Shock? Horror? No, not really. A government department is misleading people, including an official committee and doctors.
No surprise there, as far as I am concerned, the UK government's Department for Work and Pensions has a hit and miss attitude to honesty. It may not 'lie' but is certainly happy to 'mislead'.
Again and again, the DWP has defended criticism of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) assessment systems. That's fine, it is entitled to do that, as long as it does so truthfully and honestly. But it is misleading to claim that more than 90% of claimants are happy with their experience.
This claim even deceived the House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee. While the committee criticised PIP assessments, its members were taken in by the DWP's figures. The committee said it accepted that 'The PIP and ESA assessment processes function satisfactorily for the majority of claimants'.
This way of gathering customer feedback is flawed. Those asked for their opinion know that it is not given anonymously. Additionally, they could feel that a critical response may affect assessments of their claims.
While a question is asked their 'overall experience', there are no questions about the accuracy of the assessment report or whether any additional evidence was considered. I find that strange, if not downright peculiar, because those are the areas about which most claimants' criticisms are levelled.
Not content with misleading a parliamentary committee, the DWP is misleading general practitioners (GPs) into not issuing sick notes to ESA claimants appealing a decision.
Claimants who challenge a fit for work decision cannot claim ESA during the mandatory reconsideration stage. They may be able to claim JSA, but many claimants don't for fear of sanctions.
However, if the mandatory reconsideration is unsuccessful, claimants can then lodge an appeal and reclaim ESA whilst waiting for their case to be heard.
But the DWP has changed the letters that it sends out to GPs when a claimant is found fit for work. The letters tell the GP not to issue any more sick notes and no longer say they can do so if the claimant appeals the decision.
The result, as legal advice charity Zacchaeus 2000 Trust discovered, is claimants going hungry because they have no money for food. Claimants may also have to change to a new GP practice to try to find a doctor who will issue them with a sick note.
The DWP has offered no explanation whatsoever for the change in the wording of the letter, except that it was altered as a result of a 'ministerial requirement'.
I must say, I agree. How can any government department set out to deliberately mislead and ultimately deceive? It is disgusting and needs to stop now.
This is wonderful news …. or is it? I suppose it depends on your view of the honesty of the government and its department responsible for disability benefits.
DWP also says it will make the PIP claim form more user-friendly. Not before time, if it happens.
Neither move is being made of the DWP's own volition but because the agency has been forced onto the back foot. This followed an amazing response by claimants who answered a call for evidence by the parliamentary Work and Pensions committee.
My issue is that there is a vast difference between "intends" to record and actual action. And history shows that the DWP has made previous promises to government committees, only to break them a few months later.
One such promise was to try out issuing a warning before a first sanction is made. But the trial fell by the wayside because, it was claimed, there was not enough parliamentary time to pass new laws. A lame excuse, if ever I heard one.
What is concerning me about the DWP's intention to record, is that it has given no indication of when it plans to make it happen. What's more, we don't know whether such recordings of face-to-face assessments will be restricted to official centres, or whether home visits will also be on record.
Given that intentions are not actions and no timetable has been announced, you will probably forgive my cynicism. Should parliament accept the DLA's word? I think not!
This government and its DWP need to be held to account. Do I trust them? No, not all – but I'd be absolutely delighted to be proved wrong. It's just that I'm not holding my breath.
It is almost unbelievable, but it seems to be true. The people running the government department responsible for disability welfare benefits appear to have confirmed that they are either stupid, irresponsible, incapable, or all three.
admits that it will turn them down again and that its decision will be based on criteria that (have) already been declared unlawful.
The DWP have also admitted that they are still making unlawful decisions on new claims and refusing PIP mobility to people who are entitled to it.
Their excuse is that they have not yet had the time to update guidance to health professionals and decision makers in relation to PIP mobility and psychological distress.
This follows the DWP's decision in January to drop their appeal against (the court ruling), in which a judge held that changes to PIP mobility law made by the DWP were unlawful.
Updated guidance is expected to be available in the summer.
The DWP will then begin going through 1.6 million PIP claims, looking for all the wrong decisions they have made, and are still making, and put them right . . . sometimes we are genuinely just lost for words.
It's too soon to say how widespread the issue is.
But there are a worrying number of reports, from Benefits and Work members and elsewhere, of claimants losing their benefits because a PIP assessor claims they were not at home when the assessor called.
In each case the assessor is able to describe the appearance of the house, such as the colour of doors and windowsills, and this is taken as sufficient evidence that the assessor called.
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These may be isolated incidents based on genuine misunderstandings and mix-ups about times or addresses. Or they may be evidence of something more disturbing: assessors under time pressure doing a drive-by of a claimant's home and then claiming to have called.
We don't, as yet, know the accuracy of this 'drive-by' allegation but it would come as no surprise to me if it is proved to true.


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Q: Have any Marvel/DC superheroes died of natural causes? Reviewing an answer on another question, someone posited that Professor X is a mutant, and thus not subject to normal rules of mortality. This isn't really true, but it brought up an interesting idea, and after wracking my brain, I can't come up with a single example.
Within the Marvel or DC universes, has any superhero died of natural causes (old age, natural disease, etc)?
For purposes of this question, let's limit this to primary continuities/universes (The Watchmen was published by DC, but don't exist within the main DC universe). Being killed in a battle, or from injuries sustained in a battle would also not count.

A: There are several super-powered characters from both DC and Marvel on Wikipedia's List of deceased American comic book characters who died of mundane causes. (Credit to Sean Duggan for finding that list.)
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*Amazing-Man died of cancer.

*Black Canary died of cancer. (This was after exposure to radiation during a battle, so it's not really a natural death. It was also retconned a few years later.)

*Enemy Ace died of natural causes.

*The Question died of lung cancer.

Marvel

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*Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) died of cancer from toxic nerve gases (so not really a natural death).

*Dennis Sykes died of cancer (as a direct result of the chemicals that gave him superpowers, but he had one month to live).

*Jeffrey Mace (the Patriot, and once Captain America) died of cancer.

*Trick Shot died of cancer.

*Two-Gun Kid died of natural causes.

*Union Jack (Brian Falsworth) died in an automobile accident.

*Union Jack (James Montgomery Falsworth) died of heart attack.

*Whizzer died of a heart attack (but this was during a battle, so not really a natural death).

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Album of the Year 2018 – Number 2
by manofmuchmetalPosted on December 26, 2018
Welcome to the penultimate chapter of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. I had hoped to complete the countdown ahead of Christmas day but the fates conspired to ensure that it wasn't to be. But never mind, it just means that now the turkey has been consumed, the presents opened and the family feuds reignited, you have a reason to be cheerful today. Again, I jest, but based on the way in which this series has been received up until now, there may be a small grain of truth nestled somewhere within my jocular words.
I am so pleased that this series has been the vehicle by which some of you have discovered records or bands that, until now, had passed you by. I'm also glad that, by and large, my choices have met with general approval. It means that I can't be that wide of the mark with my personal taste in music.
As always, if you've missed any of my previous posts, you can head down to the bottom of this post to check out the links for numbers 30-5.
And now for the silver medal of 2018:
Number 2:
'Long Night's Journey Into Day'
Score of Much Metal: 9.75
When I began the year, I had not inclination that the new Redemption album would feature quite so highly in my annual end-of-year list. I knew that, barring a major catastrophe, it would likely feature somewhere within my top 30 because I've always been a big fan of the band. But number two? If I'm honest, no. And yet here we are.
I'd be lying if I said it had nothing to do with the vocals. I'm a huge fan and admirer of Ray Alder's voice and the Fates Warning singer has become synonymous with the output of Redemption over the years. I was definitely sad to see him depart the fold. However, in steps Tom Englund as replacement. You'd have to be living under a rock for the last 20 years to not know that I consider Mr Englund as the greatest vocalist within all of metal. It's a personal thing of course but to me, the guy is the very best that there is. No question. So when I heard the surprising news that he was the new Redemption vocalist, I became insanely excited.
The great news is that overall, the final product is every bit as inspired as the decision to hire Tom Englund. For a start-off, this has to be the best-produced Redemption album of them all. Until this point, it was 'Snowfall on Judgement Day' that held that accolade, but 'Long Night's Journey Into Day' trumps it as far as I'm concerned.
However, the production is not the only way in which 'Long Night's Journey Into Day' trumps 'Snowfall…' because I'd strongly argue that the material on this new disc is even better than my previous favourite Redemption record. There's a spark within the music that hasn't quite been there for a while, that certain intangible ingredient or two that means that my enjoyment and love for this album is heightened just that little bit more. That's down to the band as a whole, but principle songwriter, guitarist and founder Nick van Dyk has to take a lot of the credit.
Put simply, this all means that on 'Long Night's Journey Into Day', Redemption are once again firing on all cylinders. And for someone that loves heavy metal laced with atmosphere, melody, high energy and deeply honest lyrics, a fully-firing Redemption is just too good to ignore. Over the intervening months, 'Long Night's Journey Into Day' has been a constant companion, getting steadily better and more impactful as time has gone on. Eventually, this record became a no-brainer for my top three and deservedly so.
To quote my review of 24 July 2018:
"As much as I have enjoyed each and every release from Redemption since day one, I have to say that I always gravitate towards 'Snowfall On Judgement Day' when pressed to choose a favourite. And so it is really great to report that stylistically, despite all the changes, 'Long Night's Journey Into Day' most closely resembles their incredible 2009 release. This is a less thrashy and certainly more varied proposition than 'Art of Loss', plus the melodic sensibilities have returned front and centre, meaning that very quickly, I have become hooked on this album. It is still a proper heavy metal album with the swirling and eddying crunch from Nick van Dyk's guitars never far away, not to forget of course the punchy and uncompromising rhythm section of bassist Sean Andrews and drummer Chris Quirarte. But every track has a hook that gets stronger the more I listen, pulling me further under the Redemption spell with every spin.
The fun continues with 'The Echo Chamber'. It's is a stunning track, one of my favourites by Redemption, probably ever. But the that's an accusation I can level at a few songs on this new album. I just love the variety within this particular track, the textures and the flamboyant nature of the solos which include a glorious extended synth solo that makes me smile broadly. The huge hook-laden chorus allows Englund's superb voice to soar over a rich sonic tapestry with real panache and loads of human feeling.
Overall, after binging on this album for the last week or two, it is difficult to come to any conclusion other than this might be one of the best recordings of Redemption's career. It's too early to suggest that it is the best, but in truth, it offers a great deal of everything that I love about this band. Energetic and challenging riffs, bruising and complex rhythms, memorable melodies, masterful vocals and a depth to the atmospheres and lyrics that make it almost impossible not to engage with the material and commit to it wholeheartedly. 'Long Night's Journey Into Day' is the full package and it is devastatingly good as a result. Full-on progressive metal doesn't get much better than this.
If you missed the previous posts in my 2018 list, click here:
Album of the Year 2018 – Number 10
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Album of the Year 2018 – EPs and Compilations
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Edna Pontellier, an aristocrat from late nineteenth-century New Orleans, goes on vacation with her husband and children. There she meets and falls in love with Robert Lebrun. She also learns to swim, returns to her painting, and listens to the passionate piano playing of eccentric Mademoiselle Reisz. For the first time, Edna feels alive.
When she returns to New Orleans, she is unable to fit herself back into her social role. She defies her husband and ignores her friends. When her husband leaves town, she sets up her own house with money she has earned from her increasingly adept painting. She has an affair with the town seducer.
When Robert returns from a trip abroad, they passionately embrace. But Robert can not bear the stigma of adultery. He leaves her again. Edna returns to the vacation site and drowns herself.


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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian: Building a business mostly isn't fun
Smart points from the ultimate geek-turned-entrepreneur
By Peter Page | Jul 30, 2016
Whatever other goals you might have for your startup, don't put having fun, being loved or even understood on that list, warned Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in a paradoxically enjoyable, loving and easily understood 45-minute talk at the Entrepreneur360 Conference in New York.
Ohanian, an investor in and advisor to roughly 100 tech startups, spent no time discussing the firing of Ellen Pao in July following a revolt by Reddit users over Pao's decision to fire a beloved executive. Instead of placing blame, he took responsibility for the revolt that darkened large sections of the site, which he attributed to years of "failing to update our tools.''
"That was not a fun time for us,'' he said.
Reddit seems no worse for the travail, though. The site swarms with 205 million visitors per month, which Ohanian pointed out (complete with a projected map of South America) is more people than those living in Brazil. The country is the fifth largest in the world, he noted without elaboration.
At some point in Ohanian's youth, the self-labeled nerd/dork – who actually seems he could hold his own at the coolest of cocktail parties – had his sights set on becoming an immigration attorney. He abandoned that unpleasant dream halfway through an LSAT examination when he was struck with a revelation: "Don't spend years and tens of thousands of dollars to do what you don't want to do.''
That was just one of several nuggets of advice he offered aspiring entrepreneurs.
Pivot is the polite term for failure.
Ohanian instead spent years, but less money than law school would have set him back, nerding it up in entrepreneurial fashion beginning spring break of his senior year in college in 2003. He and lifelong buddy, to say nothing of eventual Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman, skipped the traditional Cancun debauchery in favor of an opportunity to pitch Y Combinator on a way-ahead-of-its-time smartphone approach to ordering take-out food. They called it My Mobile Menu, to be known as MMM as in "mmm, mmm good."
That idea was unceremoniously rejected, which turned out best for everybody since Y Combinator did support Huffman and Ohanian's next idea, now known as Reddit.
"It really sucked when MMM was rejected by Y Combinator,'' said the self-deprecating Ohanian, who neglected to note that he is now a part-time partner in Y Combinator. "Now they call it a pivot, but in my day we called it failure.''
Everything you've heard about failure is true.
Entrepreneurs are forever exhorting each other to embrace failure. Ohanian is no exception, except he doesn't see failure as some thrilling adventure but more an unavoidable rite of passage. "When it comes to entrepreneurship, and life, there is a lot of failure,'' he said. "Sucking is the first step to being sorta good at something. It's a challenge, taking that ego hit, but you have to know when to quit.''
MMM taught him that quitting one thing is how you begin another. Rather than figuring a way people can harness technology to order take-out food they are likely better off not eating, Ohanian figured computers and the Internet could be a handy means of getting news every day. He and Huffman began designing a site they would have named 'S News, as in "it's news''. Mercifully, the domain name was owned and they couldn't afford to buy it, so they settled for Reddit.
Don't play house.
Reddit's logo brings to mind what a third grader might produce in 30 seconds if offered an ice cream cone for a drawing of a happy robot. It is nonetheless recognized by 60 percent of Americans, according to the company's market research. That remarkable familiarity was achieved on a total advertising spend of US$500, mostly for flyers Ohanian plastered around Boston and New York when the company launched.
Polishing your logo and designing raised lettering for business cards, engrossing though they may be, are not to be mistaken for running your business.
"Don't play house,'' Ohanian said. "The unsexy things are what build a business. It's all the things that aren't fun. It's just a grind. It's talking to your customers and tweaking your product.''
People only have to love and understand your product, not you.
Ohanian took an understated pleasure in projecting two news snippets from years past, one in which Tech Crunch all but declared Reddit dead and surpassed by it's now mostly-forgotten rival, news aggregator Digg, and a later news item noting Digg's sale for a trifling US$500,000.
"It's hard not to take this personally,'' he said of the cruel words of peers. "But we have a lot of work to do to please our actual customers.''
Reddit recently launched Upvoted.com, which Ohanian described as "the stories behind the stories people are talking about.'' He exhibited a recent Upvoted feature with an enormous arrow pointing to the notation beneath it "discuss on Reddit."
"You all see that?'' he asked rhetorically, before showing a headline from Wired stating "No Comments Allowed Reddit's New News Site 'Upvoted'."Entrepreneurs need to accept that not everybody will understand your product but that doesn't matter so long as your customers do.
"No one will care as much as you do,'' Ohanian said. "Give a damn. Give lots of damns. This is what separates the world-changing businesses from the rest.''
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Monitoring heterogeneous virtualized environment in Foglight is more than a check box, it includes building the domain expertise for each one of the supported areas. That includes auto discovery of the components in the topology, rules, and thresholds that can provide immediate value out of the box.
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Advanced functions such as Change Analyzer and Capacity Modeling.
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Monitoring highly virtualized applications such as Active Directory and Exchange along with monitoring the underlying hypervisor will allow the administrators to identify root cause whether it's in the hypervisor layer or at the application level.
Foglight is the tool that can help standardize monitoring across various silos of an organization and provide the single pane of glass that vendor specific products can never delivered.


Seeing as it is Memorial Day Weekend, this post seems fitting. The fifth day of the trip to France was all about WWII. We were able to visit most of the beaches stormed by Allied forces. Throughout the entire day I thought about my grandfather who participated in D-Day on June 6, 1944. The morning was cast in a gray fog which seemed ominous and appropriate.
As we approach the cliff walls, I started noticing large craters in the earth, and the realization soon came over me that they were create by bombs seventy years ago. The entire ground floor was covered in them. The lingering shrapnel, bunkers and barbed wire added to the eerie, ominousness of this hallowed ground.
We were able to go inside some of the German bunker that were not destroyed in the war.
We then drove down the coast a little and we were able to walk on Omaha Beach. This was a sacred moment for me because this is the very beach upon which my grandfather so bravely fought. I've always been proud to be able to say he was a part of D-Day on Omaha Beach. Going there was a tribute to my grandfather in my heart.
We continued to drive down the coast visiting other cliff sides, beaches and bunkers. The picture below of the beautiful field of yellow flowers was taken atop of a German bunker.
We also visited a WWII museum and and cemetery were thousands of American soldiers were laid to rest. It was an emotionally darning day, but highly interesting and humbling.


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Two police officers who returned fire on a rooftop shooter who had ambushed them were justified, according to county prosecutors after conducting a review.
Two Prince William County officers, identified as Evan Jurgenson, 25, and John Yenchak, 22, responded to a call from a house in Woodbridge, VA in the evening hours of November 4th when, according to police, Brett Anthony Monteith, 29, began firing on the two officers from the home's rooftop.
On Thursday, police revealed details about one of the officers being struck in the back, but the officer's ballistic vest was able to absorb the shot and he suffered no injuries.
During the shootout, Jurgenson and Yenchak both fired back and Monteith was hit in his upper body and with serious injuries he was transported to a local hospital. After being treated he was released and charged by law enforcement with a single count of attempted murder of a police officer (a capital offence) and a single count of using a firearm while committing a felony.
A December 12th preliminary hearing has been set for Monteith, at which time he is due to appear in court.
In a statement issued Thursday by Paul Ebert, Prince William Co. Commonwealth's Attorney, "The evidence shows that the officers responding to the call exhibited great restraint. They only used deadly forced when it became necessary." His office did an extensive review of the investigation into the shootout, which had been carried out by detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division of the department.
Barry Barnard, Police Chief of Prince William County, who had released photos of the responding officers' shot up police cruiser, praised their bravery and how they handled the situation.
"I have every confidence that our officers did their job with the utmost courage while facing an unprovoked and very dangerous attack by a gun-toting assailant," he said. "They performed heroically that evening and we are lucky that our officers or anyone else in the neighbourhood were not harmed during this incident."
The police were called to the house in Woodbridge at around 5:45 p.m. when Monteith's grandfather dialed 911 for help dealing with his grandson who was clutching a gun and bleeding. The investigation later revealed that he had shot himself prior to his grandfather dialing 911. Monteith had already climbed onto the roof by the time the two officers arrived and was ready to ambush them with an "immediate barrage of gunfire." This was what they faced according to authorities.
The Office of Professional Standards still has not completed their administrative review of the shooting. Another "use-of-deadly-force" review will perform the final review. Both reviews are routine when a shooting occurs.
Both Jurgenson and Yenchak are fairly new to the department. Jurgenson started the job 2½ years ago and Yenchak, just 1½ years ago.
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Hi everyone, my name is Rommy. Major thanks to Gina for allowing me to guest blog here today. I'm a fan of how she combines delicately sweet arts and crafts with a strong side of sass. She has an amazing eye for taking random bits, putting them together with her own spin on them to create clever, cute things.
When writing stories I also like to take some tried and true ideas to create something completely new. I've gathered seven such short stories in my new collection, The Trouble with Wanting and Other Not-Quite Faery Tales. One of these stories, "Just Perfect", takes the trope of the kindly, old fairy godmother and stands it on its head. These fairy godmothers might mean well, but that doesn't stop them from being fiercely competitive mistresses of snark.
I wasn't born in silk ruffles.
especially when you didn't want me to.
to create my own rebirth stone.
to keep it from me.
Have you ever created something fabulous and new from left over bits? Tell me about it for a chance to win the e-book. The contest closes on November 25th midnight EST. The winner will be selected by me and announced on the 26th back on my blog. Gina will also add the name of the winner to this post. Good luck!
The Trouble with Wanting and Other Not-Quite Faerie Tales is available for purchase on Amazon (AmazonUK) and Barnes & Noble.
Hope you enjoyed Rommy's post :D She is an awesome story teller and well worth a read.
Rommy, I should probably start by saying that this is the perfect place to speak of "Just Perfect". Goodness gracious, the main characters even remind me of Gina. I mean, look at her *glances above* she's even wearing a tiara!
Have I ever!? I have more than one example: I enjoy making blackout poetry of books others throw out, I make parchment out of used (and cleaned *cough*) coffee filters, and I upcycle words.
I really need to get back to doing blackout pieces. They're a fun challenge.
Gina, you look scandalously glorious!
I love your poem Rommy! And, I love your picture Gina!
I think in my gardening, I am always creating something new, from left over bits! LOL! I let the animals plant and see what comes up in the Spring. From then, I see what I'm going to do! LOL!
Big Hugs Rommy! Big Hugs Gina!
Ha! I hadn't thought of gardening that way before but it makes complete sense. Love it!
Sooo.... my response to: "Have you ever created something fabulous and new from left over bits?"
I have! I've taken bits and bobs and scraps of leftover paintings and doodles and papers misused and abused and I've turned them into a new book that i've sewn up and prepared for new art work to bloom.


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Q: Clean way of passing CompositionLocal value to viewmodel in Jetpack Compose I have to load reviews based on storeURL and the SKUs of the products. For SKUs I make a network call and get the products in a MutableFlow. The storeURL is in a compositionLocal. Now, how do I pass this storeURL from composition local to the viewModel.
This is the function for loading reviews in viewModel
    fun loadReviews(products: List<Storefront.Product>?, storeUrl: String) {
        viewModelScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) {
            when (val result = getReviews(products, storeUrl)) {
                is Resource.Loading -> Unit

                is Resource.Success -> {
                    val data = result.data
                    data.whatIfNotNull {
                        reviews.value = it
                    }
                }

                is Resource.Error -> Unit
            }
        }
    }

This is how I want to do it in the init block
    init {
        viewModelScope.launch {
            productsList.collectLatest { products ->
                loadReviews(products, [HOW TO GET STORE URL FROM COMPOSITION LOCAL HERE])
            }
        }
    }

A: There are multiple ways. For starters you can avoid launching the productsList inside the init and instead have a function that launches it which gets called from a LaunchedEffect.
@Composable fun ProductScreen(viewModel: ProductViewModel) {
    val compositionStuff = Whatever.current
    LaunchedEffect(Unit) { viewModel.loadProducts(compositionStuff) }
}

Alternatively you can include a SavedStateHandle as parameter in your ViewModel and when instantiating the ViewModel (using Hilt) make sure it's properly scoped so navigation parameters are passed to it.
composable("/products/{storeUrl}") {
  val vm = hiltViewModel<ProductViewModel>(it)
  ProductScreen(vm)
}

@HiltViewModel
class ProductViewModel @Inject constructor(
  savedStateHandle: SavedStateHandle,
) : ViewModel () {
    private val storeUrl: String = savedStateHandle["storeUrl"]!!
    init { loadProducts(products, storeUrl) }
}


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Options Traders Bet on Bigger Losses for Oversold Tilray Stock
There's huge open interest at TLRY's March 20 put
Some options traders are betting on a huge TLRY decline
Weed stock Tilray Inc (NASDAQ:TLRY) has been relatively quiet recently, at least compared to the noise it created back in September when it traded in a 150-point range in a single session, eventually topping out at an even $300. Since then, the shares have been sliding lower, yesterday notching their lowest close since August. It's been over two weeks since TLRY stock settled atop its 10-day moving average, and it's down again today following the company's latest cannabis investment.
At last check, the equity was down 3.2% at $73.13, after the company announced it's investing in Quebec's ROSE Lifescience. Technically, TLRY could be due for a bounce, since its 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) was teetering right on the edge of oversold territory coming into today, checking in at 30.
Options traders have remained committed to their call-buying ways in the meantime. More specifically, roughly 17,000 calls were bought to open during the past 10 days at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), compared to 14,271 puts.
But while calls have continued to have the edge across these exchanges, puts dominate the top of Tilray's biggest open positions list. The most popular TLRY option overall, based on total open interest, is the March 20 put, where data hints at mostly buy-to-open activity, meaning some traders are betting on a huge slide in TLRY shares.
This deep out-of-the-money put is followed by the December 50 put, and then the January 2019 60-strike put. The former option has seen mostly buy-to-open action, as well, while the latter has seen sell-to-open activity. It's probably also worth pointing out the brow-raising open interest at the December 200 call, where 4,325 contracts are open.


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The Audacious Mission to Change the World
To unravel nature's finest recipes for enabling life to thrive.
To develop an engaged global citizenry on matters of DNA.
To create products that improve the human condition.
THE PROBLEM WE AIM TO ADDRESS
A DNA-literate society is more important now than ever before. We stand at the frontier of immense change for the human condition: DNA editing to delete diseases; gene drives to optimize agriculture; bacterial redesign to fix global warming. In equal measure, however, unintended consequences could be disastrous (destruction of ecologies, irreversible change to human genetics). New possibilities challenge the archaic institutions of our society and the deepest beliefs of our people. In order to have informed debate about policy and ethics, and for the world to move forward thoughtfully amid the genomic revolution, DNA-literacy is imperative. Interestingly, there is also a simultaneous data deluge in biology. The flood of data recently created by next-generation DNA sequencing has left us scrambling to ask the right questions. There are over 1,400 public DNA repositories but not enough people are empowered to understand and extrapolate insights from these large biological datasets.
THE PRODUCT WE WISH TO CREATE FOR THE WORLD
ROSA's complete vision is based on four platforms: Digital Publishing Group (DPG), Marketplace (MP), Forum, and Learn. DPG will curate content (written, video, virtual) that inspires the world to understand D.N.A. It's critical to have an engaged and informed populace as the world grapples with the complexities of GMOs, gene drives, and eugenics while embracing the full potential of the genomic revolution. MP will be an exchange between labs worldwide. Labs can sell their specialties (buffers, solutions, etc.) to ultimately offer comparative advantage to the broader biology community while also giving labs a conduit for extra research funds. Forum will be an online community where citizen scientists and institutional scientists can intermingle to problem solve and ideate. Learn is ROSA's signature offering: a platform where anyone can learn bioinformatics and computational biology and then apply that learning to the vast amounts of publicly available repositories of genomic data.
THE POSSIBILITY WE SEE
Two immense possibilities have collided for the first time in our history, holding the potential to unleash scientific discovery and fundamentally improve the human condition. The first is our ability as a species to be conscious editors of our own code. The other is the deluge of genomic data now at our disposal to fully grasp genetics better and faster than ever. The former is the most powerful tool any species has ever had. The latter is the wisdom to thoughtfully and effectively wield that tool.
If we could empower more people to get involved in this genomic revolution, we could change the world forever and help improve the human condition like never before. This is the possibility we see. ROSA's benefits are two-fold. The first is the education of our societies to better understand D.N.A. and the genomic revolution. In an era where gene editing will be routine, the world must thoughtfully discuss the ethics and consequences of our actions. We've always relied on nature to figure this out. Never has a species been the conscious editor of its own code. Debates around the 'right thing to do' could easily be driven by emotions instead of logic. A basic understanding in the science of D.N.A. technology will pave the way for thoughtful public dialogue.
The second benefit is empowerment of anyone to analyze publicly available genomic data. Science has historically struggled to generate enough data to gain timely conclusions to big questions. Today, we've got the data points and conclusions, but we aren't asking the right questions. We need more analysts. By virtue of scale, greater insights will come. Anyone will be able to advance the human condition unlike ever before.
HOW WE ARE MORE INNOVATIVE THAN ANYONE ELSE ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM
Nobody is engaging the general public to catalyze the genomic revolution. While there have been significant resources dedicated to advancing gene editing techniques and vast consortiums developed to break silos across global institutions, no one is focused on bridging these sophisticated platforms to the general public. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts – this adage could not be truer for the advancement of humanity in the era of big data biology.
Bringing the general public into the conversation is innovative. Developing new media content curated for the digital economy is innovative. Empowering anyone from anywhere to leverage the power of big data in biology to advance the human condition is innovative. Building out a forum where institutional scientists and citizen scientists can intermingle is innovative. In putting all these facets together, ROSA is more innovative than anyone else addressing the problem.
© 2021 ROSA.
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Abstract: The classical model of electrolytic solutions fails to explain the correlations of Styrikhovich, of Martynova and of Marshall. An expanded version which includes the hydration processes inherent in solubilization and ionic dissociation processes was shown to be internally inconsistent. A new hydration model of aqueous solutions of inorganic electrolytes at high temperature and pressure, based on a novel interpretation of ionic dissociation at high temperature and pressure, is proposed. The model yields a unifying treatment of electrolytic solutions at high temperature and pressure valid over the whole range of electrolytes from the weakest to the strongest, in liquid and vapor phases as well as in cases where the solvent is diluted with an inert fluid. The proposed model accounts for the correlations of Styrikhovich, of Martynova and of Marshall, and shows that these correlations are particular cases of the more general relations derived from that model by rigorous thermodynamic reasoning. The proposed model also predicts the gradual conversion of electrolytes in aqueous solutions into non-electrolytes as the water density is decreased, whether by dilution with an inert solvent or by pressure reduction (at supercritical conditions), consistent with observed trends. The power of the model for practical applications is demonstrated by working out an example of interest to the electrical power industry. The results predict an observed trend not understood before.
In principle, the model is not restricted to applications at infinite dilution. It is therefore of practical importance to determine the range of concentrations at which the model still applies.


Don't worry, you'll be eating popcorn and snacking on potato chips again in no time! However, before you can start enjoying some of the treats you love, you will need to take special care to avoid any foods that could damage your new appliances/braces which can prolong your orthodontic treatment, further limiting your favorite foods.
If the pain is more severe and does not go away after rinsing, you can also try taking a pain reliever. It is also not uncommon for your lips, cheeks, and tongue to become irritated for one to two weeks as they toughen and become used to the braces. We would be happy to give you some ortho wax that you can put over the braces to lessen the discomfort, if you need ortho wax, let us know!
The wires and bands on your braces may come loose during your orthodontic treatment. If this happens, please contact us as soon as possible so that we can check and repair your appliance. If any piece of your appliance comes off, be sure to save it and bring it with you to your appointment.
Damaged appliances can increase the length of your orthodontic treatment, so be sure to take care of all your appliances. Your teeth and jaw can only move into their correct positions if you consistently wear the rubber bands, headgear, retainer, or other appliances prescribed by Dr. Naidu.
Game, Set, Match! We have great news for athletes! You can still play sports even while undergoing orthodontic treatment! If you do play sports, it's recommended that you wear a mouthguard in order to protect your teeth and your appliance. Let us know if you need help finding the right mouthguard for the best protection.
In case of a sports emergency, be sure to immediately check your mouth and your appliance for any damage that may have occurred. If you notice any loose teeth, or if your appliance has been damaged, please contact our office right away. You can temporarily relieve the discomfort with ortho wax or by rinsing your mouth with warm saltwater.


The "trading up" phenomenon is the American consumer's need for defining his individuality through the products they choose. Not just luxury goods for the wealthy, this book illustrates with numerous examples of middle class consumers who will splurge on one item that is important to them such as Starbucks coffee, world-class golf clubs, or a BMW. Very interesting read that rings true to these times. Some good case studies of how companies including Victoria's Secret, Starbucks, Williams-Sonoma among others have created an emotional appeal to their buyers who are willing to pay a little more for these brands.


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H. Smith singled to right field; J. Han advanced to second.
G. Elgarten reached first on an error by 2b, RBI; A. Guild advanced to third; H. Smith advanced to third, scored on an error by 2b, unearned; J. Han scored.
S. Graf reached first on an error by p; G. Elgarten advanced to third; A. Guild scored, unearned.
E. Wallis singled to right field.
J. Lee hit by pitch; E. Wallis advanced to second.
C. Sandford walked; J. Lee advanced to second; E. Wallis advanced to third.
G. McOsker reached on a fielder's choice; C. Sandford advanced to second; J. Lee advanced to third; E. Wallis out at home 3b to c.
B. Carroll reached first on an error by ss.
G. Elgarten tripled down the rf line, RBI; B. Carroll scored, unearned.
S. Graf homered to left field, 2 RBI; G. Elgarten scored.
H. Strmecki tripled to left center.
J. Han singled, bunt, RBI; H. Strmecki scored, unearned.
H. Smith singled through the left side; J. Han advanced to second.
D. DePaoli to p for T. Riley.
S. Rowley hit by pitch.
D. Braverman hit by pitch; S. Rowley advanced to second.
H. Strmecki tripled to right center, RBI; S. Sanchez scored.
E. Wallis singled through the left side.
J. Lee singled through the right side; E. Wallis advanced to second.
I. Nish to p for D. DePaoli.
J. Miller to p for G. Goldstein.
J. Dianno pinch hit for P. Bernstein.
J. Han singled up the middle; H. Strmecki advanced to second.
J. Lee singled to shortstop.
M. O'Hare pinch hit for C. Sandford.
M. O'Hare walked; J. Lee advanced to second.
D. Rosenberg singled to right center, RBI; M. O'Hare advanced to third; J. Lee scored.
M. Borek to p for I. Nish.
J. Tipps to p for J. Miller.
D. Braverman doubled to center field.
M. McGoey singled to right center, RBI; D. Braverman scored.
C. Lynn to p for M. Borek.
H. Strmecki singled to first base; J. Dianno advanced to second.
J. Han walked; H. Strmecki advanced to second; J. Dianno advanced to third.
H. Smith singled to left field, 2 RBI; J. Han advanced to second; H. Strmecki scored; J. Dianno scored.
H. Smith advanced to second on a wild pitch; J. Han advanced to third.
D. Rosenberg singled to right field; J. Lee advanced to second.
M. Carney pinch hit for N. Goodman.
M. Carney singled to center field, RBI; G. McOsker advanced to second; J. Lee scored.


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Well I am back at EBC in one piece from the summit of Everest, rather weather-beaten and skinny but a very happy man.
I am only doing a quick post today – I need to write something much longer to do justice to the incredible experiences of the week-long summit attempt, and I've also got some beautiful pictures from up high to share. I will do this within the next few days for those that are interested.
It was an utterly extraordinary experience. As Alix wrote, I reached the summit of Everest (8,850 meters) at 7.14am local time on the 21st May and spent almost an hour on the roof of the world. I was back at the South Col (7,960 meters) at 11.45am, and ended up descending all the way to Camp 2 (6,400 meters) the same day, which was totally exhausting. On the 22nd May I remained in Camp 2 as no one who descended that day from Camp 4 wanted to push through the Icefall to Base Camp that day, so I finally descended through the Icefall for the final time with the group yesterday morning. I have been recovering ever since.
I will write a proper post along with some of the amazing photos I took within the next few days.
For now here is a picture of me on top of the world.
Over and out from a very happy me at EBC.
PS Vix – Chris made the summit on the 23rd May and is currently at Camp 2! He will be back in Base Camp tomorrow.
Hello! It's been such an exciting night with a multitude of dramas on the radio, just incredibly tense as each climber's personal ups and downs unfolded. First of all thanks so much to my parents for sitting by the phone in Arizona in order to post a few updates as I was glued to my seat in the Sherpa tent, unwilling to miss a radio call, calling them intermittently with dictated messages.
There's not much to say as I'm sure Valerio will want to post his own experience. Briefly, the team woke at 11pm for an 11:30 departure and made extremely good time, reaching the Balcony at 4am. There was some waiting here in the cold before they ascended and made their way to the South Summit where they got fresh oxygen bottles and powered their way to the infamous Hillary step, and on to reach the summit at 7:15am local time in gorgeous clear blue skies and some wind. He summitted together with Moises, John Black, and Chris Jones and spent almost 45 minutes on top of the world, including a lengthy radio call to me that was a bit obscured by wind… he sounded happy and well anyway!
Sorry too many exclamation marks but it's very exciting to be here!
He continued to dawdle and take photos on the way down, even earning an exasperated reprimand from Russell for hanging around in the sunshine and 'posing'. Sound familiar? He replied that he was just 'sunbathing'. To be honest most of the time he just sounded like he was having fun!
He reached Camp 4 at 11:45, so almost exactly 12 hours round trip. Everything I write seems a bit anticlimatical so I'm going to go and savour the day. He's not done yet of course- still a long way back down and a last scary trip through the Icefall, which has been very active with thundering avalanches today just in case I'd forgotten about it.
Thank you all for your wonderful messages, writing this has been such fun. Next (last?) post will be from Valerio with a selection of the 'hundreds' of photos that he took.
X from an elated EBC.
Valerio called to report nothing more to climb. He feels on top of the world.
On the Summit at 07.14 local time (01.29 GMT) Thursday 21st May.
Apparently it is "warm", with a beautiful view. More later.


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Q: Learning rate has no effect I'm using a MLP with Keras, optimized with sgd. I want to tune the learning rate but it seems to have no effect whatsoever on training. I tried small learning rates (.01) as well as very large (up to 1e28), and the effects are barely notable. Shouldn't my loss explode when using a very large learning rate ?
I'm using a fully-connected NN with 3 hidden layers and sigmoid activation function.
Loss is a variant of BinaryCrossEntropy. The goal is to predict credit default. Training set contains 500000 examples, with approx. 2% of defauts. Test set contains 200000 lines

def loss_custom_w(p):
    def loss_custom(y,yhat):
        y_l, y_lhat = keras.backend.flatten(y),keras.backend.flatten(yhat)
        eps = keras.backend.epsilon()
        y_lhat = keras.backend.clip(y_lhat, eps, 1-eps)

        return - keras.backend.mean(p*y_l*keras.backend.log(y_lhat) + (1-y_l)*keras.backend.log(1-y_lhat))
    return loss_custom

model = keras.Sequential([keras.layers.Dense(n_input), keras.layers.Dense(500, activation = 'sigmoid'), keras.layers.Dense(400, activation = 'sigmoid'), keras.layers.Dense(170, activation = 'sigmoid'), keras.layers.Dense(120, activation = 'sigmoid'), keras.layers.Dense(1, activation = 'sigmoid')])
sgd = keras.optimizers.SGD(lr = 1e20)
model.compile(optimizer = sgd, loss = loss_custom_w(8))
model.fit(x_train, y_train, epochs = 10, batch_size = 1000)

Update :
- I've tried changing activation functions to avoid vanishing gradients, but it did not work.

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*the problem does not come from the loss function (I tried other losses too).

*actually the networks seems to work well, as well as the custom loss. When I change the value of p, it does what it's expected to do. I just can't figure out why the learning rate has no effects. The classifier also gives satisfying results.

*The network manages to predits labels from both classes. It predict better the 1 class when i use a large penalty value (as expected)

A: Finally I got it. I did not specify the input shape in my model (left the 'input_shape' keyword argument of the first layer to 'None'). When I specified it it suddenly worked. I do not really understand why specifying the input shape is so important.


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Photostimulation of Japanese quail
Poultry science
To adapt commercial poultry production to a new scenario of energy savings and to develop specific practices for quail production aimed at reducing costs while maintaining or improving productivity, four experiments were conducted. In the first experiment, birds were allocated to four treatments (photoperiod duration): T1: 14L:10D; T2: 15L:9D; T3: 16L:8D; and T4: 17L:7D. In the second experiment, birds were subjected to four levels of brightness: T1: 5 lux; T2: 10 lux; T3: 15 lux; and T4: 22 lux (control). In the third experiment, four types of lamps were evaluated: T1: compact fluorescent lamp (color temperature: 6,500K); T2: compact fluorescent lamp (color temperature: 2,700K); T3: incandescent lamp; and T4: yellow LED. In the last experiment, four lighting programs were compared: T1: continuous program (control), in which there was a single photoperiod of 15 h; the other treatments consisted of intermittent lighting programs, as follows: T2: 1 h of light provided 1 h after dusk; T3: 1 h of light provided 2 h before dawn; T4: half an hour of light provided 1 h after dusk and half an hour of light provided 1.5 h before dawn. In each experiment, 1,296 Japanese quail were evaluated for four 28-d cycles, totaling 112 experimental days. A completely randomized experimental design of 4 treatments with 12 replicates of 27 birds each was applied in all trials. Performance and egg quality were evaluated in each experiment. Higher egg production and adequate egg quality, as well as energy savings, can be obtained with Japanese quail using compact fluorescent lamps or LEDs and a photoperiod of 15 h/d supplied using an intermittent lighting program, with 1 h of artificial light 2 h before dawn at a brightness of 5 lux.
Concepts: Light, Fluorescent lamp, Lighting, Incandescent light bulb, Compact fluorescent lamp, Energy conservation, Light fixture, Electrical ballast
Potential Environmental Impacts from the Metals in Incandescent, Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL), and Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Bulbs
Environmental science & technology
Artificial lighting systems are transitioning from incandescent to compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) and light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs in response to the U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act and the EU Ecodesign Directive, which lead to energy savings and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Although CFLs and LEDs are more energy-efficient than incandescent bulbs, they require more metal-containing components. There is uncertainty about the potential environmental impacts of these components and whether special provisions must be made for their disposal at the end of useful life. Therefore, the objective of this study is to analyze the resource depletion and toxicity potentials from the metals in incandescent, CFL and LED bulbs to complement the development of sustainable energy policy. We assessed the potentials by examining whether the lighting products are to be categorized as hazardous waste under existing U.S. federal and California state regulations and by applying life cycle impact-based and hazard-based assessment methods (note that "life cycle impact-based method" does not mean a general life cycle assessment (LCA) but rather the elements in LCA used to quantify toxicity potentials). We discovered that both CFL and LED bulbs are categorized as hazardous, due to excessive levels of lead (Pb) leachability (132 and 44 mg/L, respectively; regulatory limit: 5) and the high contents of copper (111,000 and 31,600 mg/kg, respectively; limit: 2500), lead (3860 mg/kg for the CFL bulb; limit: 1000), and zinc (34,500 mg/kg for the CFL bulb; limit: 5000), while the incandescent bulb is not hazardous (note that the results for CFL bulbs excluded mercury vapor not captured during sample preparation). The CFLs and LEDs have higher resource depletion and toxicity potentials than the incandescent bulb due primarily to the high aluminum, copper, gold, lead, silver, and zinc. Comparing the bulbs on an equivalent quantity basis with respect to the expected lifetimes of the bulbs, the CFLs and LEDs have 3 to 26 and 2 to 3 times higher potential impacts than the incandescent bulb, respectively. We conclude that in addition to enhancing energy efficiency, conservation and sustainability policies should focus on the development of technologies that reduce the content of hazardous and rare metals in lighting products without compromising their performance and useful lifespan.
Concepts: Fluorescent lamp, Light-emitting diode, Lighting, Incandescent light bulb, LED lamp, Compact fluorescent lamp, Energy conservation, Light fixture
Accomplishing simple, solubility-based separations of rare earth elements with complexes bearing size-sensitive molecular apertures
Rare earth (RE) metals are critical components of electronic materials and permanent magnets. Recycling of consumer materials is a promising new source of rare REs. To incentivize recycling, there is a clear need for the development of simple methods for targeted separations of mixtures of RE metal salts. Metal complexes of a tripodal hydroxylaminato ligand, TriNOx(3-), featured a size-sensitive aperture formed of its three η(2)-(N,O) ligand arms. Exposure of cations in the aperture induced a self-associative equilibrium comprising RE(TriNOx)THF and [RE(TriNOx)]2 species. Differences in the equilibrium constants Kdimer for early and late metals enabled simple separations through leaching. Separations were performed on RE1/RE2 mixtures, where RE1 = La-Sm and RE2 = Gd-Lu, with emphasis on Eu/Y separations for potential applications in the recycling of phosphor waste from compact fluorescent light bulbs. Using the leaching method, separations factors approaching 2,000 were obtained for early-late RE combinations. Following solvent optimization, >95% pure samples of Eu were obtained with a 67% recovery for the technologically relevant Eu/Y separation.
Concepts: Oxygen, Fluorescent lamp, Phosphor, Incandescent light bulb, Rare earth element, Terbium, Compact fluorescent lamp, Light fixture
Photolytic Reactivity of Organometallic Chromium Bipyridine Complexes
Known stable [Cr(bpy)2(Ph)2](BPh4) complexes undergo reductive elimination of biphenyl with visible-light photolysis using household incandescent or compact fluorescent light bulbs. A series of [Cr(R-bpy)2(Ar)2](X) complexes (R = H or CMe3; Ar = Ph, C6H4-CMe3, or C6H4-OMe; X = I, BPh4, or PF6) were prepared, and the effect of varying the bipyridine and aryl ligands on the UV-visible spectra and electrochemistry of the chromium(III) complexes was investigated. Photolysis of a mixture of two different bis(aryl) complexes gave only the homocoupled biaryl products by1H NMR and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis. The initial product of photoinduced reductive elimination of [Cr(bpy)2(Ar)2](PF6) was trapped with bipyridine to generate [Cr(bpy)3](PF6) and with benzoyl peroxide to form [Cr(bpy)2(O2CPh)2](PF6). The latter chromium(III) bis(benzoate) complex was also synthesized by the addition of bipyridine and PhCO2H to Cp2Cr, followed by air oxidation. The neutral Cr(bpy)(S2CNMe2)Ph2complex also generated biphenyl upon visible-light photolysis. While the treatment of Cr(tBu-bpy)(dpm)Cl2[dpm = (OCtBu)2CH] with AgO2CPh gave trans-Cr(tBu-bpy)(dpm)(O2CPh)2, reaction of the dichloro precursor with PhMgCl produced anionic [Cr(tBu-bpy)Ph3]-with [Mg(dpm)(THF)4]+as the countercation, with both complexes characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Protonolysis of Cr(bpy)Ph3(THF) with 8-hydroxyquinoline produced Cr(bpy)(quin)Ph2, which generated biphenyl under visible-light photolysis, and the initial product of reductive elimination was trapped by bipyridine or benzoyl peroxide. A related Cr(bpy)(quin)2complex was synthesized by protonolysis of Cr(bpy)[N(SiMe3)2]2and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Concepts: Diffraction, X-ray, Electromagnetic radiation, Fluorescent lamp, Incandescent light bulb, Compact fluorescent lamp, Light fixture, Electrical ballast
OLED luminaires: Device arrays with 99.6 % geometric fill factor structured by femtosecond laser ablation
The plethora of design opportunities renders organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) ideal luminaires for general lighting applications. Progressing from lab-scale device concepts to large-area applications calls for smart device designs that are scalable and, at the same time, unsusceptible to resistive losses within the electrodes. By employing direct pulsed femtosecond laser structuring, we fabricate OLED luminaires comprising monolithically interconnected OLED arrays. We determine the laser ablation thresholds and the optimized process parameters for all functional layers. The clean laser cuts with precise ablation depths show about no damage to adjacent layers or any ridges, hence avoiding unwanted short-cuts or device isolation. All processes are scalable. The threefold structuring of the OLED luminaire is confined within 45 µm, yielding a geometric fill factor beyond 99 % and hence a very homogenous device perception.
Concepts: Light, Laser, Light-emitting diode, Lighting, Diode, Light-emitting diodes, Light fixture, Track lighting
Observation of aggregation triggered by Resonance Energy Transfer (RET) induced intermolecular pairing force
In this report, we showed the existence of RET induced intermolecular pairing force by comparing their fluorescence behaviors under room illumination vs standing in dark area for either PFluAnt solution or PFluAnt&PFOBT mixture. Their prominent emission attenuation under room illumination brought out the critical role of photo, i.e. RET induced intermolecular pairing force in induction of polymer aggregation. Constant UV-Vis absorption and fluorescence spectra in terms of both peak shapes and maximum wavelengths implied no chemical decomposition was involved. Recoverable fluorescence intensity, fluorescence lifetime as well as NMR spectra further exclude photo induced decomposition. The controllable on/off state of RET induced intermolecular pairing force was verified by the masking effect of outside PFluAnt solution which function as filter to block the excitation of inside PFluAnt and thus off the RET induced intermolecular pairing force. Theoretical calculation suggest that magnitude of RET induced intermolecular pairing force is on the same scale as that of van der Waals interaction. Although the absolute magnitude of RET induced intermolecular pairing force was not tunable, its effect can be magnified by intentionally turn it "on", which was achieved by irradiance with 5 W desk lamp in this report.
Concepts: Fluorescence, Spectroscopy, Light, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Van der Waals force, Lighting, Light fixture
Chandelier Illumination for Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty
To describe a simple technique that uses posterior chandelier illumination during Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty in cases of severe bullous keratopathy (BK).
Concepts: Cornea, Lighting, Light fixture
Targeted use of LEDs in improvement of production efficiency through phytochemical enrichment
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
Based on available literature, ecology and economy of LED (light emitting diode) lights in plant foods production were assessed and compared to HPS (high pressure sodium) and CFL (compact fluorescent light) lamps. The assessment summarises that LEDs are superior compared to other lamp types. LEDs are ideal in luminous efficiency, life span and electricity usage. Mercury, carbon dioxide and heat emissions are also lowest in comparison to HPS and CFL lamps. This indicates that LEDs are indeed economic and eco-friendly lighting devices. The present review indicates also that LEDs have many practical benefits compared to other lamp types. In addition, they are applicable in many purposes in plant foods production. The main focus of the review is the targeted use of LEDs in order to enrich phytochemicals in plants. This is an expedient to massive improvement in production efficiency, since it diminishes the number of plants per phytochemical unit. Consequently, any other production costs (e.g., growing space, water, nutrient and transport) may be reduced markedly. Finally, twenty four research articles published in 2013-2017 were reviewed for targeted use of LEDs in the specific, i.e. blue range (400-500 nm) of spectrum. The articles indicate that blue light is efficient in enhancing the accumulation of health beneficial phytochemicals in various species. The finding is important from the global food production.
Concepts: Light, Fluorescent lamp, Light-emitting diode, Lighting, LEd, Incandescent light bulb, Compact fluorescent lamp, Light fixture
Blue-hazard-free Candlelight OLED
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
A candlelight-style organic light emitting diode (OLED) is a human-friendly type of lighting because it is blue-hazard-free and has a low correlated color temperature (CCT) illumination. The low CCT lighting is deprived of high-energy blue radiation, and it can be used for a longer duration before causing retinal damage. This work presents the comprehensive protocols for the fabrication of blue-hazard-free candlelight OLEDs. The emission spectrum of the OLED was characterized by the maximum exposure time limit of the retina and the melatonin suppression sensitivity. The devices can be fabricated using dry and wet processes. The dry-processed OLED resulted in a CCT of 1,940 K and exhibited a maximum retinal exposure limit of 1,287 s at a brightness of 500 lx. It showed 2.61% melatonin suppression sensitivity relative to 480 nm blue light. The wet-processed OLED, where the spin coating is used to deposit hole injection, hole transport, and emissive layers, making fabrication fast and economical, produced a CCT of 1,922 K and showed a maximum retinal exposure limit of 7,092 at a brightness of 500 lx. The achieved relative melatonin suppression sensitivity of 1.05% is 86% and 96% less than that of the light emitting diode (LED) and compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), respectively. Wet-processed blue-hazard-free candlelight OLED exhibited a power efficiency of 30 lm/W, which is 2 times that of the incandescent bulb and 300 times that of the candle.
Concepts: Light, Fluorescent lamp, Light-emitting diode, Lighting, Color temperature, Incandescent light bulb, Compact fluorescent lamp, Light fixture
Halogen-Bond-Promoted Photoactivation of Perfluoroalkyl Iodides: A Photochemical Protocol for Perfluoroalkylation Reactions
A new protocol for photochemical perfluoroalkylation reactions using perfluoroalkyl iodide, amine additive, and THF solvent is reported. This protocol does not require a photoredox catalyst and proceeds at ambient temperature with irradiation from a compact fluorescent lamp, low-intensity UV lamp, or sunlight. This protocol can be applied to the synthesis of perfluoroalkyl-substituted phenanthridines as well as effect the iodo-perfluoroalkylation of alkenes/alkynes and the C-H perfluoroalkylation of electron-rich arenes and heteroarenes. This C-H perfluoroalkylation reaction offers a unique method for site-selective labeling of oligopeptides at the tryptophan residue.
Concepts: Fluorescence, Ultraviolet, Chemical reaction, Fluorescent lamp, Incandescent light bulb, Compact fluorescent lamp, Light fixture, Electrical ballast