The client is a leading manufacturer of high-performance computing systems. The client's specific requirement was development of a modular code base that can be extended by a broad team.
The client in this case study is a company that provides secure file sharing and cloud storage capabilities. MSys helped the client identify the best tools for reducing the test timings of manual testing process of its web GUI/IOP application programming interface.
To meet end-to-end testing requirements of the telecom provider, MSys telecom automation engineers tested and automated the flow of the network devices and data flow through different applications using MTAS.
MSys has expertise in machine-to-machine communication technology, which was instrumental in providing a communication and sustenance solution to an international networking device manufacturer.
This IoT platform enabled manufacturing companies to improve their operational efficiency by automatically collecting sensor data from production machines and providing deep analytics and insights on this data.
The project aimed at development of a cloud-based management and monitoring dashboard that monitors storage devices of the client and identifies device issues in order to reduce the number of service visits required.
We have worked with SSDs, RAID arrays, software-defined storage vendors, and cloud storage vendors. The particular software requires MIS details of the storage usage, such as the data used by various departments, the amount of data used, and the details of the old files that use the storage and backup systems in case the file sizes grow to abnormal levels.
The client in this project has a unique secure communication application that is targeted at finance and healthcare markets. The unique solution ddesigned by MSys helps users leverage one or more email addresses for secure messaging and continue to use their existing email addresses.
The customer is a provider of high-performance computing providing one third of top hundred supercomputers in the world. The various requirements by the client include research, evaluation, and implementation of appropriate tools for building an essential continuous integration and delivery pipeline.


Such was the position that [FFcossag] found himself in at the beginning of January, when a freak storm knocked out power to his community on a remote island in the middle of the Baltic Sea. [FFcossag] documented his attempts to survive the eight-day outage in vlog form, and although each entry is fairly long, there's a lot to be learned from his ordeal. His main asset was a wood cook stove in the basement of the house, which served as his heat source. He used a car radiator and a small water pump to get some heat upstairs – a battery bank provided the power for that, at least for a while. The system evolved over the outage and became surprisingly good at keeping the upstairs warm.
The power eventually came back on, but to add insult to injury, almost as soon as it did, the ground-source heat pump in the house went on the fritz. A little sleuthing revealed an open power resistor in the heat pump control panel, but without a replacement on hand, [FFcossag] improvised. Parts from a 30-year-old TV transmitter were close at hand, including a nice handful of power resistors. A small parallel network gave the correct value and the heat pump came back online.
All in all, it was a long, cold week for [FFcossag], but he probably fared better than his neighbors. Want to be as prepared for your next outage? Check out [Jenny]'s comprehensive guide.
Thanks to [sudos] for the tip.
His main asset was having a bazillon UPS's and over sized battery banks in various rooms around his house.
Nice, but would the UPS and batteries have kept him warm and the water in the pipes from freezing?
Well lithium batteries can have a quite decent heat output when they are not happy with how you treat them, aka thermal runaway.
Lithium, the loose element that will accept ions for anything.
Only if Samsung made a UPS.
Yes, just think of all the bloatware apps they could add to it!
1) insulation – if pipes freezing inside your home is a problem, you need some. On the house and the pipes.
Um…. It is -23F and 10MPH winds where I'm at right now. Insulation isn't going to buy you much time without an active heat source. I've never seen pipe trace heating done in residential around here, but I'm not an expert.
I saw what happens to a heating system freezing in a hotel once, basically the system was poorly implemented so the last few radiators on the loop was able to freeze briefly every night in the dead of winter (think The Shining size hotel) and basically the heating system was not able to get though the ice build up, eventually enough ice splits at least one pipe and then any hot water that gets though ends up out of the system freezing.
the fix was tearing down walls to find every single pipe, fixing every leak then covering them in foam insulation then expansion foam over and around that. Then it didn't matter that the last few radiators on the loop where a little too far, there was enough heat kept in the system that they got cold but could never freeze.
One assume you get that termperature every year and you are prepared for it?
I have lived in such climates but not right now, but have some idea of what is needed to deal with it.
In those types of places a "wood heat stove" is still not an asset. It's a requirement.
The UPS system is by definition an asset, but not the stove.
But would still be insulated a lot. I think you under estimate the power of GOOD insulation and the reasons. It keeps the heat in so you need less of a heat source ie: fuel lasts longer. Or electricity.
Two types. One goes between insulation and pipe. Other inserts into pipe like a tapeworm.
I've got to say, "living on an island" sounds like an excellent reason to have a backup generator. Even if you can't afford a whole-house automatic system (they are quite expensive), even a small portable unit would be better than using a bunch of UPSs.
Someone put out an APB on a "running" generator. Last seen fleeing the scene of a blackout.
Fleeing with a neighbor that didn't own one no doubt!
He has a 48V solar array which should have lasted him quite a long while with the loads needed to run the essentials… but a couple packs went short and brought it down early and severely hampered the output. He did a quick fix to get some juice out of some standby cells… again, with telecom parts.
This is why I have a gas stove.
Believe it or not pilot lights (2), and if they go out I have a box of matches!
This is so predictable: "solar-this"; "UPS-that"… Where's the Raspberry Pi? Where's the suggestion for a solar-charged Tesla?
The only thing which will force you to be serious about this subject is to have to be prepared all the time for lengthy power outages–at least once, and maybe even two to three times per year.
The ONLY thing which provides serious heat is a flame. Two 23000 BTU kerosene heaters.One 20 000 BTU propane heater (my needs don't require all three be used together). Propane grill for cooking (out on the outdoors deck, of course). And a very strict and STRINGENT replacement strategy for propane and kerosene–when they are NOT needed [and just in case you don't know–kerosene is MUCH safer than propane].
$289.00 (on sale at Harbor Freight) for a 4 KW (continuous) very good generator which runs the well pump, for water for the much-needed coffee, and for flushing toilets; and provides for some miscellaneous electrical needs with some manual load management down at the panel.
Basic lighting needs are provided by kerosene lamps; they are amazingly bright and efficient.
I also have collected, and keep on 'maintenance charge', three very healthy auto-class 12-v batteries which are needed for miscellaneous 12-volt duty. They can be maintained by the 4KW generator.
Make absolutely certain that the first thing you do is DISCONNECT THE PANEL'S MAIN BREAKER! or even REMOVE THE METER! I know that's illegal under NORMAL circumstances, but believe me, the power company will understand–as well as appreciating the fact that you cared enough to NOT kill any of their people by feeding your generator's output back down the lines.
I'm saving my pennies for a healthy UPS for my WiFi router in order to maintain my sanity during the outages–the last one was for eight days. Fortunately the phone lines usually stay intact.
I have installed a pair permanently plumbed vent free propane heaters, one at each end of the house. You need to read the manual and verify you have enough open space for the number of BTU you have. These do burn he oxygen in the room. I would not call these dangerous, but you should definitely read the manual and understand what you are working with. They keep the house warm if we loose power. We use propane for hot water and cooking.
I have a little 1.2KW 2 cycle generator that I can fire up and that powers the living room, our tv, stereo, internet stuff, notebooks, and a couple LED lamps. All that stuff feeds from one power strip that is easy to move from the wall socket to a semi permanent extension cord that goes out to the doghouse the generator lives in. I actually have 2 of the little generators and one will also run the fridge and freezer one at a time, but the power has not been off for long enough for that to have ever been an issue.
I have often thought it would be really cool if I had a larger generator with a water cooled engine to have some valves so in the winter, I could run the hot water through radiators in the house and make use of the waste heat from the engine.
I think it was Honda (apologies if it was someone else) who actually had a completely, totally engineered solution for home electricity and hot-water generation built around a 4-cylinder OHV engine. It was, and still is, a great idea. Just not enough market, then, for mass production, but YOU go for it!. Major detail I do remember: maintenance interval is greatly improved by using propane, natural gas, or LNG due to NOT burning gasoline–oil and bearings last a LOT longer. Same arguments apply–at least to bearings–when using a diesel engine. What this proves is that your idea is imminently "do-able". Again–GO FOR IT.
There's one thing there is no shortage of in the Baltic Sea is solar heat. Apparently no water or piping required.
MOST people don't have gas furnaces any more.
This can't provide the heat needed in a power outage if you DON't HAVE a gas furnace.
Even then, this has enough capacity to handle the huge surge starting current of the blower motor–typically ten times or more than the running current? Highly doubtful.
I don't need to "…check it out…".
What I said, stands. Most people do not have gas furnaces any more, so this provides no help for most peoples' heating needs during a black-out.
I am also an electrical engineer, with a solid background in AC machinery. How about addressing this device's ability to START my 3/4 HP well pump?
Some technical info, please: is this a 1 KW–continuous–inverter? Is the output a true sine wave, or modified sine wave? Does it have a 220/240 vac output? Thanks.
you raise a good point – how many people heat with gas/oil as opposed to electric? That seems to vary by region. Where are you located that "most people do not have gas furnaces any more"? Here in Ontario the vast majority heat their homes with gas as the primary heat source. Electric heat is easier and cleaner but forces you into needing a very large backup generator in order to heat your house during a power outage, unless you also prepare other standby heat sources like wood, pellet stove, etc. The internal power unit inside CarGenerator is a pure sine wave 1000w inverter with a 2000w start surge capacity. It's very similar to the pure sine wave inverter available from Home Depot for $295. For another $100 at $395 fully assembled we match it with heat proof pure copper strand booster cables custom manufactured by EastPenn/Deka, and we add a voltmeter, mounting strap to hang it on your car and rubber backing to not scratch your vehicle. Then for another $300 at $695 we take all of this and wrap it in a custom housing which is both rain/ice/snow weatherproof but yet robustly ventilated to run summer or winter and stay both dry and properly cooled. Here are the full product specs: https://cargenerator.com/product-specs/ We also have a 240 volt version available for an extra $100. thanks.
Thank you for the additional information. This was helpful.
I've had a weatherproof outlet wired in to my main breaker cabinet on the bridge fuse in every place I've owned. Then I just plug in a solar battery bank or a big gas generator without a single tool after flipping off meter input..
Most people with a lot of money go the propane auto-backup solution that goes at least a week..


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Q: Recording data with WCF Service This is a question of design. I have read numerous different things about IPC between two C# applications, but don't feel like I have reached a satisfactory answer for my use case, yet.
In my 1st application I have an object that already exists that will change frequently every few milliseconds. I am trying to attach this to a game programmed with Unity3d (-> 2nd application). According to an earlier question at stackoverflow, It seems that serialisation is not appropriate as I would essentially be serializing/deserialzing the object every few milliseconds for no good reason. This brought me to WCF Services: The 1st application acts as host and the 2nd application (Unity program) acts as client. Does this make sense, so far?
Next, I want to record all data that I send from the 1st to the 2nd application. The initial goal here is that the 2nd application should be able to be supplied with data recorded in an earlier session. The purpose of this is mainly for developmental issues, when new data from the 1st application may not be available.
Can I use WCF to record and play back data (i.e. an entire data stream), which is exchanged between two applications?

A: To record every output from WCF you could implement a custom Logger (eg. nlog or log4net) that save information into any custom data storage (SqlServer, Mongo, Raven DB depends on your need)
pseudo code
//[OperationContractAttribute]
    public int[] GetUnitPosition(string guid)
    {
        int x = 0, y = 0;
        //calculate something..

        //then Log this information
        Logger.Info("position", guid, x, y); //save this into any DB

        return new[] {x, y};
    }

Then to retrieve the saved data. just implement another WCF service that query historical data from the log storage.

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Latino Tax Professionals Association: e-Learning meets e-Commerce
Docebo's pre-built, modular system with its open-APIs allowed LTPA to set goals that were not possible before. The company focused first on integrating with InfusionSoft, XERO, Zendesk, Zoom, and, most recently, Shopify. Integrating all of these functions allowed LTPA to measure its user classification, the number of active users, user activity, feedback and purchases.
The Latino Tax Professionals Association (LTPA) is a tax and bookkeeping training company, specializing in training programs for those who serve Spanish-speaking taxpayers. The LTPA offers a unique instructor program for entrepreneurs to grow their tax business. LTPA, via its Prendo 365 training program, is the only professional organization specializing in Spanish and English bilingual training for over 1.2 million tax preparers in the U.S.
"Our constituents want to be mobile friendly. If they are sitting at the airport, they want to be able to do something on their mobile devices. That was another reason we were attracted to Docebo. Learners can purchase a course and start learning wherever they are."
Teena Lopez, Co-founder of LTPALatino Tax Professionals Association
See how Docebo can supercharge your learning programs for employees, partners, and customers.
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LTPA has steadily grown since it was founded in 2010 and as member numbers increased, this resulted in their existing Learning Management System (LMS) getting clunkier and slower. The LMS was built by an external developer and whenever there were issues, LTPA had to wait for the developer to make the time to fix them. It became clear that LTPA needed a system that they could make changes and updates to themselves.
When LTPA first started looking for a new learning technology solution, the goal was to find a system that could serve as a foundation instead of having to custom-build or program it themselves. Their learning management system needed to be an end-to-end solution that would allow them to control the content in the background, provide insights into the performance of their courses and members, and allow for their e-Commerce activities; all while being approved by the IRS, the State of California and by the Certified Public Accountants (CPA).
Other capabilities LTPA needed their new learning technology to support were easy integration with their Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, being able to upload continuing education credits to the appropriate governing authorities and running reports showing data per course to help them better understand learner performance.
LTPA was also focused on attracting younger tax professionals and knew that a modern LMS was needed that was mobile friendly so the constituents could work on their course and purchase products anywhere.
LTPA chose the Docebo Learning Platform because it allowed them to adapt, alter, change, and manage their learning platform as needed. With clients whose education levels range from little formal education and computer skills to well-trained, tech savvy, university graduates, it was important to make sure that users could choose between online learning and traditional classroom settings.
Carlos Lopez, Co-founder and president of LTPA, says the Docebo Learning Platform is user-friendly and allows the creative freedom needed to adapt to all types of learning styles and education levels.
"It is wonderful to have a system that we can grow with, and it grows with us." Mobile accessibility was also a key factor for LTPA because learners were active on mobile devices and being able to learn on the go was essential.
"Our constituents want to be mobile friendly. If they are sitting at the airport, they want to be able to do something on their mobile devices. That was another reason we were attracted to Docebo. Learners can purchase a course and start learning wherever they are," says Teena Lopez, Co-founder of LTPA.
During the implementation period, Docebo provided LTPA with training and helped LTPA's Gen X and Millennial employees understand the skills, knowledge, and tools needed to create and manage effective learning experiences. With this training, LTPA's employees could manage their learning platform to provide the support and world-class education their users needed.
Before adopting the Docebo Learning Platform, LTPA could not accurately measure ROI because its legacy system didn't integrate with their other applications.
Docebo's pre-built, modular system with its open-APIs allowed LTPA to set goals that were not possible before. The company focused first on integrating with InfusionSoft, XERO, Zendesk, Zoom, and, most recently, Shopify.
Integrating all of these functions allowed LTPA to measure its user classification, the number of active users, user activity, feedback and purchases. LTPA uses these analytics to create projections and campaigns, to identify areas of potential improvement, and to implement new protocols for both users and employees.
"I know exactly how many people are on the platform every day," says Teena Lopez.
"Before, I'd have to do it individually. I wouldn't be able to understand across the board how many people were in one course, what kind of scores they were getting and what questions they were missing. Now, I can run that report and if a lot of people are missing one question, I can say, 'this must be a really confusing question, how do we fix it?"
Using their new-found analytics, LTPA has also significantly enhanced the course purchasing experience by leveraging Docebo's Shopify integration.
"With the Shopify integration, somebody can go on our website and buy something in a couple of clicks and we're able to track everything. We couldn't do that with our old system" says Alberto Contreras, Business Analyst at LTPA.
"We can see where people are coming from, if it's Facebook, Instagram, email, and what keywords they were searching for. Being able to get this granular data gives us the insight to focus on the pages on our website and products that are the most popular."
When LTPA first implemented Docebo in 2018, they had about 400-700 learners. Now, just over a year in, they have over 7,000 learners in the platform. On top of that, the streamlined course purchasing experience has resulted in a 33% increase in sales. And there looks to be no slowing down, with ambitions to continue growing its learner base and further automating training processes.
"By June 2020, we want at least 15 to 20,000 users, that's our goal. We also want all our digital operations to be 100% automated, right now it's probably at around 80%. We have three goals this year, automation, automation, automation," says Carlos Lopez.

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In late May, the Clinic and co-counsel filed our reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, responding to Ford and IBM's opposition to the petition for a writ of certiorari.
In February, 2016, the Clinic and co-counsel filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court to clarify the circumstances under which defendants may be held accountable in U.S. courts for human rights violations.
On August 10, 2015, Plaintiffs filed a petition for rehearing en banc to review the July 27, 2015 Second Circuit decision given the fact that it conflicts with both Supreme Court and Circuit precedent and would effectively foreclose human rights claims that, for decades, had been permitted under the Alien Tort Statute. The petition was denied in September.
On July 27, 2015, the Second Circuit ruled in Defendants' favor, denying Plaintiffs an opportunity to proceed with their claims against Ford and IBM.
On June 3, 2015, Plaintiffs filed their reply brief in the appeal before the Second Circuit. Oral argument took place on June 24.
Since late 2005, the Clinic has been involved in In re South African Apartheid Litigation, a major corporate Alien Tort Statute (ATS) suit, currently pending against Ford and IBM for the support and assistance they provided to the South African apartheid government to commit human rights violations. The Clinic is currently co-counsel in the case for South African plaintiffs, who have brought claims against these corporations for aiding and abetting apartheid, extrajudicial killing, torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and denationalization.
Faculty and students have conducted more than a dozen trips to South Africa to work on the case. Most recently, on August 8, 2014, the Clinic filed a proposed amended complaint against Ford and IBM in the Southern District of New York. The amended complaint alleges that, through policies and decisions made in the United States, Ford directed and controlled the sale of specialized vehicles to the South African security forces to suppress the black population, while IBM created and maintained an identity card system to denationalize the black population. Previously, in April 2014, the district court ruled that corporate liability does exist under the ATS, a decision that the Defendants have appealed. While the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decides whether to hear the appeal, proceedings continued in the district court and Plaintiffs moved to amend their complaint in light of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, Co., the major Supreme Court ATS ruling from April 2013. On August 28, 2014, the district court denied plaintiffs' motion for leave to file amended complaints.
In re South African Apartheid Litigation is comprised of two cases: the Botha (or Ntsebeza) case, in which the Clinic is counsel, and the Balintulo (or Khulumani) case. Originally, numerous complaints were filed in 2002 against dozens of corporate defendants. The cases were consolidated in the Southern District of New York and dismissed by the district court there in 2004. The Clinic began to support the Ntsebeza legal team in 2005 during an appeal to the Second Circuit. On appeal in late 2007, the Circuit Court reversed the district court's decision, recognizing the viability of aiding and abetting claims under the ATS, and allowing the plaintiffs an opportunity to amend their original complaints. Following the appellate ruling, the Clinic joined the case as co-counsel. In early 2008, the Defendants filed petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court. Lacking a quorum, the Supreme Court could not grant the petition and affirmed the Second Circuit's ruling. In October 2008, Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint and prevailed on the motion to dismiss in April 2009.
Defendants appealed the April 2009 decision, which was fully briefed in late 2009 and argued in January 2010. Proceedings were stayed after the Supreme Court granted cert in Kiobel. In the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Kiobel, the Second Circuit asked for additional briefing on the emergency appeal, and we submitted a letter brief in May 2013. In August 2013, the Second Circuit denied the defendants' writ for mandamus and lifted the stay before the district court. In lifting the stay, the Circuit opined that the claims should be dismissed based on Kiobel. Plaintiffs sought en banc review of the ruling in September 2013, but the request was denied. However, in proceedings before the district court, plaintiffs argued in a letter that they should have leave to amend their allegations in light of the new Kiobel standard, which requires that claims "touch and concern" the United States.
In December 2013, the district court ruled that before considering whether amendments to meet the Kiobel standard were appropriate, the court first had to consider whether corporate liability existed under the ATS. After full briefing–plaintiffs' opening brief, defendants' opposition, and plaintiffs' reply–the district court ruled, on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's Kiobel ruling, that corporate liability does exist under the ATS. Defendants sought an immediate emergency appeal with the Second Circuit, which plaintiffs have opposed. Defendants then filed a reply. A decision is pending. At the district court, proceedings continued in parallel, with plaintiffs filing a motion for leave to amend showing why they can plausibly meet the new Kiobel standard, as well as a proposed amended complaint. In late August, the district court denied plaintiffs' motion for leave to file amended complaints.
On February 10, 2016, the Clinic and co-counsel filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court to clarify the circumstances under which defendants may be held accountable in U.S. courts for human rights violations. In late May, the Clinic and co-counsel filed their reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, responding to Ford and IBM's opposition to the petition.
The U.S.-based legal team is led by Paul Hoffman of Schonbrun, De Simone, Seplow, Harris & Hoffman, LLP and includes Judith Brown Chomsky of the Law Offices of Judith Brown Chomsky, and Diane Sammons and Jay Rice of Nagel Rice LLP. The South African-based legal team is led by Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza and includes attorneys John Ngcebetsha, Gugulethu Madlanga, and Medi Mokuena, and Advocate Michael Osborne.


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The city of Tempe is in Maricopa county in south-central Arizona. It lies along the Salt River and is a southern suburb of Phoenix. Mesa lies west of Tempe, while Scottsdale is to the north.
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Arizona State University (ASU), founded in 1885, is located in Tempe. In the early 21st century the ASU campus was the largest in the United States in terms of students enrolled. On campus is the Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. ASU's Sun Devil Stadium housed the Fiesta Bowl from 1972 to 2006 and the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) from 1988 to 2005. In 1996 the NFL's Super Bowl game was played there. Tempe also houses the headquarters of the University of Phoenix, a large for-profit institution with branches in many U.S. cities. Tempe hosts Major League Baseball spring training for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Tempe History Museum celebrates desert life.
Tempe was occupied in prehistoric times by Native Americans of the Hohokam culture. The Hohokam dug irrigation canals to support their farming culture. The area was settled in 1872 by Charles Trumbull Hayden, father of the long-serving Arizona senator Carl Hayden. Charles Hayden's trading post was called Hayden's Ferry until 1879, when it was renamed for a supposed resemblance to the Vale of Tempe near Mount Olympus in Greece. Railroad tracks crossed the Salt River in 1887. After World War II Tempe experienced marked residential and economic growth with light-industrial development. The city's economic activities, once centered on agriculture (through the Salt River Irrigation Project), now are based on manufacturing, trade, and high-tech industry. Most of the city's farmland was given over to residential and commercial development in the 1990s. Tempe was incorporated as a town in 1894 and as a city in 1964. (See also Arizona.) Population (2020) 180,587.


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International Day of Peace Lecture Sophie Mcneill
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Sat 21 Sep 2019 6:00pm–8:00pm
St John's Cathedral
Ann Street
ABC Journalist, Sophie McNeill, will present the 8th Brisbane Peace Lecture.
The Rotary Peace Centre University of Queensland will also recognise the 2019 Agents of Peace.
Sophie McNeill is reporter with the ABC's investigative program Four Corners and is a former Middle East Correspondent for the ABC.
She has worked across the region including Afghanistan, Israel, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Egypt, Turkey and Gaza.
She has twice been awarded Australian Young TV Journalist of the Year and in 2010 won a Walkley award for her investigation into the killing of five children in Afghanistan by Australian Special Forces soldiers.
Sophie was nominated for a Walkley in 2015 for her coverage of the Syrian refugee crisis.
In September 2015, her reporting helped reunite a Syrian refugee family that had become separated on the European refugee trail.
In early 2016, Sophie broke the story of children starving to death in the besieged town of Madaya, Syria.
Her coverage in August 2016 in Yemen exposed alleged Saudi coalition war crimes, the starvation of children and the recruitment of child soldiers by Houthi rebels.
Her reports on doctors working inside Aleppo, Syria, gave rare insights into life in the besieged, war-torn city.
Her reporting on the war in Yemen saw her win her third Walkley.
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Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine, noted during a recent interview with the agency «Interfax-Ukraine» that the European Union could not give Ukraine the financial assistance in case of their fail to meet its obligations. The lifting of the moratorium on the round timber export is one of them.
Let us see what we are talking about here before evaluating such kind of help. And we are talking about 600 million euros — the final tranche of the macro-financial assistance program, which the EU can give Ukraine till the end of the year, subject to fulfilment of our country necessary requirements. In particular, Ukraine should not violate its obligations under the free trade zone with the EU. Still existing moratorium on the round timber export, as the EU interprets, is precisely such a violation.
Can we call it help? I guess, not even close. This is an ordinary haggling not in the best sense of the word. You sell us a round timber, and we'll give you something like help, but in fact — just pay for the resource. That's the «help» of our partners. And nobody is interested in our timber recourses. From a bird's eye view, Carpathians will soon look more like a desert mountains, rather than a protected area.
What people do with ukrainian forests today is a crime against the country and its people. And we still have to increase the logging by lifting the moratorium. Somehow, our neighbors — Poland, Romania and Slovakia — stopped industrial deforestation in the Tatras and Carpathians in due course. And if we are also trying to protect ourselves from an ecological catastrophe and keep a strategic resources reserve — then this is immediately interpreted as a breach of obligations. Where is European equity and justice?
Moreover, why we are considered solely as a raw-material supplement? How many finished products, with a reasonable approach to the organization of production and the economic development as a whole, we could produce? The entire progressive world is intensively working to increase the level of surplus value, by constantly investing an enormous amount of resources in break-even production technologies in order to save resources and so forth. And we somehow go completely in the opposite direction. From a once-developed, industrial power has practically turned into an agricultural producer of raw materials. What we'll have as the result?
So let's call a spade a spade: when we are offered just to sell our resources without any processing, in its pure form, it is not aid but trade. And on a state scale, it benefits only the buyer side.
It's time to rethink, and the resources belonging to the people, not to waste in vain, but to invest in the development of their own economy, their own production, and hence — in the development of the future of Ukraine and its citizens.
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Single continuous piece prosthetic tubular aortic conduit and method for manufacturing the same
A prosthetic aortic conduit for replacing a root portion of an aorta is provided. The conduit comprises a continuous tubular conduit along a substantially common axis. A portion of the tubular conduit does not substantially deform in a longitudinal direction and has resilient means which allow said another portion of the conduit to be expandable in a lateral direction. The portion that is able to deform laterally mimics the function of the sinuses of Valsalva. The method of manufacturing such a conduit comprises the steps of having a continuous weave of rows of yarn or the equivalent with a change in tightness of the rows so that in some portion of the conduit it is expandable in the lateral direction and in some portion of the conduit it is expandable in the longitudinal direction.
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STEWART, JASON-DENNIS NEILKEN
J. Gary Mohr (Datascope) (14 Philips Parkway, Montvale, NJ, 07645, US)
1. A prosthetic aortic conduit for replacing a root portion of an aorta, said conduit having first and second ends, wherein said conduit comprises a continuous weave wherein the tightness of the weave determines what portion of the conduit will only expand in the longitudinal direction and what portion of the conduit will expand in the lateral direction.
2. The prosthetic aortic conduit of claim 1, wherein said conduit is made of DACRON or PTFE material.
4. The prosthetic aortic conduit of claim 1, wherein said first portion resilient means comprises annular corrugations successively provided along the longitudinal axis of said first portion.
5. The prosthetic aortic conduit of claim 1, wherein a third tubular portion is connected to the second portion along said substantially common axis and wherein said third tubular portion is provided with resilient means which allow expansion of said third portion in a longitudinal direction.
6. A method of manufacturing a prosthetic aortic conduit having first and second ends, which comprises the following steps: a) providing a first tubular woven conduit suitable for use in heart surgery, said first conduit having a longitudinal axis and first resilient means allowing some expansion in the longitudinal direction only; and b) continuing the weave of the first tubular conduit to form a second tubular sinus conduit suitable for use in heart surgery, said second sinus conduit having a circumference and second resilient means which allows some expansion in the lateral direction only; so that the first tubular portion forms the first end of the prosthetic aortic conduit.
This application incorporates by reference and claims priority to provisional application No. 60/760,017.
The normal internal human aortic root conduit is provided with a sinus portion which has three sinuses (bulges) which surround the aortic valve. These sinuses are called sinuses of Valsalva and are arranged so that the cross-section of the sinus portion has a generally trefoil shape. The diameter and orifice area of the root are greater at the level of the sinus, decrease slightly at the base, but significantly decrease (by 20%) at the level of the sinotubular junction (where the sinus portion connects to the ascending portion of the aorta which supports the two iliac arteries).
The sinotubular junction or sinus ridge and the sinuses of Valsalva are known to be crucial for the normal function of the aortic valve. The sinus ridge is important in causing initial fluid flow eddies inside the sinuses of Valsalva (see Bellhouse B J: Velocity and pressure distributions in the aortic valve. J Fluid Mech 1969; 37(3): 587-600 and Bellhouse B. J.: The fluid mechanics of the aortic valve. In: Ionescu M. L., Ross D. N., Woller G. H., eds. Biological tissue heart replacement. London: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1972:32-8). During systole, the aortic valve opens and the eddy currents created prevent the leaflets of the aortic valve from impacting on the aortic wall. Then, at the end of systole, the eddy currents inside the sinuses cause the leaflets of the aortic valve to become almost closed. Furthermore, the sinus curvature is very important in sharing stress with the leaflet. It has been demonstrated that during diastole the sinus walls move outwardly (increasing its circumferential curvature by 16%) taking up part of the load placed on the leaflet. Further it is known (see (Thubrikar M. J., Nolan S. P., Aouad J., Deck D.; Stress sharing between the sinus and leaflets of canine aortic valve. Ann Thorac Surg 1986; 42(4):434-40)) that the longitudinal length of the sinus changes very little or does not change at all during the cardiac cycle. In other words during the functioning of the aortic valve the sinus moves up and down as a whole without changing its length.
The standard surgical approach in patients with ascending aortic aneurysm or dissection involving the aortic root and associated with aortic valve disease is the replacement of the aortic valve and ascending aorta by means of a composite and valved graft onto which are reattached the two coronary arteries as originally described by Bentall and de Bono in their classical paper (Bentall H. H., De Bono A.: A technique for complete replacement of the ascending aorta, Thorax 1968; 23: 338-9). The "open" (Carrel button) method of coronary reimplantation was later recommended to decrease the tension on the coronary ostia while minimizing the risk of late false aneurysm formation. This "Carrel button" method has already reduced the incidence of pseudoaneurysm formation mainly through the reduction of the tension on the ostial anastomoses (see Svensson L. G.; Crawford E. S.; Hess K. R.; Coselli J. S.; Safi H. J.; Composite valve graft replacement of the proximal aorta: comparison of techniques in 348 patients. Ann Thorac Surg 1992, 54(3) 427-370). A modification of the standard technique was also introduced by Cabrol et al (Cabrol C, Pavie A, Gandjbakhch I. et al: Complete replacement of the ascending aorta with reimplantation of the coronary arteries. New Surgical approach, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1981: 81; 309-15) for those cases of difficult presentation (low lying coronary ostia, calcified coronary ostia, tissue fibrosis in redo cases) where the coronary ostia are reattached to the aortic conduit by interposition of a small conduit.
If the aortic valve leaflets are normal, a valve-sparing aortic root remodeling procedure which keeps the natural patient valve on site is a reasonable alternative in certain individuals. David and Feindel (David T. E., Feindel C. M.: An aortic valve-sparing operation for patients with aortic incompetence and aneurysm of the ascending aorta, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 103(4): 617-21) described a surgical technique where the dilated aortic root is replaced with a tube made of DACRON fibers and the native aortic valve is integrated within the graft. This method is generally known as the "Tirone David Type I aortic valve sparing procedure". However, the lack of sinuses in a straight tube graft was found to negatively influence proper valve function, with the consequent risk of decreasing valve longevity (Kunzelman K. S., Grande K. J., David T. E., Cochran R. P., Verrier E. D.: Aortic root and valve relationships. Impact on surgical repair J Thorac Cardiovascular Surg 1995; 109(2): 345-51).
Thus in the Tirone David Type I technique for valve sparing operations, the use of a straight tube without a sinus component raises several problems: opening and closing of the native valve is not optimal. For example, upon valve opening, the leaflets might impact on the graft and be potentially damaged. The absence or delay in eddy current formation might alter valve closure causing some regurgitation. Furthermore, the diastolic stress is borne only by the leaflet and is not shared with the sinuses causing a potential decrease in leaflet longevity.
An optimal design for root replacement should therefore incorporate sinuses and a sinotubular junction and further refinement of the technique consisted of trimming one end of the aortic tube graft to produce three separate extensions designed to replace the three sinuses. The reshaped DACRON tube was then sutured to the aortic valve remnants (see David T. E., Feindel C. M., Bos J.: Repair of the aortic valve in patients with aortic insufficiency and aortic root aneurysm. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995; 109(2):345-51) to obtain a final configuration resembling more closely the native aortic root. A similar technique was also described by Yacoub el al (Saram M. A., Yacoub M.: Remodeling of the aortic valve annulus. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993; 105(3): 435-8) several years previously.
In U.S. Pat. No. 5,139,515 it was proposed to provide an aortic graft having a lower portions provided with "bulges" apparently mimicking the sinuses of Valsalva. However no method to produce such a conduit for use in aortic surgery is described in the patent. U.S. Pat. No. 5,139,515 described a conduit having an "annular wall of a crimped material similar to that of conventional prosthesis". No indication is actually given of how to obtain the "annually-spaced radially outward bulges" mimicking the sinuses. Moreover the drawings clearly show that the conduit, including the sinus portion, is provided along its whole length with corrugations which lie perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the prosethesis, and which impart longitudinal elasticity to the whole of the conduit. Upon implantation, the graft cannot expand radially outwardly, but has the potential to move and extend in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal axis of the prosthesis.
Or as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,352,554, a conduit may comprise two distinct tubular portions having a common axis. The first upper portion is made form a standard aortic conduit and is provided with cicumfrerentially extending corrugations successively provided along the axis of the tubular first portion. The second lower portion, or skirt portion is a tube which can be made of the same material as the first portion (that is, any suitable biocompatible material, but preferably DACRON or PTFE) but which is provided with longitudinally extending pleats or corrugations. Each of these corrugations extends in the general direction of the longitudinal axis of the prosthesis and is positioned substantially perpendicularly to the circumferential corrugations of the first portion.
The proximal end of skirt portion 14 is attached to the distal end portion of the first portion 12 so the two connected portions have essentially the same lumen and form the tubular conduit 10.
Notwithstanding the above it is still preferred to have a single conduit, that can limit leakage, and avoid the need to connect two or more tubes to form the conduit.
Therefore there is still a need for an effective prosthetic conduit to replace the aortic root while providing all the advantages of the natural sinuses of Valsalva.
It is therefore one of the objects of the invention to provide a prosthetic aortic conduit which overcomes the drawbacks mentioned above and which upon implantation has the ability to expand radially outwardly whilst maintaining a degree of flexibility in the longitudinal direction.
It is another object of the invention to provide a conduit which is specifically designed to closely mimic the sinuses of Valsalva.
A first object of the invention is a prosthetic aortic conduit for replacing a root portion of an aorta which comprises a first tubular portion and a second tubular portion connected together along a substantially common axis. The second tubular portion does not substantially deform in a longitudinal direction and has an expansion portion in a lateral direction.
It is preferred that the prosthetic aortic conduit be made of polyester or PTFE material or any other material capable of being woven.
It is further preferred that another portion of the conduit of the invention comprises annular corrugations successively provided along the longitudinal axis of said conduit.
It is further preferred that the first and second portions of the conduit be made of a single woven tube along a common axis.
It is further preferred that the conduit is provided with a third tubular portion which is part of the continuous conduit provided with resilient means which allows expansion of said third portion in a longitudinal direction.
Where a third portion of the conduit is required or used the weave will simply be continued form the second portion of the conduit.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a representation of a known aortic conduit, showing corrugations which lie traverse to the longitudinal axis of the prosthesis;
FIG. 2 is a representation of another known aortic conduit:
FIG. 3 is a prosthetic aortic conduit according to the first preferred embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 4 is a prosthetic aortic conduit according to a second preferred embodiment of the invention; and
FIG. 5 a side view of the weave showing a portion where the individual rows of weave are close and a second portion where the individual rows of weave are further apart.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 shows a standard aortic conduit 1 of the type currently used in aortic surgery. This conduit is made of DACRON but any suitable biocompatible material such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) could be used. This standard aortic conduit 1 includes circumferentially extending pleats so that the corrugations lie perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the prosthesis. These corrugations provide a degree of expansion in the longitudinal direction (indicated by the black arrows 3 in FIG. 1) and the conduit 1 can therefore significantly increase its length.
FIG. 2 shows a preferred embodiment of the conduit of the invention. The conduit 10 comprises two distinct tubular portions having a common axis. The first upper portion 12 is made from a standard aortic conduit similar to the one shown in FIG. 1 and is provided with circumferentially extending corrugations 13 successively provided along the axis of the tubular first portion 12. The second lower portion, or skirt portion, 14 is a tube which can be made of the same material as the first portion (that is, any suitable biocompatible material) but which has longitudinally extending pleats or corrugations 16.
As shown in FIG. 3, which is one embodiment of the preferred invention, the first portion 12 and the skirt portion 14 with their respective corrugations 13 orientated at an angle of about 90 degrees will act, upon implantation, as a "sinotubular junction" witch it internal diameter will be significantly less than the internal diameter of its lower part, namely second portion 14. Once the prosthetic aortic conduit 10 is in place the internal diameter of the skirt portion 14 will vary during the cardiac cycle (systole/diastole) as in the natural aortic root. Thus, the skirt portion 14, when filled with blood under pressure, will stretch in the direction traverse to the longitudinal axis of the prostheses (the lateral direction) mimicking the "sinuses of Valsalva". However, the skirt portion 14 does not, however, allow that section of the prosthesis to increase in length and has a collar 18 for attachment purposes.
Thus the skirt portion 14 can move and expand in a lateral direction only, while the first portion 12 of conduit 10 can extend in the longitudinal direction only. The resiliency of the skirt portion 14 in the general lateral direction is shown in FIG. 2 by the arrows 18 and the expansion of the first portion 12 in the general longitudinal direction is shown by the arrows 2.
In an alternative embodiment shown I FIG. 4, a third tubular portion 15 is attached to the distal end of the skirt portion 14. The third tubular portion 15 is aligned on the same common axis as the first and second portions 12 and 14. The third portion 15 is advantageously made of any length that is desired. It is typically made of DACRON or similar material or any material that may be weaned and is provided with circumferentially extending corrugations or pleats 17 in the same manner as the first portion 20.
Preferred Method of Manufacture of a Conduit According to the Invention
The conduit 10 may be either manufactured as shown in FIG. 5, by changing the tightness of each row of the individual weave material 30 to create the desired diameter of the conduit 10.
The device and method of manufacture according to the present invention have been described in the foregoing specification. However, the invention which is intended to be protected is not to be construed as limited to the particular embodiments disclosed. Further, the embodiments described herein are to be regarded as illustrative rather that restrictive. Variations, changes and equivalents may be made by others without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Accordingly, it is expressly intended that all such variation, changes and equivalents which fall within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the claims, be embraced thereby.
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"The Budget's little jab at anti-vaxxers is a win for all of Australia's children."
Helen Vnuk
Contributor - News and Parenting
There's a tiny win for kids in the Budget that's also a tiny win for science.
Parents who don't immunise their kids will lose $28 a fortnight, under Family Tax Benefit Part A. The cut comes in from 1 July 2018.
No, a measly $2 a day isn't going to make the most committed anti-vaxxers change their mind. But they're not the ones the policy is aimed at. This is aimed at the fence-sitters (the ones who aren't quite sure whether vaccination is a good idea) and the forgetters (the ones who just haven't got around to getting their kids vaccinated yet).
This kind of financial jab at parents does work. The Government's original "no jab, no pay" policy came in at the beginning of 2016. Since then, immunisation rates have gone up. For two-year-olds, the rate has gone up 1.75 per cent to 90.06 per cent.
We speak to Malcolm Turnbull about the anti-vaccination movement (post continues after video…):
It seems small, but it matters a lot. Government figures show that to stop most diseases spreading through the population, and infecting those who are too young or too ill to be immunised, around 90 per cent of people need to be vaccinated against them. To stop highly infectious diseases like measles spreading, around 95 per cent of people need to be vaccinated.
Every extra vaccinated kid counts.
When you vaccinate, you're not just protecting your child. You're protecting other people's children – including babies like Riley Hughes, who was too young to be vaccinated against whooping cough when he died from it.
People who make the effort to get their kids vaccinated are protecting the whole community. Those who don't do it should get a little nudge. For some, a little nudge may be all they need.
Riley Hughes' parents say goodbye. Source: Facebook.
Some people try to frame vaccination as an issue of personal choice, but it's not entirely a matter of personal choice when your personal choice could end up killing someone else's child.
Clearly the anti-vaxxer movement is a powerful one. No doubt there are parents out there who genuinely believe they're doing the best thing for their child by not getting them vaccinated. That's a massive issue, with no easy answers.
The "debate" on vaccination is going to rage on, even though it can't really be called a debate when pretty much the entire medical and scientific community is on one side.
"Research" is going to continue to flood the internet, even though I prefer to just focus on one fact: Since childhood vaccines were introduced in Australia in 1932, death from vaccine-preventable disease has fallen by 99 per cent.
But today, let's just celebrate a minor victory for science and for kids. Today, I just want to thank the Government for making a decision that might save a few children's lives.
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Laura Palmer 5 years ago
Antivaxxers are some of the most annoying, ignorant people on the planet.
Having said that, I do not agree with taking money off people to get them to vaccinate. This only affects low income earners and not the wealthier people. Anti-vaxxers come from any economic background, so if you are rich, you can continue to put your at risk children into society. A better way is school and day care. You cannot enroll your child in school or day care unless you have vaccinated or have a good, medical reason not to. You must educate and care for you children yourself in your home. That is the consequence that I would like to see for people who ignore medicine and think that their google research is as valid as the medical expert who has studied and researched for years.
Ally 5 years ago
I think those are probably state responsibilities, so the Federal Government is limited to where it can make changes?


Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking have already warned the world about the disadvantages of artificial intelligence. let's watch what will happen in near future, people will use artificial intelligence OR artificial intelligence will use human.
What is artificial intelligence & Sophia?
It's been an interesting idea of science for decades. for only now scientists have been able to develop computer systems that can perform like a human. we read or listen about Sophia she is most advanced artificial intelligent in present time 2018. A. I performing the task like a translation into different languages, speech recognition, visual perception and even judgment making.
India has joined hands with Google to encourage the growth of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning ecosystem in India after the huge success of Sophia artificial Intelligence. Google and Niti Ayog are working for incubating Indian artificial intelligence startups.
India is now working with tech giant Google towards adopting artificial intelligence. Niti Aayog has partnered with Google to work in the range of initiative to create artificial intelligence ecosystem across India. the objective is to augment capacity in Healthcare, improve education and economic productivity of the country.
From the ancient days of human Civilization, the force has been made to displace human hands with machines. human Civilization never looks back since the date began moving towards making life easier and comfortable by combining more machines into our everyday life.
Human started watching for something extra than just machines something that would just explain the human brain and do the required work just like Jean, who fulfils wishes and over time. Human beings started to believe that they can achieve all their fictional ideas through science.
Humans have struggled tirelessly in the area of science and technology to create a machine or Robot that does the work normally done by humans and can also imagine like one, Sophia is an example of sophisticated artificial intelligence she can do many works by her imagination.
Many nations have developed their own Artificial Intelligence and now India and Google have signed a statement of purpose to work on a range of initiative to help create AI ecosystem across India.
The Indian government has interested to create a robot like Sophia. Niti Aayog to set up a National meeting to conduct research and development in leading Technologies like AI and machine learning. India wishes to use. AI Technologies to perform better Healthcare improve education issues develop innovative governance systems and improve overall economic productivity.
Google will also bring it online education courses like Google's machine-learning crash course to learners, graduates and engineers from two separate cities across India. In the formation of study groups and developer Run courses, there is an incubation program wherein startups working with AI/Ml space will be controlled by Google to improve support AI in their respective Business models.
Google and Niti Ayog will organise an AI/ML hackathon that will focus on solving important difficulties in farming, education, Healthcare, financial formation and transportation and mobility.
The IT department has formed4 AI committees first is citizen-centric services data platform, scaling, reskilling and or in the legal regulatory and cybersecurity. According to Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, this committee it would be commanded by IIT leader and business experts from organisations like Nasscom. This year budget Union finance minister Arun Jaitley announced that Niti Aayog will set up a National program to conduct research and development in technologies like AI and work on creat Artificial Intelligent like Sophia who can perform work in the various field.
Artificial intelligence represents the action of Machines an accomplishing duty that has historically wanted human intelligence. The origin of the idea can be outlined back to Greek mythology also it's during modern History one stored-program electronic computers were developed.
The social site has a list of suggested friends, suggested a video for its users. but do you know who makes the recommendations while browsing of internet a page pops up on your screen notifying you about a forthcoming sale on your desired brand of footwear and dresses? You ever imagined whose keeping record of your favourite brands all this is the work of artificial intelligence.
These days mobile phones like Apple have a virtual assistant like Siri that support a wide range of user commands. so if you think while chatting with friends, seeing a video on the Internet, you are single then you could be wrong. millions of codes and algorithms exist all around you, reading your commands and making human-like task.
The capacity of a machine or a computer program to analyze and study the concept of artificial intelligence is based on the idea of building machines capable of thinking, acting and learning like humans intelligence.
Apple Siri to Sophia artificial intelligence is growing rapidly. science fiction frequently portrayed robots with human-like characteristics as artificial intelligence. A supercomputer can defeat the world chess champion to understanding speech commands.
Artificial Intelligence can be already in anything from Google search algorithms to IBM Watson to autonomous weapons. however, for this type of automation, the human enquiry is still necessary to set up the way and ask the appropriate questions. Artificial intelligence is often misunderstood for machine learning. Artificial intelligence is a deeper concept with a collection of Technologies that include machine learning and other Technologies like inference algorithms, natural language processing, neural network etc.
Artificial intelligence techniques now become an essential part of the technology manufacturing helping to solve many challenging problems in computer science.
A study in the field of artificial intelligence started in the 1950 and has passed many stones with advanced technology scientist are engage future developing artificial intelligent but the world will forever remember one man who began it all. American scientist John McCarthy, who first executive the concept of artificial intelligence to the world in 1955.
American scientist John McCarthy (Father Of Artificial Intelligence ) and his friends started to study in developing intelligent machines McCarthy called the term artificial intelligence in 1955 for the first Artificial Intelligence conference at Dartmouth college in 1956. His Research did not go too far since the technology was not very advanced at that time but over the years development in technology computing power, algorithms, and storage has made artificial intelligence a fact that cannot be ignored.
Artificial intelligence began getting the attention of Japan's 5th generation computer project started in 1981. It sketches the development of supercomputers in the next 10 years. Nearby the same time Britain commenced its artificial intelligence research project call the ALVEY. Some European country is also creating their own artificial intelligence development programme call Esprit. Seven major computer and semiconductor companies in the United States formed microelectronics and Computer technology Corporation to develop high-level techniques applied to artificial intelligence in 1983.
Experts have developed 4 types of artificial intelligence. The most fundamental is the "Reactive machine artificial intelligence, that does not have the capacity to memorize or User skill gained in the past to dictate future performances and movements.
Limited memory artificial intelligence have a short memory and work on both pre-programmed knowledge and former experiences.
The theory of mind artificial intelligence describes the branch of Intelligence way by the machine itself. It is capable of understanding the world around it and form data that can be generated when needed based on the observations it has performed.
The most complex and superior form of artificial intelligence is self-awareness of artificial intelligence. Sophia artificial intelligent is such example of self-awareness of A.I. These machines OR robot can understand the world around them and also possess consciousness sentiments and emotions. This type of Intelligence is able to predict others sentiments as well but this type of artificial intelligence is not developed yet but Sophia is to close.
Including Development in Computer Science and Technology, new trials are being done continually in the field of artificial intelligence. it's pretty possible that is advanced techniques and development will start to a Quantum rise in the field of artificial intelligence in the up-coming time.
Digitisation has given a significant place to artificial intelligence. it is helping to complete a task that would normally take months to complete. which is also why the need for this excellent technology is increasing in each field from fitness to producing, retail, space and sport.
Artificial Intelligence can help in performing many tasks associated to human life from making day-to-day like study in science education and medicine, understanding the potential of the technology the biggest companies these days are willing to invest in this artificial technology.
Artificial intelligence has made Medical Research easier from x-ray reading, detecting disease, fight with a viral disease like Nipah virus and even doing surgeries on humans. this technology is also used in sports as it helps in taking images, predict and explain playing conditions and also to make the perfect strategy for any game. Infrastructure in production has also seen a lot of development through this advanced technology. artificial intelligence is also useful in space-related searches.
This advanced technology is also being used to fight several types of danger like a terror attack, biochemical attack, cyber attack etc. A. I to identify irregularities in financial transactions and cybersecurity scams, and monitoring trading patterns. A. I also performing online shopping comfortable, product recommendations are now made through a user's own exploration history. Organizations use artificial intelligence to keep user data for future communication. Many websites present all kinds of knowledge to the users with the help of artificial intelligence.
A task that people are unable to do because the risk connected can be done with the help of artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligent also enables a person to explore for any information on the internet through their voice. Song and film recommendations on YouTube, Smart house tools safety monitoring as well as smart cars were given possible by the use of Artificial Intelligence.
Artificial intelligence has many benefits but its disadvantages bigger than its advantages in future may be A.I will rule on people.its impact on the job sector. a JCB machine that dig soil on an average does the work of 255 workers in a day. furthermore, an ATM or a cheque collection machine does the work equivalent 2 to 3 bank clerk in a day. A. I reducing work opportunities for people that is a reason for the unemployment rate is high in India.
Exactly the same fear represented about artificial intelligence in many Hollywood movies like The Matrix, Terminator and many more in the last we will share a list of Top 10 Movies related to artificial intelligence. the fears that if machines do all the work of human beings then what will be left for people to do. according to specialists, people can manage work related to supervision, maintenance, sale and manufacture of these machines but I not agree with this.


The Canadian government has approved an ambitious $9 billion worth of shipbuilding programs during the next decade, but the capability of the Canadian shipyards to handle such projects is questioned. The industry calls on the government to move ahead with major changes in its procurement policies to ensure that domestic shipyards have a steady flow of work.
"The industry sector cannot continue to survive at a capacity and capability level necessary to meet forecast government requirements without a new, focused and well-managed procurement model/approach that enhances industry infrastructure development and durability," warns the report, written in April 2006.
The navy is currently in the midst of modernizing its fleets. A project to build three Joint Support Ships is proceeding and this summer the Conservative government announced a plan to construct a fleet of Arctic patrol ships. Also in the works is a modernization of the Halifax-class frigates. In addition, the coast guard is in need of new ships. But current government policy supports a "boom and bust" cycle where shipyards build large numbers of vessels in a short period and then have to lay off their staff until the next contract comes along.
Navy and industry officials have instead been pushing for what is known as a "continuous build" policy. That would see a new ship or two built every year, stretching out construction programs over much longer periods. That would produce a more stable industry, keeping a steady flow of money coming into shipyards and allowing them to retain and train staff, according to the report.


The Community Service Committee plans and undertakes projects in our own communities of Kingsbury & Kenton. Most of these projects are one-off activities, but a few run from year to year.
For over 20 years Rotarians in the club have supported St Luke's Hospice by taking part in its annual long distance walk, usually averaging 75 miles over 5 days. This year Rotarian Hugo Hodge and his wife Deborah joined the walk to complete the West Devon Triangle. The weather was kind for the first three days and soaking wet for the last two. They are on target to raise £2,000 in sponsorship for the Hospice."
" Next year the annual walk will be during the second Spring bank holiday weekend. Hugo and Deborah will be walking 60 miles along the Dales Way and hope to raise £2,000 for St. Luke's.."


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Trump's 'ultimate deal' has legs
According to numerous foreign policy experts one of the main reasons for President Trump's recent visit to Saudi Arabia, Israel and the West Bank was to open a new pathway to a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
Trump wants to be instrumental in concluding such an agreement. As he has proclaimed repeatedly, it would be for him the "ultimate deal."
The developing strategy to break decades of deadlock in the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations is to enlist the Sunni Arab nations like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Gulf States and others in brokering a compromise peace agreement that both sides could live with.
What makes Trump's effort more plausible than the efforts of his predecessors in the White House is the changed situation on the ground. The Sunni Muslim Arab countries are now desperately trying to counter the attempt of Shiite-led Iran to become the dominant power in the Middle East.
Thus, according to Dennis Ross, a Middle East peace negotiator under Republican and Democratic presidents, during the last several years Israel's relations with Sunni Arab nations had grown closer because their shared concern about Iranian hegemony in the region.
Ross was quoted saying, "The logic of the recruiting Arab countries to help forge an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians — known as the 'outside-in approach' — is that because the Palestinians are so weak and divided and because there's a new, tacit relationship between the Sunni Arabs and Israel, there's the hope the Arabs would be prepared to do more."
Indicative of the changing attitude in the Sunni Arab world toward the need to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the talk given by Prince Turki Al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia at the College of William and Mary in 2014.
The prince, who for 23 years was the head of Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Directorate, one of the most powerful positions in the government, spoke on "Saudi Views on Today's Middle East."
He pointed out that Saudi Arabia firmly believes that peace in the region will only be achieved through economic cooperation that is built on trust, dialogue and engagement. "This is why Saudi Arabia will continue to take the lead in negotiating between conflicting parties and nations," he said.
In the course of an interview with the Gazette, I asked the Prince whether he would be interested in getting in touch with Yair Lapid, at that time serving as Israel's finance minister and seen as a leader in waiting. Yair's late father, Tomi Lapid, served as Israel's deputy prime minister and justice minister. He immigrated to Israel from Hungary, where he and I had been childhood friends.
Prince Turki, expressed interest in exchanging views with Yair Lapid and directed me to get in touch with his staff. I did so, but apparently, the time for such an exchange was not ripe, yet.
In the wake of the Trump initiative, the political constellation in Israel is also in flux. Yair Lapid is now head of the centrist Yesh Atid party, the larges opposition party and is seen by many as a possible successor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In contrast to Netanyahu who is reluctant to accept a "two states for two people" solution to the conflict, Lapid party's platform calls for an outline of "two states for two peoples," while maintaining the large Israeli settlement blocks and ensuring the safety of Israel.
"We are not looking for a happy marriage with the Palestinians, but for a divorce agreement we can live with," Lapid said.
After meeting Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader, for the first time and negotiating with him, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher proclaimed, "We can do business with Mr. Gorbachev."
Prince Turki may say the same thing after meeting Yair Lapid.
Shatz, is a Williamsburg resident. He is the author of "Reports from a Distant Place," a compilation of his selected columns. The book is available at the Bruton Parish Shop and Amazon.com.


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Robert Pearce: Make Superfund site part of redevelopment area
By Robert Pearce Special to The Sun
May 14, 2019 at 2:00 AM May 16, 2019 at 3:33 PM
It was clear from the May 7 Alachua County Commission policy meeting discussion that the indoor sports arena originally proposed for the Koppers site (as part of a $43 million Superfund redevelopment project) will now be built west of Gainesville along Interstate 75 at Celebration Pointe.
I understand this. A building that would almost exclusively serve customers coming in from out of town should be readily accessible for that particular clientele and located where all of the necessary accommodations would be available from the get-go. Otherwise, such a facility would likely fail.
The redevelopment proposal envisioned by the county for the Koppers site, however, was much more than one building. It was to have been an indoor and outdoor event center that would serve both regional and local sports, recreational and cultural needs. The site can still provide that, and much more, including a substantial commercial element, with the proper attention — but that prospect is uncertain.
There was much talk at the county policy meeting about other funding sources being available to spur redevelopment toward the eastern part of Gainesville, with the newly restructured Community Redevelopment Agency providing the lion's share of the money (perhaps $70 million over 10 years). That talk, however, seemed almost exclusively focused on Waldo Road, with little mention made of the 140-acre Cabot/Koppers site.
Neither the Superfund site nor the surrounding area is in a CRA district and would therefore not be eligible to receive a dime from the CRA, or the associated staff resources. Other potential funding sources pale in comparison, and would have very limited influence toward incentivizing private-sector reinvestment into the area — a fundamental goal that should not be ignored.
In 2015, the city of Gainesville considered creating a Northwest Urban Core CRA District that included the Cabot/Koppers site, the Stephen Foster neighborhood, the Northwest 23rd Avenue corridor and the Northwest 13th Street corridor. The finding of necessity study that was conducted indicated that the study area more than qualified to be designated a redevelopment district according to state statutes, with seven of 14 blight factors being identified. The City Commission of the era, however, rejected the idea.
Gainesville city commissioners and Alachua County commissioners should add the Northwest Urban Core to the restructured CRA redevelopment area.
Robert Pearce is president of the Stephen Foster Neighborhood Association.


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Foundations have been formed for partnerships on all IDC islands, dormant foundations have been created for other islands with a view to inviting other stakeholders to participate if and when there is funding to support conservation. It is hoped that in the long term there will be a network of conservation centres across the islands, collecting and sharing date that will be of enormous value to conservation in Seychelles and beyond. Dormant foundations are Assumption Foundation, Cosmoledo and Astove Foundation, Marie-Louise and Desnoeufs Foundation, Platte Foundation, Poivre Foundation, Providence Foundation and Remire and African Banks Foundation.
Platte (54 ha) is a small isolated island 140 kilometres south of Mahe. Poivre Atoll (394 ha), Marie Louise (53 ha), Desnoeufs (35 ha), African Banks (30 ha) and Remire (27 ha) all lie within the Amirantes Group to the west and south of the granitic islands, between 200 and 300 kilometres from Mahe. A further 300 kilometes south of the Alphonse group, Providence consistes of one large island in the north separated by shallow waters from several smaller islands in the south covering about 230 ha in total. Astove (661 ha) and Cosmoledo (460 ha) lie about 1,040 kilometres southwest of Mahe. Astove is a single island almost completely enclosing a central lagoon, while Cosmoledo comprises about 19 islands.
The outer islands of Seychelles were probably known to travellers even in the earliest days of human history of the Indian Ocean, but they were not 'on the map' until the Portuguese began to explore the region. Still for centuries there was still much confusion. The Amirantes and Farquhar appeared under a variety of names often in the wrong place. Some ghost islands that never existed were charted. The French established the first primitive settlements from the early 19th century, to exploit turtles, seabirds and timber. However, it was not until 1822, after Britain had taken control of the islands, that Captain Moresby, commanding H.M.S. Menai was sent to accurately chart these "little known islands and erroneously laid down islands". By the 1860s, coconuts had become Seychelles' only commercial crop. Coconuts came to cover almost all the outer islands. Some islands were also exploited for their deposits of guano, removing the vegetation and top soil so that within a short time islands such as St. Pierre and Assumption were ecologically devastated. Islands with smaller deposits were excavated on a more piecemeal scale and the damage was less severe. After independence in 1976, the government parastatal Islands Development Company was formed to manage the government owned islands. The emphasis remained on copra production until this became commercially unviable. Today, the emphasis is on tourism with all visitors paying a levy towards conservation work in the islands.
All these islands have breeding populations of Hawksbill and Green Turtles. Together they support globally important breeding populations and have vital foraging grounds for adults and juveniles. Cosmoledo, Marie Louise, Desnoeufs and African Banks have been designated as Important Bird Areas due to large numbers of breeding seabirds, especially at Cosmoledo where there are Seychelles largest colonies of Masked Booby and Brown Booby. The entire African region's breeding population of Black-naped Tern breed in these outer islands. There are few land birds, but Cosmoledo also has an endemic race of Madagascar White-eye, Zosterops maderaspatana menaiensis. The reef flats are feeding areas for herons and migrant waders including Crab Plovers, a speciality of the region. The marine waters and associated reefs of all these islands are important ecosystems and the coral reefs of Astove and Cosmoledo in particular are renkowned as being among the most spectacular in the world.
Foundations have been formed for partnerships on all IDC islands. Dormant foundations have been created for other islands with a view to inviting other stakeholders to participate if and when there is funding to support conservation. These are Assumption Foundation, Cosmoledo and Astove Foundation, Marie-Louise and Desnoeufs Foundation, Platte Foundation, Poivre Foundation, Providence Foundation and Remire and African Banks Foundation. More details on some of the projects conducted in these islands can be found at these links:
FFEM Project
Outer Islands Project
Pangaea Expedition
It is hoped that in the long term there will be a network of conservation centres across the islands, collecting and sharing data that will be of enormous value to conservation in Seychelles and beyond. In the meantime, conservation work is conducted when funds are available and when opportunities arise.
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Sandstone Street Bed and Breakfast opened November 7, 2012 under the ownership of Virginia and Jack Walker. Prior to this time the 100-year old Colonial Revival house has been home to several of Llano's most prominent citizens. The house sits on approximately a half acre that was part of a land patent issued by the State of Texas to JC Ragsdale in 1846. By 1905, the house was completed and owned by LC Smith. The house was later sold to and occupied by Walter Vander Stucken, VP of the Llano Home National Bank. The house later became the property of Franklin Buttery, co-founder of the Llano Buttery Hardware and Lumber Company still in operation today. Other successful business owners who have lived in the home include Paul and Ida Nell Schuessler of Hasse's Hardware, and Mike and Louise Hazel of Industrial Electric Service and Supply.
Over the years, the house has been lovingly cared for with renovations and modernizations but always keeping the charm of the original structure.
The house is now home and business of Virginia and Jack Walker. The house is decorated with period antiques and boast original hardwood floors, two fireplaces, original wood molding, and wrap around porch.


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Unseasonal Toxic Algae Bloom In California Lake Kills Three Dogs
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A toxic algal bloom in a California lake has led to the death of three dogs, and officials think that the state's dry, warm weather is helping fuel the bloom.
The dogs all drank from Lake Chabot, a man-made lake in Alameda County, CA that's been experiencing a bloom of toxic cyanobacteria — or blue-green algae — since last September. Lake Chabot Regional Park has put up a notice warning people avoid touching or wading in the water and to ensure that their pets or kids don't get near the water either.
"Our hearts go out to the owners of these dogs that have passed away. It's tragic," Carolyn Jones, a spokesperson for East Bay Regional Parks, said. "We are putting up more signs and making them more obvious to keep dogs away from the water."
Jones also said that this is the first time in 80 years that the East Bay Regional Park district had experienced an algal bloom. In general, though, algal blooms aren't uncommon in California lakes, but they usually happen over the summer. Lack of rainfall and warm weather likely helped fuel the bloom, according to officials cited by the AP.
Drought — like the one-in-1,200-year one California is experiencing — and other climate-change-fueled extreme weather patterns can exacerbate algal blooms. According to Hans Paerl, Kenan Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, harmful cyanobacteria grows better in warmer waters than some other types of algae. Paerl told ThinkProgress last September that periods of heavy rainfall followed by extreme drought create conditions especially ripe for cyanobacteria development, because the rain will wash more nutrients — like bloom-enhancing phosphorus — into bodies of water, and the drought will warm the water to levels that fuel more blue-green algae growth.
"So it's bad enough that we have too many systems that we have too high a nutrient load in them — or too much nutrients coming in — that's causing the blooms, but secondly, climatic change — particularly warming — can lead to exacerbation of those blooms," Paerl said.
Cyanobacteria blooms can pose major dangers for animals and people; in addition to killing dogs and livestock, the blooms can inhibit the growth of or kill fish and plankton. But even if people and animals manage to avoid the affected body of water, the blooms can also be a major inconvenience. Last August, about 400,000 people in Toledo, OH couldn't drink their water after toxic algae bloomed in Lake Erie. And in September, hot, dry weather in Oregon likely helped fuel a blue-green algae bloom in the state's Willamette River — a bloom that the state's Department of Environmental Quality said was unusual, since blooms usually occur in lakes and ponds, instead of major rivers.
If California's drought did contribute to the bloom in Lake Chabot, residents may have to keep their guard up against blooms for a while, as the state's drought doesn't look like it's letting up yet. Last month marked the second year in a row that California recorded its driest January — a month that's typically one of the state's wettest — on record.
Photo: Algae is seen near the City of Toledo water intake crib in Lake Erie on August 3, 2014. CREDIT: AP PHOTO / HARAZ N. GHANBARI
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And A is for Apple, but not the Apple recording studios. Here's a cover of the Beatles tune by Fiona Apple that was used on the soundtrack for the movie Pleasantville. I love that movie. I love this song. I love Fiona Apple.
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US trade negotiators will travel to China in 'very near future': official
US officials will soon resume face-to-face trade talks in China, a White House official has said, reviving negotiations that had verged on collapse in May; in this image Xi Jinping (R) greets US President Donald Trump before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019
Washington (AFP) - US officials will soon resume face-to-face trade talks in China, a White House official said Friday, reviving negotiations that had verged on collapse in May.
President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping agreed to "fully engage" on trade when they met in Osaka at the end of June, and since then trade officials have spoken by phone, White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said on CNBC.
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will go to Beijing "in the very near future and we're going to have constructive talks to deal with these significant structural issues," Navarro said.
The trade dispute has roiled global financial markets and undermined business confidence as Washington and Beijing have lashed out at each other with punitive tariffs on about $360 billion in goods.
The sides appeared to be close to a deal as recently as April but Trump accused China of reneging on its commitments, scuttling the talks until the leaders met on the sidelines on Group of 20 summit in Osaka, where Navarro said they made a "strong commitment" to restart negotiations.
Trump at that meeting agreed to hold off on his threat to hit China with another round of steep tariffs that would cover nearly all the goods exported to the US market.
In another Twitter outburst Friday, Trump called tariffs "a great negotiating tool" and "a great revenue producer."
And he again accused China of weakening its currency to compensate for the 25 percent tariff.
Lighthizer and Mnuchin spoke with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and Commerce Minister Zhong Shan by phone on Tuesday, but officials have not provided any details on the status or the topics discussed other than to say they were constructive.
"We are, in my judgment, in a quiet period for the negotiations. My advice for investors is to be patient with this process," Navarro said.
"Don't believe anything you read in either the Chinese or the US press about these negotiations unless it comes from the mouths of either the President or Ambassador Lighthizer."


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In conjunction with our partner, the AJ Fund, we are hosting an information evening on Wednesday 14th November from 5:45pm until 8:00pm at the Royal Brompton Hospital.
Cardiomyopathy UK exists to provide information and support to people affected by cardiomyopathy and myocarditis. In conjunction with our partner, the AJ Fund, we are hosting an information evening on Wednesday 14th November from 5:45pm until 8:00pm at the Royal Brompton Hospital. This event is open to anyone with a diagnosis of myocarditis and those supporting them. The evening offers the opportunity to hear from clinicians and researchers involved in the study and treatment of myocarditis, the charity on the diverse services available to people living with the condition and to meet others similarly affected.
The evening will be held at Seminar rooms 1&2, Ground Floor, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, SW3 6NP.


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