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Different types of shipping containers
There is a variety of shipping container sizes with diverse dimensions suitable for different purposes. In the 1950s, Malcom McLean initiated the history of container shipping by inventing the container. This was done in an attempt to improve profitability, efficiency and optimize the loading time of container shipping.
His invention was standardized in 1970 as a result of ISO regulations in an attempt to streamline the industry. ISO regulations dictated that the 20 feet container and 40 feet container now were industry standards. Since put into use, these containers have been widely used to ship goods on the international seas, but what are the dimensions of these containers?
Different sizes and types of shipping containers
Containers come in many different types, dimensions and sizes, here follows the standard container dimensions.
Container 20ft dimension:
The 20 feet container, in short 20 ft container, is 6.06 m/20 ft long x 2.60 m/8 ft 6 in high x 2.44 m/8 ft wide on the outside. Because of the durable steel construction, the container dimensions are a bit smaller on the inside, measuring 5.9 m/19 ft 4 in length x 2.39 m/7 ft 10 in height x 2.35 m/7 ft 9 in width. 20ft shipping container weight: Approx. 2000 kg/4409 lbs.
The 40 feet container, in short 40 ft container, measures 12.2 m/40 ft in length x 2.60 m/8 ft 6 in in height x 2.44 m/8 ft in width. Also, the 40 ft container is smaller inside, being 12.03 m/39 ft 5 in long x 2.39 m/7 ft 10 in high x 2.35 m/7 ft 9 in wide. 40ft shipping container weight: approx. 3500 kg/7717 lbs.
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Dry container: The containers used for general purposes, being wind and watertight, ensuring that the cargo will arrive in good shape.
Reefer: Is short for refrigerated container, which are containers that are refrigerated to ensure the freshness of the cargo carried. They are often used for flowers, food or fruit.
Double door: A container of this kind has doors in both ends, why it is also referred to as a tunnel container, tunneltainer, or double enders container. The major benefit of using this kind of container is the increased accessibility, as goods can be loaded from both ends. This shortens the loading time, particularly when the container needs to carry many smaller packages. Also, the container can have a partition in the middle, making one container into two smaller.
Open top: This is a container without ceiling, often used for oversized cargo that is too tall to fit in a closed container. Hence, it is often used to carry special and unusual cargo. Use cases are often various machinery, construction materials or similar.
Pallet wide: These are containers are slightly wider than standard containers, making them ideal for transportation of euro-pallet goods. As seen, this kind of container is made to measure exactly two euro-pallets in width. In comparison, the standard container is only able to carry one.
Flatrack: Containers without sides and top, making them suitable for special cargo, such heavy loads or oversize cargo that cannot be loaded in a single standard container.
Side door: Instead of having doors in the end, this type has doors on one of the sides, allowing the cargo to be easier arranged in order to maximize and optimize capacity.
Hard top: The major difference between this type and a standard container, is the steel roof that is removable and doors that can be swiveled out, making the loading and unloading process easier.
High cubes: High cubes, in short HC, refers to containers that are similar in structure to normal containers, just taller. This enables them to meet more cargo demands. The following picture shows the height difference between HC and standard containers.
Container 45 ft dimension:
Being a bit more specialized, the 45 ft container is made as a response to the demand of containers with larger capacities and space for larger cargo. Usually, 45 ft containers are high cubes. The dimensions of a container this kind are 13.7 m/45 ft in length x 2.9 m/9 ft 6 in in height x 2.43 m/8 ft in width on the outside. In the same manner as the standardized containers, the inside, being a bit smaller, measures 13,6 m/44 ft 6in x 2,7 m/8 ft 10 in x 2,4 m/7 ft 11 in.
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War of the Great Call
Never since the time of the heroes the world saw such an epic war and so many heroes united to fight in a conflict. Their deeds certainly were as great as those of the epic tales
— Albase of Ma'in, veteran of the War of the Great Call
Also kwown as the 2nd War of Liberation by the Elves. It was the first global conflict in the history of Yeia ( if we don't take into account conflicts dated to the Age of the heroes such as the The Siege of Dorstulon . It saw the biggest elven armies ever assembled and also the first powers from Teria crossing the sea and fighting in the continent of Karia.
From 591 onwards despite succesive Seris and Nari attempts to hold them, the dark elves experienced a revival of their power. They've created the so called Blue orb that housed inside it the power of 500 sacred trees. This gave the dark elves a huge advantage in terms of magic, but also gave them the power to summon huge armies of goblins and evil thieflings to fight alongside them. By 620 they began raiding territories to the east destroying the city of Airi in Gorhas that summer. In 622 AP they center their raiding activities to the west where they defeated the Farai nomads at the battle of An hakush and also annexed Idumela. One year later in 623 AP they raided Southern Seria where only the provincial capital and a few well protected villages were unharmed. This situation of continous raiding neighbouring territories continued well into the 650s AP. In 689 AP the dark elves went into the offensive again bulstered by the magical orb and their "slave armies" of goblins and thieflings and began attacking the domains of their northern cousins, the Sun elves. In 691 they made the Onari tribe of the Desert elves flee to Western Unhelion and they captured the kings of the Beleri and Olentil tribes. Not happy with that they raided the Wetlands where they destroyed much of the countryside and forced the peasants to flee to the cities. Seeing this situation, and searching for a solution, king Armelë V decided to consult the oracle at the temple of Ahira, there the Goddess answered that in order to defeat the enemy he must unite his forces with the rest of the elven blood. So that same year he sent letters to king Ormell of the White Elves and Arasyl IV of the Green Elves for help. He also sent a petition for help to the Seris Emperor Yukteru II who, in turn promised to send 7000 seris elves to fight in the war.
First months of the conflict
The elf kings answered the call but Arasyl was bussy fighting against an usurper called Erai who was the governor of the regions surrounded the Interior Sea. Ormell did send 8500 infantry and 4000 cavalry that arrived in winter of 691. But despite these reinforcements the Sun and White elf armies where defeated in eastern Unhellion and barely managed to hold the area around the Sun lake during the following months. It was in early 692 that prince Lothiel of Unhelion came up with a brilliant idea. He knew that together the combined light elf forces would stop the Dark Elves alone and he came up with another interpretation of the words of the oracle. " The Goddess said that we'll win if we united our forces with the rest of the elven blood, but he didn't specify that only elves should fight, we've the half elves of Teria and those of the Seris Empire, that can fight alongside us, as they have elven blood through their veins" said to the council of Unhelion, and so, letters were sent to the Blatian Empire and the half elf kingdoms of Stormitia and Brire .
The Half elves go to war
It was the 4th month of 692, in early spring were the letters arrived to the Elvish-Oronai lands. And at the end of this month, Zoisos III of Brire and Nearchos I of Stormitia signed the "Treaty of the Galleys", where they formalized their alliance and swore to fight side by side with their armies answering the call of the Sun elves. Together they raised a huge army of 50.000 half elves, half of them were transported by sea around the coast and the other half travelled by land until they were embarked in transport ships ( ceeded by the Republic of Valia) and crossed the Middle Sea. They landed in Seria in the 8th Month of 692 and travel north, headed by their kings. But due to the treachey and magic monsters summoned by the dark elves the half elf armies lost their way and had to cross the dessert instead of entering Unhellion travelling alongside the river. There it is estimated that 1000 half elves lost their lives. Finally thanks to a local guide they managed to reach the river and from then travel south to Unhelion.
Things don't go well for the coalition
Once Nearchos and Zoisos arrived at Ymhilean, they were lavishly recieved by the sun elf king and its people and, together with the other elven kings, they assembled at the royal palace to decided about the best strategy to follow. But soon disputes arose between the commanders of the coalition, and while the monarch were bussy arguing the dark elves continued their advance capturing the city of Ethen Ush. Finally the leaders of the coalition came up with an strategy that, if executed correctly it would not only stop the dark elves, but it will anihilate them . They will first harass the dark elf army, inflicting as much casualties as they could and also trying to capture or destroy its bagggage train. And then, once they became weakened they will force them to fight in open battle.
The First battle of Dayr Madyin and the first victories for the coalition
In early 693 AP at Dayr Madyin, near Ethen Ush a combined seris-elvish oronai half elf army of horse archers and light cavalry achieved an important victory ambushing a dark elf column of 7500 men and capturing their baggage train with tons of supplies for the main army. Ambushes like this continued for several months thanks also to the help of the desert elf communities. The desert elf tribes achieved an important victory at the Sea of the Doomed, in words of the desert elf king Alwash " Thousands of years ago we defeated a dark elf army and their bodies lie here, today their descendants have join them in this sea of sand and death".
The battle of Alwalyz pass and the beginning of the end of the dark elf threat
After many more battles the dark elf army, after suffering quite a significant amount of casualties, had no other option but to fight their foes in an open battle. They tried to cross the river Ush but the coalition forces were waiting for them at a place called Alwalyz. Battle was inevitable. It was early spring of 694 AP and Unhellion was prepared for the largest and most epic battle it had witness. At the beginning the Dark elf king demanded that the battle should be decided by 3 duels between the heroes of both sides, "like during the era of the heroes". If the coalition won the three rounds he would retreat and sign a peace treaty, if the dark elves won the coalition will dissolve and they would have to pay a tribute to the dark elves. The monarchs of the coalition agreed and selected their three greatest warriors: Nikanor, son of Crysanthos, Togash Kadearu, a descendant of Yuya's cousin Arishi, and the sun elf champion Yndramyl. At the side of the dark elves were selected Erodë Brightsword, Aridarsyn Blackheart and Orestän the brave. We'll not go in full detail about the duels but in resume the three heroes from the coalition won, but at the last duel, after having won the combat, Togash Kadearu was killed by an arrow while returning to the coalition lines. This infuriated the coalition forces and they deployed in battle formation. The half elves of Brire, Stormitia were placed in the right flank (hidden by an slope) while the other half elves and elves from Blati and Seria were placed on the left flank and the elven forces of the Green, White and Sun elf realms were placed in the middle. The dark elves, as it was usual to their nature, advance first and charged into the center of the coalition forces, in the left side the combined Blatian-Seris forces were holding the charge of the dark elf cavalry. While at the righ flank the elvish-oronai cavalry,commanded by their kings did a couple of fainted charges upon the enemy and taking advantage of a sand storm that either appear or was created by one of the wizards of the army, hide themselves from the dark elves forces and proceed to attack the dark elf reserve force and the dark elf king Alasdias IX. The latter order an advance on the right flank of the coalition believing that there was no force there and he will outflank the enemy forces. But he was mistaken, the dark elves, both cavalry and infantry that advanced through that place came face to face with the oronai phalanx and their pikes. Soon a bloody fight ensued and it appeared that the half elf forces where being pushed back but it was a trap, they were following the strategy of the leaders of the coalition, they were distracting the dark elven forces on the right flank opening a gap for the elvish-oronai cavalry to attack them from behind and also capturing the enemy king if possible. It worked, suddenly the sand storm disappeared in front of the Alasdias IX showing to him 10.000 cavalrymen, the best in the world with their kings at the front charging upon him. At the same time the reserve cavalry of the coalition commanded by king Ormell of the White elves arrived at the left flank to help the Blatians and Seris destroy the remaining dark elf cavalry. And at the centre, after holding the line, Prince Lothiel of Unhellion and Arasyl IV of the Green Elves ordered a general advance that pushed back the dark elf forces that suffered tremendous casualties. At the right flank, Zoisos III and Nearchos I managed to rout the remaining enemy forces but Alasdias IX miraculously managed to scape north with 10.000 men.
The Great Fly of the Ilidari and the end of the war
The final and decisive battle occured in early 695AP. After the battle of Alwalyz Alasdias IX march the rest of his army, 10.000 men to the north near the Temple of Dayr Enmeret. He fortified himself near that location and the first attempts to assault his position became futile. Then, Zoisos III came up with a great plan. Taking advantages of the woods near the Sun lake, and with the permission of the Sun elf king, he ordered his general, Perdiccas of Phais to built a navy and embark the coalition troops in it. But the question was, how to make the dark elf king abandon his position. Well, for that the coalition ask for the help of 500 Ilidari, from some of the citizens of the region. And with them, a hot night of the second month of 695 AP the cute flying lions, the pet of the elves that follow the light side of magic, descended upon the dark elf camp and became the messengers of hell. Fire rained from the sky upon the dark elves, and those that were not burned alive exited the camp only to found the troops of the coalition already landed and waiting for them. The result was an slaughter, no dark elf survived that night, aside from the prince heir of the Dark elf kingdom, the future Alasdias X.
Battlefield Type
Ending Date
Conflict Result
Victory of the forces of the coalition
Ymhilean, capital of Unhelion
Belligerents
Light Elven Coalition
Kingdom of Brire
Kingdom of Unhelion
Order of the Knights of Light
Seris Empire
The Blatian Empire
Tylis, princess of Steplia and queen of Bire
78.000 infantry 25.000 cavalry 150 elephants
around 90.000 to 95.000 infantry between elves, goblins and thielflings
12.000 infantry 4331 cavalry
Expell the dark elf forces and weaken their power
Annexing the light elf territories or force them to submit as vassals.
Aftermath of the conflict:
After its capture, Alasdias X, sign a peace treaty, promising never to come back to Unhelion or attack any of his neighbours. He also promised to sent 10.000 Myreliion of silver each year as war reparations and was forced to relinquish the Blue Orb. Then, he was released.
As for the coalition forces, they didn't know what to do with the orb, and then again consulted the oracle of Ahira. The Goddess answered that through fire the dark elves have come and through fire Unhellion's prosperity will return. They didn't understand what she meant, but the Ilidari of the King, named Spark, seemed to understood the goddess and exhaled fire upon the orb. It melted and the magical force of 500 sacred trees was dispersed upon Unhellion, making the fields grow again with crops, vegetables, fruits… It was like the war and its ravages had never happened.
After that the forces of the coalition held a great banquet and festival that lasted weeks at Ymhilean and a month after the war ended, the rest of the forces of the coalition said goodbye to Unhellion, the Elvish-Oronai made a sacrifice to Pyra (Ahira to the elves) and said goodbye to Unhellion. They and the Elven forces from Teria embarked in Southern Seria where they have previously landed, and when they reach Teria they held a final banquet and athletic competition and each one of the armies departed to their respective realms.
The Dark Elf forces would not be involved in another conflict for the next century and a half .
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That's just standard MIT license. You can just leave it right in the class or shader files as is. Honestly, no one's ever going to check or really care – I just include it here to make it clear that it's usable by anyone reading (in theory, code posted online without an explicit license is not legally usable – but, again, no one really cares).
Hello, this did not work on my computer, I followed every single step, but nothing happened.Is there a way to solve this?
Hi! I loved the shader and I really want to have the effect in my game, but I am having the same issue as yossi cohen, where on mobile I am getting a weird circle rendering at the center of the ripple, it changes color based on whats behind it so I am assuming it has something to do with the stretching of pixels done, but it does not leave even after the effect has player (it also displays at the very start of the scene and follows the camera keeping its position in pixel coordinates). I am testing on a Galaxy S8+ and I have no fix, if you see this please reach out, I have looked everywhere for this kind of shader and can't find any, thank you!


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'Deal of the Century' doomed to failure: IRGC statement
TEHRAN, May 29 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has issued a statement on the anniversary of International Quds Day condemning US and Israeli-proposed 'Deal of the Century' plan as doomed to failure.
In a statement issued on Wednesday two days before the anniversary of International Quds Day, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said that annually commemorating the Quds day has frightened the US administration, Zionist regime of Israel and their regional allies.
The statement referred to the US and Israeli-proposed peace plan namely the 'Deal of the Century' and said that it is doomed to failure.
It added that the Palestinian issue has entered a new phase and the Palestinian Intifada has turned global and become an international intifada.
The Revolutionary Guards added the Resistance Discourse and the Palestinian Axis consider 'ousting the occupiers, and kicking out the Zionists from the occupied lands and the return of the Palestinian refugees to hold free elections,' as the only solution to the Palestinian issue.
The IRGC statement further calls on the Iranian people to attend the massive Quds Day rallies and reaffirm their allegiance to the Palestinian cause and Holy Quds.
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Quds belongs to Palestine, Palestinians: Zarif
Nasrallah warns against changes in Middle East
This year's Quds Day to be special due to 'Deal of the Century'
Foreign Ministry calls on Muslim states to prevent realization of Deal of Century
Amir-Abdollahian vows 'epic' Quds Day rallies
Intl. Quds day marks end of 'Deal of the Century': Hamas official
Quds Day rallies to shatter US illusions about Palestine
MP calls for Islamic unity in face of Israeli crimes
Quds Day rallies in Tehran
'Deal of the Century' has roots in US utilitarianism
Millions of Iranians mark Quds Day with nationwide rallies
'Deal of the Century' will not succeed: Pres. Rouhani


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Q: Sparse Matrix Vector Product on Multiple GPUs I was wondering what the fastest way of computing a sparse matrix-vector product y = Ax in CUDA on multiple (let say n) GPUs is.
My naive approach would be to divide the vector x and y into n chunks, 1 chunk on each GPU. Then also split up the matrix A in smaller n^2 blocks A_ij and computing
y_i = \sum_j A_{i,j} x_j, // GPU j stores A_{i,j} and x_j, result is copied
                          // to and summed up on GPU i

on the different GPUs j=1..n with let's say cuSPARSE. Would this work? With the unified memory architecture, in principle all GPUs should be able to access the global memory.
Is the memory transfer between the GPUs going to be incredibly slow? I don't expect a large speed up but I was wondering if it is going to be slower than doing the matrix-vector multiplication on 1 single GPU.

A: I would suggest a different approach.  Don't break up the vector x into chunks.  Transfer x to all GPUs.
Break up the A matrix according to rows.  So, for example, if A had 9 rows, and you have 3 GPUs, then transfer rows 1-3 of A to the first GPU, 4-6 of A to the second GPU, and 7-9 of A to the third GPU.
Then compute the 3 individual pieces of y on the 3 GPUs:
y[1-3] = A[1-3]*x
y[4-6] = A[4-6]*x
y[7-9] = A[7-9]*x

Each of those 3 operations could be done with cusparse<T>csrmv, for example (or CUB now has an spmv routine also).
Reassembly of the y vector should be trivial (concatenation).
There is no need for inter-GPU data transfer during the computation, only on transfer of results (y).
A possible "optimization" would be to partition A based on "work" rather than naively by rows.  But the benefit of this would depend on the structure of A, so would require analysis.  A simplistic approach to this optimization could be to just break up A based on (approximately) equalizing the number of NZ elements in each chunk.

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I would like after performing a lookup of a person, after clicking on the person to get detail, to be able to click All Contacts and not have it go to List View.
Plus, after click All Contacts, it takes you to list view, if you attempt to go to detail, it takes you to the first contact in the DB. Maddening.


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Graduation ceremony fetes 731 students
A total of 731 students of Laksamana College of Business (LCB) graduated in Business, Hospitality, Computing and Culinary courses from the Kensington College of Business, Pearson BTEC and City and Guilds programme during the college graduation ceremony at the Songket Ballroom, The Rizqun International Hotel, Gadong yesterday.
The event was divided into a morning session for the class of 2020 graduates and afternoon session for 2021 graduates.
Minister of Education Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Hamzah bin Haji Sulaiman presented the certificates during the morning session.
British High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam John Virgoe was present.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Education Datin Seri Paduka Dr Hajah Romaizah binti Haji Mohd Salleh presented the certificates during the afternoon session.
ABOVE & BELOW: Minister of Education Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Hamzah bin Haji Sulaiman presents the certificates. PHOTOS: IZAH AZAHARI
ABOVE & BELOW: LCB Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Principal Sivarajah Subramaniam delivers his speech; and LCB graduates at the ceremony
Director of LCB Haji Suhaimei bin Haji Besar and Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Principal Sivarajah Subramaniam were also present.
Sivarajah lauded students, lecturers and staff's hard work in ensuring LCB able to adapt to new norms especially in delivering and receiving lessons.
He also highlighted that the graduation ceremony is the largest to date with more than 700 graduates and over 1,800 attendees for the morning and afternoon sessions, along with 15 Best Students for Class of 2020.
He also shared on the commencement of the new master's programme awarded by University of Chester in March 2021, as well as the possible development of two new courses and a new annex building in 2022.
Meanwhile, the British High Commissioner congratulated the college on the many United Kingdom (UK) courses and qualifications being awarded during the ceremony, adding that the close ties in education between the UK and Brunei are very important to the bilateral relationship now and in the future.
The event also saw speeches by the Top Students from the various courses.
Out of the 731 graduates, 375 graduates are from Class of 2020 and 356 graduates are from Class of 2021 from various programmes including the University Foundation Course, KCB Programmes in Higher Diploma, Advanced Diploma and Certificates, Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND in Business (Accounting/Marketing), Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND in Hospitality Management, Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND in Computing and Systems Development, Pearson BTEC Level 4 HNC in Computing and Systems Development, Pearson BTEC Level 3 Diploma in IT, Pearson BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Hospitality, Pearson BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Business, Pearson BTEC Level 2 Certificate in Business, and City & Guilds Culinary Arts.


Documents concerning the history of Fort Lawton and a reminiscence of a World War II German POW.
534-acre Discovery Park occupies the northwestern part of Magnolia Bluff. The site was originally selected for the construction of an artillery battery in the late 1890s. Fort Lawton opened in 1900 and was soon converted to infantry use. During World War II the fort saw active duty as a staging center and prisoner of war camp, but was underused after the war. By the 1970s, much of the fort's land was turned over to the City of Seattle to become Discovery Park. The best preserved collection of early Fort Lawton buildings was declared a landmark district in 1988. Discovery Park is also home to a Native American center, the Daybreak Star Cultural Center, which opened in 1977.
Copies of historical documents from the National Archives and other sources concerning the establishment and history of Fort Lawton. Also included is a written reminiscence by a former German POW who was incarcerated at Fort Lawton during World War II, together with copies of photographs taken during his incarceration.
[Item and date], Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation Fort Lawton History Collection , Record Series 5801-04. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Fort Lawton Reports (Copies) - Olmsted, John C.


I am getting better flat correction with the ASI294 using mono-bias with image controls set to Red 50 & Blue 50, zero for brightness/offset and exposure around 1/4 sec, and gain adjusted for exposure between 120>300. When capturing images I balance the color as best I can first in Image Controls for the specific exposure settings and calibration frames. Unfortunately ZWO still has not provided drivers that allow light pollution filters to AWB using the Red and Blue settings in Image Controls; the red channel is always set to max and still is not enough. I use Idas LPS D1 and also Idas LPS P2 filters, which are noted to be some of the most neutral LPS filters.
Additionally there is less of an issue and flats appear better when there is less vignetting which generally occurs when I use my scopes in native format without focal reducers.
1.1) Determine the desired Gain, Exposure, and Brightness for the intended target.
1.2) Use the HIstogram tool and the White Balance sliders for Red and Blue to align the peaks or use Auto??
3.4) White Balance Red set to ???
3.5) White Balance Blue set to ???
3.6) Exposure set to put the Red, Blue, Green, White histograms where??
2.1 - 2.5 all settings exactly as your lights, very import to follow this!
What I've outlined above is the process I use. I've also created a dark library with varying exposure and gain settings. The flats are done every time I image once I've completed polar alignment and focusing. I don't have a permanent setup but if you do you may be able to reuse the flats for several sessions if nothing in your imaging train changes.
https://www.nightskiesnetwork.com/ community of live imagers and several avid SharpCap users. Come on by we'll be glad to help you out.
One thing to keep in mind about the 294 it's a very sensitive beast but an excellent camera once you get it tamed.
Darks: Are the White Balance levels important? You can't exactly build a Dark library in advance if you don't what these Red and Blue levels need to be in advance, right? If so, then what settings should be used for the Darks when building a library in advance?
Flats: For step 3.2, you are NOT using the same gain setting as the LIghts and Darks? If not, how are you deciding what gain to use?
AFTER you have created the Darks and Flats and entered them into the Pre-Processing field, the histogram changes. Do you do a FINAL white balance for the Red and Blue channels to get them aligned again before starting the Live Stacking?
You can create the library in two different ways.
1 - leave the red and blue white balance at 50 and do all the white balance in live stacking using the live stack color controls.
2 - use a general setting for red and blue white balance and use this while creating your dark library. This R & B white balance will be dictated by your image train and any filters you use like UV, IR and or LPS. This will allow you to get close and then you'll need to make very small adjustments with the color sliders in live stacking. The reason this is important is the red and blue white balance adjusts data at the camera before SharpCap makes adjustments.
You need a gain setting high enough to keep the exposure low but not to high generating to much shot noise. My general rule of thumb is flats less than one second. My normal flats are shot with 300 gain and about 209 ms. Your gain and exposure will be dictated by your image train and what you're using as a light source for your flats. In my case I use a LED tracing tablet and a T-shirt. The main thing you should worry about is the histogram when choosing your exposure and gain. Don't go too low and don't over saturate the highest part of the curve stay under 95% of the the horizontal axis. Since your using a one shot color you'll have a red, green, blue and white curve in the histogram. In my case I'm using a IDAS D1 LPS filter and the green channel is the highest curve that I try to keep no higher than 95% on the horizontal axis.
"AFTER you have created the Darks and Flats and entered them into the Pre-Processing field, the histogram changes. Do you do a FINAL white balance for the Red and Blue channels to get them aligned again before starting the Live Stacking?"
The live stack histogram becomes live once you have two frames stacked. If you've previously adjusted the red and blue white balance you color curves should be fairly well aligned. Now take a look at the small display histogram. Any adjustments to red green and blues sliders in the live stack histogram will show up here. Adjust the color sliders and watch the color curves align in the display histogram. In the live stack histogram start by clicking auto stretch and auto white balance then adjust as needed using your live stack image and display histogram as a guide"
You are indicating making final changes using the sliders in the Live Stack histogram, which I understand have no effect on the data that would be saved in a 16-bit stack, but rather only change the appearance on the screen and if "Save as Viewed" is used. Correct? My question above was whether the Red and Blue White Balance controls in the Camera Control area should be used to make final adjustments, because they affect the actual data that gets saved when "Save as 16-Bit" is used, which is what I do to get the final .FITS file that I process. My goal is to get the most balanced set of 16-bit fits data possible.
Thanks Again, I can't express how much I appreciate your help with this.
My approach is to never touch the colour balance controls that come with the camera (leave them at their default settings or set them back to those if you have changed already). The problem is that for most cameras the colour balance is performed as a digital manipulation of the post ADC image data, meaning that it is somewhat destructive to image quality. I believe there are a few cameras where the colour balance controls actually are implemented through separate analogue gains for the R/G/B channels, which would be fine to use, but it is unclear which manufacturers or models work this way.
So, the goal is to do the minimum amount of manipulation of the image data prior to stacking.
With regards to flat frame and dark frame correction, all of the controls on the right-hand side with the exception of the post processing block can potentially affect the image that comes from the camera into SharpCap. Any of these that clearly make changes to the live image from the camera should be kept the same between dark frames and image frames and should only be changed cautiously between flat frames and image frames.
My camera is the ZWO ASI294MC. Given that, what do you recommend that I do?
a) Adjust the Camera Image Control White Balance Red and Blue sliders to align the red, blue, green, white histograms?
b) use the "Auto" setting for both?
c) set them both at 50%?
c) leave them at 50%?
3. After Creating/Selecting a Flat - any further tweaks to Image Controls White Balance Red and Blue sliders at this point?
As you can see, I'm looking for extremely specific instructions regarding how to best use SharpCap to get the best results with my final "Save as 16-Bit" image that I'll process.
You can but once you set this R & B sliders you'll want to use the same exact settings to make the master dark. "Auto" will only work at exposures of 250ms or less. I use 50% for both and make all adjustments in the RGB sliders in live stacking. Then a final white balance with Photoshop.
Thanks BlackWikkett, more great info!
- After you've finished capturing all of your frames, which "Save" option are you using, and what format (FITS, etc) are your saved files?
- What is your method for doing the White Balance in Photoshop?


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Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) is a Canadian aircraft engine manufacturer. PWC's headquarters are in Longueuil, Quebec, just outside Montreal. It is a division of the larger American Pratt & Whitney (P&W), a business unit of United Technologies. [1] United Technologies has given PWC a world mandate for smaller aircraft engines while P&W's US operations develop and manufacture larger engines.
Although PWC is a division of P&W, it has its own research, development and marketing as well as the manufacturing of its engines. Since the development of its famous PT6 turboprop engine in the 1960s, PWC has dominated its sector of the world market for aircraft engines.
Pratt & Whitney Canada was founded in 1928 to act as a service centre for P&W engines. During World War II, it assembled Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines built in the U.S. In 1952, the production of Wasp engines was transferred to P&WC so P&W could concentrate on developing jet engines.
In the late 1950s, a team of 12 P&WC engineers began the development of the first small turbine engine in Canada, the PT6. The first example was delivered to a customer in 1963.
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Oddly there was a bit of defence of Google! So my two pence…!
I work within a business that does social media so I am biased.
I believe that Google Plus will be pretty big, I am in circles with most of the people in the office, which oddly enough I am not friends with on Facebook, not because I don't like them but because my Facebook account is dominated by family and old friends, boring child pics!
For business use it will be massive, until tools are really rolled out I am not pushing for the company I work for to support it as much as Facebook and Twitter.
The article does a really good job of looking into the stats and showing that like for like, they are not, read the source article for this information!
Commercially it is easy to manage Facebook accounts at the moment.
The GooglePlus android application is VERY VERY bad and kills battery life in hours on a decent phone!
Google is far more closed than Facebook and Twitter and has a history of not playing nice with other people!
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The graduation ceremony celebrated a variety of courses from Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy, Business Administration and Information Technology including Reception and Office Administration, ECDL, IT Support Technician and Network Support and Administration CCNA.
Other courses celebrated included Community, Education and Health in Early Childhood Care and Education QQI Level 5 and 6, Special Needs Assisting, Healthcare Support, Nursing Studies, Social and Community Care, and Return to Learning and English as a Second Language.
Students, along with their families and course tutors, celebrated their achievements and were congratulated by the F.E. Co-ordinator Ms Enda Kenny and the College Principal Ms Pauline Duffy, who both highlighted the importance of education as a continuing journey in life.
The ceremony was followed by a reception for students.


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Harford County Executive Craig Delivers State of the County Address
February 2, 2011 By Dagger News Service
From Harford County Government:
David R. Craig, Harford County Executive
"There will always be dissident voices heard in the land, expressing opposition without alternatives, finding fault, but never favor, perceiving gloom on every side."
This is as true today as it was when John Kennedy confronted it fifty years ago.
This was never more so true than during an election year. But, while we confronted many challenges in Harford County in 2010, there was one challenge we wisely avoided – the inability of many in government to work together, and overcome personal and political differences, to achieve positive results for the people we represent. That is why I firmly believe that unlike all but one other county in Maryland and most other counties in our country all of our local officials whether Republican or Democrat were re-elected to continue the work we began years ago.
Council President Boniface and members of the Council, I look forward to serving with you in this unprecedented situation. But before I look forward I would like to recap the successes that were achieved in 2010 and the State of the County as we see it today.
It is often easy to forget past achievements especially when they are so widespread. Much of it is only possible through the leadership of the team of department heads and the talent and dedication they give to the county.
This past February we were hit with two large back-to-back snow storms. The Department of Public Works under the leadership of Bob Cooper and the Division of Highways under the direction of Hudson Myers were instrumental in getting us through it.
Cooperation with Parks and Recreation and Emergency Operations proved efficient and tireless and we owe great appreciation to the men and women, who drove the trucks, repaired the equipment, accepted the phone calls, and dispatched the trucks – for without them a true disaster would have ensued. And, I must especially recognize Linda Rickey who has since retired.
DPW also faced, and will continue to face, the challenge of having over $14 million of Highway User Revenue kept by the State, money our tax payers were promised would come to Harford County to maintain our roads and bridges, but which continues to disappear.
The Office of Economic Development under Jim Richardson continues to set the model for the State of Maryland for job creation. Over 20 new defense contractors have relocated in Harford County in the last 18 months with recent ribbon cuttings involving MITRE RAYTHEON and Boeing to mention a few. But OED is not just about BRAC. New commercial and retail business continues to relocate. And, while new housing starts have been down we continue to be in the 2nd best economic and job market in the country.
Denise Carnaggio continues her excellent work as the face of BRAC. Karen Holt is instrumental with the CSSC in our regional approach. And, Wini Roche our leader in marketing and tourism was named State Tourism Leader of the year.
One of our most thrilling successes came from the leadership of a member of the team who choose to retire, John Scotten, our previous treasurer. Our conservative fiscal management in these harsh economic times took us to an historic and unprecedented AAA Bond rating – the opposite direction that many other counties took.
Another member of the team who has chosen to retire was instrumental in one of our biggest challenges – the budget. Lorraine Costello and her superb budget director Kim Spence assembled a budget that saw us return to 2007 levels without furloughs but with the second reduction of the property tax rate. Historically, for the first time since its inception, we kept our rate at the constant yield, and lowered the tax cap for the second time to the state average of 5%. Our actions remind me of a comment by a previous political leader.
"The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, people must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance" No, it was not Ronald Reagan in 1980. It is from Cicero in 55 BC! Captain Jim McMahan did not know Cicero personally but has been instrumental in this effort.
Some of our achievements are often unnoticed and less glamorous but equally important the final successful resolution of a law suit brought against the county over twenty years ago and including three appearances in the Court of Appeals is a great credit to County Attorney Rob McCord and Deputy County Attorney Nancy Giorno.
The opening of the Roni Chenowith Activity Center in Fallston was a major accomplishment both for Parks and Recreation under Arden McClune and Community Services under Mary Chance. Over 1,000 of our senior citizens and countless young athletes have benefited from its opening – a worthy reminder of Councilwoman Chenowith – and a credit to Councilman Woods. Community Services was also the key to success in the demolition and clean up of Washington Court making the area both cleaner and safer. Councilman Guthrie was a strong advocate for this important project.
Protecting our environment continues to be a major action. Tom Hilton helped take the lead in pushing single stream recycling something which has already seen us have a 30% increase in recycling, a cause which has been assisted by Councilman Shrodes.
After a very successful 2009 and knowing that 2011 would offer just a many challenges, Pete Gutwald in Planning and Zoning completed our Transportation Element Plan and our Historic Preservation Element Plan, both issues which gained support and impact from Councilwoman Lisanti.
While the Department of Inspections, License, and Permits worked on many issues none was as important as the danger to employees that we faced with the building at 212 S. Bond. Dick Lynch's quick and incisive actions were proactive and well justified.
Dick's cooperation with Jim Richardson, Pete Gutwald, and Bob Cooper on "Fast Track" issues have also proved instrumental in getting new businesses to locate here and build our economic base.
In these economically challenging times the foreclosure on homes has proved detrimental both to citizens and government. Shawn Kingston and his staff have helped over 3,000 of our neighbors to stay in decent housing and many to work with their financial institutions to avoid becoming homeless.
Debbie Henderson and the Procurement Department have done an excellent job in helping us live within our means negotiating lower more affordable contracts in almost every department.
And, probably one of the most challenging tasks has been that of Scott Gibson, Director of Human Resources. In years in which we have been unable to provide raises, new jobs, or promotions – and have had to furlough employees and change benefits – Scott has provided balance to spread the pain. I thank all of the team for their hard work.
Some familiar faces have retired: Roxanne Lynch, Joe Pfaff, Lorraine Costello, John Scotten, Larry Mabe, Linda Rickey, and Ernie Crist – all with a wealth of institutional knowledge and decades of service.
Some new faces have appeared: Arden McClune, Beth Hendrix, Brian Fiest, and Kathryn Hewitt.
Some have relocated Mary Chance, Nancy Giorno, and one I see everyday and would not be able to do what I have to do – Aaron Tomarchio. Thank you all on my behalf and on behalf of the people of Harford County.
"Let us stop asking ourselves if it is necessary to do more now. Let us ask ourselves what more we can do today. So we will have less to sacrifice tomorrow." That was great advice given by Gilbert Winant. General Nathaniel Greene at the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse stated it in simpler terms. "People expect something from us."
What will the State of the County be? What are the issues confronting us in 2011 – and beyond? First, our government could not have been as successful – and will not continue to be as successful – without the continued leadership of Council President Boniface.
Our ability to agree, and to agree to disagree, to work past personal issues and concentrate on real issues is vital. The separation of powers from the executive and legislative branches does not dictate a separation of interests.
Let me list some of the challenges, expectations, and needs:
-An update of the Master plan and Land Use Element to ensure that we are ready for proper growth.
-A unified water and sewer infrastructure encompassing the entire county, all three municipalities, and APG.
-Education, the foundation of economic growth, both on the operation side – to make it as efficient as possible, and enable us to afford the best teachers and staff – and the capital side with potentially new schools needed at Havre de Grace High, Youth Benefit Elementary, William Paca Elementary, and John Archer. I rely on the "Coach" – Councilman Slutzky – as much as anyone on this issue.
-The hidden, unseen infrastructure of the 21st Century, with the need for the HMAN project, and wireless accessibility, and possibly a department-level leader in Justus Eapen.
-Adequate funding to enable the City of Aberdeen to maintain one of our jewels Ripken Stadium, and to possibly fund a Performing Arts Center or convention/meeting Center or Agriculture Center.
-The need for a new and efficient County office building to save money by eliminating the cost of rentals and repairs to reduce energy costs and to have one location for citizens to visit.
-And, to not forget our citizens, to keep government small and efficient, to keep taxes low, to provide the services they need.
Good judgment seeks balance and progress. We must balance the private and the public economy. We must balance the clear necessities and the comfortable desires. We must balance the requirements of government and the needs of the individual.
As we succeed in all of this we will ensure that the State of Harford County remains unexcelled in the State of Maryland.
"MissingReagen, you are deluding yourself."


Shot at a secret location with World Rally Championship driver Elfyn Evans at the wheel, the Fiesta ST is seen slipping, sliding and jumping in the dirt. The sound of the 200PS 1.5-litre EcoBoost engine is amplified by its surroundings as it tackles a high-speed drop through the narrow entrance tunnel.
Ford's Europe's Greatest Driving Roads series has put a range of Ford performance vehicles – including the Ford GT, the Ford Focus RS and the Ford Mustang Convertible in some of the most stunning environments across the continent – from the Arctic Circle in Norway, to the sunny climes of Mallorca. So far, all the locations have been above ground.
Ford chose the secret salt mine location for new TV advert 'Undertrack' that sees the car put through its paces within the mine's 60-kilometre network of tunnels, where temperatures are a constant 16 C and safety precautions required that a skeleton crew was used for the three-day shoot amid strict safety precautions.


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During the past 4 decades, Red Sea Housing Services (RSHS) has developed into a global leader known for designing, planning, producing, managing and operating industrial temporary housing solutions in more than 65 countries. The company's success is built upon its commitment to providing high-quality products and unparalleled customer service. We provide industrial solutions through our array of products and turnkey services, removing the stress and hassle for our customers who now can focus on what they do best. We take inspiration from our founding company and largest shareholder, Al-Dabbagh Group, who operates an ecosystem that is composed of Three Principles, Five Values and Ten Golden Rules. This ecosystem informs and governs Al-Dabbagh Group's goal to be one of the top 20 wholly owned global family businesses by 2020. It also underpins their global vision to deliver impact and scale for the greater good through their three principles of Giving, Earning & Sustaining. At RSHS, we are keen to strike a harmony with Al-Dabbagh Group's culture, to ensure that we are valuable contributors to their overarching aspirations.
Red Sea Housing Services strives to be the supplier of choice for all major multinational oil and gas, mining and construction companies operating in our market area. We aim to be totally committed to providing our customers with quality products that shall be delivered defect free and on time.
As regional and oil based economies begin to slowly recover in 2018 after several quarters of low growth or contraction, we are beginning to see green shoots in our core markets, with improving business conditions and an increased sense of optimism. Projects that were earlier put on hold by clients are now being reactivated through new contracts, quite in contrast to the situation last year. Coupled with sustained oil prices above USD 50 this trend is expected to continue and benefit our overall operations in 2018.
In addition to our core oil & gas markets, we are continuing our product diversification initiatives into new market sectors, particularly in the health, hospitality, education, and residential sectors where we are seeing a growing interest for our modular building technology. The focus on new revenue streams through increased rental and leasing options of our products and services will also be an area of opportunity and growth as we diversify from a manufacturing business model. The development of these markets to supplement our core capabilities is key for us to expand our foot print and continue to be leaders within our industry.
In terms of geographical markets, Saudi Arabia, the wider GCC, West Africa, and South East Asia will continue to be focus markets for the company. These markets offer a wide range of project opportunities in various sectors that can easily be served by Red Sea International's modular solutions. The UAE market itself presents considerable untapped opportunities: Red Sea International is now actively targeting UAE clients and expects to make significant in-roads into this market during 2018.
The full impact of the cost restructuring measures and other initiatives undertaken during 2017 will flow through 2018 and beyond. These initiatives alone will see tens of millions of Riyals in savings and have positioned the company to be a much leaner and more competitive market player in its segment..


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La hipòxia és una condició patològica en la qual no hi ha un subministrament adequat d'oxigen, ja sigui tot el cos (hipòxia generalitzada) o en una regió del cos (hipòxia tissular). Les variacions en les concentracions d'oxigen arterial poden ser part de la fisiologia normal, per exemple, durant l'exercici físic intens. La manca d'adequació entre l'oferta i la seva demanda d'oxigen a nivell cel·lular pot comportar una condició d'hipòxia.

La hipòxia es diferencia de la hipoxèmia i l'anoxèmia, ja que la hipòxia es refereix a un estat en què el subministrament d'oxigen és insuficient, mentre que la hipoxèmia i l'anoxèmia es refereixen específicament a estats que tenen un subministrament d'oxigen arterial baix o nul. La hipòxia en què hi ha una privació completa del subministrament d'oxigen es coneix com a anòxia.

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Here's our 'story':
Like so many entrepreneurial stories, the Durban Entrepreneurs Club was founded to fulfil a need, or solve a problem. When Club Founder, Durban entrepreneur and public speaker Grant Gavin, was looking to join an entrepreneurs club, a simple Google search revealed a few options for female entrepreneurs, but very few options for him. So he made a decision to start a club of his own, and learned many lessons along the way.
Lesson 1 | Test Your Market
An important aspect of launching any business concept is to test the market demand, and a launch event was held in October 2015. Grant invited 150 guests to attend an event at the Gateway Hotel in Umhlanga, to launch the concept of a club that would provide a platform for like-minded individuals to come together once a month, listen to a guest speaker, and then get an opportunity to meet one another and build meaningful business relationships. Guest speaker at the launch event was the founder of Private Property and CEO of One Africa Media, Justin Clarke. Both Justin and Grant felt that an audience of 40-50 people would turn up for the event.
Not so. The launch event resulted in a packed room of 125 Durban entrepreneurs and the early signs were evident that Durban was ready for a Club that would not only inspire and educate, but create a meaningful platform for networking opportunities. The real test however, would be membership sign ups.
After the launch, not 1 person signed up for the Club.
Lesson 2 | Don't Give Up
Entrepreneurship can be very lonely, and sometimes it will feel that you are the only person who sees the bigger picture, or vision. The real key is to never, ever give up, particularly after the first hurdle!
Grants vision was clear from the start – give entrepreneurs an opportunity to step outside of their businesses, and bring them together to be reminded that they are not in this journey alone. It's one thing to throw a free launch event, but it's another completely different challenge to get people to pay. The key is that you have to show value first.
So the first paid event was planned for November 2015, and about 75 people showed up to hear Murray Smith speak about finding your motivation in life. Guests were charged to simply cover their cost of catering at the venue, again at the Gateway Hotel, and membership applications began to come in slowly after the event. The journey was well on its way.
Lesson 3 | Surround Yourself With Good People
With the ball rolling, and a clear vision of what he wanted to create, now it was time to put the pieces in place, and figure out the plan. Most entrepreneurs jump off the plane first, and then figure out how to open the parachute on the way down. The Durban Entrepreneurs Club had jumped off the plane, now it was time to make it fly.
Grant realised that he needed to bring in some support from people who had some experience in business clubs. A simple guideline in picking your team would be to play towards your own strengths, and then hire to your weaknesses. A committee was quickly formed and selected on the basis of the skills that each person could bring to the table.
Lesson 4 | Think Big
Early committee discussions revolved around how big the club should grow. Should the Club membership remain exclusive, and available to a limited number of entrepreneurs? Or unlimited membership, encouraging a wider reach for the Club and its vision? It was agreed to remain flexible in the early months, but all felt that if the Durban Entrepreneurs Club could grow to 100 members in the next few years, we would have achieved something special.
Most people over-estimate what they can achieve in 1 year, and completely under-estimate what they can achieve in 5 years. For the Durban Entrepreneurs Club, year 1 was an explosion. Within 10 months, the Club had over 100 Members, completely shattering initial expectations. Towards the middle of year 2, the 200 membership mark had been reached and it appeared that demand was unlimited.
Lesson 5 | Keep Providing Value
With membership at the 200 mark, the Durban Entrepreneurs Club journey is still in its infancy. The first 3-5 years in business is always tough, and there is no illusion with regards to the difficulty in maintaining a demand for the Club. Early indicators show that getting people to renew their membership is just as difficult in attracting them to the Club in the first instance. The key is continuing to add value to your market.
The Club has built a reputation for being the No 1 Business Club in Durban due to the high calibre of speakers that it has attracted, but providing events on a monthly basis won't keep members interested forever.
In terms of adding real value to members, the Club will evolve into an organisation that not only provides a platform for like-minded individuals to network with one another, but also to assist entrepreneurs with the growth of their businesses, as well as their own personal development as entrepreneurs and leaders.


Over 2016-2020, we expect new vehicle sales to show steady growth, supported by a strengtheningeconomy, rising incomes and favourable demographics.
Looking forwards, Tunisian new vehicle sales will remain limited by the current import quota system thatis imposed by the government.
The Minister of Trade, Mohsen Hassen, said that there would be no liberalisation of the autos sectorduring 2016.


Multikinase activity of fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibitors SU5402, PD173074, AZD1480, AZD4547 and BGJ398 compromises the use of small chemicals targeting FGFR catalytic activity for therapy of short-stature syndromes. Gudernova I, Vesela I Balek L, Buchtova M, Dosedelova H, Kunova M, Pivnicka J, Jelinkova I, Roubalova L, Kozubik A, Krejci P.
Turning this title into something comprehensible, the researchers said that the 5 agents/products (SU5402, PD173074, AZD1480, AZD4547 and BGJ398), known as TKIs (Tyrosine kinase inhibitors) showed great results in blocking FGFRs tyrosine kinases in dish cells (plates where the researchers put specific cells into a culture to be tested). The image below is an example of a cell culture plate.
FGFR 3 is the receptor where the mutation of achondroplasia is in chondrocytes and knowing that TKIs can block FGFR3, they can also block the other FGFRs. This means that TKIs target not just FGFR3 but all or almost all FGFRs.
ARQ 087 inhibits FGFR signaling and rescues aberrant cell proliferation and differentiation in experimental models of craniosynostoses and chondrodysplasias caused by activating mutations, in FGFR1, FGFR2, and FGFR3.
ARQ 087 is a tyrosine kinase inhibitors that was tested in cultured chondrocytes (dish cells), and the team observed that ARQ 087 efficiently rescued all major effects of pathological FGFR3 activation as inhibition of chondrocyte proliferation, loss of extracellular matrix and induction of premature senescence. This means that in the cultured chondrocytes with the achondroplasia mutation and with ARQ 087, chondrocytes could grow and multiply as they do in a typical growth plate. Unfortunately, ARQ 087 has an off-target action too and blocks FGFR1, FGFR2 and FGFR3.
This research proves that TKIs are not an appropriate selection to treat achondroplasia.
Developing new studies for achondroplasia can be very demanding and time-consuming, but patients trust that researchers do the best they can to deliver results that, ultimately, can be converted in a treatment and reduce the complications originated by achondroplasia: limbs and trunk disproportionality, neurologic, respiratory issues, orthopedic complications, negative social image, among others issues that are concerns and raise problems throughout life.
Not every study will originate a new medicine, but most studies will help researchers decide which way to go and which not to.
Author Comment: The title and text of this post was amended after reconsideration of previous content.
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Gudernova I, Vesela I, Balek L, Buchtova M, Dosedelova H, Kunova M, Pivnicka J, Jelinkova I, Roubalova L, Kozubik A, Krejci P. Multikinase activity of fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibitors SU5402, PD173074, AZD1480, AZD4547 and BGJ398 compromises the use of small chemicals targeting FGFR catalytic activity for therapy of short-stature syndromes.Hum Mol Genet. 2016 Jan 1;25(1):9-23.
Balek L, Gudernova I, Vesela I, Hampl M, Oralova V, Bosakova MK, Varecha M, Nemec P, Hall T, Abbadessa G, Hatch N, Buchtova M, Krejci P. ARQ 087 inhibits FGFR signaling and rescues aberrant cell proliferation and differentiation in experimental models of craniosynostoses and chondrodysplasias caused by activating mutations in FGFR1, FGFR2, and FGFR3. Bone. 2017 Aug 18. pi: S8756-3282(17)30311-3.
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The Paillier cryptosystem, invented by and named after Pascal Paillier in 1999, is a probabilistic asymmetric algorithm for public key cryptography. The problem of computing n-th residue classes is believed to be computationally difficult. The decisional composite residuosity assumption is the intractability hypothesis upon which this cryptosystem is based.

The scheme is an additive homomorphic cryptosystem; this means that, given only the public key and the
encryption of  and , one can compute the encryption of .

Algorithm
The scheme works as follows:

Key generation
Choose two large prime numbers  and  randomly and independently of each other such that . This property is assured if both primes are of equal length.
Compute  and . lcm means Least Common Multiple.
Select random integer  where
Ensure  divides the order of  by checking the existence of the following modular multiplicative inverse: ,
where function  is defined as  .
Note that the notation  does not denote the modular multiplication of  times the modular multiplicative inverse of  but rather the quotient of  divided by , i.e., the largest integer value  to satisfy the relation .

The public (encryption) key is .
The private (decryption) key is
If using p,q of equivalent length, a simpler variant of the above key generation steps would be to set  and , where  .
The simpler variant is recommended for implementational purposes, because in the general form the calculation time of  can be very high with sufficiently large primes p,q.

Encryption
Let  be a message to be encrypted where
Select random  where  and
Compute ciphertext as:

Decryption
Let  be the ciphertext to decrypt, where
Compute the plaintext message as:

As the original paper points out, decryption is "essentially one exponentiation modulo ."

Homomorphic properties
A notable feature of the Paillier cryptosystem is its homomorphic properties along with its non-deterministic encryption (see Electronic voting in Applications for usage). As the encryption function is additively homomorphic, the following identities can be described:

 Homomorphic addition of plaintexts

 The product of two ciphertexts will decrypt to the sum of their corresponding plaintexts,

 The product of a ciphertext with a plaintext raising  will decrypt to the sum of the corresponding plaintexts,

 Homomorphic multiplication of plaintexts

 A ciphertext raised to the power of a plaintext will decrypt to the product of the two plaintexts,

 More generally, a ciphertext raised to a constant k will decrypt to the product of the plaintext and the constant,

However, given the Paillier encryptions of two messages there is no known way to compute an encryption of the product of these messages without knowing the private key.

Background
Paillier cryptosystem exploits the fact that certain discrete logarithms can be computed easily.

For example, by binomial theorem,

This indicates that:

Therefore, if:

then
 .
Thus:
 ,
where function  is defined as  (quotient of integer division) and .

Semantic security
The original cryptosystem as shown above does provide semantic security against chosen-plaintext attacks (IND-CPA). The ability to successfully distinguish the challenge ciphertext essentially amounts to the ability to decide composite residuosity. The so-called decisional composite residuosity assumption (DCRA) is believed to be intractable.

Because of the aforementioned homomorphic properties however, the system is malleable, and therefore does not enjoy the highest level of semantic security, protection against adaptive chosen-ciphertext attacks (IND-CCA2).
Usually in cryptography the notion of malleability is not seen as an "advantage," but under certain applications such as secure electronic voting and threshold cryptosystems, this property may indeed be necessary.

Paillier and Pointcheval however went on to propose an improved cryptosystem that incorporates the combined hashing of message m with random r. Similar in intent to the Cramer–Shoup cryptosystem, the hashing prevents an attacker, given only c, from being able to change m in a meaningful way. Through this adaptation the improved scheme can be shown to be IND-CCA2 secure in the random oracle model.

Applications

Electronic voting
Semantic security is not the only consideration. There are situations under which malleability may be  desirable. The above homomorphic properties can be utilized by secure electronic voting systems. Consider a simple binary ("for" or "against") vote. Let m voters cast a vote of either 1 (for) or 0 (against). Each voter encrypts their choice before casting their vote. The election official takes the product of the m encrypted votes and then decrypts the result and obtains the value n, which is the sum of all the votes. The election official then knows that n people voted for and m-n people voted against. The role of the random r ensures that two equivalent votes will encrypt to the same value only with negligible likelihood, hence ensuring voter privacy.

Electronic cash
Another feature named in paper is the notion of self-blinding. This is the ability to change one ciphertext into another without changing the content of its decryption. This has application to the development of ecash, an effort originally spearheaded by David Chaum. Imagine paying for an item online without the vendor needing to know your credit card number, and hence your identity. The goal in both electronic cash and electronic voting, is to ensure the e-coin (likewise e-vote) is valid, while at the same time not disclosing the identity of the person with whom it is currently associated.

Threshold cryptosystem
The homomorphic property of Paillier cryptosystem is sometime used to build Threshold ECDSA signature.

See also
 The Naccache–Stern cryptosystem and the Okamoto–Uchiyama cryptosystem are historical antecedents of Paillier.
 The Damgård–Jurik cryptosystem is a generalization of Paillier.

References

Notes

External links
The Homomorphic Encryption Project implements the Paillier cryptosystem along with its homomorphic operations.
Encounter: an open-source library providing an implementation of Paillier cryptosystem and a cryptographic counters construction based on the same.
python-paillier a library for Partially Homomorphic Encryption in Python, including full support for floating point numbers.
 The Paillier cryptosystem interactive simulator demonstrates a voting application.
 An interactive demo of the Paillier cryptosystem.
 A proof-of-concept Javascript implementation of the Paillier cryptosystem with an interactive demo.
 A googletechtalk video on voting using cryptographic methods.
 A Ruby implementation of Paillier homomorphic addition and a zero-knowledge proof protocol (documentation)

Public-key encryption schemes


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I'm responding here Dude as to not confuse the thread.
To close indeed in Iowa.
Isn't your system of elections really protracted? I am no expert but are they just deciding who is going to be the candidates for the Democrats and Republicans?? And then they actually elect in November?? Forgive my knowledge of American politics is very scant!!
Is it the most electable or the one with the most money??
Hilary Clinton is running isn't she? Wasn't her Husband President??
As much as I love Bernie I hope Clinton wins. A Sanders win could open the door for Trump/Cruz.
The Republicans shouldn't see power for decades if the Democrats choose their candidates properly. The GOP have aligned themselves too far to the right.
sorry about the absence of caps in my posts, my shift key is broken.
I hope Hillary becomes president as we'll get 2 for 1 with Bill's experience. It's now the turn of a woman.
Yes the presidential election will be in Nov. 2016. Now is just the time of debates, caucuses, primaries etc.. to see who will go forth as the presidential nominee in each party.
Trump has been the front runner in Republican Party. Hilary and Bernie are very close in the polls in the Democratic Party.
I don't understand the things coming out of Trump's mouth, and how he has been getting away with it, but he has his growing supporters. He is a billionaire, reality TV star, a rough and tough talking New Yorker, unapologetic for all his insults, he's trashed Obama for the past eight years in any way he could, and now he wants the White House.
Yes I would agree that the GOP views are out of touch with the reality of this country.
I love Bernie as well. His message is 'equality' for all in education, healthcare, economy etc, I think that is why the young voters love him.
I think Hilary is the best woman for the job, and I hope she wins.
I felt truly sorry for Mr Trump having to admit defeat. He seemed broken and took it badly. When certain people set their goals too high, they crash land. I hope that there is a happy ending.
He could do with a dose of humility Graham.
Can only hope there will be plenty more defeats ahead, he is not out of the running yet. We will see what happens in New Hampshire…prediction is Bernie for the Democrats.
Trump has a resounding victory in New Hampshire and any humility that he showed in Iowa is history.
The 'all-knowing' BBC reports that the population of New Hampshire are well educated. Maybe I am misunderstanding what Trump stands for.
Trump wants to ban all Muslims from entering the USA. Why does nobody ask what he is going to do about all those that are already in the USA?
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Are you collaborative, caring and compassionate? Prisons are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work - if you're looking for a role where you can develop your existing skills and learn something new every day, then this is the place to be. As a healthcare provider, we recognise the fact that prisoners are a socially excluded group with complex healthcare needs that can often be associated with poor outcomes. We believe in putting the patient first, seeing past the environment or their history. Care UK is the Health in Justice Market leader and ambitious growing from providing healthcare in 12 prisons to over 40 prisons across the country. We can offer training and development in our friendly and supportive teams as well a range of other employee benefits.
Receive an annual salary of up to £42,000 depending on experience. You'll get a number of benefits including a company contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave plus 8 public bank holidays plus CPD and re-validation support. Advantages of working at HMP The Verne include access to an onsite gym and free parking. Other benefits include cycle to work scheme, training and clinical development opportunities.
As a Registered Nurse you'll be an integral part of the senior team at HMP The Verne, bringing your well-developed clinical skills, passion for care and leadership skills. With plenty of primary care experience, you will be leading from the front, keeping your skills sharp by delivering some clinics directly and developing knowledge with the team to continually improve the care for men at HMP The Verne. This is a leadership role and with your team leaders you will model a culture of compassion, care, courage, commitment, communication and competence. The role will include providing challenge, support and mentorship at point of delivery, drawing the best from our staff and improving the quality of care received by men at HMP The Verne. As the Clinical Lead at HMP The Verne you will be innovative, bringing fresh ideas and solutions to the challenges of proving healthcare in a prison that is also changing its focus to a remand and resettlement prison; we will see men at beginning and end of their time in prisons, both are times of transition in the community and require a co-ordinated approach to continuity of care with other services.
This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week. For more information, an informal discussion or to arrange an informal visit please contact Silvie on 0118 9521 1863 or silvie.baister@careuk.com. Please note that offers of employment are subject to Care UK Terms & Conditions and receipt of satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check and prison vetting.


Political, Muslim and leaders of other faiths expressed their disgust at deadly shootings at two mosques in New Zealand on Friday as some revealed their citizens had been caught up in the bloodshed.
Saudi Arabia's King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman offered their condolences to New Zealand's government after the terrorist attacks on two mosques in the country.
King Salman on Friday sent a cable of condolences to the Governor-General of New Zealand Batsy Reddy for the victims of Friday's terror attack on two mosques in Christchurch.
An official source at the Saudi Foreign Ministry also condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack.
The source reiterated Saudi Arabia's condemnation of terrorism in all its forms, regardless of its source, and said that terrorism has no religion and no homeland. It emphasized the Kingdom's position that religions should be respected.
Egypt condemned the terror attack in New Zealand and demanded that the names of victims be disclosed immediately.
Saudi Arabia's Council of Senior Scholars strongly condemned on Friday the horrific incident that targeted worshippers in two mosques in New Zealand, resulting in dozens of people being killed and injured.
The council also emphasized that hate speech should be fought because it does not serve peace and security which is what the world wants.
Al-Azhar's sheikh condemned the terrorist attack on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Al-Azhar warned in a statement that the attack is a serious indicator of the consequences of the escalation of hate speech, xenophobia and the spread of Islamophobia in many European countries, stressing the need not to tolerate the racist groups committing such abhorrent acts.
The Muslim World League expressed its deep sorrow and condemnation at the terrorist operation that claimed dozens of lives and injuries in some mosques in New Zealand, which clearly reflected one of the worst forms of inciting hatred in a world that is most in need of circumventing the values of love, harmony and peace.
The Secretary-General and Chairman of the World Council of Muslim Scholars, Sheikh Dr. Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, said that this barbaric work is added to the parallel models of the acts of Daesh and Al-Qaeda. The league always emphasizes the importance of tackling extremism and counter-extremism. In particular, the enactment of legislation that prevents all forms of incitement of hatred, including religious and ethnic contempt.
The Secretary-General of the Association confirmed his confidence in the New Zealand government to bring those involved in this crime to justice and to prosecute them as terrorists.
The Arab League strongly condemned the terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The Secretary-General of the UN Antonio Guterres is appalled by the terror attacks in New Zealand and said there is an urgent need to work better globally to tackle Islamophobia, a spokesman said.
Egypt's Coptic Church condemned the terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand.
Morocco strongly condemned the terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand.
Trump tweeted Friday as the White House issued a statement condemning the attacks at two mosques.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders described the attack as a "vicious act of hate." She says the US stands in "solidarity" with the people of New Zealand.
"The European Union will always stand with New Zealand and against those who heinously want to destroy our societies and our way of life," the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said.
Queen Elizabeth II said she's "deeply saddened" by the "appalling" terrorist attacks.
"I have been deeply saddened by the appalling events in Christchurch… At this tragic time, my thoughts and prayers are with all New Zealanders," she said in a message.
"Prince Philip and I send our condolences to the families and friends of those who have lost their lives," she said, paying tribute to emergency workers and volunteers providing support to the injured.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has sent a telegram to the prime minister of New Zealand, expressing her condolences.