an unusual way to present it to channel and comedy commissioners. It showcases his absurdism, his surreally logical humour and his gift for quality writing.
There are no upcoming performances for this comedian. Have a look at our calendar to see what's on at the Top Secret Comedy Club.


• Significant algae growth in or around nearby lakes or water bodies.
During a visual inspection, an inspector may note a problem such as a driveway, deck, patio, or even tennis court built over-top of the leaching bed area.
(1)Every sewage system shall be operated and maintained so that, (a) the sewage system or any part thereof shall not emit, discharge, or deposit sanitary sewage or effluent onto the surface of the ground, (b) sanitary sewage or effluent shall not emit, discharge, seep, leek or otherwise escape from the sewage system or part thereof other than from a place or part of the sewage system where the system is designed or intended to discharge the sanitary sewage or effluent, and (c) except as provided in sentence (2), sanitary, sewage or effluent shall not emit, discharge, seep, leak or otherwise escape from the sewage system or any part thereof into a piped water supply, well water supply, a watercourse, ground water or surface water.
Age of system: In general, the older the system is, the greater the likelihood that problems may exist. Any system over 10 years old would provide reasonable grounds for a visual inspection due to its age. Recently installed systems should not generally require immediate inspection. But Ontario Building Code has started Mandatory Septic Inspections every 5 years in some areas of Ontario.


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Seconal Days: Valley of the Dolls (1966)
Hailed as 'Dirty Book of the Month' by Time in 1966, this novel was an instant bestseller. But not in Ireland, where it was illegal to sell it between 1967 and 1979. What does this classic of women's fiction have to say about feminism, sex and medicine? With Dr Cara Rodway.
I think one of the reasons it was so successful is that it has a wonderful curtain twitching element: who are the real celebrities that it's based on? Cara Rodway
The first film has been somewhat resurrected in later years as a sort of camp classic. Cara Rodway
I think cultural phenomena like 'Sex in the City' owe a lot to this novel and the narrative it created around women, friendship and work. Aoife Bhreatnach
The image through the 70s and particularly in the 80s of the female bunk buster author - that definitely owes a lot to Jacqueline Susann and her success. Cara Rodway
Films adaptations of the novel:
Valley of the Dolls (1967, dir. Mark Robson)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970, dir. Russ Meyer)
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Title: Analysing the 'crime decline' : change and continuity in crime and harm
Author: Kotzé, Justin
Awarding Body: Teesside University
Current Institution: Teesside University
Over the past two decades crime rates appear to have undergone a statistical decline in a number of predominantly Western countries. Representing a discernible break from the not too distant past, this remarkable reversal has unsurprisingly generated significant scholarly interest and spawned a voluminous literature seeking to explore and explain this purported 'international crime decline'. However, the evidence upon which claims of this apparent reversal are based appears less than robust and raises a number of questions regarding the validity of the 'crime decline' discourse. Accordingly, this research aims to critically interrogate the dominant data source at the heart of this discourse and begins to offer an alternative view of the reality of crime and harm by drawing upon original empirical research. To this end the thesis examines the wider socio-economic and politico-cultural context within which this decline is said to have occurred, highlighting the changing nature and landscape of crime and its ever deepening recalcitrance to precise measurement. With a view towards reframing the 'crime decline' discourse a more accurate account of crime and harm is provided by drawing upon an ontologically grounded harm perspective. In doing so attention is drawn to a range of non-criminalised harms that do immeasurable damage to the wider social body yet remain absent from the optimistic claims of statistical reductions in crime. Moreover, in what marks a positive contribution towards the development of an empirically robust and theoretically persuasive account of the purported 'crime decline', a new empirically informed theoretical framework is advanced. Utilising this new framework this thesis may begin to explain why, despite its lack of aetiological affirmation, the 'crime decline' discourse has been so readily accepted. It is concluded that crime may not have simply 'declined' but mutated in ways that current indicators have been unable to capture. Ultimately, it is argued that rather than taking undue comfort in baseless claims of optimism we must participate in a gesture of refusal to enjoy the comforting myth of the 'crime decline'.
Supervisor: Hall, Stephen ; Antonopoulos, Georgios ; Shen, Anqi Sponsor: Not available


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# PLocal Storage

The Paginated Local Storage, "**plocal**" from now, is a disk based storage which works with data using page model.

plocal storage consists of several components each of those components use disk data through **[disk cache](plocal-storage-disk-cache.md)**.

Below is list of plocal storage components and short description of each of them:

1. **Clusters** are managed by 2 kinds of files:
 - **.pcl** files contain the cluster data
 - **.cpm** files contain the mapping between record's cluster position and real physical position
2. **Write Ahead (operation) Log ([WAL](Write-Ahead-Log.md))** are managed by 2 kinds of files:
 - **.wal** to store the log content
 - **.wmr** contains timing about synchronization operations between storage cache and disk system
3. **SBTree Index**, it uses files with extensions **.sbt**.
4. **Hash Index**, it uses files with extensions **.hit**, **.him** and **.hib**.
5. **Index Containers** to store values of single entries of not unique index (Index RID Set). It uses files with extension **.irs**.
6. **File mapping**, maps between file names and file ids (used internally). It's a single file with name: **name_id_map.cm**.

## File System
Since PLOCAL is disk-based, all pages are flushed to physical files. You can specify any mounted partitions on your machine, backed by Disks, SSD, Flash Disks or DRAM.

## Cluster

**Cluster** is logical piece of disk space where storage stores records data. Each cluster is split in pages. **Page** is a single atomic unit, which is used by cluster.

Each page contains system information and records data. System information includes "magic number" and a crc32 check sum of the page content. This information is used to check storage integrity after a DB crash. To start an integrity check run command "check database" from console.

Each cluster has 2 sub components:
- data file, with extension .pcl
- mapping between physical position of record in the data file and cluster position, with extension .cpm

### File System
To speed up access to the most requested clusters it's recommended to use the cluster files to a SSD or any faster support than disk. To do that, move the files to the mounted partitions and create symbolic links to them on original path. OrientDB will follow symbolic links and will open cluster files everywhere are reachable.

### Cluster pointers
The mapping between data file and physical position is managed with a list. Each entry in this list is a fixed size element, which is the pointer to the physical position of the record in the data file.

Because the data file is paginated, this pointer will consist of 2 items: a page index (long value) and the position of the record inside the page (int value). Each record pointer consumes 12 bytes.

### Creation of new records in cluster
When a new record is inserted, a pointer is added to the list. The index of this pointer is the cluster position. The list is an append only data structure, so if you add a new record its cluster position will be unique and will not be reused.

### Deletion of records in cluster
When you delete a record, the page index and record position are set to -1. So the record pointer is transformed into a "tombstone". You can think of a record id like a **uuid**.. It is unique and never reused.

Usually when you delete records you lose very small amount of disk space. This can be mitigated with a periodic "offline compaction", by performing a database export/import. During this process, cluster positions will be changed (tombstones will be ignored during export) and the lost space will be recovered. So during the import process, the cluster positions can change.

#### Migration of RID
The OrientDB import tool uses a manual hash index (by default the name is '___exportImportRIDMap') to map the old record ids to new record ids.

## Write Ahead (operation) Log (WAL)

The [Write Ahead Log](Write-Ahead-Log.md) (or WAL) is used to restore storage data after a non-soft shutdown:
- Hard kill of the OrientDB process
- Crash/Failure of the Java Virtual Machine that runs OrientDB
- Crash/Failure of the Operating System that is hosting OrientDB

All the operations on **plocal** components are logged in WAL before they are performed. WAL is an append only data structure. You can think of it as a list of records which contain information about operations performed on storage components.

### WAL flush
WAL content is flushed to the disk on these events:
- every 1 second in background thread (flush interval can be changed in **storage.wal.commitTimeout** configuration property)
- synchronously if the amount of RAM used by WAL exceeds 65Mb (can be changed in **storage.wal.cacheSize** configuration property).

As result if OrientDB crashes, all data changes done during <=1 second interval before crash will be lost. This is a trade off between performance and durability.

### Put the WAL on a separate disk
It's strongly recommended that WAL records are stored on a different disk than the disk used to store the DB content. In this way data I/O operations will not be interrupted by WAL I/O operations. This can be done by setting the **storage.wal.path** property to the folder where storage WAL files will be placed.

### How Indexes use WAL?
Indexes can work with WAL in 2 modes:
- **ROLLBACK_ONLY** (default mode) and
- **FULL**

In ROLLBACK_ONLY mode only the data needed to rollback transactions is stored. This means that WAL records can not be used to restore index content after a crash. In the case of a crash, the indexes will be rebuilt automatically.

In FULL mode, indexes can be restored after DB crash without a rebuild. You can change index durability mode by setting the property **index.txMode**.

You can find more details about WAL **[here](Write-Ahead-Log.md)**.

## File types
PLocal stores data on the file system using different files, using the following extensions:

- **.cpm**, contains the mapping between real physical positions and cluster positions. If you delete a record, the tombstone is placed here. Each tombstone consumes about 12 bytes.
- **.pcl**, data file
- **.sbt**, is index file
- **.wal** and **.wmr**, are Journal Write Ahead (operation) Log files
- **.cm**, is the mapping between file id and real file name (used internally)
- **.irs**, is the RID set file for non-unique indexes

## How it works (Internal)
Paginated storage is a 2-level disk cache that works together with the write ahead log.

Every file is spit into pages, and each file operation is atomic at a page level. The 2-level disk cache allows:

1. Cache frequently accessed pages in memory.
2. Automatically separate pages which are rarely accessed from frequently accessed and rid off the first from cache memory.
3. Minimize amount of disk head seeks during data writes.
4. In case of low or middle write data load allows to mitigate pauses are needed to write data to the disk by flushing all changed or newly added pages to the disk in background thread.
5. Works together with WAL to make any set changes on single page look like atomic operation.

2-level cache itself consist of a **Read Cache** (implementation is based on 2Q cache algorithm) and a **Write cache* (implementation is based on WOW cache algorithm).

Typical set of operations are needed to work with any file looks like following:

1. Open file using OReadWriteDiskCache#openFile operation and get id of open file. If the file does not exist it will be automatically created. The id of file is stored in a special meta data file and will always belong to the given file till it will be deleted.
2. Allocate new page OReadWriteDiskCache#allocateNewPage or load existing one ORreadWriteDiskCache#load into off-heap memory.
3. Retrieve pointer to the allocated area of off-heap memory OCacheEntry#getCachePointer().
4. If you plan to change page data acquire a write lock, or a read lock if you read data and your single file page is shared across several data structures. Write lock must be acquired whether a single page is used between several data structures or not. The write lock is needed to prevent flushing inconsistent pages to the disk by the "data flush" thread of the write cache. OCachePointer#acquireExclusiveLock.
5. Update/read data in off heap memory.
6. Release write lock if needed. OCachePointer#releaseExclusiveLock.
7. Mark page as dirty if you changed page data. It will allow write cache to flush pages which are really changed OCacheEntry#markDirty.
8. Push record back to the disk cache: indicate to the cache that you will not use this page any more so it can be safely evicted from the memory to make room to other pages OReadWriteDiskCache#release.

### So what is going on underneath when we load and release pages?

When we load page the Read Cache looks it in one of its two LRU lists. One list is for data that was accessed several times and then not accessed for very long period of time. It consumes 25% of memory. The second is for data that is accessed frequently for a long period of time. It consumes 75% of memory.

If the page is not in either LRU queue, the Read Cache asks the Write Cache to load page from the disk.

If we are lucky and the page is queued to flush but is still in the Write Queue of Write Cache it will be retrieved from there. Otherwise, the Write Cache will load the page from disk.

When data will be read from file by Write Cache, it will be put in LRU queue which contains "short living" pages. Eventually, if this pages will be accessed frequently during long time interval, loaded page will be moved to the LRU of "long living" pages.

When we release a page and the page is marked as dirty, it is put into the Write Cache which adds it to the Write Queue. The Write Queue can be considered as ring buffer where all the pages are sorted by their position on the disk. This trick allows to minimize disk head movements during pages flush. What is more interesting is that pages are always flushed in the background in the "background flush" thread. This approach allows to mitigate I/O bottleneck if we have enough RAM to work in memory only and flush data in background.

So it was about how disk cache works. But how we achieve durability of changes on page level and what is more interesting on the level when we work with complex data structures like Trees or Hash Maps (these data structures are used in indexes).

If we look back on set of operations which we perform to manipulate file data you see that step 5 does not contains any references to OrientDB API. That is because there are two ways to work with off heap pages: durable and not durable.

The simple (not durable way) is to work with methods of direct memory pointer com.orientechnologies.common.directmemory.ODirectMemoryPointer(setLong/getLong, setInt/getInt and so on).
If you would like to make all changes in your data structures durable you should not work with direct memory pointer but should create a component that will present part of your data structure by extending com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.impl.local.paginated.ODurablePage class. This class has similar methods for manipulation of data in off heap pages, but it also tracks all changes made to the page. It can return the diff between the old/new states of page using the com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.impl.local.paginated.ODurablePage#getPageChanges method. Also this class allows to apply given diff to the old/new snapshot of given pages to repeat/revert (restoreChanges()/revertChanges()) changes are done for this page.

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its been hell of a run with this LTC going up and down lately.
for a second i was thinking that the bulls where going to win this fight but that never happened.
The bear was waiting for them around 132-133 usd to pimp slap them.
we can see that LTC has formed a ascending triangle and we have broken to the downside.
the 20 EMA fail as support and we are testing the 50 EMA now.
the MACD crushed the 0 point where lately the bears has been stepping in,it went long but has formed a nasty bear crossover.
not much to say except its going lower and lower.
the price was going higher but the macd and rsi was losing there momentum.
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