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William Shakepeare's The Tempest
09 Çarşamba May 2012
Amerikan Kültürü ve Edebiyatı, ariel caliban and prospero in relation to usurpation, öznur doğan, english literature, fırtına, ingiliz edebiyatı, kitap incelemesi, kitap tanıtımı, maroia, oznurdogan.com, the tempest, usurpation, william shakespeare
Throughout the humanity, there has always been idea of usurpation and exploitation. At first, man comes and takes all places around him. He kills animals, rips off planets and makes new home for himself. With the ego of being "people", he punishes animals, tames them. Because he is more powerful than the animals and plants. Because he has the right of killing, using and exploiting.
In Shakespeare's play The Tempest, we can see how man tries to be over another man. Since there is a king, there should be someone who will obey him. Prospero has to be the king because even his name refers prosperity. He is the one who can rule all people, animals and even spirits. He has got knowledge about nature, spirits and humans. As we said before, there should be also subservients.
Ariel and Calibans play these roles. When we look at Ariel, he is spirit and bound to Prospero. Whatever Prospero says he does it. But there is something strange about him. While Ariels is doing his work, he implies that Prosopero has given promises to him. Ariel has got information about Prospero, his wizardy and his power. After coming to the island, Prospero finds out that there is something fairy and he saves him saying that everything will be fine. Indeed, it doesnt happen until the last scene. Prospero uses Ariel's power with his power and induces the tempest, hallucination, sleeping and awakening. Without Ariel, Prospero can't do his magic exactly. As long as Prospero needs Ariel, he always uses him as a tool for ruling.
On the other side, there is Caliban whose name sounds like "cannibal". When Prospero and Miranda come to the island, he is the one who shows the most beautiful part of it. And he is also ready to do many things for father and daughter because Prospero acts in afriendly way until he gets exact information about the island. After learning the every little part of the island, Prospero starts using Caliban as a slave. With the help of Ariel, Prospero tortures him. Caliban screams out when he sees Prospero and accuses him taking his island. At this point, Caliban is totaly right. He is the owner of the island. His mother leaves this island to Caliban which means; the island should be under the control of Caliban. Even Ariel should be under the control of Caliban but this will never do.
Despite Caliban wants to be alone on this island and rule it, when Trinculo and Stephano come and make him drunk, he again shows the most fertile parts of the island. Yes, they are planning to kill Prospera and this is also kind of usurpation but what Trinculo and Stephano do to Caliban is another usurpation. And there arethings which perplex us.
Although Caliban swears to his masters, he is also ready to be slave. He takes some kind of pleasure. He does not have to live with Prospero and his fragile daughter, he should have already killed them or something else. The other point is that Caliban gets drunk and forgets everything. He is again open to explatation, allows men to learn the island.
Caliban is a kind of servant figure who always moan but does not do anything to change it. Caliban is ready to be ruled. Despite the fact that he is a real complainer about thethings happen around him, he does not involve totally in it.
Ariel and Caliban as an airy and earthly creatures, are used by Prospero. Prospero usurp Ariel's power of magic and his freedom, Caliban's land and power of labour. Though we see Prospero as a wise man, we can say that he is also a kind of tyrant who uses every part of nature and civilization.
In this play, we can say that Shakespeare wants to explain that every man around the world, even creatures try to be over another. Man is eager to have land, taking one's property, changing it and making it different place. And then we can figure out that if someone has got to power change something, he doesn't stop until he finds out better or worse things. It can be also concluded that the precession of ruling always finds place in humanbeing's world. Their lust for richness and their ego make them cruel. In the chain of being, there are segmentations for everyone. If you wan't to change it like Prospero, you have to be cruel and hypocrite or you should be so ignorant that you think you can reckon people around you.
[This is my visa exam paper which is based upon William Shakespeare's play The Tempest in relation to usurpation considering Ariel, Caliban and Prospero.]


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BAI Names Emerging Leaders Scholarship Recipients
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Sep 28, 2015 / Press Release
CHICAGO, September 28, 2015 – BAI is pleased to announce the 2015 Emerging Leaders Scholarship recipients. BAI launched the scholarship program in July 2015 to further invest in the professional development of the next generation of leaders within the retail banking industry.
The BAI Emerging Leaders Scholarship opens the doors to the industry's premier event, BAI Retail Delivery 2015, for a one-of-a kind development and networking opportunity. The scholarship provides a platform for emerging talent to personally connect with thought leaders through invitation-only networking events and educational summits. The event as a whole, and now with the added scholarship program, aims to empower financial services professionals with the right tools and actionable insights needed to make smart business decisions and move the industry forward. The scholarship also includes three nights of accommodations at The Venetian | The Palazzo Congress Center in Las Vegas.
"Congratulations to the winners of our inaugural emerging leaders scholarship. You are on your way to building a successful career in financial services and driving positive change in the industry." said Holly Hughes, Chief Marketing Officer, BAI.
Winners of the 2015 BAI Emerging Leaders Scholarship are:
Ashley Bowman (Ephrata National Bank)
"The moment we stop learning, we stop growing," says Ashely Bowman, Training Director at Ephrata National Bank. Bowman began her career in 2008 as a parttime teller while pursuing a bachelor's degree in education. By continually seeking educational resources and opportunities, Bowman hopes to inspire others to invest in professional growth.
Spencer Fairbanks (Arvest Bank)
As the IT business relationship manager for Arvest Bank Operations, Spencer Fairbanks touches multiple facets of the retail banking industry including information security, network security, compliance, legal and vendor management. Fairbanks wants to find more proactive strategies to address the rapidly changing data security threats and increasing regulations.
"Spencer's technical background and retail banking experience already makes him a well-rounded associate and an asset to our organization," says Tina Pomeroy, IT Manager of Business Relationships at Arvest. "He possesses natural leadership qualities that not only benefit our organization but retail banking as an industry."
Rayon Pinnock (National Commercial Bank Jamaica, LTD)
Rayon Pinnock, Business Development Representative for National Commercial Bank, will travel from Kingston, Jamaica to attend BAI Retail Delivery 2015. An industry professional with seven years of experience, Pinnock believes "lack of innovation and complacency are detrimental" to the industry. In the future, Pinnock sees himself advancing in leadership roles and providing professional development opportunities for his peers.
Shawn Wheeler (Fifth Third Bank)
Shawn Wheeler, Vice President, and Senior Product Manager at Fifth Third Bank, has a true drive to understand the latest banking technologies and innovative advancements within the industry. Wheeler's career and achievements have grown during his time with Fifth Third Bank, and he continues to take on challenging roles to support organizational efforts.
"Shawn has a varied and well rounded background in financial services and is seen as a top performer with great potential within our organization," says Jill Frondorf, Vice President, and Senior Product Manager. "He is an expert at developing and coaching teams that deliver on their sales and service commitments."
With over 3,000 of the most influential financial services leaders, strategists and visionaries from around the globe, the educational opportunities are unparalleled at BAI Retail Delivery 2015. The Conference & Expo, slated for October 13-15, provides an unmatched speaker lineup that will feature top strategists and from inside and outside the financial services industry, including Barbara Corcoran and Robert Herjavec from ABC's hit show Shark Tank, Joseph Tripodi, Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer, Coca Cola Company (2007 – 2015), Innovation and Social Change Expert and Best Selling Author, Andrew Zolli, and Best-selling Author and Generation Expert, Cam Marston.
For more information visit BAIRetailDelivery.com.
About BAI and BAI Retail Delivery
BAI delivers the financial services industry's most actionable insights, enabling leaders to make smart business decisions, every day. We're passionate about the trusted information and powerful tools that provide leaders with the clarity and confidence needed to prepare for tomorrow, while performing better today.
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A Congolese national attempting to pose as a Frenchmen to enter the U.S. illegally had his plan foiled when a D.C. airport's facial recognition scanner confirmed the man's identity did not match his passport, officials said.
The instance marked the first time a facial biometric scanner was used at an airport to assist federal officials in spotting a fraud, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials announced Thursday.
The 26-year-old illegal alien had arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport from Sao Paulo, Brazil, and handed over a French passport to CBP officers.
But when CBP officers deployed the biometric facial scanning technology, they found the Congolese national's identity did not match his French passport.
Officials say the man became nervous when agents asked him to undergo a secondary screening.
When officials searched the man, they found a card inside his shoe identifying him as a citizen of the Republic of Congo. Officials say the man's identity is being withheld while authorities investigate further.
Facial recognition technology is an important step forward for CBP in protecting the United States from all types of threats. Terrorists and criminals continually look for creative methods to enter the U.S. including using stolen genuine documents. The new facial recognition technology virtually eliminates the ability for someone to use a genuine document that was issued to someone else.
Dulles International is one of 14 U.S. airports that introduced the technology on August 20.
New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Orlando International Airport in Florida, and Mineta San Jose International Airport in California also introduced the facial recognition technology at screening checkpoints.
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Game Changer of the Year: Carole Baggerly
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Each year, we recognize a Game Changer: someone whose work stands as a great service to humanity by making a significant contribution to improving people's health
This year, we present the Game Changer Award to Carole Baggerly, director and founder of GrassrootsHealth, a nonprofit public health research organization dedicated to moving public health messages regarding vitamin D from research into practice
GrassrootsHealth and one of its research partners, the Organic & Natural Health Association, also recently won the Nutrition Business Journal's education award for its Nutrient Power Campaign
Ongoing research by GrassrootsHealth has firmly established that a vitamin D level of 20 ng/mL is nowhere near sufficient; 40 ng/mL (100 nm/L) is at the low end of optimal, with their scientists' panel suggested range of 40 to 60 ng/ml (100 to 150 nmol/L). It is also suggested by many that the ideal range is more likely to be between 60 and 80 ng/mL (150 to 200 nm/L)
Brand-new research shows 80 percent of cancer incidences could be prevented simply by raising vitamin D from 20 ng/mL to 60 ng/mL. It is likely that recurrence has a similar decline
Each year during the anniversary week of Mercola.com, we recognize a Game Changer, someone whose work stands as a great service to humanity by making a significant contribution to improving people's health.
Previous recipients include Dr. Fred A. Kummerow for his life's work on trans fats, Thomas Seyfried, Ph.D., for his advancement of cancer as a metabolic disease, and Dr. Lee Cowden for his advancement of integrative medicine through the creation of the Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine.
This year, we present the Game Changer Award to Carole Baggerly, director and founder of GrassrootsHealth, a nonprofit public health research organization dedicated to moving public health messages regarding vitamin D from research into practice.
"Our tag line, 'Moving Research into Practice,' [came about] because the more I got into it, the more I realized that the clinical research is there for many health conditions, yet the implementation process wasn't happening.
You cannot expect a new success story to be implemented for somewhere between 15 and 25 years. So, we work not only on the science but on the methodology. That's really important," Baggerly says.
"The biggest problem with the implementation of vitamin D right now is the methodology used to analyze the data. Almost every time you see a report that comes out that says there was no effect, they analyzed the data by dosage.
Analyzing by dosage is really targeted to give you no result. If you analyze it properly, by serum level, not by intake, you get interesting results. Our first paper, published in 2011, showed the dose response relationship. You can easily see that two people taking the same dose (e.g., 4,000 IU/day) could have very different results. That's why testing and reporting by achieved level is so important."
Baggerly's work and personal dedication to developing and substantiating research supporting the use of vitamin D as a disease prevention strategy, and its importance during pregnancy and early development, is an incredibly important contribution to the field of preventive medicine.
GrassrootsHealth and one of its research partners, the Organic & Natural Health Association, also recently won the Nutrition Business Journal's education award1 for its Nutrient Power Campaign.2
The aim of this campaign is to educate the public about "nutrient deficiencies that can be reversed through dietary supplements" — specifically vitamin D and omega-3 — and provides inexpensive and easy to use at-home testing kits to measure your levels twice a year.
Test results are entered into GrassrootsHealth's nutrient field trial, which tracks the health effects of supplementation on a wide variety of health problems over time.
Vitamin D and Your Health
Vitamin D, a steroid hormone, is vital for the prevention of many chronic diseases, including but not limited to Type 2 diabetes and age-related macular degeneration (the leading cause of blindness).
Other diseases are Alzheimer's disease, heart disease and well over a dozen different types of cancer, including skin cancer — the very cause of concern that has led so many to avoid the sun exposure necessary for vitamin D production.
In the case of heart disease, vitamin D plays a vital role in protecting and repairing damage to your endothelium.3 It also helps trigger production of nitric oxide — which improves blood flow and prevents blood clot formation — and significantly reduces oxidative stress in your vascular system, all of which are important to help prevent the development and/or progression of cardiovascular disease.
Most recently, a Norwegian study4 published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found "a normal intake of vitamin D" significantly reduces your risk of death if you have cardiovascular disease.5
According to vitamin D researcher Dr. Michael Holick, vitamin D deficiency — defined as a level below 20 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) or 50 nanomoles per liter (nm/L) — can also raise your risk of heart attack by 50 percent, and if you have a heart attack while vitamin D deficient, your risk of dying is nearly guaranteed.
Vitamin D also has powerful infection-fighting abilities, making it a useful aid in the treatment of tuberculosis, pneumonia, colds and flu, while maintaining a healthy vitamin D level will typically prevent such infections from taking root in the first place. Studies have also linked higher vitamin D levels with lowered mortality from all causes.6,7,8
80 Percent of Breast Cancer Incidences Could Possibly Be Avoided by Raising Vitamin D Level to 60 ng/mL From 20 ng/mL
Importantly, the ongoing research by GrassrootsHealth has firmly established that 20 ng/mL, which is typically considered the cutoff for sufficiency, is nowhere near sufficient for optimal health and disease prevention. In reality, 40 ng/mL (100 nm/L) appears to be at the low end of optimal, with an ideal range being between 60 and 80 ng/mL (150 to 200 nm/L), according to some scientists.
For example, having a serum vitamin D level of 40 ng/mL has been shown to reduce your risk for cancer by 67 percent compared to having a level of 20 ng/ml or less. (Most cancers were found to occur in people with a vitamin D blood level between 10 and 40 ng/mL9,10). In another study, women with vitamin D levels above 60 ng/mL had an 83 percent lower risk of breast cancer than those with levels below 20 ng/mL.11
As noted by Baggerly in this interview, they have now published data showing that 80 percent of breast cancer incidences could be prevented simply by optimizing vitamin D and nothing else. And, she says, there is other research that indicates the recurrence of breast cancer could be prevented by at least 50 percent.
This is brand-new information that could save so, so many lives, and we now have this data because so many of you are participating in the GrassrootsHealth D*Action study. Here's a revealing chart from the publication. The results were statistically significant at the p = 0.006 level as well.
Sweet Spot Found for Cancer Prevention
How is it this was never discovered before? A major reason is because researchers simply have not used high enough doses to get people's vitamin D levels above 60 ng/mL, which is where you really start seeing these dramatic reductions in disease. As noted by Baggerly:
"There are a number of websites that talk about breast cancer prevention. They talk about diet, which is good, they talk about exercise, which is very good, and a whole bunch of other factors, all of which are good and wholeheartedly recommended.
But if I can cut 80 percent of [cancer incidence] with one thing, by golly, that ought to be first! Keep doing the diet, that's good for you, and the exercise, but don't forget the vitamin D, that's major."
Overall, research supports the idea that higher levels offer greater cancer protection, and even levels as high as 100 ng/mL appear safe and beneficial. As noted by Baggerly, having a serum vitamin D level of 60 ng/mL positively impacts anyone with breast cancer, Type 1 diabetics, pregnant women and lactating mothers. A level of 60 ng/mL has also been shown to offer powerful protection against preterm birth if you're pregnant.
Women with a vitamin D level of at least 40 ng/mL may lower their risk of preterm birth by as much as 62 percent, compared to having a level of just 20 ng/mL. Women with a history of preterm birth gain even greater protection — an 80 percent reduction — when raising their vitamin D level above 40 ng/mL.
Why Some Vitamin D Studies Find Negative Results
So, what's with the recent meta-analysis12 suggesting vitamin D offers no protection against cancer after all? This analysis, published online July 19, 2018, concluded that once-a-month high-dose vitamin D supplementation had no impact on cancer risk.
Here, participants received an initial bolus dose of 200,000 IUs of vitamin D, followed by a monthly dose of 100,000 IUs (so-called pulsed or pulsatile dosing) for a median of about three years.
As noted by Baggerly, while the media played this up as a finding contradicting recommendations to optimize your vitamin D to lower your cancer risk, it really only makes a case against once-a-month mega-dosing. For optimal results, you need to supplement far more frequently and to focus on the achieved serum level, not the dosage.
"We always recommend daily dosing," she says. This is particularly important for pregnant and nursing women, as the vitamin D may not be available in your breast milk otherwise. She also points out that 100,000 IUs per month actually only comes out to about 3,000 IUs per day, which is far below what most adults need to raise their vitamin D serum level into the protective range.
Indeed, the study notes the mean baseline vitamin D concentration was just over 26 ng/mL, and the mean follow-up level was just 20 ng/mL higher in the supplement group than the placebo group that received no vitamin D.
What's more, participants' vitamin D levels were not measured regularly throughout the study, and the association with cancer was NOT analyzed by serum level, "which we know is the measure that must be attended to," Baggerly says.
The key factor is not how much vitamin D you take but whether or not your blood level of vitamin D is within the "Goldilocks' zone" of 60 to 80 ng/mL, and the only way to ascertain that is through blood testing.
Reinhold Vieth, Ph.D., with the University of Toronto, and a regular contributor to GrassrootsHealth, commented on the findings, "I have long contended that pulsatile dosing with vitamin D is adverse because it throws into disarray the normal equilibrium-oriented system for clearing vitamin D and its metabolites from the body."
How to Assess Study Quality
GrassrootsHealth scientists have also argued that pulsatile dosing at intervals greater than two weeks may actually cause a form of vitamin D deficiency at the cellular level.
According to GrassrootsHealth, to accurately ascertain the benefit of vitamin D in any given trial, researchers must track not only the baseline and final vitamin D serum level plus the dose given, but also the form (vitamin D2 versus D3) and the dosing interval.
All of these factors can influence the results, and it's important to get them all right. Identifying the ideal parameters are all part of what GrassrootsHealth is doing. Baggerly also recently blogged13 about a 2017 study which news media claimed found "no case" for vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy.14
In reality, the study in question found seven positive outcomes, including increased birth weight, a 40 percent reduction in gestational diabetes, an 18 percent reduction in preeclampsia and a 17 percent reduction in gestational hypertension.
What this study did not find was a reduction in preterm birth, and this was ultimately translated into headlines that made it appear as though pregnant women have no need for vitamin D supplementation. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. As noted by Baggerly in her blog:
"The researchers found that preterm birth levels were the same with or without vitamin D. But, they did not include a pre-eminent paper15 on preterm birth in their analysis. It was a randomized trial with 257 women.
But since this trial did not use a control group receiving vitamin D supplementation of 600 IU/day or less, it was not allowed in the meta-analysis. In this paper … the authors reported that preterm birth was inversely associated with vitamin D levels just before delivery."
The Importance of Animal-Based Omega-3
Like vitamin D, your omega-3 level is also a powerful predictor of your all-cause mortality risk and plays a vital role in overall health, especially your heart and brain health. Recent research16 funded by the National Institutes of Health found having a higher omega-3 index was associated with a lower risk for cardiovascular events, coronary heart disease events and strokes.
As mentioned, omega-3 is the other nutrient GrassrootsHealth is focusing on in its Nutrient Power campaign. The omega-3 index is a blood test that measures the amount of EPA and DHA omega-3 fatty acids in your red blood cell (RBC) membranes. Your index is expressed as a percent of your total RBC fatty acids.
The omega-3 index reflects your tissue levels of EPA and DHA and has been validated as a stable, long-term marker of your omega-3 status. An omega-3 index over 8 percent is associated with the lowest risk of death from heart disease. An index below 4 percent, which is common in much of Europe and the U.S., puts you at the highest risk of heart disease-related mortality.
Baggerly also notes that one of the first benefits to emerge from the data gathered so far is that omega-3 reduces pain levels. There appears to be a correlation with vitamin D here; in essence, higher omega-3 and vitamin D levels together result in less pain.
This is one of the great things about GrassrootsHealth's consumer sponsored research — many nutrients work together, and they're now able to track vitamin D and omega-3 concurrently by offering at-home tests for both. Omega-3 is also already showing benefit for Type 1 diabetics, even though the omega-3 study has only been gathering data for a little over six months.
"At a Children with Diabetes Meeting that I recently attended, Dr. Michael Clare-Salzler, a diabetes researcher at the University of Florida, said that what we have done with our protocol — basically this field trial idea where people share their information, we record it, we analyze it, so forth — in his mind has changed the face of clinical trials.
He actually said, 'We need to do our clinical trial after you've done yours and/or at the same time and, to establish safety if that has not already been done, but not five clinical trials before we implement it, especially if something is as safe as vitamin D and omega 3.
There's no excuse for not proceeding, because when we do these randomized clinical trials, we have certain outcomes that we look for, but we've got 300 people, not 3,000, not 30,000,' [like GrassrootsHealth has gathered] … So, he sees an enormous opportunity to change the way that research is done for all nutrients."
Are You Getting Enough Magnesium to Activate Your Vitamin D?
An important finding brought up in the featured interview is the necessity to optimize your magnesium level when taking supplemental vitamin D. I've previously written about the importance of taking vitamin K2 when you're taking high-dose supplemental vitamin D to avoid complications associated with excessive calcification in your arteries. Equally, if not more, important is magnesium, without which vitamin D supplementation may backfire.
Recent research17,18 confirms that if you're taking high doses of vitamin D while having an insufficient magnesium level, your body cannot properly utilize the vitamin D you're taking.19,20,21,22 The reason for this is because magnesium is required for the actual activation of vitamin D. If your magnesium level is too low, the vitamin D will simply get stored in its inactive form, doing you absolutely no good.
This may actually help explain why many need rather high doses of vitamin D to optimize their levels. According to this scientific review, as many as 50 percent of Americans taking vitamin D supplements may not get significant benefit due to insufficient magnesium levels.
On the other hand, when you have an optimal magnesium level, your vitamin D level will rise even if you're taking a much lower dose.23 In fact, previous research has indicated that higher magnesium intake helps reduce your risk of vitamin D deficiency — likely by activating more of it. As noted in one 2013 study:24
"High intake of total, dietary or supplemental magnesium was independently associated with significantly reduced risks of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency respectively. Intake of magnesium significantly interacted with intake of vitamin D in relation to risk of both vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency …
Furthermore, the associations of serum 25(OH)D with mortality, particularly due to cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer, were modified by magnesium intake, and the inverse associations were primarily present among those with magnesium intake above the median.
Our preliminary findings indicate it is possible that magnesium intake alone or its interaction with vitamin D intake may contribute to vitamin D status."
Vitamin D Significantly Lowers Risk of Preterm Birth
The Protect Our Children NOW! campaign was launched by GrassrootsHealth in 2015, with the aim of combating vitamin D deficiency among pregnant women worldwide. Research conducted through this project reveals up to 59 percent of preterm births could be prevented simply by raising pregnant women's vitamin D to a level of 40 ng/mL (100 nmol/L).
Among non-Caucasian women (among whom vitamin D deficiency is more common and prominent) the benefit was even more significant. In this group, the preterm rate prior to the start of the study was 18 percent. Those who achieved a vitamin D level of 40 ng/mL by their second test had a 78 percent lower preterm birth rate, reducing the preterm birth rate to just 4 percent!
As of 2015, the U.S. had a preterm birth rate of 9.6 percent, meaning nearly 1 in 10 babies was born prematurely, and preterm births are responsible for 28 percent of newborn deaths during the first month of life.
Preterm babies are also more likely to suffer health problems later on, including a higher risk of ADHD, cerebral palsy, autism, asthma,25,26 intestinal problems, pneumonia, vision problems, hearing loss and dental problems.27,28,29
The data obtained from Protect Our Children NOW! ultimately led to the Medical University of South Carolina changing its standard of care for all pregnant patients, so that now all are tested and receive vitamin D3 supplements to ensure they're at or above 40 ng/mL.
"But it really took their knowing enough about it to do it," Baggerly says. "And after close to two years of doing that change in care, we have again demonstrated in a field trial that it works.
The 60 percent [reduction] held up. And some of the phenomenal data we have on that is that the so-called ethnic disparity issue between the dark-skinned women and the light-skinned women for preterm births essentially went away."
Aside from halving the risk for preterm birth, vitamin D optimization also protects the mother by reducing her risk of preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and prenatal infections by approximately 50 percent.30
Have You Checked Your Vitamin D Level Yet?
Regular, sensible sun exposure is the best way to optimize your vitamin D status, but many will need to take an oral vitamin D3 supplement, especially during winter months.
The only way to gauge whether you might need to supplement is to get your level tested, ideally twice a year, in the summer and winter when your level is at its peak and low point. This is particularly important if you're pregnant or planning a pregnancy, or if you have cancer.
That means right about now is a good time to get your level checked, to identify your high-point. Again, the level you're aiming for is between 60 and 80 ng/mL, with 40 ng/mL being the low cutoff point for sufficiency to prevent a wide range of diseases, including cancer.
As for dosage, you need to take whatever dosage required to get you into the optimal range. Research31 suggests it would require 9,600 IUs of vitamin D per day to get 97 percent of the population to reach 40 ng/mL, but individual requirements can vary widely.
As mentioned, your magnesium status is a very important factor that can play a role in your required dosage, but there are many other individual factors as well. If you've been taking a certain amount of vitamin D3 for a number of months and retesting reveals you're still not within the recommended range, then you know you need to increase your dosage.
Over time, with continued testing, you'll find your individual sweet spot and have a good idea of how much you need to take to maintain a year-round level of 60 to 80 ng/mL. GrassrootsHealth also has an online vitamin D calculator you can use to estimate your vitamin D3 dosage once you know your current serum level.
The Omega-3 Index
As for omega-3, your best sources are small, cold-water fatty fish such as anchovies and sardines. Wild Alaskan salmon is another good source that is low in mercury and other environmental toxins. These fish are also a decent source of vitamin D, making them doubly beneficial. (Other vitamin D containing foods include beef liver, mushrooms and organic free-range egg yolks.32)
If you're not eating these foods on a regular basis, your alternatives for an omega-3 supplement include fish oil and krill oil. The latter is my preferred choice, as it contains DHA and EPA in a form that's less prone to oxidation. The fatty acids in krill oil are also bound to phospholipids, which allow the DHA and EPA to travel efficiently into your hepatic system; hence, they're more bioavailable.
Studies33 have shown that krill oil may be 48 times more potent than fish oil. As with vitamin D, the best way to determine your required dose of omega-3 is to measure your level using the omega-3 index. If you're below 8 percent, you'll want to increase your omega-3 intake and retest about three to six months later.
Join GrassrootsHealth and Get These Two Tests Done Now
GrassrootsHealth makes it easy by offering inexpensive testing kits for both vitamin D and omega-3 as part of its consumer-sponsored research. By signing up, you are helping further truly vital health research that can help millions in coming years.
"I appeal to all of you out there — those who have had breast cancer especially — please enroll in this next phase of the project if you haven't already because [cancer recurrence as well as cancer occurrence are] what we will be tracking," Baggerly says.
"There is already research showing a minimum of a 50 percent reduction in cancer recurrence [with vitamin D] and right now the statistics show that there is somewhere between a 6 and 25 percent recurrence rate once you've had breast cancer, which is grotesque.
It's possible you could prevent at least 50 to 80 percent of recurrence, and the fear every woman lives with who has had breast cancer is 'Am I going to get it again?'"
Clearly, there's a lot of room for improvement when it comes to reducing cancer and premature birth rates. Raising your vitamin D level to 60 ng/mL and 40ng/mL respectively is an incredibly inexpensive way to make a dramatic impact on both — reducing breast cancer recurrence by 80 percent and premature birth by 60 percent.
There's really nothing else out there that can boast such phenomenal results. Were it a drug, it would be an instant blockbuster. Fortunately for you, you can get vitamin D free, by spending time in the sun, or inexpensively as a supplement.
Baggerly also urges ALL women to enroll in the Breast Cancer Prevention project, to track your vitamin D level and help prevent an initial cancer occurrence, or, if you've already had it, to help prevent a recurrence.
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The International Society of Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics (ISNN) was established in 2005 under the Presidency of Artemis P. Simopoulos, MD.
It is the purpose of the Society to increase the understanding of the role of genetic variation and dietary response and the role of nutrients in gene expression. This purpose is pursued through research and education of professionals and the general public.
The Aims of the Society shall be achieved through:
a. promoting research on the role of genetic variation and dietary response and the role of nutrients in gene expression;
b. defining the relationship between genes and nutrients from basic biology to clinical states. This encompasses the areas of (1) genetic variation and dietary response, (2) nutrients in gene expression, and (3) the role of genes in the determination of nutritional requirements;
c. establishing a Network of Centers on Genetics, Nutrition and Health worldwide;
d. encouraging the development of programs for genetics and nutrition in departments of nutrition and genetics, and in schools of public health and medicine;
e. serving as a clearing-house for the media in disseminating facts regarding the role of genetic variation and dietary response and the role of nutrients in gene expression;
f. educating professionals and the public about the role of genetic variation and dietary response and the role of nutrients in gene expression;
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The Society is educational in its mission to serve as a focus for communication among interested scientists working in several disciplines (including nutrition, genetics, cellular and molecular biology, physiology, pathology, biochemistry, clinical medicine, and public health) studying the role of genetic variation and dietary response and the role of nutrients in gene expression. It is believed that improved communication across these different branches of medical and biological sciences will stimulate new research and increase knowledge of gene-nutrient interactions and genetic variation and dietary response. The Society will assist in interpreting the new facts into sound nutritional advice for the public. As needed, the Society will establish committees to handle scientific and educational aspects.
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Simple invoicing app for Mac?
Discussion in 'Mac Apps and Mac App Store' started by definitive, Aug 30, 2011.
Does anyone know of a simple invoicing app? I tried Billings and it was a bit of a headache trying to get the thing going, because from what I saw, it relies on your address book to set up clients (which is not what I want to do). I'm looking for an app that allows you to create a profile for a client, add projects to their name, and then maybe export an invoice in to a PDF to send it out when it's time for them to pay. Any suggestions?
Have you looked at 'Invoice'? It's on the Mac App store.
Either that or you could do something with Numbers on your Mac?
tried it before as well, and didn't like it. i'd like something with a very simple interface.
I use On The Job and really like it. Compared to Billings and iBiz, the interface is much cleaner, and while I think it might be a bit more simple when it comes to features, it does everything I need it to. It's a little expensive ($40) but they have a demo you can try out before you buy.
I travel alot and prefer to use web based tools or at least tools that sync with their desktop cousins.
Take a look at Freshbooks.com -- its free for single/low user usage and generates invoices very easily once you load/enter your invoice information (e.g. hours, expenses). It also does some other things such as preparing estimates and links to other web services.
Also, there is an iPhone application.
Definitely this! In my opinion desktop solutions for this kind of task are not state of the art anymore - static and not integratable with other business processes. Finding something compatible with Mac is another thing - and if you do you may incounter issues after an OS update.
I heard a lot of good things about Freshbooks. My sister uses this free online invoicing service and there are probably more useful services out there.


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Winners of the Pro Women's cat Team 91-Songo-Specialized Sina Frei (C-L) and Laura Stigger (C-R) celebrate during the Prolog of the 2021 Absa Cape Epic. Photo: Kim Ludbrook/EPA
Swiss-Austrian debutants Sina Stigger and Laura Frei win Absa Cape Epic Prologue
Cape Town - Sina Frei and Laura Stigger (NinetyOne-Songo-Specialized), both riding in the Absa Cape Epic for the first time, laid down an impressive marker during Sunday's 20km Prologue.
The Swiss-Austrian combo rode serenely and smoothly in wet and slippery conditions to claim the top spot on the Absa Cape Epic Prologue podium in a time of 54:08.6.
The Table Mountain based Prologue is a fast and furious affair, with non-stop climbing and one or two technical descents. Frei and Stigger had no issues with the ups nor the downs.
Mud-splattered by the finish, the pair were delighted with their efforts. "It was tough out there today thanks to the weather, but we are used to those conditions from some of our recent XCO rides, so we handled it well," said Stigger.
Frei added, "We are very happy with the result, but we know there are seven hard days to come. Today went well, though. It was very good for us, and we both felt great throughout the day. We kept up a good speed and we communicated well - so hopefully we keep that up over the next few days."
The all-South African pair of Candice Lill and Mariske Strauss (Faces CST) claimed the second spot on the Prologue podium, finishing in 55:41, around 90 seconds behind NinetyOne-Songo-Specialized. The pair were relaxed, throughout. They finished the 20km race all smiles and ready to move on to the longer stages.
In third, it was Ariane Lüthi & Robyn de Groot (Salusmed). Lüthi, a three-time winner in the Elite women's race, and De Groot looked comfortable throughout the Prologue, which is not generally the strength of the two renowned marathon riders.
The pair will be serious contenders at the 2021 Absa Cape Epic, with their third-place Prologue finish setting them up nicely to attack in the coming days.
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Nuclear phosphoproteins of Physarum polycephalum. Characterization and phosphorus content of the phenol-soluble nuclear acidic proteins
Bruce E. Magun, Richard R. Burgess, Harold P. Rusch
The phenol-soluble nuclear phosphoproteins of the slime mold Physarum polycephalum have been characterized using 32P isotopic labeling followed by electrophoresis on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. Plasmodia were labeled continuously with 3H-amino acids and 32Pi before extraction of the phenol-soluble nuclear phosphoproteins, which were then separated by acrylamide gel electrophoresis. After scintillation counting of gel slices, we were able to calculate the moles phosphate per mole polypeptide in individual gel slices. The results indicated minimum values of less than 2 phosphates per polypeptide for most resolvable 32P bands. The phenol-soluble nuclear acidic protein fraction contained less than 0.1% phosphorus by weight. Gel autoradiographs demonstrated that most of the phosphoprotein peaks did not correspond to major protein peaks, a situation that was also found in autoradiographic profiles of other nuclear protein fractions. Pronase digestion of samples before electrophoresis abolished the appearance on gels of bands with 32P activity. The results of this investigation suggest that in Physarum the phenol-soluble nuclear acidic proteins appear to be similar to other nuclear proteins in their phosphoprotein composition. The evidence presented suggests that phosphoproteins comprise a small part of the complement of nuclear acidic proteins.
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Magun, B. E., Burgess, R. R., & Rusch, H. P. (1975). Nuclear phosphoproteins of Physarum polycephalum. Characterization and phosphorus content of the phenol-soluble nuclear acidic proteins. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 170(C), 49-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-9861(75)90096-X
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Magun BE, Burgess RR, Rusch HP. Nuclear phosphoproteins of Physarum polycephalum. Characterization and phosphorus content of the phenol-soluble nuclear acidic proteins. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 1975;170(C):49-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-9861(75)90096-X
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Detecting people in artwork with CNNs
Nicholas Westlake, Hongping Cai, Peter Hall
Centre for Digital Entertainment (CDE)
Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research & Applications
CNNs have massively improved performance in object detection in photographs. However research into object detection in artwork remains limited. We show state-of-the-art performance on a challenging dataset, People-Art, which contains people from photos, cartoons and 41 different artwork movements. We achieve this high performance by finetuning a CNN for this task, thus also demonstrating that training CNNs on photos results in overfitting for photos: only the first three or four layers transfer from photos to artwork. Although the CNN's performance is the highest yet, it remains less than 60% AP, suggesting further work is needed for the cross-depiction problem.
Computer Vision - ECCV 2016 Workshops. ECCV 2016.
Gang Hua, Hervé Jégou
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14th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2016 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Westlake, N., Cai, H., & Hall, P. (2016). Detecting people in artwork with CNNs. In G. Hua, & H. Jégou (Eds.), Computer Vision - ECCV 2016 Workshops. ECCV 2016. (pp. 825-841). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9913 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46604-0_57
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Computer Vision - ECCV 2016 Workshops. ECCV 2016.. ed. / Gang Hua; Hervé Jégou. Springer Verlag, 2016. p. 825-841 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9913 LNCS).
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Yuki Kusumi, CEO of Panasonic Corporation, outlined his leadership strategy for the organization during a media briefing on May 27, 2021. The briefing first focused on his management philosophy and its approach to addressing global environmental issues, and followed by an explanation of the strategy for enhancing competitiveness across Panasonic. Today we're going to take a look at the new CEO's management philosophy in the context of a rapidly changing society and the company's commitment to the environment.
Panasonic has been conducting business on a global scale for more than 100 years with a pursuit that dates back to its founder, Konosuke Matsushita, who aimed to realize an Ideal Society in which a plentiful supply of goods provides the foundation for mental and spiritual affluence, through contributing to the development of society and the advancement of world culture.
And now, the current CEO, Kusumi, said, "Despite living in affluent societies, too many people are consumed by worry and loneliness. When we think about the destruction of the natural environment, which seems to be accelerating year after year, and the exhaustion of natural resources, many of us are anxious about the future that our children, grandchildren and future generations will inherit. So the question is, 'How do we get back on the right track?'"
He believes that Panasonic must refocus its attention squarely on clarifying the realization of an "ideal society" that includes not only the satisfaction of material needs but also the enrichment of people's minds and committing the company's knowledge and experience to finding a new way forward. Tackling global environmental problems is very important in not only alleviating concerns right now but also in the future. "These efforts represent the true purpose of Panasonic--and are what our founder intended."
Panasonic and the Environment
Thirty years ago, in June 1991, Panasonic enacted the Matsushita Environmental Charter - becoming one of the first companies worldwide to describe its approach to global environmental issues and its responsibility as a public entity and member of society. Since then, Panasonic has been developing and implementing a variety of initiatives relating to prevention of global warming and promotion of resource recycling. The company is now focused on tackling environmental issues to become a company that can be proud of its record in this field.
"We can already see the impact of climate change due to increased levels of greenhouse gases, including CO2, around the globe. Combined with the issue of ever more scarce natural resources, we must acknowledge that the situation is critical," said Kusumi. "Our aim is to reduce energy used by our products and services--including factories and offices--and to produce more clean energy than we consume. Through these initiatives, we intend to achieve energy self-sufficiency and progress toward a sustainable society."
Panasonic has been addressing environmental challenges by evolving and improving its business activities and expanding its environmental initiatives in collaboration with stakeholders. Furthermore, by pursuing these activities, the company will be able to strengthen its own competitiveness.
"Efforts are being made at our factories and offices and through each of our businesses, for example, the Energy business is supporting the reduction of CO2 emissions from automobiles while the Gemba Process business leverages on supply chain efficiencies to reduce inventory losses and promote more effective logistics," said Kusumi. "We are reducing the environmental burden through products and services such as hydrogen fuel cells and the Air to Water business. Other initiatives include the promotion of recycling and reusing, and minimizing waste loss within the supply chain. Finally, we are contributing to more effective utilization of resources by promoting longer product lives by updating the products across their life cycles."
Zero-CO2 Initiative
Citing Panasonic's Environment Vision 2050--which commits Panasonic to creating more energy than it consumes--Kusumi announced a new commitment to reduce CO2 emissions to virtually zero at all operating companies by 2030. This Zero-CO2 initiative will be implemented from April 2022 in conjunction with the company's shift to a holding company system.
To achieve the target, Panasonic will accelerate three initiatives: to drive further energy-saving at each site; to implement renewable energy systems at each site; and to drive the procurement of renewable energy. In regard to the use of renewable energy at these sites, Panasonic will proactively promote the installation and use of solar power and hydrogen energy. In line with Panasonic's participation in the global Renewable Energy 100% or RE100 initiative, the ultimate goal for each site is to challenge and reach 100% reliance on renewable energy.
"To date we have established five Zero-CO2 sites, globally including Panasonic Eco Technology Center in Japan and Panasonic Energy (Wuxi) Co. Ltd. in China," explained Kusumi. "In addition, we will implement this initiative at the Smart Energy System Business Division's Kusatsu Factory, which begins full-operation in April 2022."
The road to RE100 includes a number of challenges--from the sourcing of renewable energy (in-house generation or external procurement) to the type of power generation system being used. For example, photovoltaic power generation faces two key challenges: a wide installation area and susceptibility to weather. Panasonic is seeking to resolve these issues by developing a solution that combines photovoltaic generators with pure hydrogen fuel cell generators and storage batteries. The Kusatsu Factory in Shiga Prefecture will be the first in the world to seek to achieve an RE100 rating through full-scale use of hydrogen.
Image of the Kusatsu Factory, which will feature an in-house power generation system combining pure hydrogen fuel cell generators (500 kW), photovoltaic generators (approx. 570 kW) and lithium-ion storage batteries (approx. 1.1 MWh)
"Using the Kusatsu Factory as a platform to test and evolve our capabilities in the RE100 solutions business, we will proactively introduce similar projects at other Panasonic sites," said Kusumi. "We look forward to delivering these advanced solutions to customers and to deepening our contribution to the fight against climate change."
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At CES earlier this year, M.2 and PCIe was definitely among the major talking points for SSD technology. Every SSD manufacturer had something to say and almost everyone had something to show as well.
A couple weeks ago we received the rare opportunity to review the Plextor M6e 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD and was very impressed with what it had to offer. This week, we received an even rarer opportunity to review the SanDisk A110 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD.
Now the SanDisk A110 is really one of SanDisk's first entries into the M.2 PCIe SSD space although it'll be only available to OEMs at this time. SanDisk has not indicated that it'll be available for the consumer market although I'm sure some iteration of the drive will be available later on when M.2 PCIe becomes more mainstream.
As far as specifications go, the SanDisk A110 looks very good on paper. The drive is based on the M.2 2260 form factor, which means it'll be a 22mm wide by 60mm long drive using a 20mm wide M.2 edge connector. The drive is wired for PCIe 2.0 x2, so it'll only be compatible with M.2 slots wired for PCIe. Being wired for PCIe, it'll also be capable of performance up to 740MB/s sequential reads and 625MB/s sequential writes, which is faster than what's capable on SATA 6Gb/s.
The SanDisk A110 also uses the latest Marvell 88SS9183 SSD controller paired with their own exclusive SanDisk 19nm eX2 ABL Toggle Mode MLC. The drive will come in capacities of only 128GB and 256GB which is likely due to size constraints of using the M.2 2260 form factor rather than the longer M.2 2280 (or beyond) form factor. As usual, the firmware is built in house by SanDisk's in-house firmware team.
Since the SanDisk A110 is an OEM product, we simply received the drive in a black box along with some marketing materials and a fancy M.2 to PCIe x4 adapter.
Here's a look at the SanDisk A110 256GB. It's a M.2 2260 form factor drive so it's 22mm wide and 60mm in length. The edge connector is 20mm wide and has 2 notches which signifies that it's using a B and M edge connector design. Unfortunately, there are some B connector M.2 designs that are wired for SATA only, so the drive may not work in some systems even if it will fit.
Here's a look at the fancy adapter we received. The adapter is pretty cool in that it has a number of debugging options as well as the capability of using external power. Unfortunately external power gets stepped down from 5v to 3.3v using a resistor rather than a direct 3.3v line, so it's impossible to accurately measure power consumption.
Taking a closer look at the controller here, SanDisk is using the Marvell 88SS9183-BNP2 controller, which is the same controller seen on our very recently reviewed Plextor M6e 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD. The controller is one of Marvell's latest native PCIe 2.0 x2 SSD controllers with a theoretical maximum of up to 1GB/s.
Because SanDisk jointly owns of one of the largest NAND foundries in the world, the SanDisk A110 256GB uses four packages of SanDisk's very own 05131 064G eX2 ABL 19nm Toggle Mode MLC NAND. The SanDisk's 19nm eX2 ABL 19nm Toggle Mode MLC NAND is proprietary SanDisk NAND which features SanDisk's nCache technology which we've covered previously on our review of the SanDisk Extreme II.
For the DRAM buffer, we get a single 256MB of SK Hynix DDR3-1333MHz. This gives the SanDisk A110 256GB a good 1MB DRAM buffer per GB of total capacity.
Today we'll be reviewing the SanDisk A110 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD containing firmware A200500. Our sample of the SanDisk A110 contains numerous basic features such as S.M.A.R.T. monitoring, NCQ, TRIM, and APM; however, since the SanDisk A110 is a product designed for the OEM market, additional features such as DevSleep for example can be implemented for system integrators to better fit their products needs.
Although SanDisk sent us their very own special M.2 to PCIe x4 adapter, firmware is built into the SanDisk A110 to leverage the AHCI protocol which allows the A110 to be used out of the box with any M.2 to PCIe adapter.
The SanDisk A110 256GB M.2 PCIe is rated at 740MB/s sequential reads and 625MB/s sequential writes. These figures are actually slightly conservative as our testing in ATTO Disk Benchmark shows that we're able to reach speeds of up to 774MB/s sequential reads and 627MB/s sequential writes.
Although lower queue depths evens the playing field between SATA and PCIe SSDs, the SanDisk A110 still shows its dominance, especially in sequential reads of up to 679MB/s. One thing I found interesting while testing the A110 is that compression seems to affect its performance, but only when the data is very close to 100% incompressible.
Again, Crystal Disk Mark at QD 4 confirms our findings in our previous tests.
In PC Mark 7/PC Mark 8, the SanDisk A110 256GB tops the charts as one of the fastest SSDs we've ever tested. While it's still behind the Samsung 840 Pro SATA SSD in our testing here, that's mainly due to the fact that PC Mark is very consumer oriented and tests focus on low queue depth operations rather than single large file transfers where the A110 has its major advantage.
Since SanDisk advertises the drive at 73K random write IOPS, I was a bit confused at why my 4K random write results were far lower than what SanDisk advertises their SSD at. After a bit of tinkering, I realized that the A110 actually discriminates performance based on 100% random or 100% sequential data. As you can see in our IOMeter testing above, the A110 is actually capable of up to 96,000 IOPS 4k writes when tested with 100% compressible data – a huge difference in comparison to the 23,000 IOPS achieved in our 4K random write testing earlier.
The SanDisk A110 is very much a consumer oriented drive and doesn't seem to enjoy being in steady state at all. In our 4K random read testing, the drive topped out at 45,000 IOPS and in 4K random write testing, it topped out at a paltry 7,000 IOPS. I think a big part of this is due to the fact that SanDisk isn't over-provisioning the A110 at all unlike the similar SanDisk Extreme II reviewed previously.
4K write performance consistency is very interesting as it clearly shows how similar the SanDisk A110 is in comparison to its brother, the SanDisk Extreme II. Consistency at 100% fill is actually decent; however, performance tends to jump all over the place at 75% fill. There's definitely room for improvement considering Plextor's M6e is able to offer much better performance consistency using the same controller.
Latency is decent here with latency hopping above 50ms only a couple times when the drive is at 100% fill. However, I can't help but feel like the A110 is taking a step back from the Extreme II which has far superior performance here. I think the A110 would benefit greatly from some over-provisioning.
The SanDisk A110 is a consumer oriented SSD designed for read intensive use cases, so it didn't fare too, too well here. Performance at 100% is surprisingly consistent however although total performance isn't very high after the drive hits 100% fill.
After receiving the opportunity to play with the Plextor M6e 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD a couple weeks back and now the SanDisk A110, I'd have to say that I'm very excited for what M.2 and PCIe SSDs have in store for us this year. With PCIe SSDs gaining as much traction as it is, it shouldn't be long before we see PCIe SSDs rolling into the mainstream market.
In testing, the SanDisk A110 256GB was pretty much what we'd expected. In certain scenarios, the A110 was capable of exceeding the performance limits set by SATA 6Gb/s, but given the nature of consumer use, it's likely that the A110 won't be much faster than most enthusiast SATA based SSDs on the market. Most consumer use focuses on small file, low queue depth operations and without transitioning from the old AHCI storage protocol to NVMe, we probably won't have PCIe SSDs performing leaps and bounds faster than what we can find on SATA based consumer SSDs of today.
Pricing information on the SanDisk A110 is unknown and you probably won't be able to get your hands on a drive either. The SanDisk A110 is an OEM only product designed for system integrators at this time. However, given that SanDisk is using the same exact NAND being used on their enthusiast SSDs today, and NAND is the most expensive component of any SSD, there's no reason why there would be any significant difference in cost between a SATA based SSD and a M.2 based PCIe SSD using the same NAND.
Despite the fact that the SanDisk A110 isn't available for the general market, it's definitely been nice to preview the SSD to know that M.2 PCIe is ready for price time. While we won't be awarding the A110 as it's designed only for OEMs, it's definitely something that needs to be considered by every system integrator. Implementation doesn't require any significant changes in software and you're looking at the potential for up to 770MB/s into a system as thin and light as an Ultrabook. Say hello to the future.
I have this sandisk a110, i used an M.2 to USB 3.0 adapter unfortunately my desktop pc on windows 8.1 recognize it as an " ASMT 2105 ", should I use an PCI x 4 adapter ?


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British vacationers have been warned to stop posing for 'inappropriate and offensive' selfies during Auschwitz.
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, a website designed to honour a recollections of those that unnoticed their lives and suffered there, spoke out this week.
They pronounced that Brits abroad can customarily be seen holding footage, posing on rail traces and posting them to Instagram and Twitter with unpleasant captions.
One sporting a ball top acted together with his thumbs adult successive to a sleeping buliding a place tens of voracious prisoners can be congested right into a singular bunk.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum has given warned folks to not snap themselves on a obvious marks ensuing in a camp.
They tweeted: 'While we come to @AuschwitzMuseum bear in mind we competence be on a website a place over a million folks had been killed.
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Chlorzoxazone is rapidly metabolized in the liver and is excreted in the urine, primarily in a conjugated form as the glucuronide.
Chlorzoxazone is rapidly metabolized and is excreted in the urine, primarily in a conjugated form as the glucuronide.
(R)-warfarin The metabolism of (R)-warfarin can be decreased when combined with Chlorzoxazone.
(S)-Warfarin The metabolism of (S)-Warfarin can be decreased when combined with Chlorzoxazone.
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-ethylthioamphetamine The risk or severity of adverse effects can be increased when Chlorzoxazone is combined with 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-ethylthioamphetamine.
3,5-diiodothyropropionic acid The metabolism of 3,5-diiodothyropropionic acid can be decreased when combined with Chlorzoxazone.
4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine The risk or severity of adverse effects can be increased when Chlorzoxazone is combined with 4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine.
4-hydroxycoumarin The metabolism of 4-hydroxycoumarin can be decreased when combined with Chlorzoxazone.
4-Methoxyamphetamine The risk or severity of adverse effects can be increased when Chlorzoxazone is combined with 4-Methoxyamphetamine.
5-androstenedione The metabolism of 5-androstenedione can be decreased when combined with Chlorzoxazone.
5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine The risk or severity of adverse effects can be increased when Chlorzoxazone is combined with 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine.
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La péninsule de Tiburon ou le Tiburon est une péninsule longue de 250 km sur une soixantaine de kilomètres de large située au sud-ouest de Haïti.

Géographie
La péninsule de Tiburon est une étendue de terre située au sud-ouest de Haïti, longue de 250 km pour 60 km de large, orientée vers l'ouest en direction de la Jamaïque. Elle encadre le sud du golfe de la Gonâve, borde le passage de la Jamaïque à l'ouest et longe la mer des Caraïbes le long de sa côte méridionale.

Elle recouvre entièrement trois des dix départements haïtiens : Grand'Anse, Nippes et Sud, ainsi que la partie occidentale de celui du Sud-Est (arrondissement de Bainet et arrondissement de Jacmel), et une partie du département de l'Ouest (arrondissement de Léogâne).

Le massif de la Hotte couvre la partie occidentale de la péninsule, et accueille le point culminant de la péninsule avec le pic de Macaya haut de  mètres.

La zone côtière de l'extrémité Sud-Ouest de la péninsule est connue sous le nom de Côte sud.

Les villes les plus importantes y sont : Jacmel (plus  habitants) ; au Sud-Est, Les Cayes, au Sud-Ouest ; et Jérémie, au Nord-Ouest (plus  habitants chacune).

Histoire
C'est à partir du cap Tiburon, en 1670, que le pirate Henry Morgan donna rendez-vous aux Aventuriers, tant Français qu'Anglais de la Jamaïque, de la Tortue et de Saint-Domingue, afin d'attaquer la ville de Panama qui était alors l'une des plus riches villes de la région.

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 Géographie d'Haïti et la péninsule Tiburon


The regulatory agency said it issued the permit in accordance with section 4 (3) of the Meter Asset Providers Regulations 2018, to meter providers that were successful in the procurements conducted by the Abuja and Jos Electricity Distribution Companies.
The Commission has directed that the rollout of meters shall commence not later than May 1, 2019.
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But have you improved image alignment and deghosting?
Once photography enters your bloodstream, it is like a disease.
Gear: Canon G12, no tripod, no lenses, no flash, no remote, no cases or bags!
The problem you described shouldn't have happened in the newest version of the program.
* Improved effect "Dynamic Contrast".
Anyone besides Martin tried Machinery HDR Effects?
Machinery HDR Effects 3.0 is available now!
* Added effect '3D LUT' for color grading.
3D LUT is a table of colors which is used for transforming images. The name is well known to film makers who apply 3D LUT for giving specific style to their films. It often emulates analogue film reels. Machinery uses 3D LUT with the help of ".cube" file format. 3D LUT files aren't included into the installer because of copyright but below is a list of sites where you can download it for free.
* Added tool to create 3D LUT color profile.
Generate a color preset from any photo and video editing application - Lightroom, Photoshop, Camera Raw and more.
The process is very simple. Click on 'Presets -> Edit -> 3D LUT test image' to generate a image with color pattern. Open this TIFF into your favorite photo editing application and apply a color correction on the pattern. Save it as TIFF without lossy compression. Return to the Machinery, use the option 'Presets -> Edit -> Create 3D LUT preset' then select just saved image. New preset will be visible in the 3D LUT Presets window.
Machinery HDR Effects 3.0.40 available now (2017-08-19).
* Added new 10 color presets 3D LUT.


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Q: Reading chunks of line from text file into strings So say if I have this line in a text file.
AarI/CACCTGCNNNN'NNNN/'NNNNNNNNGCAGGTG//

What I want is to read this line into a string until the forwardslash appears and then start reading the next set of characters into another string.. So in this example I would have 3 strings containing
string1 =  "AarI"
string2 = "CACCTGCNNNN'NNNN"
string3 = "'NNNNNNNNGCAGGTG"

Any idea how to go about this?

A: istream::getline() with a delim character of '/' - see: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/istream/istream/getline/
Not the best or safest, probably amongst the simpler approaches.

A: Use sstream. The code below shows an example of how to split a string.
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>

using namespace std;

vector<string> split(string str, char delimiter);

int main(int argc, char **argv) {

  string DNAstr = "AarI/CACCTGCNNNN'NNNN/'NNNNNNNNGCAGGTG//";
  vector<string> splittedlines = split(DNAstr, '/');

  for(int i = 0; i < splittedlines.size(); ++i)
    cout <<""<<splittedlines[i] << " \n";

  return 0;
}

vector<string> split(string str, char delimiter) {
  vector<string> buffer;
  stringstream ss(str);
  string tok;

  while(getline(ss, tok, delimiter)) {
    buffer.push_back(tok);
  }

  return buffer;
}

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