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An outstanding question in the
field of evolutionary biology
and biochemistry is how the complex, fragile biochemicals that made up life
arose and transformed biomaterial
in the early Earth from non-living to the earliest "living" organisms. Some researchers have looked for quasi-alive constructs
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for clues.
But a new paper by Paul Davies, an
Arizona State University
Regents' Professor and director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, and Sara Walker, a NASA post-doctoral fellow at the Beyond Center,
in the journal
suggests that researchers are approaching the problem in the wrong way.
They suggest that rather looking at the "hardware" (biochemicals), they look at the "software" (chemically encoding information). The authors suggest that the defining line between the living and non-living is the ability to manage encoded information, thus the key question is how this information handling arose.
Could the clue to how life arose lie in how it encodes information?
Comments Prof. Walker, "When we describe biological processes we typically use informational narratives -- cells send out signals, developmental programs are run, coded instructions are read, genomic data are transmitted between generations and so forth. So identifying life's origin in the way information is processed and managed can open up new avenues for research."
"Chemical based approaches have stalled at a very early stage of chemical complexity -- very far from anything we would consider 'alive.' More seriously they suffer from conceptual shortcomings in that they fail to distinguish between chemistry and biology."
"We propose that the transition from non-life to life is unique and definable," Prof. Davies adds, "We suggest that life may be characterized by its distinctive and active use of information, thus providing a roadmap to identify rigorous criteria for the emergence of life. This is in sharp contrast to a century of thought in which the transition to life has been cast as a problem of chemistry, with the goal of identifying a plausible reaction pathway from chemical mixtures to a living entity."
"To a physicist or chemist life seems like 'magic matter. It behaves in extraordinary ways that are unmatched in any other complex physical or chemical system. Such lifelike properties include autonomy, adaptability and goal-oriented behavior -- the ability to harness chemical reactions to enact a pre-programmed agenda, rather than being a slave to those reactions."
"We believe the transition in the informational architecture of chemical networks is akin to a phase transition in physics, and we place special emphasis on the top-down information flow in which the system as a whole gains causal purchase over its components. This approach will reveal how the logical organization of biological replicators differs crucially from trivial replication associated with crystals (non-life). By addressing the causal role of information directly, many of the baffling qualities of life are explained."
Crystals are also self-replicating, but they lack the flexibility of life.
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If that all sounds a bit abstract, it is.
But basically it seems that the pair are arguing that by looking at differences between the self-replicating information in biochemicals (e.g. RNA) verus self-replication information in inorganic/non-living constructs (e.g. crystals), researchers may be able to retrace the process of how life arose on Earth more easily than if they merely focus on painstakingly mixing chemical constituents, hoping something arises.
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Dimensions Length: 10 in (25 cm)
Habitat Common, mainly resident in eastern North America, but its range also extends west and north in summer, where present mainly May-Sep. Favors a range of lightly wooded habitats, including orchards.
Observation Tips Easy to recognize in flight but can be surprisingly hard to find when feeding unobtrusively. Sometimes visits feeders in winter.
Range Southeast, Southwest, Mid-Atlantic, Western Canada, New England, Great Lakes, Rocky Mountains, Texas, Eastern Canada, Plains, Florida
Voice Call is a harsh quee-erk.
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It also implies P != NP, so we can rest assured that noone has proven it yet.
Given the obviousness of this conjecture I'm sure circuit complexity people have already spent considerable time on it and just haven't gotten anywhere, although curiously googling for '3sum' and 'circuit complexity' doesn't turn up anyone else musing on the subject.
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Description ADULT Dark morph has dark brown plumage overall, with rufous-buff tips to many feathers. Note the white wing "blazes" (pale bases to primaries). Pale adult has pale back and upper wing coverts (as well as head, neck, and underparts), whereas pale South Polar has contrastingly dark back and upper wings. JUVENILE Similar to dark adult, but more reddish brown overall, although sometimes appearing almost black. Wing "blaze" is obvious and pale bill is dark-tipped.
Dimensions Length: 23" (58 cm)
Habitat Breeds in northeast Atlantic (closest colony is on Iceland). Pelagic away from breeding grounds. Occasional in Canadian seas in summer; commoner and more widespread Oct-Mar.
Observation Tips Seldom seen from land. Take a pelagic trip to stand a chance of seeing it.
Range New England, Mid-Atlantic, Eastern Canada
Voice Mostly silent.
Discussion Similar in appearance and habits to South Polar. Differences are subtle: slightly larger bodied and broader winged compared to South Polar, also has larger bill, uniform head and neck color (South Polar's pale neck contrasts with its darker cap and back), and "warmer," overall more rufous plumage. Sexes are similar, but pale and dark adult morphs occur.


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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:44 PM GMT on February 01, 2013
One of the most unusual weeks of January weather in U.S. history has drawn to a close, and residents of the Southeast are cleaning up after a ferocious 2-day outbreak of severe weather. NWS damage surveys have found that at least 42 tornadoes touched down on January 29 - 30, making it the 3rd largest January tornado outbreak since records began in 1950. Here are the largest January tornado outbreaks since 1950:
129 1/21 - 1/22 1999
50 1/7 - 1/8 2008
42 1/29 - 1/30 2013
40 1/9 1/10 1975
As wunderground's Angela Fritz wrote in her blog today, the powerful tornado that ripped through Adairsville, Georgia, northwest of Atlanta, at 11:19 am EST Thursday morning, killing one person, has been rated a high-end EF-3 with 160 mph winds. At least seven other tornadoes in the outbreak were EF-2s. Damaging winds reports for the 2-day period numbered 597, the highest 2-day January total since NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) began tabulating these in 2000. The severe weather outbreak was fueled an air mass that set many all-time January records for warmth and moisture, as detailed by our weather historian, Christopher C. Burt, in his latest post, A Wild Ride Weather-wise for the Eastern Half of the U.S. the past Four Days.
Figure 1. Damage to the Daiki Corporation factory in Adairsville, GA, after the January 30, 2013 EF-3 tornado. Image credit: Dr. Greg Forbes, TWC.
Figure 2. Severe weather reports for the month of January; 597 reports of damaging winds were recorded January 29 - 30. Image credit: NOAA/SPC.
Mississippi River rising
This week's storm brought widespread rains of 1 - 2" to Missouri and Illinois, along the drainage basin of the stretch of the Mississippi River that was so low as to threaten to stop barge traffic. Happily, the rains have caused the river to rise by more than seven feet over the past week, along the stretch from St. Louis to Thebes, Illinois. Thanks to this much-needed bump in river levels, plus the future run-off that will occur from the snows that have accumulated in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, I expect no potential low water closures of the Mississippi until June at the earliest. According to today's newly-released Drought Monitor, though, the area of the contiguous U.S. in moderate or greater drought remained unchanged at 58% this week. It will be dry across the core of the drought region for at least the next week; the GFS model is predicting that the next chance of significant precipitation for the drought region will be Saturday, February 9. Don't bet on this happening, though, since the model has been inconsistent with its handling of the storm. The drought has killed hundreds of thousands of trees across the Midwest, and many more will succumb during the next few years. According to Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center, drought was present in at least isolated spots in all 50 states of the U.S. for the first time in history during 2012.
Figure 3. The water level in the Mississippi River at St. Louis was at -4' early this week, just above the all-time record low of -6.2' set in 1940. However, rains from this week's storm have raised water levels by seven feet. Image credit: NOAA/HPC.
Figure 4. The liquid equivalent of melting all the snow on the ground present on February 1, 2013. Widespread amounts of water equivalent to 0.39" - 2" of rain are present over Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, which is near average for this time of year. When this snow melts, it will raise the level of the Mississippi River and aid barge navigation. Image credit: NOAA/National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center.
Adairsville Tornado Recap, Photos, and Video from Angela Fritz
A Wild Ride Weather-wise for the Eastern Half of the U.S. the past Four Days by wunderground's weather historian, Christopher C. Burt.
Tornado Expert Sees "Staggering" Damage in Georgia
Have a great Groundhog's Day and Super Sunday, everyone!
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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DE plays on national television Sunday night against Chicago
HOUSTON - J.J. Watt has already started to hear the talk about being considered defensive player of the year in the National Football League.
But the former Badger wants to help his team, the Houston Texans, make a statement Sunday.
Watt and the Texans head to Chicago to play the Bears on national television Sunday night.
Both teams are 7-1, and both teams only losses are to the Packers. It'll be a battle of two of the league's top defenses- and they know it.
"Obviously, we want to be known as the best defense in the NFL," said Watt. "The Bears are one of the best defenses in the NFL so it's an opportunity for us to go head to head on the stage."
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Near-Earth Objects - NEO Segment
Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are asteroids or comets with sizes ranging from meters to tens of kilometres that orbit the Sun and whose orbits come close to that of Earth's. Of the more than 600 000 known asteroids in our Solar System, almost 10 000 are NEOs.
An example of a near-Earth object is 25143 Itokawa, an object about 300 m in diameter that was visited by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa in 2005.
About NEOs
NEOs could potentially hit our planet and, depending on their size, produce considerable damage. While the chance of a large object hitting the Earth is very small, it would produce a great deal of destruction; thus NEOs merit active detection and tracking efforts.
The goal of SSA's Near-Earth Object Segment (SSA-NEO) is to:
- Become aware of the current and future position of NEOs relative to our planet
- Estimate the likelihood of Earth impacts
- Assess the consequences of any possible impact
- Develop NEO deflection methods
The NEO Segment observes NEOs, predicts their orbits, produces impact warnings when necessary and is involved in potential mitigation measures.
|Provide warnings on potential asteroid impact hazards, including discovery, identification, orbit prediction and civil alert capabilities
|End 2012
|SSA NEO Coordination Centre at ESA/ESRIN, Italy, inauguration in May 2013
|+ Monitoring and warning of potential Earth impactors with tracking of newly discovered objects and global alerting capability +
NEO Segment
The SSA-NEO system is based on syndicating and federating observation and tracking data provided by a large number of European and international sources.
The key components include:
- Observatories and astronomers with telescopes of various sizes, both professional and amateur
- A central SSA NEO Coordination Centre (to evolve into the 'Small Bodies Data Centre'), which uses astrometric measurements collected by the Minor Planet Center (USA)
- An analysis capability to predict possible impact locations and assess dangers
- Analyses related to risk mitigation, including the possible deflection of an asteroid
- A system for issuing warnings and alerts to civil authorities in Europe
Data on NEOs are collected from telescopes and radar systems worldwide. Each of these submit observations to the Minor Planet Center (MPC), operated by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) at Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, which acts as a central clearing house for asteroid and comet observations.
The measurements collected there are retrieved by the SSA NEO Coordination Centre; orbits and miss distances are computed. In case of high-risk impact predictions, the data will be cross-checked with NASA's SENTRY system, operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California, before issuing alerts.
The NEO team
The NEO team is based at ESA's SSA NEO Coordination Centre at ESA/ESRIN and at ESA/ESTEC under the leadership of Dr Detlef Koschny, an experienced planetary scientist. He has worked on numerous ESA missions, including Smart-1, Venus Express and the Agency's comet chaser, Rosetta, as well as the asteroid sample return mission studies for Marco Polo-R. He is supported by Gerhard Drolshagen, an expert in the space environment and its effects who has studied meteoroids and space debris and performed impact risk assessments for numerous ESA missions.
The SSA-NEO team also includes ESA scientists with expertise in space debris studies, NEO mission analysis, planetary and asteroid science, astronomy and astrometry. These are supported by experts in scientific institutes and European industry, which are helping to create a functional and effective NEO warning system.
"Within Europe, we have developed world-class capabilities and expertise in observing, discovering and assessing NEOs. Our goal now is to coordinate and support local experts and make their observations available in a consistent system that offers benefits to all citizens – including those outside Europe," says Dr Koschny.
Precursor services overview
The necessary elements for providing NEO survey services to Europeans are already in place. However, they are operated by diverse scientific institutions having limited resources. During 2009-2012, the SSA-NEO Activity implemented precursor services, provided via the SSA NEO Coordination Centre at ESA/ESRIN, Italy. These can be accessed via a technical website at http://neo.ssa.esa.int.
These precursor services integrate existing NEO information and ensure they are available 24 hrs/day. Activities include:
- Establish the required infrastructure at ESA/ESRIN – mainly computer hardware and an expert coordination team
- In collaboration with European scientific and research institutes: develop a new central database for Europe's NEO information (while maintaining current services)
- Assess capabilities of existing European resources, including infrastructure (observatories, catalogues, networks) and expertise
- Integrate and federate these resources into SSA-NEO with guaranteed service and performance agreements
- Study and assess, in cooperation with relevant international scientific and political bodies (IAU, UN, etc.), the best way to coordinate warnings if a potential Earth impactor is detected
Facilities and infrastructure
The current precursor services are provided via the SSA NEO Coordination Centre (NEOCC) located at ESA/ESRIN (formal inauguration May 2013).
It supports the integration and initial operation of ESA's NEO information distribution. In the current phase of the SSA programme (Period II, 2012-2016), the focus lies in the operation and further expansion of the NEOCC to evolve into the fully capable Small Bodies Data Centre (SBDC). Today and in the future, the NEOCC will support experts in the field through upgraded systems and sensors, and by performing scientific studies needed to improve NEO warning services.
The current NEO SSA Coordination Centre is supporting the integration and initial operation of the NEO precursor services. The NEOCC's activities focus on the provision of information to European customers.
- SSA Brochure 2015
- SSA NEO Coordination Centre (NEOCC)
- SMPAG - Space Missions Planning Advisory Group
- Asteroid Impact Mission
- Minor Planet Center
- Spaceguard Central Node
- European Asteroid Research Node
- Near-Earth Objects - Dynamic Site
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Check out the latest themes available to download from the exciting digital art space, The Studio.
Whether it's a vision of the life aquatic or wispy spiderwebs slung across your screen, this month's additions to The Studio on PlayStation Store shine a little light on some truly strange new worlds.
Dutch illustrator Merijn Hos invites you to journey several miles below sea level, and not to any pocket of the ocean known to marine biologists. His theme Deep Down features bright, multicoloured fish flitting among shells and coral, "blowing bubbles that will blow your mind", he tells us.
Typescape, meanwhile, swaps a life under the ocean wave for one of letters. London-based designer Wallzo has created 26 bold landscapes, one for each letter of the alphabet, all inspired by classic 1980s video games such as Frontier and Sentinel.
Set designer and art director Romain Lenancker splits his time between Paris and Stockholm, yet still found a moment to create the playful Retrovolution. "I explored the origin of the first games – early wooden puzzles – and I thought, why not create your own games?" Lenancker says. "Then I imagined the future of games and how they might be without gravity. The theme is a mix of old and futuristic ideas."
New York graffiti, 1970s rock and teenage rebellion inspire London painter O.Two. His theme Static Mist has been created using spray paint applied to canvas in layers, drawing the viewer into a world of ambient colour and organic shapes.
Teenage years are a theme US designer Ryan Cox also visits, with his piece Dazed and Confused recalling heady afternoons in the mid 1990s spent playing video games. Look out for nods to the games he remembers best from that time in this charming theme.
Warped and wonderful is Few Words Created Life, the theme from Finnish surrealist Ville Savimaa. Magical, mutant creatures have been blended into one gloopy whole, with a new animal seemingly revealing itself every time you gaze at the work.
Tales from the Crypt comes from the mind of Hedof, a Netherlands-based artist specialising in print techniques. He overlays his work so that it has a worn, vintage look, making his effort for The Studio especially dusty in feel. This contrasts vivdly with the cheerful nature of his dungeon's inhabitants...
And finally there are two more themes from Studio Output: Heart Rate Monitor, designed to keep you on your toes between bouts of tense gaming with a beeping pulse, and Clock, a toy-like timepiece that keeps your television screen ticking over.
Cross the border between reality and imagination at The Studio on PlayStation Store, where you'll be able to download the latest themes for your PlayStation 3 and PSP systems. For all the latest on the gallery, don't forget to check eu.playstation.com/thestudio and PlayStation.Blog at blog.eu.playstation.com.
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Fosinopril sodium is a white to off-white crystalline powder, soluble ( > 100 mg/mL) in water, in ethanol, and in methanol, and slightly soluble in hexane. Fosinopril sodium is designated chemically as L-proline, 4-cyclohexyl-1-[[[2-methyl-1-(1-oxopropoxy)propoxy](4-phenylbutyl)phosphinyl]acetyl]-, sodium salt, trans-; its structural formula is:
Its empirical formula is C30H45NNaO7P, and its molecular weight is 585.65.
Fosinoprilat, the active metabolite of fosinopril, is a non-sulfhydryl angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor. Fosinopril is converted to fosinoprilat by hepatic cleavage of the ester group.
Hydrochlorothiazide, USP is a white, or practically white, practically odorless, crystalline powder. It is slightly soluble in water; freely soluble in sodium hydroxide solution, in n-butylamine, and in dimethylformamide; sparingly soluble in methanol; and insoluble in ether, in chloroform, and in dilute mineral acids. Hydrochlorothiazide is designated chemically as 6-chloro-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine-7-sulfonamide 1,1-dioxide; its structural formula is:
Its empirical formula is C7H8ClN3O4S2, and its molecular weight is 297.73. Hydrochlorothiazide is a thiazide diuretic.
MONOPRIL®-HCT (fosinopril sodium-hydrochlorothiazide tablets) is a combination of fosinopril sodium and hydrochlorothiazide, USP. It is available for oral use in two tablet strengths: MONOPRIL-HCT 10/12.5, containing 10 mg of fosinopril sodium and 12.5 mg of hydrochlorothiazide, USP; and MONOPRIL-HCT 20/12.5, containing 20 mg of fosinopril sodium and 12.5 mg of hydrochlorothiazide, USP. The inactive ingredients of the tablets include lactose, croscarmellose sodium, povidone, sodium stearyl fumarate, and iron oxide.
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Roland SH-1000
The SH-1000, introduced in 1973, was the first instrument produced by Roland, and probably one of the first compact affordable keyboard synthesizers in all of Japan. It was designed to complement a home organ. Above its keyboard is a wooden sheet music stand. Organ-style colored preset selector tabs are located below the keyboard. All the extra parameter controls are located to the left of the keyboard.
The SH-1000 is a monophonic analog synth with a single oscillator feeding a lowpass filter, an ADSR envelope, and two LFOs. It features 10 Preset sounds, but they are pretty weak. Fortunately you can create your own sounds for some really great mono-synth bass, lead, percussion and FX sounds. Basic square, ramp and pulse-width waveforms are available from the oscillator and the LFOs have sine, square and sample+hold. It has a terrific 'Growl' and 'Wow' effect for a pretty scary analog sound. It also features white noise, pink noise, portamento, octave transposition and a Random Note Generator. Although there is no user memory, unique sounds can still be quickly recreated or discovered thanks to its simple interface.
It's a dinosaur! But it's also a classic piece of Roland history. It has been used by Vangelis, Human League, Blondie, The Band, and Jethro Tull. A little later in 1973 the SH-2000 was released with more Preset sounds (up to 30) but far less flexibility, controls and features. This may have been because the SH-1000 was a little confusing to its target demographic at the time. But today's synthesists will love the unique sound and nostalgia of Japan's first compact synthesizer!
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- Demos & Media
Roland SH-1000 Demo Track - Electro Worker
Roland SH-1000 Demo Track 2 - Infinite Energy
The Roland SH-1000 - A great demonstration
Manual - Roland has made manuals for most of their products available as free PDF downloads.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - Monophonic
- Oscillators - 1 VCO (square, ramp and pulse-width)
- LFO - 2 LFOs (sine, square, sample+hold)
- Filter - 1 VCF w/ frequency and cutoff sliders (lowpass)
- VCA - 1 ADSR envelope gen
- Memory - 10 presets
- Keyboard - 37 keys
- Control - CV / Gate
- Date Produced - 1973 - 1981
- Websites of Interest
- Shop for Keyboards, MIDI & Gear
Guitar Center: Synths and MIDI
Sweetwater: Hot items in Keyboars section
The Musician's Friend: Keyboard gear
AMS: Brand synths and accessories
The Woodwind & Brasswind Store
music123.com: Synth Blow Out Deal Section
zZounds: Keyboards and MIDI equipment
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Images from Wikizik SH1000 Page.
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The Gumy headphones from JVC are a great way to enjoy your favorite tunes and other ear candy from your portable player. A soft, pliable material covers the outside of these lightweight earbuds, ensuring a comfortable and secure fit. The HAF130 headphones provide excellent sound quality with a frequency response of 16 to 20,000 Hz and a sensitivity rating of 108 db/mW. The Gumy headphones...
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JVC's popular and colorful Gumy headphones are now more colorful and more comfortable than ever.The new Gumy (model HA-F130) sports a color-matching cord and has been redesigned with a soft rubber smaller body to be more comfortable and to fit more snugly. Other improvements include a slightly shortened cord - from 3.9 to 3.3 feet - so they're more manageable when used with a portable...
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Other institution:
Ateneo de Manila University Department of Psychology
Principal investigator:
Maria Teresa Que
Other investigators:
Gilda Lopez; Zachele Marie Briones
Location of the project:
Quezon city, Philippines
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June 1, 2010 - June 1, 2012
Despite new technologies and effective drugs, many patients with diabetes do not achieve optimal glycemic control. The Diabcare 2003 survey revealed a mean HbA1c level of >8% among diabetic patients attending 22 diabetes specialist centers in the Philippines. The DAWN study has shown that psychological problems can pose barriers to good diabetes control. This project introduces a psychological intervention of family stress reduction and coping response training in the diabetes education program for Filipino patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. If proven to be effective, the program can be introduced to other government hospitals and modified for the community setting.
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27th Annual Convention of Diabetes Philippines and 6th Course on Diabetes and Vascular Disease, Manilla, (Philippines) November, 2010
48th Annual Convention of the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP), Iloilo City, (Philippines), August 2011
World Diabetes Congress, Melbourne (Australia), December 2013
Annual Convention of the American Association for Clinical Endocrinology, Philippine chapter, August 2014
Project ended in June 2012
BRIDGES (Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global Environments and Systems) is a programme initiated by the International Diabetes Federation, and supported by an educational grant from Lilly Diabetes.


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Thread: New Filter Cartridge?
12-29-2013, 05:23 AM #1Junior Member Guppy
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New Filter Cartridge?
So I've had my aquarium for roughly 6 months now and for the past while I've noticed my filter flow has been weird. More water comes out of the small overflow spout than the large post filter spout. It's like maybe the filter cartridge is becoming clogged and not allowing proper filtering.
If I recall, a sticky post mentioned not replacing the cartridge, just washing it out in tank water. But is this a sign that I need to replace it now, or is this normal behavior? If it does need replacing, how do I go about that without screwing up my cycle?
Thanks in advance.
Depends a bit on which filter it is. If there's a single cartridge then replacing it would effectively reset the tank. See if there's a way to take the sponge out so you can clean that in some old tank water.My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
Its normal for flow to get shunted to the overflow portion of a filter when it gets gunky. Clean it out in treated water (unless you are on a well) and put it back. You can also look into using loose biomedia and a sponge and/or floss in place of the cartridge.
As talldutchie said, it depends on your type of filter. If there is room to have the old sponge placed somewhere in the filter which has water flowing through it, you could place a new filter pad in the proper spot and leave the clogged pad in the filter to house your BB until the new pad is settled. If you have duel filter pads (side by side style), you can replace one this month and one the next keeping an eye on your test results and when necessary, doing a water change.
The best bet right now is to get some tank water into a clean bucket and wring out that filter pad until it looks cleaner if you can.
The reason I like to have two filters on my tank is that I can replace what I need in one filter while the other does the work for awhile. A combination of HOB and cannister work really well for this. Each filter rated more then tank capacity.Warning; Bulldog Pleco guarding my Sons tank now..
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12-30-2013, 12:47 AM #5Junior Member Guppy
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My filter is an AquaTech 40, so it just has the one filter, although it does have that black bio filter thing in it after the regular pad. I have tried cleaning the pad but didn't detach it from the mold because theirs are permanently attached somehow (I think). I might be able to try and get it loose so I can give it a more thorough cleaning to try and get it unclogged. Otherwise I thing I might be able to pull of keeping the pad part in the filter along with a replacement.
Let me ask this, though. Would it hurt if I just leave it as it is? Or do I need to get it fixed?
To clean the cartridge if its the "flat" type, get a bucket (one for fish only) and remove tank water into it. Pop the cartridge in submerged and rub your hands against both sides gently, but thoroughly, then several times press it between your hands compressing it as best you can. I have one tank with an aquarion filter with the long flat cartridge, and these things are notoriously bad. After about six weeks, mine start to fall apart.
Because of this problem, on that tank I installed an air pump driven sponge filter, as well as an Aquaclear mini, that I filled with two layers of cut filter foam and then whacked a load of bio beads in. You may want to consider the same, or one or the other, so when you have to replace said cartridge, you aren't losing your cycle.2 10 gallon tanks, 1 20 gallon tank, 1 Fluval Edge, 1 29 gallon tank, and one backyard pond.
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I think my fish is adjusting well to the four gallon, He's laying on his side attempting to go to sleep on the bottom of the gravel.
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01-02-2014, 08:40 PM #10Junior Member Guppy
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Apparently I wasn't being vigorous enough when cleaning the cartridge. I had another go with, this time following Tiari's method. I really swished and rubbed hard with the filter and when done it was so much lighter. I couldn't believe the crap I poured out of that bucket. Things are filtering perfectly now.


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Endangered Status The Amber Darter is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered throughout its range in Georgia and Tennessee. This small fish is known to live in a 33.5 mile stretch of the Conasauga River from Polk County, Tennessee, to Murray County, Georgia. It was also once found in Shoal Creek in Cherokee County, Georgia, but after the construction of a reservoir it was apparently wiped out there. The main threat to this species is the degradation of its habitat by reservoir construction on the Conasauga.
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At work, I've been taking a bunch of CGI scripts I wrote, and making them use template files for the HTML that they generate.
A typical build-or-reuse situation; in this case, I'm building because the need is short term (my client might hook a big investor if I can get this thing running soon enough) and the requirements are so simple. In the long run, it'd probably be better to spend the time investigating something like PHP or Perl::Mason or some such, but I'm in a hurry, so I just whip out pattern 20.9 from the Perl Cookbook.
On another front, I put a little more time in on my (eventually to be) open source project last night. I'm using FLTK, mostly just to learn about it, and because I will want to be able to run it under both Windows and Linux eventually. In a typical cross-platform quandry, I'm trying to decide how much effort to put into Windows specific code, things like making it display different task bar icons when the program's in different states.
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What a nightmare! Evidently nobody prepared for actually implementing the funds for helping out those mortgages in arrears.
I note a couple of things.
The big mortgages make the headlines. What about the many smaller mortgages that are having the same paperwork problems?
It's been several months & these banks are still floundering around without a sound procedure in place. Our tax money is going to waste.
Short sales can take months to go to closing ... thus increasing the losses for these banks because the cash flow that would result from getting at least partial payment of the loans is being delayed.
Failing to plan is equal to planning to fail. All this money spent with so little thought put into how to effectively implement its use.
Every new administration enjoys an initial "honeymoon" with the media and the populace. I believe this is why the administration is trying to push through so much legislation on so many fronts so quickly. It looks like this "honeymoon" will not last much longer.


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Sportsmen Dismayed by Overthrow of Congressman John Dingell
Anti-Hunting Representative Assumes Pivotal Committee Chairmanship
(Columbus, Ohio) – The United States Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) expresses its dismay today over the news that U.S. Representative Henry Waxman (D- CA) toppled Representative John Dingell (D- MI) as Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Rep. Dingell has been a tireless champion of sportsmen issues for decades, while Rep. Waxman has a long history of supporting the causes of extremist animal rights and anti-firearm groups. Given the recent call by President-elect Barack Obama for a broad and bipartisan approach to governing, this action raises serious doubts in the eyes of sportsmen.
"Rep. Dingell understood and cared about sportsmen and their devotion to conservation," said USSA Vice President of Government Affairs, Rob Sexton. "On the other hand, Rep. Waxman, an environmental activist, has consistently earned a 100 percent rating from the leading anti-hunting group in the country, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), which has sought to use the Endangered Species Act to stop hunting."
Among Rep. Waxman's anti-hunting votes are:
• against allowing hunting, fishing, and trapping in the East Mojave Scenic Area;
• against the National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act of 1996 that enshrined hunting, fishing, and trapping as a priority use of wildlife refuges;
• for banning the importation of polar bear trophies and resulting in a loss of conservation funding;
Beyond his strong support of anti-hunting legislation, Rep. Waxman has also been a consistent opponent of Second Amendment rights. According to Sexton, "He has voted for nearly all anti-firearm bills in Congress going back to the so-called 'Assault Weapon Ban' and the 'Brady Bill.' Both of those bills were punitive and designed to prohibit law abiding citizens from engaging in their constitutional rights."
Sportsmen play a major role in the U.S. economy through their purchases of hunting, fishing, and trapping equipment. They also play the decisive role in maintaining ongoing conservation efforts through federal and state taxes on that equipment. "With the economy facing its greatest challenge in over a generation, now is not the time to embrace the radical agenda of groups like HSUS and choke off one of its most vibrant sectors. The USSA hopes that Rep. Waxman will show a greater appreciation for this fact as he assumes his new position than he has in the past," concluded Sexton.
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This blood test looks for antibodies against Francisella tularensis, the bacteria that cause the disease tularemia.
Tularemia test; Serology for Francisella tularensis
Antibodies defend the body against some bacteria, viruses, fungi, or other foreign substances called antigens. Certain cells of the immune system cause the body to produce antibodies during an active infection.
When you first get sick, few antibodies may be detected. Antibody production increases during the course of an infection. For this reason, antibody tests are often repeated several weeks after the first test is done, so the results can be compared. A rising level of antibodies tells the health care provider that there is an infection.
This test looks for antibodies to F. tularensis in the clear liquid portion of the blood, which is called the serum. (This technique is called serology.) The presence of these antibodies means you have a current or past infection with F. tularensis. In some cases, a single high level of antibodies that are specific to F. tularensis may mean you have an infection.
There is no special preparation.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, you may feel moderate pain, or only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
This blood test may be performed when tularemia is suspected.
Antibodies are absent. However, during the first few days to weeks of exposure to an antigen, there may be slight antibody production. As the disease progresses, more antibodies will be present. If a disease is suspected, the test may need to be repeated several weeks after the first test.
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results
If antibodies are detected, there has been exposure to Francisella tularensis (possible tularemia).
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
A serology test can determine whether you have ever been exposed to a certain antigen, but this does not mean that you have a current infection. Increasing antibody levels are more likely to indicate a current infection.
Schaffner W. Tularemia and other Francisella infections. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007 chap 332.
Penn RL. Francisella tularensis (Tularemia). In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 119.
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By Sam Mamudi
Steve Eisman spoke at the Sohn Investment Conference today, and he outlined his bullish case for the U.S. housing market and the stocks best positioned to benefit.
Eisman, founder of Emrys Partners, noted that monthly payments as a proportion of incomes is at 14%, a multi-decade low (the historical average is 22%, he said), while available inventory is at a multi-year low. He predicts single-family starts to grow at 20% "for the next several years."
One of his favorite areas is home builders, which despite large gains the past year "still are not pricing in the fundamentals' improvement," he said. In particular, with land prices also rising, Eisman likes homebuilders that are land-rich; he named Lennar (LEN), PulteGroup (PHM), the latter having the best valuation in the sector. Also a pick was Standard Pacific, hi h has less land but operates in hot housing markets.
Eisman also picked a land company Forestar Group (FOR), which holds 136,000 acres of land, which it typically sells to homebuilders. He said if the company were to price all its land to market, it's book value would be higher than its stock price, which is on the lower $20 range. Forestar is worth at least $30 a share, said Eisman.
Forestar's stock is up more than 23% since Barron's highlighted the name in March.
Among his other picks, Eisman highlighted Ocwen Financial (OCN), which he called "the most levered way to play housing in the financial sector, bar none."
The mortgage serviced trades at just 7 times 2014 earnings and is positioned to produce free cash flow of 20% to 25% of its market cap in each of the next three years. Eisman said the company might use the cash for share buybacks and/or accretive acquisitions.
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Ensoniq EPS-16+
The EPS-16+ was an innovative early sampler workstation designed for the 90's. Its sampler specs are impressive: 16-bit, variable sampling rates from 11.2kHz to 44.6kHz. With a slim 1Mb of memory this gives just about 11.5 seconds of sampling time in mono at 44.6kHz. Editing functions are quite nice: normalizing, sample splicing, merging, phase switching, auto-looping, auto-truncating, sample rate conversion and more.
On the synthesizer side it has two great filters with switchable hi, low and band pass, 6dB to 24dB cutoffs. BUT, they aren't resonant. The keyboard is velocity and pressure sensitive and it has full MIDI implementation. There is also a sophisticated 8-track sequencer that can really be fun in a live performance situation. A wildly flexible and variable LFO with seven shapes always adds a new twist to your samples! Topping it off is a full suite of on-board effects like reverb, delay, chorus, flange, phaser, Leslie sim, distortion and wah-wah and these effects can be re-sampled to become a part of the sample! It can even be played while it is loading samples!
In its time, the EPS-16+ was a revolutionary machine. It brought a lot of power and musicality to sampling. These days, the EPS-16+ is still useful. It brings back the early crunchy sampler sound but with a lot of features that make it really fun to play with. Even with its non-resonant filters you can still find yourself filtering a 'garage-beat' drum loop for hours while muting and un-muting other loops on the 8-track sequencer!
The EPS-16+ was also made available in a rack-mount version. All EPS-16+ synths can be upgraded via non-volatile flash ROM (available on-line from Chicken Systems, Inc.) to expand your EPS's memory, effects algorithms and creative potential! It has been used by Autechre, LFO, Massive Attack and Slam.
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Ensoniq EPS 16+ demostration (axel foley)
Audio Clip 1 - 5 samples, 3 simple sequences, 3 edited drum loops.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - 7 to 20 voices
- Sampler - 16-bit mono, 11.2kHz to 44.6kHz; (up to 11.5 seconds sample-time at 44.6kHz)
- LFO - 7 shapes
- Filter - 2 high, low, band pass 6dB to 24dB filters
- Keyboard - 61 keys (velocity & pressure sensitive)
- Memory - 1 MB (expandable to 2 MB)
- Control - MIDI
- Date Produced - 1990
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Syntaur EPS-16 Plus Memory Expanders
Sample Magic: Mastering the EPS/ASR Samplers
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Sweetwater: Hot items in Keyboars section
The Musician's Friend: Keyboard gear
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Robert Bartlett, a professor of medieval history at the University of St. Andrews, will deliver a lecture titled "Supernatural Dangers and Supernatural Protectors in Medieval Scotland" at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 14, in 28 McCosh Hall.
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