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Somalia and the Islamic threat to capital
Aufheben gives the background to the civil war, famine and the US invasion of Somalia in 1992.
THE SOMALIA MYSTERY
The landing of US troops on the beaches of Somalia in December 1992 might be significant for a number of reasons. The ludicrous spectacle of television camera crews virtually jostling the troops for space on the beach to get the best pictures seems to point to the need on the part of the American state to draw attention to itself not only as a military power, but also as an efficient humanitarian force: not just the world's cop but also the world's social worker.
The apparent suddenness of the decision by then President Bush to send in the marines might suggest that we need look no further for an explanation for such ostentatious benevolence than the prevalent journalistic glosses that the operation was perhaps a last dramatic personal gesture by a lame-duck president, more lauded for his foreign policy than his domestic achievements, an attempt to salvage his vision of a new world order and the international policing role of the US for posterity. Bush's expressed justification for sending troops to deliver relief supplies was in terms of the need to prevent armed Somalis "ripping off their own people". And, in fact, when the US troops ended the operation in early May this year, the consensus among journalists was that, though the US troops had done little to tackle the causes of the civil war in Somalia, they had indeed helped with food distribution, which was said by many to be the main reason for the high levels of starvation in that country.
Yet the extent of the Somalian famine and its problems of food distribution had long ceased to be news by the time Bush's decision came. For the previous two years, the UN had attempted to negotiate with various clan leaders to bring in relief supplies to famine hit areas. As class conscious cynics, we might see Bush's somewhat belated outbursts on "bandits" and his unprecedented attack of charity as, at some level, a pretext. Even within the aid agencies, questions have been asked about the reasons given for the invasion. Thus one UN official described the American claim that 80% of food aid was being looted as "bullshit". He saw the American invasion as an excuse for the testing of certain operational methods by the US army. It is not clear, however, why the American state should want simply to test certain operational methods in Somalia at this particular time. Similarly, Medicins sans Frontiers claimed that the figures of 95% malnutrition cited by the Americans were out of date and, again, just a pretext for sending troops in. Troops, said the French spokesperson, would shatter the balance between the aid agencies and the clans. Finally, we are told that some of the claims about starvation, and particularly displacement, are "absurd" given that Somalia's population is largely nomadic anyway.
Thus problems have been raised, but the bourgeois critics of American intervention bring us little closer to a full explanation. We need to take a proletarian viewpoint in our search for answers. We might therefore understand Bush's sudden change of heart on the question on intervention in Somalia in terms of the strategic interests of Western capital against the particular forms of proletarian militancy in the region. We might ask, for example, whether the invasion had anything to do with the apparent spread of Islamic fundamentalist influence in the Horn of Africa, minor reports of which have been appearing in the bourgeois press over the last year.
Islamic fundamentalism is the common declared enemy of the Americans, the UN and the major clan leaders in Somalia. Somalia is 100% Moslem, and although under Siad Barre it might have been regarded as a politically Islam ic country, fundamentalists have never been happy with its laws. While the major clan leaders in Somalia welcomed the US intervention (albeit inconsistently), one of the country's Islamic parties, the Ittihad al Islami al Somalia, greeted the Americans with threats. Now, the leaders of the main military factions have had to give assurances to an increasingly disillusioned population that they will introduce Islamic shariah law. Groups of Islamic militants who have taken part in the civil war in Somalia are apparently backed by Sudan, which is backed in turn by Iran. Sudan itself has been engaged in a civil war; the (Arabic) north is trying to impose Islamic law on the ("African") south. The southern forces are backed by Western interests, including people like Tiny Rowlands. Sudan condemned the American intervention for destabilizing the region. Other politicians in the region see the US operation as a warning to the Khartoum government which has supported Islamic fundamentalist groups in both Africa and the Arab world. It is interesting in this respect that the US envoy who headed the US mobilization, Robert Oakley, is better known in the Moslem world as a man more familiar with warfare than relief efforts. He ran the Afghan mojahedin fighting the Soviet-backed regime in Kabul. The presence of the US forces may encourage Sudan to keep a low profile in case the troops are sent into the south of that country. The arrival of US troops also coincided with a growing secessionist tone from the southern troops fighting Khartoum.
Bush was at pains to emphasize that the intervention in Somalia was to be a very limited one. The aim was simply to get food into the region; that was all. As soon as this was achieved, the US troops could be gone. All this would fit with a scenario whereby the effects of the famine are ameliorated, yet the various dominant armed factions within the country are still ultimately able to struggle for political control. If they had been disarmed or defeated by the Americans, this would leave the way open for forces even less desirable, in the eyes of the American bourgeoisie, to make a bid for power. The US force therefore hoped to create a degree of stability in Somalia in order to prevent a feared rise in Islamic fundamentalism.
However, the spread of Islamic fundamentalism may not be the only reason for the operation; and indeed other explanations have been proposed by revolutionaries. Thus both World Revolution and Organise! have pointed to the conflict between the national capitals of Europe and the US over influence in the region. But if this is the explanation, why did the US hand over to the UN in May this year instead of retaining a permanent presence in the country?
Even if competition between Western states was a factor in the invasion, such an explanation is, in an important sense, back to front. The very need for influence in the region is itself a symptom of the requirement of capital to respond to particular proletarian struggles. The form of the proletarian struggle determines the form of capital's development, both nationally and internationally. "Operation Restore Hope" might therefore be best grasped in terms of its global context of class struggle and capitalist response. To do this we must briefly outline some of the history of Somalia and the Horn of Africa more generally.
ORIGIN OF THE PRESENT SITUATION: THE OLD WORLD ORDER & THE COLD WAR
As with most of sub-Saharan Africa, and indeed the Third World in general, capital had little economic interest in the Horn of Africa beyond whatever primary products and raw materials that could be found there. In the case of the Horn of Africa these were few. Among the peasant and proles, the survival of communal ties and the lack of a tradition of wage dependence fostered a sense of entitlements with regard to the distribution of wealth in the community. Communal ties are also responsible for the fact that most African proleterians fail to experience capital's laws as naturalo r inevitable. Monetarization and commodification of social relations have gradually undermined these traditional relations, but capital accumulation has been confined to narrow sectors, restricting the development of modern capitalist social relations.
The general shift towards cash crops and plantation economies made sub-Saharan Africa increasingly unable to guarantee its own needs and thus prone to famine. In the Horn of Africa, the local business class makes most of its money in the import-export trade, which creates little employment and channels much wealth abroad. Capital-intensive export agriculture helped plunge the region into debt and soaked up the resources - land and capital - needed for food production.
However, while the Horn of Africa shared the problems of underdevelopment that have affected sub-Saharan Africa generally, it was also in a distinctive position. While of relatively little intrinsic economic interest, its geo-political location gave the region a strategic importance to the world powers. Firstly, it was of close proximity to the all-important oil production centres of the Middle East. Secondly, because it controlled the important trade route through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea. The history of Somalia is a story of imperialism and cold war rivalry.
History of imperialist rivalries in Somalia
Somalia was colonized by the British and Italian states in the nineteenth century. To Britain, the Somali ports were useful as source of meat supplies to nearby Aden. The Italian state, the last colonial power in the country, developed lucrative banana plantations, often having to force recalcitrant peasants to work on them as slaves. Eventually bananas superseded hides as the country's main export; both these and meat remain important in Somlia's foreign trade.
The Italian collapse throughout East Africa was primarily the result of desertion by their African conscript forces. Independence and unification were finally achieved in Somalia in 1960. In 1969, the army under Siad Barre seized power. Siad Barre courted the USSR in an attempt to create a greater Somalia. With military assistance, he hoped to take land occupied by ethnic Somalis in Ethiopia and Kenya, countering local proletarian militancy with an appeal to nationalism. The partnership was an attractive one to the USSR because of the proximity of the Horn of Africa to the oil-producing Gulf states and the Middle East in general. Soviet rewards for having bases on Somali territory comprised saturating Somalia with weaponry. In turn, Somalia, passed the weapons on to pro-Somali guerrillas fighting inside Ethiopia.
But the 1974 socialist revolution in Ethiopia created complications for the Soviet-Somali relationship. The USSR violated an agreement with Somalia by supplying arms to Ethiopia. Barre was already trying to get the West on his side when the USSR dropped Somalia and openly befriended Ethiopia in the war. The break with the Soviet Union led to a wave of popularity for Barre's government in Somalia. Barre offered the abandoned Soviet military bases to the USA who rewarded him by flooding the country with even more weapons.
In the 1980s, Barre remained in power largely through his ability to play his enemies off against each other. But in 1991, the rival clan-based opposition fronts, whose ideologies were based largely on their desire for foreign backing, collaborated against him and his government collapsed. Having defeated him and driven him out of the country, however, the various anti-Barre fronts fell out. There was also schism within some of the clans. This has led to the current situation where there is no national police force and no central government and the southern portion of the country is split between rival "warlords". Of the most powerful warlords, Aideed is a general, a former government minister and ambassador to India, Mahdi is one of his former clan members and Morgan is another general and a son-in-law of Barre.
Consequences of superpower rivalry for the Horn, particularly for Somalia
The underdevelopment of the Horn of Africa was only exacerbated by the flooding of arms into the area and by the high dependence of large sections of the population on military employment. Instead of being spent on developing the forces of production, money was poured into military expenditure. Clearly, such a priority makes even economic reproduction on the same scale difficult if not impossible. In the early 1970s, Somalia was self-sufficient in its food production; but by the mid-1980s, it was one of the most food-dependent in Africa, and many of its policies were dictated by the IMF.
The economic decline of Somalia was partly a result of the cost of the Ogaden War with Ethiopia. Also, Barre's economic policies for the banana and sugar export trade were disastrous for these industries. However, these factors in the decline of Somalia's economy might be regarded as symptoms of the inability of capital in Africa to screw quite as much out of the proletariat as capitals in other continents were able to do; capital and operating costs in Africa are more than 50% higher than in Southern Asia, where the return is also greater.
In a context of spiralling food and fuel prices and shortages, there were riots in August 1987 in Mogadishu. These were enough to force the government to grant a number of concessions. The ruling class were no doubt mindful that similar disturbances in similar circumstances had heralded the Ethiopian revolution in 1974, terminating the long reign of Haile Selassie.
WAR, MASS STARVATION AND THE COLLAPSE OF STALINISM
1. The crisis of Third World debt
Africa for the most part did not benefit from the flight of capital out of the West following the proletarian offensive of the 1960s and 70s. Instead, the continent suffered the consequences of this flight. Faced with huge debts and spiralling interest rates and a stagnant world market in manufactured goods, newly industrializing countries such as Mexico and Brazil had little option but to increase the production and export of traditional primary products such as bananas, coffee, ores etc. This dramatic increase in the export of traditional Third World products forced prices down in the world market. This was catastrophic for much of Africa, pushing much of it to the brink of starvation. In the case of Somalia, by the end of the 1960s, the competitiveness of the country's leading crop and export - bananas - was already declining relative to Latin American producers such as Ecuador
2. Collapse of the Eastern Bloc
This plight of Africa in the 1980s was made worse by the collapse of the USSR which meant that there was no longer superpower competition for influence through aid. This was particularly true of Somalia, which had been so dependent on superpower rivalry. With this lack of superpower competition over the region, Bush's decision to invade might seem rather anachronistic. Indeed, it was the US, in March 1992, which vetoed a proposed monitoring operation by the UN (apparently because of the cost), restricting the UN instead to delivering humanitarian aid. So why did Bush suddenly change his mind? To get closer to a possible answer we must turn to the general problems that face American capital now and in the recent past.
D/ THE RISE OF ISLAM
1. The importance of oil in the post 1945 world
Since the Second World War, the car industry has been the linchpin of capital accumulation. It has been the key industry in the Fordist Mode of Accumulation. The Fordist Mode of Accumulation represented a compromise between the demands of capital and the needs of the Western proletariat. As an approach to industry, it allowed increased surplus value to be produced alongside increasing real wages. With Fordism, the rate of profit did not have to be sustained by raising the rate of exploitation through the "super-exploitation" of colonial labour, nor by the appropriation of monopoly profits through the restriction of the domestic market. Instead, the rate of profit was sustained through the production of relative surplus-value and the expansion of the domestic market for consumer goods. Thus, particularly after 1945, capitalism became based on mass production and mass consumption; capitalist corporations no longer sought to restrict production so as to maximize prices but rather sought to cut prices and maximize sales ("pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap").
The rapid expansion of the car industry, the Fordist industry par excellence, required the expansion of the coal, power and steel industries. But coal production, vulnerable to the militancy of miners, was becoming too risky for capital as a general source of energy. The dependency on oil for the smooth running of the car economy developed into a mad dash for the stuff in capital's desperate search for a general alternative energy source to coal.
2. Growth of oil production in the Middle East
With the growth of oil production in the Middle East came the rapid modernization of social relations in previously traditional societies. The emergence of a national bourgeoisie with means to establish a national strategy of capital accumulation was accompanied by the appearance of an oil-producing proletariate. In the late 1970s, proles from Mexico to Nigeria to Iran used the higher price of oil to demand a better standard of living, higher wages, schools, hospitals etc. The price of oil went up to keep up with these demands. Thus much of the wealth generated by the higher oil prices imposed by OPEC went to proletarians instead of being invested in the industries which require high levels of technology and energy.
In the Third World, various socialisms and nationalisms emerged as powerful ideologies to mobilize the emergent oil-producting classes behind the projects of national accumulation (over and against that of global accumulation of Western capital). Nasser in Egypt, the Ba'athist and Communist Parties in Iraq, Gaddafy in Libya and the PLO are all cases in point. While movements such as these divided the proles and inhibited the development of autonomous expressions of proletarian militancy, thus helping capital-in-general, they also threatened to some extent the particular interests of Western capital. There was always the threat of Middle Eastern countries which had adopted these ideologies going over to the state capitalist Eastern bloc or cutting themselves off from Western capital in some other way, thus operating against the interests of capital-in-general.
3. Islam fostered as \"moderate\" alternative to Stalinism
As a modernizing project, the ideologies of National Accumulation had to be secular. But to people in nations only recently unified and who defined themselves largely in terms of tribal or other allegiances, nationalism alone was clearly insufficient. Hence, in order to mobilise traditional sectors (peasants etc.), there was the need to reconcile secular national modernization with Islam. Indeed, there is no necessary conflict between Islam and the interests of capital. Although the Koran prohibits interest, there are ways of evading this, and capitalist developments have been uninhibited in many Moslem countries. The religion was therefore promoted by pro-Western conservative regimes as a safe alternative to stalinism, to prevent popular support for radical nationalist ideologies and to divert the class struggle. For example, Israel promoted Hizbullah in the Gaza strip, General Zia promoted Islam in Pakistan, the US supported moslem fighters against the Soviet-backed regime in Afganistan, and the religion is still used effectively in Saudi Arabia.
4. The policy backfires
In many cases, however, Islamic fundamentalism is getting out of control as far as Western capital is concerned. Islamic practices threaten to cut off large areas from the world market, just as stalinism threatened to do. Paraphrasing (and reversing) Tronti, while it is true that capital may sometimes objectively force the proletariat into certain choices, it is also true that the proletariat makes these choices work against capital.
The first sign that the policy of using Islam to guarantee national capital accumulation and a place in the world market had backfired was the Iranian revolution. The revolution was sparked by oil strikes and the proletarian seizure of the oil wells; it was the proletariat who destroyed the Shah's regime. The mullahs managed to recuperate and suppress this, however, and channel it into a form of Islamic fundamentalism that went far beyond the intentions of Western puppets such as the Shah.
With the collapse of stalinism as an embodied ideal and a potential patron, and with the discrediting of Arab nationalism, Islamic fundamentalism has emerged as the potential replacement ideology. Islam has historically been a religion of resistance and independence for much of the world's population. Fundamentalism has been posited by followers as the true opposition to (Western) Christianity - and, by extension, as an alternative to democracy and capitalism. Islam is a more worldly, materialistic religion than Christianity, and easily accepts a role as a political force. Communalistic and egalitarian precepts to accept responsibilities to relatives and to fellow moslems (regarded as forming a single "nation") can hamper capital accumulation. All these factors make Islamic fundamentalism both a likely substitute for stalinism for both the oppressed Third World proletariat, who have little hope of overthrowing world capitalism by themselves, and the US bourgeoisie, which might require an external enemy in order to unify itself. Like stalinism, the ideology of the "export of the revolution" - so feared by Western capital - simply serves to consolidate counter-revolution at home.
E/ THE THREAT OF ISLAM
1. The new threat
But the perceived threat to the interests of Western capital is both real and illusory. The threat is real in that Islam is indeed a powerful means of mobilizing the poor against the interests of Western capital. Evidence for this real threat comes from the increasing damage caused to the functioning of the Algerian and Egynptian economies by fundamentalist movements and terrorist groups. But the danger is exaggerated to provide a necessary external threat through which to mobilize the American bourgeoisie.
In the past, the American bougeoisie was mobilized by the stalinist threat. Faced by the threat of stalinism, military expenditure became a surrogate industruial policy. This surrogate industrial policy became particularly important with the relative decline of the US as an economic power and the need for restructring to meet competition from Japan and the Pacific Rim. In contrast with previous administrations, Reagan abandoned all hope of defending the general competitiveness of American industry. The policy of competitive devaluation of the dollar was dropped; interest rates were pushed up to finance the growing budget, and trade deficits and the dollar were allowed to soar. Large swathes of the rust-belt industries in the North Eastern states were devastated. Under the guise of national security, state investment was able to circumvent the vested interests of the old industries and find its way to the more dynamic leading edge of productive Ameican capital. SDI ("Star wars") is the most well -known example of this. Although militarily preposterous, it allowed capital to be shifted from rocket technology and the aerospace induistry to the computer software and electronics industries. Indeed, SDI represented a massive state subsidy for these leading edge industries at a critical stage in their battle with Far East competitors. More than this, however, Reagan also managed to re-orientate the world accumulation of capital around American military production. With more and more American mainstream industries falling behind to foreign-based competition, the American consumer could no longer be relied upon to buy American. However, military demand came fromthe goverment which could bias its specifications in favour of American-based capital. Through large military expenditures, the centre of gravity of the world accumulation of capital would shift towards military production where American-based capital would have a competitive advantage. In this way, the US could reassert its economic hegemony.
But this use of military expenditure as a surrogate industrial policy, overriding particular interests in favour of general US interests in the name of National Security, has been in crisis since the collapse of the Eastern Bloc and the mounting budget deficits. It is no longer sustainable. Hence, American capital might be argued to be facing two choices. "Strategy A" entails renewing the policy of military accumulation as a surrogate economic policy by raising the spectre of Islamic fundamentalism. "Strategy B" would be to intervene directly in the economy with money financed through defence cuts.
2. Bush's belated invasion
This brings us directly back to the mystery of Bush's belated invasion of Somalia. We can conclude by asking two questions regarding the manoeuvre. Prompted by the growing threat of Islamic fundamentalism in the Horn of Africa and North Africa generally, was the invasion an attempt to bounce Clinton into "strategy A" on behalf of the military/industrial faction of US capital? And, even if this is not the case, how far did the invasion address the real problems for Western capital of Islamic expansion in the area? The answer to the latter question may become clearer in the coming months.
World Revolution (161; February 1993) suggested as one of the two main objectives of the military deployment the USA's wish "to signal to its two main imperialist rivals - Germany and France in the first place - that the US will not hold back any longer from anywhere in the world." (p. 4).
Organise! (30; April-June 1993) commented: "This forward camp for the USA on the East African coast can allow it to intervene against the interests of the French (or European) ruling class. It could intervene in Chad, in Zaire, throughout North Africa where French interests are under threat, in particular in Algeria." (p. 6). However, the article also points to the function of the operation of countering the menace of Islamic fundamentalism.
See for example Sylvia Pankhurst (1951) Ex-Italian Somaliland. London: Watts & Co.
It is important to note in regard to this that the debt crisis suited many African dictators as much as Western capitalists; maintaining the constraints imposed by debt can be a way of maintaining internal order in African countries.
IMF Surveys of African Economies. Volume 2 (1969). Washington.
See Aufheben 1, page 19, footnote 38.
See the Midnight Notes pamphlet When Crusaders and Assassins Unite, Let the People Beware (1990)
Clearly, capital is not a unitary force, and particular "modernizing" capitals have on occasion been able to use Third World nationalism against rival capitals. Thus, in 1956, the US effectively sided with the nationalist government of Egypt by refusing to support French and British intervention to protect the latters' "ownership" of the Suez canal.
We can infer from the call by Gadaffi in May this year that all fundamnetalists should be kiled without trial that this idelogyt is getting beyond the control of the islamic-socialists and is threatening them too.
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Johnny was also a superb country and western fiddle player, and held a long time gig (decades) on the WLS Barn Dance. On one track of Rennaissance Man (Back Home Again in Indiana), the band breaks into a kicking C&W bag for a half chorus. The band is Larry Novak (p), Larry Gray (bs), Kenny Soderblom (ts), Pat Ferreri (g), Howard Levy (harm), and Rick Frigo (d).
Johnny continued to write music throughout his life, from jingles to jazz tunes. Rennaissance Man includes two of his later compositions, "Apogee" and "Bow Jest." "Hey, Hey, Holy Mackerel" (the Cubs are on their way) (1969) was played on WGN, Chicago, for several decades as the opening theme for Cubs broadcasts. The title was an amalgam of lines used by Cubs broadcaster Jack Brickhouse. Chicagoan Scott Simon chose it to close his remembrance on NPR's Weekend Edition.
Thanks for the YouTube links. They are typical of Johnny's writing and style. He would read several things like this during an evening in a club.
Mr. Brown, long a Chicagoan, now lives in northern California.


The Waukon Indians great season came to an end on Saturday night as they faced off vs the #1 ranked Crusaders in the title game.
The Indians got behind early but battled back and made it a 7 point game at halftime, trailing 37-30.
The second half showed the much experienced Crusaders pull away and finishe the game off by the score of 73-54.
Mary Halvorson finished the 3 game stretch with 69 points in the 3 games and was named to the 3A all tournament team.
Congratulations to a great season to all the Indian players and coaches. It was an extremely fun time to watch all these games and see all the success.
A special thanks to the 8 seniors who have put so much work in and will graduate this year. Mary Halvorson, Tatum Meyer, Leeta Sivesind, Leah Cooper, Logan Hjerleid, Keri Egan, Jordon Reiser and Carissa Berger.
Will have final season stats and some records that were broken later on. As well as some post season honors and a look to next season here in the future.
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Good job Indians!! We are so proud of each of them. They are an inspiration to us all, especially to the younger girls who love the game also. I know my two eighth graders look up to these varsity players like they are goddesses walking the earth.
I want to thank you for writing this blog. I have it on my favorites list and have thoroughly enjoyed reading it throughout the Indian Girls season. My girls and I have followed the varsity girls season quite closely and have had a great time doing so. I loved to come back here and get a rerun of the game and get your perspective. I take my hat off to the girls who have worked so hard and played with heart and passion. And to you for writing with the same passion. Nice job! I hope you continue.
I totally agree with the last caller! Great job Dorks and thanks to you for writing it up after every game. I also want to thank the parents who devote so much time and energy to the program!


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Atypical Depression one of the forms of mood disorder and type of major depression is characterized by strange mood behavior. But one of its good findings is that such persons having this disorder do feel good if there is something positive in their life. But they can feel bad too when they are been criticized. In this disorder, mood reactivity occurs. In major depression, the most commonly manifested type of the major depression is this atypical depression. It affects a large number of people in the world. This disorder is also seemed to be run in the families affecting different people of the same family. People with this atypical depression feel too tired or paralyzed to get out of the bed. This type of depression is usually seen in people when they experienced an interpersonal rejection by a close friend especially lover or a boss. With the help of proper treatment, most people with this depression get improved, usually within weeks and can also return to their normal daily life activities.
The exact cause is not known but atypical depression arises due to an imbalance of hormonal level as well as in the neurotransmitters especially the feel-good neurotransmitters which are very important in controlling our moods and emotions. Genetics, as well as environmental factors, are also thought to cause this disorder. Other include prolonging uses of various drugs including benzodiazepines, drugs for controlling high BP, and other such drugs. It may be due to strong and positive family history, any stressful life event, or it may be due to chronic diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, cancer or diabetes.
But these people do feel the happiness and express it, unlike other depressive disorder.
It is only made on the basis of symptoms of the disorder as well as any such sad event which has lead to this disorder. No such accurate criterion other than this is utilized here in making a diagnosis. Certain baseline tests are done for excluding differential diagnoses such as thyroid abnormalities or other brain diseases.
Treatment is usually done by using certain antidepressants. There are available in many different groups. Like atypical, typical antidepressant, monoamine oxidase inhibitors etc but the best ones are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as ascitalopram, citalopram, fluoxetine etc. They should be used for a certain time period only. Mood stimulants can also be beneficial. Behavioral therapy, if done, is also better for that patient of this disorder. Indeed it is more helpful than medication. Ask the patient to do exercises regularly. These days new treatment with electroconvulsive therapy is also seemed to be effective in depressive patients.


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Is a Cactus a Plant?
Easy Explanation for non-botanist
A cactus is defined by its thick stems and long spines. You might be wondering, is cactus a plant? Well, we've got just the answer!
A cactus can be defined in one too many ways. Perhaps, the most common and easiest definition would be somewhere along the lines of a cactus being made up of a thick stem and sharp spines. But, is a cactus a plant?
The simple answer is yes. A cactus is actually a plant that has at least 1700 different species. It is a whole plant which is made up of a stem, flowers and roots.
Yes, a cactus is in fact a plant. It consists of plant features such as a stem, flowers and roots.
What is a Plant?
When it comes to looking into the heart of the matter, we must look at the baseline first. The main question that arises is, what even is a plant?
A plant is a living thing that has common features like stems, roots, leaves and flowers. Plants come in a variety of different shapes and sizes. Most plants are green since they contain a substance called chlorophyll by which they make food in a process called photosynthesis.
Over 200, 000 plant species exist in the world. Plants make their own food instead of relying on other living things. The most important function of a plant is producing oxygen for the rest of the living species of this world.
How is Cactus a Plant?
A cactus ticks off all the boxes when it comes to being a plant. It is made up of a thick stem, roots and flowers. The thick stem of a cactus is the most prominent part that meets the eyes of many onlookers.
It produces seeds as well just like most plants do. New plants can be made from old leaves. A cactus also makes its own food just like all plants do. This process takes place in the stem where water is stored as well.
Most plants produce oxygen and so does the cactus. You might be interested to know that some cacti species even purify the air. One of these includes the Christmas cactus.
Is Cactus a Flowering Plant?
A cactus is in fact a flowering plant. All cacti bloom at least once a year. They produce brightly colored flowers. Some of these include the Spider cactus, Mammillaria cactus, Twin-spine cactus and the Balloon cactus.
Most common flower colors that bloom on cacti are yellow, pink and red. These flowers vary in shape and size. Most cacti bloom during the summer when all the conditions such as light, water and soil type are right.
Plant Features
Let us look at the different features that help us identify a plant. These are the following:
All plants have roots that are fixed to the ground for support and balance. These roots help absorb nutrients from the soil as well. These nutrients are often needed by the plant to grow into a healthy adult plant.
Roots are also best known for retaining water. They even store food which can later be used up by a plant during an emergency. Roots are often covered by a layer called the root cap. This helps prevent water loss.
2. Stem
Every plant has a stem that is used to store food and water. The stem of a plant holds the branches and leaves. It deals with generating new plant tissue as well if the plant is damaged.
It is mainly concerned with transporting water to other parts of the plant. The stem can look very different across plant species. In cacti, it is a very hard and thick part which stores water.
3. Leaves
Most plants have distinct leaves. The leaves of the plant make food by absorbing enough sunlight during the day. The leaves act as a medium for the flow of gases into the plant.
Leaves come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They come in different colors as well. Some plants even produce red and yellow leaves. Trees have a greater variety of leaves such as the Purple Smoke tree.
Most plants produce flowers during the spring and summer. Flowers are the reproductive parts of a plant. They produce seeds after a process called pollination.
All flowering plants produce flowers that come in a range of colors and patterns. Some plants even bloom flowers when they reach a mature stage in their lifecycle such as after 30 years.
We have discussed whether or not a cactus is a plant. The simple answer is yes. A cactus is definitely a plant since it consists of a stem, roots and flowers.
If you liked reading about cacti, you might be interested to look into the oldest cactus in the world.
5 Oldest Cactus in the World. The record is amazing!
Do you think the Saguaro cactus is the only oldest species out there? Well, here are two more of the oldest cacti!
7 Plants that Produce a lot of Oxygen (And are Safe to Own)

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Очередные президентские выборы в Молдавии прошли в два тура — 10 ноября и 7 декабря 2009 года. Это были четвёртые выборы главы государства, прошедшие после внесения в 2000 году изменений в Конституцию страны, в соответствии с которыми Президент республики избирался посредством голосования депутатов Парламента и действовавшие до 4 марта 2016 года.

Также, как и предыдущие, выборы были сорваны бойкотом их депутатами от оппозиционных сил — на этот раз в лице ПКРМ — что впоследствии привело ко второму за год роспуску парламента и досрочным выборам.

Предыстория

5 апреля 2009 года в Молдавии состоялись очередные парламентские выборы, на которых победу в третий раз с результатом 49,48 % одержала правящая с 2001 года ПКРМ, увеличив своё представительство с 56 до 60 депутатов, что было достаточно для формирования правительства (51 мандат), но недостаточно для избрания президента (61 мандат).

Оппозиция в лице ЛДПМ, ДПМ, ЛПМ и АНМ, объединившаяся в «Альянс за европейскую интеграцию», результаты выборов не признала и организовала массовые протесты в Кишинёве, которые завершились массовыми беспорядками и погромами, в ходе которых были ранены более 300 человек и серьёзно повреждено здание парламента Молдавии. Действующий президент страны Владимир Воронин обвинил лидеров оппозиции в подготовке государственного переворота

В соответствии с Конституцией, Владимир Воронин, избранный на первый срок в 2001 году и переизбранный на второй срок в 2005 году, не мог более выдвигаться на пост Президента страны, поэтому ПКРМ выдвинула кандидатуры действующего премьера Зинаиды Гречаной и врача Станислава Гроппа. Однако партии, входящие в АЕИ, заявили о бойкоте президентских выборов. Это не давало ПКРМ возможности избрания президентом своего кандидата, так как для этого не хватало 1 голоса.

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20 мая 2009 года состоялся первый тур голосования. Хотя за Зинаиду Гречаную проголосовали все 60 присутствующих депутатов (от ПКРМ, так как оппозиция бойкоторировала голосование), а Станислав Гропп не получил ни одного голоса, выборы были признаны несостоявшимися. За день до повторного голосования, 2 июня, бывший глава парламента Мариан Лупу вышел из ПКРМ и перешёл в оппозиционную ДПМ, заявив, что ПКРМ «недемократична и не может быть реформирована изнутри». Это привело к срыву и второго тура голосования — за Зинаиду Гречаную вновь было подано 60 голосов, а за альтернативного кандидата — бывшего посла Молдавии в России Андрея Негуца — ни одного. Выборы были признаны несостоявшимися, после чего парламент был распущен и назначены новые парламентские выборы, на которых ПКРМ потерпела первое за 8 лет поражение, хотя и сохранив самую крупную по численности фракцию (48 депутатов), но в совокупности уступив партиям-членам АЕИ.

Выборы

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По итогам парламентских выборов, АЕИ получил небольшой перевес над ПКРМ (53 депутата против 48), что давало ему возможность избрать премьера, но также делало невозможным избрание президента только своими голосами, без учёта мнения ПКРМ. Последняя заявила, что поддержит кандидатуру только независимого кандидата, не связанного с партиями правящей коалиции.

8 августа 2009 года партии-члены АЕИ договорились, что выдвинут единых кандидатов на посты президента, председателя Парламента и премьер-министра.

28 августа состоялось первое заседание парламента нового созыва, на котором его председателем был избран представитель ЛПМ Михай Гимпу. Согласно раннее достигнутым договорённостям, «Альянс за европейскую интеграцию» выдвинул кандидатуру Мариана Лупу (ДПМ) на пост президента, а Влада Филата (ЛДПМ) — на пост премьер-министра страны.

ПКРМ бойкотировала заседание и 1 сентября оспорила результаты голосования по кандидатуре Гимпу по процедурным основаниям, однако 8 сентября Конституционный суд Молдавии вынес решение о законности избрания спикера парламента простым большинством голосов в отсутствии меньше половины депутатов. После этого Владимир Воронин, продолжавший исполнять обязанности президента страны в условиях политического кризиса, 11 сентября ушёл в отставку, заявив:
«С тяжёлым сердцем я передаю бразды правления страной в руки новой власти. Не хочу лукавить. Я не верю, что политики, объединившиеся вместе только на эмоциях отрицания и сплошного очернения собственной страны и разделе должностей, способны предложить обществу позитивную программу. Мне неизвестны опыты удачного управления, которые бы строились на идее ликвидации собственной страны, на мечтах об её уничтожении. На такой почве можно лишь взрастить отчаяние, деморализацию и обреченность. И ничего более».

В тот же день Михай Гимпу, как глава парламента, был назначен исполняющим обязанности президента. Он объявил, что голосование по новому президенту состоится 23 или 26 октября, однако в первый указанный им день ПКРМ опротестовала внесение в список только одной кандидатуры, чем добилась его переноса (хотя добиться проведения альтернативных выборов ей не удалось).

Первый тур состоялся 10 ноября и, из-за бойкота со стороны депутатов от ПКРМ, не был признан состоявшимся — хотя за Мариана Лупу проголосовали все присутствующие 53 депутата, для избрания требовалось получить 61 голос. Та же ситуация повторилась и 7 декабря, когда состоялся второй тур. Таким образом, выборы были сорваны и второй раз за год парламент Молдавии, в соответствии с Конституцией страны, был распущен и назначены новые парламентские выборы, до проведения которых обязанности президента продолжал исполнять Михай Гимпу.

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New Raids, Detentions in London Attack Investigation
British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday that police know the identities of the three attackers who killed seven people and wounded more than 50 others Saturday in London.
May said their names would be released "when progress in the investigation permits," and that authorities were holding 11 people in custody in connection with the probe.
She said police are also still working to determine the identities of all the victims, but that so far it is known they include people of several nationalities.
"This was an attack on London and the United Kingdom, but it was also an attack on the free world," she said.
More raids
London police carried out more raids Monday and detained "a number" of people during searches at locations in the Newham and Barking areas.
Police have said Saturday's attack involved three men who were inside a van that struck pedestrians on London Bridge, then got out and stabbed numerous people at a nearby market area before being shot dead by police.
"We are trying to find out whether anybody was helping them and to understand the background to this attack as best as we possibly can," Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick told Sky News.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack through its Amaq news agency.
May said Sunday that three terrorist attacks in Britain in the last three months are "bound together by the evil ideology of Islamist extremism."
There is "far too much tolerance for extremism in our country," May said. "We need to be more robust in identifying and stamping out extremism in public service and across society…it's time to say enough is enough."
May said Saturday's attack does not appear to be connected to the a suicide bombing last month that killed 22 people after an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester or another attack on pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in March.
But she said "terrorism breeds terrorism" and that the perpetrators are "copying one another."
London Mayor Sadiq Khan condemned the attack saying, "There is no justification whatsoever for such barbaric acts."
Farhad Ahmad, a London Imam, told Sky News "people need to be told that there is no support for this in Islam at all."
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates each issued statements condemning the attack and expressing support for Britain.
At a Mass marking Pentecost, the end of the Easter season, Pope Francis asked for prayers for the victims and their families. He also prayed for "peace to the whole world" and for the wounds of war and terrorism to be healed.
Before their Champions Trophy match in Birmingham, rival cricket teams from India and Pakistan observed a moment of silence for the victims.
A moment of silence also was held in Manchester, where American pop singer Ariana Grande returned to headline an all-star concert to raise money for the victims of the May 22 suicide bombing.
Fifty-thousand people, including some who were wounded in the concert attack, attended the show, which raised more than $2.5 million.
US support
President Donald Trump offered America's "full support" in investigating the "brutal terror attacks" in London during a telephone call with Prime Minister May.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it was in close contact with British authorities.
"At this time," an official statement said, "we have no information to indicate a specific, credible terror threat in the United States" as a result of the London attack.
President Trump also tweeted that the attacks emphasized the correctness of his strict policies on immigration. Other users of social media, both in the U.S. and in Britain, criticized Trump.
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The South-east Governors Forum has promised to adopt the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria Commission (DAWN) to grow its region.
The Director General (DG) of the forum, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, disclosed this yesterday after a two-day working visit to the commission's Head office at the Cocoa House, Ibadan.
He said he was impressed with the level at which the commission had formulated economic policies for the regional development of the southwest.
He said the visit had helped his team to gain the experience needed to integrate and develop the south-east region.
Ortuanya added that the visit would assist the forum to develope a strategic plan and identify the type of professionals needed to successfully manage a similar agency.
The DG disclosed that the visit was necessitated by the forum's belief in DAWN's agenda in moving its region forward.
According to him, the governors' forum and DAWN commission share some things in common in their regional cohesion and integration.
Ortuanya added that the commission had already recorded success in several areas of cooperation among the six states in Western Nigeria.
"We are barely one month old, whereas DAWN is four years old. We felt we should have this interaction to leverage on its experience. If we have empowerment in the south-east, it would help in the country's development.
The Acting Director General of DAWN, Seye Oyeleye, described the visit as a good step in the right direction, adding that it was encouraging that other regions were adopting its blueprint to develop the nation.
Oyeleye said the fading relevance of oil as the mainstay of the country's economy further made it imperative for each region to look inward and cooperate on the various ways of maximizing their available resources for development.


This little restaurant just opened up about a month ago in Pasadena, California. I first noticed it while it was still under construction and knew I just had to go back and try it out once it opened.
I really liked all their food. So yummy and they also had a wide selection of healthy drinks, such as carrot juice and green power smoothies. Their prices are a little on the high side, with an entree averaging at about $10.
I know I have a couple readers who live in the Los Angeles area, so I highly suggest to those of you that do, to go try out this place. You won't be disappointed!
And for my Canada readers, there are two Green Earth's there too. One in Toronto and another in Ottawa.
jokes aside, people say the food there is wonderful!
Anyway, so nice that you have a real place nearby that's delicious and vegan! Oh, and I would totally pay $10 for a good, vegan meal (smile).
Those are beautiful photos of some good looking food. I really love entirely vegan restaurants, and even though I am far away I like to see what restaurants are offering.
Stella - Oh no! That's horrible..nothing worse than paying a lot of money and not being happy with the food. Did you check with Yelp? I usually check to see if the place got good reviews before I try a place that's new to me.
Thanks for the great review. I was the restaurant today and I saw Steve-O. Like you, he too was sitting across from me. There was another girl with him though. I wonder if he is a frequent diner of Green Earth.
That's a great looking bowl of pho. Also like the idea of cashew cheese. Was Steve O. eating anything daredevilish?


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Features » October 16, 2012
A Poverty of Empathy
The GOP's social welfare philosophy dates back to 1818.
BY Margaret Garb
The Society's report brings to mind Mitt Romney's comment about the 47 percent: "My job is not to worry about those people—I'll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
In 1818, the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism, New York's first anti-poverty organization, issued a report advocating the need to relieve "the community from the pecuniary exactions, the multiplied exactions, and threatening dangers" associated with paupers.
These middle-class worthies were alarmed at the cost of heating the almshouse in winter, the appearance of women and children scavenging for coal and food scraps along city streets, and the able-bodied men left idle by a serious economic downturn. The report listed the causes of urban poverty: intemperance in drinking, idleness, "want of economy," gambling, pawnbrokers and "imprudent and hasty marriages."
Nowhere in the 20-page document did the authors mention the twin burdens of urban laboring people: low wages and few jobs. Instead, the report framed poverty as a moral failure, arguing that the "habits and vices" of the poor need to be remade. The Society later suggested installing a running wheel in the poor house—a massive machine combining the grueling monotony of a hamster wheel and a Stairmaster—to train the poor in the discipline of work.
Yet unlike Romney, many Americans are indeed worried about poverty. They feel themselves slipping downward from an already tenuous middle- or working-class style of life. And no one wants to face up to the inadequacy of America's social safety net.
Like members of the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism, many in Washington reframe poverty as the opposite of work: Those relying on government anti-poverty funds are weak, dependent, or mired in some kind of antisocial marginal culture. Without a strict work requirement, America will become a "nation of government dependency," said Mitt Romney in August.
Lost in the ongoing welfare debate is the fact that poverty often accompanies work, as Barbara Ehrenreich demonstrated in her 2001 investigation of minimum-wage earners, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. Government statistics back her up. A significant number of employed Americans are eligible for the federal government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps. Most of the people receiving government housing vouchers are employed.
It's not that Americans cannot do the math, but rather that we tend to see the poor as a separate, easily defined group. The nation's official yardstick for measuring poverty was developed in 1963-1964 by Mollie Orshansky, an obscure researcher in the Social Security Administration. Orshansky's "poverty thresholds," which are used today, were based on a series of surveys of American families and Orshansky's calculations of household need versus spending. Orshansky worked out 124 poverty thresholds for 35 family types classified according to age, sex, race, size, workforce participation, and farm or non-farm employment.
The thresholds, which Orshansky considered "arbitrary but not unreasonable," might seem less reasonable today, since they were based on a 1955 study finding that American families spent fully one-third of their post-tax income on food—more than they spent on housing. Since at least 1980, most families spend significantly more on housing than on food. Yet, the method for calculating the poverty line—the income level determining who is classified as poor and eligible for government anti-poverty programs—has changed very little. Today, a family of four living on $22,313 or an individual living on $11,139 are designated poor.
Orshansky's calculations, as many researchers recognize, closed off efforts to define the poor in relative terms—in relation to median income, for example—or to define poverty in relation to broader indicators, such as access to education, healthcare, transportation or housing. What gets lost in government statistics and demographic snapshots is that most of America's poor move in and out of low-wage jobs and that poverty typically is triggered by a single event—divorce, serious illness or job loss. The poor really are not different from others, they just have less money.
The poverty line, though a concise gauge, hardly encompasses the complex forces shaping the lives of America's poor. Most significantly (and most deceptively), the thresholds establish the poor as a group set apart from the rest of us.
This idea is promoted by the wildly popular and broadly critiqued work of Charles Murray, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, who tried to link IQ to poverty in his 1994 book The Bell Curve (coauthored with Richard J. Herrnstein). More recently, in Coming Apart, a distinctly 21st-century twist on 19th-century eugenics, Murray effectively taps into that wellspring of public criticism and academic writing that links poverty to the impoverished person's culture. This is a version of culture that runs close to a biological condition; it is passed from parent to child, so deeply ingrained that it is immutable. Reviewing Coming Apart in the New York Times, Nicholas Confessore writes, "You will learn about working-class laziness but will find little discussion of the decline of trade unions or the rise of a service economy built on part-time work without benefits."
Victims of the Very Visible Hand
Historians label the early decades of the 19th century the "market revolution." It was a period much like the present: A major restructuring of work, housing, and the production of consumer goods led to several decades of economic booms and busts. In the first half of the 19th century, this restructuring meant the decline of household production of things like fabric, clothes, candles, soap, butter and other necessities. Instead of bartering with neighbors, people paid paper money for goods produced miles or oceans away.
The market revolution fueled the breakdown of the craft system. Young men, no longer apprenticed to older craftsmen, were increasingly paid cash wages for work in workshops producing boots, barrels, furniture and other goods. Rather than receiving room and board in a master craftsman's home, young urban men used their wages to pay rent in a boarding house or in the newly constructed tenements. Some of these new wage workers propelled themselves into the urban middle classes as merchants and manufacturers. Others were left at the mercy of seasonal employment and low wages, unable to support wives and children, and often dependent on city alms for food and coal.
"Globalization" is the term we apply to the current economic restructuring. It's a metaphor that hides the hardship caused by the movement of manufacturing jobs overseas, the speedy Internet transactions that undercut small businesses, and the devaluing of skills that once promised a middle-class life. Poverty is the result for many people, not because they are weak or lazy or lack a culture of work, but simply because their skills, education or work experience have rendered them obsolete in the newly restructured, globalized economy.
At a time when one of America's major parties advocates policies not dissimilar to the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism, we must remember that poverty for some is a natural and inevitable result of a rapidly changing economy. Government-funded training programs, transformations in public education and generous public assistance programs are no doubt necessary. But what the poor and working classes also need is honesty.
It is simply wrong to pin economic change on so-called natural forces or business cycles. Economic restructuring is driven by human action: by tax policies encouraging innovation and trade in some areas, by government investments in research and infrastructure, and by the hard work and ingenuity of an educated workforce. It is also driven by government policies that undercut wages, subsidize corporate expansion, and deny struggling families decent education and social services.
Who benefits and who suffers in a changing economy will be determined by politicians who are answerable to a politically engaged public that demands sensible government policies—policies that recognize that the poor are no different from anyone else.
Margaret Garb
Margaret Garb is the author of Freedom's Ballot: African American Political Struggles in Chicago from Abolition to the Great Migration.. She is working on a history of poverty and work in the U.S. from the Civil War to the Reagan era.
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Posted by Patrick Miller on 2012-10-25 09:48:09
Clinton's third way was in many ways what passes today as moderate Republicanism, but it was not a "killing of the New Deal". Romney/Ryan's america envisions a much starker dystopia. Excellent commmentary by Ms. Garb on the completely unmodern GOP.
Posted by seamus37 on 2012-10-18 22:03:13
Not much has changed. Consider the way that today's social "liberals" wave the flag for Bill "Kill the New Deal and Give Us NAFTA" Clinton, our anti-Obama.
Posted by DH Fabian on 2012-10-18 16:23:00
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Guus Vogels, né le  à Naaldwijk, est un joueur néerlandais de hockey sur gazon.

Palmarès
  Médaille d'or aux Jeux olympiques d'Atlanta en 1996
  Médaille d'or aux Jeux olympiques de Sydney en 2000
  Médaille d'argent aux Jeux olympiques d'Athènes en 2004

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Joueur de hockey sur gazon aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1996
Joueur de hockey sur gazon aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2000
Joueur de hockey sur gazon aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2004
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Pianoman and I (mostly him) solved the "triangles" clue this afternoon.
Is anyone workng on this hunt. Can someone help me out with a copy of the image with a bunch of letters. I have the ebook but it is too blurry.
The author posted an image of the grid on the publicly accessible Beacon Star page (https://www.facebook.com/TheBeaconStar). There is a better pdf version but it is on the group page and you need a Facebook account to access it.


Reverse Osmosis is a very popular way of water purification. There is a semi-permeable membrane with this system. The main task of the membrane is to remove bigger particles, ions, and molecules from water.
External pressure is used to remove particles from water. Pour solvent is stored on the one side of the membrane. On the other side of the membrane, pollutants become stored up.
The system ensures drinkable water by removing pollutants from water. The membrane can't remove ions and big molecules from water. It can easily pass the smaller molecule through the membrane easily.
In normal Reverse Osmosis system, the solvent moves from low solute concentration from high solute concentration by a membrane.
Here reduction of free energy is working as a driving force. Apply an outer pressure for the normal flow of the RO system.
The method is same as the other membrane technology applications. The predominant gives up the system is size exclusion or straining. Therefore the system gets top efficiency for the concentration and solution's pressure.
Reverse Osmosis makes the system dependent on force, flow rate and other situations. It involves diffusion also. The system is a very popular water purifier system for all people. It purifies water from the sea, removes the salt and other sewage materials from water molecules.
At the time of using the RO system, you need to follow some processes to purify drinking water.
When you look at an RO system, you will notice 3 cylindrical canisters on a manifold. Among them on is the membrane and other two are carbon filters. Now let us closely notice what every one of those cartridges does.
The 1st step of purifying water of the RO is meant to save the membrane. It eliminates big sediments and aids to remove chlorine.
The first cartridge is known as the carbon block filter and the sediment filter. It conserves the membrane that gets clogged by more sediment. The membrane may damage by exposing more chlorine. Chlorine is normally found in municipal water.
If you begin with water, you will get the excellent performance of the RO system. The water you get has great taste. It is wise not to use an RO system unless hard water goes under 10 grains per gallon. If you have very hard water, you need no turn your head for other water treatment solutions.
Setting up a water softener is good before installing the RO system. Sometimes scale build-up can destroy the RO system. It also damages the other appliances in your home. Read the related articles to know more about hard water that destroys your RO system. Take proper care of the unit and get pure water.
Follow preliminary filtration appears the true art of Reverse Osmosis system.
The membrane is made of synthetic plastic mater. Water moves through this membrane. At the time of passing water, it needs more pressure no doubt. The force compels molecules to pass through the membrane.
But calcium, sodium, and magnesium remain in the water. There are some other things remain with water namely virus, glucose, urea and bacteria.
Water Right utilizes thin film composite membranes with the Impression series RO and the eclipse RO system. This membrane can resist bacteria break down. The rejection rate is 95% to 97% on an average. The TFC membranes aren't chlorine resistant. For this reason, people like to use carbon prefilter.
Water goes through a second carbon filter before you get it ready for drinking. This stage removes the rest of pollutants come from the past membrane.
Keep this water in a storage tank. Here water waits until you consume it.
Lastly, there stays line activated carbon filter that gives final polish of water. The flow is of water is coming from the faucet. It is used to eliminate remaining flavors and odors that come from the holding tank or the system hoses.
The polish is a step that ensures the drinking water is unbelievably fresh.
RO or reverse osmosis purifier is a welcoming solution for hard water.
Suppose, PUreit Marvella is slim RO of RO water purifier.
Reverse Osmosis eliminates mercury, lead, arsenic, fluoride, and chlorine. These things are responsible for the illness of the body. Lead metal is responsible for anemia and brain damage.
RO filter is greatly used to remove usually found a lake, Cryptosporidium in the river, lake, and public deliver water.
Removes essential minerals: The main demerit of this purifier is that it removes natural minerals from water. As a result, the taste is greatly affected. Moreover, these natural minerals are very much essential for our body. There is a report that it removes iron, calcium, sodium and magnesium from water.
The main problem of the RO water purifier is that it fails to destroy bacteria and viruses from water. Microorganisms may pass through the filtration system. So there is health risk of consuming such type of water. For this cause, it is suggested to use RO through the UV radiation as it can destroy virus and bacteria from water.
Water taste altered: The taste of water little bit change here. The cause is that it removes natural mineral from the water. As a result, the taste is greatly affected in this filtration process.
Routine maintenance is the precondition to get the optimal efficiency of the Reverse Osmosis systems.
As a procedure of thumb, the Reverse Osmosis system has 3, 4, 5 filter stages. We aren't discussing the details of each stage. Here we outline some main maintenance procedures that are essential for the most of the RO system.
First: At first you have to pass water through a pre-filter. The prefilter removes dirt, sand, sediment and other pollutants from water. You should change the filter after using six months otherwise it can clog. The flow rate of water will be less and you must change the filter.
Second: The following statement is a carbon filter that is made to eliminate odor and chlorine taste. It is very much essential as chlorine may destroy the RO membrane. You have to replace the filter after every six to nine months.
Third: In the third stage of filtration process the unit uses pressure to move water through the membrane. Lastly, you may get pure water on one side. The dirt remains on the other side of the membrane. This is the most popular method.
This is called the normal process of the RO system. Here pressure is not essential. In this stage, solvent moves from low solute to the high solute concentration.
Water goes inside the RO membrane at normally 35 pounds/ square inch. It means two drops per second. The membrane pipes down the rejected pollutants. One needs to replace the RO membrane after every two to three years.
Fourth: To the end of the cycling process, one has to add carbon filter stage to get polish water. This level eliminates the remaining odors and taste to make water fit for drinking. One must replace the carbon filter following every six to nine months.
The system starts to produce less amount of water gradually after using for a long time. The performance of the filter wouldn't be better. Decreasing the product of water is a good sign to change the membrane or filter of the purifier.
Therefore it's a fine idea to adjust a reminder. You should better change the membrane and reminder in schedule time.
How Can I Purchase an RO System?
You may have some question regarding the RO technology or system. Make contact with the local dealer. Besides you can contact the water supply management team who can show you the right path to choose the purifier.


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Q: How to combine multilpe sed commands into one I am unable to do the both replace and delete action into one go while using sed hence using multiple occurrence of the sed.
Raw datafile
d62150 fxn3008_d62150 - ^M
809MB 668MB 271MB

d62150 fxn4008_d62150_bl 6227MB ^M

9465MB 9778MB 0MB
d62150 fxn3008_d62150 - ^M
809MB 668MB 271MB

d62150 fxn4008_d62150_bl 6227MB ^M

9465MB 9778MB 0MB
d62150 fxn3008_d62150 - ^M
809MB 668MB 271MB

d62150 fxn4008_d62150_bl 6227MB ^M

9465MB 9778MB 0MB
d62150 fxn3008_d62150 - ^M
809MB 668MB 271MB

d62150 fxn4008_d62150_bl 6227MB ^M

9465MB 9778MB 0MB
d62150 fxn3008_d62150 - ^M
809MB 668MB 271MB

d62150 fxn4008_d62150_bl 6227MB ^M

9465MB 9778MB 0MB
d62150 fxn3008_d62150 - ^M
809MB 668MB 271MB

d62150 fxn4008_d62150_bl 6227MB ^M

9465MB 9778MB 0MB

The current Solution i am using is :
sed -i -e 's/\r//g; s/-/0/g; s/MB//g'  log1
sed '/^[[:space:]]*$/d' "$datafile.log1"| paste -d " " - - > log2
awk '{$1=$1}1' OFS="," "$datafile.log2" > log

Test1 out this will remove the control chars and MB while replace the - to 0 s desired.
$ sed -e 's/\r//g; s/-/0/g; s/MB//g' test22.log
d62150 fxn3008_d62150 0
809 668 271

d62150 fxn4008_d62150_bl 6227

9465 9778 0
d62150 fxn3008_d62150 0
809 668 271

d62150 fxn4008_d62150_bl 6227

9465 9778 0
d62150 fxn3008_d62150 0
809 668 271

d62150 fxn4008_d62150_bl 6227

9465 9778 0
d62150 fxn3008_d62150 0
809 668 271

d62150 fxn4008_d62150_bl 6227

9465 9778 0
d62150 fxn3008_d62150 0
809 668 271

d62150 fxn4008_d62150_bl 6227

9465 9778 0
d62150 fxn3008_d62150 0
809 668 271

d62150 fxn4008_d62150_bl 6227

9465 9778 0

Test2 out  However i see the another way of working like below which is mupltiple pipe sequences and paste command for joining lines and subsequently awk for making it comma separated fields.
$ sed -e 's/\r//g; s/-/0/g; s/MB//g' test22.log | sed '/^$/d' |  paste -d " " - -|awk '{$1=$1}1' OFS=","
d62150,fxn3008_d62150,0,809,668,271
d62150,fxn4008_d62150_bl,6227,9465,9778,0
d62150,fxn3008_d62150,0,809,668,271
d62150,fxn4008_d62150_bl,6227,9465,9778,0
d62150,fxn3008_d62150,0,809,668,271
d62150,fxn4008_d62150_bl,6227,9465,9778,0
d62150,fxn3008_d62150,0,809,668,271
d62150,fxn4008_d62150_bl,6227,9465,9778,0
d62150,fxn3008_d62150,0,809,668,271
d62150,fxn4008_d62150_bl,6227,9465,9778,0
d62150,fxn3008_d62150,0,809,668,271
d62150,fxn4008_d62150_bl,6227,9465,9778,0

Please help make is easier or one liner.

A: This might work for you (GNU sed):
sed '/^\s*$/d;:a;N;s/\n\s*$//;ta;y/- /0,/;s/\n\|\r\|MB//g' file

Delete any empty lines.
Once a non-empty line is established, delete any appended empty lines until another non-empty line is appended.
Translate - to 0 and   to ,.
Remove any \n, \r and MB.

A: You never need sed when you're using awk. Using any awk:
awk '
    BEGIN { OFS="," }
    !NF { next }          # Discard all empty lines
    (++c) % 2 {           # Select odd-numbered of remaining lines
        prev = $0         # Just save the line in a variable.
        next
    }
    {                     # This is an even numbered non-empty line
        $0 = prev " " $0  # Attach the previous line to the front of it
        gsub(/-/,0)
        gsub(/\r|MB/,"")
        $1 = $1           # Force replacement of all FS with OFS
        print
    }
' file

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During the 1960s and 70s auto manufacturers were riding high on a wave of speed and performance. Then we entered an era where we were told gas was in short supply and we were destroying the ozone with our extravagant auto emissions. We reluctantly let go of our fast and sporty cars and took to the streets with a V6 and even a V4. Gas mileage and cheaper insurance costs forced the fast cars onto the race track and off the roadways.
The desire for speed will be with us always. We will probably never again see a time when speed and high performance engines are sold for the every day street car but we can get a glimpse of these cars at the raceway or at vintage car shows. The baby boomers were around to see these cars at their inception and they still carry a torch for them today. Many will spend a small fortune to restore one of these original fast cars back to their former splendor.
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This is the last week of school for our kids and many kids in North America are finishing or have just completed their school year. Some of the fundamental concepts we learn in grade school stay with us forever. As presenters, we can tap in to this shared knowledge base when designing visuals that are easy for our audience to understand. In this article I want to share some of these grade school lessons and how we can apply them to creating presentation visuals.
One of the activities that we all enjoyed in our earliest grades in school was playing with blocks. We would stack them on top of each other to see who could build the tallest stack. We learned that a taller stack was better than a smaller stack. We can take this experience in to our presentation by creating a column graph to compare measured values. Audiences inherently understand that a taller column represents a larger, and presumably better, value.
Many of us also have the experience of fighting with a sibling or classmate over who gets the larger piece of pizza or pie. Usually our parents would have to come up with a creative way to solve the argument (and those of us who are parents now still have to do the same!) What did we learn? That a bigger piece of pie is a good thing! Our audience instantly understands this when we use a pie chart to show how different elements make up the whole. They see bigger or smaller pie wedges and know how to compare them because of their experience as a child.
From early grades on, we were asked to draw a picture to go along with a story or assignment that we were working on. It might be a simple drawing in crayon in earlier grades, and something more elaborate as we progressed in school. We learned that adding a picture to our story made it come to life for the reader. Before we could read, we enjoyed picture books, so adding pictures to a story seemed natural. As presenters, we need to use pictures to help tell our stories. Think back to the days of picture books: use less text and more pictures to tell your story. Your audience will appreciate it.
When we were in kindergarten, one of the key concepts we learned was the calendar. We had to learn how to tell the days of the month, days of the week and how they related to each other. Once we learned those concepts, we could easily relate to when tests were scheduled, when assignments were due, and, most importantly, when school was done for the summer! Why not show date-based information as a calendar? We all understand it instantly because it is familiar to us. Instead of a simple list of dates, draw a table that represents the timeframe involved and show where the dates are on the calendar. This is easier for the audience to understand and it is what they see every day on their computer and smartphone.
I have many more grade school experiences that lead to presentation visuals in my upcoming book that will be out this fall. I think that as presenters we can sometimes get too carried away with making fancy graphics. In many cases, if we go back to our experiences as children, we can find simple ways to show our points. These simple ways communicate more clearly to our audience because they tap in to the deep archive of experience that we all share from growing up. Look for simple ways to visually show your points in your next presentation.


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The Falcon Heavy rocket exerts 5.1 million pounds of thrust -- that of more than a dozen jetliners, SpaceX said. The rocket carried a Saudi Arabian satellite operated by Arabsat, a year after sending SpaceX founder Elon Musk's slick red Tesla roadster into orbit as a test.
In Falcon Heavy's first launch, in February 2018, a dummy dubbed Starman was placed behind the wheel of Musk's roadster, which is currently orbiting the Sun somewhere between Earth and Mars. Since then, the US military and private clients have signed contracts for Falcon Heavy launches, and NASA has raised the possibility it may use the rocket for its planned missions to the Moon.


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Q: How to write nullable fields to influx with aioinflux in PYthon? I have a user defined schema based on a dataclass and I am trying to write it in influx. I get an error Invalid variable type: value should be str, int or float, got None which I dont know how to address since some of my fields in the dataclass are null-able. I tried adding Optional in their types in the dataclass cause I thought that the lineprotocol does not understand the schema when it receives None but I get the same error?
This is an example of my dataclass (simplified):
from datetime import datetime
from aioinflux import lineprotocol, TIMEDT, TAG, FLOAT, MEASUREMENT, INT
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import Optional

@lineprotocol(
    schema=dict(
        timestamp=TIMEDT,
        measurement=MEASUREMENT,
        object_id=INT,
        dt=TAG,
        weight=FLOAT,
        width=FLOAT,
        size=FLOAT,
        risk=TAG,
        confidence=FLOAT,
    )
)
@dataclass
class CbdrDebugPoint:
    timestamp: datetime
    object_id: int
    dt: str
    weight: float
    size: Optional[float]
    width: Optional[float]
    risk: Optional[str]
    confidence: Optional[float]
    measurement: str = "my_table_name"

Can I avoid just using dummy default values?


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A biochemist who co-led a breakthrough 2012 study of CRISPR-Cas9, Doudna repeatedly emphasized in interviews the challenges of repurposing the molecular system, which bacteria use to fend off viruses, to edit human genomes. The U.S. patent office, in a February ruling that let the Broad keep its CRISPR patents (for now), relied heavily on those statements — "We weren't sure if CRISPR/Cas9 would work in … animal cells," for example — to conclude that when scientists at the Broad CRISPR'd human cells in 2013, it was a non-obvious advance and therefore deserving of patents.
So it's striking that the careful, measured Doudna who said CRISPR'ing human cells and thereby curing devastating diseases would be a challenge is hardly in evidence in "A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution," the new book she co-authored with her former student Samuel Sternberg. It goes on sale Tuesday.
This is not a tell-all. The farthest Doudna goes in addressing the patent fight — a "disheartening twist" — is to say that because of such rivalries she experienced "the gamut of human relationships, from deep friendships to disturbing betrayals." She doesn't name the betrayers.
So what she does choose to reveal is fascinating, especially about her collaboration with Emmanuelle Charpentier. The two are so closely linked that all the prizes they've won for CRISPR, they've won together; among CRISPR watchers "DoudnaandCharpentier" is virtually a macro.
Her own moral journey is intriguing. She feels germline editing can be safe, and the "it's unnatural!" argument "doesn't carry much weight with me anymore," she writes. "It seems to me that we'd be justified in using" CRISPR to eliminate genes that cause untold suffering, such as those for Huntington's disease. "When I think about the pain that genetic diseases cause families, the stakes are simply too high to exclude the possibility of eventually using germline editing," as an expert panel also concluded.
Doudna acknowledges, however, that "it's difficult to see how we'd do it equitably," especially when the line between therapy and enhancement is paper thin: Some families might purchase a genetic legacy that gives them less need for sleep, greater endurance, extra-strong bones, leaner or larger muscles, lower risk of diabetes and Alzheimer's, even less armpit odor — while other families muddle through with the genes nature gave them.
That threatens to "transcribe our societies' financial inequality into our genetic code," Doudna writes.
Well, I think her point is that you could genetically engineer to such an extent that you could create a unicorn from a chicken embryo.


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