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LYON, France - An international operation co-ordinated by INTERPOL targeting the illegal trade in traditional medicines containing protected wildlife products has resulted in a series of arrests worldwide and the seizure of thousands of illegal medicines worth more than EUR 10 million.
National wildlife enforcement authorities, police, customs and specialized units from 18 countries across all five continents worked together as part of Operation Tram which ran from 1-28 February.
During the month-long operation, investigations into individuals and companies as well as inspections of premises such as seaports and wholesalers revealed a large amount of medicines either containing or marketing the use of illegal ingredients such as tiger, bear and rhinoceros.
"A primary goal of Operation Tram was to combat the illegal trade in endangered wildlife, which is a threat to our planet's biodiversity and demonstrates the commitment of INTERPOL and its member countries in fighting this type of crime," said David Higgins, Manager of the INTERPOL Environmental Crime Programme.
"This operation has again proved that while environmental criminals may cross borders and display high levels of organization, so too will the international law enforcement community in its efforts to apprehend those criminals.
"The success of this operation would not have been possible without the close co-operation and dedication of the police, customs, wildlife law enforcement agencies and specialized units in the 18 participating countries," added Mr Higgins.
The operation, co-ordinated by the INTERPOL Environmental Crime Programme with strong support from the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU), was developed in response to the increasing use of endangered and protected wildlife products in traditional medicines throughout the world.
"The important cultural, historical and religious values of traditional medicines is recognized by the law enforcement community," said Chief Constable Richard Crompton, the Association of Chief Police Officers' lead for the UK NWCU, "However, the increased use of endangered species in medicines can no longer be tolerated as it places extreme pressure on their very survival and existence."
Countries involved in Operation Tram were Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Georgia, India, Italy, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.
Investigations are continuing and the final results of Operation Tram will be released upon their conclusion. For additional information on national activities, please contact the enforcement agencies of the countries concerned.


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544d89c28c4c2d3c5d97c7dcb3e15643[1].jpgWhenever Roso saw a monk coming he would face the wall...
I let you read and take in the inspiring prose of Gerry Shishin. What is facing the wall after all? i still vividly remember the impressions and perceptions of my first sitting as a young teenager, some 35 years ago, and the endless game of my eyes sweeeping the whitish wall, both bored and amazed.
Expressing the path with words is pointless yet necessay. When people come and inquire about the Buddha Dharma what shall we say? Roso turned his whole body-mind into a living- silent mouth, speaking an eloquent silence, carving subtle clouds within and letting them dissolve. This is what precedes Kalpas and birth itself. The ground is naked there. The empty field made visible. Sitting facing the wall is displaying the seal of reality, it is the absolute realization that freedom doesn t have to give itself space to unfold, the the open quality, the spacious sitting- being makes even a simple wall as vast as this boundless reality we are and live in. The wall is a great cure to distraction, a very good way to cut any story short, give up the chase, and not being carried away but being redirected to just this. When we sit in front of the wall we meet heaven and hell, we transmigrate and go through all realms, we wake up to the very truth that we are the makers of all this. We sit with our own self-world in full view.
This practice is the ultimate practice, in all forms of Buddhism, its given for the most advanced students, in Zen we are all advanced and all beginners. We start where it ends. We end up where it always starts. Facing the wall in Dogen s words is another way to relentlessly polish the tile to make a mirror. To eat painted rice cakes. It trancends the dual and goes beyond oneness itself.
Whatever you say, it will miss the mark. So what words do you have to point at the pearl?


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During transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), an instrument is inserted up the urethra to remove the section of the prostate that is blocking urine flow.
TURP usually requires a stay in the hospital. It is done using a general or spinal anesthetic.
The hospital stay after TURP is commonly 1 to 2 days.
Following surgery, a catheter is used to remove urine and blood or blood clots in the bladder that may result from the procedure. When the urine is free of significant bleeding or blood clots, the catheter can be removed and you can go home.
Strenuous activity, constipation, and sexual activity should be avoided for about 4 to 6 weeks. Symptoms such as frequent urination will continue for a while because of irritation and inflammation caused by the surgery. But they should ease during the first 6 weeks.
Your doctor may recommend TURP if symptoms caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) have not improved in response to home treatment and medicines.
For men who have moderate to severe symptoms of prostate enlargement, TURP is more effective than watchful waiting in relieving urinary symptoms. Studies have found that:
Men experience about an 85% improvement in their International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) scores.footnote 2 For example, if you had a score of 25, after this surgery it might be at about 4. Men who are very bothered by their symptoms are most likely to notice great improvement in their symptoms after TURP. Men who are not very bothered by their symptoms are less likely to notice a big change.
The risks of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) include problems with sexual performance, incontinence, and problems from surgery.
TUR syndrome doesn't happen when TURP is done using a bipolar tool (resectoscope) compared to a monopolar resectoscope. You may want to ask your doctor which kind of tool he or she uses.
Surgery usually is not required to treat BPH, although some men may choose it because their symptoms bother them so much. Choosing surgery depends mostly on your preferences and comfort with the idea of having surgery. Things to think about include your expectation of the results of the surgery, the severity of your symptoms, and the possibility of having complications from the surgery.
Men who have severe symptoms often have great improvement in quality of life following surgery. Men whose symptoms are mild may find that surgery does not greatly improve quality of life. Men with only mild symptoms may want to think carefully before deciding to have surgery to treat BPH.
CitationsMcNicholas T, Kirby R (2011). Benign prostatic hyperplasia and male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). BMJ Clinical Evidence. http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com/x/systematic-review/1801/overview.html. Accessed April 12, 2016.Fitzpatrick JM (2012). Minimally invasive and endoscopic management of benign prostatic hyperplasia. In AJ Wein et al., eds., Campbell-Walsh Urology, 10th ed., vol. 3, pp. 2655–2694. Philadelphia: Saunders.AUA Practice Guidelines Committee (2010). AUA guideline on management of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Chapter 1: Guideline on the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Available online: http://www.auanet.org/content/guidelines-and-quality-care/clinical-guidelines.cfm?sub=bph.Wilt TJ, N'Dow J (2008). Benign prostatic hyperplasia. Part 2—Management. BMJ, 336(7637): 206–210.
Current as of: March 1, 2023
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:E. Gregory Thompson MD - Internal Medicine & Anne C. Poinier MD - Internal Medicine & Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine & J. Curtis Nickel MD, FRCSC - Urology
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Emily and I took Erin down to the community pool on Sunday afternoon. Erin's confidence in the water is really astounding, and now that she has her sea legs she can wander around the wading pool on her own, occasionally submerging herself to blow bubbles (or because she has fallen over for a moment) and then popping straight out of the water.
She reached a milestone in her swimming class on Friday: she pulled herself out of the pool from a hanging position on the wall in the deep water. Well kid, it only took you thirteen months, but it seems that our twice weekly swimming lessons from the time you were 10 weeks old have finally paid off. You now know how to avoid swimming.
I alternate between pride and anxiety: she can do things on her own, and I can cheer for her, but I also know that some of the challenges she faces in life could overwhelm her, because life is hard and it's easy to give up, some times. And sometimes it is harder to give up than to keep going, just like sometimes it is harder to get out of the pool than it is to sink into it and keep swimming.
I stayed up too late watching the Olympics last night. I saw the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay, in which five teams wrecked the previous World Record time and the U.S. team performed an adrenaline-pumping feat to overtake their French rivals in the last 25 meters and edge them out for the gold medal and smash the record. Swimming is not my favourite Olympic sport (a tie between hockey and fencing), but I was, along with everyone else watching that race, suddenly a huge fan of swimming. It was inspiring to watch. I saw Michael Phelps do his best to not scream "Fuck Yeah!!!" as his captain and anchor completed their fantastic comeback.
As Emily and I watched the race she turned profound: "That is thousands of swim meets and trips to the pool. For their parents."
After the race NBC aired a short segment, or commercial, that had one member of the relay team, Cullen Jones, speaking about his screamingest fan: his mother. Always the loudest at any swim meet, and always the proudest.
And Emily turned profound again: "How must his mother be feeling right now?" And she teared up, and I teared up too, because she was absolutely right.
Watching the Olympics will never be the same for us. It used to be about seeing people do incredible things. Now it's about knowing that people have done incredible things. Like drive someone to the pool thousands of times.
Even if it was only to watch a child climb out.


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This is a puny attempt to explain how the X Server generates and processes input events. This document was created as part of the development for MPX, the Multi-Pointer X Server. This document does not replace a good look at the source code. It just helps understanding what happens and what order functions are called. And it gives a general overview on how events are born and sent to the client.
We do not give any warranty that the information here is complete and/or accurate. The information here concentrates on pointer events but some is the same for keyboard events.
Updated 17.06.2010. Reflects input processing in X servers 1.7 through to including 1.9
Generally, input events live through two stages: Event generation and event processing. In the event generation stage, input is gathered from the connected devices and transformed into abstract input events, the so-called InternalEvents. In the processing stage, these InternalEvents events are converted to protocol events, depending on the event masks of the windows. An InternalEvent may be converted into a core event, an XI 1.x event or an XI2 event. More events such as enter and leave events are generated during the processing stage as well.
The event generation stage is part of the interrupt handling. The event processing stage is part of the processing loop (Dispatch()).
In between those two stages, there is the event queue. Events are put on the event queue after the creation stage and taken off again at the start of the processing stage. Only InternalEvents are ever on the event queue.
There are only a few directories that are interesting for all that:
- xserver/dix ... device independent X. The events.c file is handling most of the events.
- xserver/mi ... machine independent X. Mouse cursor rendering stuff.
- xserver/hw/xfree86/common ... some additional stuff, especially the driver interface.
- xserver/Xi ... X Input Extension protocol stuff.
The method the server spends the most time in is Dispatch(), and in this method the server mostly waits in WaitForSomething for requests from the clients and to send off accumulated input events from the input devices to the clients.
Lots and lots of functions are called using function pointers. Finding them can be very frustrating. See how to set up ctags to jump around in the source and find functions easier.
The DESIGN document
There is a document that describes the design of the X server. Depending on where you have the source tree the document is in xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/DESIGN.sgml or if you have the xserver-xorg package installed you should have it in /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg/DESIGN.gz. It's also posted on the web site with the server developer documentation.
It's worth a read but I did not find a lot of information about how input events are handled.
An important requirement to understand events
X has the concept of core devices. These are the devices that are visible in the core protocol (i.e. whenever a client issues a GrabPointer request, the core pointer is picked).
With the introduction of X Input in 1994, the definition of an extension device was added. These devices could also send XI events (e.g. DeviceMotionNotify). A device could only be either an XI or a core device, not both - hence the need for the ChangePointerDevice and ChangeKeyboardDevice requests. However, an extension device what was configured to "SendCoreEvents" would cause both XI events on the device and core events on the core pointer device.
X server 1.4 introduced the notion of a "virtual core pointer" and "virtual core keyboard" (VCP and VCK, respectively). These devices are hardcoded to be the core devices with all physical devices now being extension devices. This obsoleted the ChangePointerDevice and ChangeKeyboardDevice request, the core devices were always the virtual ones. A device configured to "SendCoreEvents" would send cause the VCP or VCK to generate a core event as well as the extension event on the device itself.
X server 1.7 introduced XI2 and the master/slave device hierarchy. VCP and VCK are the first two "master devices", with all physical devices being "attached" to either one. These physical devices are referred to as "slave devices". Events are generated by the slave devices and then move up to the respective master device. A slave device may only generate XI 1.x or XI2 events, a master device may generate core events as well. With MPX, there may be more than one pair of master device but the principle remains the same.
All event generation is in dix/getevents.c, see GetPointerEvents and GetKeyboardEvents as starting points.
Event creation
When a device emits events, a SIGIO is fired and the xf86SIGIO() handler is called which in turn calls the xf86SigioReadInput() for the given socket. The latter in turn calls the read input function for the pointer provided. For the mouse driver, this function is MouseReadInput. The evdev driver has it own handler (EvdevReadInput) and so do all other drivers.
MouseReadInput is one of the functions in the InputInfoPtr of the mouse driver. It is set when the input driver is initialised and MousePreInit is called (see section 5.6 in the DESIGN doc). MouseReadInput does all the processing for the different mouse protocols and then posts the event via MousePostEvent (again a function pointer in the InputInfoPtr) into MouseDoPostEvent.
- So, if you are using the mouse, the sequence executed on the driver's side is: MouseReadInput, MousePostEvent, MouseDoPostEvent;
- The generic sequence is Driver-specific _ReadInput, driver-specific processsing, xf86Post{Motion|Button|Keyboard|Proximity}Event()
For a motion event, the driver calls now xf86PostMotionEvent() and we are back on the server's side. For button events it is xf86PostButtonEvent(). Those in turn call GetPointerEvents (GetKeyboardEvents for keyboard events) which creates the necessary number of events and returns them to the caller. GetTimeInMillis is called inside GetPointerEvents and timestamps the OS time on the event. Inside the same function, miPointerSetPosition() is called to re-paint the mouse on the screen. It calls miPointerMoved(). The miPointerMoved() decides to start the hw or the sw management/rendering of the cursor (see section Cursor rendering). After this choose the events are put - one by one - onto the event queue using mieqEnqueue().
Note that all this is inside the SIGIO handler, this is important as you may not allocate of free memory at any time in this stage.
GetPointerEvents will generate a number of InternalEvents, for this tutorial the interesting onces are the DeviceEvents which represent physical input (motion, button, key events)
To sum it up in short: each time a interrupt happens on one of the sockets to an input event, the device driver reads the data, hands it back to the X Server which constructs one or more InternalEvents and puts it onto the event queue.
Event processing
The event processing stage is the stage where the events are taken off the event queue, individually processed and then sent to the client. Also, more abstract input events (enter and leave notifies) are generated synthetically here.
All input are processed in the DDX ProcessInputEvents. The actual processing is done in mieqProcessInputEvents() which runs through the event queue from beginning to end. Main entry point for DIX-specific processing is ProcessOtherEvent, all events pass through here. Note at this point that the XKB extension wraps ProcessOtherEvents and is called before we get to POE. XKB is not subject to this tutorial.
ProcessOtherEvent does a few things. It updates the DIX-internal device state with the information from the event, then gathers some state required for the event itself. For example it grabs the modifier state from the keyboard to be put into mouse events as additional info. Finally, it calls down into the delivery paths that eventually write the protocol event onto the wire. At this point, we're still dealing with InternalEvents only.
ProcessOtherEvents also calls CheckMotion. This function updates the cursor sprite's position and then sets the event's coordinates to the new sprite positions. Finally, we compare the window the updated sprite is over with the previous one and call DoEnterLeaveEvent if necessary. If the window has changed, we also issue a call to PostNewCursor which basically changes to the updated cursor shape.
Let us see what DoEnterLeaveEvent does. If the old window is a parent of the new window, we issue a LeaveNotify to the old window, then recursively send EnterNotify events to the ancestors of the target window (this is done in EnterNotifies) and then finally a EnterNotify to our new window. If the old window is a child of the new window, we do the same but with the leave and enter notifies swapped around. Finally, if the window are not related, we send a LeaveNotify to the old window and then recursively to its parents (using LeaveNotifies), then recursively send EnterNotify events (using EnterNotifies again) to the new window's parents and finally a EnterNotify to the new window. Remember that there are multiple types of EnterNotify and LeaveNotify events. The ones sent to the parents are all of type NotifyVirtual (or NotifyNonlinearVirtual if the windows are unrelated). The ones sent to the old and the new window are of types NotifyAncestor or NotifyInferior for related windows and NotifyNonlinear for unrelated windows. All enter and leave events are constructed in EnterLeaveEvent. A xEvent is created, filled with values and then sent to the window using DeliverEventsToWindow. Again, rootX and rootY is taken from the sprite coordinates. This is the simple explanation, the real implementation is somewhat more difficult as we need to synchronise Enter/Leave events to be protocol-correct even if there are multiple master devices present.
So now that we have finished the enter/leave events we concentrate on what the final event processing consists of. The rule here is: an InternalEvent may be delivered as exactly one protocol type, but possibly to multiple clients. So if two clients both selected for core events, both will get the core event. If one client selected for core events and one for XI events, only the XI event is delivered. In the final event delivery path, the client masks are checked on each window in the delivery path and the InternalEvent is converted to the respective protocol event.
The event is adopted to the window in FixUpEventFromWindow and then delivered to the window with DeliverEventsToWindow. FixUpEventFromWindow adopts the window specific values to the event's window (the child, eventX and eventY values). If the delivery failed to a given window, the parent is tried until we run out of parent windows. DeliverEventToWindow calls TryClientEvents to write the events to the client. If the event is a button press event, DeliverEventToWindow also activates the implicit pointer grab (a grab that is deactivated automatically on the next button release event).
Now we have completed event processing, all the events were written to the client and we jump back to the last lines of ProcessInputEvents. What is left now is cursor rendering (if applicable), called with miPointerUpdateSprite().
Again, a short summary of the event processing stage: the server takes the events off the queue, fills them with the right variables, generate enter and leave notifies if necessary and writes them to the client.
Cursor rendering
Cursor rendering is a bit complicated to understand and hard to debug. It is a layered architecture to do as much in hardware as possible and pretty much everything is called via function pointers. Some need for function pointers has been removed with 1.9, but the basic priniciple is the same.
hw cursor
If the cursor is fully rendered in hardware, xf86CursorMoveCursor() and xf86MoveCursor() are the two first functions called. These functions are called just after the miPointerMoved(), the function that decides if the render will be in sw or hw, on the event creation stage. xf86MoveCursor() will call the video driver function desired to take care of the hw rendering. On my case, ATIMach64SetCursorPosition() is called. It do the calculations and paint the sprites on the memory mapped directly to the output stream. In other words, exactly on this moment the mouse is moved on the screen.
sw cursor
If it is done in sofware, the cursor has to be back-buffered. Every time it moves we restore the previous image, save the window at the target position, then render the cursor into the stream.
We start with everything at the end of ProcessInputEvents and the call to miPointerUpdateSprite(). Here we grab the current coordinates of the pointer (remember, they were set when we called miPointerMove() in the event generation stage) and call the MoveCursor function in the spriteFuncs of the miPointerScreenRec struct. Of course, if the cursor has changed screen or the shape has changed, this needs to be taken care of too. The MoveCursor function is set to miSpriteMoveCursor() which just calls miSpriteSetCursor(). This function first checks whether the cursor has changed at all and then the new positions of the cursor. The cursor is then removed with miSpriteRemoveCursor() and then restored at the new position with miSpriteRestoreCursor(). miSpriteRemoveCursor() is fairly simple, it just calls the restore function miDCRestoreUnderCursor(), which then calls the next layer (damage) to copy the saved area into the window at a given position. miSpriteRestoreCursor() saves the area under the cursor (miDCSaveUnderCursor()) into the buffer and then puts up the cursor again (miDCPutUpCursor()). If, as mentioned before, the new position is insided the saved buffer, a call to miDCChangeSave() updates the saved region and a call to miDCMoveCursor() will move the cursor. This moving doesn't cause any flickering, the remove and restore procedure may flicker.
As easy as this sounds, there is more to cursor rendering. Quite a fair bit of work is done outside this explicit rendering calls that are issued when all input events have been processed. Interestingly, pretty much all other function that handle sprite rendering (everything with miSprite...) basically remove the cursor from the screen if necessary (i.e. when the window is moved). The one exception is the block handler function (called when there's nothing else to do and the server would block while waiting for input). miSpriteBlockHandler() checks if the cursor was previously removed but should be visible and renders it to the screen again if necessary.
What must be clear on the cursor rendering is: hw cursor is rendered before the event be enqueued (i.e., on the event creation stage) and sw cursor is rendered after the ProcessInputEvents (i.e., after the event creation and after the event processing stage).


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The Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 300GB is a 2.5" 300GB Hard Disk Drive.
It uses the SATA 3Gb/s interface and has a speed of 5400 RPM.
Drive Type | Hard Disk Drive | This defines whether the drive is a large-capacity slower hard disk drive, a smaller-capacity but much faster solid-state drive, or a hybrid | |
Physical Size | 2.5" | The size of the drive dictates which drive bays it will fit into - generally a small drive will fit into any bigger drive bay with an adapter | |
Capacity | 300GB | The drive storage capacity is the limit to the size of files that can be stored | |
Release Date | 01 Apr 2009 | The later the release, the more likely manufacturer support will still be around | |
RPM | 5400 RPM | The higher the RPM, the faster the hard drive, and the faster stored data can be accessed | |
Drive Interface | SATA 3Gb/s | The interface is the type of motherboard connection and defines the bandwidth limit of the drive |
The Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 300GB is a hard disk drive, which means it stores data using quickly rotating disks, or platters, that can be read and written on via the moving actuator arm. Hard disk drives generally have a large storage capacity, and so are perfect for large amounts of data. The potential performance is well below that of solid-state drives, but they can definitely still hold their own. The Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 300GB is a fairly poor primary hard disk drive choice, as its performance leaves a lot to be desired. It would be fine to use as basic data storage, though.
At a speed of 5400 RPM, the hard disk drive spins at a below average speed. This speed is common for laptop hard drives, and may have long-term reliability and low-power benefits, but the resulting hard drive performance is noticeably slow.
With a capacity of 300GB, the Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 300GB has a very small amount of storage space for an hard disk driveUsing the SATA 2.0 3Gb/s interface this hard disk drive will not be limited by its connection with the motherboard, and there is currently no real reason to choose SATA 3.0 over SATA 2.0 for a mechanical hard disk drive (SSDs are another matter).
A form factor size of 2.5" is standard for laptop drives and solid-state drives, and this will fit into any 2.5" drive bay. These drive bays are not yet ubiquitous, but it will also fit into a standard 3.5" or 5.25" drive bay with the appropriate adapter.


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Tidal predictions
Prediction is the term used when it comes to predicting tides. According to the dictionary, predict means to state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge. This applies perfectly to the astronomical tide, which is why the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (SHOM) makes predictions while meteorological services make forecasts.
With regard to tides, the term is used in a broad sense, since a prediction can apply either to the past or the future. It is calculated based on a theoretical understanding of the phenomenon.
In France, SHOM, heir to a long tradition of tide calculations, is the only organisation that calculates and publishes official prediction documents for maritime navigation since 1839!
Tidal observations are needed to calculate predictions
A preliminary observation of water levels is a necessary condition for an accurate prediction. Prediction calculations require a series of tide measurements to put together tide tables. Systematic errors in the observations, resulting from poorly calibrated recording systems (time or height) can seriously affect the accuracy of the prediction.
The tide table: a French invention
It was during the first half of 19th century that the hydrographer Chazallon proposed a simple and accurate solution to a major problem for navigators: the Tide Tables. It was the Dépôt Général des Cartes et Plans, Journaux et Mémoires concernant la Navigation, ancestor of SHOM, which published for the first time ever, in 1838 the Annuaire des marées des côtes de France, pour l'an 1839 [Tidal Tables for the Coasts of France, for the year 1839]. Chazallon explained the origin of the tide tables:
"The tides are very significant in most of our seaports, and the methods used by sailors to determine the time or the amplitude of the tide on a given day being too inaccurate, I thought it would be good to have a table containing these values computed for all the days of the year."
Observation period required for calculating tidal predictions
Usually, one year of hourly measurements is sufficient to calculate a good quality prediction for the purposes of navigation.
In contrast, when the tidal wave progresses through shallow waters over long distances (continental shelf and estuaries), more than four years of observations are needed to calculate the harmonic components from nonlinear interactions.
In all cases, 19 years of measurements (longer than the Saros cycle) provide an optimal analysis, but it is very rare to have good quality tidal data over such a long period.
For some sites, it is possible to use periods of less than one year. This is the case when the amplitude of the tide is so low that even an inaccurate prediction is sufficient, or when a nearby port provides a reference constant where an accurate prediction is easy to achieve. One month of observations can then be sufficient provided that the measurements are of very good quality. It is better to take them during the summer, when there are fewer weather events that affect sea level.
Series of hourly measurements can make it possible to explore the frequency spectrum up to the 12th diurnal, which is sufficient in most cases. However, for some tidal waterways, faster sampling rates may be necessary, because in some estuaries, energy is detectable beyond the 30th diurnal.
Tide predictions in shallow waters - estuarine areas
Traditional methods of analysis and prediction do not work when the tidal wave is distorted by nonlinear processes like bottom friction and advection, which become significant when tidal height variations are comparable to the average depth of the sea.
The prediction methods used in estuarine areas reflect variations in the flow of the waterways. They require series of good quality sea level observations, sampled every ten minutes.
Other value of predictions
In addition to serving in various activities related to fishing and the sea, tide predictions can also be used to:
- verify the proper function of tide gauges and check the water level observations acquired;
- calculate storm surge (studies on extreme levels);
- provide information for the storm surge flood warning system;
To find out more:
- Official tide predictions for France
- Further reading about the tide
- Extreme levels
- Storm surge flood warning system
- La Marée - La marée océanique et côtière - Bernard Simon. Editeur Institut océanographique, 2007, 434pp.
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Trying to check usage of epilog(ue) and prolog(ue) in US spelling. Seen suggestion that "ue" forms still more widely used. True?And I felt the need to blog this immediately, since this is something that niggles me about British understanding of US spelling sometimes. I am often being told that Americans don't write catalogue, they write catalog. The same for dialogue/dialog. But, the thing is, I've always (or at least since I was a grown-up) used the -ue in all of them. Because the shorter forms are only American, from the British perspective, the shorter forms are "the American spelling". But from the American perspective, most wouldn't consider the longer forms to be "the British spelling" in the same way that we'd consider colour or centre as British spellings. They're just alternative spellings, listed in American dictionaries without any dialect marking. Noah Webster is generally credited/blamed for these kinds of 'shortenings' in AmE, but he used dialogue in at least the earliest edition of his Blue-Backed Speller. The move for this change seems to have come later, in the period when Melvil(le) Dewey (he of the Dewey Decimal System) was a leading spelling-reform advocate. In an article in Verbatim on The American Spelling Reform Movement, Richard Whelan writes:
During the 1890s, a few state legislatures passed bills calling for simplified spelling to be taught in public schools, and the prestigious American dictionaries began to acknowledge the call for reform, first by listing simplifications in appendices, and eventually transferring some to the main entries as acceptable alternatives.
The turning point came in February 1897, when the National Education Association (NEA) resolved that all of its official correspondence and publications would thenceforth use simplified spellings for twelve words: catalog, decalog, demagog, pedagog, prolog, program, tho, altho, thoro, thorofare, thru, and thruout. This move brought the issue of spelling reform to wide public attention and forced even many conservatives to take seriously what they had previously dismissed as the folly of cranks
But note that the ue-less forms have pre-American precedent. For instance, the OED notes that from Middle English to the 16th century dialogue was mostly dialoge (as it was in the French of the time), and sometimes dialog. The spelling dialogue is really only seen after this, following a spelling change in French.
So, for fun, here's how some of these spellings fare in the Corpus of Contemporary American English and Noah Webster's namesake, the Merriam-Webster (online) Dictionary. The middle two columns give the raw numbers of how many of each spelling is found for the singular noun form of each of these words. The last column says which spelling is given first by Merriam-Webster.
-ogue | -og | M-W | |
catalog(ue) | 2559 | 4955 | catalog |
dialog(ue) | 12657 | 702* | dialogue |
epilog(ue) | 490 | 8 | epilogue |
monolog(ue) | 1098 | 7 | monologue |
pedagog(ue) | 56 | 0** | pedagogue |
prolog(ue) | 890 | 3 | prologue |
analog(ue) | 1554 | 306 | analogue*** |
So THE ONLY ONE that is more frequently used in the shorter form in AmE is catalog(ue), and even then, the longer form is well represented. In other words, the most commercial term is the most likely to use the shorter form. [And, afterthought: also the one that is closest to Dewey's heart, as a library term.] Despite the National Education Association's example, this spelling reform has not been wholly successful.
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*The case of dialogue is interesting because of dialog box, which is spelled/spelt without the -ue in computer jargon in both countries. This is like the case of program, which is longer (programme) in most senses in BrE, but which uses the shorter (AmE) form for the computer sense. (And color in html and so forth. One could say that America runs computing jargon, or one could say that programmers prefer shorter and consistent forms. Or one could say it's a bit of both.) Anyhow, 375 (53%) of the 702 cases of dialog here are in the phrase dialog box and its variants (dialog boxes, dialog box-in). (There are also 18 cases of dialogue box[es].) So, this means that outside this two-word compound, dialogue outnumbers dialog in AmE by 38:1.
** There was one case of pedagogs in COCA. There were 0 cases of demagog or demagogs. So, while M-W lists these as variants, they don't seem to have made deep inroads into the written language.
*** I meant to do analog(ue) too, and was reminded of it when commenters started asking for it, so here it is, several hours later.
My to-do list says that I'm (BrE) marking/(AmE) grading this morning. Please don't tell my to-do list that I was here.


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The first time I tried Amish cinnamon bread I fell in love. It was so good! Unlike coffee cakes and sweet breads that I had tried, this was very moist with just the perfect touch of sweetness.
Over time though, I got weary of kneading the mix everyday, adding this or that ingredient, and separating the batter to give to a friend. For a while I resorted to freezing the batter, but soon I just gave up.
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London, UK — September: We might be in the midst of 'fashion month', but September each year is also the time that our designers showcase their proposed new designs to our design, production and sampling teams. The creative process starts with extensive research - our designers are constantly on the lookout for inspiration, whether that is through reviewing vintage magazines and books to analyse the construct of classical swimwear from the 1940s and 1960s, or exploring vivid market places all over the world to incorporate different philosophies into our designs. The next step is to build large mood boards displaying imagery that illustrates the personality that our designers are trying to capture in the products.
Bergamo, Italy October: Our ambition at LYRA has always been to use only the finest Italian swimwear fabrics in the world. Unlike many other swimwear brands, we oversee each stage of preparing the fabric. Whilst our research and design teams are in the midst of the creative process, our fabric team's journey is underway, sourcing from Italian mills and developing custom fabrics with our Italian suppliers.
We start with the choice of raw materials from the mills. The critical ingredient to ensure optimum comfort and durability in a modest swimsuit is the elastomer. In our Bergamo mills, we use the finest patented elastomeric fibres available in the market - these fibres offer high quality protection from UV rays, four times the protection provided by high SPF suncreens. Additionally, our swimsuits (or as some may call them, Burkinis) incorporate beachwear fabrics which, thanks to their innovative construction, are sand resistant. We ensure that our swimwear fabric colours maintain their intensity and clarity over time. Every new colour added to our collection is tested to assure the highest colour fade resistance when the fabrics are exposed to light, repeated washings, sea and chlorinated water, in compliance with ISO and US certifications. Finally, our swimwear fabrics are exposed to vigorous physical and visual testing before being authorised for use by our fabric team. At LYRA we invest our time and resources to ensure that you benefit from the optimal material for your swimsuit (Burkini).
London, UK — November: It is 2 months after the Autumn runway show. The design team has begun developing concepts for the next collection. Once a designer has a concept — sometimes strict, often loose — in his or her head, it's time to start building swimsuit pieces. Some start by sketching, others by draping fabrics on a live model. This is where the iterative process is really crucial. For example, the sort of silhouette the designer envisions will also affect the process. A draped modest swimsuit such as a ALAYNA must be worked out on a form, while tailored swimsuits like a SOFIA might work better if it is first done as a flat pattern.
Once our fabric and final designs have passed the rigorous quality and suitability tests in our Italian test centre, they are delivered to our LYRA pattern cutters in our London design studio. At this point, we typically have a pattern cut which goes through the process of fitting on a muslin. "It's about refining, refining, refining," says Sophia Adam, the principal designer behind LYRA's swimsuit division. "You're fleshing out your whole line. You might design 10 swimsuit silhouettes and then refine until you get down to the strongest couple pieces… Ultimately, it's about creating desire," adds Sophia. "Whether it's a commercial or conceptual piece, it's about the connection between the swimsuit and consumer. That's the magic moment."
The next step in the journey from mood board to a finished swimsuit starts with what production managers call a "cut ticket," or an order detailing how many units of a specific piece needs to be "cut" or produced. While sourcing details are being smoothed out, the original pattern must be taken to our LYRA pattern graders, who are able to scale it to create different sizes. Once the production manager knows the measurements for each size, she must then create a "tech pack," or a detailed list of specifications for each swimsuit - for example, "how long is the zipper?"
We believe the outward and inward are always connected. That's why we make sure the quality of our swimwear is matched by the integrity of the people that created them.
Finding the right factory to produce our swimwear took more than two years of hard work, driven by a relentless and uncompromising determination. In the middle of Istanbul, the family run factory occupies 800 SQM2 of space spanning over five floors and employs 250 people, all of whom are paid fairly and treated with respect. We didn't just ask for the highest ethical standards when looking for a factory, we also wanted to give back and support the local community.
Our factory is audited at least once a year and part of the Fair Wear Foundation ('FWF') to ensure the highest workplace standards. FWF is a non- profit organisation that works with brands, factories, trade unions, NGOs and sometimes governments to verify and improve workplace conditions.
Istanbul, Turkey — April: Every LYRA swimsuit passes through 11 production stages and just as many hands, all guided by our commitment to uncompromising craftsmanship. From zippers, button and stitches, every element is carefully chosen and meticulously put in place. We hand stitch many parts of our swimsuits - for example, in all our SOFIA swimsuits, the seam between zip and body is done by hand. Hand stitching is the only way to ensure the correct tension in the stitches is achieved. Before each product leaves the nest, our quality control team inspects every swimsuit by hand, guaranteeing that no detail is overlooked.
London, UK — June: Every swimsuit produced in our factory is inspected for the smallest of faults before the LYRA label is sewn in. Loose threads are cut, stains removed and any fabric faults repaired. Each swimsuit is then hand-pressed, ironed and individually wrapped before being delivered to our warehouse in London ready to be purchased.
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Sundries and Plunder make the most GORGEOUS handmade masks. All cut, tooled and sculpted from a single piece of leather! Then hand painted front and back and sealed for added protection. Metallic paints are added for added shine and depth. Each mask is made to order, and because of the handmade nature, each is unique.
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My favorite is their Raven leather mask (below).
And here's the really amazing part, they are totally affordable. I've seen masks like this retail for over $100. You can buy one of these for as low as $50.
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Sundries and Plunder is run by two sisters from Oregon, one living in Portland, and the other in Bend. Between being raised by creative parents, and the need to stay entertained during the Pacific Northwest's long rainy season, it was probably inevitable that the two would become two insatiable crafters.
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GLAAD finds movies lag behind TV in LGBT roles
By JOCELYN NOVECK
We may be seeing more prominent gay and lesbian characters on TV shows, but the movie industry lags well behind the small screen, an advocacy group reports.
In its first study of LGBT roles in major studio releases, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation found that compared with TV, where there has been a significant shift over the past decade, "Major studios appear reluctant to include LGBT characters in significant roles or franchises."
In its report released Wednesday, GLAAD found that of the 101 releases from Hollywood's six major studios in 2012, just 14 included characters identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual. Most were no more than cameos or minor roles, it said–and none of the films tracked had transgender characters.
"Until LGBT characters appear more regularly in these studio films, there will be the appearance of bias," said Wilson Cruz, GLAAD's national spokesperson, in an interview. He added that his organization will be meeting with studio executives to discuss the findings.
There were some bright spots in 2012, and some more ambiguous ones, the group said. For example, "Skyfall," the hugely successful installment of the James Bond franchise, featured a main villain, played by Javier Bardem, who was apparently bisexual.
"It was great to see an LGBT character in such a significant role," said Matt Kane, associate director of entertainment media at GLAAD, also in an interview. "But unfortunately the character was also devious, psychotic, and untrustworthy–it fell into that trap."
As genre films like comic book adaptations consume much of the studios' capital and promotional efforts, the report says, such films have a striking lack of LGBT characters. In "The Avengers," it notes, there is a gay news anchor, but his appearance is "so brief it was likely missed by many viewers."
The report–called the 2013 Studio Responsibility Index–rates each of the six studio according to the number of LGBT-inclusive films they released. Faring worst: 20th Century Fox and Disney, which each receive "failing" grades; the other four–Paramount, Sony, Universal and Warner Bros.–receive grades of "adequate."
Asked in advance Tuesday afternoon about the report, the studios had no immediate comment.
As part of its index, the group developed criteria to measure the quality of the LGBT roles. They included: whether a character was identifiably LGBT; whether it was not solely or predominantly defined by its sexual orientation or gender identity; and whether it was tied into the plot in such a way that its removal would have a significant effect.
One of the best examples of an LGBT-inclusive film in 2012, according to GLAAD, was, interestingly, an animated family film: "ParaNorman," about a misunderstood boy who can communicate with the ghosts of dead people.
In the film, which came from the Portland-based studio LAIKA, Norman's cheerleader sister asks the hunky football hero Mitch for a movie date. He casually makes a reference to his boyfriend.
The film's writer and co-director, Chris Butler, said the filmmakers, while determined to include the scene, had worried that it could cost them a PG rating and get them a PG-13 instead, which would have been inappropriate for the movie. In the end, they got their PG rating.
Butler said he was disappointed with some negative commentary about the scene–including one viewer's online review that praised the film for its anti-bullying message of inclusion–but said it ruined matters by making a character gay.
"I was surprised at all the fuss," Butler said. "But on the flip side was the positive reaction." The movie was the first animated film nominated for a GLAAD award.
As a filmmaker, Butler said he was not optimistic that there would be an inevitable wave of more onscreen LGBT characters as time goes on and society changes, as on TV.
"It's a mistake to assume it's inevitable," he said. "The only way to make change is to do something about it. It takes hard work."
"We are moving in the right direction," Butler said. "But not nearly quick enough. It's not enough."
Kane, at GLAAD, said the new report would help reinforce its longtime claims that Hollywood studios need to do more.
"Over the years we have met with studios, and it's always a point we make," Kane said. "Now, we have the numbers to take to them."


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The state of Vermont soon will mandate that genetically modified foods - any plant or meat product that has had its DNA manipulated in a laboratory, also called a GMO - be labeled as such. The law, officially titled H.112, passed last Thursday and is the first in the United States to require the labelling of GMOs. It has attracted both public support and condemnation and raised the question as to whether the public needs GMOs labeled or not.
Proponents of GMOs argue that modified foods are completely safe for consumption and often beneficial. "These same GM crops have enabled farmers to produce more on less land with fewer pesticide applications, less water and reduced on-farm fuel use," BIO Vice President Cathleen Enright said in an official BIO statement on the ruling in Vermont.
Even beyond responsible land use, says David Ropeik of the Huffington Post, antagonism towards GMOs has resulted in needless deaths. Ropeik wrote about golden rice, a GMO designed to fortify regular rice with vitamin A. Due to GMO opposition, the rice was never distributed.
Ropeik then cites an article published through Cambridge University which estimates that if distributed, golden rice could have saved 1,424,000 life years in India since 2002, with life years covering not only premature deaths but also lives with disabilities brought on by vitamin A deficiencies, such as blindness.
"These are real deaths, real disability, real suffering, not the phantom fears about the health effects of golden rice thrown around by opponents," said Ropeik. "Opposition to this particular application of genetically modified food has contributed to the deaths of and injuries to millions of people. The opponents of golden rice who have caused this harm should be held accountable."
However, many proponents of GMO labeling argue that they are not opposed to GMOs themselves, just the lack of information surrounding them.
"GE crops have entered the U.S. food supply at an increasingly rapid pace over the last 16 years," according to the Just Label It activist website. "Studies show that an overwhelming majority of Americans support labeling GE foods - more than nine out of ten voters across all demographics of party afliation, gender, age and socioeconomic status. Yet, for 20 years they have been denied that right."
Others believe that GMOs are not as safe as they have been advertised to be, and the health information surrounding them has not been studied enough for any conclusive results.
"Some animal studies have found that genetically engineered foods may cause liver, kidney and bone marrow problems," according to Deborah Pike Olsen on the Consumer Report website. "There are also concerns that these products may introduce new allergens into the food supply."
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Garlic Soup Provencal |
Fresh plucked garden greens or the sweet juiciness of a sun-warmed strawberry are still far in the future. By the end of March I will be enjoying the pop of fresh garden peas and the perfume of chervil and fresh mint spilling out from baskets at our local farmers markets. Until then I am holding on dearly to the last of winter and utilizing what we have on hand. Spring is in the air, the sun is shining...but not quite yet.
Winter cooking is always a challenge. Cooking locally and seasonally when markets are teeming with piles of heirloom tomatoes and bushels of luscious peaches is a breeze. But what happens when markets close completely? There are plenty of greenhouses that supply us with the tastes of summer, a myriad of lettuces, eggplants, cucumbers, fresh herbs and even tasty tomatoes. Mix those with tubers and a variety of winter squashes and winter has seemed almost bearable. This time of year it is really hard to be patient even if I know Spring is almost here...but not quite yet.
― M.F.K. Fisher, The Gastronomical Me
For as long as I can remember our kitchen where I grew up always had a heavy pot simmering away on the stove. It is not uncommon this time of year for my own home to be filled with warm, fragrant and earthy aromas of a slow cooked roast or a bubbling crock pot, but, there is absolutely NOTHING on the planet as comforting to me as a delicious, homemade soup. There's something very satisfying about making this from scratch in your own kitchen from start to finish; and using up all those bits and pieces in the refrigerator. On an inbetween day like today a steaming bowl of soup "sticks to the ribs" and supplies that sense of fullness and satisfaction.
The rich roasted flavours and warming textures of this soup evoke memories of pure happiness. Earthy and soul satisfying it's very much peasant food, created from very simple ingredients. Two heads of garlic, onion, and sage are roasted in the oven. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The aroma coming from the kitchen will make you ravenous. Add some oozy, gooey grilled sandwiches with the nutty flavour of Oka or Gruyere cheese, a lovely frisée salad, and a bottle of chilled light white wine and you will have what to me is THE perfect meal. This old Provençal recipe has been considered a healing, restorative soup for generations with complex curative properties. It is a good soup to cure a hangover, or when you're feeling a cold coming on. The perfect cure, but why wait till then and enjoy a steaming bowl now.
2 garlic bulbs, cloves separated (about 40), plus 2 cloves, thinly sliced
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Dr. Expector Ant: "Silence! I kill you!!"
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Ant minion #1: "Hey, where'd Spiderman Head go?"
Meanwhile, our bravely balancing brain bowl bounced his way to freedom!
With the persistent pest population handled, Spiderman Head heads home for some much-needed family time:
"Uncle Sherb?
"Da-aad! I think we brought the football in instead of Uncle Sherb again."
"Don't worry, son, we'll get him out of the yard in the morning."
Little did Spiderman Head know that his brother Sherb was NOT in the yard, but rather in the grips of the maniacal madman, Monochromatic Max!
Will our noteworthy noggin' notice his brother's absence in time?!? Or will Uncle Sherb be doomed to a colorless demise?
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Thanks to Wreckporters Tim H., Stephanie Z., Margaret R., Carolina D., & Amy H. for helping me get ahead.
Update from john: Spiderman Head is the Amazing Spider-Man's nephew. In an act of teenage angst, he de-hyphenated his name and moved to Metropolis where he currently works with Super-Man Head.