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The size, shape, and layout of a room is the most important factor in the quality of the home theatre. Typically, theater rooms are rectangular shaped without vaulted ceilings or windows. Square rooms negatively impact the bass sound from your speakers, vaulted ceilings can weaken the power of your speakers, and windows can let in sunlight that washes out the projector.
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Acquisition of Millennium Steel Company, Thailand
Kolkata, December 15, 2005
Tata Steel Limited announced today that it has signed Definitive Agreements with Cementhai Holding Company - a 100% subsidiary of the Siam Cement Company, Thailand to acquire its shares and invest additional equity in Millennium Steel Company subject to certain conditions.
Under the terms of the agreement, Cementhai Holding Company, the largest shareholder of Millennium Steel with a 40% equity stake (prior to the new shares subscribed to by Tata Steel) have committed to sell their shares into a voluntary tender offer that Tata Steel will make for all of the equity and preference shares of Millennium Steel subject to certain conditions precedent. The conditions precedent to the transaction include shareholder and creditor approvals for the issuance of new shares equivalent to 24.99% stake in the expanded capital of Millennium Steel; amendment of the Articles of Association of Millennium Steel to enable 100% foreign ownership in Millennium Steel; and regulatory approvals including the Board of Investment in Thailand.
The tender offer and the subscription to new shares by Tata Steel will be at Baht 1.15 per share.
Millennium Steel was formed through a merger of three operating companies – The Siam Iron and Steel (2001) Company, The Siam Construction Steel Company and NTS Steel Group – in 2002 and is now the dominant steel producer in Thailand. The company is listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand and is owned 40% by Cementhai Holding Company, with the remaining being held widely among institutional and retail investors. The three operating units of the company have a cumulative capacity to produce 1.2 million tons of steel per annum through the electric arc furnace route and a long products rolling capacity of 1.7 million tons a year.
The investment is a significant progression in Tata Steel's globalisation initiatives and, together with the earlier acquisition of NatSteel's steel business, will significantly enhance its market position in South East Asia. The acquisition would have a strong fit with Tata Steel's strategic expansion plans and there are likely to be significant synergy benefits in the future as a consequence of the transaction.
Standard Chartered Bank was the exclusive financial advisor to Tata Steel on the transaction. White & Case, Bangkok and AZB & Partners, Mumbai were the legal advisers to the transaction while Deloitte & Touche Bangkok were the Accountants to the transaction.
Established in 1907 by its Founder J N Tata, Tata Steel is the flagship of Tata Group, the most trusted corporate name in the country. It has one of the most modern steel making facilities and is also one of the lowest cost producers of steel in the world. It currently produces 5 million tonnes of steel per annum at its Jamshedpur plant and has recently invested in NatSteel Asia, which has a capacity of about 2 million tonnes per annum of finished steel. The steel company is focused on the sophisticated automobile and the construction sectors. A benchmark in corporate social responsibility and corporate governance, it believes in improving the quality of life of its employees and the communities it serves.
Millennium Steel Company is the largest steel company in Thailand with a capacity of 1.7 mtpa producing long products for construction and engineering steel for auto industries. It has three operating facilities in Saraburi, Rayong and Chonburi province.

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need, I think? You basically get the cycling for free.
when it's unavoidable to cycle them.
objectionable "stolen" voices are to a relative minimum.
be sounding because dropping the A4 will likely be less audible.
their sound has finished and so put themselves "in the recycling bin"
computer in the most efficient way.


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Q: Changing the name of the output assembly and package using dnx/.net core I have a project which exists in a directory named Oracle and I would like the artifacts created to be called MyCompany.MyApp.Oracle instead of Oracle, what are my options for changing the output assembly name and nuget package name outside of changing the name of the directory?

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*I currently have a MyCompany.MyApp.Oracle.xproj  next to my project.json file

*I've also tried setting <AssemblyName>MyCompany.MyApp.Oracle</AssemblyName> in the xproj file but that didn't work

*I've also tried setting {"id":"MyCompany.MyApp.Oracle"} in project.json and still no luck

A: Later edit: this answer was applicable to the pre-dotnet releases (dnx). Now it's possible to change the package name.
Old answer:
The only way to change the package name is by changing the folder name.

A: Based on comment of @Victor Hurdugaci
"buildOptions": {
    "outputName": "Some.Specific.Assembly.Name"
},

You need to put it inside project.json file.
It will produce output with name: Some.Specific.Assembly.Name.dll

A: From .NET Core 1.1 on, which uses csproj instead of package.json, you should use the <AssemblyName> configuration.
Example of x.csproj:
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <AssemblyName>Name your assembly here</AssemblyName>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

</Project>

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Supreme Court Stays High Court Ban on Jain Santara
The Supreme Court in its recent decision on the issue of Jain Santhara presided by the bench consisting of Chief Justice of India H.L.Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy granted a stay on the Rajasthan High Court's judgment delivered on August 10 criminalising the Jain community's practice of Santhara-meaning abstinence from food and water by a person, who awaits death- and issued notice to the respondents in the case. The Rajasthan High Court on August 10th held 'santhara' as illegal making it punishable under section 306 and 309 of IPC related to abetement of suicide. A PIL filed in the HC by advocate Nikhil Soni in 2006 had challenged the legality of Santhara. The petitioner's lawyer had said Santhara, which is fast unto death by giving up food and water, violated the most precious right to life. In this case many petitions were filed by various religious bodies of Jain community members against the High Court order on Santhara. The petitions claimed that the High Court erred in equating the religious practice with the offence of suicide. The Supreme Court granted an ex-parte stay on the judgment as refusal to stay would have meant that the Jains as a religious community would have had to suffer interim loss of their religious freedom.
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Media Advisory: Biggest-ever TI survey of public opinion on corruption Global Corruption Barometer 2010
Launch: 9 December 2010 at 06.00 GMT (07.00 CET)
Transparency International, the leading civil society organisation fighting corruption worldwide, will release its 7th Global Corruption Barometer on UN Anti-Corruption Day, 9 December 2010. This year's survey is the biggest ever, covering 91,500 people in 86 countries.
The Barometer surveys opinions on whether corruption has increased and which institutions are considered most corrupt. It also asks if people have paid a bribe in the past 12 months, to whom and for what.
2010 Global Corruption Barometer
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Materials will be available in English, French, and Spanish.
Individual interviews may be arranged in these and other languages with both global and regional experts.
Transparency International is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption.
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From 1945 to 1952, more than 250,000 Jewish displaced persons (DPs) lived in camps and urban centers in Germany, Austria, and Italy. These facilities were administered by Allied authorities and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA).
Among the concerns facing these Jewish DPs in the years following the Holocaust were the problems of daily life in the displaced persons camps, Zionism, and emigration.
Soon after liberation, survivors began searching for their families. UNRRA established the Central Tracing Bureau to help survivors locate relatives who had survived the concentration camps. Public radio broadcasts and newspapers contained lists of survivors and their whereabouts. The attempt to reunite families went hand-in-hand with the creation of new ones; there were many weddings and many births in the DP camps.
Schools were soon established and teachers came from Israel and the United States to teach the children in the DP camps. Orthodox Judaism also began its rebirth as yeshivot (religious schools) were founded in several camps, including Bergen-Belsen, Foehrenwald, and Feldafing. Religious holidays became major occasions for gatherings and celebrations. Jewish volunteer agencies supplied religious articles for everyday and holiday use.
The DPs also transformed the camps into active cultural and social centers. Despite the often bleak conditions—many of the camps were former concentration camps and German army camps—social and occupational organizations soon abounded. Journalism sprang to life with more than 170 publications. Numerous theater and musical troupes toured the camps. Athletic clubs from various DP centers challenged each other.
Zionism (the movement to return to the Jewish homeland in what was then British-controlled Palestine) was perhaps the most incendiary question of the Jewish DP era. In increasing numbers from 1945–48, Jewish survivors, their nationalism heightened by lack of autonomy in the camps and having few destinations available, chose British-controlled Palestine as their most desired destination. The DPs became an influential force in the Zionist cause and in the political debate about the creation of a Jewish state. They condemned British barriers to open immigration to Palestine.
Agricultural training farms and communes that prepared the DPs for the pioneering life were founded in many DP camps. Zionist youth groups instilled an affinity for Israel among the young. David Ben-Gurion, leader of the Jewish community in Palestine, visited DP camps several times in 1945 and 1946. His visits raised the DPs' morale and rallied them in support of a Jewish state. The Jewish Agency (the de facto Jewish authority in Palestine) and Jewish soldiers from the British Army's Jewish Brigade further consolidated the alliance between the DPs and the Zionists, often assisting illegal immigration attempts. Mass protests against British policy became common occurrences in the DP camps.
After liberation, the Allies were prepared to repatriate Jewish displaced persons to their homes, but many DPs refused or felt unable to return. The Allies deliberated and procrastinated for years before resolving the emigration crisis, although some Allied officials had proposed solutions just months after liberation. Earl Harrison, in his August 1945 report to President Truman, recommended mass population transfer from Europe and resettlement in British-controlled Palestine or the United States. The report influenced President Truman to order that preference be given to DPs, especially widows and orphans, in US immigration quotas. Great Britain, however, claimed that the United States had no right to dictate British policy insofar as the admission of Jews to Palestine was concerned.
Truman alone could not raise restrictive US and British immigration quotas, but he did succeed in pressuring Great Britain into sponsoring the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. This bi-national delegation's suggestions included the admission of 100,000 Jewish DPs to Palestine. Britain's rejection of the report strengthened the resolve of many Jews to reach Palestine and, from 1945–48, the Brihah ("escape") organization moved more than 100,000 Jews past British patrols and illegally into Palestine.
British seamen captured many of the ships used in the operations and interned the passengers in camps on the island of Cyprus. The British attack on one such ship, the Exodus 1947, attracted worldwide publicity and strengthened support for the DPs' struggle to emigrate.
On May 14, 1948, the United States and the Soviet Union recognized the State of Israel. Congress also passed the Displaced Persons Act in 1948, authorizing 200,000 DPs to enter the United States. The law's stipulations made it unfavorable at first to the Jewish DPs, but Congress amended the bill with the DP Act of 1950. By 1952, over 80,000 Jewish DPs had immigrated to the United States under the terms of the DP Act and with the aid of Jewish agencies.
With over 80,000 Jewish DPs in the United States, about 136,000 in Israel, and another 20,000 in other nations, including Canada and South Africa, the DP emigration crisis came to an end. Almost all of the DP camps were closed by 1952. The Jewish displaced persons began new lives in their new homelands around the world.
Author(s): United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
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When Elon Musk took over as CEO of Tesla Motors 11 years ago, autonomous driving was not on the radar. The mission of the company was to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable transportation. This would be achieved through the production of electric vehicles that were more compelling than any gas car.
Vehicle depreciation is the automotive industry's economic foundation. While many focus on the sticker price of a car, it is actually depreciation rates that determine monthly payments for leasing or financing. Depreciation also has a major influence on rideshare rates and many areas of the rental car industry, whose economics are highly dependent on the vehicles' residual value (which is the value of a car after some period of usage).
Tesloop's black Model X 90D, named Deuxy ("Doo-ee"), officially crossed the 300,000 mile mark (482803.2 km) in less than 2 years.
Tesloop's original Model S 90D, dubbed eHawk, has surpassed 400,000 miles in less than 3 years.


A visualisation of the South Asian Monsoon based on the Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS) 30+ year quasi-global rainfall dataset, analysed and visualised using Google Earth Engine.
Annual average monsoon precipitation in India over 110 years. The long-term average has been 899 millimeters of precipitation. However, the monsoon varies over the Indian subcontinent within a ±20% range. Rains that exceed 10% typically lead to major floods, while a 10% shortfall is a significant drought.
The monsoon of South Asia is among several geographically distributed global monsoons. It affects the Indian subcontinent, where it is one of the oldest and most anticipated weather phenomena and an economically important pattern every year from June through September, but it is only partly understood and notoriously difficult to predict. Several theories have been proposed to explain the origin, process, strength, variability, distribution, and general vagaries of the monsoon, but understanding and predictability are still evolving.
The unique geographical features of the Indian subcontinent, along with associated atmospheric, oceanic, and geophysical factors, influence the behavior of the monsoon. Because of its effect on agriculture, on flora and fauna, and on the climates of nations such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka — among other economic, social, and environmental effects — the monsoon is one of the most anticipated, tracked, and studied weather phenomena in the region. It has a significant effect on the overall well-being of residents and has even been dubbed the "real finance minister of India".
The American Meteorological Society calls it a name for seasonal winds, first applied to the winds blowing over the Arabian Sea from the northeast for six months and from the southwest for six months. The term has since been extended to similar winds in other parts of the world.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) describes a monsoon as a tropical and subtropical seasonal reversal in both surface winds and associated precipitation, caused by differential heating between a continental-scale land mass and the adjacent ocean.
The Indian Meteorological Department defines it as the seasonal reversal of the direction of winds along the shores of the Indian Ocean, especially in the Arabian Sea, which blow from the southwest for half of the year and from the northeast for the other half.
Colin Stokes Ramage, in Monsoon Meteorology, defines the monsoon as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation.
Southwest monsoon clouds over Tamil Nadu.
The complexity of the monsoon of South Asia is not completely understood, making it difficult to accurately predict the quantity, timing, and geographic distribution of the accompanying precipitation. These are the most monitored components of the monsoon, and they determine the water availability in India for any given year.
Monsoons typically occur in tropical areas. One area that monsoons impact greatly is India. In India monsoons create an entire season in which the winds reverse completely.
Various atmospheric conditions influence the monsoon winds. The first condition is the differential heating and cooling of land and water. This creates low pressure on the landmass, while high pressure is created over the seas during daytime, but is reversed during the night time.
The second condition is the shift in the position of Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). In summer, the equatorial trough normally positioned about 5°N of the equator moves over the Ganga plain creating a monsoon trough during the monsoon season.
The third condition is the presence of the high-pressure area that develops east of Madagascar. It is approximately at 20°S over the Indian Ocean. The intensity and position of this high-pressure area affects the Indian Monsoon.
The fourth condition develops during the summer. The Tibetan Plateau gets intensely heated resulting in strong vertical air currents and high pressure over the plateau about 9 km above sea level. The fifth condition develops during the summer due to the movement of the westerly jet streams to the north of the Himalayas and the presence of the tropical easterly jet stream over the Indian Peninsula.
Changes in pressure over the southern oceans also affect the monsoons. In certain years, there is a reversal in the pressure conditions. This periodic change in pressure conditions is known as the Southern Oscillation, or SO.
The Southern Oscillation is connected to la nina, which is a warm ocean current that flows past the Peruvian Coast. It flows every two to five years in place of the cold Peruvian current. The phenomenon is, referred to as ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillations). In India, the monsoon lasts for 100 to 120 days from early June and to mid-September. The monsoon winds encounter various atmospheric conditions on their way and hence are pulsating in nature, and not steady.
The monsoon arrives with a sudden downpour of rainfall that continues for several days. This is known as the 'burst' of the monsoon.
The rainfall is a result of the convergence of wind flow from the Bay of Bengal and reverse winds from the South China Sea.
The onset of the monsoon occurs over the Bay of Bengal in May, arriving at the Indian Peninsula by June, and then the winds move towards the South China Sea. By early September, the monsoon starts to withdraw or retreat and is a more gradual process. By mid-October, it withdraws completely from the northern half of the peninsula. The withdrawal takes place progressively from north to south from the first week of December to the first week of January. This is the start of the winter season.
The retreating monsoon winds move over the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, and collect moisture on the way. These monsoon winds reach the southern states of India by October, and are responsible for a second round of rainfall. These are called the winter monsoons. The winter monsoon is experienced in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh in the first week of January.
Although the southwest and northeast monsoon winds are seasonally reversible, they do not cause precipitation on their own.
Additionally, one of the causes of rain must happen. In the case of the monsoon, the cause is primarily orographic, due to the presence of highlands in the path of the winds. Orographic barriers force wind to rise. Precipitation then occurs on the windward side of the highlands because of adiabatic cooling and condensation of the moist rising air.
The presence of abundant water bodies around the subcontinent: the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and Indian Ocean. These help moisture accumulate in the winds during the hot season.
The Western Ghats are the first highlands of India that the southwest monsoon winds encounter.[Note 3] The Western Ghats rise abruptly from the Western Coastal Plains of the subcontinent, making effective orographic barriers for the monsoon winds.
For the northeast monsoon, the highlands of the Eastern Ghats play the role of orographic barrier.
Pink arrow: Southwest monsoon wind direction; green arrow: northeast monsoon wind direction.
Geographical features of the Indian subcontinent.
Daytime scene showing the pre-monsoon air over India.
Recent trends in average annual precipitation from monsoons.
There are some unique features of the rains that the monsoon brings to the Indian subcontinent.
Bursting of monsoon refers to the sudden change in weather conditions in India (typically from hot and dry weather to wet and humid weather during the southwest monsoon), characterized by an abrupt rise in the mean daily rainfall. Similarly, the burst of the northeast monsoon refers to an abrupt increase in the mean daily rainfall over the affected regions.
One of the most commonly used words to describe the erratic nature of the monsoon is "vagaries", used in newspapers, magazines, books, web portals to insurance plans, and India's budget discussions. In some years, it rains too much, causing floods in parts of India; in others, it rains too little or not at all, causing droughts. In some years, the rain quantity is sufficient but its timing arbitrary. Sometimes, despite average annual rainfall, the daily distribution or geographic distribution of the rain is substantially skewed. In the recent past, rainfall variability in short time periods (about a week) were attributed to desert dust over the Arabian Sea and Western Asia.
Annual average rainfall in India.
Normally, the southwest monsoon can be expected to "burst" onto the western coast of India (near Thiruvananthapuram) at the beginning of June and to cover the entire country by mid-July. Its withdrawal from India typically starts at the beginning of September and finishes by the beginning of October.
The northeast monsoon usually "bursts" around 20 October and lasts for about 50 days before withdrawing.
However, a rainy monsoon is not necessarily a normal monsoon — that is, one that performs close to statistical averages calculated over a long period. A normal monsoon is generally accepted to be one involving close to the average quantity of precipitation over all the geographical locations under its influence (mean spatial distribution) and over the entire expected time period (mean temporal distribution). Additionally, the arrival date and the departure date of both the southwest and northeast monsoon should be close to the mean dates. The exact criteria for a normal monsoon are defined by the Indian Meteorological Department with calculations for the mean and standard deviation of each of these variables.
A monsoon with excess rain can cause floods, and one with too little rain can lead to widespread drought, famine, and economic losses. Therefore, a normal monsoon with mean performance is the most desirable monsoon.
Theories of the mechanism of the monsoon primarily try to explain the reasons for the seasonal reversal of winds and the timing of their reversal.
Because of differences in the specific heat capacity of land and water, continents heat up faster than seas. Consequently, the air above coastal lands heats up faster than the air above seas. These create areas of low air pressure above coastal lands compared with pressure over the seas, causing winds to flow from the seas onto the neighboring lands. This is known as sea breeze.
A: sea breeze; B: land breeze.
Also known as the thermal theory or the differential heating of sea and land theory, the traditional theory portrays the monsoon as a large-scale sea breeze. It states that during the hot subtropical summers, the massive landmass of the Indian Peninsula heats up at a different rate than the surrounding seas, resulting in a pressure gradient from south to north. This causes the flow of moisture-laden winds from sea to land. On reaching land, these winds rise because of the geographical relief, cooling adiabatically and leading to orographic rains. This is the southwest monsoon. The reverse happens during the winter, when the land is colder than the sea, establishing a pressure gradient from land to sea. This causes the winds to blow over the Indian subcontinent toward the Indian Ocean in a northeasterly direction, causing the northeast monsoon. Because the southwest monsoon flows from sea to land, it carries more moisture, and therefore causes more rain, than the northeast monsoon. Only part of the northeast monsoon passing over the Bay of Bengal picks up moisture, causing rain in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu during the winter months.
However, many meteorologists argue that the monsoon is not a local phenomenon as explained by the traditional theory, but a general weather phenomenon along the entire tropical zone of Earth. This criticism does not deny the role of differential heating of sea and land in generating monsoon winds, but casts it as one of several factors rather than the only one.
The atmospheric circulation system with associated pressure belts and latitudes.
The prevailing winds of the atmospheric circulation arise because of the difference in pressure at various latitudes and act as means for distribution of thermal energy on the planet. This pressure difference is because of the differences in solar insolation received at different latitudes and the resulting uneven heating of the planet. Alternating belts of high pressure and low pressure develop along the equator, the two tropics, the Arctic and Antarctic circles, and the two polar regions, giving rise to the trade winds, the westerlies, and the polar easterlies. However, geophysical factors like Earth's orbit, its rotation, and its axial tilt cause these belts to shift gradually north and south, following the Sun's seasonal shifts.
The dynamic theory explains the monsoon on the basis of the annual shifts in the position of global belts of pressure and winds. According to this theory, the monsoon is a result of the shift of the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) under the influence of the vertical sun. Though the mean position of the ITCZ is taken as the equator, it shifts north and south with the migration of the vertical sun toward the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn during the summer of the respective hemispheres (Northern and Southern Hemisphere). As such, during the northern summer (May and June), the ITCZ moves north, along with the vertical sun, toward the Tropic of Cancer. The ITCZ, as the zone of lowest pressure in the tropical region, is the target destination for the trade winds of both hemispheres. Consequently, with the ITCZ at the Tropic of Cancer, the southeast trade winds of the Southern Hemisphere have to cross the equator to reach it.[Note 5] However, because of the Coriolis effect (which causes winds in the Northern Hemisphere to turn right, whereas winds in the Southern Hemisphere turn left), these southeast trade winds are deflected east in the Northern Hemisphere, transforming into southwest trades.[Note 6] These pick up moisture while traveling from sea to land and cause orographic rain once they hit the highlands of the Indian Peninsula. This results in the southwest monsoon.
The dynamic theory explains the monsoon as a global weather phenomenon rather than just a local one. And when coupled with the traditional theory (based on the heating of sea and land), it enhances the explanation of the varying intensity of monsoon precipitation along the coastal regions with orographic barriers.
This theory tries to explain the establishment of the northeast and southwest monsoons, as well as unique features like "bursting" and variability.
The Tibetan Plateau lies north of the Himalayas.
Over India, a subtropical westerly jet develops in the winter season and is replaced by the tropical easterly jet in the summer season. The high temperature during the summer over the Tibetan Plateau, as well as over Central Asia in general, is believed to be the critical factor leading to the formation of the tropical easterly jet over India.
The mechanism affecting the monsoon is that the westerly jet causes high pressure over northern parts of the subcontinent during the winter. This results in the north-to-south flow of the winds in the form of the northeast monsoon. With the northward shift of the vertical sun, this jet shifts north, too. The intense heat over the Tibetan Plateau, coupled with associated terrain features like the high altitude of the plateau, generate the tropical easterly jet over central India. This jet creates a low-pressure zone over the northern Indian plains, influencing the wind flow toward these plains and assisting the development of the southwest monsoon[clarification needed].
The "bursting" of the monsoon is primarily explained by the jet stream theory and the dynamic theory.
According to this theory, during the summer months in the Northern Hemisphere, the ITCZ shifts north, pulling the southwest monsoon winds onto the land from the sea. However, the huge landmass of the Himalayas restricts the low-pressure zone onto the Himalayas themselves. It is only when the Tibetan Plateau heats up significantly more than the Himalayas that the ITCZ abruptly and swiftly shifts north, leading to the bursting of monsoon rains over the Indian subcontinent. The reverse shift takes place for the northeast monsoon winds, leading to a second, minor burst of rainfall over the eastern Indian Peninsula during the Northern Hemisphere winter months.
According to this theory, the onset of the southwest monsoon is driven by the shift of the subtropical westerly jet north from over the plains of India toward the Tibetan Plateau. This shift is due to the intense heating of the plateau during the summer months. The northward shift is not a slow and gradual process, as expected for most changes in weather pattern. The primary cause is believed to be the height of the Himalayas. As the Tibetan Plateau heats up, the low pressure created over it pulls the westerly jet north. Because of the lofty Himalayas, the westerly jet's movement is inhibited. But with continuous dropping pressure, sufficient force is created for the movement of the westerly jet across the Himalayas after a significant period. As such, the shift of the jet is sudden and abrupt, causing the bursting of southwest monsoon rains onto the Indian plains. The reverse shift happens for the northeast monsoon.
The jet stream theory also explains the variability in timing and strength of the monsoon.
Timing: A timely northward shift of the subtropical westerly jet at the beginning of summer is critical to the onset of the southwest monsoon over India. If the shift is delayed, so is the southwest monsoon. An early shift results in an early monsoon.
Strength: The strength of the southwest monsoon is determined by the strength of the easterly tropical jet over central India. A strong easterly tropical jet results in a strong southwest monsoon over central India, and a weak jet results in a weak monsoon.
Effects of El Niño on the weather of the subcontinent.
El Niño is a warm ocean current originating along the coast of Peru that replaces the usual cold Humboldt Current. The warm surface water moving toward the coast of Peru with El Niño is pushed west by the trade winds, thereby raising the temperature of the southern Pacific Ocean. The reverse condition is known as La Niña.
Southern oscillation, a phenomenon first observed by Sir Gilbert Thomas Walker, director general of observatories in India, refers to the seesaw relationship of atmospheric pressures between Tahiti and Darwin, Australia. Walker noticed that when pressure was high in Tahiti, it was low in Darwin, and vice versa. A Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), based on the pressure difference between Tahiti and Darwin, has been formulated by the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia) to measure the strength of the oscillation. Walker noticed that the quantity of rainfall in the Indian subcontinent was often negligible in years of high pressure over Darwin (and low pressure over Tahiti). Conversely, low pressure over Darwin bodes well for precipitation quantity in India. Thus, Walker established the relationship between southern oscillation and quantities of monsoon rains in India.
Ultimately, the southern oscillation was found to be simply an atmospheric component of the El Niño/La Niña effect, which happens in the ocean. Therefore, in the context of the monsoon, the two together came to be known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) effect. The effect is known to have a pronounced influence on the strength of the southwest monsoon over India, with the monsoon being weak (causing droughts) during El Niño years, while La Niña years bring particularly strong monsoons.
Although the ENSO effect was statistically effective in explaining several past droughts in India, in recent decades, its relationship with the Indian monsoon seemed to weaken. For example, the strong ENSO of 1997 did not cause drought in India. However, it was later discovered that, just like ENSO in the Pacific Ocean, a similar seesaw ocean-atmosphere system in the Indian Ocean was also in play. This system was discovered in 1999 and named the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD). An index to calculate it was also formulated. IOD develops in the equatorial region of the Indian Ocean from April to May and peaks in October. With a positive IOD, winds over the Indian Ocean blow from east to west. This makes the Arabian Sea (the western Indian Ocean near the African coast) much warmer and the eastern Indian Ocean around Indonesia colder and drier. In negative dipole years, the reverse happens, making Indonesia much warmer and rainier.
A positive IOD index often negates the effect of ENSO, resulting in increased monsoon rains in years such as 1983, 1994, and 1997. Further, the two poles of the IOD — the eastern pole (around Indonesia) and the western pole (off the African coast) — independently and cumulatively affect the quantity of monsoon rains.
As with ENSO, the atmospheric component of the IOD was later discovered and the cumulative phenomenon named Equatorial Indian Ocean oscillation (EQUINOO). When EQUINOO effects are factored in, certain failed forecasts, like the acute drought of 2002, can be further accounted for. The relationship between extremes of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall, along with ENSO and EQUINOO, have been studied, and models to better predict the quantity of monsoon rains have been statistically derived.
Since 1950s, the South Asian summer monsoon has been exhibiting large changes, especially in terms of droughts and floods. The observed monsoon rainfall indicates a gradual decline over central India, with a reduction of up to 10%. This is primarily due to a weakening monsoon circulation as a result of the rapid warming in the Indian Ocean, and changes in land use and land cover, while the role of aerosols remain elusive. Since the strength of the monsoon is partially dependent on the temperature difference between the ocean and the land, higher ocean temperatures in the Indian Ocean have weakened the moisture bearing winds from the ocean to the land. The reduction in the summer monsoon rainfall have grave consequences over central India because at least 60% of the agriculture in this region is still largely rain-fed.
A recent assessment of the monsoonal changes indicate that the land warming has increased during 2002-2014, possibly reviving the strength of the monsoon circulation and rainfall. Future changes in the monsoon will depend on a competition between land and ocean—on which is warming faster than the other.
Meanwhile, there has been a three-fold rise in widespread extreme rainfall events during the years 1950 to 2015, over the entire central belt of India, leading to a steady rise in the number of flash floods with significant socioeconomic losses. Widespread extreme rainfall events are those rainfall events which are larger than 150 mm/day and spread over a region large enough to cause floods.
Since the Great Famine of 1876–78 in India, various attempts have been made to predict monsoon rainfall. At least five prediction models exist.
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) at Bengaluru facilitated the Seasonal Prediction of Indian Monsoon (SPIM) experiment on the PARAM Padma supercomputing system. This project involved simulated runs of historical data from 1985 to 2004 to try to establish the relationship of five atmospheric general circulation models with monsoon rainfall distribution.
The department has tried to forecast the monsoon for India since 1884, and is the only official agency entrusted with making public forecasts about the quantity, distribution, and timing of the monsoon rains. Its position as the sole authority on the monsoon was cemented in 2005 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi. In 2003, IMD substantially changed its forecast methodology, model, and administration. A sixteen-parameter monsoon forecasting model used since 1988 was replaced in 2003. However, following the 2009 drought in India (worst since 1972), The department decided in 2010 that it needed to develop an "indigenous model" to further improve its prediction capabilities.
The monsoon is the primary delivery mechanism for fresh water in the Indian subcontinent. As such, it affects the environment (and associated flora, fauna, and ecosystems), agriculture, society, hydro-power production, and geography of the subcontinent (like the availability of fresh water in water bodies and the underground water table), with all of these factors cumulatively contributing to the health of the economy of affected countries.
The monsoon turns large parts of India from semi-deserts into green grasslands. See photos taken only three months apart in the Western Ghats.
Mawsynram and Cherrapunji, both in the Indian state of Meghalaya, alternate as the wettest places on Earth given the quantity of their rainfall, though there are other cities with similar claims. They receive more than 11,000 millimeters of rain each from the monsoon.
In India, which has historically had a primarily agrarian economy, the services sector recently overtook the farm sector in terms of GDP contribution. However, the agriculture sector still contributes 17-20% of GDP and is the largest employer in the country, with about 60% of Indians dependent on it for employment and livelihood. About 49% of India's land is agricultural; that number rises to 55% if associated wetlands, dryland farming areas, etc., are included. Because more than half of these farmlands are rain-fed, the monsoon is critical to food sufficiency and quality of life.
Despite progress in alternative forms of irrigation, agricultural dependence on the monsoon remains far from insignificant. Therefore, the agricultural calendar of India is governed by the monsoon. Any fluctuations in the time distribution, spatial distribution, or quantity of the monsoon rains may lead to floods or droughts, causing the agricultural sector to suffer. This has a cascading effect on the secondary economic sectors, the overall economy, food inflation, and therefore the general population's quality and cost of living.
The economic significance of the monsoon is aptly described by Pranab Mukherjee's remark that the monsoon is the "real finance minister of India". A good monsoon results in better agricultural yields, which brings down prices of essential food commodities and reduces imports, thus reducing food inflation overall. Better rains also result in increased hydroelectric production. All of these factors have positive ripple effects throughout the economy of India.
The down side however is that when monsoon rains are weak, crop production is low leading to higher food prices with limited supply. As a result, the Indian government is actively working with farmers and the nation's meteorological department to produce more drought resistant crops.
D. Subbarao, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, emphasized during a quarterly review of India's monetary policy that the lives of Indians depend on the performance of the monsoon. His own career prospects, his emotional well-being, and the performance of his monetary policy are all "a hostage" to the monsoon, he said, as is the case for most Indians. Additionally, farmers rendered jobless by failed monsoon rains tend to migrate to cities. This crowds city slums and aggravates the infrastructure and sustainability of city life.
In the past, Indians usually refrained from traveling during monsoons for practical as well as religious reasons. But with the advent of globalization, such travel is gaining popularity. Places like Kerala and the Western Ghats get a large number of tourists, both local and foreigners, during the monsoon season. Kerala is one of the top destinations for tourists interested in Ayurvedic treatments and massage therapy. One major drawback of traveling during the monsoon is that most wildlife sanctuaries are closed. Also, some mountainous areas, especially in Himalayan regions, get cut off when roads are damaged by landslides and floods during heavy rains.
The monsoon is the primary bearer of fresh water to the area. The peninsular/Deccan rivers of India are mostly rain-fed and non-perennial in nature, depending primarily on the monsoon for water supply. Most of the coastal rivers of Western India are also rain-fed and monsoon-dependent. As such, the flora, fauna, and entire ecosystems of these areas rely heavily on the monsoon.
^ The name of the wind is based on the direction that it blows from. Southwest winds blow onto the land from the southwest. Northeast winds flow from the northeast toward the southwest, onto the land.
^ The Aravalli Mountains also lie in the path of the southwest monsoon but do not result in much precipitation because they are in the direction of the path of the southwest winds and not across them, causing no orographic lift of the winds.
^ Other major highlands, like the Cardamom Hills, Anaimalai Hills, and Nilgiri Mountains, that play active roles in the monsoon are considered major extensions of the Western Ghats and are thus not discussed separately.
^ First, the Himalayas serve as orographic barriers to the southwest monsoon winds. Second, they help confine the winds to the subcontinent, hampering their northward progress. Third, they contribute to the convergence of the Bay of Bengal branch and Arabian Sea branch of the southwest monsoon winds, increasing the intensity of precipitation over the northern part of the subcontinent. Fourth, they are a major factor in the bursting of the monsoon under the jet stream theory. Fifth, they help determine the direction of the Bay of Bengal branch of the northeast monsoon. Their role is still a matter of active study, and understanding of them is evolving regularly.
^ When the southeast trade winds cross the equator, they are perceived in the Northern Hemisphere as equatorial westerlies because they seem to blow from the equator toward the Tropic Of Cancer. Similarly, when the ITCZ is at the Tropic of Cancer, the northeast trade winds are confined to the area north of the Tropic of Cancer.
^ Change of direction or origin of winds alters their nomenclature as noted above.
^ Geostrophic winds blow parallel to the isobars and keep low-pressure zones to their left in the Northern Hemisphere and to their right in the Southern Hemisphere. The reversal is a result of the Coriolis effect.
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Biden Official Who Got Twitter To Censor Alex Berenson Has History Of Publishing Misinformation
By: Christopher Jacobs
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If Republicans take over one or both chambers of Congress, they should subpoena not just Twitter executives, but Democrat official Andy Slavitt as well.
Christopher Jacobs
Visit on Twitter @chrisjacobsHC
Pot, meet kettle. Those words accurately describe reactions to the recent publication of documents indicating that former Biden covid advisor Andy Slavitt worked to have writer Alex Berenson banned from Twitter last year.
In August, Berenson published documents online that he received from Twitter as part of his lawsuit against the company. Twitter settled the lawsuit by restoring Berenson's account, which it said the company should not have suspended in the first place. Among the documents Berenson released was this one:
The documents, from an internal Twitter Slack channel, reference a discussion between Twitter employees at the White House last April. At that time, Slavitt, who had been acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under Barack Obama, was serving in the Biden administration's covid task force. According to the Twitter Slack message, Slavitt pushed for action against Berenson, because the latter represented an "epicenter of disinfo[rmation] that radiated outwards to the persuadable public" regarding covid vaccines.
I will let others comment on the legal issues presented by this case, and the documents in question—whether Twitter violated its terms, and Berenson's legal rights, in suspending Berenson, and whether the apparent pressure from administration officials represented an unconstitutional attempt by government employees to coerce a private actor (i.e., Twitter) to engage in state-sponsored censorship. But when it comes to Slavitt, he is in no position to talk, or criticize others, on promulgating "disinfo."
Nonsense about Republican Legislation
Five years ago, Slavitt published a Twitter thread about Republicans' "repeal-and-replace" Obamacare legislation that started thusly:
NEW: The Senate is quietly pushing a subtle change in the health care bill:
not just to gut Medicaid, but to allow states to eliminate it.
— Andy Slavitt 💙💛 (@ASlavitt) July 3, 2017
The entire thread sounded compelling—but it didn't have any facts (or logic, for that matter). I outlined most of the policy details in a piece at the time, so won't belabor them here. The quick-and-dirty version:
States can eliminate their Medicaid programs any time they like, because the Constitution forbids the federal government from commandeering states and telling them what to do.
Because of No. 1, there wasn't any provision in the Republican bills allowing states to eliminate their Medicaid programs—nor was there (or is there) a provision in law prohibiting states from eliminating these programs.
The waiver process Slavitt referred to in his thread relates to the Obamacare exchanges, and had no bearing on the Medicaid program. A document published while Slavitt headed CMS demonstrated this fact.
A mutual colleague and New York Times reporter politely attempted to point this out to Slavitt, but he bulldozed ahead anyway with his (false) accusations.
At best, Slavitt had absolutely no clue how the Medicaid program works—meaning he never should have been appointed to run CMS in the Obama administration. At worst, he tried to derail legislation he didn't like by publishing an incoherent set of falsehoods.
'Epicenter of Disinfo'
It therefore seems more than a bit rich for a Twitter employee to quote Slavitt as saying Berenson served as an "epicenter of disinfo radiating outwards to the persuadable public" with regards to covid vaccines. Slavitt took a very similar role upon leaving the Obama White House in January 2017, working to marshal public opposition to Republican "repeal-and-replace" legislation that spring and summer.
In serving as one of the centers of the "resistance" to the Trump administration's agenda, Slavitt didn't just win more attention for himself. The "rabble-rouser" helped craft messaging points that others adopted in the media, in interactions with lawmakers, and so forth. In other words, when it comes to the above thread, he served as an "epicenter of disinfo that radiated outwards to the persuadable public"—exactly the same charge he leveled against Berenson.
Moreover, Slavitt's actions hold particular relevance to Twitter's policies. Those guidelines say that Twitter relies on "external, subject-matter experts" to police misinformation.
As a former head of the agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid, an outside observer might consider Slavitt such a subject-matter expert on the Medicaid program. It is therefore worth asking whether Slavitt's posts received preferential treatment because of the prestige associated with his prior role, and notwithstanding their deviation from the facts.
I reached out to a Twitter representative, to ask for more details about how the company determines its subject-matter experts, whether those individuals or entities are publicly identified, and what happens if and when those experts make false or misleading statements themselves. The representative did not respond to my requests for comment.
Congress Should Investigate
Likewise, I reached out to Slavitt's office, to ask if he wished to comment on his 2017 thread and more recent actions. His representative failed to acknowledge several requests for comment. However, in an interview with The Atlantic shortly after the documents' release last month, Slavitt acknowledged meeting with representatives from Twitter during his time at the White House about disinformation, but claimed not to have raised Berenson specifically, with whom he said he only a vague familiarity.
I also reached out to Berenson, to see if he had any comment about Slavitt's history of prior misleading tweets. He acknowledged my inquiry, but declined to comment, citing his announcement that he intends to take legal action against the Biden administration and Slavitt.
Regardless of the potential for additional litigation, Congress should investigate the details of this matter itself. If Republicans take over one or both chambers of Congress, they should subpoena not just Twitter executives, but Slavitt as well. Perhaps then this former Biden administration official can explain, to Congress and the world, how and why someone who engaged in misinformation himself saw fit to weaponize Big Tech against others.
Chris Jacobs is founder and CEO of Juniper Research Group, and author of the book "The Case Against Single Payer." He is on Twitter: @chrisjacobsHC.
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Perth grand final thwarts A-League final in 4k
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Sunday's A-League grand final will not be screened in 4K despite it being announced by Foxtel earlier this year.
A FOX Sports spokesperson told TV Tonight, "The original plan was to always show the A-League Grand Final in 4K, but given it's a new technology and the resources we have available we aren't able to get our trucks to Perth and then back in time to fill our 4K commitments over the next two weeks.
"We'll now be showing the AFL clash between the Lions and Crows and the NRL match between the Raiders and Rabbitohs in 4K."
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained. A phrase, I'm sure, that can be applied to you and your running journey. At some point – many years ago or perhaps very recently – you decided to lace up your trainers for the very first time, step foot out the door, and go for a run. Whether it was for a school sports day, a New Year's resolution or simple curiosity, you stepped out of your comfort zone and, presumably, liked what you discovered. This issue is all about pushing boundaries and stepping out – like that very first run – into the unknown. For Adharanand Finn, author of Running with the Kenyans, that meant a trip to California for his first ever ultramarathon: the Miwok 100K. Head to page 42 to find out how steel cups and flat Coke fit into his lessons learned from going ultra. At the sharper end of the field, the pros, too, have been attempting to step (really, really quickly) into the unknown – specifically, by trying to run a marathon in a frankly ridiculous sub-two-hour time. Nike's recent, high-profile Breaking2 attempt saw Eliud Kipchoge fall agonisingly short with a time of 2:00:25, but what can we mortal runners learn from the event? Turn to page 48 to see how you, too, can maximise performance by echoing the project's meticulous attention to detail – if not the millions of pounds of funding. Of course, inspiring stories, cutting-edge kit, training tips and nutrition advice also feature, in an issue made with motivation in mind.


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Three policemen martyred in Nowshera attack
PESHAWAR - Three policemen embraced martyrdom when unidentified gunmen riding on motorcycles opened straight fire on them in Sarya Khel area in the jurisdiction of Akora Police station of district Nowshera, police and rescue workers said on Saturday. According to police, unknown motorcyclists opened fire on a police van when they were on patrol in the area. The martyred policemen were identified as HC Manzoor Khan, Constable Amanullah and driver Ayaz Khan. Rescue teams rushed to the spot soon after the incident. The injured policemen were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Nowshera. DIG Mardan Muhammad Khan also reached to the spot as the further investigation is underway. The police cordoned off the area and started a search operation to arrest the attackers.
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Godless people are not required to respect superstition, prophets or religious acts performed or directed at them. If you say "I'll pray for you" to me, I may laugh in your face... Don't expect me to bow my head during a prayer, public or private. It's your fallacy, not mine.
Of course, a big part of the reason that some of us get grief or even feel guilty for failing to show respect for these sort of socially sanctioned superstitions is religious privilege. We have had the need to respect this stuff instilled in us for most of our lives.
If religious belief was neither irrational nor harmful, it might be perfectly acceptable to teach that we should go out of our way to respect it. Doing so might reduce conflict, and if religious belief was a genuinely positive force, then respecting it would indeed be appropriate. Yet, this is simply not the case. Religious belief is both irrational and harmful. It deserves no respect.
Consider for a moment a scenario where showing respect and even changing one's behavior is warranted. One of the many ways that feminism has influenced those of us in academia is quite easy to spot: how we write and speak has fundamentally changed. I would never dream of delivering a lecture in which I used only male pronouns, pretending that doing so was somehow "generic." And I would never write a paper that way. Not only do I understand why doing so is unacceptable, but I know that my work would be rejected if I did so. This is not to say that some of my older colleagues might not still complain about the linguistic awkwardness that may sometimes result, but even most of them now seem to grasp why this is important. Equality matters.
But in the case of religious belief, we are hard pressed to come up with any rationale for how modern society benefits from the continued reverence given to such superstitions. It is not a matter of equality; it is a matter of religious privilege. It is time to treat religious beliefs in the same way in which we treat all other beliefs.


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Injazat Data Systems Enters Strategic Partnership with Maestrano
Agreement will create the first UAE & GCC Cloud offering for Small and Medium Enterprises exclusively
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirate : Injazat Data Systems, the UAE's premier IT Managed Services and Solutions Provider and Maestrano EMEA, a cloud based platform provider of best of breed applications at an affordable price for small and medium businesses, have entered into a strategic partnership to provide cloud business solutions and applications to Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the GCC.
The agreement between Injazat and Maestrano will build an integrated cloud platform, hosted locally in Injazat's Tier IV Data Center in Abu Dhabi, providing SMEs with access to over 60 third-party business applications.
The integrated cloud platform will also feature a unique automated reporting dashboard that presents the end-user with a visual snapshot of their business, through simple desktop widgets, aggregating data automatically from the cloud applications, putting full control and accessibility in the hands of the SME client.
Due to Maestrano's globally patented technology Connec!™, leading business application systems such as QuickBooks, Xero, Sage One, Microsoft Office 365, Word Press, and Sugar CRM will become available to organizations in the GCC. The Connec!™ technology, seamlessly connects the end-user to the platform without any setup or configuration required and also automatically updates applications that have been downloaded by the customer.
Ibrahim Mohamed Lari, CEO, Injazat Data Systems, said: "SMEs have become an integral backbone to the UAE's economy. As part of our evolving cloud strategy, Injazat will be able to provide SMEs across the UAE with access to scale and growth via the platform. Injazat's business strategy is to expand its premier position in the IT Managed Services market to deliver highly available, highly secure Managed Private, Hybrid and Public Cloud services to a wide spectrum of businesses in the GCC. Injazat is confident that the partnership with Maestrano will provide cloud-based business solutions at the right price point for SMEs in the region to run their businesses more effectively."
Stephane Ibos, CEO, Maestrano, said: "We want to work with companies who have a proven track record of high standards and who have an appetite for innovation; both characteristics that we found in Injazat. With our regional HQ in the UAE, we see a great strategic alignment with Injazat and I personally look forward to seeing the partnership grow and mature in the months ahead."
Philippe Fanjere, VP Europe, Middle East and Africa, Maestrano, said: "This is a fantastic offering for the SMEs in the UAE and the GCC region. For the very first time, they will benefit from a platform specifically designed to address their needs, rather than be presented with a subset of services designed for large corporations. We are very excited to partner with Injazat to offer the type of functionality and solutions to those that, until now, were reserved exclusively for large corporations that could afford them."
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Trastuzumab Benefits Women with Locally Advanced or Inflammatory Breast Cancer
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Findings from an international clinical trial suggest a new treatment option for some women with aggressive types of breast cancer. In the NOAH trial, women treated with trastuzumab (Herceptin®) and chemotherapy before surgery (neoadjuvant) and trastuzumab again after surgery (adjuvant) had a reduced risk of the disease recurring or progressing after 3 years compared with women who received pre-surgical chemotherapy but no trastuzumab before or after surgery. The findings were published January 30, 2010, in The Lancet.
The 230 women enrolled in the trial had either locally advanced or inflammatory breast cancer that was HER2-positive. Although trastuzumab has been shown to improve overall survival (OS) in women with HER2-positive early stage and metastatic breast cancer, the drug has not been closely studied in women with these intermediate stages of breast cancer, the research team wrote.
Patients who were randomly assigned to receive trastuzumab took the drug for a total of 1 year. Three-year event-free survival (EFS) —with an event defined as disease recurrence, progression, or death from any cause—was 71 percent in patients treated with trastuzumab and 56 percent in those who did not receive it. The pathological complete response rate, or no detectable presence of cancer, was nearly doubled among the women who received trastuzumab.
To date, there is no statistically significant improvement in OS among the women who received trastuzumab. This could be due to the fact that 17 percent of the women in the chemotherapy-alone arm also received adjuvant trastuzumab, while some other patients received the drug following a recurrence, explained the trial's principal investigator, Luca Gianni, M.D., of the Italian National Cancer Institute, in a Lancet podcast.
There were no significant issues with cardiac side effects, which have been a recurring problem in other breast cancer trials involving trastuzumab and doxorubicin (Adriamycin®), a drug that was part of the chemotherapy regimen used in the trial.
According to Massimo Cristofanilli, M.D., chair of the Department of Medical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, pathological complete response "is the most important prognostic factor" in women with the breast cancer types included in this trial. The low rates of cardiac side effects, he noted, were likely due to the facts that patients in the trial had not been pretreated, had optimal heart function, and had received cumulative doses of doxorubicin that were below those typically associated with cardiotoxicity.
Editor's Note: Updated results published March 19, 2014, in The Lancet Oncology have shown that the statistically significant improvement in EFS with trastuzumab was sustained after longer follow up. OS was also better in women who received trastuzumab, although the difference was still not statistically significant. Five-year EFS and OS were 58 percent and 74 percent, respectively, in the trastuzumab-treated patients, compared with 43 percent and 63 percent, respectively, in the patients treated with chemotherapy only. No additional serious adverse events were reported.
Subgroup analyses showed that, among the 68 women who had a pathological complete response (45 of the 117 women treated with trastuzumab and 23 of the 118 women treated with chemotherapy alone), those treated with trastuzumab were statistically significantly more likely to be alive without having had their disease progress or recur at 5 years than those treated with chemotherapy alone. The researchers also found that pathological complete response was associated with EFS outcomes only in women who received trastuzumab. This subgroup analysis by treatment response suggests that the "addition of trastuzumab resulted not only in more patients achieving a pathological complete response, but also in a different quality of response," wrote the researchers.
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Q: Unable to change markersize while using plt.scatter with three variables I am plotting z (binary) on a grid (x-y) data using following code:
plt.scatter(x,y,z, color='c', marker= 'o')
The result works fine. But I wish to increase the markersize in the same code. Kindly assist.

A: You can change the marker size using the s keyword argument, like so:
plt.scatter(x,y,z, color='c', marker= 'o', s=100)

A full example:
import numpy as np, matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D

#make some data similar to your description
a = np.linspace(0.,5.,10)
x,y = np.meshgrid(a,a)
z = np.random.randint(low=0,high=2,size=100).reshape(10,10)

#plot in 3D with s=100
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111,projection='3d')
ax.scatter(x,y,z,marker='o',s=100)

#or plot in 2D and colour the points by z (sometimes easier to look at than 3d)
fig1,ax1 = plt.subplots()
ax1.scatter(x,y,c=z,marker='o',s=100,cmap="Blues")

This produces the following plots:


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A house just like the landscape on which it was built: The resort Aradira located in Kappl in Austria displays modern alpine architecture. The name Aradira means farmland and reveals its connection with Tyrolean tradition. Local materials were used in its construction, but in a modern interpretation. Wood and slate, large areas of glass and cubic forms are the essential elements in this mountain living experience.
Our house with its exceptional alpine architecture offers a beautiful panorama view to the surrounding mountain area Silvretta.
The name aradira is derived from the rhaeto-romanic language and stands for farmland, which symbolizes the tyrolian tradition and hospitality.
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You are invited to enjoy the most beautiful days together with your family or your friends in our residence which is furnished with modern comfort.
The house consists of 4 similar units which differ only in size. The apartment is accessed through the parking area where the ski room is also located. Each unit consists of two floors. In the two-story apartments, the bedrooms are on the entrance level and the living room upstairs. Two units have an additional bedroom that is accessible from the roof terrace.
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Peter has traditional as well as modern influences, and is from a family of artist.
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