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Pioneering Work on Gluten Allergy Was Wrong
What this does is let us to set aside the doctrine of gluten sensibility itself and that is good. What it does not do though is license you to make gluten a major component of your diet. Bread and cakes remain a generally bad food choice and need to be largely eliminated, mostly because it is so persuasive. Too much means eating mostly sugars and that is straight to the high road to diabetes.
I recently learned to properly make bannock using high quality flours as well as other ground grains. I added a fair bit of sugar and corn meal in my last experiment and then baked the result. You end up with a solid enough bread – baking powder is the leaven – which can be sliced very thin as a cracker almost. I then refry it in oil to make it crisp and chewy as well. This becomes a real food and allows us to tackle a wide range of edible flours we would otherwise have trouble with.
If you try this it is four cups of wheaten flour and five tablespoons of baking powder with enough water to bring to kneading stage. Everything else added, including salt is a bonus to enrich the food you are making. It only takes a few minutes to put together and perhaps a few minutes rest before you put it in the oven.
Our serious problem is that our processed food industry has sold us a lot of grossly inadequate flour based food and it is making us sick. Yet it used to really feed people.
It's all in your head: Scientist now believes his pioneering work on gluten allergy was wrong
By Scott Kaufman
Sunday, May 25, 2014 10:24 EDT
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/25/its-all-in-your-head-scientist-now-believes-his-pioneering-work-on-gluten-allergy-was-wrong/
The researcher whose work led scientific credence to claims that those without celiac disease — which causes an immune response in the small intestines in the presence of gluten — still benefit from a gluten-free diet has performed another, more rigorous study that leads him to believe that there is no such thing as non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS).
In 2011, Peter Gibson, a professor of gastroenterology at Monash University in Australia, published a study that found that gluten proteins cause gastrointestinal distress even in people who don't suffer from celiac disease. This study helped provided scientific backing to the "gluten-free" diet fad, but Gibson believed that the evidence on which the fad was based wasn't thorough enough, so in 2013 he performed another study.
In the 2013 study, he provided his subjects with three diets: two "treatment" diets, one of which was low-gluten, one of which was high-gluten; and a baseline diet. He found that subjects reported similarly increased gastrointestinal distress on both the low- and high-gluten "treatment" diets compared to the baseline.
Gibson then performed a second experiment to ensure the suitability of the whey protein in the baseline diet, and discovered that when he repeated the experiment with the baseline diet labeled as "treatment," his subjects reported increased gastrointestinal distress on it as well.
The subjects were responding to what the medical community calls "the nocebo effect," in which a harmless substance causes negative reactions because the subjects in an experiment expect it to.
Gibson was forced to draw a conclusion that directly contradicted the one he drew in 2011: "In contrast to our first study," he wrote, "we could find absolutely no specific response to gluten."
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Cleverer Still
This is obviously a topic on which I have some slight familiarity and am quite aware of the sex differential. That it has now improved is good news. Other noted differentials are better ascribed to changes in nurture and the lack of available role models for boys in particular. Yet genius potential is all about real processing speed.
Your brain must be naturally quicker to start with.
That is still not good enough as I have met many could have been types as well. Two other things must occur. The brain must be wired properly through an excellent intense training in mathematics as an adolescent. Then you also must feed the monkey huge amounts of data and as many ideas as much as possible. There are other mental skills that can be usefully optimized. Those include a photographic memory which I do not have but now know how to acquire.
For the bulk of humanity slow but steady works pretty well.
Geniuses are getting brighter. And at genius levels of IQ, girls are not as far behind boys as they used to be
Dec 22nd 2012
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21568704-geniuses-are-getting-brighter-and-genius-levels-iq-girls-are-not-far
SCIENCE has few more controversial topics than human intelligence—in particular, whether variations in it are a result of nature or nurture, and especially whether such variations differ between the sexes. The mines in this field can blow up an entire career, as Larry Summers found out in 2005 when he spoke of the hypothesis that the mathematical aptitude needed for physics and engineering, as well as for maths itself, is innately rarer in women than in men. He resigned as president of Harvard University shortly afterwards.
It is bold, therefore, of Jonathan Wai, Martha Putallaz and Matthew Makel, of Duke University in North Carolina, to enter the fray with a paper that addresses both questions. In this paper, just published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, they describe how they sifted through nearly three decades of standardised tests administered to American high-school students to see what had been happening to the country's brightest sparks.
They draw two conclusions. One is that a phenomenon called the Flynn effect (which weighs on the "nurture" side of the scales because it describes how IQ scores in general have been rising over the decades) applies in particular to the brightest of the bright. The other is that part, but not all, of the historic difference between the brainiest men and women has vanished.
The three researchers drew their data from Duke University's Talent Identification Programme, TIP, which is designed to ferret out especially clever candidates early on: all the participants had scored in the top 5% of ability when confronted with exams designed for much older students. TIP, in turn, draws on three national exams: SAT, EXPLORE and ACT. Altogether, Dr Wai, Dr Putallaz and Dr Makel looked at data from 1.7m children. Those data spanned the years between 1981 and 2010.
In the general population boys are well known to do a bit better than girls in maths. Girls, in turn, edge out boys on tests of verbal reasoning. The result is similar overall IQ scores. Among the best young mathematical brains, however, that equality does not pertain. Here, boys do a lot better at maths than girls—but less better than they used to, as the researchers discovered.
In the early 1980s, the ratio of males to females in the top 0.01% of maths scores in SAT, the Scholastic Aptitude Test, was around 13 to 1. By the early 1990s it had fallen to four to one. After this, however, it remained obstinately unaltered (see chart). The other two tests, both of which post-date the period in which the SAT shows those huge changes, indicate less lopsided sex ratios of between two and three to one. But neither shows girls making much recent progress towards equality.
Nurturing talent
This study is not perfect. Its most interesting result rests on data from just one of the three sets of exams it looked at and its sample sizes are, necessarily, small. But it chimes with the findings of a much older investigation, carried out in 1983 by a group of researchers at Johns Hopkins University, which also discovered a male-to-female sex ratio of 13:1 among the most able young mathematicians.
Why a dramatic rise in the aptitude of America's brightest young female mathematicians should then be followed by two decades of stagnation is not obvious, and, not being experts in mine-clearance, the researchers offer no hypothesis. It is clear that the rise itself must be "nurture" of some sort—possibly a change in teachers' attitudes towards girls who are interested in maths—but the subsequent stasis could have either explanation. A line of reasoning in favour of "nature" is that put forward by Simon Baron-Cohen, a psychologist at Cambridge University. This connects the extreme systematising patterns of thought which make a good mathematician with the preponderance of men among those with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism that does not harm a person's general intelligence. But the disparity could equally well be the result of some as-yet-unelucidated difference between the ways girls and boys are brought up.
That such unelucidated environmental influences can have real effects on IQ is eloquently illustrated by the Flynn effect. This phenomenon, brought to the world's attention in the 1980s by James Flynn of the University of Otago, in New Zealand, is that average IQs around the world have been rising at the rate of 0.3 points a year for the past eight decades. Using the TIP data, Dr Wai and his colleagues showed that this is as true of the brightest youngsters in American society as it is of lesser mortals, suggesting that even they can have their abilities boosted by whatever is causing the Flynn effect. Once again, the changes seem to be mainly in mathematics. Scores in the brightest children's verbal-reasoning and reading abilities demonstrate no clear trend, but all three national tests show sustained improvements in their mathematical ability over the past three decades.
No one knows what causes the Flynn effect. Theories range from better nutrition, via a more stimulating general environment (thanks to such things as television, radio, the internet and video games), to the phasing out of lead in petrol and paint. What is clear is that it cannot be a change in gene-given ability, which is what most people mean by "nature" in this debate, because too few generations have passed for natural selection to have had any meaningful impact.
J. KempDec 21st 2012, 04:48
There are several effects in the mix here which bear mentioning:
1. Mate selection (in Darwin's words, "sex selection") can easily drive up IQs over time. This amounts to one or the other (or both) members of a couple selecting their reproduction mate on the basis of intelligence. If people are selecting against lower-IQ individuals as mates, while selecting in favor of higher-IQ individuals, this can drive up IQ much, much faster than classic "Darwinistic selection".
2. Breastfeeding, which has made a strong comeback in the Western world during the past 30 to 40 years, has been shown to have positive impacts on IQ across populations on a genetically modified basis. See, for example:http://www.pnas.org/content/104/47/18860.full.pdf
3. SAT tests have been very substantially dumbed down over the past 4 decades. In fact, the American Mensa organization ceased accepting high-threshold SAT scores as a pathway to gain Mensa membership as of 1994. Prior to that, there was a sufficiently solid correlation between IQ and SAT scores. After 1994 there is not. Thus, SATs are likely not presently doing much by way of measuring the capacities of the very highest ability individuals. In other words, if IQ is not longer very correlated with SATs, this implies that many people can simply be prepared/trained to do well on these exams somewhat independently of their true native ability. (By contrast, the Miller Analogies is likely a far better tool for distinguishing different levels of ability among the very highest IQ individuals.)
4. There are strong indications that a major structural factor at work in male vs. female intelligence is the reality that there are key intelligence-impacting genes on the X-chromosome, of which men have only one while women have two. All female mammals are mosaics with respect to the X-chromosome, meaning that their tissues are a patchwork quilt in which one or the other of their X-chromosomes is turned on (and the other off) in each patch. This creates a situation where it is easier for males to win the IQ lottery if they happen to get a single very strong version of the relevant genes on their X-chromosome. For a woman to have that same gene in all of her tissues, she would have to inherit the rare, very strong allele/s from both of her parents, which is statistically far less likely to occur. Similarly, males are also far more likely to lose this lottery, and wind up mentally retarded, which is where women pick up the dividend of having two X-chromosomes: X-based mental retardation is far less common among women as their risk is diversified by having two X-chromosomes, and thus a good chance of having one more helpful allele on one of their X-chromosomes to offset any harmful allele.
China Rolling out Global High Speed Rail Plans and Projects
Without question, China is the only regime able to serious tackle this ambitious a project. Yet their continuing build out of their internal network actually proves capability and serious capacity. That capacity will need a future market come 2020 and why not the world?
An extended Asian network of track is most attractive, particularly is they shoot a branch down into India and into Africa. There are serious potential markets all along these corridors that would naturally blossom. Again it is necessary to target the low hanging fruit like Europe, Africa and India.
A Bering route is a difficult proposition at best and better for freight haulage perhaps. I personally think even that has better ways.
Yet in the long haul, we will do it anyway unless we come up with a container sized wormhole first. Which I no longer dismiss as impossible either.
China Rolling out Global high speed rail plans and projects - From Pan-asian plan to future Africa projects and proposed China-Russia-Canada-US line
http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/05/china-rolling-out-global-high-speed.html
China's academy of engineering is talking about a global high speed rail network. There are reasons to doubt that the politics and negotiations can come together. However, China plans to have 50,000 kilometers high speed rail network built inside of China by 2020. The external line to the US via Russia and Canada would be an added 12000 km outside of China and a line to Europe via India would be of similar length. So 40% more high speed rail that China was planning and building already.
China's name in chinese is Middle Kingdom.
China would be building a high a global high speed rail network where the lines lead to and from the middle kingdom.
The Pan Asian line is funded and being built and will bring South East Asian economies closer to China.
China can afford to do it and the connections would be more powerful than any negotiated trade deal. It would be increased physical access.
China is adding a new $10 billion credit line for Africa on top of the existing $20 billion already offered. China will boost the China-Africa Development Fund by $2 billion, bringing it to a total of $5 billion
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang depicted a dream that all African capitals are connected with high-speed rail, so as to boost pan-African communication and development
Li's trip, which also takes in oil-rich Nigeria and Angola, would not simply be for energy deals and Beijing will be seeking to help boost African living standards.
Li said he hoped that some of the loans being offered would be used to support small and medium-seized companies in Africa, adding that economic development on the continent offered huge opportunities for both China and Africa.
"History and reality make clear to all: China's development gives opportunity to Africa; Africa develops, and China also benefits," he said.
Trips by Chinese leaders to Africa are often marked by big natural resource deals, triggering criticism from some quarters that China is only interested in the continent's mineral and energy wealth.
The state-run Beijing Times newspaper reports of a proposed high speed rail line that would begin in north-east China and run up through Siberia, pass through a tunnel underneath the Pacific Ocean then cut through Alaska and Canada to reach the continental US.
Crossing the Bering Strait in between Russia and Alaska would require about 200km (125 miles) of undersea tunnel, the paper said, citing Wang Mengshu, a railway expert at the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
"Right now we're already in discussions. Russia has already been thinking about this for many years," Wang said.
The project – nicknamed the "China-Russia-Canada-America" line – would run for 13,000km, about 3,000km further than the Trans-Siberian Railway. The entire trip would take two days, with the train travelling at an average of 350km/h (220mph).
NBF - China's fastest test trains can go about double this speed and low air pressure tunnels could further boost the speed. If the line were built it could be upgrade for one day or even twelve hour or less travel times.
The reported plans leave ample room for skepticism. No other Chinese railway experts have come out in support of the proposed project. Whether the government has consulted Russia, the US or Canada is also unclear. The Bering Strait tunnel alone would require an unprecedented feat of engineering – it would be the world's longest undersea tunnel – four times the length of the Channel Tunnel.
According to the state-run China Daily, the tunnel technology is "already in place" and will be used to build a high-speed railway between the south-east province of Fujian and Taiwan. "The project will be funded and constructed by China," it said. "The details of this project are yet to be finalised."
Google Translate version of the Chinese Academy of Engineering high speed rail proposals and projects
Chinese Academy of Engineering, Wang Meng-shu Secret Chinese high-speed rail "going out" strategy [NBF- for commercial and geopolitical reasons]
Pan-Asian high-speed railway to start construction next month [NBF- his is funded and getting built]
A Eurasian high-speed rail
Line: From London, via Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, Kiev, Moscow, after over two branches, one into Kazakhstan, another virtual point of the Far East Khabarovsk, after entering the territory of China Manzhouli
Process: Domestic segment has already started, is still being negotiated outside the lines
2 Central High Speed Rail
Line: The starting point is Urumqi, through Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey and other countries, and finally to Germany
Process: Domestic segment is advancing, still being negotiated outside the lines
3 Pan-Asian high-speed rail
Line: starting from Kunming, followed by Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, arrived in Singapore
Process: Inter-China-Burma railway tunnel commenced in June
4 Russia plus the United States and high-speed rail
Line: starting from the northeast all the way north through the Bering Strait in Siberia arrived to build a tunnel way across the Pacific Ocean, arriving in Alaska, and then go from Alaska, Canada, the United States finally arrived
Process: being discussed
And then to Africa, Premier Li Keqiang visited each force will recommend to the local Chinese high-speed railway from Thailand to Eastern Europe. Technically sound, mature operating experience, quality and security, cost-effective, enjoys a good reputation in the international market ...... May 5, at the China-aided AU Conference Center, he enumerated the advantages of Chinese high-speed rail to the five African leaders.
In the name of such a high level of "high iron salesman" behind, is five years China has launched high-speed rail "going out" strategy. This is a big game.
And Northeast were starting from Xinjiang, a North-South high-speed rail construction two intercontinental connectivity in Europe; from Kunming, the construction of a direct high-speed rail through Southeast Asia, Singapore ...... This is China high-speed rail "going out" of the three strategic direction. In the more distant future, China intends to increase cooperation with Russia and the United States, the construction of a across the Bering Strait, up to tens of thousands of kilometers of high-speed rail connecting the two continents Ami.
Yesterday, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the famous railway expert Wang Meng-shu accept the Beijing Times [microblogging] Reporter interview, described the progress of these cross-border high-speed rail lines.
Building process - Europe and Central Asia are negotiating high-speed rail
Pan-Asian high-speed railway to start construction in June
In 2009, China formally proposed high-speed rail "going out" strategy. The following year, the Ministry of Railways for the establishment of a dozen different countries working group officially began operations this strategy. China's participation in the preparation of the Eurasian high-speed rail, high-speed rail in Central Asia and the Pan-Asian high-speed rail, it is three directions of this strategy.
According to the "Southern Weekend" previously disclosed, the planned Eurasian high-speed rail from London, via Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, Kiev, Moscow, after over two branches, one into Kazakhstan, another virtual point of the Far East Khabarovsk Trask, Manchuria after entering the territory of China.
With conditions similar to the Eurasian high-speed rail, high-speed rail in Central Asia is also not completely settled. The starting point of this railway line is Urumqi, after Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey and other countries, and finally to Germany. Coincides with the ancient Silk Road.
Pan-Asian high-speed rail runs through Southeast Asia starting from Kunming through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, arrived in Singapore.
Yesterday, Wang Meng-shu in an interview with Beijing Times reporter interviewed introduction, Pan-Asian high-speed rail should start in June this year, from western Yunnan Diamond Hill built an approximately 30 km of tunnels leading to Myanmar, from Burma to the east, out of a branch line to to Thailand, and the other is via a main line Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore leads. This will become China's leading high-wire Southeast Asian countries a convenient channel.
Wang Meng-shu told reporters that the current high-speed rail and Central Eurasian domestic high-speed rail segment or have started, or are pushed outside the line in negotiations on how to build it. Go north on Western Europe via the Eurasian high-speed rail line, since the need to go through Russia, China advocates the use of internationally accepted standards of 1435 mm track, but the Russian railway network has been using quite different from the international standard 1524 mm broad gauge, connect the not yet settled.
And Eurasian same high-speed rail, high-speed rail in Central Asia of the negotiations. Wang Meng-shu said that the high-speed rail line through Central Asia, Southern Europe destined Germany, which is the ancient Silk Road, trade between China and Europe in the past mainly rely on cargo vessels, such as China imported advanced equipment from Germany, currently ship transportation needs, But from Europe to China is bound to go through the Malacca Strait, shipping at least a month to arrive. Future high-speed rail in Central Asia, once completed, can save a lot of time and cost, "go overland through the high-speed rail, freight from China to Germany may only need a short period of five days."
Cooperation - China to build high-speed rail technology funding commitments
The replacement of resources through the construction of high-speed rail
Three cross-border high-speed rail in the pipeline, due to the cross-border high-speed railway construction involving many countries, and also funded the construction of the countries involved along with the completion of operational problems. In this regard, Wang Meng-shu said, these cross-border high-speed rail construction has a principle, by the Chinese side of the capital, the technology and the equipment to construction, is completed by the passing countries will be involved in operations. In this process, China will negotiate with the country, with the construction of high-speed rail to replace local resources, such as Central Asia and Europe, oil and gas resources, Burma potash, thereby establishing a long-term cooperation mechanism to protect our resources to use.
Wang Meng-shu, currently planning several of these cross-border high-speed rail are referring to this concept in the negotiation and operation, through the "replacement of existing resources" approach, on the one hand to promote connectivity between China and neighboring Asian countries to facilitate trade between countries, the other hand, imports from China in order to protect scarce resources, which will help the oil, gas flow.
Wang Meng-shu introduction, the construction of these three high-speed rail lines, China is not only responsible for surveying, planning, design, construction, and will ensure that after completion of operations, personnel training. According to Wang Meng-shu, at present there is a regular train from Zhengzhou to carry exploration equipment and technical personnel destined for Central Europe and other regions of the high-speed rail line through the area for exploration may negotiate with the relevant countries are being conducted.
For the "replacement resources with high-speed rail technology" of cooperation, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Railways had to accept the "Southern Weekend" interview, he explained: "China is another country to build high-speed rail, the money to get money, get money exchanged for something else This is a fair way to trade. "
Vision for the future - Canada and the U.S. and Russia begin high-speed rail plan
People are expected to take the high-speed rail to the United States
Wang Meng-shu also mentioned that China is considering the construction of a railroad through Siberia, across the Bering Strait to Alaska directly, through Canada to the United States from China in the future so that you can take the train to the United States.
Wang Meng-shu introduction of the railway in Northeast China's departure from the way north through the Bering Strait in Siberia arrived, by way of the construction of a tunnel through the Pacific, arrived in Alaska, and then go from Alaska, Canada, the United States finally arrived. "It is now talking about, which is the idea of Russia for many years." Wang Meng-shu said that the construction of the railway across the Bering Strait need to build about 200 kilometers of tunnels, the tunnel leading technology in Fujian Taiwan High Speed Rail tunnel will applications are now technically qualified. The railway will also take the Chinese out of technology, the capital building, and replacement of resources through the country the way forward, this plan is currently under discussion.
Wang Meng-shu said the line preliminary estimate of about 13,000 kilometers, if completed, China to the United States will be able to no longer have to take a plane, take the high-speed rail can be viewed along the multi-country scenery, according to the 350 km / h design speed passenger ride high-speed rail is expected to less than two days walk from the United States.
Difficulty Analysis - Construction of transnational high-speed rail faces three challenges
Several of these cross-border high-speed railway construction plan was put forth on the concern, but the construction of the railway is not easy. There have been an example to analyze high-speed rail in Europe and Asia that China's high-speed rail construction of these international challenges facing at least the following three areas:
One is difficult to raise huge amounts of money. Eurasian necessary funds to build high-speed rail will be an astronomical figure, not a Chinese government can afford. Even along the countries are willing to provide some funding for the Eurasian high-speed rail, still unable to meet demand.
Second, the rail operator would be a problem. Eurasian high-speed rail to pass through a dozen countries, how to manage and operate cross-border high-speed rail system this will be a huge challenge. If along the Eurasian countries can not agree on a high-speed rail operators, subsequent cooperation would be impossible.
The third is still unable to resolve technical problems. Eurasia is the world's largest continent, geological conditions along the Eurasian high-speed rail is extremely complex, both alpine valley insurance also has rivers and lakes, the construction of a complex geological environments across so many high-speed rail is technically faces enormous challenges.
New Super-Heavy Element 117 Confirmed by Scientists
Always pleasing to add another element to the list even if it is never likely to be of any use to anyone. What is interesting is that I now know how to go about modeling proton and neutron location in the elements and it may be possible to achieve something super heavy. Actually making a lot of it would be important and needs to be considered.
A breakthrough must come in a single jump to a higher stable configuration with a lot more protons and special symmetries in place. The rest will exist but as shown very briefly. It will still be a serious fabrication challenge. We may be able to identify a stable configuration but no obvious route.
By Denise Chow, Sci-Tech Editor | May 01, 2014 06:12pm ET
http://www.livescience.com/45289-superheavy-element-117-confirmed.html
Atoms of a new super-heavy element — the as-yet-unnamed element 117 — have reportedly been created by scientists in Germany, moving it closer to being officially recognized as part of the standard periodic table.
Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, an accelerator laboratory located in Darmstadt, Germany, say they have created and observed several atoms of element 117, which is temporarily named ununseptium.
Element 117 — so-called because it is an atom with 117 protons in its nucleus — was previously one of the missing items on the periodic table of elements. These super-heavy elements, which include all the elements beyond atomic number 104, are not found naturally on Earth, and thus have to be created synthetically within a laboratory.
Uranium, which has 92 protons, is the heaviest element commonly found in nature, but scientists can artificially create heavier elements by adding protons into an atomic nucleus through nuclear fusion reactions.
Over the years, researchers have created heavier and heavier elements in hopes of discovering just how large atoms can be, said Christoph Düllmann, a professor at the Institute for Nuclear Chemistry at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Is there a limit, for instance, to the number of protons that can be packed into an atomic nucleus?
"There are predictions that super-heavy elements should exist which are very long-lived," Düllmann told Live Science. "It is interesting to find out if half-lives become long again for very heavy elements, especially if very neutron-rich species are made."
Typically, the more protons and neutrons are added into an atomic nucleus, the more unstable an atom becomes. Most super-heavy elements last just microseconds or nanoseconds before decaying. Yet, scientists have predicted that an "island of stability" exists where super-heavy elements become stable again. If such an "island" exists, the elements in this theoretical region of the periodic table could be extremely long-lived — capable of existing for longer than nanoseconds — which scientists could then develop for untold practical uses, the researchers said. (A half-life refers to the time it takes for half of a substance to decay.)
Düllmann and his colleagues say their findings, published today (May 1) in the journal Physical Review Letters, are a step in the right direction.
"The successful experiments on element 117 are an important step on the path to the production and detection of elements situated on the 'island of stability' of super-heavy elements," Horst Stöcker, scientific director at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, said in a statement.
Element 117 was first reported in 2010 by a team of American and Russian scientists working together at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia. Since then, researchers have performed subsequent tests to confirm the existence of the elusive new element.
A committee from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the worldwide federation charged with standardizing nomenclature in chemistry, will review the findings to decide whether to formally accept element 117 and grant it an official name.
Valery P. Burdakoy and Phobos
Here again we have direct reference to Russia's extraordinary interest in Phobos. They have never promoted this but they certainly spelled it out as in fact I have. Just as last year their mission crashed and burned, so too had the effort made in 1989. This represents an unusual level of single mindedness that is surprising.
Recall that it appears from mass calculations made by the Russians in 1959, that Phobos is hollow. This makes it a powerful candidate for a human or otherwise manufactured Space Station. It would have a spinning onion shelled craft inside which naturally produces g force artificial gravity on a myriad of working surfaces. The shell would remain thick enough to protect from space radiation. It may well have served as mankind's refugia when the Pleistocene nonconformity was deliberately induced almost 13,000 years ago.
I should observe that its manufacture would entail mass acceleration to hollow out the craft and that would allow it to be moved for the asteroid belt down to Mars orbit.
Obviously it must still be operating and it is a pretty good bet that planetary facilities exist as well. However as posted before, they all are likely underground for the same protective reason.
Russian Scientist Dies
http://nationalufocenter.com/
Paul Stonehill writes, "Ph.D. of Engineering Sciences Valery Pavlovich Burdakov who passed away on April 22, 2014, was a, a distinguished Russian scientist, and co-author of an immensely popular book Rockets of the Future." He knew many of those who had created Soviet ballistic missiles and the nation's space exploration program. For thirty two years, Valery P. Burdakov had worked in Korolyov's design bureau who led the development of several generations of Soviet ballistic missiles, launch vehicles, military and communications satellites, interplanetary probes and manned spacecraft in the USSR.
Valery P. Burdakov was author of more than 400 works in engineering sciences and patents. In the course of his career he had often communicated with cosmonauts and knew of their UFO sightings. Professor Burdakov studied UFOs for sixty years and felt 3% are real messages from extraterrestrial civilizations and we should listen to such messages.
In October of 1996, Professor Burdakov published his memoirs in Anomaliya Magazine and revealed Stalin's interest in Ufology. According to Burdakov, Sergey Korolyov was summoned, and informed that it was by Comrade Stalin's request to come to the Kremlin where he was provided with two female translators to assist him; was given a stack of foreign newspapers, books, and three days to evaluate the 1947 UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico. In the stack of papers, Korolyov saw many published materials, testimonies and USSR sightings reports. After a few days he was again summoned before the dictator.
Korolyov's told Stalin that UFOs were not weapons of some potential adversary, and did not pose a serious threat to the country. However, the phenomenon itself does exist, added Korolyov. Stalin said that other experts were of similar opinion.
The second information had to do with the failure of the Phobos 1989 mission. Valery Burdakov made direct inquiries about the loss of Phobos 2 probe, and discussed the matter with the original designers of the project. Professor Burdakov questioned the series of strange events that led to the destruction of Phobos 2. The Professor came up with a hypothesis: if Mars is inhabited, the intelligent beings who exist there would not like the idea of a device placed on the surface of their moonlet for purposes of constant observation. Consequently, in his opinion, they did something about it. Burdakov's views were expressed in 1992 in a Russian magazine Quant. Valery P. Burdakov was a full member and Presidium member of the A.M. Prokhorov Russian Academy of engineering. His influence, research and knowledge have made him part of the history of Soviet and Russian Ufology. Thanks to Paul Stonehill
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How much Longevity Can be Achieved Now?
What this asks is can we achieve significant longevity with what must be described as item by item restoration. It seems we should but I am more inclined to expect any practical system will tackle all tissues and restoration will remain available for gross damage.
I am actually optimistic that aging itself can be seriously slowed and actually stabilized. With that restoration methods can be awaited for any necessary application. One clear example of this will be dental restoration already close to leaving the laboratory. The same methods and stem cell methodology are all allowing us to already replace simple organs with our own replacements.
The next decade should make the century mark common and continuous sound health as common. If that is all that were on tap, we would all take it.
The real breakthrough will be the cessation of cellular aging and even some regression. That also suggests that real success there can slowly regress cellular age back to the human prime which is typically mid thirties.
Thus I think that we can make an interesting predictive chart.
Present age group 45 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 85
Adding one decade: 75% 25% 10%
Adding two decades 50% 15% 2%
Adding three decades 25% 5% <1 o:p="">
Adding five decades 5% 1% <1 o:p="">
Note that I am not now prepared to make this last entry the zero it has been.
What is not so obvious is that it requires special care to actually be able to tap life extension options. Possible is a long way from ready availability, particularly as much of our culture is not prepared for it nor particularly good choices for true life extension. Once availability becomes clear, everyone will prepare properly. Today most make a real mess of it.
How much longevity could be achieved with rejuvenation of 98.5% of the body
http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/05/how-much-longevity-could-be-achieved.html#more
Keeping blood and blood components in the condition of someone who is young is being shown to have antiaging effects.
Blood accounts for 7% of the human body weight.
There is a great deal of progress being made with tissue engineering and organ replacement via a number of sources. Either by taking genetically modified pig organs or by engineering organs from a person own stem cells.
There also is progress to replacing the extracellular matrix which is the material between cells.
These approaches and using young stem cells to replace old cells in various locations are heading towards replacing more and more of the body with younger cells. This intuitively would seem to be an effective way to extend lives if the procedures can avoid any harmful effects of replacing the tissue and cells.
By being able to repair or regenerate the spinal cord it would be possible to perform whole body donations.
A whole body donation would be something that is technically feasible but unproven and very expensive with a lot of work to overcome or prevent the damage.
Report: Pesticide Pushers Spin Bee Crisis to Protect Profits
Without question the industry is in overdrive playing the denial game in exactly the same way as the tobacco industry. The problem was obvious early. By early I posted on this in 2007 when it became clear. The situation has only worsened and slowly but surely bee keepers have been succumbing. The problem is also not abating which it makes it pretty clear that a systemic non biological killer is at work.
As this protocol progresses, it will drive agriculture into organic methods in both self-defense and for sound economic reasons.
The industry itself will not abate this problem until we are faced with a real crop collapse. In the meantime the bee keepers struggle to sustain their current industry against the worst crisis ever.
As bee collapse threatens global food supply, report says chemical industry employing Big Tobacco-style PR blitz to deflect blame
- Lauren McCauley, staff writer
Published on Monday, April 28, 2014 by Common Dreams
Worldwide bee deaths have now entered a crisis state threatening the global food supply and, according to a new report out Monday by Friends of the Earth, the human-made epidemic has been worsened by an industry-funded disinformation campaign.
The report, Follow the Honey: 7 ways pesticide companies are spinning the bee crisis to protect profits (pdf),details how the leading pesticide corporations—Bayer, Syngenta, and Monsanto—are taking a page from the playbook of Big Tobacco companies to stall any potential legislation from protecting bee colonies.
According to report author and noted food industry critic Michele Simon, these corporations are engaging in a full-throttled public relations blitz, which includes funding industry-friendly research, targeting children, attacking regulators, blaming farmers and "pretending to care" by creating their own greenwashed "save the bees" campaigns.
These efforts are meant to distract policy makers and the general population from identifying the cause of bee decline, which —according to "a strong and growing body of evidence" — is linked to a widely-used class of neurotoxic pesticides called neonicotinoids, or neonics.
Following a 2013 review by the European Food Safety Authority, the European Commission implemented a continent-wide two-year suspension of the three most-used neonics — imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam.
U.S. efforts to enact similar legislation have floundered due to "sophisticated, multi-pronged public relation campaigns" by the leading chemical companies, intent on "manufactur[ing] doubt about their products' contribution to the bee crisis," the report charges.
Neonics are used on more than 140 crop seeds and virtually all corn and a large percentage of soy, wheat and canola seeds planted in the U.S. are pretreated with neonics. According to the report, the pesticide makers would have much to lose if neonics were universally banned. In 2009, the neonicotinoid global market was worth roughly $2.6 billion.
"Bayer, Syngenta and Monsanto make billions from bee-killing pesticide products while masquerading as champions of bee health," said Lisa Archer, food and technology program director at Friends of the Earth. Asking if industry profits are "more important than our food supply," Archer says that Congress must act now to ban these pesticides that threaten our food security.
"Bees are essential to one out of three bites of the food we eat, and two thirds of global food crops, from almonds to strawberries," the report states. "While industry attempts at spin, distraction, and the manufacture of doubt may be effective political tools in the U.S. for causing delay and inaction, they will only cause more harm in the long run."
The Snowden Saga Begins with Glenn Greenwald
The world has grown quiet on the Snowden affair, but it is also fair to say that legislation is working its way forward and new tools are been deployed, all driven by the clear light of what is clearly full disclosure.
I also know how to end the whole problem and that insight driven through others will slowly slam the surveillance door shut. It will still take most of five years of course.
In the meantime here is the story of the early days of Snowden setting up key reporters to receive his data dump. He was not making silly mistakes while he did this either.
Good Germans and Good Americans always face a special hell when they do what they and we know is right. Let us struggle to be kinder and forgiving when this happens. Sometimes motives are less clear, but here they are unassailable. It was F**k you, you are not going down this road because it is wrong.
The Snowden Saga Begins: "I Have Been to the Darkest Corners of Government, and What They Fear Is Light"
Published on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 by TomDispatch
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/05/13
[This essay is a shortened and adapted version of Chapter 1 of Glenn Greenwald's new book,No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Security State, and appears atTomDispatch.com with the kind permission of Metropolitan Books.]
On December 1, 2012, I received my first communication from Edward Snowden, although I had no idea at the time that it was from him.
The contact came in the form of an email from someone calling himself Cincinnatus, a reference to Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, the Roman farmer who, in the fifth century BC, was appointed dictator of Rome to defend the city against attack. He is most remembered for what he did after vanquishing Rome's enemies: he immediately and voluntarily gave up political power and returned to farming life. Hailed as a "model of civic virtue," Cincinnatus has become a symbol of the use of political power in the public interest and the worth of limiting or even relinquishing individual power for the greater good.
The email began: "The security of people's communications is very important to me," and its stated purpose was to urge me to begin using PGP encryption so that "Cincinnatus" could communicate things in which, he said, he was certain I would be interested. Invented in 1991, PGP stands for "pretty good privacy." It has been developed into a sophisticated tool to shield email and other forms of online communications from surveillance and hacking.
In this email, "Cincinnatus" said he had searched everywhere for my PGP "public key," a unique code set that allows people to receive encrypted email, but could not find it. From this, he concluded that I was not using the program and told me, "That puts anyone who communicates with you at risk. I'm not arguing that every communication you are involved in be encrypted, but you should at least provide communicants with that option."
"Cincinnatus" then referenced the sex scandal of General David Petraeus, whose career-ending extramarital affair with journalist Paula Broadwell was discovered when investigators found Google emails between the two. Had Petraeus encrypted his messages before handing them over to Gmail or storing them in his drafts folder, he wrote, investigators would not have been able to read them. "Encryption matters, and it is not just for spies and philanderers."
"There are people out there you would like to hear from," he added, "but they will never be able to contact you without knowing their messages cannot be read in transit." Then he offered to help me install the program. He signed off: "Thank you. C."
Using encryption software was something I had long intended to do. I had been writing for years about WikiLeaks, whistleblowers, the hacktivist collective known as Anonymous, and had also communicated with people inside the U.S. national security establishment. Most of them are concerned about the security of their communications and preventing unwanted monitoring. But the program is complicated, especially for someone who had very little skill in programming and computers, like me. So it was one of those things I had never gotten around to doing.
C.'s email did not move me to action. Because I had become known for covering stories the rest of the media often ignores, I frequently hear from all sorts of people offering me a "huge story," and it usually turns out to be nothing. And at any given moment I am usually working on more stories than I can handle. So I need something concrete to make me drop what I'm doing in order to pursue a new lead.
Three days later, I heard from C. again, asking me to confirm receipt of the first email. This time I replied quickly. "I got this and am going to work on it. I don't have a PGP code, and don't know how to do that, but I will try to find someone who can help me."
C. replied later that day with a clear, step-by-step guide to PGP: Encryption for Dummies, in essence. At the end of the instructions, he said these were just "the barest basics." If I couldn't find anyone to walk me through the system, he added, "let me know. I can facilitate contact with people who understand crypto almost anywhere in the world."
This email ended with more a pointed sign-off: "Cryptographically yours, Cincinnatus."
Despite my intentions, I did nothing, consumed as I was at the time with other stories, and still unconvinced that C. had anything worthwhile to say.
In the face of my inaction, C. stepped up his efforts. He produced a 10-minute video entitledPGP for Journalists.
It was at that point that C., as he later told me, became frustrated. "Here am I," he thought, "ready to risk my liberty, perhaps even my life, to hand this guy thousands of Top Secret documents from the nation's most secretive agency -- a leak that will produce dozens if not hundreds of huge journalistic scoops. And he can't even be bothered to install an encryption program."
That's how close I came to blowing off one of the largest and most consequential national security leaks in U.S. history.
"He's Real"
The next I heard of any of this was 10 weeks later. On April 18th, I flew from my home in Rio de Janeiro to New York, and saw on landing at JFK Airport, that I had an email from Laura Poitras, the documentary filmmaker. "Any chance you'll be in the U.S. this coming week?" she wrote. "I'd love to touch base about something, though best to do in person."
I take seriously any message from Laura Poitras. I replied immediately: "Actually, just got to the U.S. this morning... Where are you?" We arranged a meeting for the next day in the lobby at my hotel and found seats in the restaurant. At Laura's insistence, we moved tables twice before beginning our conversation to be sure that nobody could hear us. Laura then got down to business. She had an "extremely important and sensitive matter" to discuss, she said, and security was critical.
First, though, Laura asked that I either remove the battery from my cell phone or leave it in my hotel room. "It sounds paranoid," she said, but the government has the capability to activate cell phones and laptops remotely as eavesdropping devices. I'd heard this before from transparency activists and hackers but tended to write it off as excess caution. After discovering that the battery on my cell phone could not be removed, I took it back to my room, then returned to the restaurant.
Now Laura began to talk. She had received a series of anonymous emails from someone who seemed both honest and serious. He claimed to have access to some extremely secret and incriminating documents about the U.S. government spying on its own citizens and on the rest of the world. He was determined to leak these documents to her and had specifically requested that she work with me on releasing and reporting on them.
Laura then pulled several pages out of her purse from two of the emails sent by the anonymous leaker, and I read them at the table from start to finish. In the second of the emails, the leaker got to the crux of what he viewed as his mission:
The shock of this initial period [after the first revelations] will provide the support needed to build a more equal internet, but this will not work to the advantage of the average person unless science outpaces law. By understanding the mechanisms through which our privacy is violated, we can win here. We can guarantee for all people equal protection against unreasonable search through universal laws, but only if the technical community is willing to face the threat and commit to implementing over-engineered solutions. In the end, we must enforce a principle whereby the only way the powerful may enjoy privacy is when it is the same kind shared by the ordinary: one enforced by the laws of nature, rather than the policies of man.
"He's real," I said when I finished reading. "I can't explain exactly why, but I just feel intuitively that this is serious, that he's exactly who he says he is."
"So do I," Laura replied. "I have very little doubt."
I instinctively recognized the author's political passion. I felt a kinship with our correspondent, with his worldview, and with the sense of urgency that was clearly consuming him.
In one of the last passages, Laura's correspondent wrote that he was completing the final steps necessary to provide us with the documents. He needed another four to six weeks, and we should wait to hear from him.
Three days later, Laura and I met again, and with another email from the anonymous leaker, in which he explained why he was willing to risk his liberty, to subject himself to the high likelihood of a very lengthy prison term, in order to disclose these documents. Now I was even more convinced: our source was for real, but as I told my partner, David Miranda, on the flight home to Brazil, I was determined to put the whole thing out of my mind. "It may not happen. He could change his mind. He could get caught." David is a person of powerful intuition, and he was weirdly certain. "It's real. He's real. It's going to happen," he declared. "And it's going to be huge."
"I Have Only One Fear"
A message from Laura told me we needed to speak urgently, but only through OTR (off-the-record) chat, an encrypted instrument for talking online securely.
Her news was startling: we might have to travel to Hong Kong immediately to meet our source. I had assumed that our anonymous source was in Maryland or northern Virginia. What was someone with access to top-secret U.S. government documents doing in Hong Kong? What did Hong Kong have to do with any of this?
Answers would only come from the source himself. He was upset by the pace of things thus far, and it was critical that I speak to him directly, to assure him and placate his growing concerns. Within an hour, I received an email from Verax@******. Verax means "truth teller" in Latin. The subject line read, "Need to talk."
"I've been working on a major project with a mutual friend of ours," the email began. "You recently had to decline short-term travel to meet with me. You need to be involved in this story," he wrote. "Is there any way we can talk on short notice? I understand you don't have much in the way of secure infrastructure, but I'll work around what you have." He suggested that we speak via OTR and provided his user name.
My computer sounded a bell-like chime, signaling that the source had signed on. Slightly nervous, I clicked on his name and typed "hello." He answered, and I found myself speaking directly to someone who I assumed had, at that point, revealed a number of secret documents about U.S. surveillance programs and who wanted to reveal more.
"I'm willing to do what I have to do to report this," I said. The source -- whose name, place of employment, age, and all other attributes were still unknown to me -- asked if I would come to Hong Kong to meet him. I did not ask why he was there; I wanted to avoid appearing to be fishing for information and I assumed his situation was delicate. Whatever else was true, I knew that this person had resolved to carry out what the U.S. government would consider a very serious crime.
"Of course I'll come to Hong Kong," I said.
We spoke online that day for two hours, talking at length about his goal. I knew from the emails Laura had shown me that he felt compelled to tell the world about the massive spying apparatus the U.S. government was secretly building. But what did he hope to achieve?
"I want to spark a worldwide debate about privacy, Internet freedom, and the dangers of state surveillance," he said. "I'm not afraid of what will happen to me. I've accepted that my life will likely be over from my doing this. I'm at peace with that. I know it's the right thing to do." He then said something startling: "I want to identify myself as the person behind these disclosures. I believe I have an obligation to explain why I'm doing this and what I hope to achieve." He told me he had written a document that he wanted to post on the Internet when he outed himself as the source, a pro-privacy, anti-surveillance manifesto for people around the world to sign, showing that there was global support for protecting privacy.
"I only have one fear in doing all of this," he said, which is "that people will see these documents and shrug, that they'll say, 'We assumed this was happening and don't care.' The only thing I'm worried about is that I'll do all this to my life for nothing."
"I seriously doubt that will happen," I assured him, but I wasn't convinced I really believed that. I knew from my years of writing about NSA abuses that it can be hard to generate serious concern about secret state surveillance.
This felt different, but before I took off for Hong Kong, I wanted to see some documents so that I understood the types of disclosures the source was prepared to make.
I then spent a couple of days online as the source walked me through, step by step, how to install and use the programs I would need to see the documents.
I kept apologizing for my lack of proficiency, for having to take hours of his time to teach me the most basic aspects of secure communication. "No worries," he said, "most of this makes little sense. And I have a lot of free time right now."
Once the programs were all in place, I received a file containing roughly twenty-five documents: "Just a very small taste: the tip of the tip of the iceberg," he tantalizingly explained.
I unzipped the file, saw the list of documents, and randomly clicked on one of them. At the top of the page in red letters, a code appeared: "TOP SECRET//COMINT/NO FORN/."
This meant the document had been legally designated top secret, pertained to communications intelligence (COMINT), and was not for distribution to foreign nationals, including international organizations or coalition partners (NO FORN). There it was with incontrovertible clarity: a highly confidential communication from the NSA, one of the most secretive agencies in the world's most powerful government. Nothing of this significance had ever been leaked from the NSA, not in all the six-decade history of the agency. I now had a couple dozen such items in my possession. And the person I had spent hours chatting with over the last two days had many, many more to give me.
As Laura and I arrived at JFK Airport to board a Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong, Laura pulled a thumb drive out of her backpack. "Guess what this is?" she asked with a look of intense seriousness.
"The documents," she said. "All of them."
"README_FIRST"
For the next 16 hours, despite my exhaustion, I did nothing but read, feverishly taking notes on document after document. One of the first I read was an order from the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court, which had been created by Congress in 1978, after the Church
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Q: The integral of the product of a Bessel function and a trigonometric function $\int J_0(x)\sin(ax)\mathrm{d}x$ I was wondering if the following integral has a closed-form solution?
$$I(x) = \int J_0(x)\sin(ax)\mathrm{d}x$$
where $a$ is a constant.
I know the answer for the case when $a=1$, see here.
I tried the similar method in that link but I was stuck.
Integrating by parts yields
$$
I(x) =x J_0(x)\sin(ax) - \int x [-J_1(x)\sin(ax) + aJ_0(x)\cos(ax)\mathrm{d}x
$$
If $a=1$, we can continue by
$$
\begin{split}
I(x) &= xJ_0(x)\sin x - \int [xJ_1(x)\cos x]'\mathrm{d} x\\
&=xJ_0(x)\sin x -x J_1(x)\cos x
\end{split}
$$
where the relation $[xJ_1(x)]'=xJ_0(x)$ has been used.
I have no idea for the case when $a\neq 1$.
Thanks in advance.

A: I am skeptical about a possible closed form for the case where $a\neq 1$.
However, we could use the series expansion of $\sin(ax)$ and face the problem of
$$\sum_{n=0}^\infty (-1)^n\frac{ a^{2 n+1} }{(2 n+1)!}\int   x^{2 n+1} J_0(x)\,dx$$ and
$$\int   x^{2 n+1} J_0(x)\,dx=\frac{ \Gamma (n+1) }{2} x^{2 n+2}\, _1\tilde{F}_2\left(n+1;1,n+2;-\frac{x^2}{4}\right)$$ where appears the regularized generalized hypergeometric function.
Even if the first terms are quite large, the partial sums (from $n=0$ to $n=p$) converge quite fast.
Edit
We also could use the series expansion of $J_0(x)$ and face the problem of
$$\sum_{n=0}^\infty  \frac {(-1)^n } {4^n \, [n!]^2}\int x^{2n}  \sin(ax)\,dx$$
$$\int x^{2n}  \sin(ax)\,dx=\frac 1{a^{2n+1}}\int y^{2n}\, \sin(y)\,dy$$
$$\int y^{2n}\, \sin(y)\,dy=\Im\Big[(-i)^{n+1} \Gamma (2 n+1,-i y) \Big]$$

A: Note $I(a,x)$ your integral
$$
\int_{-\infty}^x J_0(t)\sin(at)dt
$$
and differentite twice under the integral sign:
$$
\frac{d^2}{da^2}I(a,x)= \int_{-\infty}^x \frac{d^2}{da^2}J_0(t)\sin(at)dt = -a^2I(a,x).
$$
So fix $x$, the function $f = I(\cdot,x)$ satisfies an ODE, you can find your function $f$ solving the ODE. The solution can be computed explicitely. Denote $X(a) = (f'(a), f(a))$, then you obtain the vector equation
$$
X'(a) = A(a)X,~~A(a) = \left( \begin{array}{c c}
0 & -a^2 \\
1 & 0 \\
\end{array} \right).
$$

A: Let's use a good solution from @Claude Leibovici using the series expansion for the Regularized Hypergeometric function:
$$\int \text J_0(x)\sin(ax)dx=\sum_{n=0}^\infty (-1)^n\frac{ a^{2 n+1} }{(2 n+1)!}\int   x^{2 n+1} J_0(x)\,dx=C+\sum_{m=0}^\infty \frac{(-1)^m a^{2m+1}}{(2m+1)!}\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{(m+1)_n \left(-\frac{x^2}{4}\right)^n}{(1)_n (m+2)_n n!}$$
Simplifying the pochhammer symbols and using the Legendre Duplication formula
$$C+\sum_{m=0}^\infty\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(-1)^m a^{2m+1}x^{2m+2} \left(-\frac{x^2}{4}\right)^n}{2\Gamma(2(m+1))(m+n+1)(1)_n n!}= C+\sum_{m=0}^\infty\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{\sqrt \pi(-1)^m a^{2m+1}x^{2m+2} \left(-\frac{x^2}{4}\right)^n}{2^{2m+1}2\Gamma(m+1)\Gamma\left(m+\frac32\right)(m+n+1)(1)_n n!} =C+\sum_{m=0}^\infty\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(1)_{m+n}\frac{ax^2}{2}\left(\frac{a^2x^2}{4}\right)^m\left(-\frac{x^2}4\right)^n}{(2)_{m+n}\left(\frac32\right)_m(1)_nm!n!}$$
Now let's use the Kampé de Fériet function  which also appears on Wolfram Functions defined as:
$$\text F^{p,r,u}_{q,s,v}\left(^{a_1,…,a_p;c_1,…,c_r;f_1,…,f_u}_{b_1,…,b_q;d_1,…,d_s;g_1,…,g_v}\ x,y\right)\mathop=^\text{def}\sum_{m=0}^\infty\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{\prod\limits_{j=1}^p(a_j)_{m+n} \prod\limits_{j=1}^r(c_j)_m \prod\limits_{j=1}^u (f_j)_n x^my^n}{\prod\limits_{j=1}^q (b_j)_{m+n} \prod\limits_{j=1}^s(d_j)_m \prod\limits_{j=1}^v(g_j)_n m!n!}$$
where there is the Pochhammer Symbol $(a)_n=\frac{\Gamma(a+n)}{\Gamma(a)}$ and therefore:
$$\int \text J_0(x)\sin(ax)dx= C+\sum_{m=0}^\infty\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(1)_{m+n}\frac{ax^2}{2}\left(\frac{a^2x^2}{4}\right)^m\left(-\frac{x^2}4\right)^n}{(2)_{m+n}\left(\frac32\right)_m(1)_nm!n!}=\frac{ax^2}{2}\text F^{1,0,0}_{1,1,1}\left(^{\ \ 1;;}_{2;\frac32;1}\ \frac{a^2x^2}4,-\frac{x^2}4\right)+C $$
Which looks like an Appell or Horn Hypergeometric function, but none of these functions have the "$\text F^{1,0,0}_{1,1,1}$", for example the The First Appell Hypergeometric function is defined in a similar way:
$$\text F_1(a;b_1,b_2;c;z_1,z_2)=\text F^{1,1,1}_{1,0,0}\left(^{a;b_1;b_2}_{\ \ \ c;;}\ z_1,z_2\right)$$
So we can have a closed form in terms of a general function which probably will simplify into other functions:
We have the $(2n+1)!$ in the denominator which will complicate, but using the Legendre Duplication theorem.The expansion for sine should have a large radius of convergence. Let's see if there are any reduction formulas that we could use. Please correct me and give me feedback!

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Violist Deanna Badizadegan currently studies with Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory, where she is pursuing a Graduate Diploma in Viola Performance. She maintains an active performing schedule, including recent solo performances at TEDxStanford, TEDxFargo and with Boston's Eureka Ensemble, a performance for which she was praised for "command[ing] the orchestra with her outwardly expressive style." An avid chamber musician, she has performed with the St. Lawrence and Borromeo String Quartets, and participated in the Perlman Music Program Chamber Music Workshop and Yellow Barn Young Artists Program. Recent orchestral engagements include concerts with the San Francisco Symphony, Eastern Sierra Symphony, East Coast Chamber Orchestra, and Sejong Soloists.
In addition to her musical studies, Deanna Badizadegan earned a M.S. in Management Science & Engineering and a B.S. in Organizational Design & Engineering from Stanford University, where she graduated both Tau Beta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa. She also holds a Professional Studies Diploma from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her former teachers include Paul Hersh, Lesley Robertson, Jodi Levitz, and Michelle LaCourse.
Since giving her Carnegie Hall debut in 1994, Angela Lee's "amazing finesse, control and coloration" [San Francisco Chronicle] and "astonishingly rich tone" [San Francisco Examiner] has been celebrated with recitals in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and Victor Borge Hall at Scandinavia House in New York, Chicago's Cultural Center, The Phillip's Collection and Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Copenhagen's Nationalmuseet and the Purcell Room at South Bank Centre in London. She has soloed with orchestras including the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra, the San Francisco Concert Orchestra, the New Haven Symphony, the CAMS Orchestra, the Central Philharmonic Orchestra, the Paraiba Symphony, São Paulo State Orchestra, the Chautauqua Symphony, and the Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra (UK), performing works of Boccherini to Barber to Kernis. Her solo and chamber performances have taken her throughout North and South America, Australasia, Europe and Asia. She is frequently invited to festivals including St. Petersburg's Revelations, IMS at Prussia Cove, Cagayan Valley International Music Festival, Taipei Summer Festival, Pontino Festival, La Musica, Banff, Marlboro Music Festival, Anneberg Festival, Chelsea Music Festival, Music Mountain, and Mahler-Jihlava Festival, collaborating with the likes of Nobuko Imai, Bruno Giuranna, Frans Helmerson, Isabelle Faust, Lydia Artymiw, Andras Schiff, Alexander Lonquich, Anthony Newman, Franco Petracchi, the Hausmann Quartet, and members of the Beaux Arts Trio and Guarneri Quartet.
Ms. Lee is dedicated to working with and performing the music of leading composers, among them Lukas Foss, Aaron Jay Kernis, Philip Lasser, Tania León, Jane Cornish, and Yehudi Wyner. As an opera, theater and ballet enthusiast, Angela Lee was the solo cellist in Harris Yulin's production of Don Juan in Hell starring Ed Asner, Cherry Jones and René Auberjonois. She has worked as 2nd Solo-Cellist with Det Kongelige Kapel in Denmark, as Principal Cellist with Opera North Leeds in England, and with Eliot Feld at Ballet Tech, premiering Feld's The Last Sonata, set to Claude Debussy's Cello Sonata.


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SingleParentMeet reviews in 2022: Is it worth it?
By Bianca Mendez | Updated Jan. 4, 2022 (originally published Dec. 28, 2021)
As a single parent, dating can be tough, especially if it's been years since you've done it. First, it's finding the time to date; this can be true especially if you're a mom to young kiddos. Then, it's deciding where to start: Do you go with one random dating app and hope for the best? Ask friends to set you up? Hire a babysitter and scout for love at a nearby bar?
And if you are looking for a relationship, how do you weed out the people who can't grasp the logistics and sometimes challenges of being a parent? Or people who don't want kids?
One dating service to consider is SingleParentMeet, a dating app and site that caters to — you guessed it — single parents. Read below to learn more about SingeParentMeet and whether it's the right dating website for you.
However, if you are interested in a serious partnership, our No. 1 recommendation is eharmony, with its A- Better Business Bureau rating and proven track record connecting people for marriage, and lower divorce rates. Get a 25% discount with code WSM25 now, and try for free now >>
Is SingleParentMeet legit?
How does SingleParent meet work?
How much does SingleParentMeet cost?
Is SingleParentMeet worth it?
What is SingleParentMeet?
SingleParentMeet is a niche dating service created by People Media that strives to be an online community filled with individuals who understand the demands and rewards of parenthood. It's open for anyone looking for a connection, whether something casual or a more serious relationship. And you don't need to be a parent to join. SingleParentMeet is open to anyone who is open to the idea of having a relationship in which kids are in the mix.
Yes, SingleParentMeet is completely legit, with a B rating from the Better Business Bureau and has been in business since 2007. The app reports it has more than 1,000 users.
How does SingleParentMeet work?
The signup process for SingleParentMeet is standard for dating sites:
Create a free profile, including a username and password.
Share your story (here, you can go as much or as little into detail as you would like. In addition to a bio, you can answer personality questions and write a top Interest to beef up your profile.
And that's it! Once your profile is done, you can search profiles based on specific criteria (like location, height, or age) or usernames. One thing to know: You'll need to pay for a membership to get the most on SingeParentMeet. More on that below:
How much does it cost to join SingleParentMeet?
SingleParentMeet is free to sign up for, but there's not much you can do without paying for a plan. Below is a breakdown of the costs of the standard versus the premium plan and the features that come with it:
What you get using SingleParentMeet's free version:
Free matches
Interact with members through playful features like sending a flirt (think: Facebook's old poke feature).
Access to SingleParentMeet's app (available in iOS and Android).
Liking photos (however, you can't see who liked you.)
What you get using SingleParentMeet's premium membership:
$13.02/month for a three-month contract
$7.64/month for a six-month contract
See who likes and flirted.
Send and receive private messages from other members.
Send and receive virtual gifts.
Tokens for special features.
PromoteMe feature (lets you use tokens to boost your profile).
NotifyMe feature (sends you alerts when your matches log on).
Unsure about your profile. Lean more about how to create a successful dating profile, and which pictures to choose.
A supportive space for single parents.
It can be intimidating getting back out there. On SingleParentMeet, you're surrounded by other individuals who share similar experiences. In addition to single parents, this dating service might also work for individuals who can't have their own kids and would find love with someone who has them.
The website is easy to use.
It's very easy to navigate around SingleParentMeet's website. The homepage has a simple layout without the distraction of ads or any explicit content. Plus, SingleParentMeet also has an app, making it easy for parents to connect with wherever you are — at work, at a PTA meeting, after your kid's bedtime.
May be helpful for finding connections outside of dating.
SingleParentMeet isn't just for romantic connections. You can also use the website for finding friends or even a babysitter!
You have to pay to use most of the features.
It's very hard to meet people on SingleParentMeet if you don't have a premium membership. While its prices are less expensive compared to other dating sites, you might want to try OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, or even Tinder.
Niche dating sites are generally a smaller pool.
Niche dating sites generally have less pool of people since they're more specific. Depending on where you live, you may not find a lot of people using SingleParentMeet. Right now SingleParentMeet is only available for the United States and Canada, which for some may be a con if you live internationally or are interested in meeting someone abroad.
It appears membership numbers are low compared with other dating sites and apps.
There's no free trial.
It's really hard to judge a dating service if you can't really interact with it. A free trial could be beneficial for those who want to get a good feel for SingleParentMeet without committing to a membership.
SingleParentMeet's parent company, People Media Inc. has a B rating but is not accredited by the Better Business Bureau. They have a 1.04 /5 stars and 24 customer reviews. None specifically call out SingleParentMeet; most reviewers complain about encountering fake profiles and are unhappy with their experience with People Media Inc.'s dating services (People Media also owns over 20 dating websites such as LoveandSeek, SeniorPeopleMeet, and Our Time); one common word throughout the page is "scam."
On Trustpilot, People Media Inc. has a rating of 3.2 / stars with one review, but it's not about SingleParentMeet. Keep in mind that People Media Inc. has other dating services, so these reviews do not speak for SingleParentMeet.
Another thing to remember: it can take months for anyone to find love on a dating website (and that goes for all of them). The best way to know if SingleParentMeet is right for you is to give it a chance. Case in point: two Reddit reviewers who found relationships via SingleParentMeet
"We both joined with the expectation that any potential date we met on there would have a better understanding of our situation and priorities," writes one Reddit reviewer who met their boyfriend using the site:
Another Reddit reviewer said they met their wife on SingleParentMeet 11 years ago and report being still happily married:
Bottom Line: Is SingleParentMeet worth it?
SingleParentMeet is a great resource for people who want to find love or other single parents to connect with. However, if you don't want to pay for a dating service, there are other options out there. Many dating apps ask you to share whether or not you have kids in order (among other things) to make the experience more transparent and honest.
This includes eharmony, which has a higher BBB and Trustpilot ratings than SingleParentMeet, has many other members who are parents or open to dating people with kids, and is solely focused on serious, committed relationships. Try out eharmony free now, and get a 25% discount with code WSM25 >>
Interested in checking out other dating sites and apps? Here are some dating app reviews:
eharmony Zoosk Tinder
Christian Mingle Adult Friend Finder Match.com
Bumble OKCupid Plenty of Fish
Also, check out our roundup of best dating apps and sites for single parents, as well as 11 hookup sites if that is your jam.
SingleParentMeet is a niche dating service that strives to be an online community filled with individuals who understand the demands and rewards of parenthood.
Yes, SingleParentMeet is completely legit, with a B rating from the Better Business Bureau and has been in business since 2007.
SingleParentMeet is free to sign up for, but there's not much you can do without paying for a plan, which starts at $16.99 per month.
SingleParentMeet is a great resource for people who want to find love or other single parents to connect with.
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Bianca Mendez
Bianca Mendez is a writer and editor living in New York City. Her work has appeared in Woman's Health, Bustle, Latina, Refinery29, and many other publications. She also served as a sex and dating editor at Elite Daily and a freelance lifestyle editor for Bauer Publishing's Teen Department, where she helped the team launch three new magazines.

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Les îles Sabalana, en indonésien , sont un atoll d'une trentaine d'îles en Indonésie, situé à 160 km au sud-sud-ouest de Makassar, la capitale de la province de Sulawesi du Sud. Elles s'étendent sur deux récifs de coraux et couvrent une superficie de quelque 700 km² et constituent l'un des plus grands atolls d'Indonésie. Les îles principales sont Balobaloang, Sabaru et Sumanga'.

Balobaloang est peuplée par des Bugis qui vivent comme marins sur les bateaux à voile qui sillonnent l'archipel, ou comme pêcheurs. Sabaru et  Sumanga' sont habitées par des Makassar.  Les habitants de Sabaru sont également marins ou pêcheurs. Dans les années 1990, ils se sont mis à pêcher intensivement le trepang (holothurie) en plongée, avec un équipement de fortune. Beaucoup en sont morts ou se sont retrouvés infirmes. La population de Sumanga' est composée de pêcheurs dont les habitants de Balobaloang dénoncent l'utilisation d'explosifs.

Lien externe
  www.reefbase.org : Resources - Coral Reef - Indonesia

Atoll de l'océan Pacifique
Atoll en Indonésie
Plongée sous-marine en Indonésie

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Database Systems Corp. (DSC) is a leading provider of voice broadcasting technology. Voice broadcast systems are computer phone systems that send voice messages to hundreds or thousands of call recipients at once.
These phone messages can be delivered to either answering machines or to live individuals. If the voice broadcast system detects a busy signal or detemines that the call was not answered, it can schedule the call for later delivery.
The DSC voice broadcast system can deliver one phone message or can send millions of recordered voice messages in a single campaign. These messages can be emergency alerts sent to a community or the message can be a simple reminder sent to members of an organization. A different voice message can be sent when an answering machine is detected versus an individual.
Contact DSC to learn more about our voice broadcast systems and hosted voice broadcasting services.
Does DSC provide outsourcing services and systems?
Is DSC the manufacturer or a representative?
Can I do just a one time voice broadcast run?
Does DSC provide phone support?
Does DSC provide phone lists?
Are there contractual terms and conditions?
How quickly can I start using this service?
Does DSC accept Credit Card Payments?
Is there a demonstration that I can see?
Can my voice broadcast campaign be customized?
How long of a message can I record?
Can the calling campaign use phone key options?
Are reports available with this service?
Can I play a message on an answer machine?
Can there be different messages for live vs. answer machine?
Does my message get truncated when delivered?
What happens if the phone is not answered?
How do I record my voice messages?
Do you provide professional voice recordings?
What is the data format of my phone list?
Can I maintain more than one list on this service?
How do I start a voice broadcast?
Can voice broadcasts be automatically initiated by a computer?
What federal regulations affect voice broadcasting?
Can call recipients opt out of future calls?
Voice broadcasting (also referred to as phone broadcast or message broadcast) is a mass communication technique that can send calls to hundreds or even thousands of call recipients in a very short period of time. This technology can be used in business applications and for community alerts and notifications.
Yes, DSC provides voice broadcasting outsourcing services at its Phoenix data center and also sells voice broadcasting phone systems. Voice broadcast systems are integrated Windows, Intel PC and Dialogic telephony boards.
Yes, DSC is the manufacturer of its voice broadcasting systems. Voice broadcast systems are fully integrated computer phone systems that are assembled and tested at DSC facilities prior to shipment. The hardware and OS components are industry standard Intel processors using Dialogic communications boards, both managed on a Microsoft Windows OS.
All of the voice broadcast control programs are developed by DSC. Custom voice broadcast applicaions are also developed exclusively by Database Systems Corp.
Yes. DSC has been in business since 1978 and has always provided phone support to its clients. Emergency after hours support is also available as well as 24 hour email contacts.
Does DSC supply phone lists?
No. DSC provides phone systems and outsourcing services, but does not provide any phone lists.
NOTE: Because of the stringent new FTC regulations, commercial organizations must now have written permission from recipients before calling them with solicitations.
No. DSC voice broadcasting contracts are month to month and can be canceled at any time. DSC does charge a small fee each month to keep the account active.
Yes. DSC does require that a user sign an agreement upfront, before using this powerful communications tool. With the current federal restrictions on the use of voice broadcasting, particularly those that protect consumers from unwanted solicitation, it is imperative that an agreement be in effect to ensure that the user is aware of the liabilities and potential fines associated with this misuse of this technology.
Any reputable organization will require a contract that outlines these restrictions for the protection of all parties.
Custom Voice Broadcast Systems (supporting 4 analog lines) start at $6500 and expand to hundreds of digital phone lines.
Includes first 200 calls free.
Calls afterwards as low as $0.05. This includes 3 attempts for "busy" and "no answer," and includes calls anywhere in the continental limits of the US.
8AM to 5PM calling window.
Web and phone activated calling programs.
The above pricing is for online sign up only! To learn how to use our voice broadcasting services, click on the Voice Broadcast Quick Tour. (Popups must be enabled on your browser).
Once you have signed up for the service and made the initial payment, your account can be activated in minutes. At that time, you simply need to send us your phone list and recorded message and you can initiate a voice broadcast online immediately.
Yes, DSC accepts Master Charge and Visa as a payment method. DSC can also invoice your organization (upon approved credit) and accept corporate or personal checks as a payment method.
DSC estimates typical monthly usage at the point of contract and includes one months deposit upfront. Thereafter, DSC provides end of month billing to clients showing service usage as well as any monthly fixed fee. This amount is either charged to a credit card or invoiced electronically (or by mail).
There is no limit on the number or length of the phone lists you provide. Lists should be provided in a .csv file (a common Excel text format). If you prefer, we can provide professional voice recordings of your messages.
As soon as you initiate the voice broadcast campaign, DSC phone systems begin placing calls. If a person answers the call (or our phone system detects an answer machine), your message is played. If the call is not answered, the phone system will make three attempts at later times to send your message.
Yes, DSC provides two demonstrations of our voice broadcasting systems and services. Our quick tour presents an overview of our service while the online demonstration lets you view the actual voice broadcast administrative tool used to create and manage your calling campaigns.
To learn how to use our voice broadcasting services, click on the voice broadcast quick tour. (Popups must be enabled on your browser).
For a detailed online demonstration of our voice broadcast service, visit the voice broadcasting demonstration webpage.
Yes, DSC specializes in the development of custom calling campaigns. These include both inbound IVR (Interactive Voice Response) call answering services as well as outbound voice broadcasting.
Database maintains a professional staff of call processing developers who can analyse your calling requirements and develop a custom campaign for you in just hours!
How long a message can I record?
Your recorded message can be of any length, but we highly recommend that the message be no longer than 30 seconds.
Yes, voice broadcast campaigns can be designed to include phone key responses that are interpretted by the calling campaign and actions taken based upon the requirements you specify.
This could include providing the call recipient with a menu of choices or giving an option to speak with one of your representatives.
Yes, DSC provides an extensive voice broadcast reporting system. These reports provide the administrator with a complete view of the performance of calling campaigns and include graphical presentation of data as well.
This online reporting and feedback system helps you observe and control the performance of your automatic phone calling services.
Yes. Our technology can detect whether an answer machine or live person answers the call. DSC plays your recorded message in either case.
Yes. DSC technology can detect the difference between a live answer and an answering machine and can play a unique message for each type of call.
No. Using a combination of hardware detection and software developed by DSC, your recorded message is not truncated when delivered. This is a significant problem for most voice broadcast services. DSC determines when a person answers the phone and only begins playing the recorded message after the initial greeting (such as "Hello"). If an answer machine is detected by our technology, DSC can determine when a machine starts to record (after the typical greeting message) and only then plays the message.
Most services simply start playing the message, regardless if a person is speaking or if there is a lengthy greeting message with the answer machine. This results in message truncation, particularly on an answering machine, and does not present your message in a professional manner.
DSC technology can determine if a call is answered. If the call is not answered (busy signal, no answer, etc.), DSC will attempt to call this number two additional times, in varying intervals between calls. After three unsuccessful attempts, DSC will report the call as Undelivered.
Database Systems Corp. provides an 800 number for clients to call to record simple phone messages. This easy to use service ensures that the voice message is recorded in the proper format. You can also submit a .wav file that conforms to the necessary format required to perform the calling campaign.
Yes, DSC has contracted with leading voice professionals to provide voice recordings that can be used with your calling campaigns. These recordings can be either male or female including multiple languages as well as specific dialects.
Visit our Professional Voice Over web page to get complete details of our voice recording options.
Yest, multiple phone lists can be maintained on our web service. Simply pick one of these previously maintained files and designate a voice message and the DSC voice broadcasting system can start calling.
The most common method of initiating a voice broadcast is through our secure website. After logging in, users can pick a phone list and designate a specific phone message. Then by selecting the "Start" button, a voice broadcast campaign can begin.
Another method of starting a voice broadcast is through our 800 phone service. By responding to prompts from our 800 service, voice broadcast campaigns can be initiated over the phone.
Finally, voice broadcasts can be initiated by a computer or web event using our VoiceXML automated voice broadcast feature.
Yes, voice messages can be sent from existing computer systems and applications. Using VoiceXML, Database Systems Corp. supports several "canned" XML formats, but can develop new formats that fit your requirements.
Prior Written Consent. (The ammendments) expressly prohibit telemarketing sales calls that deliver prerecorded messages, whether answered in person by a consumer or by an answering machine or voicemail service, unless the seller has previously obtained the recipient's signed, written agreement to receive such calls.
Opt Out Option In Phone Message. (The ammendments) require that, by December 1, 2008, sellers and telemarketers provide, at the outset of all prerecorded messages, an automated keypress or voice-activated interactive opt-out mechanism so that consumers can opt out as easily as they can from a live telemarketing call.
New FTC requirements mandate that outbound calling companies give call recipients the ability to opt out of a calling campaign. DSC provides the technology for call recipients to be removed from your calling lists automatically using our opt out IVR system. Your call campaigns can be programmed to give the call recipient the option to "Press x...." to be removed from your call lists.
For more information about this process, visit our Opt Out webpage.
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require 'spec_helper'

describe port(28000) do
  it { should be_listening.with('tcp') }
end

describe port(28001) do
  it { should be_listening.with('tcp') }
end

describe port(28002) do
  it { should be_listening.with('tcp') }
end

describe port(27000) do
  it { should be_listening.with('tcp') }
end

describe port(27001) do
  it { should be_listening.with('tcp') }
end

describe port(27002) do
  it { should be_listening.with('tcp') }
end

describe port(27005) do
  it { should be_listening.with('tcp') }
end

describe port(27006) do
  it { should be_listening.with('tcp') }
end

describe port(27007) do
  it { should be_listening.with('tcp') }
end

describe port(27017) do
  it { should be_listening.with('tcp') }
end

# add data
describe command('echo "db.test_collection.insert({\'foo\':\'foo\'});" | mongo testdb --host localhost --port 27017') do
  it { should return_exit_status 0 }
end

describe command('echo "db.test_collection.insert({\'boo\':\'boo\'});" | mongo dummydb --host localhost --port 27017') do
  it { should return_exit_status 0 }
end

# get sharding status
describe command('echo "sh.status();" | mongo --host localhost --port 27017') do
  its(:stdout) { should match /"host" : "rep1\/localhost:27001,localhost:27002"/ }
  its(:stdout) { should match /"host" : "rep2\/localhost:27006,localhost:27007"/ }
  its(:stdout) { should match /"testdb",  "partitioned" : true,  "primary" : "rep[1-2]"/ }
  its(:stdout) { should match /"dummydb",  "partitioned" : true,  "primary" : "rep[1-2]"/ }
end

# get rep1 status
describe command('mongo --host localhost --port 27001 --eval \'printjson(rs.status())\'') do
  its(:stdout) { should match /"set" : "rep1"/ }
  its(:stdout) { should match /"ARBITER"/ }
  its(:stdout) { should match /"PRIMARY"/ }
  its(:stdout) { should match /"SECONDARY"/ }
end

# get rep2 status
describe command('mongo --host localhost --port 27006 --eval \'printjson(rs.status())\'') do
  its(:stdout) { should match /"set" : "rep2"/ }
  its(:stdout) { should match /"ARBITER"/ }
  its(:stdout) { should match /"PRIMARY"/ }
  its(:stdout) { should match /"SECONDARY"/ }
end

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Breakfast: the most important meal of the day! Here's how to do it right, from architectural dining nooks to gadgets geared towards making your morning pour as painless as possible.
On a shady street just off the main drag of Melbourne, Australia's hippest inner suburb, a pair of creative types and their two kids have made a bright, cheery home by renovating an 1860s stable. The large, naturally lit kitchen is the heart of the house, and an eat-in bar ensures family together each morning for breakfast. Photo by Stephen Oxenbury.
Juice shops are the latest big city fad—you can always find a bottle in the Dwell office—but for those who don't want to shell out $2 per ounce, consider this Bodum number. The Bistro Citrus Juicer comes in six bright shades and sits higher than most juicers, so its drip-stop keeps the juice from dripping all over your kitchen counter. A cyclone function prevents the pulp from going awry. Made from plastic, silicone, and stainless steel.
Architect Alex Scott Porter enjoys a sun-filled breakfast at the built-in dining table and bench, one of many space-saving designs she included in the seaside cabin she created for her father in Maine. Photo by Eirik Johnson.
More great gadgets to make your breakfast sing, from the world's first see-through toaster to a yogurt maker.
For this restaurant-inspired kitchen renovation in San Francisco, breakfast is a French affair. Designer Jeff Sand's Universal Chairs combine his love for classic Francophile café chairs with an appreciation for "the beautiful metal casings on an old Moto Guzzi." Photo by Cesar Rubio.
Breakfast in bed? You betcha! Brighten up a petit déjeuner with these 12 colorful serving tray options.
At breakfast, Chicago homeowner Arthur Jackson multitasks while seated at the dining table. He hand-stenciled the pattern on the wall in the background. Photo by Matthew Williams.
One last way to wake up breakfast hour: with a bright red eating surface, like this number by Arik Levy. The table, for Zanotta, sports a bright red plate-glass top with steel tube base kitchen table.


A first, showing something I wrote about in action: watch Drew try to destroy the ZogoFlex Huck toy!
Great toy!! Thanks for letting us know about it! My dog loves it and I would never have known without your blog!