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Synodontis Catfish: A Primer
From African waters come the Synodontis catfish, members of the Mochokidae family, a family of very 'catfish-like' fish. Many, many of them are attractively colored, and many have the quaint habit of swimming inverted, though some species do it far more than others. All make good community tank fish, though some grow large enough to be a danger to tiny fish. All are adaptable to pH and hardness levels, but of course they do have a preference toward their natural waters.
In this post I'll stick to riverine and lake fish, as I've not kept those species that live in the hard, alkaline waters of the African Rift Lakes.
Thus, most of them prefer water around neutral in PH, moderately soft to moderately hard. Though several of them don't come from plant-choked waterways, all of them, to my experience, deeply enjoy living in very well planted aquariums with driftwood and stones. All those I've kept in them have had deeper colors and more vitality than those I've kept in tanks with plastic plants and faux driftwood. I assume there's more food sources in planted tanks, like micro-crustaceans, that they eat, that improves the color and health so.
All of them are quite long-lived, as 20 years or more are not unusual.
You'll forgive me if I start the species list with my two favorites.
Hailing from the Congo River, as do many in this list, is our first species - Synodontis angelicus - the Polka-Dot Catfish.
This is one beautiful catfish for your soft water, acidic tank, with pH 6.5 to 6.8 ideal. Upon maturity in such tanks, the keeper is rewarded with a deep, velvety purple fish covered with small, bright white or in some populations, yellow, spots, and the color is repeated in bands on the tail, dorsal fin and strong lead rays of the pectoral fins. Like all Synodontis, the Polka-Dot Cat has a long pair of barbels on the corners of its mouth, and two more feathered barbels on its chin.
Perfectly peaceful, given a place where it can retire. S. angelicus does reach 8 inches, so tankmates like larger tetras are the rule.
Kept with Congo Tetras in a large tank, say over 75 gallons, S. angelicus feels right at home. In large enough tanks, say 100 gallons or better, you can keep your angelicus in groups, as long as there are sufficient hiding places for all.
With enough hiding places, there will be no squabbling, and you may be one of the few to have your angelicus breed in your tank. They are egg scatterers among the plants. The single time they did so in my tank I was able to salvage enough eggs to raise 18 youngsters. To this day I don't know what triggered the breeding.
Best growth and color in this fish is from good frozen and live food. They like insect larvae, plant debris and shrimp. Frozen Mysis, mosquito larvae and bloodworms are happily eaten. A high-quality pellet can be staple, but to get good growth, feed frozen foods several times a week.
This species very occasionally swims upside down, usually either hanging under driftwood, or combing under plant leaves for tidbits. Other than running their whiskers along the leaves, I've never had S. angelicus or any Synodontis for that matter, nibble or eat live plants. Just so, a plant-based pellet may scratch their itch for plant debris.
The first Synodontis species I kept, and perhaps my very favorite of the family.
Called Pajama Catfish in the trade, and another true beauty, is Synodontis flavitaenitus, of the Eala watershed in Zaire.
Rather shy and retiring at times, the Pajama Catfish sports a chocolate brown body with rich yellow stripes. The strong rays of the dorsal and pectoral fins are also yellow, and dark irregular stripes are all fins.
This species often rests inverted.
Reaching 8 inches long, S. flavitaenitus measurably deepens its color in planted aquaria with a dark substrate and with driftwood, coupled with good feeding.
Sexes are easily told, as he's slimmer, slightly smaller, and deeper colored than his mate. They really do improve when frozen and live foods are a large part of their diet; perhaps 50 percent. Quality pellets from various manufactures can make up the other half. Like most if not all Synodontis, Pajama Cats thrive best when fed insect larvae and small crustaceans, like Gammarius species shrimp, coupled with greens, like algae or plant debris.
This fish hides a bit more than the former, but that may be because I kept it alone. When I purchased this species, they were very expensive, even more so than angelicus. A cursory glance though the internet revealed Pajama cats still aren't to be considered cheap. An affable species, and quite attractive in health.
To my knowledge they've not been bred in home aquariums, though it's one species that is worth developing a methodology for, due to its looks. It would be a quite popular catfish were it available as captive bred specimens.
Almost cylindrical in body is Synodontis bricardi, another catfish from Zaire, this time from the stone-strewn rapids at Kinsuka.
This catfish is another that does best in the soft, slightly acidic planted tank. Smaller than the former two species at a bit over 5 inches, bricardi really needs calm, non-aggressive tank mates, as it is easily intimidated and hurt. Rasboras would be ideal. Mid-70's in temps do them very well.
Since it does come from flowing streams, a bit of current in the tank would not be amiss. Don't let the dissolved Oxygen level dip below 8 mg/l with these fish. If the aquarium isn't well planted, air stones should be employed to keep dissolved Oxygen levels high.
The fish's long, cylindrically-shaped body is banded with wide, purple-brown bands and thin whitish ones. Bands of color are on all fins. Though the colors are modest, the effect in person is quite pleasing. A very attractive fish in health.
In feeding they are easily satisfied. Frozen insect larvae, shrimp and quality pellets should be staple, though they do appreciate variety in their diet. They DO need vegetation, so stock up on cucumber, zucchini and leafy vegetables for your catfish. Soon as they are discovered, bricardi will nibble at them until they are gone.
Blanching the zucchini is helpful, as it smashing the leaf spinach, etc. so the leaf flesh is visible.
Properly fed and kept, this fish is quite hardy. A charming species; recommended.
I kept them in groups with no problems. Mine never swam inverted in the years I kept the species.
As above, several hiding places to retire to at night are very helpful.
I know of no captive breeding of this species. They aren't as common in shops as they once were.
The de facto leader in sales of Synodontis species is S. nigriventris - the Upside Down Catfish of the Stanley Pool in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Strongly nocturnal in habit, S. nigriventris spends the vast majority of its time inverted, which is an adaptation to eating insect larvae off the surface of the water at night.
Upside Down Cats are a species that deeply enjoys the company of it's fellows, and the more you have the more you'll enjoy them, and the better off your catfish will be. Since they are a smaller species, topping out at under 4 inches, eight in 55 gallon aquarium wouldn't be too many. Using a floating pellet as staple will allow you to observe natural feeding behavior. Floating pelleted foods are indeed best, but frozen food like mosquito larvae and Mysid shrimp will help mimic natural diet. They also should have a good vegetative pellet in their diet for optimum health.
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A pleasing mix of tans and browns, Upside Down cats will turn right side up to eat food that falls to the bottom. With age, the females pale in colors.
They are a good catfish for the planted tank, and they rest and sleep under the leaves of broad-leaved plants, like the larger sword plant species. They do need over-hanging areas to sleep under; otherwise, your Upside Down Cats will not be at their best.
They prefer their water slightly acid to just above neutral and moderately soft. About 77 degrees is perfect.
They are commonly bred in aquariums; the only Synodontis that does so. The pair breed in plants; mine always chose fine-leaved plants like Cabomba. Both sexes guard the eggs until they hatch and the fry are free swimming. The fry can take baby brine shrimp right off and any tiny pellet that floats. Reduce the water level in the breeding tank to six inches when the fry are free swimming so they can develop the inverted feeding behavior that makes the species so famous.
Parents do not eat their young. A cooling partial water change usually triggers spawning.
Considering they are so easy to breed, one wonders why they are still wild caught by the 10s of thousands to this day.
The species name - decorus (decorated), describes our next fish, the filament or clown Synodontis of the Congo.
The tan-white background is liberally scattered with black polka-dots, and if thats not enough, a long, dark filament trails from the top of the dorsal all the way back to the tail fin. Fins are striped. Tiny dark reticulations are on the gill opercle.
The base color really intensifies as the fish ages, turning a deep bronzy tan and the spots intensify markedly.
This is one of the larger species of common Synodontis, reaching over 10 inches long. Affable fish, but their adult size prohibits them from having small tankmates.
Though they are pleasant fish, they can easily hold their own against South American Cichlids, though they may lose that filament.
Their size dictates a larger aquarium. Planted tanks are again ideal, since they do prefer the water parameters and stability of them. Small examples can and should be kept in groups, but larger individuals do need spots of their own to retire. Squabbles, though rare, result in no damage.
Adults get more and more secretive as they age, and tend to do most of their food searches at night. Thus, feeding times may change during the lives of your catfishes.
They are easily fed, and high quality pellets coupled with frozen foods, including shrimp and greens, will keep your catfish happy. Mid to upper 70's in temps, and like most Synodontis species, they do not do well above 79 degrees.
As far as I know, decorus hasn't been captive bred in aquariums, thus most if not all available are wild caught.
A striking fish, and one that always elicits admired comments.
Native to the Sudan, specifically Lake No at the mouth of the White Nile River, hails another filamented species; Synodontis filamentosus.
This catfish is particularly wide spread in Africa, and occurs also in the Chad, Volta and Niger River basins. It's particularly common in the Bénoué branch of the Niger.
This species has a very variable body color pattern, depending on where they were collected. Small spots, larger irregular dots, and several other variations are seen on this catfish with a purple-grey ground. The ones I've had for some years now have many, many small, roughly circular dots with hundreds of tiny ones on the head. This species has a very long adipose fin, which helps with identification.
Somewhat heavier bodied than the former species, these fish also reach 8 to 10 inches, depending on where they were collected, meaning a larger aquarium, say a 200 gallon, would be necessary to keep these fish, especially in groups like they deserve.
They deeply enjoy planted aquaria with driftwood and stones, as they give them security and places to retire to. Large-leaved plants should be used, as although S. filamentosus doesn't spend a lot of time inverted, they do often rest that way. Providing low, overhanging driftwood of a suitable width and length is very helpful.
Though they do need places to rest and sleep under, this fish does need swimming room.
This catfish likes his water soft and a pH just under or just over 7. Temps are 75 to not over 79 degrees.
In feeding they are easily satisfied with insect larvae via frozen foods, and small shrimp Gammarius size are happily eaten. A variety of pelleted foods, including at least one designed especially for herbivores, will help give your fish a complete diet.
A very attractive catfish in health, and is often active without being annoying.
They get their 'filamentosus' species name for the long, flowing dorsal filament this species possesses. If anything it's longer and somewhat fuller than the previous species.
Some fish go through color changes as they age, but no Synodontis does it so dramatically as S. eupterus of the White Nile, the Chad Basin and the Niger River.
Called 'Feather Fin Synodontis' in the trade, this catfish starts life wearing worm-like reticulations on a cream ground and carries a high, sharp dorsal fin. Next, past 2.5 inches, the ground color slowly changes to a medium blue with a green head, and the reticulations turn into black spots. The dorsal grows wider, and several top rays start to extend. It's those rays that earn the fish the common name.
Once they pass five inches the adult rainments gradually replace the juvenile colors and the ground turns an attractive mossy olive green. The raised dorsal rays are quite long now, given a feathery effect as the fish moves. The adipose fin turns whitish as the fish ages, which is perfectly natural.
Reaching just under nine inches, the Feather Fin spends a good deal of his time inverted.
This is another Synodontis that can be kept in groups, as long as each member of the school has a place to hang under. A large piece of driftwood with many branches and arms is ideal.
This catfish also enjoys the planted aquaria, but swimming room should be allowed at the front of the tank, as these fish do like to swim at night hunting for tidbits. They are quite striking under 'moonlights' doing their evening rounds. These catfish love running up and down the leaves of larger aquatic plants.
Tankmates should be large enough not to be eaten by these catfish. They aren't fish eaters by nature, but like any larger fish, they will eat much smaller ones.
The natural diet is insect larvae, plant debris and crustaceans, which is easily duplicated with frozen foods. Pelleted foods, both meaty and green, are taken with gusto.
These catfish are perfectly peaceful, despite their size, to tankmates too large to eat and to members of its group. Temps are 75 to 79, and no higher.
You may see young feather fins for sale with a 30 gallon tank recommended, but don't you believe it. These fish do reach nearly nine inches long, and need at least a six-foot tank to live in, and do their evening strolls in.
To my knowledge they haven't bred in home aquariums, though I believe they are farmed, given their recent surge in local fish stores.
Quite a attractive fish, one of my favorites.
Riverine Synodontis Catfish aren't as common in shops as they used to be and some need larger tanks than the norm, but they are beautiful fish in their unique way. I encourage you to research those you're interested in, and consider a group of Synodontis for your next aquarium.
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thank you dave......would you be able to help me with an id?? i know my catfish is a synodontis n something if i post a picture would you help me id him? its my oldest boy in my tank and ive had him for 5 years someone did tel me his full id but its hard to remember it
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what a neat article. Excellent write up...
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But I'll wait for your color information to be sure.
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thank you hes dark brown and has faint black spots on his finnage and even fainter on his body,hope that helps ps any idea how long they live??? hes been going years (which is great)angelcakes (penny)
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Twenty years easily, or more. Had my group of angelicus since '86.
Sounds a whole lot like nigrita.
Planet catfish has two shots of adult nigrita.
The brown fellow at the bottom of the first row of pictures, and the one on the far right with the word 'adult' under it.
That your boy?
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0Originally Posted by Dave66
20 years easily wow.......glad about that my tank would look very odd without him and he would be badly missed,im not even shore how old he is,but he was brought has an adult and ive had him 5 years,hes quite active day and night and still acts like a young fish,and very comical at times,so could still be youngangelcakes (penny)
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Great write-ups!
And superb job with the successful spawning of the s. angelicus, it such a rarity for them to breed in captivity!African cichlid and saltwater aquariums
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Pair were in the process of breaking up (they'd locked fins) when I walked in the room.
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Missourians in 33 counties whose employment was lost or interrupted due to severe storms and flooding from Dec. 23 to Jan. 9, 2015 may apply for up to 26 weeks of Disaster Unemployment Assistance. Click here to learn more.
When natural disasters like droughts, floods, tornadoes, severe storms, and earthquakes strike; the damage can be overwhelming. The Department of Labor can assist in many different ways with unemployment assistance, guidance on building laws surrounding community restoration and injuries that result from reconstruction, and helping victims who may experience discrimination while relocating to a safer area. For more information about safe drinking water, land reclamation, etc., view DNR's Disaster Publication Packet.
The Missouri State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has press releases and situation reports available online.
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Unemployment Assistance
If you lose your job as a result of a natural disaster, you may be eligible for unemployment benefits. If the president declares a major disaster for your county, Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA), may be available. To apply for DUA, you MUST first file a regular unemployment claim to get into the system. These claims MUST be filed by calling the Regional Claims Center. For more information, read the informational pamphlet Disaster Unemployment Assistance (MODES-INF-178). Individuals who may be eligible for DUA should call 800-788-4002 for information about filing a claim.
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When the natural disaster has passed and communities start to rebuild, some of the projects will be public works projects, which means they are for public use or benefit and are paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. Employers must pay workers on these projects the prevailing wage rates. The Missouri Prevailing Wage Law applies to flood-related projects just as they would to any other public works construction project. It is the responsibility of the applicant to request an applicability determination from the Department if they feel that the law does not apply to their project. The request should be made to the Division of Labor Standards at [email protected]. You can also contact the Division at 573-751-3403 for more information. Any cleanup work that involves the removal of mud, water or debris as a result of the flooding would not be considered a public works projects. However, any preparation work performed incidental to public works construction would be subject to the prevailing wage law.
Injuries on the Job While Rebuilding
If you are cleaning up debris for construction preparation or demolishing damaged structures, it would be considered construction and workers should be covered by workers' compensation (see Workers' Compensation Law). In Missouri, all employers in the construction field with one or more employees are required to provide workers' compensation insurance for their workers. If you are injured on the job, follow the simple instructions on our website to ensure you receive care and benefits. The first step is to report your injury immediately to your supervisor. To find answers to the most frequently asked questions, visit our Division of Workers' Compensation page.
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If you are forced to relocate or rebuild due to a natural disaster and experience discrimination in housing, employment, or public accommodations, the Missouri Commission on Human Rights (MCHR) can help. Benefits and services available through state and federal disaster recovery assistance programs must be distributed to eligible persons without consideration of factors such as race, national origin or disability status. Also, you cannot be denied disaster aid for reporting discrimination. If you are discriminated against based on your race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, disability, age (in employment) or familial status (in housing), take the "Complaint Assessment" or call 573-751-3325 to begin the process of filing a complaint with MCHR. Don't let discrimination stop you from rebuilding your life.
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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of sensor maker InvenSense (INVN) today declined 15 cents, or 0.8%, to close at $14.56, despite a bullish note from Maxim Group's Ashok Kumar , who reiterated a Buy rating on the stock, and raised his price target to $17 from $15, writing that the company could benefit from the ramp of tablets and medium-priced smartphones, even as it finds itself "shut out" of Apple's (AAPL) iPhone this year.
Kumar describes as "Waiting for Godot" the process of watching for a win at Apple, and he thinks two forthcoming models, an "iPhone 5S" and a lower-priced iPhone, will probably see more business for existing Apple suppliers and nothing for InvenSense:
Our checks indicate Apple will retain most of the semiconductor components in the current iPhone 5 for the upcoming lower cost iPhone. This would favor the incumbents – STMicro (STM) and AKM – for the accelerometer/gyroscope and compass sockets. Apple is also likely to carry over most of the hardware specs from the iPhone 5 to the iPhone 5S. From a supply chain perspective, both these SKUs should begin shipping by early July. This implies that InvenSense is likely shut out of the iPhone opportunity this year.
Instead, InvenSense can look forward to Google's (GOOG) latest tablet, and, perhaps, the next iPad mini:
InvenSense stands to benefit from increased adoption of gyro in
mid-range smartphones [...] The specs for the iPad mini refresh, to be launched later in the year, are unknown at this point in time. This could present an opportunity for InvenSense [...] Our checks indicate that InvenSense has the MEMS sensor win for Google's new 7-inch tablet, the successor to the Nexus 7. We estimate that this design should contribute between $5 million – $6 million in 2H13. While recent tear-down reports have revealed a win for in Google Glass, the volumes and revenue contribution will be minimal.


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Aiming to help him generate a sustainable income, World Vision gave him 200 rubber tree saplings, which have enabled his family to have access to good food, health, and education. And two of his children are sponsored through World Vision!


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By Casandra Andrews/The Press-Register
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Four days after an alligator chomped down on the meaty part of his hand, pastor Kevin Brouillette sat in his office in Irvington Monday, explaining how it happened.
The son of a game warden in south Louisiana, Brouillette grew up down the road from a bayou packed with alligators in Avoyelles Parish. It wasn't unusual during his childhood for his father to bring home baby gators and even a bear or two.
Last Friday, while visiting his parents and sister in Forest, Miss., east of Jackson, Brouillette received a call from his nephew — who is 23 and fearless, he said — asking him and his 84-year-old father to help wrangle a 4-foot-long alligator to some nearby property.
The Brouillette men were on it. Some of the nephew's friends had trapped the gator while mud riding, tied it to the back of a four-wheeler and taken it home. There, they put it in a swimming pool.
"The mother sees it and begins to panic," Brouillette said.
She demanded that the boys get rid of it, so they tied it up with a cable, put it in the back of a pickup and took it to the nephew's home.
Brouillette's father and nephew went inside to get tape to wrap around the alligator's snout. Brouillette, meanwhile, decided he would try a trick he'd seen on the television show "Swamp People."
He stood up on the back bumper of the truck. The gator was facing away from him, he said.
"He was just sitting there, docile," Brouillette said.
He slowly reached out a finger to stroke the alligator between its eyes from behind.
With no cameras rolling and no witnesses to speak of, the gator snapped its head around and sank its teeth into his hand, in the thick area below his thumb.
"He just flipped over and grabbed me," the pastor said, gesturing Monday with his bandaged hand.
He's still a little fuzzy about what happened next.
"I was mesmerized," he said. "I didn't know what to think."
As he struggled to get free, he said, he managed to toss the alligator out of the back of the truck, although it never lost its grip on his hand.
"The gator is dangling from my thumb," Brouillette said. "Adrenaline took over."
At this point, Brouillette noticed a man watching from across the street. The man's mouth gaped open and he raised his own finger to point at the spectacle. He isn't sure if the neighbor ever yelled for help.
For reasons that the pastor will never know, the gator let go.
"I just finally began to rebuke that thing," Brouillette said, laughing.
Brouillette said that he hurried across the street to his sister's daycare center where she washed his wounds and urged him to go to the hospital.
He drove to Walmart instead. There, he found some medical glue that he used to seal some of his skin back together.
By the time he returned to Irvington on Saturday, he sought medical attention for his throbbing, swollen hand. The doctor at an urgent care clinic in Mobile told him that it was the first gator bite he'd seen there.
On Sunday, Brouillette stood before the congregation at First Evangelical Methodist Church in Irvington.
"I said, 'It's a good thing he only wanted finger food.'"
His sermon that day was to beware of the tempter.
"He's always lurking," Brouillette said. "And when he grabs you, he holds on."
His family members back in Mississippi set the alligator free.
Said Brouillette: "The gator is alive and well."


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I finally updated my Apache::Motd early this morning around 1am! My next tasks related to this module is to remove the dependancy of Apache::Cookie. I love the module and all but, I think I can do the cookie setting from myself. However, the big feature that I do want to inplement is incorporating some type of url-based sessions. This will solve the cookieless clients. I hope I do not take as long as I did to make these last changes.
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I still have no clue as to what it is and was wondering if anyone knows for sure???
I still have no clue as to what it is and was wondering if anyone knows for sure???
''You fool, my reach is far greater than the Jedi.Only a Sith can wield the force over such a great distance.'' - Darth Sidious
I should say that is some sort of a controller - to control doors open/shut? on/off control for naked C3PO? Tatooine style mobile phone? Nah, a controller of some sorts.
...Bong Wars!
No, no, that can't be right...just because Luke AND Shmi both have a dazed look in their eyes...no...that can't be it.
I am trying to remeber if she used anything in the movie, but i can't think of anything?
"It can't rain all the time."
"Quote the Raven, Nevermore."
She was fixing some circuitry when Ani and Qui-Gon came back from selling the podracer. That's what I'd guess this is.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
As stated earlier, Shmi was working on some kind of equipment at one point in the film. Since Episode I was the single most documented film in the series to date, it is possible that Hasbro based the accessory on one of the actual movie props that was on the set (if not actually seen in use). However, Hasbro being Hasbro, it could just be something that is akin to the types of things you might have seen on the sets.
Hasbro calls it a Data Pad... what ever that is...
I think that it is a piece of diagnostic equipment or something.
...and the award for Best Answer to a Post goes to.... stillakid!
"I'll miss you mom!"
Shmi: "Yes, yes just leave okay...mmm-hmm go with the nice grizzled man...at last my pretty we are alone"
...I apologize for that....its just gross...
It is that thing that she was working with when that grizzled man and her whiny son came in. I think it is like a calculator-type thing.
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As always, lots of time spent working on Lampadas. The last couple of weeks I've been doing some pretty sizable rearchitecture, implementing a much more OO approach. I didn't realize when I first started this project how nice Python's object support is.
It wasn't a good time to rearchitect. I was trying to finalize a release for the Gnome Documentation Project. However, the weight of cruft had accumulated to the point that it was taking forever to fix each bug or add each feature, so I was approaching a GDP release asymptotically. Something had to change.


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Video: Gokhan Saki and Badr Hari Staredown At Press Conference
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It's Showtime held the press conference for their huge event tomorrow featuring Badr Hari vs. Gokhan Saki headlining the card. All the fighters on the card were present at the press conference and took pictures and questions in front of fans and media. Many would've expected an intense staredown from Badr Hari and Gokhan Saki but both men were all smiles. They embraced eachother and shook hands ahead of their huge fight tomorrow. Check out the video. Thanks to Staredown.nl for the footage and all the work they've done covering the event.


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Family: Caprifoliaceae, Honeysuckle view all from this family
Description A low, delicate, matted evergreen plant with trailing stems having short, upright branches, each terminated by 2 pinkish-white, nodding bell-shaped flowers.
Habit: native perennial herb or subshrub; stems hairy, creeping or trailing; stoloniferous.
Height: prostrate or dwarf, 3-6 in in (75-150 mm).
Leaf: opposite, evergreen, glossy, widely oval, shallowly toothed, held low on flower stalk; 0.25-1 in (6-25 mm) long, 0.5 (12 mm) wide.
Flower: dainty, fragrant, bell-shaped, pale pink, 5-parted, nodding; held terminally, in pairs, on long stalks.
Fruit: small, dry, one-seeded capsule.
Flower June to September.
Flower June - September
Habitat Cool climates; conifer forests, deciduous forests, bogs, grasslands, alpine meadows to 10,000 ft (3000 m); also cultivated as an ornamental.
Range Northern and western North America, from Alaska south to California, east to New Mexico, northeast to North Dakota, east to Maryland, north to Maine and Labrador; also in Tennessee; circumboreal.
Discussion Also known as American twinflower, northern twinflower, western twinflower. Three subspecies are recognized. Endangered, threatened or possibly extinct in Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Tennessee. A beautiful trailing plant of the North, this is the American variety of the European plant. It was named for Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), the father of modern botany, who was so fond of the flower he had his portrait painted with it. This charming plant makes a good ground cover in the woodland garden.
Exposure Preference Shade.
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On Thursday, Jack Tobin got full parole, a little more than a year after he was sent to jail. Former Newfoundland premier Brian Tobin's son was serving a three-year sentence for his role in the death of Alex Zolpis, 24,who was killed in an icy Ottawa parking garage while an impaired Tobin spun doughnuts in a pickup truck.
You knew it was going to happen the moment Tobin got parole: Internet comment sites across the country began to fill with comments, many of them suggesting that Jack Tobin, 26, got some kind of special deal.
It's a very easy charge to make, especially from behind the comfortable anonymity of an online comment.
And people are welcome to their opinions — but at the same time, people can be wrong.
Tobin's sentence — and the amount of time he served before parole — did not represent preferential treatment at all. Both were directly in the middle of the range of sentences handed out for such offences. The sentence was based on the analysis of penalties other drivers received in the past for similar crimes, and parole after serving one-third of a sentence is absolutely standard in this country.
It's hard to say just what it is that motivates people to suggest the sentence was anything out of line, simply because of Tobin's family and in the absence of any facts to support their argument.
It is true that the well-off can get different treatment in our justice system, in part because they can afford to get the most skilled — and commensurately expensive — legal help available.
But beyond that, this is not a case that smacks of special treatment in any way.
One thing's for certain: Jack Tobin has probably been publicly shamed more than any young man in a similar position would be.
When he received day parole — on the same sort of terms as any other first offender — it was national news. Now that he has received full parole, it's national news all over again. Few other Canadians face the same scrutiny — certainly, they don't face the sort of public examination that Tobin has at every stage of his charges, guilty plea and conviction.
There are very few convicted drivers who face headlines when they are released on parole. Even a seasoned court reporter would be hard put to point out the last such story.
There's no easy answer for the cold hard facts of the case: Jack Tobin will get a chance to live his life, while Alex Zolpis will not.
If people have a problem with how Tobin was treated, then they have a problem not with his treatment, but with the law itself — and if there is widespread disapproval, it is that law that should be dealt with differently.
Jack Tobin gets to live with the fact that he killed a good friend as a result of drunken foolishness.
Anyone who thinks that is something easily forgotten or glossed over is hard-hearted indeed.


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Libertarianz was the first political party in New Zealand committed to the concept of a free society with a free market economy.
The Libertarianz Party voluntarily deregistered with the Electoral Commission in February 2014. Press Release here.
We would like to sincerely thank those who helped set up the Libertarianz Party, who stood as candidates, who assisted with election campaigns and all those who voted for us. Over the years it has become obvious that registered party status was not going to be a successful approach for the people involved in libertarian politics in this country. We are now moving on from that. Watch this space!


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Table Styling 101 with Ryan Korban
You may have already heard about the rumpus Arcade Fire caused by requesting that audiences members wear "formal attire or costume" to show nights during the band's upcoming Reflektor tour, kicking off March 6 in Louisville, KY. Why? Not sure. Personally, this princess is all in favor of the ball and probably gearing up in these.
Art is in the air this month, at least in New York City, where it seems fairs are infiltrating just about every neighborhood. Our top picks? Wander through the three sprawling floors of the Whitney Biennial, the last in the Breuer Building before the museum makes a new home in the Meatpacking District; then head downtown yourself to check out the Armory Show at Piers 92 and 94 for the best spread of international contemporary and modern art.
What you're looking at right now is Tom Wesselman's Kiki, which you can see in person at the Armory Show.
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The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB) has received harsh criticism inside and outside of Pakistan since its radical re-drafting in April of this year. A coalition of Pakistan's leading online rights groups and businesses warned the current version, written with no input from legal experts or technologists, would "adversely impact the IT industry…. and [the] constitutional rights and safeguards guaranteed to citizens". Human Rights Watch went further, saying it constitutes "clear and present danger to human rights". But it took one of Pakistan's leading legal experts on computer crime jurisprudence, Zahid Jamil, to call the bill "by far the worst piece of cybercrime legislation in the world."
Today, in a strong opinion from the Federal Circuit, an attempt for rightsholders to use an obscure trade court to block the "importation" of digital data was rejected. The Federal Circuit held that a court that has the ability to block "articles that infringe" does not have the ability to block digital data.
Today, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard arguments in ClearCorrect v. ITC, a case that threatens to give private companies, via agency power, broad ability to censor and regulate the Internet. But this isn't a case about net neutrality. Instead, it's a patent case where the patent owner is asking the Federal Circuit to uphold an agency order banning certain data from entering the United States via the Internet. EFF, along with Public Knowledge, filed an amicus brief in the case arguing that there is no authority allowing this; at least, not the way the patent owner is arguing.
In a dangerous ruling yesterday, a Canadian appeals court upheld an order requiring Google to edit the Internet and effectively "disappear" websites selling a product that allegedly infringed trade secret rights. Google had challenged the order as an improper overreach: a Canadian court shouldn't be using its authority to make rules about what users in other countries can and cannot access. EFF filed a supporting brief, explaining that the order would have likely violated the U.S. Constitution—one of many reasons a foreign court shouldn't presume to issue orders that will affect citizens far beyond its jurisdiction.
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Pericarditis is inflammation and swelling of the covering of the heart (pericardium). The condition can occur in the days or weeks following a heart attack.
See also: Bacterial pericarditis
Dressler syndrome; Post-MI pericarditis; Post-cardiac injury syndrome; Postcardiotomy pericarditis
Two types of pericarditis can occur after a heart attack.
Early pericarditis most often occurs within 1 to 3 days after a heart attack. When the body tries to clean up the diseased heart tissue, swelling and inflammation occur.
Late pericarditis is also called Dressler syndrome (or post-cardiac injury syndrome or postcardiotomy pericarditis). It usually occurs several weeks or months after a heart attack, heart surgery, or other trauma to the heart. However, it may happen a week after a heart injury. Dressler syndrome is believed to be caused by the immune system mistakenly attacking healthy heart tissue.
You have a higher risk of pericarditis if you have had a previous heart attack, open heart surgery, or chest trauma, or if your heat attack affected the thickness of your heart muscle.
The health care provider will use a stethoscope to listen to your heart and lungs. There may be a rubbing sound (called a pericardial friction rub, not to be confused with a heart murmur). Heart sounds in general may be weak or sound far away.
A buildup of fluid in the covering of the heart or space around the lungs (pericardial effusion) is not common after a heart attack. But, it often does occur in some patients with Dressler syndrome.
Tests may include:
The goal of treatment is to make the heart work better and reduce pain and other symptoms.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) or aspirin may be used to treat inflammation of the pericardium. When other medicines don't work, steroids or colchicine may be used.
In some cases, excess fluid surrounding the heart (pericardial effusion) may need to be removed. This is done with a procedure called pericardiocentesis. If complications develop, part of the pericardium may need to be removed with surgery (pericardiectomy).
The condition may come back, even in people who receive treatment. In some cases, untreated pericarditis can be life threatening.
Call your health care provider if:
Anderson JL. ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarction and complications of myocardial infarction. In: Goldman L, SchaferAI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier;2011:chap 73.
LeWinter MM, Tischler MD. Pericardial diseases. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders; 2011:chap 75.
Little WC, Oh JK. Pericardial disease. In: Goldman L,Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 77.
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Family: Vireonidae, Vireos view all from this family
Description ADULT Has greenish cap, back, and rump. Face, sides of neck, and nape are gray. Eye has pale iris, with dark line in front and is surrounded by yellow "spectacle" and supercilium extending forward. Darkish wings have two white wing bars. Throat is white and underparts are otherwise pale with gray wash on chest and yellow wash on flanks. Bill is stout and legs are blue-gray. JUVENILE Similar, but paler, with dark iris and white eyering. Acquires adultlike plumage and pale iris in winter.
Dimensions Length: 5 in (13 cm)
Habitat Common summer visitor (mainly Apr-Sep) to dense, brushy deciduous woodland; widespread in eastern North America. Winters from southeastern U.S. to Mexico.
Observation Tips Easier to hear than to see.
Range Mid-Atlantic, Eastern Canada, Plains, Southeast, Texas, Great Lakes, New England, Florida
Voice Song is a series of loud phrases such as chic, chip-ee-err-cheeo; call is a harsh shrrr.
Discussion Pale-eyed, secretive vireo that is heard more frequently than it is seen. Feeds mainly on insects and forages in a deliberate manner. Sexes are similar.


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Main institution:
Walailak University (Thailand)
Principal investigator:
Valla Tantayotai
Other investigators:
Wichai Aekplakorn; Somkiat Potisat; Thawat Matte
Location of the project:
This project took place in 4 geographical regions of Thailand: Central region (Nakhon Nayok and Samut Sakhon provinces), Northern region (Phitsanulok and Phrae provinces), Northeastern region (Nakhon Ratchasima and Nakhon Phanom provinces), Southern region (Nakhon Si Thammarat and Trang provinces)
Amount allocated:
September 1, 2012 - January 31, 2015
The community-based diabetes prevention program in Thailand is a study to test a pre-designed knowledge management program to prevent or delay of type 2 diabetes in people with high-risk of diabetes. Thirty-two primary care units with 2,240 individuals having high-risk of diabetes aged 30-59 participated in the study. The participants were randomly assigned either to the intervention program or in the usual care group. The participants followed at 6, 12, and 18 months after the intervention started and count the number of new cases of diabetes in both group and compared.
Results to date
World Diabetes Congress, Melbourne (Australia), December 2013
Thailand Non Communicable Disease Forum, August 2014 (2 presentations)
8th Thailand Congress of Nutrition 2014, October 2014
Joint Conference in Medical Sciences 2015, Bangkok (Thailand), June 2015
Thailand Non Communicable Disease Forum, August 2015
Basic training course for thai diabetes educators, May & September 2015
World Diabetes Congress, Vancouver (Canada), December 2015
"Detecting prediabetes and diabetes: Agreement between fasting plasma glucose and oral glucose tolerance test in Thai adults" Journal of Diabetes Research, Volume 2015(2015), article ID 396505
Project ended in February 2015
BRIDGES (Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global Environments and Systems) is a programme initiated by the International Diabetes Federation, and supported by an educational grant from Lilly Diabetes.


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PodPonics, an indoor urban agriculture project that grows lettuce in PVC pipes inside used shipping containers, is just one of a new crop of up-and-coming urban agricultural innovators. The U.S. company, created by Dan Backhaus and Mark Liotta, currently operates a collection of six "pods," or containers, in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, and is in the process of developing a plot of land next to Atlanta International Airport.
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Lava Records founder Jason Flom and ex-Bug Music CEO John Rudolph have reportedly teamed up to bid on EMI assets that will be sold off by Universal Music Group. A source tells Billboard.biz that the pair are expected to place a bid once UMG officially begins auctioning off pieces of EMI, as per the UMG-EMI merger agreement.
Universal's bankers are still working on non-disclosure agreements and are a few weeks away from beginning the auction process, according to Billboard's sources. According to the terms of UMG's agreement with the European Commission, any EMI assets sold off must go to a buyer with a track record of previously heading up a music company and management experience.
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Picture of afternoon fun in Watford. We now have a wind warning!
Nice pics Chris. And Wayne I am jealous!!
Picture of afternoon fun in Watford. We now have a wind warning!
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We are at 28 inches and it is still piling up quick. Will be over 30" when it winds down.
The mightiest oak was once a small nut that stood its ground
only 11-13 inches in Burlington this a.m. but the wind she blow! it is drifting big time!
and flatlanders in all wheel drive sedans do not know how to slow down and drive safe
"So what is big is not always the Trout nor the Deer but the chance, the being there. And what is full is not necessarily the creel nor the freezer, but the memory." ~ Aldo Leopold
"The Greatest Obstacle to Discovery is not Ignorance -- It is the Illusion of Knowledge" ~ Daniel Boorstin
The snowblower and i worked thru 18" of wet stuff last night. Looks to be another foot out there now. Thankfully, we have not lost power.
Glad I have A snow rake as they're predicting 45degrees and rain for monday. Gotta get most of it off the roof before then.
I have a long day ahead of me.................
P.S.-Stan, remember! Walleye fillets, not a wall of snow! LOL!!!!!
there's no good reason to fatten up a retriever.
I drifts of 4-5, plus feet. road is not passable! Thats my Murano buried in snow
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Weather person on the news just said my area can expect another 10-14 inches of snow before it winds down tonight. Already have over a foot and the drifts are incredible. Took all my strength to push open the door to the airing yard. Poor dogs - the snow is half way up their backs. Oh, well currently have power even though wind is gusting up to 55 mph. Mail delivery has been cancelled for today. Tomorrow will be a better day!!!!
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Although the snow started here on Friday around 8 AM, by 4:30 PM we only had 3 inches on the table on our back deck. 3 hours later, we had a foot! Paul's holding an 18 inch ruler in this photo:
We cleared the tabletop and shoveled the deck and stairs for the dogs before going to bed.
At 7:30 AM, the Labs woke me up, dancing back and forth from our bedroom to the dog door that let's them out onto the deck. I was quite surprised to see so much snow where we had cleared before bed, that the dog door was blocked.
For once, I was glad to have super sized, super energy Molly bouncing off the walls before my morning coffee! I sent the dogs out by size. I opened the deck door and told Molly to go out and potty. After she happily plowed through the snow, the other dogs had a nice path across the deck and down the stairs.
Our back yard, which is enclosed by a 4 foot fence;
First things first, the deck and stairs are shoveled for the dogs:
The snow stopped here around 10-11 AM, so we had another inch or so after these photos were taken.
It got down to 43 degrees last night in coastal "Sort of Southern California" and listening to the weather reports, you'd think we were having it as bad as all y'all out there on the other coast. Their credibility continues to be suspect.
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Greetings, OpenGL Masters,
I've been using a unique shader for several years without problem and suddenly, between minors renderer modification and NVidia drivers upgrades, something went terribly wrong.
My shader is fairly complex but it can render any geometry with any material properties and light count. (I'm aware that this is not optimal but it's very easy to maintain).
For instance, I do skinning like so:
uniform int u_DeformerCount;
in vec4 a_Weights;
in ivec4 a_Deformers;
uniform mat4 u_XFormMatrix[40]; /// Deformation matrices.
if (u_DeformerCount > 0) /// Matrix deformations.
mat4 l_deformer;
for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) /// Maximum of 4 influences per vertex.
l_deformer += a_Weights[i] * u_XFormMatrix[a_Deformers[i]];
The problem:
While everything works without a glitch when u_DeformerCount > 0, there seems to be data corruption with geometries that doesn't have the skinning condition enabled. I'm basically getting black frames frequently, like a kid playing with the light interrupter.
Now, I can make the problem disappeared by using u_XFormMatrix[0] instead of u_XFormMatrix[a_Deformers[i]]... I tried everything I could think of so far to fix this and I'm at the point where I could use Jedi Master's wisdom.
- How could a part of the shader that is not used explicitly affect its output?
- Any known pitfall using uniform arrays?
PS: The major downside of a unique shader is that every uniforms needs to be set/reset every draw and I'm guessing it could be the source of my problem.


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America's declining "business dynamism" has affected all 50 states and nearly every single metro area.
The Bay Area's online shoppers also show a rabid desire for toilet paper, protein powder, and (uhm) mayonnaise.
The financial benefit of moving for a new job has been cut nearly in half over the past few decades.
Until recently, the country's internet came exclusively through dial-up modems and satellite. Not anymore.
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A survey of Montreal riders finds that half of all active cyclists have their bikes stolen, and only 2.4 percent are recovered.
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Licensing? Mandatory rear-view mirrors? Some bike safety ideas
Original post made by Bruce Campbell, Portola Valley: other, on Aug 22, 2007
Q. Why do many bikes ride directly on the white line of the bike lane rather than within the lane?
A. Debris can be seen and avoided.
Q. How many bike riders use rear-view mirrors?
A. About 20 percent, until you have been hit, then everyone does.
Based on the foregoing, one might ask: Why not put the white line of the bike lane in the middle so debris could readily be seen, and double yellow lines on the outside to delineate the lane, thus encouraging both the bikes and the autos to stay out of each other's lanes?
A rear-view mirror for a bike is available for $10 to $20, and should be a mandated piece of safety equipment.
Just as we have licensing of cars where a minimum level of competence is required, isn't it time we require the same for bike riders? Falls account for 59 percent of all crashes, running into a fixed object 14 percent, moving motor vehicles were involved in 11 percent, and another bicycle in 9 percent.
Even when the bike rider falls down with no cars involved, the answer proposed is to lower the speed limit for cars, or posting signs to "share the road." I don't think that cars should share the bike lane, and bikes should only share the traffic lane with an abundance of caution.
(The above letter to the editor by Bruce Campbell was published in the Almanac's Aug. 22 edition.)
Comments (5)
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 22, 2007 at 10:50 pm
How about separate, fenced off, bike trails that use cheaper pavement thats good enough for bikes?
bikes have no business blocking traffic on the road.
a resident of Woodside: Woodside Glens
on Aug 23, 2007 at 3:03 pm
I heard that a Woodside landlord refused to lease space to a bike shop.
a resident of Woodside: Woodside Heights
on Aug 23, 2007 at 5:15 pm
I think you're misinterpreting the "debris" issue. It's not that you can see it better against a white background, it's that most roads are only swept by car tires, not by street sweepers. Enough cars drive over the white line into the bike lane to keep most of it pretty clean, but the farther you are from the auto lane, the more debris you'll encounter. Painting the white lane in a different spot, or even painting the entire bike lane white, won't help.
Looking at it from another angle, its somewhat disturbing that enough cars drive with their right side wheels in the bike lane to keep most of it as clean as the auto lane.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 23, 2007 at 5:33 pm
some of the posters seem not to know that bikers have as much a right to be in traffic as cars do. The speed limits are intended to serve as upper limits, not lower, to speeds. When cars and bikes collide, the bikes always lose. Please chill!
Bikers do not "fall off" their bikes unless something else has happened. Bikes are like gyroscopes; once they're going, it's actually hard to fall. Debris or holes in the road or close calls with other vehicles are the most common reasons for "falls".
a resident of Portola Valley: Los Trancos Woods/Vista Verde
on Aug 23, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Bicyclists pay more than their fair share for local roads, since most are paid for from general funds and sales tax.
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This article concludes that bicyclists and pedestrians are actually subsidizing motorists on local streets.
anon should get his car off of the road, or he should start paying a lot more for the damage he is doing to it.
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Syria: International Humanitarian Pledging Conference
Representatives from Member States, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations gathered in Kuwait City today (30 January) to attend the high-level International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria.
"Today, We have now seen global solidarity in action," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commending Member States for their generosity. "We have brought a message of hope to the millions of Syrians who have been affected by this terrible crisis (...) I thank His Highness, the Emir of Kuwait, for this remarkable effort and for his country's very generous contribution of $300 million for the humanitarian response."
The conference, which was hosted by the Emir of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah, and chaired by the Secretary-General, gave Member States an opportunity to continue supporting the much-needed humanitarian response seeking US$1.5 billion to help millions of people affected by the Syria crisis.
"The needs are huge," said UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos addressing the conference. "The UN estimates that four million people need urgent humanitarian assistance, including two million who have fled their homes and are now living without the most basic services: without clean water, sanitation facilities and electricity."
About $1 billion is for the Refugee Response Plan (RRP), which will support over 700,000 refugees who have fled Syria to neigbouring countries such as Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt. The Syria Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan (SHARP) requires more than $519 million to help over 4 million people inside Syria, including an estimated 2 million who have been forced from their homes by the violence.
Ms. Amos added that the SHARP will be used for humanitarian work in ten sectors inside Syria to meet essential needs, adding that the plan is based on four priorities which consist of: providing relief supplies such as food, healthcare and water to the most vulnerable; helping people who have fled their homes and the communities hosting them; supporting reconstruction of critical infrastructure; and helping the poorest people avoid total destitution.