PSD 2 came into force on 12 January 2016 and European Union (EU) member states must transpose PSD 2 into their national laws and regulations by 13 January 2018. Most importantly, the European Commission (EC) has stated that member states should interpret the existing rules on payment services in line with PSD 2 and must not adopt new measures contradicting PSD 2.
PSD 1 in Article 3 did not apply to certain transactions described in it. The scope of these exclusions was not in all cases clear. As a consequence, they were applied in different ways across member states. PSD 2 in Article 3 clarifies and tightens the exclusions, including the commercial agent's exclusion, the limited network exclusion and the telecom exclusion.
PSD 2 states that: "services providers should be obliged to notify their activities to competent authorities so that the competent authorities can assess whether the requirements set out in the relevant provisions are fulfilled and to ensure a homogenous interpretation of the rules throughout the internal market. In particular, for all exclusions based on the respect of a threshold, a notification procedure should be provided (Recital 19 of PSD 2)".
Article 2 extends the scope of PSD 2 by: (i) applying the Title III (transparency and information requirements) and Title IV (rights and obligations of payment services providers (conduct of business rules)) to payment transactions in the currency of a member state where both the payer's payment service provider and the payee's payment service provider are, or the sole payment service provider in the payment transaction is, located within the EU; (ii) applying most of Title III and most of Title IV to payment transactions in a currency that is not the currency of a member state where both the payer's payment service provider and the payee's payment service provider are, or the sole payment service provider in the payment transaction is, located within the EU, in respect to those parts of the payments transaction which are carried out in the EU; and (iii) applying most of Title III and parts of Title IV to payment transactions in all currencies where only one of the payment service providers is located within the EU, in respect to those parts of the payments transaction which are carried out in the EU.
PSD 2 requires the provision by payment service providers of payment initiation services and account information services to be authorised (or registered where permitted as a small payment institution) so that they comply with the provisions of the directive as it applies to them. In this context, PSDs note that these types of service provider, when they provide such services exclusively, do not hold client funds. Accordingly, PSD 2 provides that it would be disproportionate to impose own funds requirements on those new market players. Nevertheless, PSD 2 requires that they should therefore hold either professional indemnity insurance or provide a comparable guarantee. Recital 36 of PSD 2 states: "in order to avoid abuses of the right of establishment, it is necessary to require that the payment institution requesting authorisation in the Member State provide at least part of its payment services business in that member state".
'Payment initiation services' enable the payment initiation service provider to provide comfort to a payee that the payment has been initiated in order to provide an incentive to the payee to release the goods or to deliver the service without undue delay. Such services offer a low-cost solution for both merchants and consumers and provide consumers with a possibility to shop online even if they do not possess payment cards.
'Account information services' provide the payment service user with aggregated online information on one or more payment accounts held with one or more other payment service providers and accessed via online interfaces of the account servicing payment service provider. The payment service user is thus able to have an overall view of its financial situation immediately at any given moment.
Currently, member states have the option to apply a registration system for small payment institutions and apply reduced regulatory compliance requirements to them. This exemption right is continued under PSD 2 although slightly amended. It specifies the limits of this exemption by providing that: "the monthly average of the preceding 12 months' total value of payment transactions executed by the person concerned, including any agent for which it assumes full responsibility, must not exceed a limit set by the member state but that, in any event, amounts to no more than EUR 3m".
That requirement is assessed on the projected total amount of payment transactions in its business plan, unless an adjustment to that plan is required by the competent authorities. Additionally, none of the natural persons responsible for the management or operation of the business must have been convicted of offences relating to money laundering or terrorist financing or other financial crimes. Among other things, member states may also require that small payment institutions only may engage only in certain activities listed in Article 18 (i.e., ancillary activities).
However, small payment institutions have no rights to passport their payment services.
Article 35 regulates access rights to certain payment systems (article 35(2) excludes certain systems) by payment institutions and article 36 regulates access to payment accounts services. Both articles generate considerable complexity and the EBA is currently drafting the technical specifications and guidance on these access rights and more detail is expected in early 2017. The EC argues that: "for payment institutions, access to a payment account maintained by a credit institution is vital for the operation of their business. PSD2 provides specifically that member states will have to ensure that credit institutions do not block or hinder access to payment accounts and that payment institutions have access to credit institutions' payment accounts services in an objective, non-discriminatory and proportionate manner".
It should be noted that the payer's right to make use of a payment initiation service provider does not apply where the payment account is not accessible online.
The EBA has a number of roles under PSD 2, and referred to in article 98.2. Article 98.1 provides that the EBA shall develop by 13 January 2017 draft regulatory technical standards addressed to payment service providers including: (i) the requirements of the strong customer authentication referred to in Article 97(1) and (2); (ii) the exemptions from the application of Article 97(1), (2) and (3), based on the criteria established in paragraph 3 of this Article; (iii) the requirements with which security measures have to comply, in accordance with Article 97(3) in order to protect the confidentiality and the integrity of the payment service users' personalised security credentials; and (iv) the requirements for common and secure open standards of communication for the purpose of identification, authentication, notification and information, as well as for the implementation of security measures, between account servicing payment service providers, payment initiation service providers, account information service providers, payers, payees and other payment service providers.
Power is delegated to the EC to adopt those regulatory technical standards in accordance with Articles 10 to 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010. The EBA will review and, if appropriate, update the regulatory technical standards on a regular basis in order, inter alia, to take account of innovation and technological developments.
The new security related obligations throughout the directive and in particular in article 97 are one of its central pillars and every payment service provider will have to ensure its technology incorporates the directive's requirements and the subsequent adopted Commission adopted RTS where they apply to its services. Applications for authorisation require, among other things, the submission of a security policy document, including a detailed risk assessment in relation to its payment services and a description of security control and mitigation measures taken to adequately protect payment service users against the risks identified, including fraud and illegal use of sensitive and personal data.
In short, PSD 2 introduces strict security requirements for the initiation and processing of electronic payments, which apply to all payment service providers, including newly regulated payment service providers. Payment service providers will (subject to exemptions to be defined by the EBA) be obliged to apply so-called strong customer authentication (as defined) when a payer initiates an electronic payment transaction. For remote transactions, such as online payments, the security requirements go even further, requiring a dynamic link to the amount of the transaction and the account of the payee, to further protect the user by minimising the risks in case of mistakes or fraudulent attacks. The EBA in its draft December 2015 paper has given initial indication as to what these exemptions might cover.
Article 109 of PSD 2 foresees transitional provisions for payment institutions that are already authorised to provide services under the current Directive. These institutions are allowed to continue providing payment services for 30 months (authorised institutions) or 36 months ('small' institutions that benefited from the waiver under Article 26 of PSD) after the entry into force of PSD 2. In order to provide payment services beyond that transitional period, the existing payment institutions would need to submit all relevant information required under PSD 2 to the competent authorities that have granted them their existing licences and fully comply with the relevant PSD 2 requirements.
In addition, member states may provide for the existing payment institutions to be automatically granted PSD 2 authorisation if the competent authority already possesses evidence that the payment institution complies with PSD 2 requirements. Competent authorities shall make such an assessment on a case-by-case basis. They should inform the payment institution concerned before the authorisation is granted.
Paul Foley is a partner at McKeever Solicitors. He can be contacted on +35 31 859 0128 or by email: pfoley@mckr.ie.


Mary Creek Gold Mines Inc. is responsible for the exploration and the mining of the claims in the area around the Mary Creek. In total there is an area of approximately 350 acres that have emerged as potentially very valuable in the findings of previous phases of exploration by SRK Exploration Services.
First results with existing gold deposits are expected in the first half of 2013 after the finalization of the reports from the test drillings and test mining.


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De Lincoln-Zephyr is een lijn van luxewagens die geproduceerd werd door de Lincoln-divisie van Ford van 1936 tot 1942. De naam Zephyr, afgeleid van de Griekse god van de westenwind Zephyros, verwijst naar zijn aerodynamisch ontwerp.

Geschiedenis
De lincoln-Zephyr werd op de markt gebracht in 1936 om de kloof tussen de Ford V8 DeLuxe en de Lincoln Model K te overbruggen, zowel qua grootte als prijs. De Lincoln-Zephyr zou als basis dienen voor de eerste Lincoln Continental, de langstlopende modelnaam van het merk Lincoln.

De lincoln-Zephyr slaagde er eind jaren dertig in om de verkoop bij Lincoln opnieuw op gang te brengen. Na de stopzetting van het Model K in 1940 verschoof het aanbod van Lincoln uitsluitend naar de Lincoln-Zephyr. Vanaf 1941 waren alle Lincolns op de Zephyr gebaseerd en werd het merk Lincoln-Zephyr uitgefaseerd.

De productie van Amerikaanse auto's werd in 1942 stopgezet toen het land in de Tweede Wereldoorlog betrokken raakte. In 1946 hervatte Lincoln, net als de meeste andere autofabrikanten, de productie van zijn vooroorlogse lijnen. De naam Zephyr werd echter na 1942 niet meer gebruikt. De productie van vooroorlogse modellen liep nog tot 1948.

Het idee om een kleinere en modernere luxeauto uit te brengen die het gat in het traditionele Lincoln-aanbod moest vullen werd naderhand meerdere keren opnieuw toegepast met de Lincoln Lido uit 1949, de Lincoln Versailles uit 1977, de zevende generatie Lincoln Continental uit 1982 en de Lincoln LS uit 2000.

De naam Zephyr werd in 2006 nieuw leven ingeblazen voor de spirituele opvolger van de Lincoln-Zephyr, de Zephyr, die al snel werd omgedoopt tot Lincoln MKZ in 2007. In 2022 verscheen er opnieuw een vierdeurs sedan met de naam Zephyr die uitsluitend op de Chinese markt aangeboden wordt.

Modellen

Lincoln-Zephyr V-12 (1936-1940)
De Lincoln-Zephyr V-12 werd geïntroduceerd op 2 november 1935 en had een uiterst modern ontwerp op basis van een zelfdragende carrosserie met een laag hellende voorruit, geïntegreerde spatborden en een gestroomlijnd aerodynamisch ontwerp. Het was een van de eerste succesvolle gestroomlijnde auto's na de geflopte Chrysler Airflow.

De Lincoln-Zephyr werd aanvankelijk aangeboden als tweedeurs of vierdeurs sedan. In 1937 werd de tweedeurs sedan omgedoopt tot Coupe-Sedan en werd het aanbod uitgebreid met een Coupe en een formele Town-Limousine. In 1938 werden een Convertible Coupe en een Convertible Sedan toegevoegd. In 1940 werd de kofferruimte vergroot. De Coupe-Sedan werd vervangen door de Club Coupe en de Convertible Sedan werd geschrapt.

De wagen werd aangedreven door een 110 pk (SAE gross) sterke 4,4-liter V12-motor met zijkleppen, in tegenstelling tot de V8- en de 8-in-lijn-motoren van zijn concurrenten. De wagen haalde een topsnelheid van 145 km/u. Het remsysteem bestond uit vier mechanisch bediende trommelremmen. De enige opties die werden vermeld waren een elektrisch klokje, lederen bekleding en een bijpassende kofferset van Louis Vuitton.

Lincoln-Zephyr Continental (1940)
De naam Continental werd door Lincoln voor het eerst gebruikt in 1940. De Lincoln-Zephyr Continental had veel gemeen met de Lincoln-Zephyr, maar door zijn luxueuze uitrusting deed hij een geheel nieuw autosegment ontstaan: de personal luxury car, een segment van sportieve coupés en cabriolets die groter waren dan klassieke sportwagens en waarbij de focus vooral lag op styling en comfort en in mindere mate op prestaties en wegligging.

De wagen werd grotendeels met de hand gebouwd omdat de matrijzen voor de plaatpersen pas in 1941 beschikbaar waren. De productie begon eind 1939 met de Continental Cabriolet, vanaf midden 1940 was er ook een Continental Club Coupe beschikbaar.

De Continental werd aangedreven door een 4,8-liter V12-motor met 110 pk (SAE gross). Een in het oog springend kenmerk was het op de kofferbak gemonteerde reservewiel, wat naderhand ook bij andere fabrikanten het "Continental reservewiel" zou genoemd worden en wat een typerend kenmerk van de latere Lincoln Mark Series zou worden.

Er werden slechts 350 Cabriolets en 54 Club Coupes gebouwd.

Lincoln Zephyr V-12 (1941-1942)
In mei 1940 werd de Lincoln Motor Company omgevormd tot de Lincoln-divisie van Ford. Daardoor behoorde de Lincoln-Zephyr vanaf 1941 niet meer tot een apart merk, maar werd het een model van Lincoln met de naam Lincoln Zephyr V-12. In zijn beide productiejaren werd de Lincoln Zephyr aangeboden als Sedan, Coupe, Club Coupe en Convertible Coupe.

Afgeleide modellen

Lincoln Custom (1941-1942)

De Lincoln Custom verving zowel de grote auto's uit de Lincoln K-series  als de Lincoln-Zephyr Town-Limousine uit de jaren dertig. Er waren twee versies beschikbaar: de model 31, een sedan die plaats bood aan acht inzittenden en de model 32, een limousine voor acht personen. Die laatste was voorzien van een elektrisch bediende glazen scheidingswand tussen het bestuurders- en het passagierscompartiment.

Lincoln Continental (1941-1948)

In 1941 werd de Lincoln-Zephyr Continental omgedoopt tot de Lincoln Continental. Voor het modeljaar 1942 kreeg de Continental nieuwe spatborden en een hertekend radiatorrooster. Het resultaat was een hoekiger, zwaarder uitzicht in overeenstemming met de toen geldende designtrends. In 1942 werd de productie tijdelijk opgeschort, nadat de Verenigde Staten in de Tweede Wereldoorlog betrokken raakte: de aanval op Pearl Harbor leidde tot de stopzetting van de productie van alle auto's voor civiel gebruik.

Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog bracht de Lincoln-divisie van Ford de Continental terug op de markt als een model uit 1946. Lincoln liet de Zephyr-naam vallen na de oorlog, de naoorlogse Continental werd afgeleid van de standaard Lincoln. Om kopers aan te trekken werd het ontwerp opgefrist met bijgewerkte sierelementen en een nieuw radiatorrooster. In 1947 kreeg het interieur een afwerking in walnoothout.

Na het overlijden van Edsel Ford in 1943 reorganiseerde Ford Motor Company zijn managementstructuur, wat leidde tot het vertrek van de ontwerper van de Continental, Bob Gregorie. De naoorlogse Continental werd ontworpen door de bekende industrieel ontwerper Raymond Loewy.

De productie van de Lincoln Continental eindigde in 1948 omdat de Lincoln-divisie haar nieuwe modellijn uit 1949 wilde herontwikkelen als een verbeterde versie van de Mercury-modellen. De dure personal luxury car paste niet meer in deze nieuwe strategie.

De Lincoln Continental uit 1948 en de standaard Lincoln uit 1948 waren de laatste auto's met een V12-motor die in serie werden geproduceerd door een grote Amerikaanse autofabrikant.

De basisprijs voor de Continental coupé bedroeg $2.727  (het equivalent van $48.000 in 2020), voor een Continental cabriolet moest $2.778 neergeteld worden (gelijk aan $48.900 in 2020).

Van 1940 tot 1948 werden er in totaal 3.047 coupés en 2.277 cabriolets gebouwd.

Lincoln (1946-1948)

Toen Lincoln de productie hervatte na de Tweede Wereldoorlog werd de naam Zephyr geschrapt en werden de grote luxewagens tijdens de modeljaren 1946-1948 verkocht zonder een echte modelnaam. Ze werden gewoon aangeduid met hun carrosserietype: Sedan, Club Coupe of Convertible Coupe. Voor identificatiedoeleinden worden deze wagens meestal de H-serie genoemd. Deze reeks bleef de 4,8-liter V12-motor gebruiken.

Lincoln bood voortaan ook niet langer luxueus uitgeruste voertuigen aan in het segment van de hogere middenklasse, die rol werd overgenomen door Mercury.

Externe links
 Lincoln-Zephyr V-12 brochure (1936-1942)
 Lincoln Continental brochure (1940-1948)

Lincoln-Zephyr

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Two weeks after they suffered a host of injuries in a loss to the Chicago Bears in London, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were beat up again.
Second-year defensive tackle Gerald McCoy suffered a torn right biceps injury, and the belief is the third overall draft pick from 2010 will miss the remainder of the season, according to Stephen Holder of the St. Petersburg Times. McCoy had just returned from missing two games with an ankle injury.
McCoy suffered a torn biceps in his left arm last season and the injuries just seem to be piling up for the former Oklahoma star. The Bucs drafted a pair of defensive tackles at the top of the '10 draft and it hasn't worked out well so far. Fellow tackle Brian Price has been banged up at times too. Fortunately, the Bucs seem to have drafted well in other areas.
Tampa will be challenged moving forward without McCoy.


General Information: Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Agona causes gastroenteritis in humans and is also pathogenic to swine and other food animals. This serovar is able to contain the Salmonella genomic island 1 multidrug resistance gene cluster. This group of Enterobactericiae have pathogenic characteristics and are one of the most common causes of enteric infections (food poisoning) worldwide. They were named after the scientist Dr. Daniel Salmon who isolated the first organism, Salmonella choleraesuis, from the intestine of a pig. The presence of several pathogenicity islands (PAIs) that encode various virulence factors allows Salmonella spp. to colonize and infect host organisms. There are two important PAIs, Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 and 2 (SPI-1 and SPI-2) that encode two different type III secretion systems for the delivery of effector molecules into the host cell that result in internalization of the bacteria which then leads to systemic spread.


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The Concept Chart
The 5 Branches of Philosophy
Initiation Of Force
Necessity Of Government
Proper Government
Financing A Government
Misbegotten Notions
Taxation is a form of extortion, where a threat is offered, and unless the victim pays up, the threat will be followed through. For some reason, a lot of people seem to think that extortion is fine if the extorter (the tax man) works for the government.
The Moral Argument
Taxation is a form of initiation of force, which is immoral, destructive, and unacceptable whether perpetrated by an individual, mafia, or government. Specifically, taxation negates the concept of property rights by claiming that the government has first right to the income or money of its citizens. When every man's work is the property of the state, and he is allowed to keep only what the state feels appropriate, that is Communism which leads to poverty and death. It is the opposite of the view that man has a right to exist for his own sake, that his life is his moral standard.
Any political system that endorses taxation as moral makes the claim that man is a sacrificial animal, who is to be sacrificed in whatever manner the state deems necessary. It must be remembered that the ends to do not justify the means -- the means are part of the ends and affect those ends. If the role of government is confined properly to the protection of its citizens and nothing else, then the budget will be fairly small and can be financed through moral means.
The Unseen Results
Practically speaking, taxation is not just an instance of taking money from the private sector and transferring it to the public sector. It is not an instance of moving it from one pocket to the other. There are many other undesired side effects.
These taxes inevitably affect the actions and incentives of those from whom they are taken. When a corporation loses a hundred cents of every dollar it loses, and is permitted to keep only fifty-two cents of every dollar it gains, and when it cannot adequately offset its years of losses against its years of gains, its policies are affected. It does not expand its operations, or it expands only those attended with a minimum of risk. People who recognize this situation are deterred from starting new enterprises. Thus old employers do not give more employment, or not as much more as they might have; and others decide not to become employers at all. Improved machinery and better-equipped factories come into existence much more slowly than they otherwise would. The result in the long run is that consumers are prevented from getting better and cheaper products to the extent that they otherwise would, and that real wages are held down, compared with what they might have been.
There is similar effect when personal incomes are taxed 50, 60 or 70 percent. People begin to ask themselves why they should work six, eight or nine months of the entire year for the government, and only six, four or three months for themselves and their families. If they lose the whole dollar when they lose, but can keep only a fraction of it when they win, they decide that it is foolish to take risks with their capital. In addition, the capital available for risk-taking itself shrinks enormously. It is being taxed away before it can be accumulated. In brief, capital to provide new private jobs is first prevented from coming into existence, and the part that does come into existence is then discouraged from starting new enterprises. The government spenders create the very problem of unemployment that they profess to solve.
Henry Hazlitt, Economics In One Lesson
Not only do the artificial conditions set up by taxation make the private sector less efficient, but in addition, money spent centrally can never be as beneficial as money spent locally. The fundamental alternative between tax-and-spend and self-reliance is a choice about who is to spend an individual's money (the product of his labor.)
Money is not an end in itself. It is the means to an end. The means that it represents is your labor - the amount that other people value what you have produced. The end that it can achieve is your values. To benefit from your labor, you must be able to direct that labor or its equivalent (money) towards accomplishing your values. Because only the individual knows his values and their relative importance, only the individual can know how best to spend the result of his labor.
A government official in some central location, unless endowed with a form of omniscient ESP, cannot know how best to spend the money that has been appropriated into his charge. Therein lies the gross inefficiency.
You think that you need a new pair of shoes -- he thinks you need a diplomat in Lithuania.
You think that you'd like a new car -- he thinks you would rather support someone on welfare.
You think that you'd like to buy a house -- he thinks that you'd rather build a new jail to house drug offenders.
You think that you need some new medicine to survive -- he thinks that you should spend your money on a bloated FDA to spend years testing while you die waiting for approval.
Sure, all of these things that he, the government official, thinks you need might be of some use to you, but the difference between those uses and what you really want is the inefficiency. And that is not even mentioning his salary, which by the way, he thinks is in your interest to pay.
Some people, like Benjamin Franklin, see taxation as an inescapable fact of nature ("In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.") Others see it as a method of draining their work for uses they neither approve of nor enjoy. When another man's claim, proposal, or need is a blank check on your efforts, that is when resentment builds. Only when people deal with each other as people with equal rights, inalienable under the law, as people whose only interaction is as voluntary traders, when no one is sacrificed to anyone and nothing is extorted to "common" or "individual good" -- only then can people truly see each other as a benefit and an asset rather than another competitor for the same stuff.
Taxation is Not Necessary to Pool our Resources
Sometimes it is claimed that without a government building large public works projects and infrastructure (with tax money), these things would never be build and we would all be the worse for it. Where there is something that people value, there is profit -- the difference between how much something is valued and the cost to provide it. Large scale makes private ventures more difficult, but the rewards greater. The railroads in the United States are an example of a massive project which was accomplished with private volition and funding, despite government attempts to interfere.
Of course, if the public work or infrastructure is not valued by people then there is no profit to be made and private industry will not build it. But that's a good thing.
Copyright � 2001 by Jeff Landauer and Joseph Rowlands

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CopperSpice
A Modern Cross-platform C++ Gui Library
CopperSpice Defined
CopperSpice is a set of cross platform libraries for C++. The following sections describe some of the philosophies behind the development of CopperSpice and our long term goals.
CopperSpice Releases
For a complete list of release dates, significant changes, and past history, refer to our CopperSpice timeline. Timeline
May 2014 - December 2016
CopperSpice 1.0.0 through 1.3.3
CopperSpice 1.4.0
Library versus Framework
The basic definition of a library is essentially a set of classes or functions you call from your application. The reason developers find libraries so valuable is they add features which are not in the base language. Library functionality is normally maintained by someone other than the application developer.
In C++ the STL is a library which is maintained by the C++ standards committee and is not updated very often. Boost is a set of libraries which are contributed by a large number of people. The committee for Boost tries to set guidelines but each library is independently managed. Updates are at the discretion of the library developer.
All the functionality in a library is at the same level of abstraction. A class in CopperSpice like QString (similar to std::string) operates at a low level and the methods are written to modify or query the given data. The entire QString class operates at the same level of abstraction, namely a sequence of characters.
A framework is a set of interrelated libraries which is intended to confine your design choices. Whatever restrictions exist in the framework may constrain how you write your application. The intention of a framework is that a developer does not need to make many of the fundamental design decisions. Some believe this makes a framework easier to use, can increase productivity, and programmers are not required to learn as much about the low level operations.
The downside of a framework is that applications do not always fit into the given framework model. Frameworks can make applications difficult to scale, they are often restrictive, and very expensive to port away from.
The functionality provided in a framework is at several different layers of abstraction for any given class.
As a developer you may not need to use every library in the framework however you may end up needing to include libraries because of their dependencies.
CopperSpice is transitioning to a set of libraries, as we move away from the framework concept into smaller independent libraries.
Removing MOC
In order to build the main Core library in Qt, moc has to be built first. In order to build moc you need QMake and a special version of the Core library which is called the bootstrap library. The way this is done is by building QtCore in a special "bootstrap" configuration by disabling a large portion of the library with a massive number of #ifdefs. The bootstrap library is then used to build QMake, followed by the moc being built. After this process has been completed the real version of the QtCore library is compiled.
This legacy bootstrap dance is not required in CopperSpice where CsCore is just a normal C++ library.
Removing moc resulted in several benefits for CopperSpice. QMake is no longer required and developers can build CopperSpice with GCC or clang using the CMake build system.
The full functionality moc provided has been retained in CopperSpice. The implementation of reflection which was supplied by this code generator, is now based entirely on modern C++. A string based code generator is not used in CopperSpice.
CopperSpice Reflection
Listed below are some of the advantage of the improved reflection system.
The bootstrap library is not required and all code related to it was removed
CsCore is simpler to build and maintain with the enormous reduction in #ifdefs
A templated class can inherit from QObject
Improved static type checking in Signals and Slots
Typedefs in Signal/Slot parameters are recognized as the defined type, not the alias name
Data types which contain a comma can be used without restrictions
For example: QMap<QString, bool>
This affects Signal/Slots, Properties, and QMetaMethod
QMap can be used as a data type for a Signal or a Slot parameter
Moving to CopperSpice
CopperSpice requires C++17 and takes advantage of templates, variadic templates, SFINAE, constexpr, tuples, type traits, decltype, and the power of modern C++. It is our aim to encourage other developers working on CopperSpice to leverage C++ features to improve functionality.
Our PepperMill utility will convert your application header files to standard C++ header files. This will allow your existing Qt code to run with no other code modifications. The step is done only one time.
DoxyPress Defined
DoxyPress is derived from Doxygen.
The internals to DoxyPress are changing as more C++ functionality is added and CopperSpice is improved. The focus has been on efficiency, improved readability, and type safety. Both DoxyPress and DoxyPressApp have been updated to leverage the improved CopperSpice container classes. When appropriate and to improve efficiency, functionality from the standard library is used. The prolific use of raw pointers has been migrated to shared pointers to reduce memory leaks. The pointer based containers were migrated to value based containers.
We have improved the output formats and we will continue to do so to conform to the current industry standards. The html output format has so far received the most attention.
DoxyPress is moving away from the lex only parsing for C++, C, and Objective-C. Both libClang and clang libTooling are used for parsing. This gives DoxyPress the advantage that as C++ changes we will be able to easily handle the new constructs with ease and conformity to the C++ standard.
Our goal is to develop and support open source libraries for application developers. It is our aim to inspire C++ developers to write GUI applications using a modern framework and current technology.
CopperSpice is a set of libraries which provide a graphical interface for cross platform deployment. The CopperSpice libraries can be used in any application which links with C++17 libraries or newer.
DoxyPress was developed as a need existed to effectively document CopperSpice and the complex internal C++ source code. It is our desire to enhance DoxyPress for documenting other complex projects, and libraries such as those associated with boost.
The most significant difference between a successful software project and one which rarely gets a second glance, is when the project can be successfully installed and built from the supplied source and project files.
Copyright (c) 2012-2020 Ansel Sermersheim & Barbara Geller. All rights reserved.
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Q: Word(s) for "Workflow Optimizer" Looking for word(s) that can describe a person's job title

John's job is to go to companies evaluate their current process workflow and to implement changes to improve this workflow to be optimal . Since companies workflow need to change all the time to stay optimal John revisits his clients and analyze the workflow for improvements and develops systems to implement those changes.
When John wife's ask him what his job is, he says he is a ...
John put's on his resume and business card that his job title is ..

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Peter works on the production assembly line of the Tesla Model 3. His job is to analyze the production line, find improvements and implement those changes to the assembly line so that the assembly line produces more cars per hour.
Peter's job title is ...

Words I thought of but don't fit
Developer - Closest I can think of but it means creating something when I want a word that is closer to convey the total of analyze,  optimize , change and improve together not just the creating part
Reengineer - This almost mean redoing it and it might not have to be redone if it is already optimal.
Process Engineer - The word engineer gets overused today and I want to try stay away from it
I am also not closed to the idea of it being a foreign language word(s)

A: One possibility is Business Process Consultant.
However, a long time ago, such a person would be referred to as an Efficiency Expert. The term came in for a certain amount of derision, and fell out of use, but it could be used in a self-deprecating way that might appeal to some people. It couldn't be used in written communication, but in conversation, it would be like psychologist calling himself shrink. It gets across the idea that the speaker is not afraid of the negative stereotypes of their profession, which for the right type of speaker can be a very strong statement.
There's a charming novel called The Efficiency Expert by Edgar Rice Burroughs (better known for Tarzan of the Apes and John Carter of Mars). The humor is a little dated, but some of the situations could have taken place yesterday.

A: The term Business Analyst has been around for at least thirty years now, but there are still companies like this one advertising vacancies with that title.
The point is that a Business Analyst can perform any task of this nature beginning with the evaluation of current procedures, carrying on to make recommendations for minor changes or going on to full Business Process Re-engineering.
There may be people whose job title is Business Process Engineer but, by background and training they will probably be Business Analysts.
Business Analysis is quite a good descrition of the work done by both people in the question although Peter might well be described as a Process Engineer since he is more likely to be a qualified mechanical or electrical engineer.

A: Product Efficiency Manager is a job title of someone who makes production as ergonomic as possible. I believe it could work for you

A: Conveyor Belt
I think John's wife would appreciate the intelligibility and humour of an answer like this. I know mine would.
Not so good on a business card. But I've never had a business card, so I imagine any unintelligible meaningless nonsense would work there.

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& Pizza Caught Trying to Pull a Fast One on Barracks Row
The future home of & Pizza on Barracks Row remains boarded up after a stop work order, but construction may resume shortly.
Capitol Hill residents who welcome & Pizza's opening on Barracks Row – scheduled for last August – have been wondering at the lack of activity since a "Stop Work Order" was posted on the site last summer.
Michael Niebauer of Washington Business Journal raised some eyebrows on March 17 when he tweeted "some serious issues with the & pizza buildout of its barracks row building. Back before the BZA now."
As it turns out, & Pizza had proceeded with construction on the site, not only without permits, but in disregard of the restrictions in the BZA order incorporating "best operating practices" reached after months of negotiations with ANC6B and nearby neighbors. The ANC and neighbors were able to wrest those concessions from & Pizza in exchange for providing & Pizza with a 7 year exemption from the ban on additional fast food outlets on Barracks Row. In its final form, the agreement was considered by ANC6B to be the gold standard for operating practices for future restaurants opening on Barracks Row, and a desired goal for existing restaurants. See here: http://bit.ly/1SpRDWE
The "Stop Work Order" took & Pizza back to the drawing board after neighbors and the ANC took a close look at what & Pizza was up to. Over the next six months, ANC representatives and concerned neighbors met with CEO Michael Lassiter and & Pizza representatives to reach an agreement which satisfied the spirit of the BZA order and which would allow & Pizza to move forward.
On March 10, & Pizza requested a modification of the BZA order to reflect the new agreement. The request came apologetically:
"And pizza regrets the confusion and miscommunication that resulted in our beginning construction without the requisite permits and not in accordance with the terms of the original order. We have moved past working with those associated with that decision and have paid the fines related to the infraction."
Calling the modification to the BZA order minor, & Pizza was apparently hoping for a quick administrative review and approval. BZA scheduled a hearing on the matter, and since & Pizza had failed to notify ANC6B in a timely matter, the hearing was scheduled before ANC6B would have an opportunity to weigh in.
Commissioner Chander Jayaraman, unhappy with the lack of transparency, pushed for an ANC6B review prior to the BZA hearing. He wanted & Pizza to explain to the ANC and the community why they began construction without permits, and why their construction differed from the BZA order. At his prompting, ANC6B Chair Kirsten Oldenburg appeared in person before DCRA and pressed for a delay in the hearing date so that the ANC could publically review the process. Jayaraman followed up with a letter of his own to BZA, which reads in part:
"I want to express my concern and dismay at the lack of transparency with respect to the pizza case. I strongly object to the BZA taking any action on this case before ANC 6B has had an opportunity to opine on the revisions to the BZA order.
We have not been notified of the latest request and have not been consulted nor provided the opportunity to comment on the changes they are seeking to the BZA order. In fact, the applicant has not contacted or met with current ANC commissioners on this case since a stop work order was placed on their establishment for illegally beginning construction without permits and without adhering to the specifics enumerated in the BZA order. I'm certain, however, the changes the applicant is proposing are not minor modifications but rather substantial changes to the existing order [g]iven their actions in violating district regulations and attempting to circumvent the regular process of the ANC."
The hearing was postponed, and last Thursday night, ANC6B's Executive Committee placed the case on the agenda for the April meeting scheduled for April 12. Before that, however, the issue will come up for a preliminary review before ANC6B's Planning and Zoning Committee which meets at 7:00pm, next Tuesday, April 5, at St. Coletta's of Greater Washington.
So. What is actually going on here?
Someone at & Pizza authorized proceeding with illegal construction which flouted the BZA order. And while DCRA will issue a stop work order if prompted, the fact is, that once illegal commercial construction is complete, DCRA seldom requires that it be torn out. The usual procedure is for the offender to pay a fine and then conduct business as usual.
Former ANC6B Planning and Zoning Chair, Francis Campbell, who was asked to help negotiate a new agreement, said regarding construction without a permit, "This was a mistake. There is no excuse for that." He gives credit to & Pizza for admitting they were wrong and for working to come into compliance with the intent of the BZA order, even to the extent of agreeing to his suggestion that as a show of good faith they renew their exemption from the Barracks Row fast food ban after five years instead of the seven as stated in the original BZA order.
In support of & Pizza's claim that the modifications are minor, the BZA's on line case file shows two word-for-word identical letters of support for & Pizza. Both letters – one from Pure Barre and one from Metro Mutts – who are the tenants of the building adjacent to & Pizza on the south side, contain the sentence: "I regard the &Pizza request as extremely minor and I commend them for agreeing to the new terms." One of Capitol Hill's major commercial real estate holders – Maurice Kreidler – owns the building housing the two tenants, the & Pizza site, and the adjacent Barracks Row Starbucks.
Adding a layer of irony to the story, Jayaraman says he learned in talking to the Office of Planning (OP) that the agency uses the & Pizza case as a training example illustrating how ANCs can use a BZA order to mitigate the impact of restaurants on nearby neighbors.
Update: Editor's Note: The previous version of this post contained some inaccuracies regarding BZA procedures. CHC regrets the error.
6 responses to "& Pizza Caught Trying to Pull a Fast One on Barracks Row"
Fred Strasser
Too often, DCRA appears to favor the interests of developers and development over those of residents. I plan to boycott this law-breaking, stake-driving enterprise if and when it opens. The "minor" matters are having a cumulatively huge impact on the Hill.
Could you describe the nature of the actual changes? While the act of proceeding without permits and making changes is certainly contrary to keeping on good terms with the community, it would be nice to know what the actual variances are. Editor's Note: & Pizza had decided to use half of the indoor trash storage space which had taken months to negotiate for a cooler, they had put the HVAC unit on top of the trash storage extension instead of the roof, and there was no ventless oven systems meant to reduce odors.
The new agreement provides that the indoor trash space will be used exclusively for trash and recycling; that pollution control systems (PCU with scrubbers) will be installed to control odors, that additional an additional HVAC unit will be placed on the roof, and that & Pizza will designate a person on staff to ensure that BZA order conditions are being fulfilled.
Sylvia Csiffary
This is a tremendous victory for implementing best practices in trash management for the city. Kudos to ANC6b for sorting out the restaurateur.
Thank you for this reporting and explanation. Your blog is a really great public service.
&Pizza's protracted problems are great news for Pizza Boli.
That might be great for Pizza Boli but the quality of that establishment is nothing compared to matchbox just a block away. As a resident I am looking forward to a higher quality pizza place on this block.


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Feral Bunnies Are Taking Over Las Vegas
They've overrun yards, state parks, and even a mental health care facility—and no one knows what to do with them.
by Cara Giaimo February 1, 2017
Las Vegas dump site bunnies, happy to be fed. Dave Schweiger
In early 2015, Dave Schweiger, a longtime Las Vegas resident, came home from work to find his teenage daughter sitting on the lawn, surrounded by six bunnies. These weren't the dun-colored jackrabbits of the Nevada desert: they were bonafide domestic bunnies, sleek and multipatterned, with cute ears and fuzzy coats. The Schweigers, who are animal lovers, were unfazed. They started buying extra carrots on their weekly trip to Costco.
But six bunnies doesn't stay six bunnies for long. Within two months, there were 24 living under the Schweiger's shed. When, with the help of a local rescue center, Dave caught them and took them to the vet to get neutered, he found out several of his new friends were pregnant again. "In another month, we would have had over 50," he says. If they hadn't taken action, the Schweigers' yard might have turned into a common, but little-known Sin City feature: the bunny refugee camp.
Rabbits dart through the mental health facility at night. BeyondEarthly/Imgur
The yards, parks and lots of Vegas are home to thousands of feral rabbits. Known as "bunny dump sites" to the legions of volunteers that care for their residents, they're strange places, more tragic than adorable, where the human heart clashes with the limited resources of the state. Released by overwhelmed pet-owners and left to breed, the rabbits now overwhelm any attempt at government control, digging up public property, chewing on pipes, and ending up dead in the sewers. To survive, they depend entirely on the kindness of self-identified "bunny-lovers"—volunteers faced with an impossible task.
Schweiger works near one of the more legendary dump sites, a state-run mental health facility in the center-west of the city. It's home to hundreds, if not thousands, of rabbits—although if you didn't already know that, you might not find out. "You go out to the field and you don't see any," Schweiger says. "I start throwing out hay, romaine lettuce, and carrots, and they just come out of everywhere."
Schweiger runs an awareness-building website called Las-Vegas-Bunnies.com, and often meets other concerned citizens at this particular site to feed and check on the rabbits. In a video from his most recent visit, scores of excited bunnies traipse over the dead grass and under the picnic tables as volunteers strew bits of lettuce across the ground.
The facility was also the site of the most recent official attempt to address the problem. Last year, the state gave V Animal Sanctuary, a local farm and domestic animal shelter run by Sacbe Meling, a $17,000 contract to capture, spay, and rehome a few hundred rabbits. In a Channel 13 News investigation, the state said it expected 80 percent of the rabbits to be gone within six months. But although Meling did what he was supposed to—he says he got 258 rabbits off the property, although many were too sick to rehome—it wasn't nearly enough, and whatever dent he made in the feral population was filled within months.
In Meling's view, his experience illustrates the many intractable issues facing anyone who tries to pull off a long-term fix. "The issue is not one that can be fixed in a couple of months, or even a year, without a proper budget," he says. He estimates that, even if volunteers did all the work, at least $1.5 million would be required—money that citizens could, and likely would, argue should be spent elsewhere. "There's going to be a group that's going to complain, 'Why's that going for animals? Why not for homeless people, or for the vets?'" Meling says.
A dead rabbit outside a dump site. Dave Schweiger
In the very small chance you managed to drum up the funds, there's the problem of space—what hoppens in Vegas has to stay in Vegas, but where? "Once you take them, where are you going to put them?" he asks. "Someone's going to have to float a whole property for rabbits, and I don't see that happening. I think it's just a never-ending issue." The state did not respond to a request for comment.
In the meantime, various volunteers and groups work to make the situation a little more tenable for the rabbits. Their most effective option—"trap, neuter, return," in which bunnies are spayed or neutered and then brought back to the wild—is technically illegal in Las Vegas, as the "release" part of it constitutes abandonment. Instead, they focus on keeping them strong and healthy, so they can survive their lives' many difficulties. They're territorial, and if food is scarce, they'll fight each other. Snow and heat both take a toll on them. Although hunting, culling, or poisoning the rabbits is illegal, there have been rumors of bowhunting, and last summer some volunteers found avocado—deadly to baby rabbits—stuffed deep into a warren.
Schweiger, who walks past a local crew of bunnies every night with his wife, goes through a few 10-pound bags of Costco carrots per week, along with a dozen or so heads of romaine. Evenings and weekends he goes to the state facility, where he regularly leaves big jugs of water. Of his 1500 or so Facebook friends, Schweiger estimates 1200 are fellow rabbit helpers, each with their own chosen territory. "There's people at Floyd Lamb State Park, people at Sunset Park," he says. "We've got a bunch of rogue bunny-lovers all over, feeding."
Two bunnies found near the Schweiger household, now rehomed. Dave Schweiger
Education is another vital prong in the volunteers' approach. A lot of people don't know the truth about pet rabbits, says Schweiger. If people are dissuaded from adopting one before they're truly ready, they're less likely to abandon them—and if they're empowered to treat them well, they might be encouraged to adopt one of the many rescue bunnies that he and others are currently fostering. On a Facebook wall called "Bunnies Matter in Vegas Too," successful rescues with names like Oreo and Patriot twitch their noses and explain what is required to properly take care of them—chew toys, a good pen with a litter box, a local vet who's willing to handle the occasional bout of rabbit colic.
Schweiger himself is back up to seven rabbits—two in the garage, five in the house. If possible, he'd like to rehome them, but in the meantime, he's ok with being greeted by them every evening, sleek and happy in their pens, safe from starvation, poison, and other rabbits. "They're such good bunnies," he says. "If I can ever get them adopted, people would be amazed."
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UH School of Theatre & Dance Presents Chekov's 'Three Sisters'
Stage Classic Performed Nov. 13 – 22 in UH Wortham Theatre
By Mike Emery 713-743-8186
Life's winding road isn't always a smooth ride. Sisters Olga, Masha and Irina discover this as their lives take unpredictable twists and turns. Houston audiences can join them on their journey when the University of Houston's School of Theatre & Dance presents Anton Chekov's "Three Sisters."
Directed by visiting artist John Tyson, "Three Sisters" will be performed Nov. 13 – 22 in UH's Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre (Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard). Tickets are $20 and $10 (for students and seniors). They can be purchased online or at the Wortham box office (713-743-2929).
Performances times and dates are as follows:
8 p.m., Nov. 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21
10:30 a.m., Nov. 20
2 p.m., Nov. 25, 22
"I think Chekov plays resonate with audiences because he's a very special playwright," Tyson said. "He writes about little events in people's lives that lead to large, catastrophic climaxes. His plays are filled with tenderness and humor. There's a lightness of touch to them. When you see a Chekov play, there's a lot to respond to."
Chekov's classic focuses on Olga, Masha and Irina as they navigate life in early 20th century Russia. Each has dreams and ambitions but are constrained by ill-conceived marriages, affairs, conflicts (with vicious sister-in-law Natasha) and other circumstances.
Since its 1901 debut at Moscow Arts Theatre, "Three Sisters" has maintained a steady presence on stages around the world. This production will be the first UH play for director Tyson, a 14-year veteran with the Alley Theatre's acclaimed artist company.
"This is one of my all time favorite plays. I didn't know when I'd have a chance to direct this, so I am very grateful for this opportunity," he said. "I like this play because it has several strong female roles, as well as very good supporting parts that are perfect for young actors."
"Three Sisters" cast members include Katherine Pepin as Olga, Precious Merenu as Masha, Laura Menzie as Irina, Meg Rodgers as Natasha, Adham Haddara as Andrey, Harry McEnerny V as Kulygin and Jay Mast as Tusenbach.
The UH School of Theatre & Dance offers bachelor's and master's degrees in theatre and teacher certifications in dance and theatre. Its graduate program consists of a Master of Arts in theatre and Master of Fine Arts in theatre with specializations in acting, technical production and design. Alumni include actors Jim Parsons, Dennis Quaid, Brett Cullen, Robert Wuhl and Dylan Paul. Faculty includes Tony Award-winning producer Stuart Ostrow, Tony-nominated designer Kevin Rigdon and award-winning playwright and screenwriter Theresa Rebeck. Among the greats who have taught at the school are Sidney Berger, Edward Albee, Lanford Wilson, Mark Medoff, Sir Peter Hall, Jose Quintero, Patsy Swayze and Cecil Pickett. In 2012 and 2013, the school was named "Best College Theater" in the Houston Press Theater Awards. For details on UH's School of Theatre & Dance, visit www.theatredance.uh.edu.
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According to the International Organization for Migration, 25,000 people have died in the Mediterranean in the past 20 years, including 2,000 people in 2011 and 1,700 people last year. In the first nine months of this year, 21,780 migrants reached Italian shores, 4,000 of them children, according to statistics released by Save the Children. Most of the minors were not accompanied.


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Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a type of cancer in which abnormal white blood cells (myeloblasts), red blood cells, or platelets are produced in the bone marrow.
An Allele is an alternate version of the same gene. Within the human population, for example, every individual has genes that determine their physical characteristics. Variations in these genes lead to variations in appearance.
Alternative splicing is a process that allows cells to produce more than one different protein from one single gene.
Protein-coding genes contain regions of DNA called introns and exons. The exons code for a protein product, while the introns do not. Following transcription, the introns must be removed from the mRNA by a process called splicing. In the process, cells can also remove exons to create different combinations of exons in the spliced mRNA, leading to different protein products.
Amino acids are the building blocks that make up proteins. Each protein is coded by a protein-coding gene. When a gene (DNA) is transcribed into mRNA, the code is read in groups of three nucleotides, called a codon. Each codon codes for an amino acid. There are 20 different amino acids that make up the proteins in our bodies.
Apoptosis is programmed cell death. When triggered, a cell will undergo an orderly process in which the cellular contents are packaged and discarded. The immune system will then clear the cellular remnants.
A regulated process in the cell that removes unnecessary or dysfunctional components, breaking them down and reusing their building blocks.
An autosome is any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome. Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes—22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes (X chromosome and Y chromosome).
A single-celled microorganism. Bacteria are prokaryotic cells, meaning that unlike human, animal, plant and fungi cells they lack internal membrane-bound structures (including an nucleus). Bacteria may be commensal, meaning they do not cause disease, or pathogenic.
Base pair
A base pair is formed when two nucleotides, the building blocks of DNA, form bonds with each other to hold the two strands of the DNA double helix together. Base pairs form between complementary nucleotides: Adenine (A) forms base pairs with Thymine (T) and Uracil (U) and DNA and RNA, respectively, while Cytosine (C) forms base pairs with Guanine (G).
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data, in particular when the data sets are large and complex.
In medicine, a biomarker is a measurable indicator of the severity or presence of some disease state. More generally a biomarker is anything that can be used as an indicator of a particular disease state or some other physiological state of an organism.
A sample of material, such as urine, blood, tissue, cells, DNA, RNA, or protein, from humans, animals, or plants.
BRCA1/BRCA2
BRCA1 and BRCA2 are human genes that code for tumour suppressor proteins which help repair damaged DNA, helping to maintain the stability of each cell's genetic material. When either of these genes is mutated, leading to a protein product that is either not made at all or does not function properly, the cell cannot repair DNA damage effectively. Cells with mutations in these genes are prone to genetic alterations that can lead to cancer.
Cancer is the result of DNA mutations which cause cells divide uncontrollably and spread into surrounding tissues.
An individual that has inherited a gene or mutation associated with a particular trait or disease, but usually does not display that trait or show symptoms of the disease.
The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, typically microscopic and consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane.
A type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drug(s) to target and eliminate cancerous cells.
Chromatin
A complex of DNA and protein found in the cell's nucleus. The DNA carries the cell's genetic information while the proteins, called histones, help package, organize and regulate the genetic material.
A long piece of DNA containing part or all of the genetic material, or genome, of an organism. Human genomes are made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes to give 46 chromosomes total.
Once scientists have demonstrated the potential of a particular medical intervention in the laboratory setting, a clinical trial is done to find out whether these promising approaches to disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment are safe and effective when used on patients.
During protein synthesis (translation), the mRNA is read in groups of three bases, called codons, that "code" for a particular amino acid in the protein product. There are 64 three-letter codons that together code for the 20 amino acids that make up proteins.
A property of nucleotides, whereby Adenine (A) always pairs with Thymine (T) or Uracil (U) in DNA and RNA, respectively, while Cytosine (C) always pairs with Guanine (G). The DNA double helix is made up of two strands of DNA held together by complementary base pairs.
Conserved gene
A gene that is similar across all members of a species, meaning that it has remained consistent throughout evolution of that species. This usually means that the gene is necessary for survival.
Copy number variation
A copy number variation (CNV) is when the number of copies of a gene differs from one individual to the next. CNVs occur when sections of the genome are repeated, and the number of repeats varies between individuals. CNVs can occur due to duplication or deletion events in the genome.
A genetic mutation in which a part of a chromosome, ranging from a single base pair to a large piece of chromosome, is left out during DNA replication. This leads to a cell in which a portion of the genome is missing.
Deoxyribonucelic acid (DNA)
DNA, which stands for deoxyribonucleic acid, is the biological molecule that codes for a living organism. DNA is a nucleic acid—a long chain of nucleotides. The DNA double helix is composed of two strands of nucleotides paired together by complimentary base pairs.
An epigenetic process in which biochemicals, called methyl groups, are added onto Cytosine (C) nucleotides in the promoter region of a gene. The addition or removal of methyl groups regulates gene expression.
The process of determining the order of nucleotides in DNA. It can be used to identify genetic mutations present in the DNA of an individual or in a cancer sample.
Driver mutation
A genetic mutation that gives cancer cells a growth advantage, leading to rapid reproduction and growth.
Drug target
A biological molecule that has been shown to be critical for development of a disease. Scientists aim to develop drugs that block this molecule in order to treat or prevent disease.
A type of genetic mutation that involves the duplication of one or more copies of a gene or region of a chromosome.
A protein that acts as a biological catalyst. Enzymes speed up biochemical reactions by converting one molecule, called a substrate, into a product. To date, there are approximately 75,000 different enzymes that catalyze reactions in the human body.
The study of biochemical modifications to the genome, either to the DNA itself through DNA methylation, or to the DNA packaging proteins called histones, to regulate gene expression.
The complete set of epigenetic modifications in a cell, tissue, organisms or sample.
The study of the complete set of epigenetic modifications in an organism's genome.
Eukaryote
An organism whose cells have their DNA enclosed in a membrane-bound compartment called a nucleus, unlike prokaryotic cells which do not have any membrane-bound organelles.
Exome sequencing
Exome sequencing, also known as whole exome sequencing (WES) is a DNA sequencing technique focused on the portion of the genome that codes for proteins, known as the exome. The exome comprises only 1% of the genome.
Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue
Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues have undergone a specific laboratory technique to preserve biospecimens for research or diagnostic purposes. Tissues are first fixed in formalin to preserve the structures and proteins present in the tissues, and then embedded in a paraffin wax block which can be sliced thinly and viewed under a microscope.
Frameshift mutation
A genetic mutation caused by either insertions or deletions of a number of base pairs that is not divisible by three, leading to a shift in the way codons are read during translation.
A technique used to separate biological molecules, either nucleic acids or proteins, based on their size. Biomolecules are placed in a gel, which acts as a matrix through which the molecules must move upon application of an electrical charge. Smaller molecules will move more rapidly through the matrix while the movement of larger ones will be impaired.
The basic physical and functional unit of heredity. A gene is a sequence of DNA that codes for a product, either a functional RNA molecule or a protein.
When a gene is expressed, it is read by the cell through a process called transcription to produce an RNA molecule. If the gene codes for a protein, the RNA molecule will be translated to produce a protein product. Because not all gene products are required by every cell in an organism (e.g. brain cells do not require the same gene products as a stomach cell), gene expression can be turned on and off, or the level of gene expression can be regulated, through epigenetic processes.
Gene fusion
Each gene has a beginning and an end. Genetic mutations can lead to a gene fusion in which two, previously independent genes are joined so that they share the same beginning and end points.
Gene knockout
An experimental laboratory technique in which a gene is intentionally removed, or "knocked out", in order to study the function of that gene.
A medical intervention in which a non-functional or mutated gene is replaced.
Genetic counselor
A health professional who provides information and counsel to individuals and families who carry genes responsible for genetic conditions or diseases.
A laboratory test to determine if an individual carries specific genetic mutations, often linked to genetic diseases or cancers.
The complete set of DNA of an organism. The human genome is comprised of 23 pairs of chromosomes and approximately three billion base pairs.
A branch of biological science focused on understanding the sequence, structure, function and evolution of the genomes of organisms or populations of organisms. Fields that interface and are often included within the field of genomics include bioinformatics, epigenetics, epigenomics, metabolomics, proteomics and transcriptomics.
The set of alleles present in the genome of an individual organism.
Germline
A subset of cells in an organism that give rise to reproductive (sperm or egg) cells. Mutations in the DNA of germline cells are therefore passed on to future generations. Non-germline cells are called somatic cells.
Heritable
A genetic trait that can be inherited or passed on to future generations.
An adjective that means composed of different components. In cancer biology, tumours are described as being a heterogenous mixture of cells—non-cancerous cells and cancerous cells with a variety of different genetic mutations.
Histone
Proteins found in the nucleus of a cell around which DNA is wound. They function to package, condense and organize DNA so that it fits inside the nucleus, while also helping to regulate gene expression through epigenetic modification.
A region of a genome with a high frequency of genetic mutations.
A type of cancer immunotherapy that targets key regulators of the immune system, helping it recognize and eliminate cancer cells.
A type of therapy that works by activating or suppressing the immune system.
Studies conducted using cells or biological molecules outside of their normal biological setting (e.g., outside of the organism or environment they came from) and instead in a laboratory setting (e.g., in a test tube) are said to be done in vitro.
A biological process or reaction occurring within a living organism.
A process that is performed on a computer or in a computer simulation.
Indel
A genetic mutation that is either an insertion or a deletion.
A trait or gene that is passed down from parents to their offspring.
A genetic mutation in which extra base pairs of DNA are added to the genome.
A type of genetic mutation that involves rearrangement of a chromosome in which a section of DNA is reversed.
A type of cancer that begins with cells of the immune system, called lymphocytes.
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
An RNA molecule, called messenger RNA (mRNA), that is made during transcription of a gene. The mRNA carries the genetic code out of the nucleus and into the cytoplasm where it undergoes translation to produce a protein product.
All of the biochemical reactions that occur in an organism. These include reactions that breakdown food molecules and extract their energy, production of cellular components and maintaining existing cells and tissues.
A biochemical that is produced or used in the metabolism of an organism.
The study of all of the metabolites in an organism, cell or tissue.
The spread of cancer cells throughout the body.
Metastatic disease
A disease state in which a patient's cancer has spread (or metastasized) to another location in the body.
Microscopic organisms including bacteria and viruses.
A microRNA is a small RNA molecule that functions in RNA silencing and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Micro RNAs function by forming base pairs with complementary sequences within mRNA molecules.
A mitochondrion (plural mitochondria) is a membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells. Mitochondria are responsible for extracting energy stored in biomolecules through a process called cellular respiration. The extracted energy is stored in a molecule called ATP which can be used by the cell. Mitochondria contain mitochondrial DNA that encodes for rRNA, tRNA and proteins.
A change in the DNA sequence or a cell or organism.
A long biomolecule made up of a chain of nucleotides. DNA and RNA are nucleic acids.
The building blocks of nucleic acids (e.g., DNA and RNA). Nucleotides are composed of three types of molecules: a sugar, a phosphate and a base. The base differs between nucleotides and are called Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Cytosine (C), Guanine (G) and Uracil (U).
A membrane-bound compartment in a cell containing the genetic material.
A gene that, when mutated, has the potential to cause cancer.
Organelle
A specialized subunit or compartment, found within a eukaryotic cell, that carries out a specific function.
A biological organism, usually a bacterium or a virus, capable of causing disease.
Penetrance
The proportion of individuals carrying a particular genetic variant who display a particular trait. In cancer genetics, penetrance refers to the likelihood that a disease or condition will occur when a particular genetic variant is present.
The observable characteristics of an individual that result from their genotype.
Point mutation
A genetic mutation in which a single nucleotide is substituted for another.
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
A laboratory procedure that is used to amplify, or replicate, a specific region of DNA to produce many copies.
The presence of genetic variation for a particular gene in a population.
Prokaryote
A single-celled organisms which lacks a membrane-bound nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelle.
A region of DNA located just before the beginning of a gene. The promoter contains the DNA sequence that is required for the gene to be read (transcribed) and can be modified through epigenetics to regulate gene expression. Mutations in the promoter may cause dysregulation in gene expression and may lead to disease.
A large biomolecule made up of building blocks called amino acids. Proteins can be structural (e.g., proteins that hold cells in a tissue together) or function (e.g., enzymes).
A field of science which studies all of the proteins in a cell, tissue or organism. Proteomics can be used to determine which genes are expressed and when.
A type of cancer therapy that uses beams of intense energy (ionizing radiation) to eliminate cancer cells.
Ribonucleic acid (RNA)
RNA is a nucleic acid. Similar to DNA, it is composed of a long strand of nucleotides. RNA differs from DNA in the chemical structure of the nucleotide building blocks (DNA is made up of deoxyribonucleotides while RNA is made up of ribonucleotides). It also differs in function. While DNA carries the genetic information of the cell, RNA has various functions including production of a protein product through transcription and translation (mRNA), as a structural and functional component of ribosomes (rRNA) and a functional role in translation (tRNA).
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
RNA molecules that, along with ribosomal proteins, make up the structure and function of the ribosome.
A complex of proteins and rRNA that reads the codons of the mRNA and converts them into a chain of amino acids to produce a protein product in a process called translation.
The process of determining the order of nucleotides in RNA. It can be used to identify genetic mutations and changes in gene expression.
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)
A variation in a single base pair within a DNA sequence. SNPs (pronounced "snips") can be used to determine an individual's susceptibility to disease or to predict responses to drug treatments.
Somatic mutation
A genetic mutation that occurs in somatic cells—those that are not germline cells. Somatic mutations cannot be passed on to future generations as they do not occur in sperm and egg cells.
Cells in the body which can divide and give rise to different populations of cells with specialized functions.
An RNA molecule that is produced by transcription.
A biological process in which DNA is read by an enzyme called RNA polymerase, which uses DNA as a template to produce a complimentary RNA molecule.
The complete set of RNA transcripts in a cell, tissue, organisms or sample.
The study of the complete set of RNA transcripts in a cell, tissue, organisms or sample. Transcriptomics can be used to genetic mutations and changes in gene expression. Transcriptomics is usually done using a technology called RNA sequencing.
Transfer RNA (tRNA)
RNA molecules that play a functional role in translation. They bring the amino acid building blocks to the ribosome and transfers it to the growing protein chain.
A biological process in which the mRNA is read by the ribosome in groups of three nucleotides at a time (codons). The ribosome strings together amino acids in the sequence specified by the mRNA code to produce a protein product.
An abnormal growth resulting form the proliferation of cells. A tumour may be benign, meaning it is self-limiting and non-invasive, or it may be malignant, meaning it is cancerous. Cancerous tumours proliferate indefinitely, are invasive and can spread through metastasis.
Tumour suppressor gene
A type of gene that regulates cell division. When mutated, uncontrolled cell proliferation and cancer may occur.
An infectious agent that is unable to replicate independent of a host cell.
DNA sequencing that aims to sequence all of the bases of an individual's genome, including the exome and non-coding regions.
X chromosome
One of the two sex chromosomes in the human genome. Women generally carry two X chromosomes whereas men carry one X chromosome and one Y chromosome.
One of the two sex chromosomes in the human genome. Women generally do not carry a Y chromosome whereas men carry one X chromosome and one Y chromosome.


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Q: K points of X correspond to A points of its model Let $K$ be a number field or a field of rational functions of a curve. Let $S$ be its subring, regular and of dimension $1$. Let $X_S$ be a projective model over $S$ of $X$, where $X$ is a variety over $K$. We need to establish the bijection between $K$ points of $X$ and $S$ points of $X_S$.
In the case $X$ is function field of a curve and $S=k[C]$ then it's not hard to see that this follows from the fact that any rational map from a curve to a projective variety extends to a morphism. (T)
How to extend this to the remaining cases? I think in the function field case we just need to choose an adequate open subset of the curve that is projective and birational to the starting curve. Do we have similar statement for (T) in the arithmetic case? Is it true that a rational map from a curve to a projective scheme extends to a morphism? (I guess the definition of a rational map in the scheme case is just morphism from an open subscheme).

A: The fact follows from the valuative criteria of properness.


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We make bean-to-bar chocolate in our kitchen and I'm often trying out different ideas to improve our process. The Chocovibe CV100 is a vibration table for molding tempered chocolate.
Tempered chocolate has distinctive shine and appealing texture. A temper is achieved by heating and cooling the chocolate to precise points where certain crystal structures form and can be maintained.
When it's ready to mold, dark chocolate is just barely warm enough to flow.
To level chocolate and ensure it fills a mold evenly, we often lift and drop the molds several times. It's tedious, messy, and doesn't always work as the chocolate cools.
The Chocovibe CV100 is an experimental vibration table cobbled together from scrap plywood, a silicone mat, springs, screws, nuts, a vibration motor, and an ESP8266 microcontroller (yes … it has wifi).
It quickly levels the chocolate. The vibration also helps nibs or other toppings sink into the bars. We've used it a couple of times so far and it's a real help to our process. I may find myself building a more kitchen-friendly version of this in the future.


As everyone knows, the laws of supply and demand to a large extent determine house prices. There is the actual supply of homes and the supply of Buyers, which in turn produces the demand for homes in the marketplace. Well December through February is not the most pleasant time of year to be house hunting. It's cold, wet and sometimes grey. There are fewer homes on the market as most people wait until the Spring to list. There are also many fewer Buyers out looking. Would it make sense to be buying when very few other people are buying? When there are way fewer Buyers to compete against? When few Realtors are using the infamous off night strategy to sell their Clients homes? I think yes. So if you want to buy smart, bundle up and get out there and look at some houses over the next few months. You may be surprised what you might find!
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2013 by Lyle Hamilton.
I had a great time this past Saturday afternoon catching up with friends and clients at the party I hosted at the Boulevard Club. Thanks to everyone who came out! And a big thanks to Jeff Edge and Roger Rowe for providing some fantastic music!
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 19, 2013 by Lyle Hamilton.
On September 29th I participated in the Cycle 4 St. Joe's Health Centre (on The Queensway) bike ride. It was a beautiful day and a nice ride through the hills of Caledon. The event was a huge success and we raised more than $113,000 to support various needs within the health centre. I would like to thank everyone who made donations. Your support and generosity are very appreciated.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on October 11, 2013 by Lyle Hamilton.
The Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation is government owned and provides mortgage insurance to banks and lenders. If a home goes into default, the property is sold and the CMHC will cover any losses. This year they were authorized to guarantee up to $85 billion under the National Housing Act Mortgage-Backed Securities Program (NHA MBS), but as of the end of July about $66 billion had already been secured. The total for all of 2012 was $76 billion.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has once again made a move to slow the market and cool off lending by scaling back eligible loans the CMHC will insure. Last week, CMHC advised lenders it is restricting how much money it will to insure on new loans to $350 million per institution. The countries major banks comprise most of this group.
Analysts predict this cap will make it more difficult and expensive for banks to obtain funds to lend to their customers, an expense which will likely be passed on to new lenders by way of increased mortgage rates.
Rob McLister, editor of Canadian Mortgage Trends, downplayed the latest changes and said they amount to about 20 basis points or 0.2% percentage points on a five-year mortgage. "At that rate it's $1,900 on a five-year fixed rate, $200,000 mortgage. It's real dollars and cents to most consumers but I don't think it's going to have a real dampening effect on credit," he said.
Peter Routledge, an analyst with National Bank says the latest changes could add anywhere from 0.15% to 0.45% percentage points to the mortgage rates.
This latest move by Flaherty comes just a year after the last mortgage tightening rules took place, a change that was the main reason for the slowdown last fall that continued into the early part of this year. In recent months many markets have begun to rebound, especially in Toronto where just this past July we saw an increase in sales by 16% over last July. It's possible the upswing over the past few months instilled doubt that the market is not cooling as much as had been expected.
I personally think Diana Petramala is most accurate in her assumption that rates will rise by 0.2-0.65 percentage points. It's very reasonable that this change, while not too drastic, will have an effect on some buyers in terms of how much they are willing to spend on a new home. This is all the more reason for sellers to get their properties on the market sooner than later and buyers should also strongly consider locking in at a low mortgage rate now, before the interest rates rise.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 14, 2013 by Lyle Hamilton.
Choosing the right price to list your home at is both an art and a science.
First of all, you need to decide on an offer strategy. Are you taking offers at any time from a Buyer or are you holding off on offers and trying for a multiple offer situation on a designated offer night? The strategy you choose will affect the price you and your Agent decide to list at. If you decide to take offers at any time, your list price will typically be closer to what the home is valued at and a price that you would be willing to accept. If you decide to hold an offer night, the list price will be below value, hopefully encouraging more people to place an offer and therefore resulting in the highest sale price possible. The latter option must be executed with tact and finesse as this can be stressful for Buyers and no one wants to feel gouged.
Second, your Agent also needs to look at what other homes comparable to yours have sold for recently on your street and the few streets around you. This will affect the price a Buyer is willing to pay for your home. You can't expect to earn tens of thousands more dollars on your home if similar ones around the neighbourhood aren't garnering those prices.
With continued low interest rates and few available listings to buy in most areas, it is still a seller's market. If your house is priced right for the strategy you have picked, your house should sell reasonably quickly. Discuss the pros and cons of each strategy with your Agent and then make your decision based on your goal and comfort level.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2013 by Lyle Hamilton.
You've Been Pre-Approved – Now Don't Make Any Sudden Moves!
Everyone knows that one of the first steps in the home buying process is getting pre-approved for a mortgage. But you probably don't realise that some of your decisions during this time could negatively affect your final approval, or chances of having your preapproval renewed.
A preapproval letter is typically valid for 90 days – and comes with the disclaimer that if anything changes with your finances it could impact your preapproval. If you haven't found a home you wish to buy after these three months, a renewal letter can be issued after a recheck of your credit and income. If you were lucky enough to find your next home the first time around, it's now time to be approved for the mortgage. Mortgage approval is based on the specific details of the actual house you wish to purchase, such as price and property taxes. Just like in the case of having your preapproval renewed, your credit and income will be checked again at this time. If your mortgage provider gives you their approval, you can waive the financing conditions on your offer and finalize the sale. However, if there have been certain changes to your finances, your settlement could be delayed or even cancelled.
Be careful not to get too caught up in the excitement of house hunting and hurt your chances of landing a new home. Follow these do's and don'ts to ensure you seal the deal on your mortgage approval.
Don't apply for any new credit. This includes opening a new credit card account or taking on a new loan or line of credit. Doing so could change your credit score which in turn could require your interest rate be adjusted.
Don't co-sign any loans. This is considered a debt for both parties, especially when it's a new loan. If you can prove the loan has been paid by the original holder for at least a year, you should be ok. But any less than 12 months and the loan could be calculated as part of your debt-to-income ratio.
Don't make any major purchases. If you were to buy a new couch or washer and dryer with credit, these payments will again be factored into your debt-to-income ratio. If you pay cash, you'll have fewer cash reserves to use for a down payment.
Don't pay off all your debt. Again, this shows a reduction in cash reserves and lessens your available credit if you're closing any credit card accounts. You will also need to prove where the money came from to pay your debt off.
Don't change jobs…if possible. Your employment and salary will need to be verified which could result in a delay in settlement.
Do stay up to date on all current accounts. Continue to make payments at the same time and with the same method as you previously did.
Do keep a detailed record of all deposits. Complete documentation is required for any deposits other than your usual paycheque. If you receive any gift funds, a gift letter from your donor must be provided.
Do report seller concessions. If the seller agrees to pay any portion of closing costs, this will be factored into the loan approval.
You want to ensure your finances remain as similar to the time when you received your pre-approval letter as possible. Keep in contact with your lender and discuss any possible changes to your finances before you act on them.


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What Is Fractal Trading?
by Mark Grubbs October 19, 2021 October 19, 2021 0960
The term «fractal trading» is used to name a system of trading that implies revealing regular patterns underlying beneath a large number of chaotic movements within a definite time. This technique has been introduced quite recently; therefore, mastering it requires a profound understanding of the topic.
Definition of Fractal Trading
Many people still believe that markets are completely random, whereas trading is close to playing darts. However, there is an undeniable price tendency. To identify and follow the tendency, traders make use of fractals. Fractal trading is a trading technique that enables a trader to elicit price reverse points with the help of fractals and candle charts. In simple words, this technique allows a trader to follow the trend.
Implementation of Fractals
Fractal is an indicator of price patterns, which shows the minimum and maximum indexes on a chart. Otherwise stated, fractals FX reflect a certain level, a point on the chart, upon reaching which the price indicator changes its direction to the opposite. They are represented in the form of up and down arrows with the respective inscriptions. The usage of fractals was introduced by Bill Williams, a famous investor and trader. He was the first to demonstrate the power of fractals and prove that it is possible to make decent money in the Forex market.
The Advantages of Fractals
Fractals on Forex allow detecting the slightest price movements immediately. Fractal qualities give a detailed insight into the current situation on the market. They serve to point out the safest periods to start trading and to make a more profitable deal. With the due care of a prudent trader, they also reduce risk, as they proved to be a useful tool. Moreover, every trader is free to invent or choose a strategy on the basis of fractals, which will be convenient to work with.
The Drawbacks of Fractals
Having lots of advantages, trading with fractals may be frustrating. It takes some time to grasp the idea of the system, understand the process, and implement it in trading. There can be confusion with all those lines, candlesticks, and arrows if you are a newbie. Every trader needs to obtain some knowledge and experience to gain profit with fractal trading.
Fractals present a modern and effective trading instrument used by hundreds of people. However, this tool can be even more beneficial when combined with other indicators and graphic patterns. Still, this technique requires special skills, rational thinking, and some experience to work successfully.
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