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Q:
Correct use of the present participle of verb "to pacifiy"?
I wonder if this expression can be correctly formulated and completed
using the present participle pacifying of the verb to pacifiy
as an adjective at least, instead of pacifist.
He/she is a pacifying person.
This is what pacifying tends to do:
tending to calm the emotions and relieve stress.
A:
Yes, you can use it like that.
Some examples:
He is a pacifying man.
=> He is a man who pacifies.
This is similar to:
He has a calming voice.
=> He has a voice which calms others.
He is an interesting person.
=> He is a person who interests me/people.
However, there are other words that are equally correct, but have a different meaning. For example:
He is a pacified man.
=> He is a man who has been pacified (by someone else).
He has a calm voice.
=> He has a voice which is calm.
He is an interested person.
=> He is a person who is interested in me/people.
In short, "a pacifying person" is correct, as long as you're talking about a person who pacifies others, and not a person who is pacified by someone else.
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Fibre types in skeletal muscles.
This book is a concise summary of the present knowledge about skeletal muscle fibres. The fibre types were characterized from different points of view. The difficulties and possibilities of classifying muscle fibres in distinct non-overlapping types were shown. A main emphasis is put on metabolic fibre typing by cytophotometry as well as the adaptability of a given fibre type to altered physiological and pathological conditions. Extensive analyses of several rat hindlimb muscles revealed regional differences of fibre properties within the muscles and showed the influence of ageing, myopathy, hypoxia, diabetes and Ginkgo biloba-treatment on the different fibre types. The plasticity of muscle fibres was demonstrated by the flexibility of fibre metabolism as an adaptive mechanism. |
Toronto is welcoming a trio of eco-friendly cargo bikes to its fleet of maintenance vehicles, thanks to a new pilot project that was passed yesterday.
Basically a regular bike with load-carrying capabilities—they're sometimes referred to as freight or utility bikes—cargo bikes have been greenlit by City Council as a way to reduce carbon emissions.
"Staff research indicates that cargo bikes are most appropriate for replacing light duty vehicles, gators and utility carts that are used seasonally and do not travel long distances," said a City report on the bikes.
We'll only be getting three to start off with, but they'll only operate at Allan Gardens for now doing 'seasonal park maintenance'. It's unclear when exactly the bikes will be implemented.
I saw this tweet two years ago from @CityofEdmonton and put forward a motion in Toronto to bring the idea here. Today city council passed a pilot project to bring cargo bikes into Toronto’s fleet for parks maintenance. @CycleToronto https://t.co/f8Vf6ckiep — Mike Layton (@m_layton) May 14, 2019
If the pilot project proves to go well, however, we could be getting a larger fleet similar to Edmonton's 'watering tricycles'.
Used to water the flowers in bike-lane planters, Edmonton's trikes can carry up to 140 litres of water, using pump systems that are totally solar-powered.
Their bikes cost $8,500 each, but it's unclear exactly how much Toronto's wheels will be, or which company they'll be purchasing from, though the City says it will hopefully be buying local.
According to the City, it could cost us anywhere between $2,000 to $10,000 per bike. Whoever's riding them, however, will do their part in reducing gas emissions, and probably get some killer quads while they're at it. |
Q:
C++ closures and templates
We all know you can simulate closures in C++98 by defining local structs/classes inside a function. But is there some reason that locally defined structs can't be used to instantiate templates outside of the local scope?
For example, it would be really useful to be able to do things like this:
void work(std::vector<Foo>& foo_array)
{
struct compareFoo
{
bool operator()(const Foo& f1, const Foo& f2) const
{
return f1.bar < f2.bar;
}
};
std::sort(foo_array.begin(), foo_array.end(), compareFoo());
}
This would be especially useful if you know you're not going to need to use compareFoo anywhere else in your code. But, alas, this doesn't compile. Is there some reason that the compiler can't instantiate the std::sort template function using a locally defined struct?
A:
See GOTW #58 - you can't use locally defined classes as arguments to templated types, e.g. vector wouldn't be allowed.
From the C++ standard (14.3.1/2):
A local type, a type with no linkage, an unnamed
type or a type compounded from any of these types
shall not be used as a template-argument for a
template type-parameter. [Example:
template <class T>
class X { /* ... */ };
void f()
{
struct S { /* ... */ };
X<S> x3; // error: local type used as
// template-argument
X<S*> x4; // error: pointer to local type
// used as template-argument
}
--end example]
Although I don't read this as meaning template functions like std::sort can't use a local class as an argument, apparently gcc thinks otherwise.
The local classes have no linkage (no global name), which seems like something that helps overburned compiler writers and hurts actual programmers. To actually allow a local class S to be used in vector<S> or some function<..,S>, I guess the generated thing would need a unique global name.
A:
There's no better reason than "it's not allowed by the standard".
I believe C++0x is going to lift this restriction, and allow you to use local classes as template parameters freely. But for now, it's not allowed.
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The state of testosterone therapy since the FDA's 2015 labelling changes: Indications and cardiovascular risk.
A label change in testosterone (T) products in March 2015 followed a highly publicized FDA advisory committee meeting in September 2014. Changes included a warning of possible increased cardiovascular (CV) risks and restriction of indicated populations to younger men with a limited set of known aetiologies of testosterone deficiency (TD). These changes greatly impacted clinical practice and public perception of T therapy (TTh). Our aim was to review these changes in the light of subsequently published studies. We identified 23 studies through June 2017, including 12 clinical trials and 11 observational studies. The Testosterone Trials included 790 men aged 65 years and older with TD without known aetiology, assigned to 1-year T gel or placebo. Demonstrated benefits of T included sexual activity and desire, physical activity and mood. There were 9 major adverse CV events (MACE) in the T arm and 16 in the placebo arm. No study reported increased MACE with TTh. A 3-year RCT showed no difference in carotid atherosclerosis. Several large observational studies reported reduced CV events with TTh, including one showing progressively reduced CV and mortality risk with greater duration of TTh. Men whose serum T normalized with TTh had reduced risk of MI and death compared with men whose T levels failed to normalize. We conclude that existing evidence fails to support increased CV risk with TTh; on the contrary, there is evidence suggestive of real-world CV benefits. Finally, existing evidence provides benefits of TTh in older men without known aetiology for T deficiency. |
In the wake of Thunder guard Alex Abrines’ absence, Abdel Nader has played very well, putting Billy Donovan in a tight spot. Really, the decision is easy.
OKC Thunder wing Alex Abrines has been out since December 23rd, in part due to injury, but also due to undisclosed personal reasons.
Abdel Nader has filled in his role as backup wing, and has brought loads of value off the bench.
When Abrines returns, who should Donovan give those minutes to?
The OKC Thunder put a great deal of stock in Alex Abrines, but he has largely underwhelmed this year. In his 3rd year with the team, he is averaging a career low in 3-point shooting percentage despite shooting more of them per game. Abrines was touted as a Spanish sharpshooter, but he’s looking more like Casey Affleck trying to pass as a professional basketball player.
New to the team this year is Abdel Nader, a long, strong wing acquired from the Boston Celtics.
Nader has never played big minutes for a team, but had shown flashes of production while in Boston.
Nader, after playing mostly garbage-time minutes this season, has played major minutes in the Thunder’s last 5 games, even getting a starting spot where he scored 18 points.
When Abrines returns, Nader should get his minutes. Do you want to know why? Great! That’s the point of this article.
Because Abdel Nader can score off the dribble, making defenders pay for closing out too hard or giving him a favorable matchup off switches. Abrines either can’t do that or doesn’t do that, which is sometimes the same thing.
Per Basketball-Reference, Nader is taking 42% of his shots at the rim and 40% from 3, a surprising balance of shot selection from a player looking to earn a regular roster spot. Compare that to Alex Abrines, who is taking 9% of his shots at the rim and 81% from beyond the arc.
Why is this problematic for Alex? If you’re not making (Abrines shooting 32% on 3’s) the only shot you’re taking, the defense’s job becomes incredibly easy — close out aggressively and get the rebound. NBA teams aren’t stupid. They know this stuff. If I know it, they know it.
Nader, by contrast, is shooting league average from 3 (35%), which is not a whole lot better than Abrines, but it’s enough to not leave him open on the perimeter. When defenders close out on Nader however, he has the handle, touch, and strength to finish inside, punishing them for closing out too hard.
Abrines is, sadly, looking like a one-trick pony who forgot how to do his trick.
Nader offers an inside game, a better handle, and a whole lot more confidence than Abrines, and Nader should keep getting his minutes.
Video
Abrines cannot attack the basket off of high screen actions like this. He either doesn’t have the handle or the strength — likely both — to make plays like this work. Nader uses Noel’s screen well, making the defender pay for trying to go over, absorbs bigtime contact, and keeps his focus to finish.
Compare this to:
In this play, Abrines’ limitations are on display:
Abrines is being guarded by Kyle Korver, who is not known for being a defensive demigod. Abrines had a really hard time getting around Korver, who again is not a terror on defense. Abrines is not a fast player, and if he can’t get around a guy like Korver, he has to revert to craftiness or another means, which he has never shown the ability to do. This is a really poor finish at the rim. At the last minute, instead of going up strong, Abrines fades just enough to throw everything off, and he loses all notions of touch when he puts the shot up. Korver had Abrines pretty well on this one, and being crowded in that way makes finishing difficult. But again, Abrines should never be crowded off a drive by someone who is 12 years older than them.
When defenders know you can do this:
They know they have to get in your grill to make that shot miss. Nader can make them pay.
This is excellent timing by Nader. He sees that Stephenson has dropped aggressively, and before Stephenson can correct, Nader takes off. His first dribble or two seems to be looking for a pull up shot at the elbow, but when Caldwell-Pope goes to cover the corner man, Nader makes him pay and gets the easy layup.
Compare that to:
Abrines takes a confusing wide angle to the hoop here, lacking the first step and acceleration needed to get by Thompson instead of swinging nearly halfway to the elbow. This angle of approach plus his lack of speed give Clarkson, who is coming all the way from the 3 point line, plenty of time to actually get straight in front of Abrines and alter the shot.
In transition, Nader uses a clever in-and-out dribble to make his man hesitate, and when you’re a player of even average speed, that’s enough to score. Nader gets to the rim and goes up with confidence and strength.
Compare this to:
This really shouldn’t happen. Abrines has plenty of daylight. He’s in the right position, and he gets the ball on time.
But all the little hesitation steps he took to get his timing right slowed him down, and the defender is easily there on time. Abrines seems to lack correct decision making when he’s in the process of attacking the hoop. When he can’t do this, which should be an essential part of any sharpshooter’s game, he becomes a lame duck.
Conclusion
Abdel Nader is a stronger, bigger, and longer Abrines. Right now, Nader is better in transition, on the perimeter, and with the ball in his hands.
He’s shooting better from the 3 point line, and he can use all his other skills to score in ways that Abrines simply cannot.
It’s a finicky combination of confidence and skill, and it’s sometimes impossible to parse the difference. But we don’t need to know the makeup of the difference to see it, and it is abundantly clear: Nader deserves Abrines’ minutes. |
I'm glad today's comic was late in coming as it afforded me a swift opportunity to wish John Boehner a not-so-fine "Adieu!". Not only do I get to share all of my Boehner-specific 'toons over the years (the thumbs to your left) but the following Rant from June of 2012. Enjoy!
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John Boehner, Kill Yourself.
John Boehner has a lot of goddamned gall as today, in a closed meeting with House Republicans, he said the following:
"Let's call bullshit bullshit. This election is about jobs, jobs, jobs."
Two years ago, in 2010, the Republican Party campaigned on "Jobs. Jobs. Jobs" And it worked. And once installed as Speaker of the House John Boehner made the promise that "We're going to have a relentless focus on creating jobs."
Except it's been two years and Mr. Boehner's congress has not, through any sort of legislation, created a single job. Not one.
In fact, a very good case can be made that the GOP has actively stalled job growth in this country as a political tool. The Congress is, after all, the primary body which can enact the sort of legislation which would result in lower unemployment, but they've sat on their hands for two years. The famous "Do-Nothing Congress" doesn't hold a candle to the amazing sloth the current Congress has exhibited.
Even so, the private sector is doing very well, unemployment is hovering just above 8 per cent, even as Republican-led state legislatures are shedding public sector jobs as fast as they can to make the employment numbers look as grim as possible. Teachers, firefighters, police, all being released from their jobs in record numbers just so the GOP has a stick to bash the president with.
Mr. Boehner, you are a waste of otherwise good RNA but there is a way to redeem your useless existence on this planet.
To paraphrase the sainted Bill Hicks, "Kill yourself."
Seriously.
Seek sweet release by sucking on any one of the hundreds of complimentary NRA Magnums you keep in the office junk drawer. Give it up by choking yourself on your own fake tears. Shuffle off this mortal coil by disconnecting your lips from the life support of Richard Koch's sweet, puckered asshole. Kick your bucket by coating yourself with Pam and baste yourself insensate in a tanning booth. Anything that will bring dignity back to the name of "Boner".
=Lefty=
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Lalit Modi's roller-coaster stint in Indian cricket ends
Lalit Modi's roller-coaster stint in Indian cricket ends
Astute, ruthlessly ambitious, and the one who aimed for the sky, Lalit Modi's eventful stint in Indian cricket firmament, with its innumerable ups and downs, truly defines the age-old saying 'life is a roller-coaster'.
If he is credited with changing the face of world cricket by conceiving the Indian Premier League, the former IPL commissioner also found himself at the centre of many a controversy over the past three years.
The 49-year-old cricket administrator's life took another turn on Wednesday, for the worse, as he was slapped with a life ban by the Board of Control for Cricket in India after its disciplinary committee found him guilty on eight charges of "indiscipline and misconduct".
The exit has been as dramatic as his entry into the Indian cricket fraternity.
IPL helped cricket establish some sort of a foothold on the global sporting map
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Modi's IPL consolidated BCCI's position as the financial superpower in world cricket. While the purists whined, it prompted the International Cricket Council to look for ways to bring innovations in the traditional forms -- Tests and ODIs.
If they were not enough, the multi-million-dollar franchise-based domestic league, which Modi executed for the first time in 2008, also helped cricket establish some sort of a foothold on the global sporting map, so dominated by football and tennis.
But what followed was a string of controversial episodes that brought the high-flying administrator down to earth.
Modi's decline started after the 2010 IPL bidding
Modi's decline started after the 2010 IPL bidding which saw the creation of two new teams -- Pune and Kochi. Modi revealed the ownership details of the Kochi franchise on Twitter leading to the resignation of the then Minister of State for foreign affairs Shashi Tharoor.
Modi's act allegedly breached the confidentiality agreements between the Board and the IPL franchises.
Modi was suspended as chairman and commissioner of the IPL in April 2010. A suspension notice and a 34-page letter stating 22 charges of impropriety were served via email to Modi.
He claimed innocence all through, defending himself mostly on Twitter and television channels but never appeared in person to face the BCCI committee.
Modi's decline started after the 2010 IPL bidding
Modi was suspended under Rule 32 (iv) of the Board's constitution on April 25, 2010, seconds after the IPL final in Mumbai. The Board then slapped three show cause notices on him. He replied to all of them.
The BCCI disciplinary committee, comprising Arun Jaitley and Jyotiraditya Scindia, submitted a 134-page report in July in which it had found Modi guilty on eight charges, including financial irregularities, indiscipline and "actions detrimental to the interest of the BCCI." |
Fung Chi Ming
Fung Chi Ming (, born 13 January 1951) is a retired Hong Kong football player. He played the position of a striker or right winger and won the Hong Kong First Division League Best Scorer Award twice in 1976-77 and 77-78.
Nicknamed "Fung Little" (馮細), he was called the 3A's of Hong Kong national football team together with Wan Chi Keung and Sze Kin Hei.
He got famous when he played in South China. In 1978-79, together with his teammates Choi York Yee and Chan Sai Kau, they moved to Happy Valley by each signing a big contract of HKD$5,500 per month. However, Fung could not maintain his form and moved back to South China after two seasons.
References
www.GoalGoalGoal.com 前港隊及南華名將馮志明 (in Chinese)
www.GoalGoalGoal.com 陳世九 (in Chinese)
External links
HKFA Website 一場扣人心弦的亞洲盃賽事─香港對北韓 (in Chinese)
Category:1951 births
Category:Hong Kong footballers
Category:Association football forwards
Category:Hong Kong First Division League players
Category:South China AA players
Category:Happy Valley AA players
Category:Living people |
Q:
how to add JRParagraph.DEFAULT_TAB_STOP_WIDTH before fill the report in Jasper
I'm generating jrxml file dynamically based on the user input and try to fill the report.
It works fine for some cases. When user adding more columns system throws the following exception:
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.ParagraphUtil.getFirstTabStop(ParagraphUtil.java:208)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.TextMeasurer.renderNextLine(TextMeasurer.java:1009)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.TextMeasurer.renderParagraph(TextMeasurer.java:717)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.TextMeasurer.measure(TextMeasurer.java:416)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRFillTextElement.chopTextElement(JRFillTextElement.java:504)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRFillTextField.prepare(JRFillTextField.java:593)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRFillElementContainer.prepareElements(JRFillElementContainer.java:328)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRFillBand.fill(JRFillBand.java:377)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRFillBand.fill(JRFillBand.java:351)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRVerticalFiller.fillColumnBand(JRVerticalFiller.java:2039)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRVerticalFiller.fillDetail(JRVerticalFiller.java:771)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRVerticalFiller.fillReportContent(JRVerticalFiller.java:301)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRVerticalFiller.fillReport(JRVerticalFiller.java:148)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRBaseFiller.fill(JRBaseFiller.java:909)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRBaseFiller.fill(JRBaseFiller.java:841)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRFiller.fill(JRFiller.java:88)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager.fill(JasperFillManager.java:653)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager.fill(JasperFillManager.java:634)
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager.fillReport(JasperFillManager.java:956)
I'm using JasperReports 4.7 library.
Following is the java code for fill & export the jrxml.
InputStream inputStream = null;
JasperPrint jasperPrint = null;
JExcelApiExporter apiExporter = null;
HashMap map = new HashMap();
JRSwapFileVirtualizer virtualizer = null;
try {
inputStream = new FileInputStream(jasperFilePath);
if (reportType.equals("REPORTGENERATOR")) {
map.put(JRParameter.IS_IGNORE_PAGINATION, Boolean.TRUE);
}
map.put("REALPATH", realPath);
String directory = realPath+"tempdocs";
JRSwapFile swapFile = new JRSwapFile(directory, 1024, 100);
virtualizer = new JRSwapFileVirtualizer(50, swapFile, true);
map.put(JRParameter.REPORT_VIRTUALIZER, virtualizer);
jasperPrint = JasperFillManager.fillReport(inputStream, map, resultSetDataSource);
apiExporter = new JExcelApiExporter();
apiExporter.setParameter(JRXlsExporterParameter.IS_DETECT_CELL_TYPE, Boolean.TRUE);
apiExporter.setParameter(JRXlsExporterParameter.IS_REMOVE_EMPTY_SPACE_BETWEEN_ROWS, Boolean.TRUE);
apiExporter.setParameter(JRXlsExporterParameter.IS_REMOVE_EMPTY_SPACE_BETWEEN_COLUMNS, Boolean.TRUE);
apiExporter.setParameter(JRExporterParameter.JASPER_PRINT, jasperPrint);
apiExporter.setParameter(JRExporterParameter.OUTPUT_FILE_NAME,
realPath + "tempdocs/jasper/" + reportName + ".xls");
apiExporter.exportReport();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}finally{
try{
if (virtualizer != null) virtualizer.cleanup();
inputStream.close();
}catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Suggest me the good way to handle this issue.
A:
I've replace the tab character by blank space using replace(col,chr(9),' ') in each varchar column of my query. now it's working fine.
but i know this is not a correct answer. this is just a work around solution.
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The molecular weights of UDP-glucuronyltransferase determined with radiation-inactivation analysis. A molecular model of bilirubin UDP-glucuronyltransferase.
The molecular masses of the UDP-glucuronyltransferases were determined by means of radiation-inactivation analysis of sodium dodecyl sulfate-treated lyophilized rat liver microsomal preparations using a calibrated 60Co source. Bilirubin glucuronidation with formation of bilirubin monoglucuronide is catalyzed by a 41,500-Da enzyme; conversion of bilirubin mono- to diglucuronide is catalyzed by a 175,000-Da enzyme. The glucuronidation of estrone and testosterone is mediated by enzymes with molecular masses of 73,500 and 142,000 Da, respectively, and the glucuronidation of p-nitrophenol and phenolphthalein is mediated by enzymes with molecular masses of 109,000 and 159,000 Da, respectively. Our results show that UDP-glucuronyltransferase consists of a heterogenous group of enzymes with strikingly different molecular masses. Our data furthermore suggest that these enzymes may be oligomers composed of one to four subunits with similar molecular masses. Based on these findings, a molecular model of bilirubin UDP-glucuronyltransferase is proposed, consisting of four subunits. For bilirubin diglucuronide formation, the complete tetrameric enzyme is required, whereas formation of monoglucuronide can be mediated by a single subunit. The monomeric monoglucuronide-forming enzyme is resistant to sodium dodecyl sulfate, treatment whereas the tetrameric diglucuronide-forming enzyme is labile, but once inactivated, the diglucuronide-forming enzyme can be reconstituted by decreasing the sodium dodecyl sulfate concentration by means of dialysis. |
A 26-year-old man recently died after contracting a rare, deadly bacterial infection while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa, officials confirmed today.
The victim, Cason Yeager, who is from Lake County, died on June 16, only two days after he went swimming, his mother Karen Yeager told local station WTSP.
"This has been a nightmare for me, to say the least, and nobody should have to go through this," Karen Yeager said, adding she wants to spread awareness that even healthy people can fall victim to the bacteria that killed her son -- Vibrio vulnificus.
Georgia Woman's 'Long Road to Recovery' From Flesh-Eating Bacteria
Mom Says She Lost Sight in One Eye Just 12 Hours After Mud Run
Texas Officials Liken Gulf of Mexico Bacteria Levels to Toilet Water
Yeager's death is Florida's fourth Vibrio vulnificus fatality this year, Florida Department of Health spokeswoman Mara Burger told ABC News today, adding that his death comes after a previous warning the department made about the bacteria.
Vibrio vulnificus is a naturally occurring bacteria that is a bit more active in the summer, according to Anne Gayle Ellis, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Health in Hernando County.
The bacteria is often incorrectly referred to as "flesh-eating" bacteria, Ellis told ABC News. However, the bacterium can cause infections that may lead to skin breakdown, ulceration and possible fatal complications in immunocompromised people, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Karen Yeager told WTSP her son seemed healthy. Now, she said she wants people to be aware of the dangers in the water.
"I'm not telling anyone don't go into the water," Karen Yeager said. "Just do your due diligence and make sure that you're not going to harm yourself." |
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The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday swept the municipal polls in Bengal, capturing four of seven civic bodies and breaking the 10-year-old hold of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) in the hills.
The TMC won a decisive majority in Domkal, Raigunj and Pujali in the plains and Mirik in the hill area.
“The hills are smiling,” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted. “Congratulations to Ma Mati Manush for again & again putting their trust in us,” the Trinamool leader said in another tweet.
The hills are smiling #VerdictOfBengal 4/4 — Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) May 17, 2017
The GJM maintained its supremacy in the hills winning three municipalities — Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong.
In Domkal in Murshidabad district, the TMC captured 18 of the 21 wards. The Congress won two, and the CPI(M) one.
The civic poll results underline Banerjee’s continuing hold over the state, with the two main Opposition parties — the Left and the Congress — together winning only six seats.
The BJP, which has its eyes set on Bengal where it hopes to take the Trinamool on in the next assembly election, also failed to make a dent — winning just three seats.
“We all know that the TMC has used money and muscle power to win the elections. Democracy was brutally murdered in this elections,” BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said.
The BJP won one seat in the Raigunj municipality of North Dinajpur district and two seats in Pujali in South 24 Paraganas.
The TMC captured 24 of the 27 wards in Raigunj, while the Congress bagged two.
Banerjee’s party won 12 of the 16 wards in the Pujali municipality, while the Congress and an Independent won one seat each.
Although the GJM manged to retain three civic bodies in the hills, the TMC put up a creditable performance by winning six of the nine seats in Mirik.
The rest went to the GJM, which maintained its supremacy in the other civic bodies in the hill areas.
The Morcha virtually made a clean sweep in Darjeeling winning 31 of its 32 seats, while the TMC managed to win one.
In Kurseong municipality, the GJM won 17 wards and the TMC the remaining three.
The Gorkha front won 19 of the 23 seats in Kalimpong, while the TMC bagged two.
The Jan Andolan Party of Harka Bahadur Chetri, a former GJM leader, managed to win only two seats in Kalimpong.
“Congratulations to my brothers/sisters in hill areas of Darjeeling, Kurseong, Kalimpong, Mirik for participating in the democratic process. Special thanks to Mirik for reposing faith in us. We will work sincerely for you. After so many decades we begin a new era in the hills,” Banerjee tweeted.
The opposition called the civic election a “farce”, with Ghosh stressing that it was “not a real reflection” of the people’s mandate.
State Congress president Adhir Chowdhury described the Trinamool regime as an “autocratic” rule.
“What is the use of conducting election in Bengal? The TMC doesn’t allow free and fair elections. If an opposition candidate manages to win, they poach on him,” he said.
CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty echoed his views.
GJM supremo Bimal Gurung hailed the victory of his party in the hill areas and accused the TMC of misusing administrative and money power in certain pockets including Mirik, where the TMC registered a victory.
TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee dismissed the allegations as a “reflection of the political frustrations of the opposition”. |
For years I imagined making a completely FMV (full motion video) interactive story/puzzle game (think Myst but made entirely with videos). Last year I finally got around to figuring out how to make the game mechanics work, and little by little put together Yeli Orog. The game takes place in Asturias, Spain and was filmed in various locations there.
Yeli Orog is a FMV adventure game about an immense archaeological discovery: A bizarre stone tablet written in the Celtiberian language found buried underneath an ancient dolmen in northern Spain. The inscription written on the tablet tells a ghoulish tale believed to be the Celtiberian origin myth.
You play the role of Johnny Robin, an archaeologist sent to Asturias, Spain to assist in the recovery of Celtiberian remains. Upon arrival to Asturias you find yourself unexpectedly transported to an alien world, experiencing first-hand the terrifying story written on the ancient tablet.
If you are a fan of Myst-like games, paranormal stories, and FMV games, I think you will appreciate Yeli Orog. If you have any questions about the game let me know.
"A kind heart is better than a crafty head."- Manx Proverb"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." - Albus Dumbledore"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us." - Socrates"Destiny awaits us all." - The ghosts and technically me |
14 Nov 15 – Thermal Physics
The Cambridge Masterclass in Philosophy of Physics is an opportunity for advanced students to engage with leading scholars on a cutting-edge topic, with an emphasis on pedagogy and discussion. The first seminar took place on 14 November 2015 at Trinity College, Cambridge with 2 lectures by David Wallace followed by lectures by James Ladyman and Roman Frigg.
Place and Time
The event will take place on Saturday, 14 November 2015 from 9:45am – 6pm at the Winstanley Theatre in Trinity College.
The Winstanley Theatre is accessible from the East side of Trinity Street. Enter the wooden doors just North of Heffers Bookshop and follow the signs through the entrance and up the main stairs on the right to the lecture theatre. |
The Apple Dumpling Gang
07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
Starring Don Knotts and Tim Conway, The Apple Dumpling Gang features three young orphans are sent to live with a gambling bachelor. Shortly after, the kids discover they have inherited a large fortune from their father. When their inheritance becomes threatened, the kids decide to hand their fortune to a couple of outlaws (Knotts and Conway).
Come down to the beautiful and intimate Kenley Amphitheater and watch the classic Disney movie, The Apple Dumpling Gang. Bring the kids and a blanket for a fun-filled night with a movie under the stars. Popcorn and drinks will be available to purchase. This program is generously sponsored by RAMP. |
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, any package kept for the purpose of sale or offered or exposed for sale must bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain and conspicuous declaration in English or Samoan of:
(1) the identity of the commodity in the package unless the same can easily be identified through the wrapper or container;
(2) the quantity of contents in terms of weight, measure, or count;
(3) the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, in the case of any package kept, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold in any place other than on the premises where packed.
History: 1973, PL 13-16 § 1; amd 1987, PL 20-31 § 1.
Amendments: 1987 Added “in English or Samoan” at the end of the paragraph. |
UPDATE: PGA Tour officials have changed their minds and switched, mid-round, the shortened 14th hole from a par-4 into a par-3. For the third round, the course will now play to a par 69.
★★★
If PGA Tour officials needed a sign that Mother Nature wanted Jordan Spieth and his compatriots to move on to the next event, they would apparently need more evidence than torrential downpours turning a fairway into a lake.
Because that’s what has happened at the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship, where heavy rains over the past couple of weeks in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area required officials to pare the 406-yard par-4 14th hole down to a mere 100-yarder.
Due to unplayable fairway due to rain on #14 @attbyronnelson, the par-4 hole will play roughly at 100 yards in R2. Still a par-4. #PGATour — PGA TOUR Media (@PGATOURmedia) May 29, 2015
Here's why No. 14 will play as a 104-yard par 4 today: http://t.co/ddXjX2p2zs pic.twitter.com/JhXjfemc4B — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 29, 2015
Here's the new tee box set up in the middle of the fairway:
Last week at Colonial in Fort Worth was a constant start, stop and reschedule as storms pounded north Texas. This week down the road in Dallas started with defending champ Brendon Todd saying there wasn't a dry spot on any of the fairways, and that was before more forecasted storms all four days of tournament play. So we knew we were in for a long and unconventional week -- but a 100-yard par-4 was beyond comprehension.
In addition to the unusual setup, which brings eagles and albatrosses into play, more than four inches of additional rain fell overnight on the Four Seasons Resort course, forcing the tour to delay the start of Friday’s second round three hours. Just getting the course playable, even with this extreme new setup, was a massive undertaking.
We're back under way at the @ATTByronNelson, but it took a lot of work to get there. http://t.co/0KeSd3htSi — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 29, 2015
Needless to say, Twitter was rather amused by the new layout.
If the 100 yard par-4 doesn't have this sign next to the tee box then this whole campaign has been a waste pic.twitter.com/BVZuyHP5ZI — No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) May 29, 2015
Quicken Loans is pretty pissed about the Tour making 14 into a 100-yard par-4. pic.twitter.com/8LctpD2ovY — Chris Chaney (@Wrong_Fairway) May 29, 2015
★★★
SB Nation presents: Urban golfing with Graeme McDowell |
Jostein Goksøyr
Jostein Goksøyr (28 June 1922 – 5 December 2000) was a Norwegian microbiologist.
He was born in Kopervik, and took the dr.philos. degree in 1955. He was hired as a lecturer at the University of Bergen in 1956, and was later professor from 1966 to 1989. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1970 and the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala from 1987.
A planctomycete bacterium, Bythopirellula goksoyri, identified from the iron-hydroxide deposits at the Mohns Ridge, a part of the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge, is named in honour of Goksøyr.
References
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Category:People from Karmøy |
The Just Beer Project Just Summer
Please Note
The Just Beer Project has finally branched out beyond their Anytime IPA with a beer release for the summer, appropriately named Just Summer. You can find a short write-up I did on The Just Beer Project and Anytime IPA here Just Summer is an unfiltered wheat beer that comes in at 4.2% abv. It is an incredibly straightforward wheat beer, which I believe is exactly how the Just Beer Project planned it. The low alcohol content in the beer allows Just Summer to be a perfect companion on a hot day, and is quite refreshing after a day out in the sun.It would be nice if The Just Beer Project sold Just Summer in cans. It would be a great beer to bring to the beach or other places where glass can't go.Its exciting to see lower alcohol beers that aren't IPAs. Bring 'em on!You can find Just Summer in Georgia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia and Hartford, CT.: The Just Beer Project sent me this beer. I am in no way associated with the Just Beer Project, and all views of the beer are my own. When I'm sent promotional beers, it guarantees I will write about it, but it does not guarantee a positive review. |
Q:
How to producr json in php with nested one array within multiple array(for matching values)
I have two tables like below, they show the table structure as we have in our table.
table1
id comment
1 abc
2 xyz
3 pqr
table2
id1 table1ID reply
1 1 efg
2 1 mnr
3 2 slq
Here I want to send data as JSON as follows
<?php
$ID = $req->id;
try {
$sql= "SELECT table1.*, table2.* FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 ON table1.id = table2.table1ID WHERE id = '".$ID."'";
$res= $connection->query($sql);
while($row = $res->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
$lclData1[] = array(
"id" => $row["id"],
"comment" => $row['comment'],
"reply" => array(
"id1" => $row['id1'],
"table1ID" => $row['table1ID'],
"reply" => $row['reply'],
)
);
$Output["status"] = 1;
$Output["msg"] = "comment";
$Output["comment"] = $lclData1;
$connection = null;
echo json_encode($Output);
}
}
catch (Exception $e) {
echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
}
?>
Following shows result as in JSON representation(I need to produce like below) OUTPUT NEEDED.
{
"status": 1,
"message": "data",
"comment": [
{
"id": "1",
"comment": "abc",
"reply":
[
{
"id1": 1,
"table1ID": 1,
"reply": "efg"
},
{
"id1": 2,
"table1ID": 1,
"reply": "mnr"
}
]
},
{
"id": "2",
"comment": "xyz",
"reply":
[
{
"id1": 3,
"table1ID": 2,
"reply": "slq"
}
]
}
]
}
Here I want to produce JSON like above if one comment has more than one reply after first comment need to produce multiple replies.
Following is my output right now.
{
"status": 1,
"message": "data",
"comment": [
{
"id": "1",
"comment": "abc",
"reply":
[
{
"id1": 1,
"table1ID": 1,
"reply": "efg"
}
]
},
{
"id": "1",
"comment": "abc",
"reply":
[
{
"id1": 2,
"table1ID": 1,
"reply": "mnr"
}
]
},
{
"id": "2",
"comment": "xyz",
"reply":
[
{
"id1": 3,
"table1ID": 2,
"reply": "slq"
}
]
}
]
}
A:
You have to change while() code and put some lines outside it like below:
$finalData = array();
while($row = $sth->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
$finalData[$row["id"]]['id'] = $row["id"];
$finalData[$row["id"]]['comment'] = $row["comment"];
$finalData[$row["id"]]['reply'][] = array(
"id1" => $row['id1'],
"table1ID" => $row['table1ID'],
"reply" => $row['reply']
);
}
$Output["status"] = 1;
$Output["msg"] = "comment";
$Output["comment"]= array_values($finalData);
$connection = null;
echo json_encode($Output);
Note:- you are over-writing your array inside while() loop, as well as your code is wide-open for SQL INJECTION, so please use prepared statements of PDO
PDO::prepare
Code sample using prepared statements:
<?php
$ID = $req->id;
try {
$sql= "SELECT table1.*, table2.* FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 ON table1.id = table2.table1ID WHERE id = :id";
$sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$sth->execute(array(':id' =>$ID));
$finalData = array();
while($row = $sth->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
$finalData[$row["id"]]['id'] = $row["id"];
$finalData[$row["id"]]['comment'] = $row["comment"];
$finalData[$row["id"]]['reply'][] = array(
"id1" => $row['id1'],
"table1ID" => $row['table1ID'],
"reply" => $row['reply']
);
}
$Output["status"] = 1;
$Output["msg"] = "comment";
$Output["comment"]= array_values($finalData);
$connection = null;
echo json_encode($Output);
}
}
catch (Exception $e) {
echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
}
?>
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UPDATE: Fears that attacks would escalate have been confirmed today, January 9, as security researchers revealed that the number of hijacked MongoDB databases has gone from ~10,000 to ~28,000. Our original article on this topic is available below.
What started as isolated incidents on Monday has transformed into an all out destruction of thousands of MongoDB servers by the end of the week.
According to recent statistics compiled by Niall Merrigan and Victor Gerves, two security researchers that have kept a close eye on the attacks, hackers have now hit around 10,500 MongoDB servers. That's about 25% of all MongoDB databases accessible via the Internet.
#MongoDb ransacking more actors are joining in.. 5 signatures in play and last estimate 10.5K servers compromised — Niall Merrigan (@nmerrigan) January 6, 2017
The attacks don't target all MongoDB databases, but only those left accessible via the Internet and without a password on the administrator account.
Starting with December 20, a hacker has been accessing some of these open databases, exporting their content, and replacing it with a ransom note.
The attacks intensified over last weekend, and since Monday, multiple groups have joined the initial hacker. Two days ago there were only three groups, now there are eight.
Many companies permanently lost their data
The situation is desperate for MongoDB owners and it doesn't show any sign of stopping. Even worse, groups are re-hacking the same servers and rewriting each other ransom notes, making it impossible to know which group downloaded the victim's data and to whom should victims pay the ransom.
All groups ask for small ransom fees, ranging from $150 to $500, which encourages victims to pay. Companies that wanted to pay the ransom, sometimes found that the group to whom they paid the ransom was not the one who stole their data, and they were forced to pay a second or third ransom to another group.
According to Gevers and Merrigan, some of these groups don't even bother exporting the databases and making a copy of the original data, meaning some unlucky companies permanently lost their data.
Gevers, who's been providing hacked companies with his services, says that in 84 cases he was unable to find "any trace of data exfiltration."
The MongoDB apocalypse
"Right now it's bedlem," Merrigan told Bleeping Computer yesterday, "attackers are deleting each others' ransoms as quick as they pop up."
"It's a very interesting case, and it's like watching a gold rush at this point," he added.
More hacking groups desperate for money are expected to join the MongoDB "gold rush" in the following days, which may also drive up the number of affected victims.
In a couple of weeks, it is reasonable to expect that all MongoDB servers exposed to the Internet will lose their data and have their content replaced with a ransom demand.
In many ways, we may be witnessing the last days of Internet-available MongoDB servers.
.@0xDUDE @nmerrigan at this rate a majority of open MongoDB installs will be trashed in a week. — Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog) January 6, 2017
It is very hard to believe that after this highly-mediatized rash of ransom attacks any database administrator won't double-check to see if his MongoDB server is available online and if the admin account doesn't use a strong password.
Doing so would surely result in losing access to his database and possibly his data in a matter of hours.
At this point in time, and especially following last week's attacks, running an open MongoDB server should equate in developers losing jobs and affected customers filing lawsuits for gross negligence.
Attacks are automated through scripts, not individual hacks
But MongoDB servers have been hacked before this recent waves of attacks. Previous hacks of Internet-available MongoDB servers involved bad actors gaining access to these systems and stealing their data on a per-database attack
In most cases, the hacker would steal a company's data and sell it on underground hacking forums, or the hackers would contact the hacked company, and require a similar ransom to stay quiet about their intrusion.
Unlike the previous hacks, which were very quiet and easy to ignore and bury, this new wave of attacks is automated and very noisy, already being covered by big media outlets such as the BBC.
Joining the Dark Side with one of the hackers hijacking MongoDB servers
The fact that these attacks are all automated was confirmed to Bleeping Computer by one of the attackers, known as 0704341626asdf, the third group that got involved in the attacks, after the initial Harak1r1 and 0wn3d groups.
First and foremost, 0704341626asdf revealed that his alias is C8_H10_N4_O2, which is the chemical formula for caffeine.
"The scripts are extremely simple," C8_H10_N4_O2 said, "anyone can write them."
Asked about the amount of work he puts into watching over the attacks, C8_H10_N4_O2 said the entire operation "requires little oversight."
"I'm not even doing this mostly for money," the hacker said, taking the same moral high ground that all hackers take in every media interview. "More to make data more secure, like YTCracker said 'hack every sysadmin that act retarded'."
"You know I'm not lying because I am one of the few 'skids' that actually downloads the data," the hacker also added, making a claim we couldn't verify. "I'm not going to ruin a business or webapp for no reason, they just have to learn a lesson."
C8_H10_N4_O2: No freebies!
Nevertheless, C8_H10_N4_O2 isn't in the mood of giving companies a free pass. "If someone couldn't pay then I probably wouldn't want
to give them their data back, the only reason being others that can pay might be influenced to copy them and just say they can't pay," the hacker said. "I doubt anyone running a server will not be able to pay $150 though."
Regarding the data he downloads, the hacker had the following to say: "I do not view peoples info [sic]. I look at it maybe once to make sure my new scripts are working and that's it. I am not interested in stealing peoples data [sic] or selling emails or any of that."
In the meantime, Andreas Nilsson, Director of Product Security at MongoDB Inc., has published an updated guide on how to secure MongoDB servers, a must read for all database administrators. |
Q:
Ember displaying data from an ajax call
I've got his error since I tried to display some data from an ajax call :
Uncaught TypeError: Object #<Object> has no method 'addArrayObserver'
The app is very simple, but I wanted to send an ajax request to my server when I was going on a specific page. So I could load the data directly from the server..
Here is my code :
App.Enquiries = Ember.Object.extend({
});
App.EnquiriesRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
model: function() {
return App.Enquiries.findAll();
}
});
App.Enquiries.reopenClass({
findAll: function() {
var result = Ember.ArrayProxy.create({content: []});
$.ajax({
url: host + 'mdf/enquiry',
type: 'GET',
accepts: 'application/json',
success: function(data) {
result.set('content', data);
console.log('DEBUG: GET Enquiries OK');
},
error: function() {
console.log('DEBUG: GET Enquiries Failed');
}
});
return result;
}
});
And for the template :
<ul>
{{#each item in content}}
<li>{{item.id}}</li>
{{/each}}
</ul>
So far I wasn't sure if using Ember.ArrayProxy was a good idea, but after reading the doc I thought that could work, but no..
I try to look on the web, but it seems that I might be the only one to have this problem ?
A:
The error message basically says, that Ember expects an array but there is no array. I think this is because you are setting the AJAX response directly as content property of your ArrayProxy. But your response object is no array (your comments indicate this at least).
I would recommend something like the following. Have a look at this question for more details on how to use Ember without Ember Data.
App.Enquiry = Ember.Object.extend({ // rather one Object for each Enquiry
});
App.EnquiriesRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
model: function() {
return App.Enquiries.findAll();
}
});
App.Enquiries.reopenClass({
findAll: function() {
var result = [];
$.ajax({
url: host + 'mdf/enquiry',
type: 'GET',
accepts: 'application/json',
success: function(data) {
data.enquiries.forEach(function(enquiry){
// we are iterating the enquiries in the response step by step and create corresponding objects
var model = App.Enquiry.create(enquiry);
result.addObject(model); //fill your array step by step
});
console.log('DEBUG: GET Enquiries OK');
},
error: function() {
console.log('DEBUG: GET Enquiries Failed');
}
});
return result;
}
});
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Q:
Stars(****) instead of actual password
Im on a raspberry Pi project right now, and I stack somehow.
These are some parts of my code:
#some standard passwords
attempt = "0000"
passcode = "1234"
haltcode = "4321"
#Getting the digits from the adafruit Keypad and store it to digit
while digit == None:
digit = kp.getKey()
#Add each digit to attempt variable
attempt = (attempt[1:] + str(digit))
#Clear and write on the LCD Screen
lcd.clear()
lcd.message("Password: " + attempt)
#Checking for the correct passwords
if (attempt == passcode):
blah blah blah
if (attempt == haltcode):
blah blah blah
I would like instead of the actual password, to print starts on the lcd scene. For example:
User enters 1-> Password: *
Then
User enters 2-> Password: **
Then
User enters 3-> Password: ***
Then
User enters 4-> Password: ****
Like the mobile phone when you enter your sims pin.
I don't know how this is possible. I would be more than grateful if you share with me some hints.
Thank you
A:
Looks like this is the line that does the printing (don't know, never worked with a RPi with peripherals before):
lcd.message("Password: " + attempt)
If that's the case:
lcd.message("Password: *")
Change the number of asterisks based on how many numbers have been entered so far
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---
abstract: 'Compacted platinum powders exhibit a sharp onset of diamagnetic screening at $T \simeq 1.9$ mK in zero magnetic field in all samples investigated. This sharp onset is interpreted in terms of the intragranular transition into the superconducting state. At lower temperatures, the magnetic ac susceptibility strongly depends on the ac field amplitude and reflects the small intergranular critical current density $j_{c}$. This critical current density shows a strong dependence on the packing fraction $f$ of the granular samples. Surprisingly, $j_{c}$ increases significantly with decreasing $f$ ($j_{c}(B=0, T=0) \simeq 0.07$ A/cm$^{2}$ for $f$ = 0.67 and $j_{c}(B=0, T=0) \simeq 0.8$ A/cm$^{2}$ for $f$ = 0.50). The temperature dependence of $j_{c}$ shows strong positive curvature over a wide temperature range for both samples. The phase diagrams of inter- and intragranular superconductivity for different samples indicate that the granular structure might play the key role for an understanding of the origin of superconductivity in the platinum compacts.'
address: 'Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany'
author:
- 'Alexander Schindler, Reinhard König, Thomas Herrmannsdörfer and Hans F. Braun'
title: 'Inter- and Intragranular Effects in Superconducting Compacted Platinum Powders'
---
Introduction {#intro}
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During the past decades, investigations of superconductors with a non-bulk structure revealed remarkable differences in comparison with the corresponding bulk materials. Lattice disorder in thin films [@buckel] as well as a large surface to volume ratio in fine particles made e.g. from aluminum or indium [@abeles] caused considerably enhanced critical temperatures arising from particular properties of the phonon spectrum, respectively. In the case of ultrasmall particles, however, electronic quantum size effects may lead to the suppression of superconductivity [@peren]. Aspects of granularity play also an important role in the high-$T_{c}$ superconductors since most of those materials have a granular structure, too [@deu1]. One particular feature of granular superconductors is the possible occurrence of inter- and intragranular superconductivity in systems consisting of coupled superconducting grains [@deu2; @deu3; @clem; @goldfarb]. Intragranular superconductivity denotes the superconducting state of single grains only. Intergranularity means that the supercurrents are not restricted to single or clustered grains, but can flow across grain boundaries and finally even through the whole sample. Due to intergranular coupling effects, a granular superconductor which consists of grains of a type I superconducting material (like, e.g., Al) can effectively behave like a strong type II material [@deu1].
Superconductivity of compacted platinum powders was found by measurements of resistivity, ac susceptibility and magnetization (Meissner effect) [@ptprl]. In contrast, in bulk platinum no indication for superconductivity has been observed to date down to temperatures of a few $\mu$K [@wendi]. Our results on granular platinum reported in Ref. [@ptprl] already suggest that this transition concerns the intergranular superconductivity which is responsible for the observation that the electrical resistivity of granular platinum drops to zero in the superconducting phase. In addition, we observe that the magnetic ac susceptibility decreases to a value of about -1; this value of $\chi$ was found to be almost independent of the packing fraction $f$ of the samples ($0.50 \lesssim f \lesssim 0.80$). The ac susceptibility results thus indicate a screening of the whole platinum compact (bulk and free volume) from external magnetic fields by an intergranular supercurrent flowing circularly around the surface of the cylindrical samples. Hence, for the quest for the origin of superconductivity in granular platinum, a possible separation of inter- and intragranular superconductivity forms an important aspect, as the intragranular effect, i.e. the occurrence of superconductivity in single platinum grains, is supposed to be the precondition for the intergranular effect and therefore should have the more fundamental character.
Sample Characterization and Experimental Details
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The educts of the granular platinum samples are commercially available, high purity platinum powders which are the product of a chemical manufacturing process. Our main investigation concentrates on samples made of ”Platinum Powder Grade I” supplied by Alfa Johnson Matthey GmbH, Zeppelinstr. 7, D-76185 Karlsruhe, Germany, and on samples made of a platinum powder from Goodfellow Metals Ltd., Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge CB4 4DJ, England. The high purity of both powders is confirmed by mass spectroscopy. In addition, the content of paramagnetic impurities is investigated by SQUID magnetization measurements at Kelvin temperatures. Assuming the effective magnetic moment of these impurities to be $5 \mu_{B}$ for both powders, we have detected a concentration of $(4\pm 1)$ ppm in the ”Alfa powder” and $(3\pm 1)$ ppm in the ”Goodfellow powder”. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies of both powders revealed the grain size distributions shown in Fig. 1. For the ”Alfa powder”, the maximum of the distribution is at a grain diameter of about $1 \mu$m with a distribution width of almost $2 \mu$m (full width at half maximum).The distribution for the ”Goodfellow powder” shows a maximum at $2-3 \mu$m with a width of about $4 \mu$m. Both distributions are asymmetric; the tail of the ”Alfa distribution” ends at about $4 \mu$m whereas the ”Goodfellow distribution” extends to significantly larger grain sizes (to about $10 \mu$m). The platinum grains in the powders generally are no independent single grains but tend to be clustered together. Moreover, grains with diameters smaller than $0.5 \mu$m which have been found in the ”Alfa powder” exist mostly in groups.
Mechanical compression of the platinum powders at different pressures $p$ ($1.0 \leq p \leq 4.5$ kbar) results in cylindrical compacts of different packing fraction $f$ ($0.50 \leq f \leq 0.80$), respectively, which is defined as the ratio of the volume of the massive material to the overall sample volume (including voids). Our samples typically have a diameter of 5 mm and a height of 3-4 mm.
Measurements of the magnetic ac susceptibility were performed using the mutual inductance technique (a similar setup is described in ref. [@th1]). Up to six samples can be mounted on a silver coldfinger which is attached to the experimental flange of a copper nuclear demagnetization refrigerator [@gloos]. Each sample is centered in a separate secondary coil. Two cylindrical superconducting coils which are thermally attached to the mixing chamber of the precooling dilution refrigerator surround the sample holder. They provide the ac primary field as well as static magnetic fields (both in z-direction). The whole setup is surrounded by a superconducting niobium shield. The ambient magnetic field in the environment of the samples is about 70 $\mu$T. This value can be compensated during the cooldown from room temperature by means of a Helmholtz coil system placed around the dewar of the cryostat.
Phase sensitive measurements of the mutual inductance between the primary coil and the secondary coils which are performed using the AC Inductance and Resistance Bridge LR700, Linear Research Inc., San Diego, USA permit to determine the real part $\chi '$ and the imaginary part $\chi ''$ of the complex magnetic ac susceptibility of the samples. The ac susceptibility is measured at a constant ac frequency of 16 Hz as a function of temperature, static magnetic field and ac excitation field amplitude (given in rms values). The susceptibility values are calibrated versus the change of susceptibility of a AuIn$_{2}$ sample ($T_{c}($AuIn$_{2}) \simeq 208$ mK) at its superconducting transition. All $\chi$ values presented in this work are given in dimensionless SI units. We consider the calibration of the susceptibility values to be accurate within a few percent. The susceptibility data which are generally taken during the warmup of the nuclear stage are computed using the overall sample volume and are corrected for geometric demagnetization [@goldfarb; @chen1]. The temperature dependent variation of the background signal between 0.1 mK and 30 mK which corresponds to $\chi \simeq 10^{-4}$ can be neglected compared to all changes of susceptibility discussed in this work.
Inter- and Intragranular Effects
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Samples made of ”Alfa Platinum Powder”
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Figure 2 shows the temperature dependent ac susceptibility of a granular platinum sample (”Alfa platinum”, packing fraction $f$ = 0.67) measured in zero static magnetic field with different ac excitation field amplitudes $b_{AC}$. At temperatures above 1 mK where the electrical resistivity within experimental resolution still has its normal state residual value [@ptprl] we already observe a diamagnetic ac susceptibility gradually changing with temperature with a sharp onset at $T \simeq 1.9$ mK (see inset of Fig. 2a). A comparable diamagnetic signal at $T \leq 1.9$ mK was also observed in dc magnetization measurements [@ptprl]. Dependent on the ac excitation field, the real part $\chi '$ decreases strongly at $T \lesssim 1$ mK and reaches a value of $\chi ´ \simeq - 0.8$ at the lowest temperatures, whereas the imaginary part $\chi ''$ shows a maximum the position of which depends on the excitation level, too. The smallest ac field amplitude used in our measurements ($b_{AC}$ = 6 nT) turns out to describe approximately the limit of low ac excitation fields. Negative values of $\chi ''$ at low temperatures have no physical meaning and are most likely caused by an experimental artefact (phase shift in the $\chi$ measurement [@goldfarb]) which, however, does not affect any of the discussed results. The large decrease of $\chi '$ as well as the dissipative peak in $\chi ''$ are interpreted as the intergranular transition into the superconducting state. The strong dependence of the ac susceptibility on the ac excitation field (nonlinear response) in the regime of intergranular superconductivity is a consequence of the small intergranular critical current density and will be described quantitatively within the framework of the Bean critical state model [@bean] in section 5.
The ac susceptibility between about 1 mK and 1.9 mK is - in contrast to the behaviour in the intergranular regime - almost independent of the ac excitation field amplitude $b_{AC}$ over a wide interval of $b_{AC}$. Therefore, we conclude that at temperatures above the intergranular transition (but below 1.9 mK) the superconducting critical current density is significantly higher than the intergranular critical current density dominating at lower temperatures. Such a behaviour is expected in granular superconductors consisting of weakly coupled grains, where the intragranular critical current density is much higher than the intergranular one [@goldfarb]. Hence, the diamagnetic regime at $1 \lesssim T \lesssim 1.9$ mK can be interpreted in terms of intragranular superconductivity.
To obtain a sharper separation of inter- and intragranular effects we have investigated another compact consisting of a mixture of a small amount of ”Alfa platinum powder” and ultrafine silver powder (supplied by Tokuriki Honten Co. Ltd., Chiyodaku, Tokyo 101, Japan) with an average grain size of about 100 nm . The platinum powder in this sample has a calculated volume fraction of only about 0.07, and for the silver powder $f = 0.59$ while the residual fraction of 0.34 corresponds to free volume. We should note that these volume fractions are macroscopic parameters referring to the total sample volume and that the platinum powder particles could be packed more densly on a short length scale. However, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) with high spatial resolution shows that the platinum clusters are quite homogeneously distributed in the silver powder matrix.
The temperature dependence of the ac susceptibility of this mixed sample measured at different ac excitation field amplitudes in zero static magnetic field is shown in Fig. 3. The weak temperature dependence of $\chi '$ of the order of $2\cdot 10^{-3}$ at temperatures above 2 mK is caused by paramagnetic impurities in the silver powder [@tokpaper]. Compared to the diamagnetic change of $\chi '$ arising from the platinum powder in the superconducting phase this background contribution is negligibly small. Again, we observe intragranular superconductivity at temperatures below about 1.9 mK as in the pure platinum compacts (see Fig. 2). The change of $\chi '$ between $1 \lesssim T \lesssim 1.9$ mK is about $10^{-2}$ and thus one order of magnitude smaller than for the platinum compact with $f$ = 0.67 (compare Figs. 2a and 3a). This indicates that the diamagnetic susceptibility in the intragranular regime scales approximately with the volume fraction of the platinum in the samples. However, in comparison with the pure platinum sample the intergranular superconductivity below about 1 mK is significantly weakened in the mixed Pt/Ag compact: The relative change of $\chi '$ below 1 mK is clearly smaller for the Pt/Ag sample. Neither does $\chi '$ display the characteristic “two step” behaviour nor is there a maximum in $\chi ''$ observable which could be related with the intergranular transition (see Fig. 3b). Obviously, the silver powder acts as normal conducting spacer between the superconducting platinum powder particles and weakens the intergranular supercurrents significantly but does not visibly affect the signal due to intragranular superconductivity. This result supports the description of inter- and intragranular superconductivity in the platinum compacts. The remaining ac excitation field dependence below 1 mK in the Pt/Ag compact (Fig. 3) could be explained by still existing weak intergranular supercurrents between the platinum grains. Proximity-induced superconductivity in the silver powder does presumably not dominate the diamagnetic signal of this sample (for proximity-effects in Ag/Nb systems we refer to [@mota]).
Samples made of ”Goodfellow Platinum Powder”
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A study of the temperature dependent ac susceptibility of a granular platinum compact made of ”Goodfellow platinum powder” ($f$ = 0.52) is displayed in Fig. 4. For this compact we detect the maximum in $\chi ''$ (for $b_{AC}=6$ nT) at $T \simeq 1.85$ mK and also a sharp onset of diamagnetism at $T \simeq 1.90$ mK (see Fig. 4 and inset). However, as the width of the superconducting transition is significantly smaller for the ”Goodfellow samples” it is hardly possible to separate inter- and intragranular superconductivity for these samples. The sharp transition of $\chi$ in the ”Goodfellow samples” might imply a stronger character of the intergranular superconductivity than in the ”Alfa samples” while the onset of diamagnetism occurring in zero magnetic field at $T \simeq 1.90$ mK might - in analogy to the results on the ”Alfa samples” - also correspond to the onset of intragranular superconductivity. Possibly, the intra- and intergranular transitions in the ”Goodfellow samples” almost coincide due to a relatively strong intergranular coupling of the platinum grains.
It is important to note that in the superconducting regime the value of $\chi '$ at low temparatures is almost $20\%$ larger for the ”Goodfellow samples” than for the ”Alfa samples” (compare Figs. 2 and 4).
Phase Diagrams
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The transition into the superconducting state of the granular platinum compacts can be suppressed by a static magnetic field. Since the magnitude of the critical magnetic field is comparable to the earth’s magnetic field, we have to compensate the residual magnetic field at the sample location by applying a static magnetic field. Fig. 5 shows an example of the magnetic ac susceptibility of a granular platinum sample (”Goodfellow platinum”, $f$ = 0.52) as a function of the applied magnetic field $B_{DC}$ measured at different temperatures. For ”high field” values the sample is in the normal state whereas at lower fields the (intergranular) superconducting transition occurs which is marked by the drop of $\chi '$ to a value close to -1 and by the maximum in $\chi ''$. The symmetry axis of these $\chi(B_{DC})$ curves at an applied field of about $15 \mu$T corresponds to zero (net) static magnetic field. Since this background field is constant during the whole ”run” of the cryostat the critical magnetic field for the intergranular transition $B_{c}^{inter}$ can be determined from half the distance between two $\chi ''$ peaks (at constant temperature).
The intergranular critical magnetic fields as a function of temperature are summarized in Fig. 6a for all samples investigated so far. Measurements of the intergranular critical temperature at constant static magnetic fields (as shown in Figs. 2 and 4) are also plotted in this diagram. We can describe the temperature dependence of the intergranular critical magnetic fields by the equation $B_{c}^{inter}(T) = B_{c0}^{inter}\cdot ( ( 1 - (T/T_{c}^{inter})^{2} )$ for all samples. In general, we find that the intergranular superconducting parameters strongly depend on the packing fraction of the platinum compacts: For the ”Alfa platinum” samples we obtain $6.6 \leq B_{c0}^{inter} \leq 67 \mu$T and $0.62 \leq T_{c}^{inter} \leq 1.38$ mK for $0.80 \geq f \geq 0.50$, respectively (see also [@ptprl]); for the ”Goodfellow platinum” samples: $41 \leq B_{c0}^{inter} \leq 59 \mu$T and $1.55 \leq T_{c}^{inter} \leq 1.85$ mK for $0.66 \geq f \geq 0.52$, respectively (see Tab. 1). Obviously, the intergranular superconducting parameters are also significantly different for samples with same $f$ but made from different platinum powders.
In Fig. 6b we plot the onset of diamagnetic behaviour which we identify with the onset of intragranular superconductivity for all platinum compacts as a function of the static magnetic field. In zero static magnetic field all samples show the onset of intragranular superconductivity at $T \simeq 1.9$ mK. However, one should keep in mind that in the ”Goodfellow samples”, inter- and intragranular effects almost coincide in zero magnetic field. Surprisingly, we find that the onset of intragranular superconductivity in a magnetic field depends also on the packing fraction of the samples: In the platinum compacts with the higher packing fractions which show relatively small intergranular critical fields the onset of intragranular superconductivity can also be suppressed more effectively by a static magnetic field.
Intergranular Critical Current Densities
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One pecularity of the ac susceptibility method is the contact free determination of the intergranular critical current density $j_{c}$ which provides important information on the coupling strength among the grains as well as on the supercurrent limiting mechanisms [@clem2; @darm]. The determination of $j_{c}$ from the ac susceptibility is possible within a critical state model which makes certain assumptions about the flux profile and thus the supercurrent distribution in the superconductor [@angurel].
We have analysed our ac susceptibility data of superconducting granular platinum within the framework of the Bean critical state model [@bean]. This model is applicable at sufficiently low ac excitation fields $b_{AC}$ as it is based on the assumption that $j_{c}(T)$ is independent of the magnetic field [@babic]. With $b_{p} = j_{c}\,\mu_{0}\,R$, the following relations hold at $b_{AC} < b_{p}$ for infinitely long cylindrical samples with radius $R$ and their axis parallel to $b_{AC}$ [@angurel; @babic]: $$\chi '(b_{AC}) = -1 + \mu_{eff} \cdot \left[\left(\frac{b_{AC}}{b_{p}}\right) - \frac{5}{16} \left(\frac{b_{AC}}{b_{p}}\right)^{2}\right]$$ $$\chi ''(b_{AC}) = \frac{\mu_{eff}}{3\pi} \cdot \left[4 \left(\frac{b_{AC}}{b_{p}}\right) - 2 \left(\frac{b_{AC}}{b_{p}}\right)^{2}\right] .$$
Therefore, $j_{c}$ can be extracted from the linear slope of $\chi '(b_{AC})$ or $\chi ''(b_{AC})$ for small values of $b_{AC}$. The parameter $\mu_{eff} = 1 + \chi_{intra}$ denotes the effective intragranular permeability which is related to the intragranular susceptibility $\chi_{intra}$ arising from the superconducting grains alone without intergranular coupling. From the peak of $\chi ''$ either observed for constant $b_{AC}$ at a temperature $T_{max}$ or at a constant temperature $T$ for a sufficiently strong excitation field $b_{AC} = b_{p}(T)$, $j_{c}$ as a function of temperature can either be obtained using $$j_{c}(T_{max}) = b_{AC} / \mu_{0}\,R$$ or $$j_{c}(T) = b_{p}(T) / \mu_{0}\,R .$$ The fact that our samples are no infinitely long cylinders (see section 2) is taken into account by correcting $b_{AC}$ for geometric demagnetization [@goldfarb; @chen1].
Assuming that the intergranular critical current density increases with decreasing temperature, one can expect a shift of the maximum in $\chi ''$ to lower temperatures with increasing excitation field $b_{AC}$ (see Eq. 3). This behaviour is shown in Fig. 2 for a granular platinum sample (”Alfa platinum”; $f$ = 0.67). For this sample, we performed also measurements of the ac susceptibility as a function of the ac excitation field $b_{AC}$ at different constant temperatures (Fig. 7). We observe that $\chi '$ and $\chi ''$ both depend linearly on the driving field strength $b_{AC}$ at small $b_{AC}$ as predicted by the Bean model (see Eqs. (1) and (2)). The correction of $b_{AC}$ due to the demagnetization field does not affect significantly these $\chi(b_{AC})$ curves. At higher ac excitation fields (at $b_{AC} = b_{p}$) the maximum in $\chi ''$ and thus the intergranular superconducting transition can be reached. With increasing temperature, the linear slopes of $\chi '$ and $\chi ''$ versus $b_{AC}$ become steeper and the maxima in $\chi ''$ are shifted to lower $b_{p}$, which is again in qualitative agreement with the predictions of the Bean model. For $b_{AC} \gg b_{p}$, $\chi '$ tends to saturate at finite negative values $\chi_{intra}$, characteristic of the remaining intragranular superconductivity. In this regime, the ac driving field dependence of $\chi$ is significantly smaller than in the intergranular regime presumably because of the higher intragranular critical current density.
In Fig. 8 we display the $\chi ´´$ data of Figs. 1 and Fig. 7 in a Coles-Coles diagram ($\chi ''$ vs. $\chi '$). The ac excitation field dependent susceptibility data taken at constant temperatures show a linear behaviour of $\chi ''$ versus $\chi '$ at $\chi ' < - 0.4$ (equivalent to $b_{AC} < b_{p}$) with a linear slope which is in good agreement with the theoretical value of $4/3\pi$. The $\chi$ data of Fig. 2 which were measured at constant driving field $b_{AC} = 84$ nT as a function of temperature fall on the expected curve, too (see Fig. 8). However, the susceptibility values taken at $b_{AC} = 18$ nT and $b_{AC} = 6$ nT strongly deviate from this curve. The origin of this deviation is not clear to us. Hence, apart from these two sets of data, the Bean model provides a satisfying description of the excitation field dependent ac susceptibility of the granular platinum sample in the regime of intergranular superconductivity.
Within the framework of the Bean critical state model, we can thus extract the intergranular critical current density $j_{c}$ from our ac susceptibility measurements. From the $\chi(b_{AC})$ data taken at constant temperatures (see Fig. 7), one can either take the positions of the maxima in $\chi ''$ and apply equation (4) or analyse the shape of $\chi(b_{AC})$ for $b_{AC} < b_{p}$ by taking into account Eqs. (1) and (2). Both kinds of analysis reveal within resolution the same $j_{c}$ values indicating that a possible magnetic field dependence of $j_{c}$ is presumably not relevant at the comparably low ac field amplitudes used in our experiment [@babic]. From Eqs. (1) and (2), however, it is difficult to determine $\mu_{eff}$ (or $\chi_{intra}$) accurately as there is - especially for the measurements performed at low temperatures - hardly any curvature in $\chi(b_{AC})$ for $b_{AC} < b_{p}$. We estimate $\chi_{intra}$ to - 0.14 from the data taken at $T = 0.56$ mK (Fig. 7) and assume this value also for all other temperatures, since we can consistently describe the $\chi(b_{AC})$ curves with Eqs. (1) and (2) using this value for $\chi_{intra}$. The ac susceptibility data of the investigated Pt/Ag compact (Fig. 3) indicate a saturation of $\chi_{intra}$ at low temperatures, too, which supports the assumption that $\chi_{intra}$ is approximately constant at low temperatures.
We have also performed similar ac susceptibility studies for another ”Alfa platinum” sample with a smaller packing fraction ($f$ = 0.50). All the features of the ac susceptibility explained above were qualitatively observed for this compact, too. In particular, the Bean critical state model is also applicable to the $\chi$ data. In contrast to the compact with $f = 0.67$, we could not observe the maxima in $\chi ''$ at temperatures below 1 mK because our maximum ac excitation field $b_{AC}$ is limited to about $2 \mu$T for technical reasons. For this platinum compact, the values of $j_{c}$ for temperatures below 1 mK have been calculated from the linear slopes of $\chi(b_{AC})$.
In Fig. 9 the resulting temperature dependent critical current densities at zero static magnetic field are shown for the ”Alfa platinum” samples with packing fractions $f = 0.67$ and $f = 0.50$. Both curves show an increase of $j_{c}$ down to the lowest accessible temperatures. Surprisingly, the absolute values of $j_{c}$ differ by one order of magnitude for the two compacts: We estimate $j_{c}(T=0) \simeq 0.07$ A/cm$^{2}$ for $f = 0.67$ and $j_{c}(T=0) \simeq 0.8$ A/cm$^{2}$ for $f = 0.50$. The temperature dependence of $j_{c}$ is very similar for both samples and shows a strongly positive curvature at $T \gtrsim 0.5\cdot T_{c}^{inter}$. The right axis of Fig. 9 displays the corresponding values of $b_{p} = j_{c}\,\mu_{0}\,R$ which serve as an illustration of how the intergranular superconductivity can be suppressed by the ac driving field: The regions below the $b_{p}$ curves mark the regime of intergranular superconductivity.
For both ”Alfa platinum” samples the three data points close to $T_{c}^{inter}$ were obtained from temperature dependent ac susceptibility measurements at constant driving fields (Fig. 2) by analysing the $\chi ''$ maxima and applying Eq. (3). As mentioned above the validity of the Bean model could not be proven for the two $j_{c}$ points close to $T_{c}^{inter}$, respectively. However, those $j_{c}$ values do not significantly affect the shape of the whole $j_{c}$ curves. Furthermore, our choice of the parameter $\mu_{eff}$ for the analysis of the slopes of $\chi(b_{AC})$ does also not significantly affect our results, neither the shape of $j_{c}(T)$ nor the ratio between the absolute values of $j_{c}$ for the two ”Alfa platinum” samples. We should also mention that the electric transport measurement close to $T_{c}^{inter}$ reported in [@ptprl] confirms the order of magnitude of the values of $j_{c}$ presented here which are determined by ac susceptibility measurements.
Studies of the excitation dependent ac susceptibility of the ”Goodfellow platinum” samples revealed quite different results compared to those on the ”Alfa platinum” samples. Although the superconducting parameters $T_{c}^{inter}$ and $B_{c}^{inter}$ of the ”Goodfellow samples” are comparable to those of the ”Alfa samples” (see Fig. 6 and Tab. 1), their intergranular critical current densities are significantly higher. Unfortunately, due to the experimental limitation in $b_{AC}$ mentioned above, the absolute values of $j_{c}$ for the ”Goodfellow samples” have not been experimentally accessible. From the very weak ac excitation field dependence of $\chi$ at lower temperatures (Fig. 4) we estimate $j_{c}$ - even for the ”Goodfellow sample” with $f = 0.66$ - to be of the order of 10 A/cm$^{2}$ or larger at low temperatures. This result supports qualitatively our picture that in the ”Goodfellow platinum” compacts the platinum grains might be coupled much stronger than those in the ”Alfa platinum” samples.
Discussion
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The characteristic ac excitation field dependence of the ac susceptibility of granular platinum reflects the regimes of inter- and intragranular superconductivity which can be distinguished by significantly different susceptibility values as well as critical current densities. However, an interpretation of our results in terms of a ”microscopic” description of the inter- and especially the intragranular superconductivity in granular platinum is not trivial. Although the method of ac susceptibility measurements enables to distinguish between inter- and intragranular superconductivity, important information about local superconducting properties remains obscured. The total $\chi$ signal of a macroscopic sample in its intragranular superconducting state reflects the sum over all superconducting grains in the sample so that the superconducting properties of one single grain which could, e.g., depend on its size can not be extracted. In particular, the temperature dependent ac susceptibility in the intragranular regime (see Fig. 2 and 3) could arise from a distribution of critical temperatures among the platinum grains. An extreme interpretation of the intra- and intergranular regimes of superconductivity in the platinum compacts could be that the ”intragranular” superconductivity at temperatures close to 1.9 mK arises, e.g., from the fraction of platinum grains with submicron size and that the main amount of platinum grains with a larger grain size which superconduct at lower temperatures are responsible for the intergranular superconductivity. However, taking into account the significant differences between the rather broad grain size distributions of the investigated granular platinum samples (see Fig. 1), it is astonishing that the sharp onset of intragranular superconductivity at $T \simeq 1.9$ mK appears to be a common feature of all our samples and apparently marks the ”high temperature” limit of intergranular superconductivity.
Another complication of susceptibility measurements on small superconducting grains occurs when the penetration depth of the magnetic field is comparable to the grain size. In that case, the measured susceptibility values would be reduced (”magnetic invisibility”) and could show a temperature dependence arising from the temperature dependent penetration depth [@goldfarb; @chen2]. This situation might be relevant for our granular platinum samples, in particular, if superconductivity exists only on the surface of the grains and thus the effective field penetration depth for the grains is relatively large. Hence, one possible striking interpretation of our results and in particular of the sharp onset of intragranular superconductivity at $T \simeq 1.9$ mK (see Figs. 2, 3 and 4) might be the following: At $T \simeq 1.9$ mK the intragranular transition into the superconducting state occurs where basically all the platinum grains become superconducting. Taking into account that the penetration depth ($\propto ((1 - (T/T_{c})^{4})^{-1/2}$ ) [@tinkham] below $T_{c} \simeq 1.9$ mK decreases from a value much larger than the grain size to a low temperature value of the order of the grain radius [@peren; @clem; @london], we could explain the observed decrease of our measured ac susceptibility $\chi_{intra}$ with decreasing temperature from zero (at $T_{c} \simeq 1.9$ mK) to its low temperature value of $- 0.14$ (for the ”Alfa platinum” sample with $f=0.67$). This picture would also be consistent with the absence of a peak in $\chi ''$ at $T \simeq 1.9$ mK [@goldfarb].
Considerations of the intergranular critical current densities in granular platinum should clearly take into account both the significantly different absolute values of $j_{c}$ for different samples and the characteristic temperature dependence of $j_{c}$ (see Fig. 9). We observe for samples made from the same platinum powder (”Alfa platinum”) that $j_{c}$ as well as $B_{c}^{inter}$ and $T_{c}^{inter}$ increase significantly with decreasing packing fraction of the compacts. It is surprising that higher packing fractions for which improved electrical coupling of the grains in the normal state is expected appear to be detremental for the intergranular coupling in the superconducting state. Systematic studies of the normal state resistivity of granular platinum samples with different packing fractions have to be performed in order to clarify a possible correlation with the intergranular superconductivity. Such studies might also explain why the ”Goodfellow samples” with similar values for $B_{c}^{inter}$ and $T_{c}^{inter}$ show much higher values of $j_{c}$ than the ”Alfa samples”. Considering the grain size distributions of both platinum powders (Fig. 1) as well as our results for compacts with different packing fractions, one may also speculate that in the ”Goodfellow powder” the smaller volume fraction of grains with a diameter smaller than $\simeq 2\, \mu$m is the reason for the observed stronger intergranular superconductivity in these samples.
The temperature dependence of $j_{c}$ (see Fig. 9) can be compared with theoretical predictions for particular supercurrent-limiting mechanisms (see e.g. [@darm] and references therein). Assuming that the intergranular supercurrents in the platinum compacts are limited by weak links, the shape of $j_{c}(T)$ can not - at least at temperatures above about $0.5\cdot T_{c}^{inter}$ - be described in terms of the Ambegaokar-Baratoff theory [@ambega] for superconductor-insulator-superconductor-type Josephson junctions as this theory predicts a ”convex” $j_{c}(T)$ curve (negative curvature) in contrast to the observed ”concave” behaviour. For a description of the concave $j_{c}(T)$ curve of granular platinum, several theoretical models could be applied qualitatively. An intergrain superconductor-normalconductor-superconductor weak-link structure, but also pair breaking scattering at the grain boundaries would both result in a concave $j_{c}$ curve [@degennes; @widder]. Moreover, the Ginzburg-Landau theory in the dirty limit predicts a concave slope of $j_{c}(T)$, too [@clem; @clem2]. All these supercurrent limiting mechanisms describe ”depairing mechanisms”; however, the possibility that depinning of magnetic flux lines is limiting the intergranular supercurrents should also be taken into account. Since in the case of granular platinum the effective coherence length might be of the order of the grain size, intergranular Josephson vortices are supposed to dominate the flux dynamics of the system [@clem; @tinkham]. Interestingly, pinning of Josephson vortices which might be provided by inhomogenities of the intergranular coupling strengths in the sample could in general be correlated with the ”granularity” (e.g. with the packing fraction $f$). In the case of granular high-$T_{c}$ materials, however, the relevance of pinning of Josephson vortices for the intergranular critical current density appears to be controversial [@chen3]. Preliminary measurements of the frequency dependent ac susceptibility indicate flux dynamics effects in the superconducting platinum compacts.
The discussion of inter- and intragranular effects in superconducting granular platinum is closely related with the still unsolved question concerning the origin of superconductivity in this system. The phase diagrams for inter- and intragranular superconductivity in the compacted platinum powders indicate a suppression of superconductivity for more ”bulk-like” samples (samples with higher packing fractions). Hence, the fact that superconductivity has not yet been observed in bulk platinum along with the phase diagrams and the intergranular critical current densities for superconducting granular platinum suggest that the granular structure of the platinum compacts might play a dominant role for the occurrence of superconductivity. Possibly, ”lattice softening” due to the large surface to volume ratio might cause an enhanced transition temperature [@abeles]. On the other hand, the strongly exchange enhanced paramagnetism which is supposed to prevent the superconducting pairing in bulk platinum [@gladstone] as well as impurity magnetism should be taken into account, too. The extremely weak impurity magnetism observed at mK temperatures [@ptprl] appears to be at least an indication for a relation between the granularity of the samples and their magnetic properties which could also play an important role for the superconductivity.
A microscopic description of inter- and intragranular superconductivity in this system can hardly be given at the moment. In particular, it is not yet clear what the superconducting ”grains” actually are. It has to be clarified whether the intragranular superconductivity corresponds to superconductivity of single platinum grains, or to clusters of grains and whether these clusters are the prerequisite for the occurrence of superconductivity. Moreover, it would be important to know whether the superconductivity of these grains is bulk-like or whether it exists only on the surface of the grains. For the understanding of the intergranular superconductivity in granular platinum, the understanding of the intragranular effect should evidently be a prerequisite as the latter effect is supposed to be the precondition for the former. Our phase diagrams (Fig. 6) indicate a common onset of intragranular superconductivity at $T \simeq 1.9$ mK in zero magnetic field. At higher magnetic fields, however, we observe a suppression of inter- and intragranular superconductivity with increasing packing fraction, suggesting a correlation between intra- and intergranular effects but also an effect of the ”granularity” on both types of superconductivity. Furthermore, the local magnetic field close to the platinum grains might differ significantly from the externally applied magnetic field [@askew] and might thus be also an important factor for the appearance of intra- as well as intergranular superconductivity.
To summarize, our investigations of the excitation field dependent ac susceptibility along with the measurements of the resistivity and magnetization [@ptprl] of superconducting compacted platinum powders reveal a possible separation of inter- and intragranular effects in this system. However, the still unclear origin of superconductivity in granular platinum does not yet allow a microscopic description of the intra- and intergranular effects. The phase diagrams for inter- and intragranular superconductivity as well as the results for intergranular critical current densities indicate that the granular structure of the platinum compacts might play a dominant role for the occurrence of superconductivity. Hence, further detailed studies of the impact of the topology of various platinum samples especially on their superconducting and magnetic properties should provide a key for a deeper understanding of the superconductivity in granular platinum.
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We are grateful for the technical contributions of I. Usherov-Marshak, A. Dertinger, C. Drummer (BIMF Bayreuth) and F. Siegelin (IMA Bayreuth). This work was supported through DFG grants Ko1713/1-3, Ko1713/6-1 and He2282/2-1,2 as well through the EU-TMR Large Scale Facility project (contract no. ERBFMGECT950072).
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Alfa Johnson Matthey GmbH $0.80$ 0.62 $6.6$
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” $0.50$ 1.38 $67$
Goodfellow Metals Ltd. $0.66$ 1.55 $41$
” $0.52$ 1.85 $59$
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A safe technique of exposing of a "hidden" left anterior descending artery.
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Pakistan and China will sign multibillion-dollar infrastructure financing agreements during the long-awaited visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to make the eastern corridor route operational, which may put controversy over alignment of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to rest.
Both countries will sign a government-to-government infrastructure framework agreement to initiate work on four projects besides separately signing their financing agreements.The four projects will have to be completed to make the existing alignment along eastern parts of the country operational as a ‘stopgap arrangement’, said authorities in the Ministry of Planning and Development.These projects are along the eastern corridor linking Thakot in the north to the Gwadar Port.The officials said there were many missing links in the existing alignment that have to be bridged by the end of next year to make the Gwadar Port operational under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).Under the programme, China wants to develop its under-developed western parts and will also have access to strategically located deep-sea Gwadar Port to secure commercial sea lines.During the Chinese president’s visit, which is expected to begin from Monday, the financing agreements will be signed by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and China’s commerce and trade minister. Dar will cut short his Washington visit and reach Islamabad on April 19.The Chinese president’s visit will also play a critical role in restoring the regional power balance that foreign policy experts say has tilted in favour of India after President Barack Obama’s trip to New Delhi.In the short term, both the countries have agreed to make the eastern route operational, which is easy to build besides being the safest among the three alignments. All of them are planned to be made operational in the next 15 years. They said there will be multiple nodes on the corridor, which will connect all the provinces.The alignment has now been agreed with the starting point at Kashgar China and Khunjerab Pakistan. It will pass through Thakot-Mansehra-Islamabad-Lahore and Multan.From Multan, the route will be linked to Hyderabad through Rohri and Dadu. The Hyderabad-Karachi portion will be linked through M-9. Karachi then will be linked to Gwadar through N-10 East Bay Express Way along the coastal line.The framework agreement will ensure concessionary Chinese financing to make the eastern corridor fully operational.Under the corridor, 487km Karakoram Highway Phase-II will be constructed from Raikot-Sazin-Thakot-Mansehra to Islamabad at a cost of $3.5 billion. During the visit, an agreement will be signed for roughly $1 billion concessionary financing for constructing 120 km of the 487km road.The financing agreement will also cover the 387km Multan-Sukkur route to be constructed at a cost of $2.6 billion. China will give a 90% concessionary loan.The East Bay Express Way costing $148 million will be part of the framework agreement, the officials added. Financing for the New Gwadar International Airport is also part of the broader agreement.At Sukkur, the corridor is divided into two categories. The one along the eastern line will lead to Karachi and connect Gwadar through the coastal highway.The second one will go through the centre of the country via Dera Allahyar to Khuzdar and touch the western route.The western line passes through some restive areas of Balochistan. The officials said the western corridor was part of a long-term plan that was under process and will be completed by 2030.There has been opposition to the eastern corridor by some political forces and the government is trying to overcome these challenges, said the officials.“The opponents of the fate-changing project like CPEC are the enemies of Pakistan,” said Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal.He said the country has to learn from Chinese development experience and stop politicising mega development projects through political statements.The officials said the CPEC will equally benefit all the provinces. In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, an 802km road and rail network will be constructed. In Balochistan, a 3,366km road and rail network will be constructed as well.The $130-million breakwater construction at the Gwadar Port and $28 million for dredging of berthing areas and channels at the port are part of the package to be signed by both the sides.China will also fund infrastructure development at the Gwadar export processing zone, necessary facilities for fresh water treatment at Gwadar and upgradation of the Gwadar Hospital.Published in The Express Tribune, April 16, 2015. |
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Recently, Breakspear et al.[@cit0001] characterized gene expression responses prior to and during rhizobial infection and in response to Nod factors in root hairs of *Medicago truncatula* seedlings. This single-cell type approach offered increased specificity and dramatically enhanced sensitivity of gene detection, the latter being further enhanced by the use of the hyperinfected mutant *sickle* (*skl*). It thereby allowed detection of genes that have not otherwise been detected in gene expression studies of nodulation and also allowed the detection of more subtle transcriptional changes that would have otherwise been missed in studies using whole nodulated roots. This was particularly useful in detecting changes in cell-cycle related genes, including the induction of several cyclins, an aurora kinase, and genes involved in hormone biosynthesis and signaling. In particular it led to the discovery of an auxin response factor (ARF), *ARF16a*, which was specifically induced in root hairs undergoing infection. *arf16a* mutants showed a reduced number of rhizobial infections revealing the need for regulation of auxin responses in this process. Three alleles were reported in the original study, here we report a fourth allele, *arf16a-4*, and show that it has a similar phenotype as the other alleles: hypersensitivity to auxin in a root growth assay ([**Fig. 1A and B**](#f0001){ref-type="fig"}), and reduced number of microcolonies and elongating infection threads ([**Fig. 1C**](#f0001){ref-type="fig"}). Figure 1.Auxin response and nodulation phenotype of *M. truncatula arf16a-4* mutant. (**A**) and (**B**) The inhibition of primary root growth by 10µM indole acetic acid in the wild type (R108) and *arf16a-4* (NF4811). The picture (**A**) and histograms (**B**) show plants 14 d after germination. (**C**) Quantification of different stages of infection and development of nodule primordia in the wild type and *arf16a-4* mutants 7 dpi with *S. meliloti*. Infection events and nodule primordia were scored 7 dpi with *S. meliloti* 1021 carrying pXLGD4 (LacZ) after LacZ staining. IT, fully elongated infection thread in root hair; eIT, elongating infection thread in root hair; MC, microcolony; rIT, ramified infection thread in cortex; NP, nodule primordium. Bar = SE. Significant (Student\'s t-test) differences between the wild type and mutant are marked with asterisks (\*\**P* \< 0.01).
The role of auxin signaling in rhizobial infection is not known. One potential role for auxin is in the control of the cell-division machinery which has been found to be associated with infection.[@cit0001] The hormone cytokinin is widely accepted to act in concert with auxin, often acting to counter or antagonize auxin signaling to establish important signaling fields in different developmental contexts.[@cit0002] To further explore this proposition we have re-analyzed the data set from Breakspear et al.[@cit0001] to consider cytokinin responses.
Several components of cytokinin signaling were found to respond to rhizobia and/or Nod factors in root hairs ([**Table 1**](#t0001){ref-type="table"}). Five Type-A cytokinin response regulators were found to be increased: *MtRRA2, MtRRA3* (previously *MtRR8*),[@cit0003] *MtRRA4* (previously *MtRR4*);[@cit0004] *MtRRA8*, and *MtRRA10* (previously *MtRR11*).[@cit0005] The gene names are according to Heyl et al.,[@cit0006] personal communication M. Brault and F. Frugier. The increased expression seen with *MtRRA8* matches well with an early report that showed that the promoter of the Arabidopsis ortholog *ARR5* was expressed in infected root hairs of *M. truncatula*.[@cit0007] Type-A response regulators, which act as a central part of a 2-component signaling pathway, are induced by cytokinin[@cit0008] and have been shown to act as negative regulators of cytokinin signaling.[@cit0010] Notably, no type-B response regulators, which mediate the downstream effects of auxin signaling, were found to be induced. This is similar to cytokinin treatments, which induce type A response regulators, but not type B (discussed in D\'Agostino et al. 2000).[@cit0009] Along with these, the cytokinin receptor gene *CRE1*, was also induced ([**Table 1**](#t0001){ref-type="table"}). Mutants for *LHK1* (the *Lotus japonicus* ortholog of *CRE1*) have a strong delay in the onset of cell divisions, and nodules that do form are misshapen[@cit0011] and *CRE1*-knockdown roots form fewer nodules.[@cit0004] Consistent with these results, promoter-GUS analysis of *LHK1* in *L. japonicus* revealed expression in root hairs associated with infection sites.[@cit0012] We also found that 2 members of the *LONELY GUY* gene family which encode an enzyme required for cytokinin-activation were also upregulated ([**Table 1**](#t0001){ref-type="table"}), further suggesting that levels of active cytokinin may be increasing during infection. Interestingly, like *CRE1*, these genes *LOG1* and *LOG2* are also induced in nodulation and are required for nodule organogenesis.[@cit0013] Together these data suggest that cytokinin is being activated in root hairs during the onset of infection and is being perceived through CRE1 to regulate cytokinin signaling. Table 1.Regulation of cytokinin-related genes in isolated root hairs in response to rhizobial inoculation and application of Nod factors (NFs)Name Gene model Probeset1 dpi WT3 dpi WT5 dpi WT5 dpi *skl*NFsclosest AT homologclass*RRA2* Medtr3g078613 2.04.42.1AT1G74890 (*ARR15*)type-A response regulator*RRA3/MtRR8*[@cit0003] Medtr3g088630 12.144.7 AT3G57040 (*ARR9*)type-A response regulator*RRA4*/*MtRR4* Medtr5g036480 3.114.6−2.9AT1G59940 (*ARR3*)type-A response regulator*RRA8* Medtr4g1065902.84.03.87.42.6AT3G48100 (*ARR5*)type-A response regulator*RRA10* /*MtRR11*[@cit0004] Medtr8g038620 3.42.1AT2G41310 (*ARR8*)type-A response regulator*CRE1* Medtr8g106150 2.8 AT2G01830 (*CRE1*)cytokinin receptor*LOG1* Medtr7g101290 11.6 AT2G37210 (*LOG3*)cytokinin activator*LOG2* Medtr1g064260 2.1AT2G37210 (*LOG3*)cytokinin activator*MTF1* Medtr7g089010 −2.4 AT2G40970 (*MTF1*)MYB transcription factor[^1]
Cytokinin as a Counterpoint to Auxin {#s0002}
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The interactions between auxin and cytokinin signaling have been relatively well-studied, and have mainly been found to be antagonistic. For instance, studies of the Arabidopsis meristem have shown that domains of auxin and cytokinin signaling are mutually exclusive.[@cit0014] The large number of RRAs induced and the apparent absence of increased expression of RRBs may indicate that although cytokinin signaling is active, auxin signaling outcomes prevail in cells undergoing infection.
One possible explanation for the activation of cytokinin signaling during infection may be to antagonize auxin signaling. But how might this work in the case of nodulation? The basis of cytokinin-auxin interactions is not completely understood, but ethylene, which is known to crosstalk with both cytokinin and auxin, and is a major regulator of nodulation, may be part of the mechanism. One major outcome of cytokinin signaling is stabilization of the ACS5 enzyme mediating the rate limiting step of ethylene biosynthesis.[@cit0015] Our data showed that ethylene signaling represses infection-related gene expression,[@cit0001] which is presumably due to interference with Nod factor signaling.[@cit0016] Therefore one role of cytokinin signaling may be to generate ethylene to limit infections, consistent with the observation that the *lhk1* mutant has greatly increased numbers of infection threads.[@cit0011] In further agreement with this hypothesis, increased expression of *CRE1* and *LOG1* in response to rhizobial inoculation was only observed in *skl* ([**Table 1**](#t0001){ref-type="table"}).
In addition, ethylene may in turn influence auxin. Indeed, low levels of ethylene have been shown to promote auxin biosynthesis through WEAK ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE1 (WEI1) and WEI2.[@cit0017] However, the *Medicago* orthologues of *WEI1* and *WEI2* are not regulated following rhizobial inoculation or Nod factor treatment (not shown), and since the ethylene insensitive mutant *skl* becomes hyperinfected, it seems unlikely that ethylene induction of auxin biosynthesis is required for infection. Considering this, the interaction between cytokinin and auxin during infection, if it does occur, may be more direct. Cytokinin and auxin signaling mutants are needed to help address this question.
Cytokinin as a Regulator of Bacterial Attachment {#s0003}
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Recently cytokinin has been implicated in bacterial attachment. *Agrobacterium tumefaciens* produces cytokinins, which were shown to activate the *Arabidopsis* Type-A cytokinin response regulator ARR3[@cit0018] which was associated with decreased expression of the *Myb Family Transcription Factor 1* (*MTF1*). Mutant *mtf1* plants were shown to have increased *A. tumefaciens* attachment and improved transformation efficiency. The authors further demonstrated that mutating the cytokinin receptors *CRE1* and *AHK3* increased the expression of *MTF1* and reduced the transformation efficiency. Notably we find that the *Medicago* ortholog of *MTF1* is repressed in the hyperinfected *skl* mutant at the onset of infection ([**Table 1**](#t0001){ref-type="table"}). This presents an unexpected role through which cytokinin may act during the early stages of the symbiosis, and may add another layer of complexity to cytokinin\'s role in nodulation.
Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest
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No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.
[^1]: All data are taken from Breakspear et al..[@cit0001] Data are given as fold change treatment/control: WT rhizobia /NodD1ABC rhizobia; 24 hours post treatment with isolated Nod factors/equivalent extraction from NodD1ABC rhizobia. Only significant changes (*P* \< 0.05) are shown, see Breakspear et al.[@cit0001] for details. Probesets given are for the first version of the Affymetrix Medicago GeneChip. The gene models correspond to the following Probesets of the first version of the Affymetrix Medicago GeneChip: Medtr3g078613: Mtr.5335.1.S1_at, Medtr3g088630:Mtr.31738.1.S1_at; Medtr5g036480: Mtr.9656.1.S1_at; Medtr4g106590: Mtr.32159.1.S1_at; Medtr8g038620:Mtr.174.1.S1_at; Medtr8g106150:Mtr.12088.1.S1_at; Medtr7g101290:Mtr.634.1.S1_at; Medtr1g064260:Mtr.50458.1.S1_at; Medtr7g089010:Mtr.11942.1.S1_at.
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Right Opinion Reflections From the Vatican
There was a woman one recent morning who came up to me while I was about to caffeinate at the McDonald’s here on Borgo Pio. I had seen her before, from a block or two away. She wears duct-taped garbage bags either as her shoes or over her shoes. Despite her ad-hoc footwear, she had a confidence about her as she came up to the self-ordering kiosk and asked for food, motioning that she was hungry. I asked her in a mix of near-nonexistent Italian, hand motions and facial expressions what she’d like. Sixteen euros later, she said “thank you” — more than once — in English. A few minutes later, after starting to collect her nourishment, she asked me — again in English, noticing I hadn’t ordered yet (I was making sure she was settled) — “Are you hungry?”
I realized that I was, but not for anything McDonald’s had on the menu. How many times do we look past people? How many times do we take for granted what we have, what we’re given? I didn’t do much that morning, but I received a lot.
My first meeting of the day after Mass had been delayed, which was the only reason I found myself in McDonald’s. The meeting was with Paul Badde, a journalist (described as a poet or mystic by some), who begins every day with a colleague praying the Rosary outside of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Just meeting Badde, I got the sense of looking past this world into a promise of something greater; but a promise that can be redeemed right here and right now if we know how to do it. Like the woman at McDonald’s, there’s something about Badde’s confidence — it betrays a joy. A perplexing joy, obvious in the case of a woman who spends her day begging, obvious maybe, too, in a man who will talk about a crisis of faith among people everywhere, some in the highest ranks of the Church. Keep praying, is his answer to most questions — he has a particularly intense devotion to Mary, because she helped him know Jesus better.
Inside St. Peter’s, outside on the square and down the Villa Della Conciliazione, I’ve watched for the last few days tourists seemingly unaware that St. Peter’s bones reside here, that he was martyred here, that some courageous men of history — John Paul II comes to mind — rest here. But then, who am I to judge selfie-sticks and phone calls made inside the basilica? As I watch young African men trying to sell wooden trays, their full backpacks seem to betray their (lack of) success. (I’ve yet to see a sale made, and am determined to have cash as I head out for my next meeting.) Unlike Badde and my sister at McDonald’s, so many of these people look like they may be feeling lost in the crowd, literally and metaphorically. It’s hard not to pray that something here touches them. It’s often asked why the Church doesn’t sell its art. The answer is: Because people need the beauty — they need to see a mother holding her son in her arms, as Michelangelo made for us with his “Pieta.”
As I’ve been here, the school shooting in Florida happened. I keep thinking about how it was carried out by a boy, really — one not much younger than these men I see selling the trays, some of the young people I’ve seen on field trips. While I’ve been over here, too, a reader emailed me about a young man at a school where she teaches who took his own life. We simply can’t let these things happen anymore. And it’s not going to be a law that makes the change. It’s going to be love and the recognition that we are all beings made by the same creator.
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727 So.2d 379 (1999)
Sharon Clinton COMPTON, Petitioner,
v.
WEST VOLUSIA HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, et al., Respondents.
No. 98-1684.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
March 5, 1999.
William H. Ogle of Ledford, Mayfield & Ogle, Ormond Beach, for Petitioner.
Amy D. Shield of Haliczer, Pettis & White, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Respondent Humana Health Care Plan, Inc.
No Appearance for Respondent West Volusia Hospital Authority.
Hector A. More of Grower, Ketcham, More, Rutherford, Noecker, Bronson, Siboni & Eide, P.A., Orlando, for Pat Dranginis, D.O. and West Volusia Emergency Physicians, Inc.
W. SHARP, J.
The plaintiff, Sharon Compton, seeks certiorari review of a discovery order rendered by the trial court in her medical malpractice suit. She asks this court to quash the order because it requires her to produce privileged documents, which are unrelated to the issues *380 in this case. We grant the review, and quash that part of the discovery order which ordered production of Compton's Last Will and Testament.
In her fourth amended complaint (the current pleading in the trial court out of which this matter has arisen), Compton alleged she suffered severe brain damage which subjects her to confusion, disorientation and continuing seizures. This injury allegedly stemmed from several seizures Compton suffered while being treated under the Humana Medical Plan in the West Volusia Hospital, by Humana's approved doctorsDr. Mori, her primary care physician, and Dr. Dranginis, who admitted her to the hospital, having seen her in the emergency room.
She claims she had suffered from a seizure disorder controlled with Dilantin, and that prior to their treatment, she had been under the care of Dr. McCormick, a neurologist. However, when she switched her insurance coverage to Humana's HMO she had to change to a Humana physician. Humana provided a list of physicians and directed her to select one. Not knowing any of them, Compton selected Dr. Mori.
In March of 1994, Compton experienced breathing difficulties and was examined by Dr. Dranginis in the emergency room of West Volusia Hospital. He consulted with Dr. Mori and admitted Compton to the hospital. After consulting with Dr. Mori, Dr. Dranginis prescribed Ciprofloxacin and the bronchodilators Aminophylline, and Theo-Dur. Compton argues these drugs should not have been prescribed for her because of their seizure-producing effects and because Ciprofloxacin can enhance the seizure-producing effects of Theo-Dur. They also prescribed Tagamet, which can aggravate a seizure condition.
The day after her admission to the hospital, Compton had several seizures. She claims that the drugs prescribed by Dr. Dranginis and Dr. Mori caused her seizures. Her former doctor was called in, and he discontinued the Ciprofloxacin and Theo-Dur, and ordered a massive dosage of Dilantin. Compton was discharged three weeks later, but she alleged she has had continuing and permanent brain damage caused by the drug-induced seizures.
In this litigation, Compton's attorneys, the firm of Ledford, Mayfield & Ogle, submitted a "Life Care Plan" for her. It sets forth what she claims is necessary to meet her medical, housing, transportation, daily lifestyle and social needs. It concludes that she needs the services of an accountant and bookkeeper, a leased automobile, home modification, furniture and equipment. It estimates her lifetime costs exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000.00).
Humana requested production of substantial economic documentation from Compton. It was advised that the guardian of Compton's property, Alex Ford, Jr. of the law firm of Landis, Graham, French, Husfeld, Sherman & Ford, P.A., had all the information requested. The court ruled that Humana was entitled to this discovery. Compton did not seek review of the discovery orders relating to Humana. Although those orders are not directly related to this proceeding, a list of those documents show what had already been produced.[1] Thereafter, other defendants in this suit, Dr. Dranginis and West *381 Volusia Emergency Physicians, requested production of three items:
(1) Copies of all certificates of title for all property, real or personal that is now or was at the time of the incident that is the subject of this action, in the name of the plaintiff, either individually or with others;
(2) The Last Will and Testament of the plaintiff; and
(3) copies of all inventories of property or assets of the plaintiff.
Compton objected to this discovery request. On June 9, 1998, the trial court granted the defendants' motion to compel. Compton seeks certiorari review of this order in these proceedings.
With regard to the first and third requests for production, Compton argues that they relate to her financial assets and status. Since this is a personal injury case, she argues she has not placed her financial affairs in issue by claiming damages for personal injuries. We agree that ordinarily the financial records of a party are not discoverable unless the documents themselves or the status which they evidence is somehow at issue in the case. Graphic Assocs., Inc. v. Riviana Restaurant Corp., 461 So.2d 1011 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984).
Dr. Dranginis and the Hospital argue that the information sought is relevant because of the extensive list of life care items which Compton claims she requires. We agree. The certificates of title, and inventories of Compton's property and assets are relevant to her economic damage claims. Since she is seeking extensive professional help to manage her assets, the defendants are entitled to have a complete and accurate picture of her true economic condition. Further, much of this information has been or will be produced in connection with Humana's discovery requests, which are not being challenged. Thus, as to those two items, we do not conclude that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of law.[2]
However, we find no precedent to require the production of Compton's unpublished will, in order to determine whether she was competent at the time she executed it. This information can also be obtained in many less intrusive ways, such as asking for the names of the witnesses without the accompanying documents.
Discovery in civil cases must be relevant to the subject matter of each case and be admissible or reasonably calculated to lead to admissible evidence. Allstate Ins. Co. v. Langston, 655 So.2d 91 (Fla.1995). Review by certiorari is appropriate when a discovery order departs from the essential requirements of law, causing material injury to a petitioner throughout the remainder of the proceedings, and effectively leaving no adequate remedy on appeal. Langston, 655 So.2d at 94; Martin-Johnson, Inc. v. Savage, 509 So.2d 1097 (Fla.1987).
The content of a person's unpublished Last Will and Testament left in the custody of the lawyer who drafted it should, as a general proposition, not be discoverable in a lawsuit such as this. Initially it is not demonstrated in this case to be relevant. If the defendants need to impeach potential beneficiaries because of possible bias, or if they need to establish the testatrix' competency at the time of executing the will, there are other less intrusive ways of going about that. If they need to establish the current extent and amount of the testatrix' estate or properties, there are better ways of accomplishing that goal, which in fact, other discovery in this case should achieve.
A will speaks to events in the futurewhat disposition should be made of properties the testatrix may own, in the future, at the time of death. It truly has no operable present effect on assets currently owned, and it can be changed, revoked or destroyed at any time in the future, prior to the testatrix' death or loss of competence. Even then it may have no effect on the testatrix' assets, if *382 not properly probated, or if shown to be invalidly executed.
The Constitution of the State of Florida contains an express provision insuring the right of privacy to its citizens.[3] To some degree, forced disclosure of personal finances and income is protected against by this provision.[4] The content of a person's will, kept confidential by that person and revealed only to that person's lawyer who prepared it and possibly the witnesses required to execute it, in our view, is a document entitled to as much, if not more, constitutional protection. A person's ultimate plans for disposition of such properties as that person may have when he or she dies, is an extremely private matter and, as discussed above, there are no counter-balancing considerations, which might outweigh and overcome the privacy interest.
We have been unable to find any reported case in this state or any other federal or state court in this country, which has permitted production and discovery of a living person's will, in a case such as this, even though most of those jurisdictions lack the express constitutional privacy protection Florida grants to each of us. Possibly that is because other courts have not found the content of a will, under such circumstances, relevant to the case.
Petitioner also argues and we agree that Compton's will in this case is protected from disclosure and surrender during her lifetime, by the attorney-client privilege. § 90.502(2), Fla. Stat. Communications with an attorney concerning preparation and drafting a will and the will itself, is as privileged as any other attorney-client communications. See Tim A. Thomas, Annotation, Involuntary Disclosure or Surrender of Will Prior to Testator's Death, 75 A.L.R.4th 1144 §§ 2, 3 (1990); VIII JOHN HENRY WIGMORE, WIGMORE ON EVIDENCE § 2314, at 611-17 (McNaughton rev. 1961). In this case, because the will and its contents have not been revealed to others beyond what was required to properly execute it, the attorney-client privilege remains intact. Cf. Bower v. Weisman, 669 F.Supp. 602, 604 (S.D.N.Y.1987) (attorney-client privilege applies to preparation, contents, and execution of will, although privilege can be waived).
Accordingly, we grant the petition for writ of certiorari and strike that part of the order under review which compels production of Compton's will.
Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED.
PETERSON and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
NOTES
[1] 1. The non-privileged portions of the guardian's 1990 Estate Planning File No. J90-296.
2. The non-privileged portions of the guardian's File No. J95-084 re:
a. Estate Planning sub-file;
b. Guardianship sub-file (correspondence and notes);
c. Incapacity Proceedings sub-file;
d. Information used in compiling tax returns.
3. The portions of the guardian's File No. J95-084 re:
a. Bank statements for guardianship checking account for 9/27/95 through current date;
b. Receipts and disbursements for checking and savings accounts;
c. Bank accounts and ledgers for accounts prior to guardianship;
d. Sharon Clinton Compton's assets information;
e. Receipts for cash items (groceries, travel payments, gasoline) to caregiver;
f. Guardianship sub-file pleadings;
g. Billings for Landis, Graham, French;
h. Creditors and bills related to claims (subject litigation);
i. Tax returns;
j. Canceled checks related to claim (subject litigation, medical, caregiver, attorney and guardian fees, accountant, food, etc.).
[2] See Thompson v. Deane, 703 So.2d 1215, 1216 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997) (discovery issues are matters within the judge's discretion and ruling should be disturbed only upon showing of irreparable harm); Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Hausman, 598 So.2d 223, 224 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992) (in determining whether confidential information will be subject to discovery, trial court must balance the competing interests to be served).
[3] Article I, section 23, Florida Constitution provides:
Every natural person has the right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion into his private life except as otherwise provided herein...."
[4] Compare Woodward v. Berkery, 714 So.2d 1027, 1035 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998) (Florida's right to privacy encompasses personal finances), with Winfield v. Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, Dept. of Bus. Regulation, 477 So.2d 544, 548 (Fla.1985) (individual's right of privacy in their banking records can be overcome by compelling state interest).
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Currently, in the prior art, there are available a number of devices which are designed to hold jewelry neatly and securely in a flexible roll up device. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,209,344 issued to Smith discloses a device which has a thin flexible planar layer of plastic or fabric to which is attached a plurality of transparent pockets into which jewelry items may be placed. The entire device is intended to be hung from a closet rod or hook which renders the pieces of jewelry stored therein readily visible and available to the user. However, there must be one pocket for each piece of jewelry to be contained therein, which limits the amount of jewelry contained in the device to the number of pockets provided on the device.
Another issued patent, U.S. Pat. No. 5,427,230 issued to Mattox, discloses the use of a similar device, made from a mesh type fabric which is supported by additional segments of solid type fabric. Rings cannot be accommodated by such a device. Further, necklaces and bracelets can only be held by just a few velcro strap attachments located at the bottom of the device.
A similar soft planar jewelry holding device is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,401,219 issued to Mink which discloses the use of varying sizes of transparent plastic removably secured to a fabric backing member by means of miniature hook and loop fasteners. During the use of this particular device, the user cannot simply remove the jewelry pieces; she must pull back a portion of the hook/loop fastening member, select the piece, and then reposition the plastic retention member.
A final patent shown in the prior art is U.S. Pat. No. 4,413,736 issued to Nibbling which discloses the use of a jewelry box having a rigid frame member which is fastened onto a rigid, rectangular jewelry box member which contains a pair of screens. It is anticipated that earrings and necklaces shall be attached by separate hook or pin members which are thrust into a backing board in the interior of the device. The device is apparently suited only to holding necklaces, bracelets and rings, and no means for holding earrings, either pierced or clip is provided.
Thus, the prior art does not show any device which is rigid, easy to conceal in a closet between clothes, covered by an ordinary article of clothing, or behind a picture or mirror and which can hold a wide variety of jewelry such as necklaces, bracelets and either pierced or clip style earrings wherein the various jewelry pieces may be readily viewed and selected by the user. |
Review: They Came Together
Title: They Came TogetherMPAA Rating: RDirector: David WainStarring: Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bill HaderRuntime: 1 hr 24 minsWhat It Is: We are listening like a fly on the wall to the story of Joel and Molly and how they…you guest it came together. You see as is the case in most romantic comedies Molly starts as an obstacle her candy shoppe is in the way of Joel’s giant corporate candy companies expansion. He’s tasks with eliminating her little shoppe, meanwhile however Molly’s friend Brenda whose married to Joel’s friend Bob tries to hook up Joel with Molly. Will they or won’t they. You would assume what would happen given they’re telling our story.What We Think: This film tends to take every Romantic Comedy trope you can imagine and uses it for a joke. While some of those hit often times we’re left with an empty joke that doesn’t have anything to do with anything really. For example at one point there’s a cheap joke here by the great Christopher Meloni’s character Roland. It really struggles to get going, and this is due to a good joke hitting and then some really stale stuff happening after that. It’s that slow in momentum that completely kills this, despite pretty good chemistry between Rudd, and Poehler.Our Grade: C+, It’s not a completely lost parody film, and it’s hits on some degree. The issue is that unlike writer Michael Showalter’s previous writing credit the much funnier Wet Hot American Summer. There’s really a bit to like here, but it gets lost beneath a bevy of bad jokes, and disappointing banter. Rudd is somewhat charming as is Poehler, but most of the other ancillary characters really aren’t interesting. |
*Before I start throwing names you should know that the Basque Country is divided into 3 areas: Bizkaia, Guipuzkoa and Alaba, and their capitals: Bilbao, San Sebastian and Vitoria (class dismissed hehe)
Now, truth be told since then, punk rock bands have populated the underground, but there's always been shortage of real hardcore (of any school). That being said, the scene is most alive in Bilbao and its surroundings with the B8 Crew.
The San Sebastian area (where I'm from) however is known for a proliferation of crust, powerviolence and grindcore bands (there's a lot of powerviolence bands in the small town of Zarautz for example).
Vitoria saw the birth of one of the most influencial bands in the history of metal and hardcore in this country: Soziedad Alkoholika (they are crap now, but their first two albums are amazing).
Bottom line is there aren't tons of true hardcore bands in the basque territory, but here's a quick list (not all of them remain active, some disbanded years ago):
Thursday, 29 July 2010
"Mediocre city is a bitch with no options for the youth unless it's the mall and music that's a load of bollocks. So the kids have gone back as always to making their own things happen ... some time ago some skaters occupied an abandoned school so everyone could walk freely without being hit or framed by police, and they've used the space productively and the result is this cultural festival..."
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
It's sad to say but the puertorican hardcore scene is pretty much broken and dying, compared to other places I've gone to shows and shit. The bands here don't get paid anything at all, venues try to take all the money away from the few promoters that remain doing shows, most of them quit after they got indebted up to their eyeballs. The few bands that remain are pretty great though and the few people that go to shows really show their support. The main problem right now is the economy, the government here is extremely corrupt and they are pretty much focusing on campaigns and shit instead of creating diverse projects to reboot our economy, this is a real drag.
Still a lot of bands get enough exposure to stay alive and I have to say, for being a small country there is so much talent around. There are a lot of straight edge followers. I could say most of the people that go to shows are straight edge which is really great even though I don't share the same lifestyle. If you want to you can check out some bands...
Tropiezo: Hardcore PunkThese dudes are extremely fucking good, plus they have toured all over the world and have been around for years and years, their discography is extensive and extremely intense, think of them like the caribbean Black Flag.
Back in the Day: Crossover, Punk, ThrashThe frontman of this band is the administrator for the prhc forums and he is one of the few who are working to keep this alive, bringing bands from overseas to come over and play.
There are actually a lot of bands coming out but most of them suck ass, play two shows and then call it quits, most of them think they'll get money from playing locally which is not the case, blame Hollywood for that one.
There are also a couple of home studios...they aren't the only ones but the major ones.
Dance Dance Records, owned by the drummer from Juventud Crasa, very professional straight up dude.
Discos de Hoy is a record distro turned recording label that is spearheaded by the members of Tropiezo.
Southground Studios have been established by a friend of mine. I worked with him for a while, very very professional with a diverse team.
At Sly the Bear we are a small tape-label, which was founded in 2009 in Berlin and publishing passionate music is the starting point and the aim of our work. To us it is not about genres or success, but only about the love of music.
Headlining were Battle! (Florida) and Hercules (Nebraska). We packed kids in and were actualy about 15 people over capacity by the end of the show. Such a fun night with two bands that are relatively unknown. Both were amazing.
I'm 20 years old and have been straight edge coming up on 2 years. I'm from Alberta, Canada.
The scene in Calgary is difficult to describe. It seems to be hit and miss as far as attendance at shows etc. goes. However the core of the hardcore scene are some of the best, most dedicated people I have ever met. Problems are rare and fights almost never happen. Nearly everyone knows each other, if not on a personal level, then at least well enough to not start any trouble.
The scene here operates almost solely on a DIY level. The vast majority of shows are held in community halls, basements, and currently the one all ages DIY venue we have, called the New Black Center.
Unfortunately zines are not a large part of hardcore here, however an awesome dude from Lethbridge, a town about 250km south of Calgary recently put out an awesome zine called Exit Wounds. I think he's working on the second issue.
Hardcore has been one of the biggest parts of my life for the past 5 or 6 years, and even though the scene in Calgary may not be huge and we may not produce bands the way a city like Boston or New York or LA does, those of us who care give everything we can to preserve and grow our hardcore scene.
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Dear all!A little advice before reading our concept:Setting a festival‘s frame is not an easy job. However, we would like to take this challenge. Except from the creation of a frame, we won‘t set up a strict program for you. This is neither manageable for us nor it carries out our principles. Intersquat is not some kind of a festival to be consumed. It is a D.I.Y.-festival and it lives from all our ideas and initiatives!
As well as a picture frame does not make sense without a picture, the festival cannot exist without your commitment. Therefore it is very important that you help us with the organization of some workshops, discussion groups, actions, performances and whatever you want. If you already have some ideas what you want to do, please send a mail to intersquat-berlin@riseup.net by the 13th of August, so we can already include your ideas to the planning. Of course you can also act spontaneously at the festival.
We are planning to host the festival from 10th to 19th of September. It depends on the number of announcements we get before whether the festival will be really that long. That means: The more ideas and initiatives from you, the longer the festival. The fixed duration of the festival will be announced by August 13th on our blog (intersquatberlin.blogspot.de).
We are looking forward to working together with you all.Have fun with the lecture of our concept and we see each other in Berlin in September!
Let’s come together to provide a base for discussions, introducing different thoughts, initiating meetings, linking each other, developing new perspectives and creating a self-determined and autonomous free space.
Being inspired by other INTERSQUAT-Festivals, which took place at different locations all over the world, we want to develop our utopian ideas at the INTERSQUAT festival in Berlin with you together. The possibilities to live a self-determined life are gradually being restricted. Many of the existing structures of squats and autonomous spaces are strongly threatened to become extinct. As a result more and more spaces disappear and with them the attached chance to organize ourselves, to discuss, to exchange experiences and to develop alternatives to given structures, go also.
From our point of view, it is necessary to criticise capitalism, leadership and the ruling structures in an all-embracing way. Hence we want to discuss about alternatives, experience the exchange and reflect on counter-structures against discrimination of living beings. Free spaces are spaces where all creatures can live without being discriminated because of gender, skin color, sexuality preferences, money or other inequalities created by society. Since all kinds of repression are present in our daily life, it is important to create and preserve spaces where such constructed inequalitites are not only accepted, but are discussed and reflected. Those spaces should enable us to live and act out our own identity and make it possible to freely evolve our ways of life. We try to live by detaching ourselves from those repressions and social constructions, making people aware of them and sensitive to them.
The so called gentrification will catch up with all of us if we don’t make a stand against it. The process of “upgrading” cities does not just force squats and autonomous spaces all over the world to give way to profit-making projects. New houses are built and old buildings glance in a gleam of light after being profitably refurbished, rents are rising as a consequence. As a result, people with low wages and those who are discriminated by the structure of society are being moved to the outskirts. Movements working against this social injustice are often criminalized. Moreover through repressive measures their possibilities to act is muted. The festival provides space to link and solidarise with each other and to be able to act against repressive measures in a more effective way.
Within a diverse and powerful frame the festival offers enough space for self-organized actions, discussions, workshops, information events, exhibitions, music and art as one way to protest and develop ideas. There will also be a free flea market which is supposed to make a breakthrough the capitalistic understanding of money values and prices.
Topics to be talked about could be:How does gentrification show up in different cities?Whats the situation of squats and autonomous spaces all over the world?How can we network in a more efficient way?How can we reach stronger solidarity with our forms of protest and actions?
Since the discussion about free spaces is extremely complex and often includes a variety of subtopics, the festival will provide space for discussing these subtopics as a matter of course, e.g. anti-sexism and the negotiation of leadership.
Of course sexism, racism, all other kinds of discrimination, and thetransfiguration of hierarchical structures are neither tolerated nor accepted on thefestival!!!
Let us share our ideas and imagination of a free and wild life. The festival grows with you! If you want to do a workshop or an information meeting, initiate a discussion, show your music, art or if you have some ideas or topics for the festival, write to us at: intersquat-berlin@riseup.net
Monday, 26 July 2010
As far as back in late 80s and the beginning of 90s Tuzla had its deep roots in hardcore/punk/metal music. Though much notable in the early 90s, metal scene and the bands representing it had its counterpart in early thrashing hardcore band Ludilo.
This band is widely considered as first to play loud, fast and raw punk music which appealed to the underground youth of Tuzla and Yugoslavia in general. Ludilo managed to release couple of EP’s and the LP Idi Bez Traga containing tracks such as Terror Piva, Daj Seko Daj and Egoista.
Perhaps the most prominent band through 90s was mighty Rupa u Zidu. They were punk rock band fronted by charismatic and influential Damir Avdić who was one of the originators of free thought, even in war times during the first half of 90s in Tuzla. In almost 10 years, Rupa u zidu released 4 albums: Samo hladno in 1991, Budi samo na distance in 1994, Love Me My Darling in 1995 and Laku noć pacijenti in 1996. The 5th album Kora was recorded in 1999 but it was never published. After decade of sharing stage with Rupa u Zidu, Damir Avdić continued to perform alone, releasing a few albums during the first decade of the new millennium. He also wrote a few books and theater plays.
In the late 90s and early 2000s punk band called Punkart emerged from Tuzla’s basements bringing the new energy and revitalizing the scene. They critically spoke about politics and the nationalist government fronted by SDA party, although Tuzla was probably the only city in Bosnia Herzegovina which wasn’t led by nationalist (negative context) party.
Early 2000s were productive for Tuzla’s hardcore scene as some newcomers appeared...
Almost all of them played more aggressive and metal influenced style of music, supported by harsh vocals and heavy riffs, finding their influences in Pro Pain, Sepultura and early thrash metal bands such as Metallica, Slayer etc. Despotic Bullet played shows sporadically as to couple of years ago, often flirting with metal sounds and covering bands such as Sepultura etc. They self released Demo in 2005 containing 5 tracks. Likewise DB, Backstab also didn’t play or rehearse on regular bases, they recorded couple of demo songs, and played club and festival gigs.
The most notable was probably the one with Sarajevo’s hardcore giants Kontra on their 5th birthday. As far as Nula Plus is considered, this band was formed of members of Ludilo and some metal bands from Tuzla area. At their very beginnings, they played some kind of NYHC style of music, supported by screaming vocals, making their appearances on some notable festivals and demo band contests, even winning one. Over the years Nula Plus changed numerous members, experimented with other musical forms including electro and lost almost all their fans, losing touch with hardcore scene and lacking attitude.
By 2005 almost all hardcore punk bands were dead or played for their sake in rehearsal rooms. A few kids were sick of this lethargy and inaction on the scene, founding now prominent hardcore band Hobson’s Choice. This new energy put Tuzla back on the map, and brought home some essentially new ideas, as HCXHC (Hobson’s Choice hardcore) introduced straight edge ethics through its lyrics for the first time in Tuzla hardcore history. They openly criticize the school system, government, foreign troops in Bosnia Herzegovina, religious fanaticism etc.
HCXHC regularly plays gigs around Bosnia Herzegovina and ex Yugoslavia. Up to this time, they have released two EP’s - Dysfunctional Family in 2007 and With Brute Force in 2009; and currently recording long awaiting LP under the title Deadly Groundz. Over the years band was heavily influenced by the sound of bands such as Knuckledust and early Throwdown but the latest course sets the band towards trashy sound. The lyrics and thematic approach were majorly influenced by Trial, Seattle, WA. HCXHC’s members (also known as HCF – Hobson’s Choice Friends) traditionally organize annual show every June including prominent Balkan hardcore/punk/metal bands; distribute releases through ZERO distro; organize lectures and documentary films projections; actively involve in alternative scene of Tuzla etc. Through this period Hobson’s Choice became if not the most active band on Bosnian underground hardcore scene taking its part on prestigious festivals and notable gigs around this area such as Exit Fest, Sarajevo Metal Fest, Interground Fest, Rising Force Fest, playing shows with bands such as Kontra, Toxic Death, Born From Pain, Dead Vows, My Dying Bride etc.
Sadly, HCXHC is the youngest band on Tuzla hardcore scene, as some bands tried to tell their stories but called it quits before they actually emerged out of their rehearsal rooms such as punk hardcore band Treća Smjena or changed their course by leaving hardcore scene and making their names playing metal such as Contusio (ex Sacrifice). According to the first Hardcore Matinee which was overcrowded and took place this June in honor to the 5th birthday of Hobson’s Choice, there is still hope that some new kids will involve in the scene.
It is important to state that hardcore gigs in Tuzla never happened at regular basis, simply because of lack of space, but also because of disinterest in making some, which often forced promoters to improvise. Moreover Tuzla has never had any hardcore fanzines, labels etc. There are currently no active hardcore bands except Hobson’s Choice or individuals who are actively involved in hardcore scene except those in HCF (except Damir Avdić (ex Rupa u Zidu) who regularly publishes books and music regarding to social phenomenon in Bosnia Herzegovina). Backstab called quits, Despotic Bullet doesn’t rehearse anymore, Nula Plus takes part on mainstream scene and Punkart changed its course from punk to indie rock.
The most notable gigs in Tuzla were: SMF + Punkart in 2008 (almost 600people attended the show), benefit show for the little kid Mahir - Born From Pain + Hobson’s Choice + MTS in 2009, Devastation (USA) in 2008, Bogamber in 2007, and annual shows by HCF including bands such as Kontra, This Is How We Feel (SRB), Toxic Death, Neverlost (SRB), Trash Union (SRB), MTS, Unrise, Backstab, Despotic Bullet and many more.
hcmorethanmusic is now back after an extended break. It is a project about the global hardcore/punk scene. The main goal is supporting DIY musical and political activity in the hardcore community and promoting activism, which takes strong positions on fascism, racism, sexism, homophobia and animal rights.
hcmorethanmusic aims to support all kinds of positive culture, giving bulletins to facilitate positive action against injustice and greed. All reports are made by contributors and are published unedited.
Scene reports are welcome, and I will publish anything that I receive…in other words, if you want hcmorethanmusic to continue then it’s up to you…DIY or die :D Peace&Unity, Brian.
UKHCMORETHANMUSIC
UKHCmorethanmusic is a band directory for a closer look at the activity in different areas of the UK.
Where I'm coming from...
If anyone has a problem with any of the photos/videos that I've used then please understand where I'm coming from :)
I'm not in this to rip off people and anyway I mean it as a form of publicity and credit that I have chosen your work :D
Get in touch with me and I'll put in a link and probably even hassle you to write a report about your work :P
My aim is to share and celebrate all aspects of hc culture...anyone is free to write a report at any time and, if it is for the good of global hc, I'll post it.
Also because I can't keep track of the lyrics/history of all of the bands that are posted, if anyone has a problem with any of the attitudes of bands that are featured (rascist, homophobic, misogynist etc.) then let me know...we gotta stay posi :D |
So to compete with the 660 they jack up the power consumption to beyond 670 levels? I'd say it's ironic how things had swapped, but even when nvidia cards were the more power hungry they at least offered the top performance.
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By the way, I can do 1000Mhz with 1.056... Does this mean probably my card consumes less than Wizard's reference card in those graphs ( the ref at 800Mhz with 1.07 ) ?
I'm curious because I really do care for power consumption. This was the reason I didn't get 7970, back then.
So... There is absolutely no reason to try this BIOS, right? Why to increase my Voltage to 1.112 ( 1.031 default at 900Mhz and I can easily undervolt at least 1.006 )? I can run with this voltage at 1060-1070Mhz normally.
So to compete with the 660 they jack up the power consumption to beyond 670 levels? I'd say it's ironic how things had swapped, but even when nvidia cards were the more power hungry they at least offered the top performance.
Updated my XFX FX-795A-TDFC with no problems (used atiflash DOS on USB stick and shortened the BIOS filename to the traditional 8.3 character DOS style). It looks like this BIOS raised the voltage a lot, although I sort of wanted that to an extent so I could just use Overdrive without Afterburner getting in the way and causing conflicts with Overdrive (I'm guessing that is where most of my display driver crashing and weird screen spazzing is coming from). Going to try Nexuiz tomorrow and hope my card doesn't hit 90c at 1GHz like it was (wouldn't be surprised if it did, the XFX 7950 DD cooler sucks).
I'm almost tempted to buy one of those expensive Accelero coolers but the stock card barely fits in my Rosewill Challenger as it is.
Updated my XFX FX-795A-TDFC with no problems (used atiflash DOS on USB stick and shortened the BIOS filename to the traditional 8.3 character DOS style). It looks like this BIOS raised the voltage a lot, although I sort of wanted that to an extent so I could just use Overdrive without Afterburner getting in the way and causing conflicts with Overdrive (I'm guessing that is where most of my display driver crashing and weird screen spazzing is coming from). Going to try Nexuiz tomorrow and hope my card doesn't hit 90c at 1GHz like it was (wouldn't be surprised if it did, the XFX 7950 DD cooler sucks).
I'm almost tempted to buy one of those expensive Accelero coolers but the stock card barely fits in my Rosewill Challenger as it is.
I tried this update on my Sapphire HD7950, which GPU-Z sees as having the same Device ID as the ATI HD 7950, different sub vendor though being Sapphire.
Well, it bricked my HD7950, luckily I had an older VGA which I used as primary while I forced a reflash of the original BIOS in my Sapphire HD7950. It would seem Sapphire support is crap, it would have been much more professional from their side to put a download link for the needed BIOS update in the page of each HD7950 they make.
I tried this update on my Sapphire HD7950, which GPU-Z sees as having the same Device ID as the ATI HD 7950, different sub vendor though being Sapphire.
Well, it bricked my HD7950, luckily I had an older VGA which I used as primary while I forced a reflash of the original BIOS in my Sapphire HD7950. It would seem Sapphire support is crap, it would have been much more professional from their side to put a download link for the needed BIOS update in the page of each HD7950 they make.
You know all of them don't put their bios code up as its a risky task for the end user to do anyway. I'm not sure why you are trying to defame the company via libel. I hope you learned your lesson the hard way because honestly you didn't know what you were doing and you bitched that the bios flash failed.
I tried this update on my Sapphire HD7950, which GPU-Z sees as having the same Device ID as the ATI HD 7950, different sub vendor though being Sapphire.
Well, it bricked my HD7950, luckily I had an older VGA which I used as primary while I forced a reflash of the original BIOS in my Sapphire HD7950. It would seem Sapphire support is crap, it would have been much more professional from their side to put a download link for the needed BIOS update in the page of each HD7950 they make.
So you flash the card with a bios that wasn't designed for it and then actually blame Sapphire for your mistake when it breaks? You've blown the warranty and don't deserve any support, so how good or bad it is becomes irrelevant.
This BIOS was advertised as good for HD7950 following standard PCB. Clearly this is not the case as it is not working for a Sapphire with the same identical device ID.
I think you watched one too many episodes of Ally McBeal or Damages, but at least you enriched your vocabulary with big words like "libel"
Here's the funny thing: it's not libel if it's damn true! Sapphire is making fine VGA, especially considering they are pretty much the cheapest ATI option on the market. But after sales support is clearly lacking. |
Free and Clear
How can we state the gospel correctly and clearly so that non-Christians grasp its meaning?
Veteran evangelist Larry Moyer has spent more than thirty-five years collecting and reflecting on the most common issues and problems in personal evangelism. He has learned that to state the Gospel clearly, one must first understand it. Free and Clear offers believers a thorough understanding of the Gospel message and biblical terms and concepts. Each chapter includes group discussion questions. |
Q:
How to do simple cross field validation in Angular 2 form to pass validation if one of the control in group has value?
This is so commonly used, there must be a simple way to approach this! So here is the situation. I have a form group:
<ion-item-group formGroupName="alternativeRevenue">
<ion-item-divider color="primary" text-wrap sticky>Alternative revenue </ion-item-divider>
<ion-item>
<ion-label>Branded content</ion-label>
<ion-toggle formControlName="brandedContent"></ion-toggle>
</ion-item>
<ion-item text-wrap *ngIf="businessFoundationsForm.get('alternativeRevenue.brandedContent').value">
<ion-label floating>you want to work with?</ion-label>
<ion-input formControlName="typesOfBrands"></ion-input>
</ion-item>
<ion-item>
<ion-label>Merchandise</ion-label>
<ion-toggle formControlName="merchandise"></ion-toggle>
</ion-item>
<ion-item text-wrap *ngIf="businessFoundationsForm.get('alternativeRevenue.merchandise').value">
<ion-label floating>What types of brands</ion-label>
<ion-input formControlName="typeOfMerchandise"></ion-input>
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<ion-label>Podcasts</ion-label>
<ion-toggle formControlName="podcasts"></ion-toggle>
</ion-item>
<ion-item text-wrap *ngIf="businessFoundationsForm.get('alternativeRevenue.podcasts').value">
<ion-label floating>Brainstorm topic ideas </ion-label>
<ion-textarea fz-elastic formControlName="podcastIdeas"></ion-textarea>
</ion-item>
<ion-item>
<ion-label>Tours</ion-label>
<ion-toggle formControlName="tours"></ion-toggle>
</ion-item>
<ion-item text-wrap *ngIf="businessFoundationsForm.get('alternativeRevenue.tours').value">
<ion-label floating>Brainstorm tour </ion-label>
<ion-textarea fz-elastic formControlName="tourIdeas"></ion-textarea>
</ion-item>
<ion-item>
<ion-label>Deals</ion-label>
<ion-toggle formControlName="licensingDeals"></ion-toggle>
</ion-item>
<ion-item text-wrap *ngIf="businessFoundationsForm.get('alternativeRevenue.licensingDeals').value">
<ion-label floating>Two ideas for licensing</ion-label>
<ion-textarea fz-elastic formControlName="licensingIdeas"></ion-textarea>
</ion-item>
</ion-item-group>
And here is the Form group in component:
alternativeRevenue: this.fb.group({
brandedContent: [false],
typesOfBrands: [null],
merchandise: [false],
typeOfMerchandise: [null],
podcasts: [false],
podcastIdeas: [null],
tours: [false],
tourIdeas: [null],
licensingDeals: [false],
licensingIdeas: [null]
}, {validator: alternativeRevenueGroupValidator})
My goal is, if one of the select / ion-toggle is true, and the associated input filed is NOT empty and has min length of more than 10, the from group is validated. If I add the [Validators.required, Validators.minLength(10)] to all the field, it will require all the field to be filled before the form group to be validated. I just want ONE of them to be validate and then the whole group is validate. How can I do that?
UPDATE: here is the alternativeRevenueGroupValidator.
function alternativeRevenueGroupValidator(c: AbstractControl) {
let brandedContent = c.get('brandedContent');
let typesOfBrands = c.get('typesOfBrands');
let merchandise = c.get('merchandise');
let typeOfMerchandise = c.get('typeOfMerchandise');
let podcasts = c.get('podcasts');
let podcastIdeas = c.get('podcastIdeas');
let tours = c.get('tours');
let tourIdeas = c.get('tourIdeas');
let licensingDeals = c.get('licensingDeals');
let licensingIdeas = c.get('licensingIdeas');
if (brandedContent || merchandise || podcasts|| tours || licensingDeals) {
if (typesOfBrands.value || typeOfMerchandise.value || podcastIdeas.value || tourIdeas.value || licensingIdeas.value) {
return null;
}
}
return {'GroupNoValue': true};
}
As you see it is VERY UGLY. And it can ONLY validate if the input field has value or not. I can not value the min or max length or use library like this enter link description here
A:
The second parameter to the FormGroup constructor lets you define a custom group validator.
Within the group validator, determine if the conditions are satisfied for a valid form (i.e. at least one input field is non-empty, and has a field length greater than 10). If the form is valid, clear the individual errors by calling control.setErrors(null). Otherwise, return a custom error object: { 'atLeastOneInputFieldMustBeValid': true } so you can bind to it later.
function alternativeRevenueGroupValidator(c: FormGroup) {
let brandedContent = c.get('brandedContent');
let typesOfBrands = c.get('typesOfBrands');
let merchandise = c.get('merchandise');
let typeOfMerchandise = c.get('typeOfMerchandise');
let podcasts = c.get('podcasts');
let podcastIdeas = c.get('podcastIdeas');
let tours = c.get('tours');
let tourIdeas = c.get('tourIdeas');
let licensingDeals = c.get('licensingDeals');
let licensingIdeas = c.get('licensingIdeas');
if (brandedContent.valid ||
merchandise.valid ||
podcasts.valid ||
tours.valid ||
licensingDeals.valid ||
typesOfBrands.valid ||
typesOfMerchandise.valid ||
postcastIdeas.valid ||
tourIdeas.valid ||
licensingIdeas.valid) {
brandedContent.setErrors(null);
merchandise.setErrors(null);
podcasts.setErrors(null);
tours.setErrors(null);
licensingDeals.setErrors(null);
typesOfBrands.setErrors(null);
typesOfMerchandise.setErrors(null);
postcastIdeas.setErrors(null);
tourIdeas.setErrors(null);
licensingIdeas.setErrors(null);
return null;
}
}
return {'GroupNoValue': true};
}
Within the group validator function, you have the flexibility to inspect the validation flags of any control within the group, set the error object of any one of the controls, and finally you can return any validation object with any number of validation flags set.
If you require at least two of the fields to be required, and greater than 10 charaters, you might do something like this:
function alternativeRevenueGroupValidator(c: FormGroup) {
var validCtls = c.controls.filter(c=> c.valid);
if (validCtls.length >= 2) {
c.controls.forEach((t)=> t.setErrors(null));
return null;
}
return {'GroupNoTwoValues': true};
}
|
# Copyright 2018 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"). You
# may not use this file except in compliance with the License. A copy of
# the License is located at
#
# http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0/
#
# or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file is
# distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF
# ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
# language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
from __future__ import absolute_import
import base64
import contextlib
import os
import time
import shlex
import shutil
import subprocess
import sys
import tempfile
import boto3
import json
IMAGE_TEMPLATE = "{account}.dkr.ecr.{region}.amazonaws.com/{image_name}:{version}"
def build_and_push_docker_image(repository_name, dockerfile='Dockerfile', build_args={}):
"""Builds a docker image from the specified dockerfile, and pushes it to
ECR. Handles things like ECR login, creating the repository.
Returns the name of the created docker image in ECR
"""
base_image = _find_base_image_in_dockerfile(dockerfile)
_ecr_login_if_needed(base_image)
_build_from_dockerfile(repository_name, dockerfile, build_args)
ecr_tag = push(repository_name)
return ecr_tag
def _build_from_dockerfile(repository_name, dockerfile='Dockerfile', build_args={}):
build_cmd = ['docker', 'build', '-t', repository_name, '-f', dockerfile, '.']
for k,v in build_args.items():
build_cmd += ['--build-arg', '%s=%s' % (k,v)]
print("Building docker image %s from %s" % (repository_name, dockerfile))
_execute(build_cmd)
print("Done building docker image %s" % repository_name)
def _find_base_image_in_dockerfile(dockerfile):
dockerfile_lines = open(dockerfile).readlines()
from_line = list(filter(lambda line: line.startswith("FROM "), dockerfile_lines))[0].rstrip()
base_image = from_line[5:]
print("The base_image is :{}".format(base_image))
return base_image
def push(tag, aws_account=None, aws_region=None):
"""
Push the builded tag to ECR.
Args:
tag (string): tag which you named your algo
aws_account (string): aws account of the ECR repo
aws_region (string): aws region where the repo is located
Returns:
(string): ECR repo image that was pushed
"""
session = boto3.Session()
aws_account = aws_account or session.client("sts").get_caller_identity()['Account']
aws_region = aws_region or session.region_name
print("Account : {} and Region: {}".format(aws_account, aws_region))
try:
repository_name, version = tag.split(':')
except ValueError: # split failed because no :
repository_name = tag
version = "latest"
print("repository_name : {} and version: {}".format(repository_name, version))
ecr_client = session.client('ecr', region_name=aws_region)
_create_ecr_repo(ecr_client, repository_name)
_ecr_login(ecr_client, aws_account)
ecr_tag = _push(aws_account, aws_region, tag)
return ecr_tag
def _push(aws_account, aws_region, tag):
ecr_repo = '%s.dkr.ecr.%s.amazonaws.com' % (aws_account, aws_region)
ecr_tag = '%s/%s' % (ecr_repo, tag)
_execute(['docker', 'tag', tag, ecr_tag])
print("Pushing docker image to ECR repository %s/%s\n" % (ecr_repo, tag))
_execute(['docker', 'push', ecr_tag])
print("Done pushing %s" % ecr_tag)
return ecr_tag
def _create_ecr_repo(ecr_client, repository_name):
"""
Create the repo if it doesn't already exist.
"""
try:
ecr_client.create_repository(repositoryName=repository_name)
print("Created new ECR repository: %s" % repository_name)
except ecr_client.exceptions.RepositoryAlreadyExistsException:
print("ECR repository already exists: %s" % repository_name)
def _ecr_login(ecr_client, aws_account):
auth = ecr_client.get_authorization_token(registryIds=[aws_account])
authorization_data = auth['authorizationData'][0]
raw_token = base64.b64decode(authorization_data['authorizationToken'])
token = raw_token.decode('utf-8').strip('AWS:')
ecr_url = auth['authorizationData'][0]['proxyEndpoint']
cmd = ['docker', 'login', '-u', 'AWS', '-p', token, ecr_url]
_execute(cmd, quiet=True)
print("Logged into ECR")
def _ecr_login_if_needed(image):
ecr_client = boto3.client('ecr')
# Only ECR images need login
if not ('dkr.ecr' in image and 'amazonaws.com' in image):
return
# do we have the image?
if _check_output('docker images -q %s' % image).strip():
return
aws_account = image.split('.')[0]
_ecr_login(ecr_client, aws_account)
@contextlib.contextmanager
def _tmpdir(suffix='', prefix='tmp', dir=None): # type: (str, str, str) -> None
"""Create a temporary directory with a context manager. The file is deleted when the context exits.
The prefix, suffix, and dir arguments are the same as for mkstemp().
Args:
suffix (str): If suffix is specified, the file name will end with that suffix, otherwise there will be no
suffix.
prefix (str): If prefix is specified, the file name will begin with that prefix; otherwise,
a default prefix is used.
dir (str): If dir is specified, the file will be created in that directory; otherwise, a default directory is
used.
Returns:
str: path to the directory
"""
tmp = tempfile.mkdtemp(suffix=suffix, prefix=prefix, dir=dir)
yield tmp
shutil.rmtree(tmp)
def _execute(command, quiet=False):
if not quiet:
print("$ %s" % ' '.join(command))
process = subprocess.Popen(command,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
try:
_stream_output(process)
except RuntimeError as e:
# _stream_output() doesn't have the command line. We will handle the exception
# which contains the exit code and append the command line to it.
msg = "Failed to run: %s, %s" % (command, str(e))
raise RuntimeError(msg)
def _stream_output(process):
"""Stream the output of a process to stdout
This function takes an existing process that will be polled for output. Only stdout
will be polled and sent to sys.stdout.
Args:
process(subprocess.Popen): a process that has been started with
stdout=PIPE and stderr=STDOUT
Returns (int): process exit code
"""
exit_code = None
while exit_code is None:
stdout = process.stdout.readline().decode("utf-8")
sys.stdout.write(stdout)
exit_code = process.poll()
if exit_code != 0:
raise RuntimeError("Process exited with code: %s" % exit_code)
def _check_output(cmd, *popenargs, **kwargs):
if isinstance(cmd, str):
cmd = shlex.split(cmd)
success = True
try:
output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, *popenargs, **kwargs)
except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
output = e.output
success = False
output = output.decode("utf-8")
if not success:
print("Command output: %s" % output)
raise Exception("Failed to run %s" % ",".join(cmd))
print("Output from _check_output {}".format(output))
return output
|
#define EIGEN_USE_THREADS
#include "downsample_kernel.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/op_kernel.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/register_types.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/types.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/platform/types.h"
namespace tensorflow {
typedef Eigen::GpuDevice GPUDevice;
template <typename Device>
class DownsampleKernel : public OpKernel {
public:
explicit DownsampleKernel(OpKernelConstruction* ctx) : OpKernel(ctx) {
// Get the size [height, width] tensor and verify its dimensions
OP_REQUIRES_OK(ctx, ctx->GetAttr("size", &size_));
OP_REQUIRES(ctx, size_.size() == 2, errors::InvalidArgument("size must be 2 dimensions"));
}
void Compute(OpKernelContext* ctx) override {
// Get the input images and transforms and verify their dimensions
const Tensor& input_t = ctx->input(0);
OP_REQUIRES(ctx, input_t.dims() == 4,
errors::InvalidArgument("Input images must have rank 4"));
// Allocate the memory for the output
Tensor* output_t;
OP_REQUIRES_OK(ctx, ctx->allocate_output(
0, TensorShape({input_t.dim_size(0), size_[0], size_[1], input_t.dim_size(3)}), &output_t));
// Perform flow augmentation
auto input = input_t.tensor<float, 4>();
auto output = output_t->tensor<float, 4>();
Downsample(ctx->eigen_gpu_device(), input, output);
}
private:
std::vector<int32> size_;
};
REGISTER_KERNEL_BUILDER(Name("Downsample")
.Device(DEVICE_GPU),
DownsampleKernel<GPUDevice>)
} // end namespace tensorflow
|
<?php
namespace Oro\Component\ChainProcessor;
/**
* This applicable checker is used to skip processors are included in groups are requested to be skipped.
* Use skipGroup and undoGroupSkipping of the execution context to manage groups to be skipped.
*/
class SkipGroupApplicableChecker implements ApplicableCheckerInterface
{
/**
* {@inheritdoc}
*/
public function isApplicable(ContextInterface $context, array $processorAttributes)
{
if (empty($processorAttributes['group']) || !$context->hasSkippedGroups()) {
return self::ABSTAIN;
}
return \in_array($processorAttributes['group'], $context->getSkippedGroups(), true)
? self::NOT_APPLICABLE
: self::ABSTAIN;
}
}
|
---
abstract: 'Recently, it has been argued that various measures of SUSY naturalness– electroweak, Higgs mass and EENZ/BG– when applied consistently concur with one another and make very specific predictions for natural supersymmetric spectra. Highly natural spectra are characterized by light higgsinos with mass not too far from $m_h$ and well-mixed but TeV-scale third generation squarks. We apply the unified naturalness measure to the case of heavy Higgs bosons $A$, $H$ and $H^\pm$. We find that their masses are bounded from above by naturalness depending on $\tan\beta$: [*e.g.*]{} for 10% fine-tuning and $\tan\beta\sim 10$, we expect $m_A\alt 2.5$ TeV whilst for 3% fine-tuning and $\tan\beta$ as high as 50, then $m_A\alt 8$ TeV. Furthermore, the presence of light higgsinos seriously alters the heavy Higgs boson branching ratios, thus diminishing prospects for usual searches into Standard Model (SM) final states, while new discovery possibilities arise due to the supersymmetric decay modes. The heavy SUSY decay modes tend to be $H,\ A,\ H^\pm\to W,\ Z,\ {\rm or}\ h+\eslt +{\rm soft\ tracks}$ so that single heavy Higgs production is characterized by the presence of high $p_T$ $W$, $Z$ or $h$ bosons plus missing $E_T$. These new heavy Higgs boson signatures seem to be challenging to extract from SM backgrounds.'
---
[**Implications of naturalness for\
the heavy Higgs bosons of supersymmetry** ]{}\
[Kyu Jung Bae$^1$, Howard Baer$^1$, Vernon Barger$^2$,\
Dan Mickelson$^1$ and Michael Savoy$^1$ ]{}\
[ *$^1$Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA\
*]{} [ *$^2$Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA\
*]{}
Introduction {#sec:intro}
============
The recent discovery of a Standard Model like Higgs boson with mass $m_h=125.5\pm 0.5$ GeV[@atlas_h; @cms_h] is in accord with predictions from supersymmetric models like the MSSM which require $m_h\alt 135$ GeV[@mhiggs]. Such a large value of $m_h$ apparently requires TeV-scale top squarks which are highly mixed, [*i.e.*]{} a large trilinear soft SUSY breaking parameter $A_t$[@h125]. Coupling this result with recent SUSY search limits from LHC8[@atlas_susy; @cms_susy] (which require $m_{\tg}\agt 1.3$ TeV for $m_{\tg}\ll m_{\tq}$ and $m_{\tg}\agt 1.8$ TeV for $m_{\tg}\sim m_{\tq}$) imply, within the context of gravity-mediated SUSY breaking models (SUGRA), a soft breaking scale characterized by a gravitino mass $m_{3/2}\agt 2$ TeV. Indeed, a rather large SUSY breaking scale in gravity mediation models had been long anticipated via a decoupling solution to the SUSY flavor, CP, proton decay and gravitino problems[@dine].
In contrast, simple considerations of SUSY naturalness anticipate a SUSY breaking scale around the weak scale typified by $m_Z\sim m_h\sim 100$ GeV. Thus, the Higgs mass and sparticle mass limits combine to sharpen the “Little Hierarchy”[@LH] typified by $m_h\ll m_{3/2}$. The growing Little Hierarchy has prompted several authors to question whether the MSSM is overly fine-tuned, and either flatly wrong[@shifman] or at least in need of additional features which sacrifice parsimony/minimality[@craig]. Before rushing to such drastic conclusions, it is prudent to ascertain if all SUSY spectra are fine-tuned or if some spectra are indeed natural.
Review of SUSY naturalness
--------------------------
To proceed further one must adopt at least one of several quantitative naturalness measures which are available. We label these as
- the electroweak measure $\Delta_{EW}$[@ltr; @sug; @rns; @perel; @ccn],
- the Higgs mass fine-tuning measure $\Delta_{HS}$[@fathiggs; @kn] and
- the traditional EENZ/BG measure $\Delta_{BG}$[@eenz; @bg].
Indeed, recently it has been shown that, if applied properly, then all three measures agree with one another[@dew] and predict a very specific SUSY spectra with just $\sim 10\%$ fine-tuning. If applied incorrectly– by not properly combining [*dependent*]{} quantities contributing to $m_Z$ or $m_h$ one with another– then overestimates[@comp] of fine-tuning can occur in $\Delta_{HS}$ and $\Delta_{BG}$, often by orders of magnitude.
### $\Delta_{EW}$
The electroweak measure $\Delta_{EW}$ requires that there be no large/unnatural cancellations in deriving the value of $m_Z$ from the weak scale scalar potential: = -\^2-m\_[H\_u]{}\^2-\^2 \[eq:mzs\] where $m_{H_u}^2$ and $m_{H_d}^2$ are the [*weak scale*]{} soft SUSY breaking Higgs masses, $\mu$ is the [*supersymmetric*]{} higgsino mass term and $\Sigma_u^u$ and $\Sigma_d^d$ contain an assortment of loop corrections to the effective potential. The $\Delta_{EW}$ measure asks for the largest contribution on the right-hand-side to be comparable to $m_Z^2/2$ so that no unnatural fine-tunings are required to generate $m_Z=91.2$ GeV. The main requirement is then that $|\mu |\sim m_Z$ and also that $m_{H_u}^2$ is driven radiatively to small, and not large, negative values[@ltr; @rns]. Also, the top squark contributions $\Sigma_u^u(\tst_{1,2})$ are minimized for TeV-scale highly mixed top squarks, which also lift the Higgs mass to $m_h\sim 125$ GeV[@ltr].
### $\Delta_{HS}$
The Higgs mass fine-tuning measure $\Delta_{HS}$ asks that the radiative correction $\delta m_{H_u}^2$ to the Higgs mass m\_h\^2\^2+m\_[H\_u]{}\^2()+m\_[H\_u]{}\^2 \[eq:mhs\] be comparable to $m_h^2$. This contribution is usually written as $\delta m_{H_u}^2|_{rad}\sim -\frac{3f_t^2}{8\pi^2}(m_{Q_3}^2+m_{U_3}^2+A_t^2)\ln\left(\Lambda^2/m_{SUSY}^2 \right) $ which is used to claim that third generation squarks $m_{\tst_{1,2},\tb_1}$ be approximately less than 500 GeV and $A_t$ be small for natural SUSY. However, several approximations are necessary to derive this result, the worst of which is to neglect that the value of $m_{H_u}^2$ itself contributes to $\delta m_{H_u}^2$. By combining dependent contributions, then instead one requires that the two terms on the RHS of m\_h\^2 = \^2+( m\_[H\_u]{}\^2() +m\_[H\_u]{}\^2) \[eq:mh2\] be comparable to $m_h^2$.[^1] The recombination in Eq. \[eq:mh2\] leads back to the EW measure since $m_{H_u}^2(\Lambda )+\delta m_{H_u}^2 =m_{H_u}^2(weak)$.
### $\Delta_{BG}$
The EENZ/BG measure[@eenz; @bg] (hereafter denoted simply by BG) is given by \_[BG]{}max\_i [where]{} c\_i=|| =|| \[eq:DBG\] where the $p_i$ constitute the fundamental parameters of the model. Thus, $\Delta_{BG}$ measures the fractional change in $m_Z^2$ due to fractional variation in (high scale) parameters $p_i$. The $c_i$ are known as [*sensitivity co-efficients*]{}[@bg]. For the pMSSM (MSSM defined only at the weak scale), then explicit evaluation gives $\Delta_{BG}\simeq \Delta_{EW}$. For models defined in terms of high scale parameters, the BG measure can be evaluated by expanding the terms on the RHS of Eq. \[eq:mzs\] using semi-analytic RG solutions in terms of fundamental high scale parameters[@munoz]: for $\tan\beta =10$ and taking $\Lambda =m_{GUT}$, then one finds[@abe; @martin] m\_Z\^2 -2.18\^2 + 3.84 M\_3\^2-0.65 M\_3A\_t-1.27 m\_[H\_u]{}\^2 -0.053 m\_[H\_d]{}\^2 +0.73 m\_[Q\_3]{}\^2+0.57 m\_[U\_3]{}\^2 +\[eq:mzsHS\] The BG measure picks off the co-efficients of the various terms and recales by the soft term squared over the $Z$-mass squared: [*e.g.*]{} $c_{m_{Q_3}^2}=0.73\cdot (m_{Q_3}^2/m_Z^2)$. If one allows $m_{Q_3}\sim 3$ TeV (in accord with requirements from the measured value of $m_h$) then one obtains $c_{m_{Q_3}^2}\sim 800$ and so $\Delta_{BG}\ge 800$. In this case, SUSY would be electroweak fine-tuned to about 0.1%.
The problem with most applications of the BG measure is that in any sensible model of SUSY breaking, the high scale SUSY parameters are not independent. For instance , in gravity-mediation, then for any given hidden sector, the SUSY soft breaking terms are all calculated as numerical co-efficients times the gravitino mass[@sw; @kl; @Brignole:1993dj]: [*e.g.*]{} $M_3(\Lambda )=a_{M_3} m_{3/2}$, $A_t=a_{A_t}m_{3/2}$, $m_{Q_3}^2=a_{Q_3}m_{3/2}^2$ [*etc.*]{} where the $a_i$ are just numbers. (For example, in string theory with dilaton-dominated SUSY breaking[@kl; @Brignole:1993dj], then we expect $m_0^2=m_{3/2}^2$ with $m_{1/2}=-A_0=\sqrt{3}m_{3/2}$). The reason one scans multiple SUSY model soft term parameters is to account for a wide variety of possible hidden sectors. But this doesn’t mean each soft term is independent from the others. By writing the soft terms in Eq. \[eq:mzsHS\] as suitable multiples of $m_{3/2}^2$, then large positive and negative contributions can be combined/cancelled and one arrives at the simpler expression[@dew]: m\_Z\^2=-2.18\^2() +am\_[3/2]{}\^2 . \[eq:mzssugra\] The value of $a$ is just some number which is the sum of all the coefficients of the terms $\propto m_{3/2}^2$.[^2] Using the BG measure applied to Eq. \[eq:mzssugra\], then it is found that naturalness requires $\mu^2\sim m_Z^2$ and also that $am_{3/2}^2\sim m_Z^2$. The first requirement is the same as in $\Delta_{EW}$. The second requirement is fulfilled [*either*]{} by $m_{3/2}\sim m_Z$[@bg] (which seems unlikely in light of LHC Higgs mass measurement and sparticle mass bounds) [*or*]{} that $m_{3/2}$ is large but the co-efficient $a$ is small[@dew]: [*i.e.*]{} there are large cancellations in Eq. \[eq:mzsHS\]. Since $\mu (\Lambda )\simeq \mu (weak)$, then also $am_{3/2}^2\simeq m_{H_u}^2(weak)$ and so a low value of $\Delta_{BG}$ also requires a low value of $m_{H_u}^2$: [*i.e.*]{} $m_{H_u}^2$ is driven radiatively to small negative values. This latter situation is known as [*radiatively-driven natural supersymmetry*]{}, or RNS.
Naturalness and heavy SUSY Higgs bosons
---------------------------------------
The natural SUSY spectra is typified by a spectra of low-lying Higgsinos $\tw_1^\pm$, $\tz_{1,2}$ with mass $\sim 100-300$ GeV, the closer to $m_Z$ the better, along with TeV-scale but highly mixed top-squarks $\tst_{1,2}$.[@ltr; @rns] The gluino mass can range between current LHC8 limits and about 4 TeV, and may well lie beyond LHC14 reach[@rns@lhc]. First/second generation matter scalars may well lie in the $5-30$ TeV range, thus supplying at least a partial decoupling solution to the SUSY flavor, CP, proton decay and gravitino problem[^3]. In addition, it should be clear from Eq. \[eq:mzs\] that $m_{H_d}^2/\tan^2\beta\sim m_Z^2$ (a point mentioned previously in Ref. [@bbht]). For $m_{H_d}$ large, then one expects $m_A\sim m_{H_d}$. Requiring the term containing $m_{H_d}^2$ in Eq. \[eq:mzs\] to be comparable to $m_Z^2/2$ or $\mu^2$ then implies m\_A\~|m\_[H\_d]{}\^2|\^[12]{} || . \[eq:mA\] Thus, for $|\mu|<300$ GeV, we would expect for $\tan\beta =10$ that $m_A\alt 3$ TeV. But for $\tan\beta$ as high as 50, we expect $m_A\alt 15$ TeV without becoming too unnatural.
In this paper, we explore the implications of SUSY naturalness for the heavy Higgs bosons of the MSSM: $A$, $H$ and $H^\pm$. This topic has also been addressed in the recent paper [@Katz:2014mba]. In Ref. [@Katz:2014mba], using several different naturalness measures along with a low mediation scale $\Lambda\sim 10-100$ TeV and hard SUSY breaking contributions to the scalar potential, the authors conclude that heavy Higgs bosons should lie around the 1 TeV scale, and that since the heavy Higgs bosons are less susceptible to having hidden decay modes, their search should be an important component of the search for natural SUSY.
In this paper, we will arrive at quite different conclusions. In Sec. \[sec:mass\], using the unified naturalness criteria, as embodied in $\Delta_{EW}$, we will find that SUSY models which are valid all the way up to $\Lambda=m_{GUT}\simeq 2\times 10^{16}$ GeV can be found with fine-tuning at the $\Delta_{EW}\sim 7-30$ level, corresponding to mild fine-tunings of just 3-15%. In this case, then as suggested in Eq. \[eq:mA\], we find that natural SUSY models exist with $m_A\alt 5$ TeV for $\tan\beta \alt 15$ while $m_A\alt 8$ TeV for $\tan\beta$ values ranging as high as $50-60$. While the region $m_A\alt$ 1 TeV should be accesible to LHC heavy Higgs searches, the bulk of this mass range is well beyond any projected LHC reach. In Sec. \[sec:lhc\], we evaluate the heavy Higgs $A$, $H$ and $H^\pm$ branching fractions as a function of mass for a benchmark case with radiatively-driven naturalness. Since for naturalness $\mu\sim 100-300$ GeV, then the heavy Higgs decays to higgsino pairs is almost always open. Since the higgsinos are essentially invisible at LHC, these modes lead to quasi-invisible decays. Further, since the heavy Higgs coupling to the -ino sector (here, -ino collectively refers to both charginos and neutralinos) is a product of gaugino times higgsino components, then once kinematically accesssible, the heavy Higgs tend to decay dominantly into gaugino plus higgsino states. Such large branching fractions reduce the heavy Higgs branching fractions into SM modes, making standard heavy Higgs searches more difficult. Alternatively, since the gauginos tend to decay to gauge/Higgs bosons $W$, $Z$ or $h$ plus higgsinos, then the qualitatively new decay modes arise: $A$, $H$, $H^\pm\to$ $W$, $Z$ or $h$ plus missing $E_T$ ($\eslt$). These new decay modes– which are quite different than those expected in non-natural SUSY models with a bino-like LSP– offer new avenues for heavy Higgs searches at LHC.
Mass bounds from naturalness {#sec:mass}
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A simple mass bound from naturalness on heavy Higgs bosons can be directly read off from Eq. \[eq:mzs\]. The contribution to $\Delta_{EW}$ from the $m_{H_d}^2$ term is given by C\_[H\_d]{}= m\_[H\_d]{}\^2/(\^2-1)/ (m\_Z\^2/2) . Also the tree level value of $m_A$ is given by m\_A\^2=m\_[H\_u]{}\^2+m\_[H\_d]{}\^2+2\^2m\_[H\_d]{}\^2-m\_[H\_u]{}\^2\~m\_[H\_d]{}\^2 where the first partial equality holds when $\mu^2\sim -m_{H_u}^2$ and the second arises when $m_{H_d}^2\gg -m_{H_u}^2$. Combining these equations, then one expects roughly that m\_Am\_Z \_[EW]{}\^[1/2]{}(max) where $\Delta_{EW}(max)$ is the maximal fine-tuning one is willing to tolerate. For $\Delta_{EW}^{-1}=10\%$ fine-tuning with $\tan\beta =10$, then one expects $m_A\alt 3$ TeV.
However, this simple argument is not the whole story since an assortment of radiative corrections are included in Eq. \[eq:mzs\]. In particular, the radiative corrections $\Sigma_u^u(\tst_{1,2})$ and $\Sigma_u^u(\tb_{1,2})$ (complete expressions are provided in the appendix of Ref. [@rns]) can become large and are highly $\tan\beta$ dependent.
To evaluate the range of $m_A$ expected by naturalness, we will generate SUSY spectra using Isajet[@isajet; @isasugra] in the 2-parameter non-universal Higgs model[@nuhm2] (NUHM2) which allows for very low values of $\Delta_{EW}<10$ (numerous other constrained models are evaluated in Ref. [@dew] and always give much higher EW fine-tuning). The parameter space is given by m\_0, m\_[1/2]{}, A\_0, , , m\_A, . \[eq:nuhm2\] The NUHM2 spectra and parameter spread versus $\Delta_{EW}$ were evaluated in Ref. [@rns] but with the range of $m_A$ restricted to $<1.5$ TeV. Here, we improve this scan by including a much large range of $m_A$: m\_0 &:& 0-20 [TeV]{},\
m\_[1/2]{} &:& 0.3-2 [TeV]{},\
-3 &<& A\_0/m\_0 <3,\
&:& 0.1-1.5 [TeV]{}, \[eq:param\]\
m\_A &:& 0.15-20 [TeV]{},\
&:& 3-60 . We require of our solutions that:
electroweak symmetry be radiatively broken (REWSB),
the neutralino $\tz_1$ is the lightest MSSM particle,
the light chargino mass obeys the model independent LEP2 limit, $m_{\tw_1}>103.5$ GeV[@lep2ino],
LHC search bounds on $m_{\tg}$ and $m_{\tq}$ are respected,
$m_h=125.5\pm 2.5$ GeV.
The results of our scan are shown in Fig. \[fig:scan\] where we plot $\Delta_{EW}$ vs. $m_A$. The dots are color-coded according to low, intermediate and high $\tan\beta$ values. From the plot, we see first that there is indeed an upper bound to $m_A$ given by naturalness. In fact, for $\tan\beta <15$ and $\Delta_{EW}<10$, then indeed $m_A\alt 3$ TeV as suggested by the simple arguments above. For $\tan\beta >15$, we do not generate any solutions with $\Delta_{EW}<10$. For $\Delta_{EW}<30$ (dotted horizontal line), then we have $m_A\alt 5$ TeV for $\tan\beta <15$, and $m_A\alt 7$ (8) TeV for $\tan\beta <30$ (60). While these values provide upper bounds on $m_A$ from naturalness, we note that $m_A$ values as low as 150-200 GeV can also be found. Since LHC14 searches for heavy Higgs are roughly sensitive to $m_A\alt 1$ TeV values[@lhchiggsplane], then we conclude that LHC14 searches will be able to probe a portion of natural SUSY parameter space, but perhaps the bulk of parameter space can easily lie well beyond Atlas/CMS search capabilities.
![Plot of $\Delta_{EW}$ versus $m_A$ from a scan over NUHM2 parameter space. \[fig:scan\]](MA20DeltaEWTanColor){height="0.5\textheight"}
To gain more perspective on fine-tuning and how it depends on $m_A$ and $\tan\beta$, we next adopt a proposed RNS benchmark point from Ref. [@ilcbm8]. This point has NUHM2 parameters given by m\_0=5 [TeV]{}, m\_[1/2]{}=0.7 [TeV]{}, A\_0=-8.3 [TeV]{}, =10, [with]{} =110 [GeV]{} [and]{} m\_A=1 [TeV]{}. \[eq:BM\] The value of $\Delta_{EW}$ is found to be 13.8 . Here, we adopt this benchmark point, but now allow $m_A$ and $\tan\beta$ as free parameters and plot color-coded ranges of $\Delta_{EW}$ in the $m_A$ vs. $\tan\beta$ plane, as shown in Fig. \[fig:plane\].
![Regions of SUSY naturalness $\Delta_{EW}$ in the $m_A$ vs. $\tan\beta$ plane for the RNS benchmark point Eq. \[eq:BM\]. \[fig:plane\]](MATanB){height="0.5\textheight"}
From Fig. \[fig:plane\], we see that indeed the region with lowest $\Delta_{EW}$ occurs around $m_A\sim 1.2-2.5$ TeV with $\tan\beta \alt 10$. The yellow colored regions have $\Delta_{EW}<50$. For these values, we find a more expansive region with $m_A\alt 6$ TeV and $\tan\beta \alt 20$. However, a second region with low $\Delta_{EW}<50$ opens up at high $\tan\beta\sim 48-52$ with $m_A\alt 4$ TeV. The intermediate $\tan\beta\sim 20-45$ region has greater fine-tuning, where the maximal contributions to $\Delta_{EW}$ we find arise from the radiative corrections $\Sigma_u^u(\tb_2 )$.
Implications for heavy Higgs discovery at LHC {#sec:lhc}
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In many studies of the prospects for heavy Higgs boson discovery at the LHC, it is assumed that the Standard Model decay modes of $A$, $H$ and $H^\pm$ are dominant. The prospects for discovery are usually presented in the $m_A$ vs. $\tan\beta$ plane. At NLO in QCD, then the gluon fusion reactions $gg\to A,\ H$ are usually dominant out to $m_{A,H}\alt 1$ TeV while for higher masses then vector boson fusion (VBF) dominates[@Spira:1995rr]. The main discovery mode for $gg\to A,\ H$ is then the $A,\ H\to \tau^+\tau^-$ mode where the ditau mass can be reconstructed. Current search limits from Atlas and CMS exclude $m_A\alt 0.8$ TeV for $\tan\beta$ as high as 50. For lower $\tan\beta$ values, the mass bounds are very much weaker[@Flechl:2013wza] ([*e.g.*]{} for $\tan\beta =10$, then $m_A>400$ GeV). Production of heavy Higgs bosons in association with $b$-jets may aid the search[@Kao:2007qw]. In addition, the rarer decays into dimuons may also be possible[@Kao:1995gx; @Barger:1997pp], and recently dimuon signatures in association with $b$-jets have been explored[@Dawson:2002cs; @Baer:2011ua].
The importance of heavy Higgs decay into SUSY modes was explored long ago[@Baer:1992kd] for the case where the LSP was usually taken to be a bino. If SUSY decay modes of $H$ or $A$ are open, then the SM branching fractions diminish while the new SUSY modes offer novel detection strategies[@Baer:1994fx].
Heavy Higgs branching fractions in natural SUSY {#ssec:BFs}
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The unique feature of SUSY models with radiatively-driven naturalness is the presence of light higgsino states with mass $\sim 100-300$ GeV, the closer to $m_Z$ the better. This fact means that for most of the mass range of $m_{A,H}$, then SUSY decay modes should be open. Furthermore, the higgsino-like LSP implies that the SUSY decay modes will generally be quite different than in earlier models where a bino-like LSP was considered.
In Fig. \[fig:BFA\], we show the branching fraction as calculated by Isajet[@isajet] of the pseudoscalar $A$ boson versus $m_A$ for the RNS benchmark point from Sec. \[sec:mass\], but now with $m_A$ taken as variable, with $\tan\beta =10$. At low $m_A\sim 200$ GeV, then SUSY decay modes are kinematically closed and $A\to b\bar{b}$ at $\sim 85\%$ as is typical when SM decay modes are considered and the $t\bar{t}$ mode is closed. As $m_A$ increases beyond $200$ GeV, then already the $A\to higgsino\ pairs$ opens up, and the SM branching fractions diminish. For $m_A\agt 700$ GeV, then the mixed higgsino/wino mode $A\to\tw_1\tw_2$ turns on and rapidly dominates the branching fraction. This is because the SUSY Higgs coupling to -inos involves a product of gaugino component of one -ino times the higgsino components of the other -ino[^4] and in this case $\tw_1$ is higgsino-like and $\tw_2$ is wino-like. For $m_A\agt 1$ TeV, this decay mode is typically at the $\sim 50\%$ level. For $m_A\agt 1$ TeV, then also the decays $A\to \tz_1\tz_4$ and $\tz_2\tz_4$ are important. For TeV-scale values of $m_A$, the SM decay mode $A\to b\bar{b}$ drops to below the 10% level while $A\to\tau\bar{\tau}$ has dropped to the percent level. In this case, then the search for heavy Higgs bosons utilizing SM decay modes will be much more difficult.
![Branching fraction of $A$ vs. $m_A$ for the RNS benchmark point Eq. \[eq:BM\] but with variable $m_A$. \[fig:BFA\]](BFHA){height="0.5\textheight"}
In Fig. \[fig:BFH\], we show the branching fractions of the heavy scalar Higgs $H$ versus $m_H$ for the same RNS benchmark point. The overall behavior is similar to the case of the pseudoscalar $A$: at low values of $m_H$, then the SM decay modes are dominant, but once $m_H$ is heavy enough, the supersymmetric decay modes quickly open up and dominate the branching fractions. At large $m_H$, then the $H\to \tw_1\tw_2$, $\tz_2\tz_4$ and $\tz_1\tz_4$ decay modes are dominant.
![Branching fraction of $H$ vs. $m_H$ for the RNS benchmark point Eq. \[eq:BM\] but with variable $m_A$. \[fig:BFH\]](BFHH){height="0.5\textheight"}
In Fig. \[fig:BFHC\] we show the branching fractions of $H^+$ versus $m_{H^+}$ for the same RNS benchmark point. In this case, at low values of $m_{H^+}$, then $H^+\to t\bar{b}$ is dominant followed by $H^+\to \tau^+\nu_\tau$. As $m_{H^+}$ increases, then $H^+\to \tw_1^+\tz_3$ turns on and later also $\tw_2^+\tz_1$, $\tw_1^+\tz_4$ and $\tw_2^+\tz_2$ all turn on. At $m_{H^+}\agt 1$ TeV, these latter decays into gaugino/higgsino final states dominate. Such non-standard decay modes will make searches for charged Higgs bosons more difficult than otherwise expected[@Roy:2005yu].
![Branching fraction of $H^+$ vs. $m_{H^+}$ for the RNS benchmark point Eq. \[eq:BM\] but with variable $m_A$. \[fig:BFHC\]](BFHC){height="0.5\textheight"}
New SUSY Higgs signatures at LHC
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### $H$, $A\to W+\eslt$
We have seen that for $m_{A,H}\agt 1$ TeV, then the dominant branching fraction is $H, A\to \tw_1^\pm\tw_2^\mp$. Since the $\tw_1$ is higgsino-like, it tends to have only a small mass gap with the LSP: $m_{\tw_1}-m_{\tz_1}\sim 10-20$ GeV. In this case, the visible energy from $\tw_1\to f\bar{f}'\tz_1$ decay (where $f$ denotes SM fermions) is quite soft– most of the energy goes into making up the $\tz_1$ rest mass– and so the higgsinos are only quasi-visible. On the other hand, the branching fractions for $\tw_2$ decay in the RNS model have been plotted out in Ref. [@rns@lhc] and found to be: $\tw_2\to \tw_1 Z$, $\tz_1 W$, $\tz_2 W$ each at about 30% with $\tz_3 W$ accounting for the remainder. Thus, we expect $s$-channel $H$ and $A$ production to give rise to ggH, AW+\^+which is a rather unique signature for heavy Higgs boson production.
The dominant backgrounds come from direct $W$ production followed by $W\to\ell\nu_{\ell}$ decay and also $WZ$ production followed by $Z\to\nu\bar{\nu}$ and $W\to \ell\nu_{\ell}$. In Fig. \[fig:mT\], we plot the $e^++\eslt$ transverse mass distribution from the signal using the RNS benchmark point with $m_A=1$ TeV along with SM backgrounds. The signal from $A,\ H$ production with $m_{A,H}\sim 1$ TeV and $\tan\beta =10$ and 30 is well below background.
![Transverse mass distribution for $e^+$ plus $\eslt$ events at LHC14 from $W^+$, $W^+Z$ and $A,\ H$ production from benchmark point Eq. \[eq:BM\].[]{data-label="fig:mT"}](mt_lmet_ha){height="0.5\textheight"}
$H$, $A\to Z+\eslt$
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As mentioned above, $\tw_2\to \tw_1 Z$ at about 30-35% in radiatively-driven natural SUSY. Thus, an alternative signature comes from ggH, AZ+\^+\^- +. The background to this process comes from $ZZ$ production where one $Z\to\nu\bar{\nu}$ whilst the other goes as $Z\to\ell^+\ell^-$. In Fig. \[fig:mcT\] we plot the distribution in cluster transverse mass[@vb] $m_T(\ell^+\ell^-,\eslt )$ from heavy Higgs $H$, $A$ production followed by their decays to $Z(\to\ell^+\ell^-)+\eslt$ from the RNS benchmark point for $m_A=1$ TeV along with $ZZ$ background. Here we see that signal from $A,\ H$ production with $m_{A,H}\sim 1$ TeV lies well below the diboson background for $\tan\beta =10$. If we increase $\tan\beta$ to 30, then signal and BG become comparable at very large $m_T(\ell^+\ell^-,\eslt)$ although in this range the event rate is quite limited.
![Dilepton cluster transverse mass distribution for $e^+e^-$ plus $\eslt$ events at LHC14 from $ZZ$ and $A,\ H$ production from benchmark point Eq. \[eq:BM\].[]{data-label="fig:mcT"}](mt_llmet_ah){height="0.5\textheight"}
$H$, $A\to h+\eslt$
-------------------
A third possible signature consists of $A,\ H\to \tz_{1,2}\tz_{3,4}$ where $\tz_{3,4}\to \tz_{1,2} h$ resulting in a $(h\to b\bar{b})+\eslt$ signature. We expect such a signal to lie well below backgrounds from $Zh$ and $ZZ$ production.
Conclusions: {#sec:conclude}
============
In this paper we have examined the implications of SUSY naturalness for the heavy Higgs boson sector. We use the $\Delta_{EW}$ measure of naturalness, although we show that– properly applied– the Higgs mass fine-tuning and also the EENZ/BG fine-tuning would give similar results since \_[HS]{}\_[BG]{}\_[EW]{} so long as [*dependent*]{} terms are properly combined before evaluating naturalness.
Using the $\Delta_{EW}$ measure, then we find upper bounds on the heavy Higgs masses: for 10% fine-tuning and $\tan\beta\sim 10$, we expect $m_A\alt 2.5$ TeV whilst for 3% fine-tuning and $\tan\beta$ as high as 50, then $m_A\alt 8$ TeV. These values are considerably larger than the range depicted in Ref. [@Katz:2014mba] and much of this range likely lies beyond LHC14 reach. This means LHC14 will be able to probe only a portion– but by no means all– of natural SUSY parameter space via heavy Higgs boson searches.
Furthermore, since light higgsino states $\tw_1^\pm$ and $\tz_{1,2}$ are expected to have mass $\sim 100-300$ GeV (the closer to $m_Z$ the more natural), then almost always there will be supersymmetric decays modes open to the heavy SUSY Higgs states. We evaluated these branching fractions and find that they can in fact be the dominant decay modes, especially if $m_{A,H}>m_{\tw_1}+m_{\tw_2}$, in which case this decay mode tends to dominate. The supersymmetric decay modes diminish the SM decay modes of $H$, $A$ and $H^\pm$ making standard search techniques more difficult for a specified heavy Higgs mass. However, qualitatively new heavy Higgs search modes appear thanks to the supersymmetric decay modes. Foremost among these are the decays $H,\ A\to\tw_1^\pm\tw_2^\mp$ which results in final states characterized by $W$, $Z$ or $h$ plus $\eslt$. These new signatures seem to be rather challenging to extract from SM backgrounds which occur at much higher rates. It may well be that forward $b$-jet tagging in $bg\to bA$ or $bH$ production or $gb\to tH^+$ production followed by $A,\ H, H^\pm\to SUSY$ decays could ameliorate the situation.
Acknowledgments {#acknowledgments .unnumbered}
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We thank X. Tata for discussions. This work was supported in part by the US Department of Energy, Office of High Energy Physics.
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[^1]: It is sometimes claimed that by using this method, then the SM would not be fine-tuned for large cutoff scales $\Lambda\gg 1$ TeV. However– in contrast to the SM– for the SUSY case, EW symmetry is not even broken at tree level in models where the soft terms arise from hidden sector SUSY breaking. Further discussion of the differences is included in Ref’s [@comp; @dew].
[^2]: If $\mu$ is also computed as $\mu =a_\mu m_{3/2}$ as in the Giudice-Masiero mechanism[@Giudice:1988yz], then $m_Z^2=const.\times m_{3/2}^2$ and $\Delta_{BG}\equiv 1$ and there would be no fine-tuning[@dimitri]. In other solutions of the SUSY $\mu$-problem, such as Kim-Nilles[@Kim:1983dt], then $\mu$ is instead related to the Peccei-Quinn breaking scale and is expected to be independent. In the former case, then the responsibility is to find a suitable hidden sector which would actually generate $m_Z^2$ at its measured value. We are aware of no such models which even come close to that.
[^3]: Since $m_{\tq,\tell}\sim m_{3/2}$, then we would expect $m_{3/2}$ also at the $5-30$ TeV level.
[^4]: See p. 178-179 of [@wss].
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A short time ago, Facebook took over the trademark application for "Face" from a company who operated a site called Faceparty.com. This particular application was opposed by Aaron Greenspan—the fellow who took Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to court over the creation of Facebook—but now has been granted a Notice of Allowance by the USPTO anyway.
The Notice of Allowance means that as long as Facebook pays an issue fee to the USPTO within the next three months, it can enjoy a trademark on the word "face" when it comes to "[t]elecommunication services, namely, providing online chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users in the field of general interest and concerning social and entertainment subject matter, none primarily featuring or relating to motoring or to cars"
This basically means that it would be very unwise for you to name your hot new social networking site something along the lines of FaceMeet, SlapToTheFace, or FaceNovel. You don't have too much to fear when it comes to naming products or services outside of what the trademark covers though. |
Understanding jet noise.
Jets are one of the most fascinating topics in fluid mechanics. For aeronautics, turbulent jet-noise modelling is particularly challenging, not only because of the poor understanding of high Reynolds number turbulence, but also because of the extremely low acoustic efficiency of high-speed jets. Turbulent jet-noise models starting from the classical Lighthill acoustic analogy to state-of-the art models were considered. No attempt was made to present any complete overview of jet-noise theories. Instead, the aim was to emphasize the importance of sound generation and mean-flow propagation effects, as well as their interference, for the understanding and prediction of jet noise. |
Modder ‘Bloatoid’ has released a new version of his Death Wish mod for Blood. Death Wish adds a new campaign with over 30 new levels, cut scenes, and more. In addition, these new maps have been modified for co-op play.
According to the modder, Death Wish version 1.4 improves level design, gameplay, and overall quality. Along with 2 new maps (and 2 short transitional maps), version 1.4 addresses complaints/concerns that have been brought up over the last several years.
This version is also more speedrun and co-op friendly, with more opportunities to sequence-break and less unintentional trapping. As the modder noted.
“Other than level architecture, there are many other changes: all cracks are easier to trigger, less respawn spam, water flows in the desired direction so you’ll swim faster across long distances, shorter elevator rides, health has been rebalanced, there’s less respawn spam, some items not present in v1.3 are now used, mission end-points are more clear, and much more.”
Those interested can download Death Wish version 1.4 from here.
Have fun everyone! |
The nonequilibrium Ehrenfest gas: a chaotic model with flat obstacles?
It is known that the nonequilibrium version of the Lorentz gas (a billiard with dispersing obstacles [Ya. G. Sinai, Russ. Math. Surv. 25, 137 (1970)], electric field, and Gaussian thermostat) is hyperbolic if the field is small [N. I. Chernov, Ann. Henri Poincare 2, 197 (2001)]. Differently the hyperbolicity of the nonequilibrium Ehrenfest gas constitutes an open problem since its obstacles are rhombi and the techniques so far developed rely on the dispersing nature of the obstacles [M. P. Wojtkowski, J. Math. Pures Appl. 79, 953 (2000)]. We have developed analytical and numerical investigations that support the idea that this model of transport of matter has both chaotic (positive Lyapunov exponent) and nonchaotic steady states with a quite peculiar sensitive dependence on the field and on the geometry, not observed before. The associated transport behavior is correspondingly highly irregular, with features whose understanding is of both theoretical and technological interests. |
Adaptive servo ventilation reduces central sleep apnea in chronic heart failure patients: beneficial effects on autonomic modulation of heart rate.
Adaptive servo ventilation (ASV) is a method of ventilator support aimed to treat central sleep apnea (CSA). We investigated the effects of an acute use of ASV in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients with CSA and the potential influence on sympathetic nerve activity. Patients were studied with ambulatory cardio-respiratory 24 Holter (Somtè) recording of air flow, ECG and oxygen saturation. Comparison before and after ASV treatment was made for apnea index (AI), apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), pulse oxygen saturation, desaturation related to apnea, heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV). Seventeen patients were enrolled. At baseline, apnea index and apnea-hypopnea index were, respectively, 16.92 ± 7.8 and 41.37 ± 17.5. During ASV, they significantly decreased to 0.06 ± 0.0 (P < 0.001) and 2.84 ± 1.1 (P < 0.001). The mean and minimal oxygen saturation (%) increased from 94 ± 1 and 86.5 ± 4 to 95 ± 2 (P = 0.04) and 91 ± 2 (P = 0.008). Mean HR decreased from 68 ± 10 to 62 ± 7 beats/min (P < 0.003). In 11 out of 17 patients, HRV was calculated, documenting a significant improvement of the standard deviation of the average of NN - normal sinus to normal sinus (SDANN), standard deviation of NN intervals (SDNN) and SDNN index (respectively, 71.5 ± 31.1 vs. 80.4 ± 36.1, P = 0.008; 99.7 ± 31.3 vs. 112.7 ± 37.5, P = 0.003; 57.8 ± 20.7 vs. 69.3 ± 30.8, P = 0.03). The acute use of ASV is effective on CSA by increasing oxygen saturation and reducing HR. Moreover, the significant improvement of HRV highlights ASV's benefit in moderating the sympathetic adrenergic tone. |
Colts Bury Broncos, Gag Tag
Indianapolis wins, 41-10, in franchise's first home playoff victory since 1971. Manning throws five touchdowns for his first playoff win in four tries.
INDIANAPOLIS — Cheered on by thousands of fans waving signs that read "Pey-back," quarterback Peyton Manning and the rest of the Indianapolis Colts did more Sunday than avenge a recent loss to Denver.
They finally shed their gag tag.
"I hope people thought this was a big game," Coach Tony Dungy said with a smile after his Colts throttled the Broncos, 41-10, in an AFC wild-card game at the RCA Dome. "I heard people out there say that Indianapolis never wins big games. We thought it was big if no one else did."
The Colts, who will play at Kansas City on Sunday in an AFC semifinal, cruised to victory behind a spectacular performance from Manning, who to this point was 0 for 3 in postseason games. He completed 22 of 26 passes for 377 yards and five touchdowns, amassing the highest-possible passer rating of 158.3.
Although he admitted that the team's performance helped salve the sting of last season's 41-0 loss to the New York Jets in a playoff opener, Manning was even-keeled after the biggest victory of his career.
"I'll enjoy it tonight," he said. "I'll go and have a shrimp cocktail and a big steak. But at the same time, Kansas City doesn't care that we won a playoff game.... This is just one win. We want to keep playing."
On top of that, Manning became the first player in NFL history to throw five touchdown passes in a game three times in a single season. He did so earlier in victories over Atlanta and New Orleans.
"He's just managed the game incredibly well the entire year and this was just another one of those performances," said Jeff Saturday, who switched from center to guard for Sunday's game so that the Colts could better neutralize defensive end Trevor Pryce.
The Colts had not won a playoff game at home since January 1971 -- when they played in Baltimore, and before any of their current players were born.
It was a jolting finish for the Broncos, who won a Dec. 21 game at Indianapolis, 31-17, limiting the Colts to 37 plays and holding a half-hour advantage in time of possession.
One play, in particular, is sure to haunt the Broncos on highlight reels for a long while.
It came at the end of the first quarter, when Indianapolis had a 7-3 advantage and had just crossed midfield. On third and eight at the Denver 46, Manning completed a pass to Marvin Harrison, who tumbled to the turf around the 30. He lay there surrounded by Denver players. One clapped his hands in frustration. One pulled out his mouth guard. Two more had a brief conversation.
But none of them touched Harrison down.
So, to the delight of his teammates and the crowd -- and to the surprise of confused Denver defenders -- Harrison climbed to his feet and sprinted the rest of the way to the end zone for a touchdown.
"Coach always tells us that when you're on the ground, you get up until the [referee] blows the whistle," he said. "When I was on the ground, I didn't feel anyone touch me. I was trying to get up slowly so I wouldn't get knocked in the head, and I got up and ran."
That was the first of Harrison's two touchdown catches in the first half. Brandon Stokley had a pair in the first half too, one for 31 yards and one down the middle when he got behind the secondary and Manning hit him in stride for an 87-yard score.
The frustration was obvious in the near-silent Denver locker room. The Broncos haven't won a playoff game since John Elway retired.
"It's my personal opinion that we have a few stragglers," said receiver Rod Smith, who has a pair of Super Bowl rings from Denver's heyday in the late 1990s. "What I mean by that is we have some guys that don't live and bleed football. Simple as that.... We've got to get rid of the guys who don't feel that way. We're only as strong as our weakest link, and the chain's going to break in that spot. That's what happened to us. The chain broke in the spot where our weakest links are."
So where were those weak links Sunday? Take your pick. The Broncos didn't register a sack, didn't force a punt, had three turnovers, and didn't score a touchdown for the first 52 minutes.
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Pets in Delhi are loved and spoilt to the core by their humans in all ways possible. But, there is one thing that pooches in Delhi miss out on. What is that you ask? It is spending quality time with their humans in the most appropriate setting.
Planning an outing for your dog? These precautions are a must
The increasing number of dog shows, pet events and doggy pool parties are a great opportunity for dogs and dog lovers to socialize and have fun together.
If you’ve always believed in that old adage, ‘you can’t teach an old dog new tricks’, recent scientific research might just prove you wrong! New studies conducted on the cognitive and reasoning abilities of senior dogs have led scientists to believe that age-old adages aren&r
It would be an understatement to say that the pet industry in India is booming. As more and more urban Indians adopt pets, the numbers of the ancillary services that anxious pet parents want for their babies is on a meteoric rise.
Potter fans reunite! Let’s create some magic as we bring together the best of Potter world and the animal kingdom. Owls, half-horses, dragons, cats, dogs...the list is endless. Without further ado, let’s meet them all. |
Q:
Access Form show other table's fields of selected combobox item
I am new to Microsoft Access. This is the structure I have:
Table Suppliers with fields Name, Address, Zip, PhoneNumber
Table Purchases with fields Supplier, Address, Zip, PhoneNumber (and some other irrelevant ones)
The Supplier field in the Purchases table should contain a reference to a record in the Suppliers table.
Now I am making a form so the user can enter Purchases records. It has a combobox to choose the Supplier and some text fields for Address, Zip, PhoneNumber. What I want is that when the user selects a Supplier, the values for the Address, Zip, PhoneNumber will be copied from the selected Supplier to the corresponding text fields in the form.
How can I achieve this result using Visual Basic code?
A:
First a word of caution. Copying date is sometimes the wrong approach, as it breaks relational integrity of your data. That said, sometimes there can be perfectly valid reasons for doing so. I won't go further into that here.
One of the simplest ways is to ensure you have the data available in the recordsource of your Supplier combobox. They do NOT need to be visible, you can set the column width to 0 to hide them.
Lets pretend your recordsource is:
SELECT Suppliers.[Name], Suppliers.Address, Suppliers.Zip, Suppliers.PhoneNumber from Suppliers
Now in the combobox AfterUpdate event we copy the data.
Private Sub SupplierCombo_AfterUpdate()
If IsNull(Me.SupplierCombo) Then
Me.txtAddress=Null
Me.txtZip=Null
Me.txtPhoneNumber=Null
Else
Me.txtAddress=me.SupplierCombo.Column(1)
Me.txtZip=me.SupplierCombo.Column(2)
Me.txtPhoneNumber=me.SupplierCombo.Column(3)
End If
End Sub
If your textboxes are bound, you are done. If they are unbound, you will also need code in the forms Current event to ensure the textboxes update as you move from 1 record to the next.
Hope that Helps
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"We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose." - President Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address
The "legend" of the maneuvers describes 10,000 strong Chinese and Russian troops would engage against some terrorists, separatists andextremists of an "imaginary" state. Under the scenario, the UN gave approval to Russia and China to destroy the terrorists and gave these two countries a special mandate for a peace keeping operation.
Separatists? Extremists? Under Chinese control? Can't they say "Taiwan" -- or as "Nation of Orange" like we do in the US?
In any event, an interesting read from the Russian viewpoint, especially as to which arms are for sale (and which are not):
Even before the maneuvers "Peace Mission 2005" Sergey Ivanov announced that Russia in these war games will put the most emphasis on demonstrating the capability of its weapon systems. The goal is evident - to galvanize the arm sales to Beijing. The source in the Russian Joints Chiefs of Staff said that Moscow is not offering to sell China Tu-95MS or Tu-22M3, but it would like China to buy modernized frontline bombers Su-24 and fighters Su-27SKM, A-50, military-transports Il-76, flying fuel tankers Il-78, helicopters Ka and Mi, as well as naval vessels. Moscow needs stable orders for its defense industry. As of now Beijing is pretty selective with its purchases. For instance, when the designers of the corporation Tactical Missile Arms" redesigned the "air-to-air" missile R-77 for "surface-to-air" anti-aircraft complex of short range, the Chinese military had the immediate interest to the new system. China already buys R-77 for its aircraft and the dual use of the missile presents definite interest. Also, Beijing liked the new mobile complex "Ball" with the range of 120 km, which was designed for defense of the sea shore zones. The complex uses the missiles X-35 that was employed earlier only in the warships. Beijing also buys on a regular basis X-35.SU-24A-50SU-27X-35 (SS-N-25)
Finally, the Chinese showed a lot of interests to Russian systems that allow dropping armored vehicles with parachutes. The Chinese army does not have this type of systems. During the maneuvers Russian paratroopers impressed Chinese counterparts by dropping in the same time several airborne troop's armored vehicles BMD-2 from the Il-76 MD.
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/*
* Copyright 2014 Guidewire Software, Inc.
*/
package gw.lang.parser;
import gw.config.CommonServices;
import gw.lang.reflect.gs.IGosuClassParser;
import gw.lang.reflect.IScriptabilityModifier;
public class GosuParserFactory
{
/**
* Creates an IGosuParser appropriate for parsing and executing Gosu.
*
* @param strSource The text of the the rule source
* @param symTable The symbol table the parser uses to parse and execute the rule
* @param scriptabilityConstraint Specifies the types of methods/properties that are visible
*
* @return A parser appropriate for parsing Gosu source.
*/
public static IGosuParser createParser( String strSource, ISymbolTable symTable, IScriptabilityModifier scriptabilityConstraint )
{
return CommonServices.getGosuParserFactory().createParser( strSource, symTable, scriptabilityConstraint );
}
/**
* Creates an IGosuParser appropriate for parsing and executing Gosu.
*
* @param strSource The text of the the rule source
* @param symTable The symbol table the parser uses to parse and execute the rule
* @param scriptabilityConstraint Specifies the types of methods/properties that are visible
*
* @return A parser appropriate for parsing Gosu source.
*/
public static IGosuParser createParser( String strSource, ISymbolTable symTable, IScriptabilityModifier scriptabilityConstraint, ITypeUsesMap tuMap)
{
return CommonServices.getGosuParserFactory().createParser( strSource, symTable, scriptabilityConstraint, tuMap );
}
/**
* Creates an IGosuParser appropriate for parsing and executing Gosu.
*
* @param symTable The symbol table the parser uses to parse and execute script.
*
* @return A parser appropriate for parsing Gosu source.
*/
public static IGosuParser createParser( ISymbolTable symTable, IScriptabilityModifier scriptabilityConstraint )
{
return CommonServices.getGosuParserFactory().createParser( symTable, scriptabilityConstraint );
}
/**
* Creates an IGosuParser appropriate for parsing and executing Gosu.
*
* @param strSource The text of the the rule source
* @param symTable The symbol table the parser uses to parse and execute the rule
*
* @return A parser appropriate for parsing Gosu source.
*/
public static IGosuParser createParser( String strSource, ISymbolTable symTable )
{
return CommonServices.getGosuParserFactory().createParser( strSource, symTable );
}
public static IGosuParser createParser( String strSource )
{
return CommonServices.getGosuParserFactory().createParser( strSource );
}
public static IGosuClassParser createClassParser( IGosuParser parser )
{
return CommonServices.getGosuParserFactory().createClassParser( parser );
}
public static IGosuProgramParser createProgramParser()
{
return CommonServices.getGosuParserFactory().createProgramParser();
}
public static IGosuFragmentParser createFragmentParser() {
return CommonServices.getGosuParserFactory().createFragmentParser();
}
public static <T> T getInterface( Class<T> apiClass )
{
return CommonServices.getGosuParserFactory().getInterface( apiClass );
}
}
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Han Hyo-joo acts out the nature of Oh Yeon-joo in the hot MBC drama "W" and she gets sucked into the web-toon global of Kang-cheol's (Lee Jong-suk) life.
"W" is a suspense melodrama about a perfectrichguy named Kang-cheol and a practicalphysician named Oh Yeon-joo who crossfrom facet to side between other dimensions.
Oh Yeon-joo gets pulled into the web-toon world and the taleis readyto head on an entire new level.
Still cuts of Oh Yeon-joo were released. The primaryimage is the beginning of web-toon "W". Here is when Oh Yeon-joo's father Oh Seong-moo (Kim Ee-seong) was once getting divorced and wrote "W" which made him the most renowned web-toon artist in Korea.
In every other picture, Oh Yen-joo has arrived in some other Earth after docking with Kang-cheol via "W". She's having a look down from a primeposition amongst her eyes wide open or she is going round the kitchen with a telephone in her hands.
According to the production, Oh Yeon-joo's revel in in the web-toon world is going to be anythingto seemahead to. Han Hyo-joo is enthusiastic about her role and is pulling it off well.
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterOnce upon a time, Korean netizens claim that a feminine goddess dubbed as the “Bae Rabbit” enters the entertainment boxeach3 years.
On July 18th, a netizen indexed down the “Bae Rabbit” or “Bae Bunny” on feminine idol teamcontributors and enumerated Bae Joohyeon (Irene), Bae Suzy and Bae Yoobin (Binnie). The 3 singers were described as visual members that appear to be rabbits and were coincidentally three years apart.
Bae Joohyun, often referred to as Irene from Red Velvet, is professional for being the leader, major rapper and dancer of her group. Born on March 29th, 1991, Irene is the oldest among the three celebrities listed at the poll.
Following Irene is Bae Suzy from girlgroup miss A. Born on October 10, 1994, Suzy is understoodvia her enthusiasts for her trademark rabbit-like teeth.
Last and the youngest of the crowd is Oh My Girl’s Binnie. Born on September 9th, 1997, the rookie singer may be known for her acting profession when she was once young and gave the impression on the the hit drama, High School, Love On.
Girls’ Generation’s Sooyoung, Hyoyeon, And Yuri Send A Caution To TaeTiSeo With Their AdorableWorkforce Shotsilmare42 July 16, 2016 0 Girls’ Generation participants Sooyoung, Hyoyeon, and Yuri have once back joined in combination every bit their (as of yet) unofficial sub-unit SHY!
On July 16, Sooyoung shared 4 shots of the talented crew to her Instagram. She writes as the hashtags, “SHY,” “yeahmechaHOLIDAY” and then adds in Korean, “TaeTiSeo, be worried.”
Hyoyeon also shared a set shot of the trio to her own Instagram on July 16, and integrated the name “Yeah! Meccha Holiday” in her hashtags as well. Yuri shared either sets of footage to her Instagram too, appearing her own excitement about their performance.
Girls’ Generation took to the level at the SMTOWN Concert in Osaka on July 16, where Sooyoung, Hyoyeon, and Yuri teamed up to perform Aya Matsuura’s 2002 hit “Yeah! Meccha Holiday.”
GFRIEND Gears Up For Comeback With Liberate Of Bright And Lovely Teasersilmare42 June 29, 2016 0 GFRIEND is getting us all excited for their comeback with a new set of teaser images!
On June 29, the preferred six-member rookie team shared several footage that give us a trace at their thought for their upcoming go back with their first studio album.
The teasers were uploaded at the group’s Twitter with the hashtags “LOL” and “Laughingoutloud,” hinting at either an album or musicname for their comeback. Their new album might be released on July 11.
GFRIEND debuted in January of 2015 below the label Source Music with their track “Glass Bead.” They turned intowidely known after a notedfunctionality incident in which the participantstime and again slipped and fell on a rainy stage, yetendured to vitalitythru and inspired many with their professionalism. They went on to be triumphant ingiantluck with their January 2016 track “Rough,” which earned them fifteen wins in overall on music shows.
11 Tumblr Posts That Perfectly Sum Up Being An EXO-Lvb2608 June 18, 2016 0 EXO latelygot here back with their third full-length album, “EX’ACT,” and dropped two improbableidentify tracks. Monster and Fortunate One. As neatly as slaying the charts, EXO totally slayed the hearts of EXO-Ls everywhere! Those 11 Tumblr posts correctly sum up the combat of being an EXO-L!
When the comeback was once announcedhttp://dae-huns.tumblr.com/post/145233003853/exo-website-updates-everyone
What everybody is feeling at this timehttp://your-xiuminess.tumblr.com/post/145232781542/an-actual-representation-of-whats-going-to-happen
When MV theories make you querythe entire lothttp://blondeparkchanyeol.tumblr.com/post/145251032346/remember-the-time-sehun-posted-a-photo-of-himself
The slightest trace at a comeback sends you into a frenzyhttp://xehun.tumblr.com/post/145236991529
When youre the oppositepart and let everybody else check out and figure it outhttp://sebootaoful.tumblr.com/post/145246331318/exo-releases-teaser-half-of-the-fandom-does
Even EXO paying attention to EXO are relatablehttp://exohub.co.vu/post/134679082115/okay-but-this-is-exactly-me-when-listening-to-exo
Watch: gugudan Introduces Individuals alongsideLovely Videos And Verifies Social Media Accountskokoberry June 17, 2016 0 Following the expose of the call of Jellyfish Entertainments first woman group, gugudan, the firm has showed social media accounts for the group.
Watch: Kim So Hyun Is A LovableYetProvoking Ghost In New Drama TeaserJiwonYu June 8, 2016 0 Actress Kim So Hyuns new cute (but a little scary) teaser for her upcoming drama We couldCombat Ghost (working title) has been revealed.
In the video that used to be released on June 8, you'll be ready to see Kim So Hyun fortuitously running around in the golfing green fields. She has on a white get dressed and a sexy smile, making many smile with her. However, just as the video is ready to end, a frightening face overlaps with hers and it all at onceadjustments the temper of the teaser.
In the drama, Kim So Hyun can begambling Kim Hyun Ji, a 19-year-old student who spent her wholeexistencereading but finally ends up getting killed in an coincidence the day earlier than the national faculty exam.
It will air on July 11 at 11 p.m. KST as the follow-up drama to Oh Hye Young Again. |
Street vendors stage day long protest against Govt
Appeals administration to redress their sufferings
Rouf Pampori
5 Dariya News
Srinagar , 23 May 2016
Days after the state administration provided an alternate space to the street vendors who were banned by the authorities to work in city centre Lal Chowk, Monday in a scorching heat staged a day long sit-in at Jahangir Chowk.The vendors were chanting slogans against the government and were demanding to provide a suitable place to them.The street vendors told KNS that an alternate place provided b the administration is not suitable. “The government has said that they have provided the space to at least 500 vendors but unfortunately only 300 beds would be adjusted at the space,” Ishfaq Ahmad Teli, a street vendor told KNS.He said that at least 20 days passed since their work was banned in commercial hub Lal Chowk due to which the authorities have left them on God’s mercy. “We should be given any suitable alternate or should be allowed to work on our previous place as from past several days they are facing tremendous hardships,” he said.Ishfaq told KNS that the government should come up with the decision at earliest, which will accommodate the aspirations of hundreds of street vendors who became unemployed due to authorities action.The street vendors later appealed Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti to look into their sufferings and redress their genuine demands of vendors. (KNS) |
She's Crafty? What are you? Martha Stewart?
The She's Crafty Podcast is a comedy and craft beer show taped in San Antonio, Tx. Join Catherine Contreas on her drunken Journey to beer knowledge.
Okay, so who is this beer loving chick?
Catherine is a San Antonio native. She was proudly raised on pan dulce and chimse and is majorly obsessed with good beer. As the host of the She's Crafty Podcast she travels around the great state of texas to get all the scoop on the latest beers and brewers...but, she always brings along her wildly inappropriate humor and unfiltered opinions. |
Flying an RC plane is awesome and building one is fun. Let us build a long range 4 channel RC Plane Transmitter Receiver Arduino. This not only works for RC plane, you can use it on any robots including rovers, tanks, RC boats or other stationary robots. Yes, you heard that right. A cheap DIY RC Plane Transmitter Receiver using Arduino with a range of 1.8 KM using Arduino Nano, joystick and HC12. Not just for plane, with a little bit of tweak in the code, you can control RC car, Boats, helicopters, quadcopters etc.
I will be doing this tutorial in two parts. In this part, I will explain various components used in the circuit and explain how to do basic configurations and testing of the components. In the next part, I will show you how I assembled all the components mentioned above and explain the working of the transmitter, the receiver and their circuits.
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Components Required
Arduino Nano
The Arduino Nano is tiny micro controller board powered by Atmega 328 chip. It can be connected to the PC using a mini USB cable and can be programmed by Arduino IDE. Due to its small size and light weight, I will be using this for our RC Plane Transmitter Receiver.
This board can be powered using the Mini USB port. Through pin 30, we can supply an unregulated voltage source of 6 to 20V or through pin 27, we can provide a regulated power source of 5V. The power selection will be automatically done by the Nano board.
Common Useful Pins
Serial Communication – 0 (RXr) and 1 (TXr)
Pulse Width Modulated Output using analogWrite() function – 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11
SPI – 10 (SS), 11 (MOSI), 12 (MISO), 13 (SCK)
LED pin – 13
HC12
HC 12 is a wireless serial communication module, which is capable of making a wireless long range (upto 1.8 KM) connection between multiple devices. Its working frequency is in between 433.4 MHz to 473.0 MHz with 100 channels with a stepping of 400KHz – Starting from 433.4, 433.8, 434.12 …………473.0
It have a transmitting power of -1 dBm to 20 dBm and receiving power of -117 dBm to -100 dBm. The communication distance can be upto 1.8 KM (with special antenna).Depending up on the modes of operation, this distance changes.
Pinout
Modes of Operation
This module has four modes of operations – FU1, FU2, FU3, and FU4. For configuring the modules, we can use AT commands. You can use Arduino, a PC or any other micro controller to configure the HC 12 board.
Inorder to configure the module, we have set the SET pin to logic 0. You can find all the information for configuring the module from the user manual. Click below links to download user manual.
We will cover more in detail in the following steps.
Joystick
This is one of the most commonly used analog joystick module which designed to work with arduino. It have two analog potentiometers – one detect the vertical motion of the joystick and other detects the horizontal movement of joystick.
This is really cheap and can be easily be used with various projects like RC car, video game joystick and in our case – RC aeroplane.
You can download sample sketch for testing the working of joystick from the below link.
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Before uploading the main code, make sure your joystick works by using this code. Download the code from the above link. In this example, what we are doing is simply collecting the data analog outputs from the Joystick using the analog pins (A0, A1,A2) of arduino. These values are stored in the cariables and are later printed on the serial monitor.
Brushless Motor
A conventional D.C motors cannot be used for operations that require, very high speed, long term working and stability, because, they have so many mechanical parts that constantly moves and in time, it will wear off. Brushless DC motors are high speed motors that uses minimal mechanical parts and more electronics to provide a stable movement. In these motors, we place the magnets on the rotor and the electromagnets are moved to the stator. Then small circuits are used to power up the electromagnets which in turn rotate the shafts.
In this post, I explained everything about the Brushless motor and configuring ESC to work with Brushless motor. If you are new to this, I strongly suggest you to go through this post.
Why Brushless motor?
The position, speed and direction are all controlled by the controlling circuit, which makes it more precise and efficient than conventional DC motors. Since there is not making and breaking of connection between the moving parts, there is no generation of spark and very less noise. These motors generates very less heat than the conventional DC motors due to the fact that the electromagnets are kept inside the stator. The precision of control can be increased by simply adding more electromagnets to the stator.
ESC (Electronic Speed Control)
An ESC is simply an electric circuit which controls the speed and direction of the brushless motor. In some situations, they can also acts as dynamic brakes. They convert our DC power supply to three phase AC power and fed to the motor, energizing the electromagnets that are kept inside the stator of the motor. The position of the motor is sensed by the ESC (usually by Back EMF feedback systems) and are used to set the correct phase of the AC power supplied to the motor.
There are various types of ESCs available. The one we will be using here is a common ESC, in which we can set the maximum and minimum speed of the motor in the beginning. We convert the voltage variations from the joystick to Pulse Width of PWM signals. This PWM signal is sent to the ESC which will adjust the speed of the motor with respect to the pulse width.
Inorder to change the direction of rotation, all you have to do is switch any 2 of the 3 leads of the motor to the ESC.
Configuring the ESC using Arduino
The Configuration of the ESC is different for different units. In this post, I showed you how to configure and test a brushless motor and ESC. During the configuration, you will hear so many beep sounds.
In order to simplify this, I have created a simple code that will calibrate the ESC when we power up the receiver. You can download the code by clicking the button below.
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Bread Board
While trying our RC Plane Transmitter Receiver Arduino for the first time, there is a greater chance of making mistakes. So it always better to use a bread board. All the components using in this tutorial are breadboard friendly; including the micro controller.
Building and troubleshooting electronics circuits in bread board is much easier as it does not require soldering. Once the final design is tested, we can create the PCB and solder it permanently.
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In the next post, I will show you how I assembled all the components mentioned above and explain the working of the transmitter, the receiver, their circuits etc.
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NYU’s Kim Wyant is one of just a handful of women coaching men’s college soccer. But she isn’t the first woman to guide a male team – 70 years ago Lydia Lindgren was a title-winning coach on Long Island
70 years on: the female coach who took on men's soccer ... and won
When she took over the reins of the NYU men’s soccer team in September, Kim Wyant, the first goalkeeper in US women’s national team history, downplayed her role as a pioneer.
“That’s such a strong word,” she said. “I happen to be in an unusual situation because I am a woman coaching a men’s team, because it’s not common right now. It will become more common not only in soccer but in other sports. So I can’t give myself enough credit to call myself a pioneer.”
Wyant was being modest, but perhaps she had an inkling that there were other women before her who forged new paths, someone who had a connection to NYU. Such as Lydia Lindgren.
Lindgren had the distinction of coaching three boys’ high school sports teams for three years during the second world war – baseball, basketball and soccer – guiding the Bridgehampton high school boys’ soccer team to the 1945 Long Island championship.
“Unbelievable,” Wyant said.
November 11 marks the 70th anniversary of that game and achievement.
“She was a pioneer,” Wyant said. “She stepped up to take the boys’ sports at a time that needed … I suppose if they had been doing it since that time, it would be seamless now for a woman to be coaching the men, which I think that is, at least in my example. There’s no question that women can do jobs as well as men. That includes coaching.”
While Wyant secured her position on her background and expertise, Lindgren received hers because of a shortage of men. With many young American men off to war in Europe and the Pacific, women took up the slack – in factories, at desk jobs, in schools, and in coaching as well.
Born on October 17 1921, Lindgren attended Baldwin high school on Long Island, an eastern suburb of New York City. Lindgren never played any varsity sports, although swam in a water show at Jones Beach for seven years “by doing fancy diving and by being featured in elaborate aquatic shows,” the Bridgehampton News reported.
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She attended Ball State Teachers College in Indiana, and graduated from NYU as a physical education major.
With a shortage of men, Bridgehampton high school, located about seven miles east of Southampton on the South Fork of Long Island, need someone to teach physical education. The school offered Lindgren a job, and she accepted, becoming coach of the soccer, basketball and baseball teams.
The Bridgehampton News reported Lindgren’s hiring in its September 13 1943 edition: “The most surprising innovation for the coming year will be the coaching and handling of the physical education courses by a girl. This is the first time a woman has coached at Bridgehampton and is being anxiously looked forward to by the girls.”
Remember, this was three decades prior to Title XI.
It also should be noted that Lindgren was 21 at the time. However, at the time, it was culturally and politically correct to call women girls. Likewise for soldiers, who were called boys.
Different times, different culture, different customs.
Lindgren realized her coaching career would be limited. “I only took up coaching as a war measure,” she said. “I shall give it up as soon as I can.”
During her short tenure, Lindgren directed the Bridgehampton baseball team to a second-place finish in Suffolk County and the basketball team to a similar spot in the Eastern Suffolk League.
In 1945, the Bridgies and Lindgren made history with a 14-player soccer team.
What made the accomplishment even more remarkable was that Bridgehampton had only 20 boys from the ninth through 12th grades, so the pickings were slim. Still, the team went 7-1-1 in the Eastern Suffolk League.
“We played together all through high school,” center forward Jake Early told Newsday years ago. “We played together during recess, stuff like that.”
Forward Vernon Mack, a vital cog, said the players were hesitant in accepting Lindgren at first. By the end of the season, Lindgren had earned the players’ respect with her knowledge and aggression.
“She’d get into arguments [with officials],” Mack was quoted by Newsday.
“She was very good,” right-back Al Musnicki told the newspaper. “She was very good. She knew her business about playing ball.”
Lindgren said she never had a problem directing boys’ sports teams.
“After all, we take the same courses as the men students at school,” she was quoted by the New York Herald Tribune in 1946. “We get all the theory of coaching and the rest is up to our common sense. Also, we have to get the material. And I have plenty of material among the potato farmers’ sons out there. The boys I had were big and strong and could run all day.”
With all due respect to American soccer seven decades ago, it was not nearly as sophisticated or respected as today’s game. Children were not playing it by the millions, and there was no true national professional soccer league from which to learn. So an athletic team could run another side into the ground.
Still, Lindgren managed to get the most out of her team. “Her sex has proved no handicap, as the Bridgehampton record attests,” Newsday reported in one story.
“She had to organize the guys,” Wyant said. “She had to gain their respect. She had to make sure they were showing up at practices, getting to the games. I’m sure there were a lot of other distractions back then, as there are now. And she won. She won. She won nine games back then.”
Win No7 came on October 12 when the Bridgies defeated Center Moriches 5-1 for the right to meet the Western Division winner, Bay Shore High, for the county title.
Three days later, Bridgehampton suffered its lone setback, dropping a 3-2 loss to Mattituck, but the school already had booked a spot in the Suffolk County championship game.
On November 2, Bridgehampton defeated Bay Shore 1-0 for the county title as Mack converted a feed from Pete Huser before a paid crowd of 300 at Islip High. Mack’s celebration was muted because he fell to the ground, colliding with an oppsoing player as he scored the game-winner. Keeper Joe Turner, who came back from serious injuries suffered in a car accident, excelled, recording the clean sheet.
“I’m well pleased with my boys,” Lindgren said. “They played a fine game. It was such a clean game. Why, we have had to battle our way through a maze of rough games down East to come this far.”
The Bridgies took on Sea Cliff high school for the first Long Island championship at Islip on November 12, 1945, which turned out to be Armistice Day.
It was a classic confrontation between superior defensive and offensive teams.
The Bridgies, led by Early’s county-best 11 goals, had allowed only seven goals. They also tallied 29 times
The Cliffmen were a juggernaut, connecting for 39 goals behind the one-two punch of Dick Shur (11 goals) and Bob Wiez (10). They entered the confrontation with 15-game winning streak over two years, coming off a 2-1 win over Lafayette High. They were backstopped by goalkeeper Carl Braun, who would grow to 6ft 5in and went on to star for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association.
Mack provided the scoring heroics again at 2:28 of the 10th period. Early and Richard Sayre helped set up the goal. This time, he did not collide with an opposing player, but was mobbed by many in the paid crowd of 340.
Years later Mack described the goal. “I remember getting it from the left wing, who passed to the center of the field,” he told Newsday. “Jake Early stopped it. He set it up. I was coming a long behind it. As a matter of fact, I yelled at him and made him get out of the way. I felt I had the better chance of getting it in.”
(As for the extra-time periods, don’t worry: the players weren’t run into the ground. High school soccer games in those days lasted 40 minutes in regulation; generally four 10-minute quarters. Playoff matches usually were followed by five-minute periods, although they could vary in length. According to reported accounts, the match lasted 62:38, still short of today’s 80-minute high school matches).
As it turned out, Lindgren never coached another boys’ soccer game. The war was over and men were returning to their jobs. Lindgren resigned her position in early March 1946 and married Sergeant Norman Ullrich of Forest Hills, a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division, on March 16.
“Coaching men’s sports is a man’s job and there are plenty of men around now,” Lindgren told the Herald Tribune.
Unfortunately, not much is known about Lindgren after she left Bridgehampton. She went on to teach at Baldwin junior high school in her hometown. She died in Vero Beach, Florida in 2002 at the age of 80. Her husband, Norman, died in 1973 at the age of 51. It was not known whether the couple had children.
Regardless, Lydia Lindgren left her mark on soccer history.
“It’s really wonderful that you shed light on this,” Wyant said. “At least I would hope so there are descendants out there from her and maybe they have stories, maybe they have clippings.”
Wyant, a four-time W-League goalkeeper of the year and championship game MVP who played for the US national team in 1985, and the Violets haven’t enjoyed the same success as Lindgren and the Bridgies. At least not yet.
She took over the NYU coaching responsibilities in September only days prior to the Violets’ season opener after longtime head coach Joe Behan resigned to “attend to family health reasons.” So the team never had a pre-season under its new coach.
“My relationship with the team is very good,” Wyant said. “I’m obviously getting and have gotten to know the players at a much deeper level in terms of their ability on the field, how they are individuals, It takes a long time to get to know somebody, to get to know their tendencies, and what can motivate them as a player, as a person. There’s 27 of them, so its getting to know one player at a time. The coaching staff and myself. I’ve had a very small window to look at the team and to decide what the best shape to play in.”
Still, Wyant has been pleased with the team.
“Our performances have been quality performances,” she said. “We’re in games, very much in games. We’re competitive in games. But we just haven’t found that winning formula. The guys look good. They’re working very hard in practice. The culture is good. The locker room is good. Their effort and work rate is excellent on the field.”
Whether Kim Wyant will duplicate Lydia Lindgren’s achievement by winning a championship remains to be seen. One thing is certain: both women have secured their places in soccer history as pioneers.
Michael Lewis acknowledges the help of Julie Greene, the curator/archivist of the Bridgehampton Historical Society, and Stacey Cagno-Schilb, reference librarian of the Hampton Library, in researching the story. |
Douglas Carswell, the Ukip MP for Clacton: ‘The almost 4 million people who voted for Ukip at the last general election have just one MP representing them.’
Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
Our democracy is broken. How else to explain the depth of the divisions that scar our country, and were revealed in all their visceral rawness by this bleak and all too often bitter referendum campaign? Yet if we are to start the process of healing these divisions and rebuilding our politics, we first need to understand the degree of people’s resentment and alienation in the face of economic and technological forces beyond their control.
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I know that many people who voted remain will be angry with those who opted to leave, but such feelings are misplaced. To dismiss them as bigots or racists would be a serious mistake. Instead what we should recognise from these results is a profound rage at a political and economic elite who have held power and wealth close to their chests for far too long. The leaders of the leave gang are about as anti-establishment as the Duke of Edinburgh, but we cannot dismiss the fact that they tapped into something profound occurring in Britain, and the daily dose of fear from some remain campaigners wasn’t enough to sway people towards remain.
Immigration was a useful scapegoat for very real and legitimate anxieties about access to public services, affordable housing and secure jobs. Perhaps that’s no surprise, given that a cross-party consensus emerged at the last election that saw pledges and mugs promising immigration controls – at the very same time as agreement across the board on cuts to public services. While the Green party celebrated migration, and pledged to share the economic bonuses it brings, others raced to the bottom on rhetoric and failed to stand up to Ukip’s outrageous myths. A country ravaged by austerity and fed a daily dose of lies about migrants was always bound to kick back.
It’s now down to people who believe in multiculturalism to make a serious stand for it – we cannot shy away. We need an urgent campaign to rebuild the infrastructure necessary to bind us all together, along with a plan to share the benefits of immigration more broadly. Key to this would be an “immigration dividend” paid specifically to areas under most pressure, and invested in local communities – in everything from libraries to leisure centres – so everyone benefits.
My city, Brighton and Hove, knows what a Tory handling of a financial crisis looks like; and I shudder at the thought of further children’s centre closures, longer queues at doctors’ surgeries, and more jobs being lost in the public sector. Yet that seems likely, alongside the threatened bonfire of environmental and workplace protections – even though my city didn’t vote to leave the EU and didn’t vote for this government. It is vital that progressives unite to fight this.
And more than that, we need a political system that enables people’s voices to be heard. Giving people a genuine opportunity to shape their own futures via the ballot box is fundamental to addressing the disaffection that has brought us to this point. That’s why pressing for progressive reforms to the British constitution as part of the Brexit discussion is crucial. In the referendum every vote mattered, and that needs to be the case each time we go to the polls. And I say that as someone devastated by this result.
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Like the millions of other supporters of the European Union, my party is grieving today. We fought for a vision of a generous, confident and outward-looking country, committed to playing its part in making the world a better place. But we lost – and it’s crucial that we accept the will of the majority.
Perhaps it’s no wonder that leave’s message to “take back control” stuck. People do feel powerless. Not least the almost 4 million people who voted for Ukip at the last general election who have just one MP representing them. As the one MP for more than a million voters I know all too well how our electoral system isn’t up to the task of representing genuine political differences that exist in Britain.
So here’s my challenge to Brexiters: if you’re serious about giving people back control, then join the campaign for a proportional voting system and for an elected second chamber in our parliament. Let’s have a constitutional convention – and take this conversation to the country. This could be the start of something truly cross-party, and genuinely exciting. If we can take anything from this referendum, it’s that the people want more of a voice. |
The present invention relates to a novel method for suspension polymerization which is useful in providing a narrow, small particle size distribution. The method is useful in providing finely divided color developers for use in carbonless paper and cylithographic imaging systems of the type described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,399,209 and 4,772,541 in providing toners for electrophotography, and in providing moulding powders.
Methods for the suspension polymerization of acrylates and other unsaturated monomers are well known in the art. The process normally consists in dispensing a liquid monomer in an aqueous phase with stirring to form a dispersion of monomer droplets in the aqueous phase. The suspension is normally stablized by the presence of a dispersing agent, examples of which include gelatin, starch, methyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, salts of polyacrylic and polymethacrylic acids and certain inorganic colloidal materials; e.g., hydrated magnesium silicates and tricalcium phosphate; nonionic surfactants, anionic surfactants and the like.
It is generally considered difficult and expensive to prepare particles in the 1 to 20 micron range. The material being polymerized passes through a sticky, viscous phase during which the particles tend to coalesce causing the formation of aggregates and a lack of uniformity as to particle size and molecular weight. Small amounts of suspension stabilizers or dispersing agents are used to prevent the particles from sticking together and agglomerating during the polymerization process. The lack of suitable stabilizers and dispersing agents is considered a major reason that small particles and a narrow particle size distribution have not been obtained. |
Port fiscal policy challenged
Private sector should pay greater share, commissioner says
By KRISTEN MILLARES BOLT, P-I REPORTER
Published 10:00 pm, Wednesday, October 11, 2006
The Port of Seattle's seaport had a lot more money coming in than the Port of Vancouver last year, but it lost $24 million while the Canadian port made $28 million, according to an analysis by Port of Seattle Commissioner Alec Fisken.
He'd like to know why.
Fisken's analysis found that Vancouver's seaport made that profit in 2005 on nearly $20 million less in business revenue.
Part of the reason he conducted the analysis, Fisken said, is that "I don't like the way we do our income statement. We show things in such a way as to not show what a big loss we have at the seaport" once the property tax levy is factored out.
Port of Seattle officials said Wednesday that the answer to Fisken's question is complicated and that they couldn't respond in detail after being asked to comment.
But some clues could lie in the philosophies underlying each port's operations.
Simply put, it is not the Port of Seattle's mission to focus on profits. The port's mission is to create long-term benefits for businesses and people in King County -- not necessarily to maximize profits.
"Our legislation says we must make a profit and be self-sufficient," Houston said. "The way you do it is by efficiency."
And the Canadian port has required some of its tenants to make major contributions to projects that will benefit them, such as the two-year, $155 million redevelopment at Centerm, one of its major container terminals. Its terminal operator, P&O Ports Canada Inc., secured $130 million from its parent company for the project.
Meanwhile, the Port of Seattle undertakes the majority of its expansion projects alone, such as the $120 million project to reconvert Terminal 30 into a container terminal and moving the cruise lines to Terminal 91.
The fact that the Seattle port pays for large projects that benefit private businesses has been criticized. The port defends the practice as central in its role as a regional economic engine.
Requiring companies to help pay for large projects marked a significant change from the way the Port of Vancouver used to act, said Houston, who added that limitations on the lease lengths the port could offer during the 1980s scared away tenant capital investment.
"We could only sign five-year leases, but the capital investment to improve a terminal was quite high," Houston said. "And what tenant would contribute $100 million to a facility that is only guaranteed a five-year lease? So we tended to be a banker."
Now, Houston said, the Port of Vancouver can sign much longer leases, making it worth the tenant's while to invest, and reap the benefits over the long term.
Port of Seattle spokesman Mick Shultz called Fisken's comparison of the Seattle and Vancouver ports' income statements unfair because the two ports have different investments in a range of businesses.
Beyond that, Shultz said the port could not properly comment until officials had further studied Fisken's numbers, which were drawn from the Port of Vancouver's 2005 annual report and the Port of Seattle's 2005 financial report.
Shultz said the two ports "have different reporting structures and requirements." He said comparing the two ports' finances was like comparing apples and oranges.
The Port of Vancouver can, and did, decline to break down its financial performance more precisely, and it does not have to disclose the funding or benefits it receives from various governmental agencies.
Therein lies the rub: The Port of Seattle's direct subsidy -- the property tax on King County homeowners -- is known. Last year, it came to $55.7 million.
While Houston said that "nobody is allowed to give us money," the port does get special breaks from its government.
Its chief financial officer, Tom Winkler, said the Canadian government forgave loans of almost $104 million dollars in the early 1980s, but he said the port receives little money currently. Like the port of Seattle, though, it can apply for federal funding for security initiatives.
"When it became the Vancouver Port Corporation ... that changed the relationship of the port to the federal government, and it discontinued some forms of subsidy," said University of Washington professor David Olson, who researches the political and economic performance of public enterprises.
"They are still a subsidized port, as all ports, everywhere, are subsidized in one way or another."
Houston said the Port of Vancouver did not receive money in the form of debt forgiveness when it was transformed in 1999 from being the Vancouver Port Corp. into the Vancouver Port Authority. As the Vancouver Port Authority, a for-profit corporation, the Port of Vancouver is more independent from the federal government.
However, that does not mean that it doesn't benefit from government projects. Last October, the Canadian federal government pledged $590 million in various transportation projects designed specifically to strengthen Canada's trade relationship with Asia.
"That is not strictly for the port by any means," Winkler said.
But it does stand to gain, as do the commuters who use those roads and the many businesses that support trade in Western Canada.
Similar projects in Washington also benefit the Port of Seattle -- and often require the port's financial contribution.
Investments in infrastructure both in and around each port are necessary to capture the wave of goods surging from Asia.
The issue, Fisken said, is that the port should require private companies to contribute more to port projects from which they profit. |
/* crypto/rc2/rc2_skey.c */
/* Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
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* by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).
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* the following conditions are aheared to. The following conditions
* apply to all code found in this distribution, be it the RC4, RSA,
* lhash, DES, etc., code; not just the SSL code. The SSL documentation
* included with this distribution is covered by the same copyright terms
* except that the holder is Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).
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#include <openssl/rc2.h>
#include <openssl/crypto.h>
#ifdef OPENSSL_FIPS
# include <openssl/fips.h>
#endif
#include "rc2_locl.h"
static unsigned char key_table[256] = {
0xd9, 0x78, 0xf9, 0xc4, 0x19, 0xdd, 0xb5, 0xed, 0x28, 0xe9, 0xfd, 0x79,
0x4a, 0xa0, 0xd8, 0x9d, 0xc6, 0x7e, 0x37, 0x83, 0x2b, 0x76, 0x53, 0x8e,
0x62, 0x4c, 0x64, 0x88, 0x44, 0x8b, 0xfb, 0xa2, 0x17, 0x9a, 0x59, 0xf5,
0x87, 0xb3, 0x4f, 0x13, 0x61, 0x45, 0x6d, 0x8d, 0x09, 0x81, 0x7d, 0x32,
0xbd, 0x8f, 0x40, 0xeb, 0x86, 0xb7, 0x7b, 0x0b, 0xf0, 0x95, 0x21, 0x22,
0x5c, 0x6b, 0x4e, 0x82, 0x54, 0xd6, 0x65, 0x93, 0xce, 0x60, 0xb2, 0x1c,
0x73, 0x56, 0xc0, 0x14, 0xa7, 0x8c, 0xf1, 0xdc, 0x12, 0x75, 0xca, 0x1f,
0x3b, 0xbe, 0xe4, 0xd1, 0x42, 0x3d, 0xd4, 0x30, 0xa3, 0x3c, 0xb6, 0x26,
0x6f, 0xbf, 0x0e, 0xda, 0x46, 0x69, 0x07, 0x57, 0x27, 0xf2, 0x1d, 0x9b,
0xbc, 0x94, 0x43, 0x03, 0xf8, 0x11, 0xc7, 0xf6, 0x90, 0xef, 0x3e, 0xe7,
0x06, 0xc3, 0xd5, 0x2f, 0xc8, 0x66, 0x1e, 0xd7, 0x08, 0xe8, 0xea, 0xde,
0x80, 0x52, 0xee, 0xf7, 0x84, 0xaa, 0x72, 0xac, 0x35, 0x4d, 0x6a, 0x2a,
0x96, 0x1a, 0xd2, 0x71, 0x5a, 0x15, 0x49, 0x74, 0x4b, 0x9f, 0xd0, 0x5e,
0x04, 0x18, 0xa4, 0xec, 0xc2, 0xe0, 0x41, 0x6e, 0x0f, 0x51, 0xcb, 0xcc,
0x24, 0x91, 0xaf, 0x50, 0xa1, 0xf4, 0x70, 0x39, 0x99, 0x7c, 0x3a, 0x85,
0x23, 0xb8, 0xb4, 0x7a, 0xfc, 0x02, 0x36, 0x5b, 0x25, 0x55, 0x97, 0x31,
0x2d, 0x5d, 0xfa, 0x98, 0xe3, 0x8a, 0x92, 0xae, 0x05, 0xdf, 0x29, 0x10,
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“We knew he could throw. We saw that during the Super Bowl, but he has really good hands and great footwork,” shortstop Elvis Andrus said.
Wilson reported to the Surprise Recreation Campus early Monday and went through pre-workout fielding drills using a pancake glove with other minor-leaguers, such as Luis Sardinas and Rougned Odor, under the watchful eye of manager Ron Washington.
Wilson then went through the morning workout with the regular infielders, which included popup drills and turning double plays. He received a rousing ovation from several Seahawks fans on hand every time he fielded a ball cleanly or turned a double play.
It became a circus-like scene for the Super Bowl-winning quarterback with more fans arriving for his morning workout than did for Yu Darvish’s first day. During the game later that afternoon, a couple “Seahawks” chants broke out.
“There were more Seattle fans than Rangers fans; that was pretty awesome,” Andrus said. “We know how crazy fans are, especially with football here, and he was the champion.”
Said Beltre: “He just won the Super Bowl. He’s bigger than life.”
As far as baseball is concerned, everyone believed Wilson had the natural instincts and talent to succeed in the game if he stayed with it.
“Baseball is definitely in him,” Washington said.
Wilson did not take batting practice, though, and only participated in the game by delivering the lineup card beforehand.
The Rangers acquired Wilson in the minor-league phase of the Rule 5 draft in December, selecting him off Colorado’s restricted list for $12,000. Wilson was the Rockies’ fourth-round draft pick in 2010 and played two seasons in their minor-league system before pursuing football full time.
The Rangers knew of Wilson’s makeup and ability, scouting him during his high school and college days.
“As a baseball player, we felt like he had a chance to be a guy who could move around the infield and also play some outfield,” assistant general manager A.J. Preller said. “Obviously, he had athleticism, and I think swing-wise, we thought the bat was going to be something where the more at-bats he got in pro ball, he’d hit enough to play.
“The biggest thing that stood out was pregame effort, intensity.”
Wilson’s drive and work ethic is the underlying reason the Rangers selected him in December. They knew he wasn’t looking to give up football but felt he could have a positive influence on the organization by speaking with the minor-leaguers on what it takes to succeed at a young age.
Wilson told his story at the Rangers’ organizational dinner on Sunday night and was expected to meet with the minor-leaguers after Monday’s game.
“He’s very well-spoken and knows what it takes to win,” pitcher Matt Harrison said. “I would’ve figured some things out sooner than I did if I listened to someone like him in the minors.”
Said Washington: “He draws attention because he’s such a personable guy, great character guy. He’s well prepared in what he’s doing. He’s special.” |
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Battle of Portland Harbor
The Battle of Portland Harbor was an incident during the American Civil War, in June 1863, in the waters off Portland, Maine. Two civilian ships engaged two vessels under Confederate States Navy employment.
Background
Around June 24, a Confederate raider named the Tacony, commanded by Lieutenant Charles Read, CSN, was being pursued by the Union Navy. To thwart their pursuers, at about 2 AM on June 25, the Confederates captured the Archer, a Maine fishing schooner out of Southport. After transferring their supplies and cargo onto Archer, the Confederates set fire to Tacony, hoping the Union Navy would believe the ship was destroyed.
On June 26, a Confederate raiding party entered the harbor at Portland late in the evening, sailing past Portland Head Light. The rebels disguised themselves as fishermen; they planned to try to destroy the area's commercial shipping capability, and then to escape out of the harbor.
Battle
When the raiders left the port area on June 27, they proceeded to the federal wharf. Having the advantage of surprise, the crew seized a cutter belonging to the Revenue Service, the USRC Caleb Cushing (named for a Massachusetts congressman, United States Attorney General and Minister to Spain). Their original intent was to seize the side wheel steamer Chesapeake, but its boilers were cold. As they would lose too much time in getting the steam up, they took Cushing. They escaped and sailed out to sea.
News spread of the Confederate actions and the Army garrison at Fort Preble in nearby South Portland was alerted to the rebel intrusion. The Confederates had been observed by several persons while taking over the cutter, and public fury was aroused. Thirty soldiers from Fort Preble were assigned to pursue the raiders; they took a six-pound field piece and a 12-pound howitzer. Accompanied by about 100 civilian volunteers, the soldiers commandeered the steamer Forest City, a side-wheel excursion ship, and the Chesapeake, whose steam was finally up. All of the civilians on board were issued muskets to defend against the Confederates.
Forest City, the faster ship, was the first to catch up to Cushing and Archer. Cushing opened fire on Forest City when it had come within the range. The captain of Forest City was afraid to pursue any further. Cushing, being a revenue cutter, had two secret compartments hidden in the captain's stateroom. Confederate Lieutenant Read had not discovered the cache of powder and ammunition stored there. If he had, the outcome could have been very different.
Chesapeake, which had left port sometime after Forest City with Portland's Mayor Jacob McLellan in command, finally caught up and continued on toward Cushing. The wind was beginning to blow against the Confederate sailors and the steamers soon caught sight of Cushing. Read, the Confederate lieutenant, ordered Cushing torched; its munitions exploded after the ship was abandoned by her twenty-four crewmen, who escaped in lifeboats. They surrendered to Mayor McLellan and were held as prisoners of war at Fort Preble. Archer was also soon captured, and all the rebels were returned to Portland.
Aftermath
It was discovered that the Confederates were in possession of over $100,000 in bonds. These were to be paid after a treaty for peace was ratified between the North and the South.
Public anger against the Southerners was high, and the city requested additional troops to safeguard the prisoners. When they were to be transported to Boston in July, the men had to be spirited out of Portland during the night to prevent a riot from breaking out. They were removed to Boston Harbor, and held at Fort Warren.
Footnotes
References
Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections, and Commissions
Harper's Weekly, 11 July 1863
Confederate Navy Research Center, Mobile, Alabama
The New York Times, 28 June 1863.
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Together Richard and Shawn formed the podcast The Language of Bromance and from there it has been nothing but fun. The duo laugh about things they go through, stories in the news and even getting serious discussing net neutrality along with other issues. Every so often their friendship turns to a bitter rivalry with their nerdiest creation the draft episodes. An original take on a best of or a top 10 list. The draft episodes are done like an NFL Draft 7 rounds where Richard and Shawn flip-flop picks on various topics. |
Rick Thorpe
Rick Thorpe is a Canadian politician. He was a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly in the province of British Columbia from 1996 to 2009, representing the riding of Okanagan-Westside.
A Certified Management Accountant, Thorpe was employed in the brewing industry for 22 years and then was a partner in a winery. He served as president of the Okanagan Wine Festival in 1994 and 1995.
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Intertrochanteric versus femoral neck hip fractures: differential characteristics, treatment, and sequelae.
More than 220,000 persons 65 years and older fracture a hip every year in the United States. Although hip fractures have been considered as a single, homogeneous condition, there are two major anatomic types of proximal femoral fractures: intertrochanteric and femoral neck. The present study's objective was to determine if the two types of hip fracture have different patient characteristics and sequelae. A prospective study of 923 elderly patients admitted to seven Baltimore hospitals for a hip fracture between 1984 and 1986. Patients with intertrochanteric fractures were slightly older, sicker on hospital admission, had longer hospital stays, and were less likely at 2 months postfracture to have recovered activities of daily living than femoral neck fracture patients. Intertrochanteric fracture patients also had higher mortality rates at 2 and 6 months after fracturing. Long-term recovery (1 year) did not differ between fracture type. It appears that intertrochanteric fracture patients have intrinsic factors (older age, poor health) impacting upon their risk of fracture and ability to recover. Differences in patient characteristics and sequelae do exist between femoral neck and intertrochanteric hip fracture patients that impact upon recovery. |
Optimal dose of dexmedetomidine for attenuating cardiovascular response during emergence in patients undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy.
To investigate the optimal dose of dexmedetomidine for attenuating the haemodynamic response during emergence from anaesthesia. Patients undergoing laparoscopic total hysterectomy were randomly allocated to receive 0.9% normal saline (control group) or dexmedetomidine (0.5 µg/kg, 0.75 µg/kg or 1.0 µg/kg 30 min) before extubation. Heart rate, systolic and diastolic arterial pressure and extubation time were measured before drug administration, immediately after the end of drug administration, 10 min after the end of drug administration, immediately after extubation and 5 min after extubation. A total of 120 patients were included in the study (30 per group). Systolic and diastolic arterial pressure and heart rate after drug administration were significantly lower in all three dexmedetomidine groups compared with controls. Extubation times in the 0.75 and 1.0 µg/kg dexmedetomidine groups were significantly longer than in the control group. Intravenous infusion of 0.5 µg/kg dexmedetomidine 30 min before the end of surgery attenuated the haemodynamic responses during emergence without prolonging the extubation time. Dexmedetomidine doses higher than 0.5 µg/kg did not exert additional positive effects on cardiovascular responses, but did significantly prolong the extubation time. |
The Ginzburg-Landau approach to oscillatory media.
Close to a supercritical Hopf bifurcation, oscillatory media may be described, by the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation. The most important spatiotemporal behaviors associated with this dynamics are reviewed here. It is shown, on a few concrete examples, how real chemical oscillators may be described by this equation, and how its coefficients may be obtained from the experimental data. Furthermore, the effect of natural forcings, induced by the experimental realization of chemical oscillators in batch reactors, may also be studied in the framework of complex Ginzburg-Landau equations and its associated phase dynamics. We show, in particular, how such forcings may locally transform oscillatory media into excitable ones and trigger the formation of complex spatiotemporal patterns. |
Serum lipid variations in women on copper intrauterine devices, triphasic oral contraceptives and monthly injectable contraceptives.
This is a longitudinal, prospective, comparative controlled study. Patient selection excluded smokers, overweighed, hypertensive, and aged greater than 34 years. 168 women were distributed by random list into four groups: A) fitted with inert IUD (control); B) with Nova T (Cu-IUD); C) received triphasic gestodene (OC); and D) monthly norethisterone enanthate 50 mg + estradiol valerate 5 mg (injectable). Serum lipid patterns were assessed at the beginning of contraceptive use and at 1, 6 and 12 months. The results of the Cu-IUD group did not show any difference with the control group. The OC group showed an increase of HDL and a significant lowering of LDL cholesterol at 6 months but this reverted by 12 months. On the other hand, in the injectable group, a sharp decrease of total lipids, total cholesterol and LDL was observed from the first month, lasting throughout 12 months, yielding significant difference with controls and also with pre-treatment values. In sum, the monthly injectable showed quite favorable patterns that would deserve further study, especially in view of the scarcity of hitherto available information concerning this formulation. |
1. The Field of Invention
This invention relates generally to systems for sensing environmental or physical parameters such as for pressure, temperature and light changes, and to transducers for generating electrical signals corresponding to such remotely sensed environmental or physical parameters. The invention further relates to an electronically operated CPR force monitoring system.
2. State of the Art
A great many devices are known for sensing force and pressure values. For the purposes of the present discussion, the terms force and pressure can be considered interchangeable, and to include other force related values such as torque. Likewise, devices are known for sensing temperature and light parameter changes. Many of such devices are mechanical in nature, and many are electrical devices. While many of these devices have proven very effective for their intended uses, there remains a need in many areas for compact, reliable, effective, inexpensive and low power sensor and transducer devices and systems. For example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,858,620,filed on Feb. 28, 1986 and which issued on Aug. 22, 1989, entitled "Warning Systems for Excessive Orthopedic Pressures", a non-invasive system for remotely monitoring the pressure beneath the cast on a part of the body is disclosed for warning when the measured pressure is approaching dangerous levels. That system should incorporate remote sensors which are compact enough to fit beneath the cast without requiring any modification to the cast's size or shape. Furthermore, the system, being battery operated and portable, must be reliable and effective to protect the patient, and still be of low power requirements and inexpensive. Although means are known for measuring pressures beneath casts, among the reasons why such means are not widely used are that they are invasive, difficult to use and their prohibitively expensive, particularly in view of the present absence of such systems in existing orthopedic procedures and because the addition of such systems would significantly increase the cost of the cast. Another medical application requiring a force detection system is a CPR unit in which the force applied to the lower sternum is displayed in real time for each of the cyclic compressions during the procedure. The object, of course, is to prevent forces that are too low to be effective or so high as to cause physical damage to the patient's chest.
Aside from the medical application discussed above, there are other applications where a need exists for low cost, remotely located sensors to be utilized in transducer circuitry. For example, such need exists in the automotive industry. This need is discussed by Flynn, in his article in Product Engineering, August, 1978 (pgs. 43-49).
A number of electrical devices have been developed and described in the patent literature for detecting changes in environmental or physical parameters. One such device is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,552,028. This patent discloses a single device for measuring force by a capacitive sensor.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,562,382 discloses a solid-state inverter including a multiple core transformer which is useful as a high frequency power source for use in connection with an electron discharge lamb.
In U.S. Pat. No. 4,381,506, a single unit transducer apparatus is disclosed. This apparatus provides an electrical signal which senses motion of a component, e.g., a movable ring about a magnetically conductive core. This apparatus is designed for coupling to internal combustion engines.
In U.S. Pat. No. 4,156,223, an improved positional transducer is disclosed which utilizes an elongated, hollow, cylindrical tube of a magnetically saturable material, a sensing wire that runs through the tube parallel to its elongated axis and a pair of elongated, generally rectangularly shaped magnets of opposite polarity which are closely positioned adjacent diametrically opposite exterior portions of the tube. A similar positional transducer is illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 3,958,203; however, the '223 patent is an improved version of the transducer disclosed in this patent.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,122,427 discloses a motion monitor particularly useful for monitoring infant respiration. The monitor comprises an oscillator driving an ultrasonic wave generator, a receiver for ultrasonic echoes, a phase detector for detecting phase shift between the outputs of the detector and an oscillator, and means for recovering the respiration envelope from the output of the phase detector.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,140,475 discloses a device for position and motion indication. The device includes a primary coil and a secondary coil coaxially aligned in an end-to-end relation and electrically connected in series, with an A.C. supply connected across the primary coil and a signal readout device connected across both the primary and secondary coils in series relation.
In U.S. Pat. No. 3,020,527, a position indicating system which will indicate the position of a device at a location remote from a movable device is provided. More specifically, a telemetric system is disclosed that may be employed expeditiously with an elongated tube which tube may act as a pressure wall.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,001,183 also relates to position indicator systems for sliding magnetic sleeves which operate within a completely enclosed vessel. Specifically, a remote linear position indicator is disclosed that has a sensing element positioned within a tubular magnetic wall.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,284,364 discloses a tensiometer for measuring thread tension while the thread is passing through the measuring device at a high rate. This device was designed for use in the fiber and garment industries.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,142,981 discloses a transducer device for producing digital electrical signals to measure the magnitude of force applied to the force sensing element. The force sensing element includes a load ring, and a means for applying a force to cause a deformation of the load ring. The patent also discloses employing an oscillator to produce a stable frequency within the frequency range of the oscillator whose frequency varies with the force applied to the load ring.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,206,971 discloses a force measuring apparatus wherein a frequency determining part of an oscillator is coupled to a spring member. The resilient deformation of the spring member caused by the forces to be measured produces frequency changes in the oscillator corresponding in magnitude to the deformation.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,522,858 discloses a snow-depth measuring device which permits measurement of small changes in the pressure of a liquid contained in a factory sealed chamber between two parallel plates, one of which is exposed to the snow fall. Attached to the outer frame of the device is a pressure transducer comprising bellows, a core piece and a coil, all enclosed in a housing.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,727,606 discloses a device for providing continuous monitoring of human respiration and heart rate comprising a fluid-type mattress located in contact with the human and producing pressure signals in response to the breathing and heart rate. A pressure transducer is provided for interpreting the pressure signals for application to an electronic circuit, or visual or audible recognition of the signals.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,791,375 discloses a device for sensing and warning of excessive ambulation force. The device is designed to be worn on a human foot, and may be used during recovery from orthopedic surgery of the lower extremity. The device comprises a fluid-containing load cell which deflects and changes its volume in accordance with the amount of load thereon.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,175,263 discloses a technique for monitoring the movement of an individual from a particular area. The device comprises a sealed fluid filled pad and comprises two distinct fluid areas or pressure sensing areas. Movement of a patient or a child is detected by the change in force or pressure exerted on the fluid.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,208,918 discloses a digital pressure sensor in which a first oscillator is associated with the pressure detector and a second oscillator of the same construction as the first is provided for determining a sampling period of the output signal of the first oscillator.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,324,259 discloses a device for detecting body function changes such as respiration and contractions of a woman in advanced pregnancy and labor. The device comprises a detector capsule having one wall defined by a resilient diaphragm for engagement with the abdominal wall and is connected to a variable volume compartment operably connected to a volume responsive transducer.
German Patent 737,882 discloses a position indicator which includes a movable magnetic sleeve about a core element containing longitudinal windings to vary inductance.
None of these above disclosures, however, teach or suggest the sensing means of the present invention. Also, a remotely located sensor from the transducing means of the type disclosed in the present application is not suggested by the teachings of the above discussed disclosures.
Other applications for pressure and the like monitoring systems, which might well be fulfilled upon the availability of compact, reliable, effective low power, portable and inexpensive remote sensors and associated transducer functions, involve measuring sport related values (e.g., measuring force applied to boxing gloves, boxing bags and running shoes; measuring total energy expended in bicycling; monitoring pressure in ski bindings and ski boots; measuring muscular expansion in a weight lifter); measuring the redistribution of body fluids in space or when subjected to varying and/or extreme gravitational forces; measuring weight; measuring pneumatic tire pressure, etc. Also, such a monitoring system may be useful for the remote monitoring of pressurized containers, e.g., fire extinguishers and gas containers used with analytical instruments and the like, respiration therapy, automotive performance, and monitoring fluid flow and fluid levels in industrial processes, to name a few. |
Sample Surveys and the 1940 Census
After a 72-year wait required by law, the National Archives has released individual records from the 1940 Census, opening a gold mine for people researching their family histories. But the 1940 Census also played a notable role in the history of census-taking: It helped usher in the modern era of sample surveys.
With the nation deep in the Great Depression, government officials planning for the 1940 Census hoped to expand the topics they asked about in order to guide federal policy-making in an era of expanded government. They wanted to add questions to the census about people’s incomes, migration histories and housing conditions.
But adding these new questions would have made the census form too lengthy, and been too costly. After lobbying by some of its younger statisticians, the Census Bureau’s solution was to turn to the new science of survey sampling. To make room for new topics, the Census Bureau decided for the first time to ask some questions of a sample of respondents, not of everyone. Those responses were extrapolated to the total population.
New Questions
The 1940 Census included 34 population questions and 31 housing questions for the general population, and an additional 16 questions (on six topics) that were asked of a sample of respondents. Some questions asked of the sample had been asked in previous counts, and others were asked for the first time in 1940. The housing questions were listed on a separate form, but in practice enumerators asked them along with the population questions.
Census Bureau officials knew that some of the new questions would be controversial, and that some people would find them intrusive. There has been debate since the first census, in 1790, about how much it is appropriate for the government to ask beyond a basic count.
In 1940, not many Americans had previously been asked to give financial information to the federal government, according to historian Margo J. Anderson’s book, “The American Census: A Social History.” Only a minority of Americans then filed income tax forms; only 15 million forms were filed in 1940, when the national population was counted at 132 million.
Census officials knew that the strongest opposition to the income question came from high-income Americans, but the information they needed most was from low- and middle-income Americans. So census-takers were told to ask for actual wage or salary amounts only up to $5,000 a year; at the time, three-quarters of American families made no more than that. Incomes of $5,000 or more would be reported as “$5,000+.” The instructions to census-takers said: “Some persons who might otherwise be reluctant to report wages or salary would be quite willing to do so if they learn that the amount above $5,000 need not be specified.”
If people were reluctant to give their income information to the enumerator who knocked on their door, they could choose to fill out a card that would be sealed in an envelope and mailed to the Census Bureau. The question on income was toward the end of the questionnaire, “because if the enumerator got kicked out of a household when that question was asked, the interviewer would have already obtained the answers to the previous questions,” recalled Census Bureau official Edwin D. Goldfield, in an interview for a bureau oral history archive.
The housing questions amounted to the first national inventory of housing, according to Anderson. They included questions about the home’s water supply and toilet, if any. There also was a series of questions about the home’s value and cost. The housing forms were destroyed, and are not part of the 1940 Census release of records.
Sample Survey
Since the first U.S. census, the same set of questions had been asked of everyone. But in 1940, the desire for additional data coincided with improvements in survey methodology and theory that allowed the Census Bureau to add more questions without burdening the entire population. Statisticians in the 1930s had made great advances in designing and implementing sample surveys, in which a randomly selected subset of respondents supply data that are extrapolated to represent views of the entire population.
The importance of drawing a random sample was made clear after Literary Digest, a well-known magazine, conducted a straw poll of respondents whose names were obtained mainly from automobile registration lists and telephone books. The poll, which had a gigantic response of two million postcards (about 1,000 is considered an adequate sample today), indicated a landslide victory for Republican Alf Landon over Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1936 presidential election. Although factors other than the flawed sample also played a role in that failed forecast, the Literary Digest debacle was a strong force in the rise of surveys based on scientific probability samples, in which any American adult has a known chance of being asked for a response. Other polls taken in 1936 that were based on random samples were much more accurate than the Literary Digest poll.
Some long-time Census Bureau officials had resisted incorporating scientific sampling into the decennial census, believing it would “downgrade the validity of census information, because you had to say that this is based on a sample,” recalled Ross Eckler, a former Census Bureau director who was interviewed for a Census Bureau oral history project.
Armed with information from some smaller government sample surveys, a younger generation of statisticians persuaded their skeptical elders at the Census Bureau that such an approach should be part of the decennial census. The introduction of sampling did not cause any notable public controversy or challenge from members of Congress, according to Eckler and other sources.
In the 1940 Census, the sampled population consisted of every 20th person interviewed by any given enumerator. In practice, enumerators filled out forms that had space for information from 40 people on each side, and were told to ask the supplemental questions of people whose names fell on certain designated lines. According to the instructions for enumerators, the questions should be asked about anyone whose name was listed on a certain line, “whether this be the head, his wife, a son or daughter, an infant, a lodger, or any other member of the household.”
The sample questions included place of birth of the person’s mother and father; “mother tongue” in the household during early childhood; three questions about military service and veteran or veteran-family status; three questions about Social Security receipt; and questions about occupation, industry and class of worker. Women who were or had been married were asked whether they had been married more than once, how old they were when first married and the number of children they had ever had.
Sampling Since 1940
Every decennial census from 1950 to 2000 included widened use of sampling to ask additional questions of part of the population, which eventually were asked on a separate form known as the “long form.” Since 2000, the American Community Survey, a sample survey, has asked the same questions on a continuous basis that the census had asked once a decade on the long form. The Census Bureau also uses sample surveys to evaluate the quality of the census and to test new questions and survey methods.
The techniques for drawing a sample, and extrapolating results, have become increasingly complex. Over the years, the Census Bureau moved from a person-based sample to a household-based sample. Instead of being drawn from people interviewed by one enumerator, samples were drawn from lists of addresses.
The reliability of sample surveys is now taken for granted within the Census Bureau, and wider research community, where sample surveys are the basis for measuring public opinion, political attitudes, employment levels and other information.
Some uses still can generate controversy, however. Since 1950, the Census Bureau has taken a post-enumeration sample survey to check the quality of the full count. In 2000, the Census Bureau planned to use a sample survey as the basis not only for checking the accuracy of its original count, but also for amending that official count if it was found that the post-census survey data would improve the quality of the enumeration. The agency planned to conduct a post-enumeration survey, match the results with actual census records and apply a statistical technique known as dual-systems estimation to correct flaws in the original enumeration.
However, the application of survey sampling to produce the official counts used to apportion congressional seats among the states met opposition, mainly from Republicans who expressed concern that results could be manipulated for partisan purposes. The use of survey sampling for apportionment purposes was successfully challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court before the 2000 Census was taken.
The Census Bureau did take a post-enumeration survey in 2000, and considered trying to use its results for other purposes, such as producing data for redistricting within states or allocating federal funds among states and localities. But problems were discovered with the survey results, so they were not used for other purposes.
The bureau did conduct a post-enumeration survey after the 2010 Census, called the Census Coverage Measurement program. It is intended to produce measurements of undercount, duplicate count and other error, but not to amend the count. Results are expected sometime this year.
About Pew Research Center Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. |
2-Iodo-N-(4-nitrophenyl)benzamide forms hydrogen-bonded sheets of R4(4)(24) rings.
Molecules of the title compound, C13H9IN2O3, are linked into C4 chains by an N-H...O=C hydrogen bond, and these chains are linked into sheets of R4(4)(24) rings by means of a C-H...O-N hydrogen bond. However, C-H...pi(arene) hydrogen bonds, and pi-pi stacking and iodo-nitro interactions are all absent. |
@Ayespy I dont like that it is so easy to install plugin without extra dialog in Vivaldi like "are you sure you want to add this into your beloved browser?". It was pure coincidence that I have spotted this...
And I didn't notice anywhere in Acrobat update dialog that any extra stuff have been installed
And I didn't notice anywhere in Acrobat update dialog that any extra stuff have been installed
That really become Adobe problem. They install it without user consent nor approval. Isn't that illegal anywhere?
Anyway, I agree; we do need some safeguard mechanism.
3rd party plugin must be set "disable" (vivaldi://plugins) by default at least. Even if "Always allowed to run" uncheck, "disable" mean complete no.
@ROTFL - It's not "installed." it's just there. You get to tell the browser whether to use it or not. Plugins are not actually, literally "plugged in" to the browser. They sit in a folder and the browser "plugs in" to them to display relevant content when that content is something a browser would not normally be coded to handle.
Extensions actually affect the operation of the browser. Plugins merely lie there waiting to be called upon to show you something that they know how to decode.
@Ayespy I dont like that it is so easy to install plugin without extra dialog in Vivaldi like "are you sure you want to add this into your beloved browser?". It was pure coincidence that I have spotted this...
And I didn't notice anywhere in Acrobat update dialog that any extra stuff have been installed
I know that Chrome always points out to the user when a plugin or extension has been installed automatically. This is really the minimum that a browser should do. It was also the case with this new plugin, and according to the news, there was no mention anywhere, by Adobe, that they were pushing out a new plugin with their software update (not install).
@ROTFL - It's not "installed." it's just there. You get to tell the browser whether to use it or not. Plugins are not actually, literally "plugged in" to the browser. They sit in a folder and the browser "plugs in" to them to display relevant content when that content is something a browser would not normally be coded to handle.
Extensions actually affect the operation of the browser. Plugins merely lie there waiting to be called upon to show you something that they know how to decode.
That's not strictly true. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the plugins are fully loaded into memory even before any content triggers them, which means the data harvesting, also called spying by some, is enabled if the plugin is enabled. The Adobe plugin collects "anonymous" data, as mentioned in the article.
@kumiponi - Plugins are fully loaded into memory. They are not in your browser. They may not even be in the same directory. A "plugin" which harvests data from browsers when not even invoked would be properly referred to as a trojan - something for security software to deal with.
I know that Chrome always points out to the user when a plugin or extension has been installed automatically. This is really the minimum that a browser should do. It was also the case with this new plugin, and according to the news, there was no mention anywhere, by Adobe, that they were pushing out a new plugin with their software update (not install).
Yup. I'd like Vivaldi to
a) set state of all extensions that have been installed "externally" to disabled
b) display notification that something has been added
I don't condemn all of the "magic" beyond installers.
I'd just like to be aware that something "magically happened" behind my back
There's the source of the whole misunderstanding, right there. It's not a PLUGIN. It's an EXTENSION. It repeatedly kills me that people do not understand the meaning of these two different terms for very different things.
Anything which installs an extension into your browser, unbidden, is malware and to be avoided at all costs.
And, yes, if Vivaldi gets an extension installed and fails to notify the user, that's bad. @ROTFL : I wonder if, as the person who discovered this, you would be kind enough to file a bug report.
@CantankRus - I do use PPAPI Flash. Don't use any other Adobe products that I'm aware of. I tend to avoid them like the plague. I received the shipment of an additional computer yesterday, (makes 8 desktop towers in the house - what's wrong with me?) and it had AR DC pre-installed. One of the first things I did was uninstall it and install a PDF reader I prefer, so I never got to learn of the charms of the new DC version.
@CantankRus - I do use PPAPI Flash. Don't use any other Adobe products that I'm aware of. I tend to avoid them like the plague. I received the shipment of an additional computer yesterday, (makes 8 desktop towers in the house - what's wrong with me?) and it had AR DC pre-installed. One of the first things I did was uninstall it and install a PDF reader I prefer, so I never got to learn of the charms of the new DC version.
"8 desktop towers"
Wow... you starting a bitcoin farm?
Flash plugin is installed, but disabled and honestly haven't found the need to enable it lately.
They offer some great software, like Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, After Effects, Audition - to name a few. It's the free software from Adobe (especially Acrobat Reader and Flash Player) - that's the real cancer...
You see a man photo with his great 7 pack on internet and instantly say "Gimp fail". I would agree to any Adobe hater.
Until then, I'll say Adobe Photo Editor product really darn good. :laugh:
Seriously;
What people hate is "browser" plugins. From Macromedia, Adobe, MS apps, Java, RealPlayer, QuickTime, etc. is their browser plugins who make the most cry.
The real product is self usually just find. Use it if it fit your need. |
M&C Saatchi has announced a boardroom exodus with all its non-executive directors and the company’s co-founder Lord Saatchi to leave the crisis-hit business.
The British advertising agency was forced to admit last week that a summer accounting scandal was worse than previously thought as it also fired off its second profit warning in less than three months.
In a statement after the stock market had closed on Tuesday, the company, founded in 1995 by brothers and advertising moguls Maurice and Charles Saatchi, said that Lord Dobbs, the creator of the House of Cards TV series, Sir Michael Peat, the former private secretary to the Prince of Wales and a member of the family that supplied the “P” in KPMG, and Lorna Tilbian had all resigned. Maurice Saatchi, who had retained a seat on the board, is also leaving the firm that bears his name.
Jeremy Sinclair, the company’s chairman, said: “We have accepted the decision of these directors to resign. We are determined to restore the operational performance and profitability of the business.”
The board’s credibility had been damaged by last week’s update when the embattled group said it was now taking an £11.6m hit in relation to the scandal and that the accounting errors could stretch back five years. When the problem was first revealed in August, the company said the charge would be £6.4m, with the error blamed on “over-aggressive” revenue recognition at its UK operation.
Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said: “At a time when investors are making ever-higher demands of companies in terms of their corporate governance and how they are run, heads were always going to roll at M&C Saatchi after a run of profit warnings and revelations that accounting errors could date back over five years.
“Investors will now be hoping that a fresh approach in the boardroom will help chief executive David [Kershaw] and relatively new finance chief Mickey Kalifa with their root-and-branch review of the business and their efforts to turn around M&C Saatchi’s financial results and reputation.”
The advisory firm PwC, which was drafted in to conduct an independent review into the accounts, found that the company had in 2018 booked revenues from 12-month contracts into the first half of the year and said that similar practices may have been going on since 2014, as a result of bringing forward revenues that were due in the latter half of those financial years.
The “misapplication of accounting policies” also extended into areas including understating project costs, wrongly listing assets on the balance sheet such as obsolete software, or overstating the value of assets such as fixtures and fittings.
The original Saatchi business made a name for itself with its “Labour isn’t working” campaign poster for Margaret Thatcher showing a queue of people snaking out from an unemployment office and disappearing into the distance. M&C Saatchi also created ads for a number of Conservative election campaigns, including the “demon eyes” advertisements that ran in 1997 showing Tony Blair with glowing red eyes.
The accounting saga has weighed on the company’s share price, which has fallen more than 60% this year to 103p, with analysts billing the company, which has clients including O2 and Sky in the UK, as a takeover target.
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Sinclair said the company was committed to honouring all the recommendations set out in the PwC report: “We had started a process to reconstruct our board with new independent directors. This new board will have a mandate to conduct a full review of all aspects of our governance.”
Presiding over the profit warning. David Kershaw, the group’s chief executive, admitted the numbers “make for very difficult reading – both for us as a management team and for all of our stakeholders”.
“The only positives that we can offer are that a robust review has been undertaken and we have, under our new group finance director, started implementing processes and procedures to prevent such issues arising again.”
The agency expects underlying profit before tax for its 2019 financial year to be up to 27% lower than the £29.5m it made last year. It is the second profit downgrade in recent months following a warning in September of a fall of up to 10%. The agency’s two biggest markets are the UK and Australia.
The financial crisis has also prompted the company to begin a £2.5m cost-cutting drive in the UK, which will include significant job reductions. The UK operation employs about 837 staff, one-third of the 2,600 global headcount. The cuts are expected to produce annual savings of about £6m in 2020 and onwards. |
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A border patrol agent examines the terminal end of a tunnel that ran more than 700 yards from Mexico to the United States. The tunnel is one of four such lengthy tunnels discovered by the Border Patrol. (AP Photo)
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two drug-smuggling tunnels with rail systems stretching hundreds of yards across the U.S.-Mexico border were discovered by law enforcement officials, and a 73-year-old woman was charged with helping run one operation, federal authorities said Friday.
No contraband was found in connection with the tunnels, which linked warehouses in Tijuana, Mexico, and the Otay Mesa area of San Diego, according to a statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
The first tunnel, stretching about 600 yards, was discovered Tuesday. It was described as being equipped with lighting, a crude rail system and wooden trusses.
The entrance on the U.S. side is inside a warehouse where a cement cap covered a 70-foot shaft. A pulley system was installed to hoist goods into the building, which was filled with children's toys and boxes of televisions.
The other tunnel, located Thursday, stretches more than 700 yards and was built with more sophisticated features including a multi-tiered electric rail system and ventilation equipment.
On Wednesday, investigators with the San Diego Tunnel Task Force arrested Glennys Rodriguez from the San Diego suburb of Chula Vista.
The U.S. attorney's office has charged her with conspiracy to maintain a drug-involved premises. It wasn't immediately clear whether she had obtained an attorney.
The tunnels were the sixth and seventh found in the area in less than four years, ICE said.
U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy said the discoveries foiled cartel plans to sneak large quantities of drugs across the border.
"Going underground is not a good business plan," she said in a statement.
Other participants in the investigation include the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Mexican law enforcement officials also assisted.
On Friday along the Arizona-Mexico border, federal authorities shut down an incomplete drug-smuggling tunnel in Nogales.
A task force developed information that a tunnel was being constructed inside a residence in Nogales, Sonora.
That's just a few yards south of the international border fence near the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Ariz.
Task-force members notified Mexican authorities, and they subsequently discovered the tunnel entrance in a backyard shed at the residence.
The tunnel is approximately 449 feet long with about 60 feet in Mexico and 389 feet in the U.S.
The tunnel is roughly 4 feet tall and ends underneath a canyon just east of the Mariposa port.
No people or drugs were found inside the passageway, and no arrests have been made in the case, authorities said. |
Election Year Politics
Happy New Year! Now let’s get started with a big dose of politics. Even if you’d rather be watching football, a zombie apocalypse or the Wives of Wherever, election politics affect every last one of us living here whether we can vote or not, so please pay attention.
In 2012, the Caribbean community coalesced around getting Barack Obama re-elected, not because of his skin color or his charisma, but because of the character of the man. Diplomatic, steadfast, genuine, concerned – his is the type of character that our community wants steering the nation we’ve chosen to leave our places of birth to now call home.
Most of us stick by the Democratic party in general, even though our values are typically conservative. As a community we are god-fearing and fiercely independent. Like everyone else including rich Republicans who don’t want to pay to maintain the infrastructure that keeps their enterprises in motion, we like free stuff. But we don’t come here for that. We come here to work hard and earn our keep. Our issue with the Republicans is that they don’t walk the talk. The talk is creating an environment that facilitates everyone pulling themselves up by their bootstraps. The walk doesn’t benefit the majority of folks who need those facilities.
Republicans would happily maintain a system that leaves poor folks uneducated, typically equating to lack of viability in the well-paid work force and a continued glut of low income labor for their own workforces. They would happily get rid of the minimum wage and expect their two-dollar-an-hour staffers to pull themselves up by their bootstraps without the benefit of good food, living quarters or education. They have fought for years to repeal Obamacare, the program that insures millions of low income Americans, but their plan to replace it is virtually non-existent.
The rat race called everyday life is stacked against a certain class of which many of us are a part. This year, let’s pay attention and do what we can to help decide the country’s leaders, not leave the decision to folks who do not care about our community’s interests.
Calibe Thompson is the host and producer of “Island Origins”, airing Mondays at 10:00PM and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 9:00PM on BECON-TV (Ch 63 / Comcast 19). Visit www.islandoriginstv.com. |
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Stromal fibroblast-specific expression of ADAM-9 modulates proliferation and apoptosis in melanoma cells in vitro and in vivo.
ADAMs are members of the zinc metalloproteinase superfamily characterized by the presence of disintegrin and metalloprotease domains. In human melanoma, ADAM-9 is expressed in focalized areas of the tumor-stroma border in both melanoma and stromal cells. However, the role of ADAM-9 in melanoma progression remains elusive. To analyze the role of stromal-derived ADAM-9 for the growth and survival of melanoma cells, we have used in vitro coculture systems of melanoma cells and ADAM-9(-/-) fibroblasts. Coculture of melanoma cells in the presence of ADAM-9(-/-) fibroblasts led to increased melanoma cell proliferation and reduced apoptosis as compared with control cocultures. We identified TIMP-1 and sTNFRI as the two relevant factors expressed in increased amounts in culture supernatants from ADAM-9(-/-) fibroblasts. TIMP-1 was associated with induced melanoma cell proliferation, whereas soluble TNFR1 mediated the reduced cellular apoptosis in vitro. In vivo, injection of murine melanoma cells into the flank of ADAM-9(-/-) animals resulted in the development of significantly larger tumors than in wild-type animals as a result of increased proliferation and decreased apoptosis of melanoma cells. Taken together, stromal expression of ADAM-9 during melanoma development modulates the expression of TIMP-1 and sTNFR1, which in turn affect tumor cell proliferation and apoptosis. |
El subsecretario de Salud, Martín Cesino, hizo referencia a la vacuna contra el dengue, que está disponible en Paraguay. Al respecto recordó que en Argentina no está autorizado, ya que no es un país endémico como Paraguay. De la misma manera la Anmat tampoco autorizó.
Martín Cesino. Radio Libertad.
Recordó que no tiene una alta efectividad, y son tres dosis con intervalo de seis meses y se aplica de 9 a 45 años edad. En este caso Misiones se basa en la normativa que tiene que ver con la Anmat.
El funcionario insistió que ante sintomatología consultar al médico.
Cabe recordar que desde este martes se comercializa en Paraguay la vacuna contra el dengue. La misma estará disponible en el sector privado, no en hospitales públicos.
«La vacuna es de un virus vivo y la acción es debilitar al virus del dengue. Existe un 10% de riesgo de efectos secundarios pero nada de mucho riesgo», aclararon en el vecino país.
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Q:
What does "use strict" do in JavaScript, and what is the reasoning behind it?
Recently, I ran some of my JavaScript code through Crockford's JSLint, and it gave the following error:
Problem at line 1 character 1: Missing "use strict" statement.
Doing some searching, I realized that some people add "use strict"; into their JavaScript code. Once I added the statement, the error stopped appearing. Unfortunately, Google did not reveal much of the history behind this string statement. Certainly it must have something to do with how the JavaScript is interpreted by the browser, but I have no idea what the effect would be.
So what is "use strict"; all about, what does it imply, and is it still relevant?
Do any of the current browsers respond to the "use strict"; string or is it for future use?
A:
This article about Javascript Strict Mode might interest you: John Resig - ECMAScript 5 Strict Mode, JSON, and More
To quote some interesting parts:
Strict Mode is a new feature in ECMAScript 5 that allows you to place a program, or a function, in a "strict" operating context. This strict context prevents certain actions from being taken and throws more exceptions.
And:
Strict mode helps out in a couple ways:
It catches some common coding bloopers, throwing exceptions.
It prevents, or throws errors, when relatively "unsafe" actions are taken (such as gaining access to the global object).
It disables features that are confusing or poorly thought out.
Also note you can apply "strict mode" to the whole file... Or you can use it only for a specific function (still quoting from John Resig's article):
// Non-strict code...
(function(){
"use strict";
// Define your library strictly...
})();
// Non-strict code...
Which might be helpful if you have to mix old and new code ;-)
So, I suppose it's a bit like the "use strict" you can use in Perl (hence the name?): it helps you make fewer errors, by detecting more things that could lead to breakages.
Strict mode is now supported by all major browsers.
Inside native ECMAScript modules (with import and export statements) and ES6 classes, strict mode is always enabled and cannot be disabled.
A:
It's a new feature of ECMAScript 5. John Resig wrote up a nice summary of it.
It's just a string you put in your JavaScript files (either at the top of your file or inside of a function) that looks like this:
"use strict";
Putting it in your code now shouldn't cause any problems with current browsers as it's just a string. It may cause problems with your code in the future if your code violates the pragma. For instance, if you currently have foo = "bar" without defining foo first, your code will start failing...which is a good thing in my opinion.
A:
The statement "use strict"; instructs the browser to use the Strict mode, which is a reduced and safer feature set of JavaScript.
List of features (non-exhaustive)
Disallows global variables. (Catches missing var declarations and typos in variable names)
Silent failing assignments will throw error in strict mode (assigning NaN = 5;)
Attempts to delete undeletable properties will throw (delete Object.prototype)
Requires all property names in an object literal to be unique (var x = {x1: "1", x1: "2"})
Function parameter names must be unique (function sum (x, x) {...})
Forbids octal syntax (var x = 023; some devs assume wrongly that a preceding zero does nothing to change the number.)
Forbids the with keyword
eval in strict mode does not introduce new variables
Forbids deleting plain names (delete x;)
Forbids binding or assignment of the names eval and arguments in any form
Strict mode does not alias properties of the arguments object with the formal parameters. (i.e. in function sum (a,b) { return arguments[0] + b;} This works because arguments[0] is bound to a and so on. )
arguments.callee is not supported
[Ref: Strict mode, Mozilla Developer Network]
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The Eclipse MicroProfile community is thriving and always on the lookout for new members to join the family. This Open Source community cares about its members and will do its best to keep the hurdles of getting involved as low as possible.
We asked Edwin to be interviewed (git issue) to share his experience about on-boarding into MicroProfile with David Salter as the interviewer. Edwin’s interview provides a valuable input in optimizing the welcoming process and hopefully inspires you to join as a member too if you are not one already.
Introducing Edwin Derks
Edwin Derks is a Software Architect from Ordina JTech. He has a passion for gathering and sharing knowledge about anything related to the Java ecosystem and cloud-driven development in general. He is a member of the Eclipse MicroProfile and Jakarta EE community, and is often hosting meetups, writing articles, blogs and speaking at conferences.
Background in Java EE
Edwin’s professional career as a Java Developer started in 2007 after graduating. At the time, he didn’t have much experience with programming since he had switched from studying System Administration. The school was teaching Java and his internship project for graduation was Java-based, he decided to stick with Java and hone his skills. Since then, Edwin has taken off as a Java professional, growing up and evolving with the Java ecosystem – and still loving it!
Java based projects have been the trend of Edwin’s career. He has never really been “outside” the Java ecosystem, having only touched some frontend technologies (HTML, JS, CSS), Flash/Flex and PHP, but never really honed his skills there. The Java projects that he did however, were of ample diversity.
Edwin started with building Swing desktop applications in Java 1.5. These projects were fun to do, and he learned a lot about Java, OO programming and design patterns. Even today, Swing is Edwin’s guilty pleasure in Java programming, even though it is now in maintenance mode in the JDK. He has a pet project with a Swing GUI that is updated as Java evolves. When Java 8 came out, Edwin swept through the code, replacing many action handlers with Lambdas and default methods, making the code shrink significantly, and of course, more readable.
After the Swing based projects ended, Edwin moved to Java EE based projects that ran on RedHat JBoss. There, he learnt how to build, evolve and maintain enterprise applications that made his love grow not just for Java, but also for Java EE. During that time, Edwin also started to visit conferences, where new features for Java EE 5 and later were introduced. He was lucky to have the opportunity to actually adopt these new features in the projects as they continued.
In the meantime, he completed a few Spring Framework based projects, and learnt how to deploy applications in the cloud, enabling scalability of enterprise software and automated deployments, applying microservice architectures and even serverless solutions. This allowed Edwin to see Java EE in a broader context with other frameworks and better understand how it fits into present-day software solutions.
Now Java EE is going to be superseded by Jakarta EE and will receive a fresh start to evolve further under the Eclipse Foundation’s stewardship. It’s mission is to become a solid fit for cloud-native enterprise applications. How that will turn out is to be seen, and Edwin is going to continue along with this process.
“But here’s the catch: let’s not forget that all of this has become possible due to the MicroProfile initiative that started in 2016”, Edwin states. He feels that Jakarta EE and MicroProfile reinforce each other, acting as one entity, one family.
Hearing About MicroProfile
Edwin spoke to one of the MicroProfile community members at a Devoxx Belgium conference. He learned that there was a BOF scheduled for MicroProfile, an initiative to extend Java EE 7 with a new “profile”. The existing Web profile was perceived too limited, and the Full profile perceived too heavy/verbose and lacking specific features for building microservices. Therefore, the “micro profile” should fill the gap between the Web and Full profiles, providing the specifications to build and deploy microservices.
At that time, Edwin wasn’t involved in any open-source development whatsoever, and didn’t have any clue what would be expected of him. He was unsure how an individual could get involved when all the big vendors were developing application servers and designing specifications.
Some time passed, and in 2017 Edwin started to speak at conferences. This allowed him to see more of the community and learn of new and hot software development concepts. In May 2018, Edwin met Emily Jiang at Devoxx UK after she had given a talk about MicroProfile. She convinced him to join the MicroProfile community and provide input wherever he could, without any obligations. This was a perfect opportunity for Edwin to finally get involved and provide input in an open-source community.
Applying MicroProfile
In his current Project, Edwin uses the Payara application server. Since Payara implements both Java EE / Jakarta EE and MicroProfile specifications, it is a nice opportunity to get hands-on with MicroProfile. Edwin says he can “experience it’s benefits and shortcomings and take this feedback back to the community”.
Currently Edwin uses the MicroProfile specifications to enable the application servers to run in a scalable environment. He states, “It is an ongoing process to further adopt the specifications for monitoring, tracing, authentication and inter-service communication.”
Since Edwin’s hands-on experience is growing, he has begun to notice where the framework can be improved from an end-user perspective. It is his personal goal to get acquainted enough with the internals of the framework to start defining improvements, and propose them for future versions of MicroProfile.
The MicroProfile Community
Edwin found out that there are several MicroProfile online hangouts available that provide status updates, and the opportunity to discuss each of the specifications. There are also bi-weekly community hangout that aggregate status updates and cover more general topics. Edwin found these to be the perfect opportunity to start getting up to speed with the status of MicroProfile and getting acquainted with everybody involved.
“I still reserve time to attend the bi-weekly hangouts whenever I can.” Edwin states. This is his checkup to either pick up new tasks, get informed or share thoughts. He finds it more helpful and energizing to speak to everybody involved in person.
Edwin’s impression of the MicroProfile community is that there is a group of usual suspects that are always around. Other people steadily join the community. The community echoes the evolution of MicroProfile: it evolves steadily with it’s quarterly release schedule, which is carefully being lived-up to by the community.
What he finds remarkable is the increasing amount of effort that is being put into onboarding new people in the community. It has been identified that the process and information on how to get involved could be improved. So the community started working on that with positive results. For example, the onboarding interviews that we are now creating.
Edwin describes himself as “an enthusiastic individual that wants to provide value”. He finds the community to be very friendly, helpful and accepting – it doesn’t matter that he’s not part of a big vendor.
Contributing
Even though Edwin has a busy schedule, he makes time to join the community MicroProfile calls and participate on the mailing lists. In addition, he contributes by writing blogs, articles and giving talks. Writing code however, or coming up with his own specifications in the future are his plans.
Shoutout To New Members
Whether you’re already using MicroProfile, or are planning to, Edwin implores new community members to jump on the MicroProfile bandwagon and join the community. At least, try to attend the bi-weekly update calls so that you know exactly how the framework is evolving and how it can fit in your (future) projects. It will also provide you the possibility to direct the evolution of the framework, where both you as an individual and the whole community can benefit from. Don’t underestimate the potential value of this, since you are unlikely to get the full potential out of a framework, unless you bring in your feedback or requirements. Next to that, it can be a fun and informative exercise that can broaden your horizons and sharpen your skills as a developer.
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CD30 is involved in inhibition of T-cell proliferation by Hodgkin's Reed-Sternberg cells.
CD30 is expressed on Hodgkin's Reed-Sternberg (H-RS) cells, the tumor cells in Hodgkin's disease. Increased levels of serum CD30 are observed in Hodgkin's disease patients and are a good marker for predicting a poor prognosis and a poor response to therapy. In this study, we addressed the effect of CD30 on T cells. We showed that CD30, either as a membranous protein on H-RS cells and Chinese hamster ovary cells or as a plate-bound chimeric protein, inhibited T-cell proliferation. Anti-CD3-stimulated T cells in the presence of CD30 failed to increase tritium uptake and failed to express CD25 and CD26 and to produce interleukin 2. The inhibition of T-cell proliferation was, however, reversed with addition of exogenous interleukin 2 or pretreatment of H-RS cells with anti-CD30. Inability of T cells to express CD25 and CD26 in cocultures with H-RS cells or a plate-bound CD30 chimeric protein is in accordance with the results of immunohistochemistry on disease-involved tissues. We conclude that H-RS cells are able to inhibit the proliferation and activation of T cells through CD30-related interaction. The outcome of CD30-related interaction is an ineffective antitumor immunity, which is clearly in favor of the growth and survival of the tumor cells. |
Q:
injector.getInstance of a generic type
I have seen this post about registering generic type.
example on how to register:
bind(new TypeLiteral<Dal<RoutingResponse>>() {}).to((Class<? extends Dal<RoutingResponse>>) ResponseDal.class);
however how can I get an instance of a generic type from the injector?
I have tried:
injector.getInstance(Dal<RoutingResponse>().getClass());
but got compilation error.
How should I write this?
A:
You can use Key to get instances of these bindings:
injector.getInstance(new Key<Dal<RoutingResponse>>() {}); // supplied by @DanielPryden in the comments
or in a longer version, with a TypeLiteral:
injector.getInstance(Key.get(new TypeLiteral<Dal<RoutingResponse>>() {}));
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The second edition of the Big Billion Sale is expected to offer better deals and discounts offered last year. That is probably why Flipkart has decided to run the sale for 5 whole days-from 13 to 17 October. A big change this time is that the sale will be exclusively on the Flipkart app. Expect deals across all categories with added offers and cashback schemes from various banks. We recommend you install the app, create or sign-in to your account and save your address for delivery.BENGALURU: Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, the poster boys of Indian ecommerce, are brazenly betting on so-called moonshot ideas, backing early-stage technology companies working in areas such as healthcare and otherwise struggling to raise money from traditional investors.
The latest such company the Flipkart cofounders have backed is Pandorum Technologies, which has found a way to 3D-print experimental-stage human liver tissues in a laboratory. The two Bansals are also finalising another investment in a startup that makes implants, which would mark their fourth funding deal into a healthcare startup.
Overall, one-fourth of the two dozen or so companies in their combined investment portfolios are working on similar deep technology ideas, making the Bansals a rare breed of investors not averse to taking risky bets that can spur truly disruptive innovation.
His observation bears out in the numbers. Of the 30 early-stage capital-raising deals struck by healthcare startups since 2014, half were in the form of government grants, according to startup data tracker Tracxn. On the other hand, in the same period, 1,166 consumer internet startups managed to raise seed and angel funding.
Industry experts concede it’s tough for such deep technology ventures to secure funding. “It is not very easy because you need to understand more of technology when you (want to invest in) deeptech healthcare and robotics,” said Shanti Mohan, founder of Let’sVenture, one of India’s largest funding platforms for startups.
For potential investors not familiar with such technology, it becomes difficult to grasp the end uses of the products these startups are developing.
ISSUE WITH TISSUES Binny Bansal describes Pandorum as something “out of science fiction.” Founded in 2011 by Arun Chandru and Tuhin Bhowmick, who were both research scholars at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru, Pandorum designs and manufactures functional human tissues intended for medical research.
The team, in 2015, engineered an artificial tissue that mimics the functions of the human liver, the first such by an Indian entity.
“We were focusing on liver tissues. We have now started bio-engineering of cornea along with a leading eye hospital in India,” said Chandru.
The Bansals invested an undisclosed sum in the Bengaluru-based startup earlier this year. Until now, Pandorum has been dependent on grants from the government funding agency Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, which makes for a longer process than securing equity funding.
RIDING ON POTENTIAL Some of the personal investments by the Bansals have been made purely on the basis of a startup’s potential.
Electric bike maker Ather Energy’s chief executive Tarun Mehta met Sachin Bansal in 2014 to ask if he would put in $500,000 of the $1million the company was seeking to raise.
Ather had developed only a basic prototype of the scooter at the time but that didn’t deter Bansal. He considered Mehta’s request for a few seconds, smiled and said it would be great if he could put in the entire $1million.
“He had a lot of conviction in what we were doing. Many in his place would not have invested if an entrepreneur were to start by saying that we are having trouble fundraising,” said Mehta, whose startup recently roped in India’s largest two-wheeler maker, Hero MotoCorp, as an investor and is now valued at above $100 million. Ather is presently setting up a manufacturing unit in Bengaluru.
ROPING IN TSAI SHEN As the Bansals’ portfolio has grown, they have formalised their investment process and are working with Tsai Shen Capital, a multi-family office and investment firm set up by Sailesh Tulshan, a former wealth manager with Client Associates and HDFC Bank. Tsai Shen also works with the portfolio companies on their future fundraising, among other things.
While the Bansals almost always co-invest, one of them typically leads a funding round as their interests vary. “We have different personal philosophies,” said Binny Bansal. While Sachin Bansal is more interested in futuristic startups working on things like artificial intelligence, Binny Bansal said he is more focused on areas like healthcare.
It’s not as if they have not invested in consumer internet companies or that all their investments have been successful.
Some of their early investments included hyper-local electronics seller Zopper and social shopping network Roposo, which they had to sell because of a conflict of interest with Flipkart. Their investment in former Housing.com CEO Rahul Yadav’s second startup, Intelligent Interfaces, was also a dud. The company, in which the Bansals invested at $30-million valuation, shut within six months of launch.
Binny Bansal is not fazed by such failures. “For us the risk appetite is very high,” he said, “because I look at it as giving back.”
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Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan spent several hours in captivity after a 'former rebel' militia kidnapped him from a Tripoli hotel in retaliation for his apparent cooperation with a US anti-terror raid.
After Zeidan was freed by his captors unharmed, he urged another militia group who helped in his release to join the regular armed forces.
"Libyans need wisdom ... not escalation ... to deal with this situation," Zeidan said during a televised cabinet meeting.
The AP believes that government forces may have intervened, as it appeared that Zeidan's abductors were not willing to let him go.
A militia commander with ties to the Interior Ministry told a private news channel that another Tripoli-based militia intervened by storming the house where Zeidan was kept, securing his release.
The commander of the intervening militia - calling itself the 'Reinforcement Force' - spoke to Al-Hurrah television, recounting a gun fight in which his men attacked the building and freed Zeidan without any harm coming to him.
Security sources first told local media on Thursday morning that armed units grabbed Zeidan from the Corinthia Hotel in the Libyan capital and took him to an unknown location, Reuters says. The reports were later confirmed by a government statement, but government officials could not be reached for comment at the time.
It later turned out Zeidan was seized by the same former rebel group that is now working with the Interior Ministry to maintain security in the capital.
Of particular importance here is the nature and origin of the rebel groups operating in Libya. The war that followed the toppling of Libya's autocratic ruler, Moammar Gaddafi, sunk the country into lawlessness and broke it down into rebel units with changing affiliations, many of which were enlisted to serve in Libya's security apparatus. However, their loyalties often lay with their commander - not with government. One such group was behind Zeidan's seizure. They subsequently released a statement to the press explaining their actions.
"His arrest comes after the statement by [US Secretary of State] John Kerry about the capture of Abu Anas el-Liby, after he said the Libyan government was aware of the operation," said a spokesperson for the group calling itself the Operations Room of Libya's Revolutionaries.
The faction has promised that it will pursue all other people it sees as having anything to do with the recent raid by US forces in collaboration with the Libyan government.
Al Arabiya was earlier citing the country’s justice minister as saying that Zeidan was “kidnapped,” showing also some video stills that clearly displayed Zeidan with a troubling facial expression and with his shirt unbuttoned at the collar. He was being led out by armed men wearing civilian clothes.
A Reuters journalist was on the scene, reporting that protesters has opened fire on the building where Zeidan was being held, demanding that the group free the PM.
The rebels say they seized Zeidan in retaliation for his government's role in assisting the US in the recent capture of a suspected top Al-Qaeda leader.
Less than a week ago, the suspect was seized by US forces in a raid in Tripoli. The incident has angered Islamist groups in the country, including the one that is thought to have been involved in the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi.
The suspected terrorist, Nazih Abdul-Hamed Ruqai, also going by the alias Abu Anas el-Liby, was sought by the US for his alleged participation in the 1998 bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
"The Libyan government is following the news of the kidnapping of a Libyan citizen who is wanted by US authorities,” Zeidan said in the days shortly before being taken, as cited by Reuters. "The Libyan government has contacted US authorities to ask them to provide an explanation."
Zeidan recently expressed fears that if he is accused of complicity with the US over the capture of Liby, which could lead to his confrontation with the Islamist part of the government that came to power following West-helped Muammar Gaddafi’s ousting two years ago.
US State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said on Thursday that Washington is seeking more information on the incident.
"We are looking into these reports and we are in close touch with senior US and Libyan officials on the ground," she told the press. "We are working to determine more details. Our embassy staff is safe in Tripoli. We have no further details at this time," Psaki added.
The spokesman for Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs, Aleksandr Lukashevich, spoke to Interfax about the volatility of Libya's security:
“Today’s events concerning the terrorist kidnapping and subsequent return of Libya’s prime minister again serve to show the difficult security problems faced by the country and just how fragile that so-called stability our partners speak of with regard to Syria really is.”
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has lashed out at the kidnapping and demanded Zeidan be set free.
"I condemn the abduction of the Libyan Prime Minister in Tripoli this morning and call for his immediate release," Hague told the press.
"Our Ambassador is in touch with other members of the interim Government. It is vital that the process of political transition in Libya is maintained," he added.
Meanwhile, the main body of the Libyan government has denounced Zeidan's seizure as a 'criminal act,' according to the AP.
Journalist Manuel Ochsenreiter, who specializes on the Middle East, believes the situation to be a result of a government that is really run by rebels, and is just one situation in which interests in post-coup Libya intersect and compete.
“In Libya we see a disintegrated country controlled by warlords – by those gangs who have the biggest guns – and what they do is confusing for us, of course, so I’m not surprised at all,” Ocksenreiter said of the kidnapping. He went on to explain the composition of Libya’s current decision-making apparatus and how it arrived at this state of affairs since Gaddafi’s deposal.
“These were Al-Qaeda gangs, these were jihadis… and they are today integrated into the Libyan government. We have to see just one example: Abdelhakim Belhadj – a jihadi with strong links to Al-Qaeda who became a military commander of the Libyan capital and is now a politician in Libya. These are the so-called ‘allies’ of the West… [but] you cannot rely on those allies, and this is the lesson the West receives now. We may see now the revolution eating its children with this kidnapping now.”
Zeidan goes way back in his dealings with former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. In Europe he was the ‘poster-boy’ for the Libyan revolution, according to Ocksenreiter. He believes that Libya, with its interwoven conflicts over spheres of influence and resources, also has a major split between those so-called ‘poster-boys’ and the extremist elements running amok in the country.
Since Gaddafi's deposal, the country has been in chaos, involving many players and factions all vying for power in different parts of the country, with the government still trying to bring the situation under control.
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Chelsea launch second bid of £4m for Celtic's Craig Gordon - Sky sources
Craig Gordon is still wanted by Celtic, who want to give him a new contract
Chelsea have launched a second bid of £4m for Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon, according to Sky sources.
The Blues are on the hunt for a replacement for Asmir Begovic, who is the subject of an offer from Bournemouth, and had an initial offer for Gordon rejected on Friday.
Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers says he wants Gordon to stay and sign a new deal, and Sky Sports News HQ understands the club are preparing a new contract for the 'keeper that will last until 2021.
Asmir Begovic is the subject of an offer from Bournemouth, according to Sky sources
This 34-year old Scotland No 1's present deal expires in 18 months' time.
The former Hearts and Sunderland stopper has won two league titles and two Scottish Cups with the Hoops and has already featured 34 times this season.
Gordon is one of three goalkeepers Chelsea are considering as a replacement for Begovic, according to Sky sources.
Espanyol's Diego Lopez and Fernando Muslera of Galatasaray are also being considered. |
SpaceX has successfully launched and landed a recycled Falcon 9 rocket for the second time. The rocket’s first stage — the 14-story-tall core that houses the fuel and the rocket’s main engines — touched down on one of the company’s autonomous drone ships in the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from a launchpad at nearby Cape Canaveral, Florida. It’s the 12th time SpaceX has successfully landed one of these rocket stages out of 17 attempts, and the seventh time it’s performed the feat at sea.
This particular rocket previously flew in January, when it was used to put 10 satellites into orbit for communications company Iridium. The rocket then landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. SpaceX retrieved the rocket and spent the next few months refurbishing it in preparation for today’s launch. This afternoon, it was used to launch Bulgaria’s first communications satellite for TV service provider Bulsatcom.
Elon Musk had warned that the rocket might not make it back
The landing wasn’t easy, though. Because the rocket had to push BulgariaSat-1 to such a high orbit, the first stage experienced more force and heat during reentry than any other Falcon 9, according to a tweet from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Musk even warned that there was a “good chance [the] rocket booster doesn't make it back.”
Shortly after the landing, though, Musk returned to Twitter to add that the rocket booster used “almost all of the emergency crush core,” which helps soften the landing. It was the first time SpaceX has landed one rocket on both of its drone ships. (SpaceX keeps one in California for launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base.)
Rocket is extra toasty and hit the deck hard (used almost all of the emergency crush core), but otherwise good — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 23, 2017
Being able to reuse parts of the Falcon 9 rocket has long been a goal for Musk. He’s been trying to get the company to a point where it can reuse things like the rocket’s main stage, or the payload fairing (the cone at the top), instead of building a new rocket for each new launch. Reusing rockets is a great way to bring down launch costs; previously, they were discarded after each launch, and building them from scratch costs millions of dollars.
To that end, SpaceX launched and landed a reused Falcon 9 for the first time back in March, and it also recovered that rocket’s fairing — a first for the company. Then, earlier this month, SpaceX sent a used Dragon cargo capsule back to space for the first time ever.
But it’s the company’s strides towards sticking these rocket landings that finally made this all possible. While many of its early landing attempts were met with fiery ends, SpaceX hasn’t lost a rocket in a landing attempt since early last summer. With today’s success, the company has now landed eight rockets in a row dating back to that June explosion, save for a few launches where there wasn’t enough leftover fuel for a landing attempt. |
Q:
Service broker with only domain account
I am new to MS Sql's service broker.
I've examined a couple of tutorials. But I could not find an answer.
I have distributed servers, but luckily all of them are under the same domain.
Is it possible to accomplish a structure without using any certificate?
A:
Yes.
Do no use dialog security. Make sure all your BEGIN DIALOG statements use ENCRYPTION = OFF clause:
BEGIN DIALOG @handle
FROM SERVICE @from_service
TO SERVICE @to_service
ON CONTRACT @contract
WITH ENCRYPTION = OFF;
Grant SEND permission to [public] on each destinations service:
GRANT SEND ON SERVICE::<servicename> TO [public];
Use WINDOWS authentication on ENDPOINTs:
CREATE ENDPOINT broker
STATE = STARTED
AS TCP (LISTENER_PORT = 4022)
FOR SERVICE_BROKER (AUTHENTICATION = WINDOWS);
Grant CONNECT to ENDPOINT permission to the domain account used by your SQL Service:
GRANT CONNECT ON ENDPOINT::broker TO [domain\sqlserviceaccount];
(edited to correct GRANT SEND syntax)
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Club to open the season with two road games before coming home on March 14; Limited amount of season tickets available at intermiamicf.com/tickets
Major League Soccer (MLS) today announced dates for all 26 of the club home openers for the 2020 season. Inter Miami CF’s journey begins on Sunday, March 1, when the club travels to Banc of California Stadium to play the 2019 Supporters’ Shield champions Los Angeles FC at 5:30 p.m. ET for its first-ever league match.
The full schedule for MLS’s 25th Season Celebration will be announced in the coming weeks. Each club will play 34 games, including 17 home games and 17 away games. Teams will face each of their conference opponents twice during the season, one game at home and one game away, for a total of 24 matches. The additional 10 regular season matches will be played against opponents from the other conference. Those inter-conference opponents will be revealed with the full 2020 schedule.
After opening the season on the road for the first two matches, Inter Miami will make its home debut on Sunday, March 14, against the LA Galaxy at the new 19,000 seat Inter Miami CF Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, where the Club will play for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Fans interested in attending the historic home debut are encouraged to become season ticket members. To secure one of the limited amount of season tickets available and for more information, visit the Club’s Season Tickets’ page at intermiamicf.com/tickets.
Inter Miami currently has 17 players signed to its inaugural roster, including young exciting talents like youth Argentinian internationals Julián Carranza and Matías Pellegrini, and Venezuela’s U-20s captain Christian Makoun; led by proven and accomplished MLS veterans, such as three-time Supporters’ Shield winner and former MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Luis Robles, 2019 MLS Supporters’ Shield winner Lee Nguyen, three-time MLS Cup winning defender A.J. DeLaGarza, 2015 MLS Cup champion and Jamaican international Alvas Powell, and 2019 Eastern Conference champion and Canadian international Jay Chapman; and mixed with promising up-and-coming talents such as homegrown U.S. youth national team midfielder George Acosta and MLS homegrown defender Grant Lillard.
For a full list of the 2020 Major League Soccer home openers, visit MLSsoccer.com. |
There will not be any tears in the eyes of Eoin Morgan when he tosses up with his old sparring partner, William Porterfield, at Bristol on Friday or on Sunday at Lord’s, where they both started their professional careers a dozen years ago.
Back then Morgan was a novice on Middlesex’s books – and they saw a lot more of him in St John’s Wood in those days than they do now. Porterfield, meanwhile, was on the Lord’s groundstaff. Even as young men they were old mates since they had played under-13s cricket together in Ireland.
Steely-eyed Morgan is famously clinical in his analysis. For him a match against Ireland is “pretty much another game” and he gave short shrift to any notion that he might one day return to Irish colours with an immediate and decisive monosyllable. Morgan, on a whistle-stop trip back to England from India – he goes back next week for two IPL matches – is more interested in the evolution of England’s one-day team and the pursuit of that elusive Champions Trophy in June.
Morgan was clear about England’s plans for their first series against Ireland. They have a squad of 14 players but it would be a major surprise if the two men who are not included in the Champions Trophy squad, Steven Finn and Ben Duckett, get a game. “We’ve got David Willey coming back, who’s played Championship cricket, Liam Plunkett is back from a calf injury and Mark Wood has obviously had quite a long, arduous stint back from injury. So getting cricket under those guys’ belts is really important.”
Morgan confirmed that Jonny Bairstow, fresh from cracking 174 for Yorkshire against Durham as an opening batsman, will bat at No5 and that Sam Billings will keep wicket. He went on to explain this does not mean that Billings is number two in the wicketkeeping pecking order for white-ball cricket after Jos Buttler. “We have long identified that this is an opportunity to have a look at Sam fulfilling a similar role to that of Jos.” He acknowledged Bairstow would also like to keep and that the Yorkshireman fully understands the situation.
Billings is in danger of becoming the ultimate cricketing supersub. He will bat anywhere, he can keep wicket and Morgan describes him as a “gun” fieldsman. He has done the rounds this winter, not just in the IPL but also the Big Bash and the Pakistan Super league. He is cheerfully realistic about his status with England even if he would like that to change. “As long as I’m playing I can’t be too picky. Just playing is the main thing,” he says.
Billings, who may also return to India depending on the fate of the Delhi Daredevils, made observations about the IPL which must be music to the ears of Andrew Strauss and Morgan. “The best thing about the IPL is you share a dressing room [with big names] and previously in this country we haven’t made one-day cricket a priority,” he said. “But now people are petrified of our side. And you only find that out by talking to them. [Ben] Stokes gets a hundred, three man of the match awards. Everyone knows what he can do. Then there is [Chris] Woakes and Buttler. Every single person over there has made contributions and it shows our depth at the moment.”
There will be more grass visible on the pitch at Bristol than Billings has experienced in the IPL – “though not as much as we expected”, according to Morgan. Hence the anticipation is that England will play four pacemen and one spinner, with Joe Root on hand to help out. This would mean a straight choice between Moeen Ali, who made 90 opening the batting for Worcestershire at the weekend, and Adil Rashid. At Lord’s it is more likely that both spinners will play.
Porterfield was more open to the notion that this series, their first in England, would be a special occasion for the Irish. They are finally coming close to fulfilling their ambitions of playing Test cricket but the timing is not great since theirs is a team that is starting to grow old together.
It is instructive that Ireland have seven survivors from that great game in Bangalore in 2011 when England were spectacularly beaten in the World Cup; England have no survivors (Morgan was injured). A victory for Ireland in Bristol in 2017 would be even more remarkable.
While England’s men are all returning to fitness at just the right time (stiff competition for places often seems to make that happen) there was worrying news for the women’s side given the proximity of the World Cup. Their captain, Heather Knight, has sustained a small metatarsal fracture to her left foot and is expected to be out of action for five to six weeks. If her recovery goes as expected she should be available for selection for England’s warm-up match against Sri Lanka on 19 June. |
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