The journey is expected to take the crew through the "Doldrums" -- equatorial regions in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans known for unpredictable weather patterns that include listless winds that can trap sailing vessels.

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We also use web beacons (invisible images often referred to as pixel tags or clear GIFs) on our sites in order to recognize users and assess traffic patterns, and we include web beacons and cookies in our e-mail messages, including newsletters, in order to count how many e-mail messages have been opened.

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Crash factors may include sleep loss, driving patterns -- early morning or late at night, for example, use of sedating medications, untreated or unrecognized sleep disorders, or consumption of alcohol.

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These include three limited edition Touch Covers with funky patterns drawn on (we don't know about you, but we especially dig the skulls).

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Effects can include a degraded physical environment, less predictable weather patterns, and social disruption leading to a loss of a sense of community, continuity, security and autonomy.

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Bartfield said other factors include a person's hydration, sleep duration, sleep patterns and emotions.

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This can include changes to the size and colour of fonts, shifting patterns of words and moving backgrounds.

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Irwin's capsule collection has expanded to include ikat, geometric, floral, animal and children's patterns.

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However, potential risks include controlling unexpected behavior by these high-tech programs as well as auditing the trading patterns of algorithmic techniques.

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