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'We have to start from zero': Greeks watch as endgame nears
By Omaira Gill
Times are strange in Greece in more ways than one. Nothing is as it should be, not even the weather. At this time of year, conditions are supposed to remain fine, sunny and dry. Instead, short stretches of hot, humid days are being punctuated with monsoon-like downpours. It's as if not even the weather knows what it's supposed to be doing right now.
A worried public watches. On the streets of Athens, on the metro and buses which are free until next Monday, in cafes and in ATM queues, there is only one topic of discussion. Despite Syriza's reassurances to the contrary, Greece's European counterparts have made it clear that the vote on Sunday is not a yes or no to more austerity, but a yes or no to Europe and Greece's continued membership of the eurozone.
In spite of the showers, on Tuesday night some 20,000 people turned out in Syntagma Square to support a Yes vote, slightly more than the estimated 17,000 that turned out to support a No vote just one evening earlier in the same spot.
Nearby, in the unseasonally damp streets of the Plaka district, it appeared to be business as usual as tourists laughed and enjoyed meals in reasonably busy tavernas. The one difference was that in almost every store, when not serving customers, shop owners were glued to rolling news about the political situation, watching in silence until the next customer wandered in.
Standing in the doorway of his shop, 28 year old Ilias said he wasn't worried, even though business had plummeted since the weekend. "I think they'll find some sort of solution. We all hope that each side will give a little and a solution will be found."
It was a view that 23-year-old Joanna, a few doors down in an enormous souvenir emporium, agreed with. She said she hasn't seen much change in business. "Things have been normal here," she says. "We're worried, but what can we do? We're trying to stay strong and positive. We want to stay in Europe. It's all anyone has talked about. The tourists ask us about it, and they have been very supportive. It's nice to see that people care about what's going on here."
A few hours later, Greece, to no one's surprise, failed to make a scheduled payment of £1.1 billion to the IMF, becoming the first developed nation to do so. Greeks awoke to chaotic scenes on television of pensioners jostling to receive their €120 (£85) pension at designated banks. It was an ugly and unpleasant scene as the elderly, some in line since 4am, pushed and pled for their turn. Being wary of cards, the older generation in Greece relies on bank books for their transactions. The closure of Greece's banks this week have hit them hardest.
At a supermarket, 40 year old mother of two Vasilea stacks shelves. She can't keep up with how fast they are emptying. "We normally take in around €2,000 (£1,418) in a day. On Monday, we took in €8,000 (£5,673)," she says. "People are mainly buying pasta, lentils, rice, flour, sugar and evaporated milk. It vanishes as soon as it's on the shelf."
She is cynical of the government's stance. "They'll sign some sort of deal, there's no way they won't," she says "They're making fools of us. I'll be voting No, no to everything, because I believe it's a joke what they're making us do."
Yiannis, 45, also plans to vote No. He has been running a grocery store for 15 years. "I've never seen the public so disappointed, so tired. It's the first time I saw so much bitterness in all these years," he says. "Things have got really bad. People have no money. With €60 (£42) per day, within the space of two days, whoever has money can shop, the rest will suffer.
"I don't think the system can keep going like this for another two years. I'll vote No, because I don't think the situation can go on like this. It's reached its zenith. We have to start from zero. I believe with all our efforts, we will suffer a few more years but things will get better."
Queueing at an ATM, one woman who declined to give her details said: "This was going to happen one way or the other. Maybe the new government speeded things up. The issue is what happens now. My personal opinion is that even if the referendum takes place, things won't get better with the banks.
"I try to face the situation with calmness. I've not taken all my savings out of the bank, who knows, maybe everyone else will turn out to be right in the end. I'm not sure how I'll vote. I'm leaning towards Yes but I'm still not sure."
Later the same evening, the Greek prime minister took to the airwaves to urge his nation to vote No, worsening the international mood against the country. The prevailing atmosphere on the streets of Greece is one of disbelief, and the sense that after five years of living an economic nightmare, the final chapters of the play are proving completely impossible to predict.
Incidentally, the referendum is taking place the day Yiannis gets married. "I'll go cast my vote and then go to get married," he says with a laugh. Amid their shattered economy, Greeks are trying to live their lives as normally as possible.
Omaira Gill is a British freelance journalist living in Athens. Click here to follow her on Twitter.
The opinions in politics.co.uk's Comment and Analysis section are those of the author and are no reflection of the views of the website or its owners.


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The 86-foot tall wood and concrete lighthouse overlooks Nawiliwili Bay. Built in 1906, the lighthouse was automated in 1953 and does not require a full time light keeper.
Take Highway 50 toward Lihu'e. Turn right on Rice Street (where Highway 50 becomes Highway 56). Approximately 1 1/2 miles down Rice Street, turn left.
This road leads past the Kiele and Lagoons Golf Courses. Park near Ninini Beach. Follow the trail past the 13th hole of Lagoons Course, past the beach and to Ninini Point.
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Name: James Hendry
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Ticket Pricing for Performance Goods and Scalping in the Secondary Market
Neaton, Patrick C.
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This paper studies the case of the market for performance tickets where promoters sell tickets to consumers at a fixed level of supply with monopoly power over prices. Due to deliberate under-pricing of tickets below the market-clearing price by promoters, which creates excess demand, and the fact that different consumers learn different things about their demand over time, a profit opportunity emerges in a secondary market for brokers to resell tickets to consumers entering the market late. Brokers clear the market at or near equilibrium prices that were purposefully undercut by promoters. Promoters promote restrictive measures on resale, in the name of fairness, to try and eliminate brokers so they can capture the late profits they are currently unable to receive.


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Attackers have learned that one of the easiest and most successful ways to successfully take control of a network is to launch attacks against vulnerable programs on your systems. It is almost certain that you are not protected against these attacks—at least not until you take important steps.
Many viruses and other malware exploit vulnerabilities in applications. Are all of your patches current for applications such as Adobe Acrobat, Flash, Java, Microsoft Office, etc.?
In some cases, the application patches are even more important than OS patches—although both are important.
Attackers often exploit applications before the vendor has issued a patch to prevent the exploit. These attacks are referred to as zero-day exploits.
Your organization's IT professionals need to create a list of applications in order to apply patches ASAP because, unless they identify all of your applications, they will not be able to patch all of them.
Ensure that new application patches get tested first on non-production machines. The test needs to be instituted immediately after the patch is released. Desktop and server virtualization can help IT with the testing process by providing a method to run server and workstation configurations on a single piece of hardware for testing.
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Antigua and Barbuda now have visa-free entry to 136 countries following the signing of an abolition of visa requirements between Antigua and Barbuda and Ukraine. The Agreement was signed at the Ukranian Embassy in Washington by Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to the United States of America, Sir Ronald Sanders, and his counterpart Ukrainian Ambassador, Valeriy Chaly, after several months of negotiation. Antigua and Barbuda and continuously working to enhance the value of their passport and increase the numbers of visa-free countries
Particularly since the US presidential election, some US citizens have moved abroad and others are considering such a move.
Property has always been quite reliable when talking about investment. For those caught out by the subprime mess they might not agree. So long as evaluation of 'real value' is not again over inflated and that value borrowed against we should not get there again.
The Caribbean has always been an interesting region for cryptocurrency. Bitcoin and consorts can make a big impact in this part of the world over the coming years.
LWP will be attending the Beirut International Property Fair where we will be promoting our newest development in Antigua. LWP are developing a 5* boutique luxury hotel in Antigua to be held within the Marriott's Autograph Collection portfolio. As an approved development within the Antigua Citizenship by Investment Programme. LWP have some exciting opportunities that allow you to participate in the citizenship programme
Antigua abolishes visa requirements for UAE citizens
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Hakim Weatherspoon
Contact Information
Hakim Weatherspoon
Cloud computing; secure and fault-tolerant distributed wide-area storage systems
Current Research Interest
Information systems; distributed systems; network systems; and peer-to-peer systems
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
DARPA Computer Science Study Panel (CSSP)
IBM Faculty Award
NetApp Faculty Fellowship
National Science Foundation Future Internet Architecture Award
Selected Publications
Jia, Qin, Zhiming Shen, Weijia Song, Robbert van Renesse, and Hakim Weatherspoon. "Supercloud: Opportunities and Challenges." Association for Computing Machinery SIGOPS Operating Systems Review 49, no. 1 (2015).
Lee, Ki Suh, Han Wang, and Hakim Weatherspoon. "PHY Covert Channels: Can you see the Idles?" Proceedings of the USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI) 11 (2014).


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Internet Explorer 9 Beta Due Slated for September
We have little reason to doubt Turner's time frame for IE9. Following the release of the first developer preview back in the middle of March, Microsoft has been pumping out updated test builds every 8 weeks.
There's still no word on when the final version of IE9 will ship, but when it does, XP users won't be invited to the launch party - only Windows Vista and Windows 7 users need apply.
What browser do you use to race through cyber space?


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Board Game Review: Yamataï
December 29, 2017
On a day not very different from today, Queen Himiko tasks all the builders in the kingdom with a prestigious mission: to build the capital of Yamataï and make it the jewel of the archipelago.
You must surpass your competitors by building the most prestigious city of them all, only then you will be remembered as the greatest builder of Yamataï!
So how does it work exactly?
In Yamataï there are a lot of different islands that belong to the archipelago and as much as possible need to be cleared in order to be able to be build on.
When an island is cleared, a builder can build a regular or a prestige building on it, but only if the island has the right resources and has not been declared sacred ground. These resources are provided by the boats that you and the other builders dock nearby the islands.
During the game builders will gain prestige points and or money for certain building combinations. The greatest builder of Yamataï will be the builder who has earned the most prestige points.
In Yamataï a player has 5 main actions that they have to run through during each turn.
- Choose a fleet
- Trade
- Collect or Build
- Dock your boat(s)
- Recruit a specialist
1. Choose a fleet
In total there are 10 different tiles, but only 5 will be available during each round. These fleet tiles offer a certain type of boat/resource and usually a small side action you can use to your advantage.
For example the fleet in the picture let's you take a red and a green boat. And as a side action, you can swap to previously placed boats.
The fleets you choose during your turn also have an impact on next rounds player order. So if you choose fleet card number 8, at the end of this round your meeple (wooden figure) will be placed at that number. This keeps the player order more random and makes you think twice about choosing high fleet card numbers.
2. Trade
You can buy more resource boats or sell them if you need the money. There are only a few exceptions here and one of them is that you cannot buy or sell gold boats. The other exception is that you are allowed to do only one transaction per turn.
But some specialists may make an exception for these exceptions. (will be explained later)
So for example you can buy an extra wood fleet or sell one that you don't need.
3. Collect or Build
In this phase a player uses the boats they gathered from the previous 2 actions and then places them on the board. You can only make one chain of boats during each turn and there are some other rules about where you can actually place those boats. This makes the game more challenging than you would expect.
But if you placed your boats correctly, you can choose between collecting culture tokens or building.
In the beginning of the game almost all islands are covered with culture tokens, these need to be cleared in order to be able to build on the islands. So during the first round(s) it's more likely that you choose to collect culture tokens from the islands near your fleet.
You can only collect the amount of culture tokens equal to the amount of boats you placed AND only from the islands next to your boats.
These culture tokens will mostly be used to recruit specialists, but they can also have another advantage during the game.
Once an island is cleared you can build on it. Well sort of...
These requirements should be met first:
- You need the right combination of resources on the island
- You placed at least one boat next to that island during this turn.
When these are met, you can choose the building you want to construct from the builders market and place the respective wooden figure on the island.
There are 3 types of buildings:
- a normal building (the 10 wooden houses in your representative colour)
- a Torii (prestigious building)
- a high temple (prestigious building)
Building a group of normal buildings will earn you extra money every time that group is expanded.
Building a normal building next to a prestigious building and/or on a mountain, will earn you prestige points.
But also the building cards have prestige points printed on them.
So choose your buildings and construction spots wisely!
4. Dock your boat(s)
Each player can dock at least one boat and thus save it for the next round. But from the moment you have more than one boat to spare and no docking stations, you will get minus points per every two boats that you weren't able to use during that round.
The only way to get more docking stations is by hiring the correct specialist.
5. Recruit a specialist
There are a bunch of specialists in the game, but only 5 of them will be available during each round. Specialists that didn't get hired will have a small money bonus when you recruit them. The bonus money increases every round a specialist didn't get hired.
So how do you hire a specialist? I mentioned it earlier that the culture tokens you'll collect, will have use for recruiting specialists. You can do this by spending 2 identical culture tokens or by spending 3 different culture tokens.
You will notice that each specialist will give you prestige points and/or a certain advantage, such as:
- allowing you to trade for gold boats
- doubling your prestige points
- allowing you to dock 2 extra boats
- ...
So I think it really is wise to invest in recruiting specialists to help you win the game.
Final conclusion
YamataÏ is a beautiful and colourful 2 to 4 player game, very easy to learn and still enough challenge to make it interesting. You really need to think of some sort of strategy to be able to win the game. Often by figuring out how to get the right combination or resources at a certain island or how to get rid of resources that make it impossible to build. Also, the game quickly takes up an hour or more to play, so make sure you have enough time.
- works perfect with 2 players
- a game for everyone from the age of 13 and up.
- quick and easy setup and not too many rules
- language independent! Except for the rules, but they can be found online.
- really beautiful game
- some rules might need some extra clarification
Personal complexity score: 2.5/5


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13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (1 July)
The first reading from the Book of Wisdom touches clearly on the possibility of life after death, "Yet God did make man imperishable," and includes the resurrection of bodies. The liturgy of this Sunday evokes this reality: "God is a God of the living and not of the dead". Death and everything connected with it, are not something of Divine will and were not desired at the beginning of creation.
We live today in a culture of death. One of the paradoxes in our days is to cohabit simultaneously with the drama of death, ours and others', and on the other hand, with the proliferation of baseless deaths: terrorism, suicides, abortion, euthanasia, which so often becomes sensational "marketing" for social media communication. This seems to show a certain relativizing of the absolute and inviolate value of human life itself. The readings today reply to these questions. Death was not God´s doing; he takes no pleasure in the extinction of the living. To be – for this he created all. He made us in the image of his own nature. It was the devil´s envy that brought death into the world, as those who are his partners will discover.
"Our Saviour Jesus Christ abolished death, and he has proclaimed life through the Good News." Today´s Gospel readings show Jesus combating death – Jairus´ daughter is raised to life.
The mission of Jesus is to penetrate the dark regions of death and to offer his life, his grace, his power to cure. The latter is shown to those who had faith in him: Jairus, who pleaded with Jesus to heal his daughter, and the woman who suffered many years from a haemorrhage. She was experiencing a ´living death´ as she was excluded from society and declared unclean by religious laws. She has heard about Jesus and has faith to believe that he can cure her. "If I just touch his clothing I shall get well." Her touch of Jesus´ cloak conveys respect and awareness of who he is. Immediately her flow of blood dried up and the feeling that she was cured of her affliction ran through her whole body. Jesus was conscious at once that healing power had gone out from him, and he asks who touched his clothing. Touching is a decisive mark of Jesus´ interactions with people and the fact that Jesus has chosen to touch the unclean or they to touch him, as in this case, is explosive in a society that controls by the power to decide who can be touched and who is untouchable. In Mark´s Gospel there are many incidents of Jesus stretching out his hand to touch people. On other occasions he takes them by his hand. By touching the sick or unclean Jesus takes on their status, that is, he becomes ´unclean´, but the words and presence of Jesus have power to heal. Jesus asks who touched his clothes. Jesus wants to see the person and wants others to know that faith in him is necessary, especially his disciples who show their lack of understanding by their response: "You can see how this crowd is crowding around you and yet you say "who touched me?". Fearful and trembling, the woman came forward and fell on her knees before Jesus and told him the whole truth. Jesus addresses her as "Daughter", and tells her that her faith has cured her, to go in peace, and to be freed of her illness. This peace is Jesus´ further gift of a promise of a life lived more gracefully and abundantly in faith.
While Jesus was still speaking, some people from the house of Jairus. The synagogue official, came to tell him that his daughter had died and not to trouble the Master, Jesus, any further. (Jesus had set out to go to Jairus' house at his pleading, to save his daughter who was seriously ill). Jesus told Jairus not to be afraid and to have faith. And when they arrive at the house Jesus speaks to those outside, those who do not believe and who ridicule him, to stop the noise of traditional mourning, He enters the place where the child lay, takes the child´s hand and raises her up. Again we see the power of the touch of Jesus. Today, our meeting with Jesus is in the sacraments, especially in the Sacrament of the Eucharist when Jesus touches us with His own body in Holy Communion. How much closer could be the touch of Jesus for us, when he gives us healing and life. It is necessary to go and meet Jesus, like Jairus and the woman, with faith and trust. The Gospel today invites us to live with hope and confidence in Jesus, in the certainty that in the presence of Jesus even death is only a sleeping which has the capacity to become a new vitality by the action and word of Jesus.
Sr. Aedris Coates OP


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One of the most confusing things that many Computer Sciences B.Tech Students or anyone with a degree in Computer Sciences when applying to US Universities for MS is " Should I apply for MS in Computer Sciences or MS in Management information Systems (MIS) ?" . It can be very confusing, personally I hold an MS in Computer Sciences. I hope to explain some of the differences between Computer Sciences Vs Management Information Systems. If you not sure of MBA or MS after B.Tech, then you may want to read this article Should I study/apply for MS or MBA in US after B.Tech/ B.Com ? Which is better ?
MS in Computer Sciences (CS) vs MS in Management Information Systems(MIS)
If you look closely at the titles of MIS and CS, you can couple of obvious keywords: one has Science and other has Management. Just as a layman without any knowledge of the degree, what do we get out of that? One is a more Science related degree, means you are going to learn everything about Computers and how they work and other is a Management related degree with managing information Systems in Businesses.
What does MS in Computer Sciences ( CS ) cover ?
Continuing our thought process, if you join MS in CS, you learn everything about Computers as a science. You learn advanced concepts of How Advanced Databases work, how the Advanced Operating systems work, How to write compilers, Various Algorithms, Advanced Research Methods, Advanced Programming Languages, Advanced Architectures, Advanced Network security, Artificial Intelligence, etc… Also, you have an option to do research, if you do so then you choose Thesis option. Some universities, it is mandatory and some Universities it is not. So, it depends. But, if you choose not to do Thesis, you will do capstone(final) project instead in last semester.
What does MS in Management Information Systems (MIS) cover ?
MS in MIS is nothing but Management of Information systems. Think about it, every business collects information and uses information systems for that purpose, as an MIS graduate you will study how to store, search or use the information systems to benefit Managers, Organizations, employees, customers, etc. The point is, you are focused on the actual business side of information gathering and management to maximize the profit for company. You will study information about how to design the systems architecture to support the business, what infrastructure to use for your global systems, How to Manage IT projects, How to do enterprise models, database concepts for business, etc. There might be some overlap with classes, but the goal of the course is to help you manage information systems in the Corporation and NOT to train you to become a programmer or researcher. In some of the program, you might have Accounting, Finance classes, etc depending on the program at the school. They also offer with various names like MS in Information Technology management, Information Management. You may also read TAMU's article on What is Management Information Systems (MIS )?
Sample Curriculum or Program Information of MS in CS and MIS :
You may browse the below links to get some idea on the kinds of classes you take in CS and MIS and how they differ at various universities.
- MS in CS Programs
- MIS in MIS Programs :
GRE or GMAT for MIS ?
For Computer Sciences MS, everyone knows that you need to take GRE. But when it comes to MIS it is a little different, depending on the school, they accept GMAT or GRE. The reason is, typically MIS is offered by the School of Business and CS program is offered by School of Science and Engineering. Previously, as you know for most of the Business schools, GMAT was very much a requirement. But, with recent changes, some Business schools are starting to accepting GRE too. Anyways, some schools say you have to to take GMAT and some schools say you have to take GRE. So, there is no generalised rule and it is a preference from the Business School. You will have to check the respective schools programs or look at ETS website for more info. Here is the list of MBA Programs that accept GRE General Test. It is very much possible that these list of schools that accept GRE for MBA will also accept GRE for MIS, but for others it depends. Either case, you have to double check.
To keep the articles short and crisp, check the continuation of this article : Careers of MS in MIS vs CS (Computer Sciences) in USA ? MIS Careers ?
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Two bros were nearly brought to tears by twin kittens.
A Reddit user with the handle peglegpete305 posted a touching video of the emotional moment on the platform's "aww" forum. The video showed what happened when his roommate surprised him with a black kitten for his birthday in 2019.
"[Got] a little surprise for you, buddy. A little early birthday gift for you," the roommate said from behind the camera.
The Reddit user looked stunned as his roommate handed him a tiny, adorable black cat.
"Black cat — you always talked about it," the roommate said. "I know — I just wanted to give you something you might have loved."
He embraced the little kitten in his arms and held it up to his face. As he neared tears, the gift-bearing friend said, "You're going to make me cry." The roommate also mentioned that he got his own kitten too.
The Reddit user shared photos from of the two kitten brothers, one black and one gray, in the comment section.
The adorable video was upvoted over 50,000 times on Reddit.
"You got the ugly cry! That's our metric for telling whether we got the perfect gift," one user commented.
"This is what I came to say, look at this man so full of love he will ugly cry over a kitten," someone wrote.
"His expression as he holds the kitten made my eyes flood, that was true happiness and joy," another said.
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MSNBC finally got around to confirming week-old reports Al Sharpton's one-hour Sunday morning show PoliticsNation will be replaced by a two-hour weekend morning panel program hosted by David Gura.
Up with David Gura will air Saturdays and Sundays from 8-10 AM ET starting – tomorrow.
The Up brand is not new. MSNBC debuted Up in 2011; Chris Hayes hosted. When Hayes bowed out in '13 to focus on All In,
Steve Kornacki became Up host. MSNBC bagged the franchise in '16. And now Up is back.
Sharpton's PoliticsNation, meanwhile, debuted on MSNBC's lineup in 2011. Back then it aired weeknights at 6 PM.
MSNBC moved Sharpton's show to Sunday mornings in 2015.
In its latest move, Sharpton's program will now air Saturdays & Sundays at 5 PM starting tomorrow.
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SNC 2014 : Symbolic-Numeric Computation
|Link: http://symbolic-numeric-computation.org/snc-2014/
Call For Papers
Algorithms that combine techniques from symbolic and numeric computation have been of increasing importance and interest over the past decade. The necessity to work reliably with imprecise and noisy data, and for speed and accuracy within algebraic and hybrid-numerical problems, has encouraged a new synergy between the numerical and symbolic computing fields. Novel and exciting problems from industrial, mathematical and computational domains are now being explored and solved.
The goal of the present workshop is to support the interaction and integration of symbolic and numeric computing. Earlier meetings in this series include the SNAP 96 Workshop, held in Sophia Antipolis, France, the SNC 2005 meeting, held in Xi'an, China, SNC 2007 held in London, Canada, SNC 2009, held in Kyoto, and SNC 2011, held in San Jose, California USA.
This forthcoming International Workshop on Symbolic-Numeric Computation will be held July 28 to 31 in Shanghai, China, immediately following the ISSAC 2014 Symposium to be held in nearby Kobe, Japan.
Invited Speakers
Erich L. Kaltofen, North Carolina State university, USA:
Cleaning-Up Data for Sparse Model Synthesis:
When Symbolic-Numeric Computation Meets Error-Correcting Codes
Lawrence Paulson, University of Cambridge, UK:
Automated Theorem Proving For Special Functions: The Next Phase
Bernd Sturmfels, UC Berkeley, USA:
Maximum Likelihood for Matrices with Rank Constraints
The titles of the talks are tentative.
Conference Topics
Specific topics of SNC 2014 include, but are not limited to:
Hybrid symbolic-numeric algorithms in linear, polynomial and differential algebra
Approximate polynomial GCD and factorization
Symbolic-numeric methods for solving polynomial systems
Resultants and structured matrices for symbolic-numeric computation
Differential equations for symbolic-numeric computation
Symbolic-numeric methods for geometric computation
Symbolic-numeric algorithms in algebraic geometry
Symbolic-numeric algorithms for nonlinear optimization
Implementation of symbolic-numeric algorithms
Model construction by approximate algebraic algorithms
Applications of symbolic-numeric computation: global optimization, verification, etc.
Important dates
Paper submission deadline: 24 March 2014
Notification of acceptance/rejection: 28 April 2014
Camera-ready copy due: 19 May 2014
The submission site is https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=snc2014 .
Submission details to be announced shortly.
Organizing Committee
General Chair: Lihong Zhi, Chinese Academy of Sciences, MMRC (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Program Committee Chair: Stephen Watt, Western University (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Program Committee Vice Chair: Jan Verschelde (email@example.com)
Local Organization Chair: Zhengfeng Yang, East China Normal University (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Program Committee
Dario Bini Università di Pisa (Italy)
Jin-San Cheng Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Rob Corless University of Western Ontario (Canada)
André Galligo Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France)
Patrizia Gianni Università di Pisa (Italy)
Mark Giesbrecht University of Waterloo (Canada)
Ilias Kotsireas Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada)
Bernard Mourrain INRIA Sophia Antipolis (France)
Kosaku Nagasaka Kobe University (Japan)
Victor Pan Lehman College, City University of New York (USA)
Mohab Safey El Din Université Paris 6 (France)
Michael Sagraloff Max-Planck-Institut fër Informatik (Germany)
Tateaki Sasaki University of Tsukuba (Japan)
Hiroshi Sekigawa Tokyo University of Science (Japan)
Elias Tsigaridas INRIA Rocquencourt (France)
Nikolay Vassiliev Steklov Institute of Mathematics at St.Petersburg (Russia)
Jan Verschelde University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)
Stephen Watt University of Western Ontario (Canada)
Wenyuan Wu Chongqing Inst. Green and Intelligent Technology (China)
Zhonggang Zeng Northeastern Illinois University (USA)


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Some extensions too early to turn into the archetype and its predecessor, the second literally going past what has been accomplished before. There are two main producers in relation to choosing a GPU for a gaming COMPUTER, AMD and NVIDIA 12 These firms present GPU's which different companies, akin to MSI and ASUS , then design circuit boards and cooling shrouds for. The problem is, there's lots of variation, and a few shall be vastly more able to high quality gaming experiences than others. This second custom system provides the graphics card with its own dedicated intake and exhaust airflow, and moves the heat exterior of the case. After I built my other large Lego computer years in the past (Lego Folding Farm) one of the common questions was how effectively does the Lego maintain up to warmth. The NZXT S340 is a Mid Tower pc case made utilizing SECC steel and ABS plastic. The rest of this system relies on our £1500 gaming LAPTOP construct with a quick major SSD and a secondary onerous drive for bulk information, plus a high quality energy supply and case. Immerse the entire gaming world in its lightweight design and the standard workmanship to type a normal of excellence into the futuristic VR expertise. Learn computer service precisely the reappraisal in the event that allow the shopper to apprise of the Sharkoon Shark Pressure Gaming Maus grün potential problems and professionals. QBX Kaze provides a full powered gaming computer with superior cooling performance for a case of its type. Geek Out with the most recent desktop computer systems, greatest gaming laptops, finest headphones and the newest gadget information and top product evaluations on-line. Valve additionally introduced that any games bought over Steam for computer systems working Windows shall be accessible without spending a dime obtain to computer systems working Mac OS X, and vice versa. Beneath are the most effective gaming desktops we have not too long ago tested (we update the checklist month-to-month). After panel-testing nine controllers, we discovered that the Sony DualShock four Controller (yes, the PlayStation one) is the perfect controller for COMPUTER gaming. As soon as the gaming PC passes these checks, a second technician verifies them before sending the computer to our quality assurance crew. Improve your gaming potential with a mechanical gaming keyboard with AlienFX lighting, five programmable macro keys, and iconic Alienware design. And that's not counting the three gaming notebooks we advocate in our shopping information for PC avid gamers ! The AVADirect Quiet Gaming PC wants to interrupt from that status and largely succeeds, offering highly effective gaming performance in a smooth, (largely) silent bundle. …Read More
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Because of the restricted space and the heat generated by high-end video cards and processors, a gaming laptop isn't pretty much as good as a desktop gaming computer. For anyone excited by virtual reality, the takeaways above are important to bear in mind, as the LAPTOP you will have right this moment in all probability won't run either the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, until it is a fairly recent tricked-out gaming desktop. Laptop gaming is a pc specifically used for gaming solely, on his common gaming computers geared up with excessive specification with four gb ram and graphics playing cards is excessive, pc gaming may be discovered at internet cafes Indonesian is specifically gaming, pc gaming is different from a daily pc, if his common low computer specs, but opposite to his gaming computer. The Omen X Desktop can be out there at HP's website on August 17th for a beginning worth of $1,799, and that will get you an overclockable 4GHz Core i7, 8GB of RAM, Radeon RX 480 graphics, a 256GB SSD, a 2TB onerous drive and a monstrous 1,300W energy provide. As far as arduous numbers go, we currently run the framerate benchmark utilities for Rise of the Tomb Raider , Hitman and Grand Theft Auto V at 1920 x 1080 with graphics maxed out, as well as at 2560 x 1440 and 4K if a system allows for it. On prime of that, we simply play tons of graphics-intensive games resembling Star Wars Battlefront II , Injustice 2 and Forza Motorsport 7 as a way to offer you a way of how these gaming desktops hold up in the actual world. Historically gaming computer systems had a number of distinct hardware parts that set them other than a typical LAPTOP. The push for better graphics began with coloration fidelity, from display methods corresponding to CGA ultimately graduating to VGA, which was adopted for the mass market. Ultimately, these aren't the perfect gaming desktops you possibly can build, (see our excessive-end builds information), however if you're working with a finances, these are good gaming computer systems that may serve as very capable machines. If your looking to obtain an excellent all round high performing gaming laptop by constructing it your self but are struggling or missing in confidence then learn on. Also in case you computer case have already built computer systems previously but want to know what the latest and finest components are then read on. We will attempt to appoach a very technical factor in a easy and as jurgan free manner as doable. In case you're shopping for a gaming laptop that comes pre-constructed you may additionally want to make sure it says it comes with a version of Windows pre-put in, as some companies will sell computer systems without an working system or with only a trial version of it. Watch out. However, when you're playing demanding video games which might be finest experienced in full detail on the very best graphics settings, then it's in all probability a good idea to save up some more money so that you can get the perfect gaming PC for 2017 as doable. …Read More
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This manner means that you can create a profile which is necessary to position orders. Give our gross sales team a call and so they can look at your needs and give you a specialised configuration based in your wants and styling requirements to create a custom gaming pc that's truly for you. I might recommend you get a case that has a minimum of one fan even for those who're doing a price range build. The build design and LAPTOP case permits for front loading of 2 additional laborious drives which I utilise for my information drives. Issues with a previous build are tools failures with typically software computer games program/driver issues thrown in for enjoyable. If we make a change to any custom computer or laptop computer we'd first e-mail the shopper and clarify why we had been making a change. The case selection is beautiful and includes ones designed to be silent or very quiet, plus typically pointless gamer instances with places for LED lighting, windows and many others. However the product delivered was not what was ordered and this is not acceptable for an organization that builds customized LAPTOP's. That's the reason a lot of the COMPUTER retailers of the early/mid 2000s are all out of enterprise. Every year since in 2004, Fujitsu has held PC meeting workshops throughout summer season vacation for elementary and middle school students at its manufacturing plants in Fukushima and Shimane prefectures. Putting collectively a custom gaming pc is simply part of the process, our expert technicians are obsessive about squeezing each ounce of performance from our computers. I do not know what sells better truthfully: A gaming computer or residence laptop which can be each custom built. …Read More
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We completely love constructing Gaming COMPUTER's right here at PB Tech, and our talented staff of technicians is ready that can assist you create your very personal dream LAPTOP. Additionally you do not need 8gb RAM for just a informal workstation – I'm quickly gaming on a LAPTOP with 4gb, it is actually greater than enough for just browsing the web. As a result of even for experienced gamers, it is not always straightforward to pick out the precise gaming LAPTOP from the abundance of configuration choices. The MAINGEAR SHIFT was the primary in the trade to offer a custom PC that rotates the interior components of the LAPTOP to leverage the natural tendency of sizzling air to rise. P.s In case you are nonetheless concerned about how we're placing together these techniques, we're going to leave this right here that can assist you see why Unlike Joh Snow, we all know the place to put it. When you've got any questions about a custom gaming build please fill within the type beneath and one in every of our specialists will come back to you right away. IBUYPOWER Laptop, an enterprise in association with American Future Know-how Corporation (AFT), is without doubt one of the largest system builders within the PC gaming trade. I only have the laptop a short time however the build high quality on the laptop appears to be excellent and is performing all duties very properly. Additionally, this construct costed me $2000 in WHOLE, so a protip for me is to have a versatile wager of cash. Ah I almost forgot, I'm additionally at present using laptop with 4gb ram, it's quite outdated although I recently obtained RX480 for my subsequent construct and putted it there briefly. This explicit COMPUTER was shown off at a meet-up for custom COMPUTER builders and modders in Osaka, Japan, and will likely be transferring around to completely different COMPUTER events throughout computer mouse wireless the remainder of the nation. Lower your expenses without compromising quality and customise your next PC on-line at present with Evatech. Because of our deeply rooted commitment to permit our customers to design a very custom machine, our configurators are geared toward supplying you with a very custom-made LAPTOP building expertise. Nevertheless, the Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 and ASRock Taichi are what I'd step as much as in case you're looking for a bit more. …Read More
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BLD is a brand new service from laptop hardware maker NZXT that simplifies the method of shopping for a new gaming PC. Customers select the video games they need to play and the value they want to pay, and BLD spits out a rig that'll get the job carried out. The MSI Z370 A-PROFESSIONAL is a direct successor to the MSI Z270 PROFESSIONAL Carbon, so it can benefit us to check out the Z270 Pro Carbon to see what has been modified. Its not half as scary as it's made out to be and when you do it properly you will end up with a fantastic gaming pc for a lot lower than shopping for a prebuilt gaming computer. Possibly it is that HP showed me the Star Wars laptop computer alongside its new gaming notebook, or maybe it was simply the tacky red keyboard backlighting, but I initially expected specs more in step with a gaming rig. The latter communicate of these timeless style statements and are a should when you're looking for a excessive-finish gaming expertise. You don't have to reboot here, I usually reset the decision by proper-clicking on the desktop background properties then set the resolution as high as I can. Like Alienware it additionally presents a extremely fast COMPUTER, a quality graphics card and hardware options and everything else to produce thrilling gaming expertise. That allowed the corporate to put all of its excessive-powered hardware toward the again of the case – in particularly, the CPU and GPU – so it may all be cooled at once. A number of the features the producer has considered when designing the gaming board embrace proper cooling, DDR4 memory boost, Audio Boost and other great options. When you've got deep pockets, your reply could be a customized-built scorching rod from an elite boutique LAPTOP manufacturer akin to Alienware, Falcon Northwest, Maingear, or MSI. This could add years to the life of the pc by simply changing out components within the system. Your first impressions of the Zephyrus will depend on the type of laptop you're most used to. When you mainly dabble in ultraportables, you will doubtless be intimidated by how massive it appears. In search of a spare charger to maintain on the workplace or looking to substitute an current charger these Genuine Horize PSU / Chargers to swimsuit Vector Sequence Gaming Notebooks are affordable, dependable and convenient. That is what each other element of you computer runs through and might be crucial component when it comes to what it will be suitable with. Sharkoon Shark Drive Gaming Maus grün has worked computer vision helpful for me and I hope it'll do wonders on you too. All told, it is a capable gaming PC both for VR and gaming at Full HD resolutions on a traditional monitor. …Read More
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We all need excessive-powered workstations, but is building your personal customized machine a viable option? On-line boards like AnandTech are additionally very useful when particular data is required. The worst factor is that you simply pay the seller twice as a lot for these generic low-high quality parts because they know that individuals would much somewhat spend 10 minutes and buy a computer than hours building their very own. And there you go. You've got completed one of many truest checks of geekdom, and now you might have a shiny new laptop to play with. Macs, then again, run on Apple's OS X. Many well-liked video games only work on Windows or Apple's OS X, so hold this in mind should you're building a gaming PC. The remainder of this technique is predicated on our £1500 gaming COMPUTER construct with a fast essential SSD and a secondary exhausting drive for bulk knowledge, plus a high quality power supply and case. Finally, in case you have this form of funds however are merely after the last word in gaming efficiency then the Intel Core i7-8700K is the CPU to go for. Take a look at it this way, you can pay $1500 for a pre-construct computer or you would pay $1000 and build it your self. Now find the screw holes in your motherboard and find the corresponding holes on the motherboard plate (or tray) within the case. We would typically counsel that a primary build might take a few hours (including assembly, OS install, environment/peripheral setup). For those of you that have not seen this episode, the blue man above is about to be grilled to a crisp because of a foul keyboard interface. In the present day, one is left to wonder whether it is best to build a PC your self or to simply buy one off the shelf. There are a number of guides in addition to sellers online providing needs for customized constructed laptops and computers. Laptop motherboards have two power connectors, one obvious and one not so obvious. Your laptop is not going to power on as fast as it could with a solid-state drive, and it'll also expertise slower read and write speeds. A motherboard to hold the CPU, RAM, plus all the other chips to run the computer. Most of all, we did not must solder or do something more harmful than watch to not build computershare login up static electrical energy and disconnect the facility provide as we connected wires and elements. …Read More
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The Engadget Rating is a singular ranking of merchandise based mostly on in depth impartial research and analysis by our skilled editorial and research groups. My nephew noticed the LAPTOP on my desk unplugged and thought it was simply an empty case. This Lego Gaming Laptop system is designed for people who need a highly effective gaming machine, able to taking part in any game, all while housed in a customized Lego case. The reason our LAPTOP builds are the most effective is as a result of they're hand built by ORIGIN PC specialists who know what they're doing and what's required to create an awesome gaming laptop. And, when you mixed these price range builds with a solid monitor, gaming keyboard, and gaming mouse, you'd have a gaming rig that may be more than sufficient to swimsuit most gamer's wants. This energy is multiplied in a SLI multi-GPU configuration creating essentially the most immersive visuals conceivable in gaming and past. Improved desktop navigation options like Snap, Peek and Shake, make it easier computer melody to manage all your open home windows. A serious part of a gaming computer is the processor, or CPU (Central Processing Unit). One of many methods to get probably the most out of your computer system is by overclocking it. To do that, you must have high processing and memory capacity. The MSI Z370-A PROFESSIONAL, as the identify suggests, features Intel's newly introduced Z370 chipset, designed for the most recent eighth era Intel Core CPUs. And because gaming machines work very, very onerous, it's no surprise that they are not identified for being very quiet. For gaming the 1600 is a good CPU but the perfect results come with an overclock of four.0ghz which is definitely achievable on the inventory cooler. Sleek chopping-edge with particular hair-line surface front panel design with superior capacity for longer excessive-end graphics playing cards as much as 330mm. Although, in my opinion, it has a cleaner looking design and is best general than the SPEC-02 by a slight margin. …Read More
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Our pc consultants have many years of expertise in order to create the very best custom COMPUTER on your buck. I learn this and I really considered constructing my own LAPTOP. I would've if I didn't discover out about I priced the components that I was going to get compared to what that they had and it was solely $70 more not together with the $20 off promotion they have for those who do an unboxing video and put it on YouTube. Provided that the traces between what appears to be like good in a game and what appears to be like poor is changing into increasingly blurred due to the common degree of parity in gaming graphics, too, PUBG nonetheless looks good on the decrease end settings. If you're not flat out searching for the fastest custom constructed computer, regardless of your needs and without a finances limit, you can definitely avoid wasting dollars by investing in a balanced configuration, which means not overspending on the CPU. True to being a custom LAPTOP builder, AVADirect is able to producing any custom PC you need with options reminiscent of customized watercooling loops, premium cabling, out of the manufacturing unit overclocking and even including custom automotive paint jobs. I am not keen to wait for/can't justify spending the money on a Sentry or Customized Mod Slim, but plenty of this gear will probably computer engineering find yourself in a type of two (or similar) instances in the future for an much more moveable rig. It's our coverage to verify all orders were SODIMM laptop reminiscence is ordered This order was positioned and within 40 minutes we despatched an electronic mail asking for the client to verify that they know that they had ordered laptops computer reminiscence and not desktop PC memory We acquired no reply and we therefore returned the cost and cancelled the order however solely after sending another email which again went unanswered 5 Days later we receive an e-mail accusing us of not sending the order. …Read More
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Most typical way to cool the modern day parts of a LAPTOP is by utilizing air movement offered by the inventory followers that include your CPU & GPU. Kenilworth, New Jersey – June 21, 2012 – MAINGEAR, an award-profitable customized LAPTOP builder providing customized desktops, custom constructed laptops has all the time been known for having one of many quickest machines on the ground with their race car theme inspirations providing the easiest in performance and design has now teamed up with Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. The cool air is definitely brought in from the bottom, making for a quieter, extra dependable, and easily better performing LAPTOP. The mixture of the brand new NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN graphics in MAINGEAR desktops presents a superior combination of power, performance, effectivity, management, and acoustics that COMPUTER gamers need for premium PC gaming. I'll end this by stating very clearly that now we have added a Help Desk for buyer and technical assist and a dedicated RMA / Returns help web site within the last 12 months in an effort to enhance our service and supply our customers the most effective experience doable even when issues go wrong. You can choose which kind of computer you prefer to and select the specs you prefer to with it. Our series of customized computer repair PCs provide more choices than a regular computer which provides you a great amount of flexibility when customising your system. This implies on-line assets, digital on-website distant desktop support, US-primarily based telephone help, and even an on-web site possibility (at our discretion on a case by case basis – United States and Canada ONLY!) We'll even cover delivery each ways for the first thirty days in North America. …Read More
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The Omen X Desktop caters to players who prefer to improve, but still want a distinctive design. Many cases that cater to avid gamers are loaded with features and attention-grabbing design parts comparable to blinking LEDs and aspect windows. Asker – just a few years in the past this was an issue but trendy ATX normal motherboard and parts, usually match accurately so long as you are using a normal sized case. The Alienware Aurora is a sleek gaming desktop that's also quite reasonably priced in an entry-level guise. Moving round first-particular person shooters using the WASD keys felt just as responsive as my desktop keyboard. An even higher-specced model, referred to as the Corsair One Professional (Webstore), can also be obtainable for $2,300, if the first two aren't quite powerful sufficient to your intense gaming wants. Within as much as 2 days of inserting an order, our specialist crew of enthusiasts will construct and take a look at your gaming LAPTOP and get it shipped directly to your handle. Then be ready to make space for it. Should you're an upgrader, be certain the desktop you choose has straightforward software-free entry to the interior. When you're on the lookout for a gaming COMPUTER under $a hundred, you might be probably out of luck (unless you should utilize quite a lot of elements from an older system). No matter your funds, we are assured we will provide you with exactly what you want in a computer and still preserve the lowest potential prices. The Zephryus's 15.6-inch, 1080p display doesn't appear significantly impressive at first, especially when other gaming laptops embody 4K shows nowadays. In case you're searching for a cheap LAPTOP VR gaming option, though, you would be smart to attend. Whereas many of those announcements have been a longtime coming – Alienware followers have been asking for revamped screens for years – they seem to be a sign that Dell is able to devote much more to the gaming world. The brand new PSU has the consumption fan position underneath,and is larger which improves the cooling of the case. Expertise tht new FRAGLABS Vector gaming machines by Horize Gaming Laptop computer computer melody, Intel Core i7-3610QM Quad Core, 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz, nVidia SLi GeForce GTX 670 1.5GB. …Read More
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For such a physically small element the processor or CPU is controversial the most important part of a gaming COMPUTER set up to get proper. As many gamers do not have the funds to purchase an expensive gaming system, it does not imply that they cannot play games with just 300-350 dollars in hand. These enthusiast computers provide daring looks, unimaginable performance, and superb cooling. If you want to extract each final little bit of performance available in this system, then overclocking the processor and reminiscence are great ways to realize the best potential degree of gaming. Backside Line: Like earlier versions, the Dell XPS Special Version (8930) is a compact and upgradeable multipurpose desktop. We examined 12 gaming mice and had four panelists log over 50 hours of Overwatch with the finalists. It has been nearly two months since PC components maker Corsair teased its first completed computer , giving us nothing however a name and a picture of the entrance and sides of the system. For those of you trying to spend slightly bit more money, you possibly can come away with a truly powerful gaming pc at a really dell computers affordable value. Get the very best gaming deals, opinions, product advice, competitions, unmissable gaming information and extra! The budget that you just set to your gaming pc is going to determine the kind of performance you get out of it. The more you spend, the extra video games you can play on higher settings and the higher the frame charges you will get. A. If those are the games you're taking part in, then a pc with AMD's A-collection processors and the constructed-in APU can be nice. It's fabricated from pure aluminum and works by absorbing heat from the ICs within the reminiscence chip and directing it into the cooling path of your gaming system. Shopping for the best gaming processor on your set-up, will rely invariably on the sum of money you have to spend in your whole build. The Gamer Ultra GUA880 also features a gaming keyboard and mouse to make sure you'll be able to play at your absolute best. Though presently most massive-identify Mac games are ports, this has not all the time been the case. To not browse the internet taking a look at all of the video games that your pc would not play. Let's take a fast look at the purpose of each piece of hardware and how you could find the best one in your gaming wants. We'll be absolutely testing and reviewing a number of of those computers in the coming weeks, together with the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift VR headsets. MAINGEAR PCs are intelligently designed to easily handle widespread pc issues like overheating. The Greatest Gaming Desktops of 2017 There isn't any extra powerful gaming platform than a tricked-out desktop LAPTOP. This is every part you'll want to know to choose the best one, together with our high-rated evaluations. …Read More
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"We are using technology that was originally developed by NASA for satellites observing the earth."
The greenhouses used for cultivation under glass are extremely large. Checking the health of the many thousands of plants they contain represents a major challenge, while up to one quarter of all stock is lost to diseases and fungi. The four Aeronautical Engineering students at Inholland Delft currently working on the Drones in the Greenhouse project envisage a solution in the form of a drone capable of flying through the greenhouse and analysing the plants.
Project team members William Simmonds, Bram Sanders, Chris Ramsay and Lucien Fesselet decided to introduce drones in the greenhouse for a very simple reason, as Lucien explains: 'Greenhouses are extremely large, and it is difficult for growers to check the health of the many thousands of plants. Hiring the necessary staff is expensive.' However, regular inspections are absolutely crucial. Between five and 25 percent of all plant stock is currently lost to diseases, bacteria, fungi, damage and other causes. Lucien: 'It takes three days for the effects of plant diseases to become visible to the naked eye. By that time, it is already too late as the disease may already have spread.'
Infrared camera
The changes in sick plants show up on infra-red cameras after only a few hours. Although growers could potentially install dozens of infra-red cameras in their greenhouses, such a solution would be costly. 'Our drone is only equipped with a single camera, but it can inspect the entire greenhouse in a very short space of time.' It also features various sensors that can measure the local climate around each plant: humidity, clearness, temperature and CO2 level. All data is then analysed by means of dedicated software. Programming thus makes up a key component of the overall project. Lucien: 'We learned how to programme over a period of ten weeks. We went from zero programming experience to a great deal of experience. It has been an extremely valuable process, and I have learned a great deal.'
Software for satellites
The students are currently evaluating the interpretation of measurement data. Are the measured values accurate? What do they tell us about the plants' condition? How can the software be used to offer growers clear insight into this information? 'We are using technology that was originally developed by NASA for satellites observing the earth', Lucien explains. 'However, our application requires a large number of adjustments.' The students will initially focus on strawberry plants, and subsequently move on to other crops. Each plant has its own 'light signature', necessitating tailor-made software. The students are currently working to develop an automated flight mode, as computer controlled drones are far more accurate than manually controlled ones.
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Retroviruses are viruses with RNA as genetic material. They belong to the family Retroviridae of Retroviruses. Once it has infected a cell, it converts its RNA into DNA by reverse transcription. This viral DNA is then inserted into the DNA of the host cell where it starts replicating. For eg., Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
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Retrovirus Structure
Retrovirus meaning – It is a group of RNA viruses that inserts a DNA copy of its genome into the host cell in order to replicate.
It consists of two concentric outer circles of the lipid bilayer that contains the envelope protein complex embedded in it. The capsid proteins are hexagonal. The copies of the RNA genome are in the form of a loop bound by nucleoproteins.
The main virion components are:
The retroviral envelope is composed of lipids and glycoproteins encoded by env genes. It serves three important functions:
the lipid bilayer protects the retrovirus from the extracellular environment.
helps the retrovirus to enter or exit the host cell through endosomal membrane trafficking.
direct entry into the cells by fusing with the membranes.
It consists of a dimer RNA with a 5′ cap and a 3′ poly-A tail. It has non-coding regions at the terminal which help in replication, whereas, the internal regions encode virion proteins for gene expression.
It consists of gag proteins, pol proteins, protease, and env proteins.
Retrovirus Replication
↓ The virus infects a normal cell
Viral RNA introduced in the host cell
↓ Reverse Transcription
Viral DNA produced by Reverse Transcriptase
Viral genetic material enters the nucleus of the host cell
Viral DNA integrates into the host genome
Viral genes are transcribed and translated
New virus particles assemble and come out of host cell
New viruses can infect other cells
Retroviral Vectors
Retroviral vectors are genetically engineered retroviruses. They have been used for the transfer of genes into the mammalian host cells for over 20 years.
The retroviral vectors derived from the Moloney murine leukaemia virus are the most common retrovirus.
They can efficiently integrate and replicate inside the genome of the host cells. This is the reason why they have been used as vectors in various gene therapies.
The retroviral vectors are created by replacing the gag, pol and env genes with therapeutic genes.
One of the limitations of using retroviral vectors in gene therapy is that the integrase enzyme can insert the genetic material in the middle of the original genes of the host cell. This causes the disruption of the gene.
Difference Between Retrovirus And Virus
|These have RNA as genetic material.
|These have RNA and DNA as the genetic material.
|They undergo reverse transcription to convert the RNA into DNA.
|Only RNA viruses undergo reverse transcription.
Also read: Central Dogma
Retrovirus Examples
There are three types of retrovirus affecting humans:
HIV attacks the immune system of a person. It destroys the CD4 T-cells which are responsible for fighting against infections. Thus the immune system of a person becomes weaker and weaker. It can be transmitted through needles, body fluids, or from a mother to child during childbirth or breastfeeding. It cannot be cured through medications and treatment. AIDS is the last stage of HIV infection ad a person does not survive.
Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) types I and II
Type I and II are closely related to each other. A person infected with HTLV I virus develops acute T-cell leukaemia. It affects the spinal cord and causes a neurological disorder. It was the first human retrovirus to be discovered and can be transmitted through blood transfusion, needle sharing, breastmilk, or sexual contact. HTLV II is also associated with neurological disorders and some types of blood cancers. However, very less is known about this type of virus.
Endogenous Retrovirus
The endogenous retroviruses consist of the genetic material from those extinct viruses whose genetic composition is similar to that of the extant retroviruses. These viruses have been distributed among humans with evolution over the years. They contribute 5% of the human genome and are passed on from one generation to another.
Also read: Virus
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are retroviruses?
Retroviruses are viruses that contain RNA as genetic material. They contain the enzyme reverse transcriptase which has the ability to transcribe RNA into DNA.
Name a retrovirus in humans?
HTLV-1 is a retrovirus found in humans. This retrovirus causes cancer in humans. Another retrovirus known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) causes AIDS in humans.
How does a retrovirus work?
The retrovirus infects the host cell and uses the enzyme reverse transcriptase to convert RNA into DNA. This viral DNA is then integrated into the DNA of the host cell and replicates.
How can a retrovirus be treated?
Antiretroviral drugs are used to treat infections caused by retroviruses, especially HIV.


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February 2018 - Week 4 Edition
Highlights from My Latest Media Interview
Last week, I was interviewed by a major industry publication, first on gold and then on the coin market.
On Gold: Before gold's huge rally on Friday, the reporter asked me why gold was in the dumps. I gave them a two-part answer, first the seasonal story of how gold is strong from September to the end of the year, while the stock market tends to run into problems in September and October. I reminded them that the stock market just set a new high and that many gold investors were telling me they were "waiting until the stock market corrects" before diversifying into gold." As much as I counsel investors that this could be a mistake – since stock markets tend to correct deep and fast, and gold recoveries can be sharp and fast – most humans are trapped by inertia. Most people sit on their gains until there is a dramatic market shift, after which it they feel it may be "too late" to make a switch.
Secondly, I said gold tends to rise on "uncertainty," but much of the American mainstream media has been focused almost exclusively on the political uncertainty of the November election and President Trump's political future, namely the potential for impeachment. The bulk of the American public knows that impeachment is highly unlikely – requiring a two-thirds vote of the Senate, even it passes the House – so all of this "inside the Beltway" nonsense bores most Americans. The real uncertainty is overseas, and our press has totally dropped the ball in reporting on the starvation and social unrest in oil-rich Venezuela, the unrest in oil-rich Iran under nuclear sanctions, the violent confiscation of white-owned farms in mineral-rich South Africa and continuing dangers in Russia, North Korea, Turkey and other hot spots. Many in the mainstream media have become almost 100% focused on dumping Trump, while ignoring similar charges against the Clinton campaign. (For instance, see Kimberly Strassel's Op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, August 23, 2018: "When Justice is Partial.")
On Coins: When they asked me what types of coins are "hottest" these days, I coined a new term for them by saying "the Billionaire Coin Market." By that, I mean the kinds of coins that four or five billionaires are busily accumulating in their quest to assemble their "best of kind" sets. Their buying helps to push up prices of coins at the "top of the population" reports, or those just beneath that top level. This lifts the price of coins from $1,000 up to $1 million or more. All these rare coins are certified by the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) or the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC), and sometimes with the added verification of a CAC (Certified Acceptance Corporation) sticker, which may increase their value.
The presence of these billionaire coin collectors has begun to lift the next tier of coins, just below the "best of kind" in the population reports, since many coin collectors can't compete on the price level the billionaires and millionaires are bidding. For all other collectors, this helps them to develop a strategy of buying a few "anchor" condition-census coins for their collection – key high-quality coins which are set to rise in price and which turn an average collection into a special set-in-the-making. "Rome wasn't built in a day," but by starting with one or two key "anchor" coins, a collector/investor can get a head start toward building the kind of set the billionaires and millionaires are trying to build, or just having an anchor coin that the billionaires and millionaires will need. We can't all have the "finest coin ever struck," but many can own "one of the finest."
One recent example is a rare Seated Liberty Silver dollar coin from the 1850s, during the Gold Rush years, which I bought in Philadelphia and was able to immediately sell to fill a collection as an "anchor" coin. It had a population of just "1" in that year as Mint State, with only two finer. Since it was a Gold Rush-era date and was minted around the time of the SS Central America, it was one of those coins that was earned by sailors paid just 30-cents a day (a Silver $1 earned every 3-1/3 days) or a skilled miner earning $5 per day getting five such coins per day. Besides the elegant Seated Liberty on the obverse, the Eagle on the reverse may have been modeled after Peter, the American Bald Eagle who lived at the Philadelphia Mint 1830 to 1836 and was later stuffed and on display. These are the kinds of stories that make history come alive in rare coins and why, as collector and actor James Earle Jones and billionaire collectors say, "Money is history in your hands."
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Gold Recovered Sharply
Gold recovered sharply on Friday, rising over $20 for the day and almost $30 (+2.5%) for the week to $1,205, gold's best week since last March. Gold and silver and copper had all fallen for nine of the previous 10 weeks. Gold briefly dipped to a 2018 low of $1,160 on August 15 but then recovered almost immediately to $1,175 the next day. Some of gold's recovery is due to a decline in the U.S. Dollar Index, which fell 2% in the last 12 days, from a peak of 96.74 on August 15 to 94.72 on Monday, August 27. This may be due to the Federal Reserve's meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, last week, during which Fed Chairman Jerome Powell indicated that any future interest rate increases would be more "gradual."
Hedge Funds Were Record "Short" on Gold at its Mid-August Low
It's too early to say for certain, but it looks like we called the bottom for gold in last week's metals report, with this headline: "Now is the Perfect Time to Diversify from Stocks into Precious Metals and Rare Gold Coins."
We have often said that Wall Street traders often get gold wrong. They usually get on the gold bandwagon after gold makes its first $100 move up. This was verified once again by the latest totals from the "Commitments of Traders" report last Friday, which tallies all the commodity exchange (Comex) positions for the week. During the week of August 15-21, which marked gold's 2018 lows, the hedge funds' net short position (that is, traders who had sold gold they did not own) rose to an all-time high of 89,972 contracts, representing nearly nine million ounces of gold, or more gold than is produced annually by all US gold mines. If gold continues to rise sharply, these "shorts" will be forced to buy gold to cover their shorts.
In a related development, in the middle of each quarter (August 15 in this case), hedge funds must file their holdings with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). This time around, the former "gold bug," John Paulson, cut his position in the SPDR Gold Trust, the world's biggest gold ETF, by 17% in the second quarter, down to 4.8 million shares. It was his third big cut in a year, as he dropped to third place among SPDR investors, behind BlackRock and First Eagle Investment Management. Paulson described gold as "fairly priced" at around $1,100 and said prices had little room to recover if the Fed kept raising rates. (Like most gold pundits, he mistakenly believes that gold mostly goes down when the Fed raises rates.) With these downbeat views, we have to reluctantly label Paulson a "former gold bug." His top claim to gold fame was earning $5 billion on gold during its biggest one-year rise, from 2010 to 2011.
By contrast, George Soros is a "born again gold bull." He had recently called gold "the ultimate bubble," but last quarter he bought gold for the first time in three years – a huge $123.5 million position, amounting to 1.05 million shares of the gold ETF. In 2013, Soros Fund Management LLC had sold 531,000 shares worth $82 million, so he is buying back almost twice as many shares at a lower per-share cost. So here's another billionaire who had good timing. Paulson was new to gold, but Soros seems to be a "born again" gold bug.
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