You know that vehicle maintenance requirements shift along with the weather. While keeping up with your customers’ maintenance needs is always essential for business, there are some areas of the country where winter maintenance takes on a whole new level of importance. In America’s coldest cities, poor vehicle maintenance isn’t just a repair issue — it’s a safety issue. Being stranded with a broken-down car in extreme temperatures isn’t an option. So, how do shops in some of America’s coldest climates keep their customers’ cars running through even the worst winter conditions? The answer, it turns out, is just a little preparation. Setting Up Seasonal Inspections It’s nice to have proactive customers who want to take care of maintenance issues before something goes wrong. Unfortunately, not all customers have this kind of foresight. Whether or not the temperature drops to 50 below where you live, the arrival of winter weather puts the onus on shops to be more direct in selling winter inspections. Talk to your customers about the importance of being more proactive in servicing their vehicles during winter. While they may be familiar with the recommended service intervals in their owner’s manuals, you need to be conservative when it comes to winter maintenance. ”You need to offer your experience when thinking about maintenance intervals,” said Mike Simard, owner, Simard Automotive in Fairbanks, AK. “The independent industry does roughly 80% of all maintenance work in this country; so, we’ve learned a thing or two about vehicles that are no longer under warranty. Essentially, we want to take the manufacturer’s recommendation and pair that with our years of experience to make an appropriate recommendation on winter maintenance.” Fluids Vehicles using contaminated fluids or fluids that are mixed in the wrong concentration are especially susceptible to failure during winter. That’s because fluids don’t give off many warning signs when they need to be changed. They also are rarely checked by most drivers. Check the motor oil on every inspection. If your shop is in a region where temperatures routinely drop below freezing, you might consider switching to a lower viscosity oil. Regardless of what oil you’re using, recommend an oil change to help the customer’s engine run easier upon startup. “We recommend oil changes after most tune-ups and battery replacements that were done after a vehicle failed to start,” said Jason Emrick, ASE Master/L1 technician, Lloyd’s Automotive in St. Paul, MN. “At a


Well—I haven’t either, but I imagine it’s awful. Of the many Magnetic Fields songs that document such resignation, “You’re My Only Home” has stuck with me the longest because of its despairing chorus: “When you cancel dinner plans/when you cross the street and you don’t take my hand/ when you make impossible demands/I wish I didn’t understand.” Bracketed by earnest declarations of devotion, the song’s center reveals its narrator to be a realist, someone who understands that whatever relationship he’s in is already over—that even if he isn’t technically alone, he’s on his own. Also, the way Stephen Merritt drops his voice when he croons “street” makes me grin every time. — TAYLOR BERMAN NSYNC, “Tearin’ Up My Heart” This is the first song about heartbreak I remember really being affected by. There’s never been a point in my life since its release that I haven’t been able to sing its chorus, and the damaged sweetness of boy band vocals are particularly good at conveying this sort of infinite internal turmoil. — JORDAN SARGENT Aaliyah, “We Need a Resolution” ft. Timbaland In which Timbaland the No Good, fed up with the drama, decides to abandon his girl for a night out, as he justifies himself with a charismatically corny verse—“I’m tired of these scars!”—that rides off the defense of wounded masculinity. I suppose confronting that hurt would be the noble course of action here, but this verse consoles me because of its moral: Life is too short not to be petty. It’s an easy mantra to remember when an ex removes you from Facebook or what-have-you. I will keep shining, boo. — BRIAN JOSEPHS The Mountain Goats, “Game Shows Touch Our Lives” Tallahassee is a devastating album about the death throes of a married couple’s relationship, but no song locates the heartbreaking mix of tenderness and bitterness involved with a protracted breakup like “Game Shows Touch Our Lives,” in which the couple watches game shows while getting stupid drunk. Darnielle’s narrator hands his soon-to-be-ex-wife a bottle of liquor, and delivers a heartbreaking, unadorned line: “People say friends don’t destroy one


And inserting ``4''. (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning 6 months or more after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 102. INCREASE AND DECREASE IN EARNINGS CREDITED TO STATE ACCOUNTS WHEN STATES MEET OR FAIL TO MEET FUNDING GOALS. (a) In General.--Section 904 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1104) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(h) Increase and Decrease in Amount of Earnings Allocated to State Accounts When States Meet or Fail To Meet Funding Goals.--(1) If the average daily balance in a State account in the Unemployment Trust Fund for any calendar quarter exceeds the funding goal of such State, the amount otherwise creditable to such account under subsection (e) for such quarter shall be increased by the interest premium on such excess. If the average daily balance in such a State account for any calendar quarter is less than the funding goal of such State, the amount otherwise creditable to such account under subsection (e) for such quarter shall be decreased by the interest penalty. ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to any interest premium or interest penalty to the extent that such application would result in an increase or decrease of more than $2,500,000 in the amount creditable to any State account for any calendar quarter. ``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `interest premium' means, for any calendar quarter-- ``(A) with respect to the State with the largest percentage value of excess of the average daily balance in the State account in the Unemployment Trust Fund over the funding goal of such State, one-half of one percent of the amount of such excess, and ``(B) with respect to each other State, the product of-- ``(i) the amount of the excess of the average daily balance in the State account in the Unemployment Trust Fund over the funding goal of such State, and ``(ii) the percentage which bears the same ratio to one-half of one percent as-- ``(I) the percentage value of such excess, bears to ``(II) the percentage value of the excess of the State referred to in subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall make appropriate adjustments in the interest premium for any calendar quarter.


The non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) line formation of neutral boron in the atmospheres of cool stars are investigated. Our results confirm that NLTE effects for the B I resonance lines, which are due to a combination of overionization and optical pumping effects, are most important for hot, metalpoor, and low-gravity stars; however, the amplitude of departures from LTE found by this work are smaller than that of previous studies. In addition, our calculation shows that the line formation of B I will get closer to LTE if the strength of collisions with neutral hydrogen increases, which is contrary to the result of previous studies. The NLTE line formation results are applied to the determination of boron abundances for a sample of 16 metal-poor stars with the method of spectrum synthesis of the B I 2497 A resonance lines using the archived HST/GHRS spectra. Beryllium and oxygen abundances are also determined for these stars. The abundances of the nine stars which are not depleted in Be or B show that, no matter the strength of collisions with neutral hydrogen may be, both Be and B increase with O quasi-linearly in the logarithmic plane, which confirms the conclusions that Be and B are mainly produced by primary process in the early Galaxy. The most noteworthy result of this work is that B increases with Fe or O at a very similar speed as, or a bit faster than Be does, which is in accord with the theoretical models. The B/Be ratios remain almost constant over the metallicity range investigated here. Our average B/Be ratio falls in the interval [13+-4, 17+-4], which is consistent with the predictions of spallation process. The contribution of B from the nu-process may be required.


We present a study of the chemistry of a dense photon-dominated region (PDR) using a time-dependent chemical model. Our major interest is to study the spatial distribution of complex molecules such as hydrocarbons and cyanopolyynes in the cool dense material bordering regions where star formation has taken place. Our standard model uses a homogeneous cloud of density 2x10e4 cm-3 and temperature T=40 K, which is irradiated by a far-ultraviolet radiation field of intermediate intensity, given by X=100. We find that over a range of times unsaturated hydrocarbons (e.g., C2H, C4H, C3H2) have relatively high fractional abundances in the more external layers of the PDR, whereas their abundances in the innermost layers are several orders of magnitudes lower. On the other hand, molecules that are typical of late-time chemistry are usually more abundant in the inner parts of the PDR. We also present results for models with different density, temperature, intensity of the radiation field and initial fractional abundances. Our results are compared with both high- and moderate-angular resolution observations of the Horsehead nebula. Our standard model is partially successful in reproducing the observations. Additional models run with different physical parameters are able to reproduce the abundance of many of the observed molecules, but we do not find a single model that fits all the observations at the same time. We discuss the suitability of a time-dependent model of a dense PDR such as ours as an estimator of the age of a PDR.


Kris Aquino will join the cast of the Warner Brothers movie of the bestseller “Crazy Rich Asians”—the first Filipino woman to be cast in this Hollywood movie. Aquino flew to Los Angeles on Easter Sunday to meet with the producers and sign the contract, sources say. About six Filipino actresses, according to sources, had auditioned, but apparently only Aquino had landed a role, so far. ADVERTISEMENT 2013 bestseller The movie is based on Kevin Kwan’s 2013 bestseller about an old-wealth Singaporean family, its matriarch Eleanor Young (to be played by Michelle Yeoh), and its heir apparent—the Ivy-League-educated Nick Young, who flies home to Singapore for a friend’s wedding with his New Yorker girlfriend in tow. Kwan gives readers a jaw-dropping glimpse of the lives—and secrets—of the rich and the chi-chi set. Kwan followed up this bestseller with “China Rich Girlfriend” (2015) and just this year, “Rich People Problems.” Kwan was in Manila about two years ago and met the lifestyle set—and apparently drew inspiration from some of its characters. “Rich People Problems” has characters whose names curiously sound like those of Metro Manila’s A-listers, such as Diego San Antonio (Inquirer columnist Anton San Diego?) and Doris Hoh (business leader Doris Magsaysay-Ho). Obviously Kwan and the movie producers have had Aquino on their radar. According to our sources—and which Aquino confirmed in her Instragram post—Grammy and Tony award-winning producer Jhett Tolentino tried to contact Aquino through intermediaries—specifically Nene Chan and Rep. Len Alonte. Instagram post In her Instagram post, Aquino wrote she had only a few days to prepare an audition reel, so she got a suite at Peninsula Manila to mount the audition shoot, tapping her network that included director Ricky Villabona, Jules Dacanay and makeup artist Juan Sarte. The team then did rush editing and color grading of her audition reel and video biography. Director Jon Chu (“Step Up,” “GI Joe”) and the producers liked the reels, said our sources, and thus Aquino got the part of an Asian princess—a minor yet significant part. “At this particular point in my life, to have the Hollywood door open is God-sent,” Aquino said. ADVERTISEMENT And the suspense


The Giants are going to have to draft a tackle or sign one as a free agent. Odell Beckham Jr., who missed most of last season with a broken ankle, and defensive end Olivier Vernon were both at the minicamp. They skipped the minicamp a year ago. “I think the big thing for us is our game is very simple — it’s about the ball, it’s about negotiating the ground and it’s really about man whipping man,” Shurmur said. The minicamp, which does not entail any hitting, is more about making sure players get to know the new systems, with some throwing and receiving mixed in. The defences can work on stripping the ball. There was speculation that Shurmur wanted to use the minicamp to see what quarterback Davis Webb could do. The third-round pick did nothing last season, so the Giants really don’t know what they have with their backup to Eli Manning. “I don’t think there needs to be any anxiety on his part — get trained up, come on out here, let it rip and mistakes happen in practice and you learn from them,” Shurmur said. “I think that’s why you practice, so I think you have to be careful about making a final evaluation on a guy in a three-day period here. He just needs to come out here and get as good as he can be.” Most players said they felt they were entering this season with a clean slate. Cornerback Janoris Jenkins, who was suspended for a game last season after missing a practice, intends to be on his best behaviour this season. “I promise y’all that Jackrabbit says it won’t happen this year what happened last year,” he said. “There won’t be any animosity between players, no disrespecting the coach. There will be none of that. New York Giant football is back.” Jenkins also believes fellow cornerback and 2016 first-round draft pick Eli Apple, who also was suspended for a game, will be a different player this season. “You have to understand that he was young,” Jenkins said. “It’s a clean slate, new coaching staff and for him it’s guys like me that have to push him and help him out because I’ve been in the league so long and just help him understand that adversity is going to hit you and when it hits, you’ve just got to keep it going.” Beckham did not take part in the afternoon practice


`Small Business Protection Account' means a trust created or organized in the United States for the exclusive benefit of the taxpayer, but only if the written governing instrument creating the trust meets the following requirements: ``(A) No contribution will be accepted for any taxable year in excess of the amount allowed as a deduction under subsection (a) for such year. ``(B) The trustee is a bank (as defined in section 408(n)) or another person who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the manner in which such person will administer the trust will be consistent with the requirements of this section. ``(C) The assets of the trust consist entirely of cash or of obligations which have adequate stated interest (as defined in section 1274(c)(2)) and which pay such interest not less often than annually. ``(D) All income of the trust is distributed currently to the grantor. ``(E) The assets of the trust will not be commingled with other property except in a common trust fund or common investment fund. ``(2) Account taxed as grantor trust.--The grantor of a Small Business Protection Account shall be treated for purposes of this title as the owner of such Account and shall be subject to tax thereon in accordance with subpart E of part I of subchapter J of this chapter (relating to grantors and others treated as substantial owners). ``(e) Inclusion of Amounts Distributed.-- ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), there shall be includible in the gross income of the taxpayer for any taxable year-- ``(A) any amount distributed from a Small Business Protection Account of the taxpayer during such taxable year, and ``(B) any deemed distribution under-- ``(i) subsection (f)(1) (relating to deposits not distributed within 5 years), ``(ii) subsection (f)(2) (relating to cessation in eligible small business), and ``(iii) subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (f)(3) (relating to prohibited transactions and pledging account as security). ``(2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1)(A) shall not apply to-- ``(A) any distribution to the extent attributable to income of the Account, and ``(B) the distribution of any contribution paid during a taxable year to a Small Business Protection Account to the extent that such contribution exceeds the limitation applicable under subsection (b).


Opportunities for diversion, storage, or other uses of water occurring outside such lands that would adversely affect the wilderness or other values of such lands; (B) the lands designated as wilderness by this Act generally are not suitable for use for development of new water resource facilities, or for the expansion of existing facilities; (C) it is possible to provide for proper management and protection of the wilderness and other values of such lands in ways different from those utilized in other legislation designating as wilderness lands not sharing the attributes of the lands designated as wilderness by this Act. (2) Statutory construction.-- (A) Nothing in this Act shall constitute or be construed to constitute either an express or implied reservation of any water or water rights with respect to the lands designated as a national conservation area or as wilderness by this Act. (B) Nothing in this Act shall affect any conditional or absolute water rights in the State of Colorado existing on the date of the enactment of this Act. (C) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as establishing a precedent with regard to any future national conservation area or wilderness designations. (D) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting, altering, modifying, or amending any of the interstate compacts or equitable apportionment decrees that apportion water among and between the State of Colorado and other States. (3) Colorado water law.--The Secretary shall follow the procedural and substantive requirements of the law of the State of Colorado in order to obtain and hold any new water rights with respect to the Conservation Area and the Wilderness. (4) New projects.-- (A) As used in this paragraph, the term ``water resource facility'' means irrigation and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conservation works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower projects, and transmission and other ancillary facilities, and other water diversion, storage, and carriage structures. Such term does not include any such facilities related to or used for the purpose of livestock grazing. (B) Except as otherwise provided by section 6(g) or other provisions of this Act, on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, neither the President nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue a license or permit for the development of any new water resource facility within the wilderness area designated by this Act. (C) Except as provided in this paragraph, nothing in this Act


A British judge heard a new appeal Tuesday from the parents of a terminally ill British toddler who want to take him to Italy for treatment — something British courts have ruled isn't in the child's interest. The Christian Legal Centre, which is supporting the parents of 23-month-old Alfie Evans, said lawyers would repeat a request to judge Anthony Hayden to allow the boy to be cared for at the Vatican's hospital in Rome. The judge appeared to rule that out at an emergency court hearing in Manchester, but asked whether there might be "other options" that involved Alfie's parents taking their son home. The hearing was adjourned while the hospital considered the question. Doctors say Alfie is in a "semi-vegetative state" as a result of a degenerative neurological condition that medics have been unable to identify precisely. Doctors treating him at Alder Hey Children's Hospital say he has little brain function and further treatment is futile. But his parents have refused to accept the decision and fought to prevent Alfie's life support being switched off. He was taken off life support Monday after a series of court rulings blocked further medical treatment. Alfie's father Tom Evans said earlier Tuesday that Alfie survived for six hours with no assistance, and that doctors had subsequently resumed providing oxygen and hydration. In court, the family's lawyer, Paul Diamond, read a statement from Tom Evans saying his son was doing "significantly better" than previously believed. Evans, 21, and Alfie's mother Kate James, 20, want to take Alfie to the Vatican's Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital. Doctors at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool, northwest England, believe that would not be in the boy'ss best interests, and British courts have agreed. Emotions have run high over the case, with a band of supporters known as "Alfie's Army" protesting regularly outside the hospital. They have blocked roads and on Monday tried to storm a door of the hospital before being pushed back by police. The case has also drawn the attention of Pope Francis, who during a Sunday blessing in St. Peter's Square this month offered prayers for Alfie and others who are suffering from serious infirmities. Francis has made appeals for the boy to be kept alive, saying only God can decide who dies. The head of the Vatican's Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital said the Italian defense ministry had a plane ready to transport Alfie to Italy.


World Series Cricket and the smartphone, England’s Ben Stokes might well be out in Australia defending the Ashes, this winter, rather than waiting at home to see if he’ll be charged with actual bodily harm, after that brawl in Bristol, last September. Crispin Andrews is a freelance cricket expert who writes for the Cricketer, Cricinfo, Inside Cricket and the Nightwatchman. World Series Cricket began,forty years ago, this December. Australian media tycoon, Packer, was refused international broadcast rights by the Australian Cricket Board, so he signed up the world’s best players on lucrative contracts and put on his own contests.Two years later, the ACB gave Packer his TV deal and the players returned to their international sides. Before World Series Cricket, international cricketers were paid peanuts. Ever since, cricket boards have been increasingly aware that if they don’t pay their best players what the players think they’re worth; someone else will, these days most probably a T20 franchise. To raise money to pay their stars, and of course their own salaries, cricket board executives turn to corporate sponsors. ECB made £1.1bn from their last TV deal alone. Corporates sponsor cricket teams because they think it will help them sell more of whatever they sell. They like their chosen teams to be full of well spoken, nicely turned out lads. The sort the company CEO might hire as an office junior, or even invite home to meet his or her, daughter. What the corporates don’t want are charismatic, colourful types who can’t be trusted to say the right things at the right time. People like Kevin Pietersen, and Tony Greig, who in 1976, on national TV, announced that he’d make the West Indies grovel. Imagine the outrage if the England captain said that today. The ECB’s corporate benefactors would be queuing up to sponsor tennis. And now an England cricketer gets filmed fighting in the streets and the footage ends up in the national newspapers. Even if the ECB wanted to be lenient to England’s star player, there’s no way the corporates are going to have that sort of thing associated with their brand. Stokes has nothing to complain about, whoever started the fight, and for whatever reasons. He is an England cricketer, well aware of the standards of behaviour his employers expect, of what is likely to happen to


The prior month. ``(2) Publication.--The Secretary shall make the information reported under paragraph (1) available to the public on the first reporting day of the each month, not later than 10:00 a.m. Central Time, categorized by location and product characteristics.''; and (3) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))-- (A) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following: ``(C) Cold storage survey.-- ``(i) In general.--For purposes of the cold storage survey of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, each facility storing dairy products shall report to the Secretary each month information on the quantity of dairy products stored. ``(ii) Audit.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall take such measures as are necessary to audit the survey described in clause (i) and ensure compliance with the reporting requirement. ``(D) Dairy products survey.-- ``(i) In general.--For purposes of the dairy products survey of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, each manufacturer storing dairy products shall report to the Secretary each month information on the quantity of dairy products stored. ``(ii) Audit.--The Secretary shall take such measures as are necessary to audit the survey described in clause (i) and ensure compliance with the reporting requirement.''; and (B) by adding at the end the following ``(7) Survey products.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall require each manufacturer and other appropriate person to report to the Secretary, at a periodic interval determined by the Secretary, information on the products in the cold storage survey and the dairy products survey of the National Agricultural Statistics Service. ``(8) Exemption.--The Secretary may exempt from all reporting requirements under this section any manufacturer or facility that stores less than an average of 10,000 pounds monthly on an annual basis. ``(9) Collection and publication of data.--The Secretary shall collect and publish data on actual milk prices paid by dairy processors.''. SEC. 7. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.


Members of which are public officials, and (iii) not more than one-third of the members of which are individuals who are or were at any time within 5 years before the beginning of a term of membership on the board, an employee of, independent contractor with respect to, officer of, director of, or held a material financial interest in, a commercial forest products enterprise with which the qualified organization has a contractual or other financial arrangement, (D) the bylaws of which require at least two-thirds of the members of the board of directors to vote affirmatively to approve the qualified conservation plan and any change thereto, and (E) upon dissolution, is required to dedicate its assets to-- (i) an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of such Code which is organized and operated for conservation purposes, or (ii) a governmental unit described in section 170(c)(1) of such Code. (4) Unrelated person.--The term ``unrelated person'' means a person who is not a related person. (5) Related person.--A person shall be treated as related to another person if-- (A) such person bears a relationship to such other person described in section 267(b) (determined without regard to paragraph (9) thereof), or 707(b)(1), of such Code, determined by substituting ``25 percent'' for ``50 percent'' each place it appears therein, and (B) in the case such other person is a non-profit organization.


We reexamine the 1/S-correction to the self-energy of the gapless magnon of a D-dimensional quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnet in a uniform magnetic field h using a hybrid approach between 1/S-expansion and non-linear sigma model, where the Holstein-Primakoff bosons are expressed in terms of Hermitian field operators representing the uniform and the staggered components of the spin-operators [N. Hasselmann and P. Kopietz, Europhys. Lett. {\bf{74}}, 1067 (2006)]. By integrating over the field associated with the uniform spin-fluctuations we obtain the effective action for the staggered spin-fluctuations on the lattice, which contains fluctuations on all length scales and does not have the cutoff ambiguities of the non-linear sigma model. We show that in dimensions D <= 3 the magnetic field dependence of the spin-wave velocity c(h) is non-analytic in h^2, with c(h) - c(0) proportional to h^2 \ln | h | in D=3, and c(h) - c(0) proportional to | h | in D=2. The frequency dependent magnon self-energy is found to exhibit an even more singular magnetic field dependence, implying a strong momentum dependence of the quasi-particle residue of the gapless magnon. We also discuss the problem of spontaneous magnon decay and show that in D > 1 dimensions the damping of magnons with momentum k is proportional to |k|^{2D -1}.


\sigma)$ is a topological dynamical system, where $X$ is a compact Hausdorff space and $\sigma$ is a homeomorphism of $X$, then a crossed product Banach $\sp{*}$-algebra $\ell^1(\Sigma)$ is naturally associated with these data. If $X$ consists of one point, then $\ell^1(\Sigma)$ is the group algebra of the integers. The commutant $C(X)'_1$ of $C(X)$ in $\ell^1(\Sigma)$ is known to be a maximal abelian subalgebra which has non-zero intersection with each non-zero closed ideal, and the same holds for the commutant $C(X)'_*$ of $C(X)$ in $C^*(\Sigma)$, the enveloping $C^*$-algebra of $\ell^1(\Sigma)$. This intersection property has proven to be a valuable tool in investigating these algebras. Motivated by this pivotal role, we study $C(X)'_1$ and $C(X)'_*$ in detail in the present paper. The maximal ideal space of $C(X)'_1$ is described explicitly, and is seen to coincide with its pure state space and to be a topological quotient of $X\times\mathbb{T}$. We show that $C(X)'_1$ is hermitian and semisimple, and that its enveloping $C^*$-algebra is $C(X)'_*$. Furthermore, we establish necessary and sufficient conditions for projections onto $C(X)'_1$ and $C(X)'_*$ to exist, and give explicit formulas for such projections, which we show to be unique. In the appendix, topological results for the periodic points of a homeomorphism of a locally compact Hausdorff space are given.


You can die. So nature has kind of tuned us to look at the negative side because if you get a bit more food, a bit more money or whatever, there’s a positive expected value but it’s limited. Whereas on the negative side, you can lose a lot. So because of that we just attune more to losses. Image source: Getty Images. Rana Pritanjali:What do you think are some of the most important traits of successful investors? Dan Ariely:Maybe not follow your emotions. Human emotions get us to buy high and sell low, so we have to fight those. And being systematic. Looking forward rather than backward. Thinking about what you want to do moving forward and not looking at what’s happened to the stock in the past. Not being impulsive is important, and not following the herd. And then the other one, I would say, is that it’s about setting up processes that help us to do things in a more systematic way. So if you basically create a system where you say, “Here are my rules. I’m going to sell when it hits this number. I’m going to buy when it hits this number. I’m going to do X, Y, and Z.” If you stick to your rules, you’re probably going to do OK. But what happens is that most of us create rules and then we don’t stick to them, because we are tempted at the moment, so sticking to our rules is important. Rana Pritanjali:Do you believe in “information overload?” How is this affecting us as investors? Dan Ariely:Absolutely. It’s very hard for us to deal with lots and lots of information. Of course, today we’re getting lots and lots of information, so what do we do when we get too much information? We simplify. We use heuristics. We rely on only part of the information. On the most salient information. And that, of course, means that the most salient information is probably the information everybody else knows, as well; so we become less independent in our opinions from other investors. If everybody is in information overload, and we all do simplifications, then what happens is that we follow the simplest source of information, which is probably common to everybody. Rana Pritanjali:What human characteristics will be hardest for robots (or artificial intelligence)to replicate? Dan Ariely:I think ser


It might be a goose. That's how George E. Burns, commissioner for the Financials Department of the State of Nevada, Department of Business & Industry, described the types of depository institutions in the state. They all handle money and extend loans, but they are not all the same. The state of Nevada charters four such institutions: commercial banks, credit unions, savings banks, and industrial loan companies. Each has its own focus, ownership, and regulations, said Burns, who has been in the financial industry for 28 years in both giant and small financial institutions. He was appointed commissioner for the Nevada Department of Business & Industry in 2007. Commercial banks are traditional banks, insured by the FDIC — what people traditionally think of as a bank, he said. They offer a broad range of financial services including saving deposits, loans, mortgages, checks and debit cards. Savings banks evolved from the savings and loan industry, which collapsed in the 1980s and 1990s. Their primary focus is on savings accounts, retirement savings, certificates of deposit and mortgages. Industrial loan companies are owned by non-financial companies and generally provide loans for specific industries. For instance, in Nevada, Toyota Savings provides loans for Toyota products, and Eagle Mark provides loans for Harley Davidson products. Some industrial banks also issue credit cards, and offer mortgages or small business loans. They are state chartered and FDIC insured. Recommended Stories For You Credit unions are similar to commercial banks, except that they are membership-owned nonprofits. As such, they don't pay taxes and because they don't pay taxes, they have more restrictions. For credit unions, their field of membership (FOM) used to be very specific. Over time they expanded, Burns said. Ten credit unions operate in Nevada and each has a different FOM. Members must be individuals, not businesses, and that's where some of the restrictions come in. Originally, credit unions could only offer loans to individuals. Now they can offer loans to members for a members' business, but no more than 1.75 percent of the credit union's net worth. "The amount they can loan (for a business purpose) is limited," Burns said. "If the focus of a credit union is membership as individuals, they can't go out and make a loan to say, MGM. "It's being debated in congress whether or not to expand the limit


Farmers in the western basin have been required to meet new regulations for applying manure, and since September 30, 2017, all farmers who apply fertilizer to more than 50 acres must be state certified. Farmers helped form both regulations, but are concerned about what lies ahead. Know the science Joe Cornely, communications director for Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, said it’s important that state regulators not get ahead of the science. He said a lot is still being determined, like how and why nutrients move. “Basing decisions on admittedly inadequate amounts of data is a problem,” he said. Cornely said the state’s approach so far has recognized that improvement takes time, and that more information is needed. In recent years, the Farm Bureau has partnered with state and federal leaders to research new farming practices through the use of demonstration farms and edge-of-field testing — hoping to find solutions that work for farmers and the nonfarm public. He said there has definitely been a sudden “change of tenor” from the state, and that he has “real concerns about the whole ready, fire, aim approach.” Even with the impairment designation, Butler said he doesn’t believe the state will be required to form new Total Daily Maximum Load limits for nutrients, because similar nutrient tracking has already been done. New law Butler is hopeful that a bill will soon be introduced into the state legislature that will lay out the framework for what is expected of agriculture. The bill would include lower phosphorus discharge levels and would also expand the definition of agriculture pollution to include fertilizer. This would allow the EPA to declare parts of watersheds in distress, and focus on specific areas. Butler said the bill has not been popular with farmers and so far a sponsor has not been found. Related coverage:


High-skill game in favor of a more physical brand of hockey needed in the playoffs and enforced by the Canadiens, then a lineup change certainly could help alleviate that. And he did his part in stoking those flames when he had talented 22-year-old Russian winger Pavel Buchnevich rotating in during Monday’s practice at the Garden, as well as having him on the first power-play unit. Buchnevich has been a scratch for the opening three games of this first-round playoff series, the best-of-seven contest in which the Rangers trail, 2-1, heading into Tuesday night’s pivotal Game 4 at the Garden. They are coming off another postseason no-show on Broadway with Game 3’s 3-1 loss Sunday night, when their offense sputtered and their handling of the puck was negligent. But that wasn’t changing Vigneault’s philosophy, even if he does change the lineup in hopes of getting more skill plays. “We’ve been playing a certain style this season that’s permitted us to get into the playoffs that, in my estimation, when we play it, we’re a hard team to play against,” Vigneault said. “I think we’ve shown in this series, in moments when we’ve played that way, we’re a hard team to play against. And from game to game, there’s different things that a certain team might do that’s making them a little harder to handle. “So if you make minor adjustment as far as making a read or a puck decision, it could help your game. But as far as changing the overall way of how we play and how we have success, obviously that’s not going to happen.” Yet inserting Buchnevich in place of Tanner Glass certainly would change the makeup of Vigneault’s lineup, even if Glass has been one of the team’s best forwards through the first three games and one of the only legitimate physical presences on the roster. The two polar opposites took turns rotating on a line with Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad, both of whom have struggled. That would be a very skilled line with Buchnevich on the right, and also one that had some success in the preseason and very early in the regular season. But as the grind wore on, Buchnevich missed a lot of time with a core/back issue and never


We present an analytic model for the interaction between planetary atmospheres and stellar winds from main sequence M stars, with the purpose of obtaining a quick test-model that estimates the timescale for total atmospheric mass loss due to this interaction. Planets in the habitable zone of M dwarfs may be tidally locked and may have weak magnetic fields, because of this we consider the extreme case of planets with no magnetic field. The model gives the planetary atmosphere mass loss rate as a function of the stellar wind and planetary properties (mass, atmospheric pressure and orbital distance) and an entrainment efficiency coefficient $\alpha$. We use a mixing layer model to explore two different cases: a time-independent stellar mass loss and a stellar mass loss rate that decreases with time. For both cases we consider planetary masses within the range of $1\to10$ M$_{\oplus}$ and atmospheric pressures with values of 1, 5 and 10 atm. For the time dependent case, planets without magnetic field in the habitable zone of M dwarfs with initial stellar mass losses of $\leq \dot{M}_{w} < 10^{-11}$ M$_{\odot}$ yr$^{-1}$, may retain their atmospheres for at least 1 Gyr. This case may be applied to early spectral type M dwarfs (earlier than M5). Studies have shown that late type M dwarfs (later than M5) may be active for long periods of time ($\geq 4$Gyr), and because of that our model with constant stellar mass loss rate may be more accurate. For these stars most planets may have lost their atmospheres in 1 Gyr or less because most of the late type M dwarfs are expected to be active. We emphasize that our model only considers planets without magnetic fields. Clearly we must expect a higher resistance to atmospheric erosion.


Then the final state of the system can only break the symmetry in ways in which it was broken by the initial state, and its measure of asymmetry can be no greater than that of the initial state. It follows that for the purpose of understanding the consequences of symmetries of dynamics, in particular, complicated and open-system dynamics, it is useful to introduce the notion of a state's asymmetry properties, which includes the type and measure of its asymmetry. We demonstrate and exploit the fact that the asymmetry properties of a state can also be understood in terms of information-theoretic concepts, for instance in terms of the state's ability to encode information about an element of the symmetry group. We show that the asymmetry properties of a pure state psi relative to the symmetry group G are completely specified by the characteristic function of the state, defined as chi_psi(g)=<psi|U(g)|psi> where g\in G and U is the unitary representation of interest. For a symmetry described by a compact Lie group G, we show that two pure states can be reversibly interconverted one to the other by symmetric operations if and only if their characteristic functions are equal up to a 1-dimensional representation of the group. Characteristic functions also allow us to easily identify the conditions for one pure state to be converted to another by symmetric operations (in general irreversibly) for the various paradigms of single-copy transformations: deterministic, state-to-ensemble, stochastic and catalyzed.


Then it’s likely you’ve watched the Moto G6 with great interest since its reveal. Motorola’s new addition to the Moto G range is set to take the lower-priced market by storm with a brand-new design, more power, and some of the best value for the money that you’re likely to find. But just because it’s a budget phone doesn’t mean it should be going out into the world unprotected. A good protective case can reduce the risk of scratching the Moto G6’s body, shattering the screen, or inflicting any other sort of damage on it. We’ve scoured the internet to find some of the best cases to help keep your Moto G6 looking great all the way to your next upgrade and beyond. Spigen Rugged Armor ($20) We’re starting this list off with one of the best phone case manufacturers out there. Spigen‘s Rugged Armor case is one of the most popular cases around, and it’s easy to see why. Made from shock-absorbent and flexible TPU, the soft surface provides plenty of grip for your fingers, along with great protection from bumps, drops, scratches, and dings. A raised lip around the edges keeps your display and camera lenses elevated from surfaces, and the carbon fiber-style panels at either end of the back lend a cool, futuristic look. Buy one now from: Spigen TopAce Clear Case ($8) Sticking a case over the top of your phone isn’t for everyone — after all, don’t you want to look at the phone you just bought? If you’re that sort of person, but you still want some protection for your Moto G6, then a clear case might be for you. This case from TopAce is made from flexible TPU that adds shock absorbency and a soft surface for your fingers to grip. While this thin case won’t be as protective as a bulkier case, it should still protect well against scratches and bumps, and will offer some resistance to bigger drops and bangs. It’s not a bad little case if you want your phone’s beauty to shine through. Buy one now from: Amazon Dretal Shock Absorbing Magnetic Armor ($9) Looking for a little more protection? Dretal’s Magnetic Armor case is made from a combination of rigid polycarbonate plastic (PC) and soft TPU, giving it a hard backbone, as well as adequate shock-absorbency.


We study the impact of a running index $\alpha_t$ on the spectrum of relic gravitational waves (RGWs) over the whole range of frequency $(10^{-18}\sim 10^{10})$ Hz and reveal its implications in RGWs detections and in cosmology. Analytical calculations show that, although the spectrum of RGWs on low frequencies is less affected by $\alpha_t\ne 0$, but, on high frequencies, the spectrum is modified substantially. Investigations are made toward potential detections of the $\alpha_t$-modified RGWs for several kinds of current and planned detectors. The Advanced LIGO will likely be able to detect RGWs with $\alpha_t\ge 0$ for inflationary models with the inflation index $\beta=-1.956$ and the tensor-scalar ratio $r= 0.55$. The future LISA can detect RGWs for a much broader range of ($\alpha_t$, $\beta$, $r$), and will have a better chance to break a degeneracy between them. Constraints on $\alpha_t$ are estimated from several detections and cosmological observations. Among them, the most stringent one is from the bound of the Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN), and requires $\alpha_t < 0.008$ rather conservatively for any reasonable ($\beta$, $r$), preferring a nearly power-law spectrum of RGWs. In light of this result, one would expect the scalar running index $\alpha_s$ to be of the same magnitude as $\alpha_t$.


There's a good reason. #UCBerkeley #abc7now He's moving in for Freshman year. pic.twitter.com/PoCPsRumkr — Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) August 14, 2017 Its a madhouse outside the #UCBerkeley dorms today. Traffic jams. Parents. #abc7now Freshmen moving in. pic.twitter.com/K06VAE4vWc — Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) August 14, 2017 Whether #UCBerkeley or any college/university, this is a lifetime experience. 2nd maybe to 1st day of school. Rough on parents. #ABC7now pic.twitter.com/vxhomY5lZs — Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) August 14, 2017 I have done this day with my own daughter. Was an emotional wreck. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/qSG4ywq6Xo — Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) August 14, 2017 Reese going 6500 new freshmen from all 50 states, 54 countries. 69 percent of #UCBerkeley frosh from California. Average GPA. 3.88. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/Y1EI1tofgF — Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) August 14, 2017 Average #UCBerkely tuition and board for Cal residents will be $34,400. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/q4A7aSI8RK — Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) August 14, 2017 The first night without your kid under your roof is the toughest, Dad. #UCBerkeley #abc7now pic.twitter.com/itI8oDvRtV — Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) August 14, 2017 If the sound of hard wheels rolling across bricks doesn't give it away, then the sight of bins filled with bedding and microwaves, will. Or else, all of those parents having awkward goodbyes with their kids."I'm going to cry later," said Carl Gullenheimer, a single father, as he dropped off his first-born son Reese for freshman year at UC Berkeley."What were you thinking those last few days with him at home?"


Who have been above the luxury tax threshold for three consecutive seasons, blows past next season’s $197 million threshold, the tax could be as high as 95 cents for every dollar over the limit that a team spends. The worst offenders will also be docked more valuable draft picks if they sign free agents, will be slotted down 10 spots for their first pick in the draft and could lose as much as $1 million in international pool money. Dipping below the luxury tax threshold will allow them to shed their status as repeat offenders and drastically reduce their tax bill — and their cost in draft picks — if they exceed the threshold again next year, when two young, prized free agents will hit the market: Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper and Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado. With a raft of expensive, lengthy and burdensome contracts expiring over the last two seasons, the Yankees showed a rare discipline in constructing their roster. They mostly resisted splurging on splashy and pricey free agents, instead focusing on developing and acquiring inexpensive young talent. Photo But when the Yankees failed to even get an audience with the affordable Japanese star Shohei Ohtani, they pivoted in a familiar way — they landed slugger Giancarlo Stanton, the newly minted National League most valuable player. Acquiring Stanton, who is three years into a record-setting 13-year, $325 million contract from the Miami Marlins that is heavily backloaded may not jeopardize the Yankees’ ability to duck below the luxury tax threshold. But it will test their newfound fiscal discipline. Stanton’s charge against the payroll will be $22 million — the average per-year cost of his contract ($25 million) minus the $3 million per year offset from the $30 million the Marlins have agreed to pay the Yankees if Stanton does not opt out of his contract after the 2020 season. But the Yankees also saved $8.5 million by sending second baseman Starlin Castro to the Marlins. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Thank you for subscribing. An error has occurred. Please try again later. View all New York Times newsletters. According to Cot’s Contracts, which tracks major league payroll tax estimates, the Yankees


Then Qualcomm would be another company that would make use of such bleeding-edge technology (for both its high-end mobile chips as well as its server processor ambitions). Another company that could benefit from this technology would be graphics specialist NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), and I wouldn’t be surprised if TSMC sought NVIDIA’s input — at least for a “high-performance” version — for the definition of 5 nanometer. Graphics processors are generally used for applications that require high-performance computing capabilities (it’s not just graphics). Although NVIDIA has said it doesn’t aim to be the first company to new manufacturing technologies, it wants to adopt them shortly after the first-movers (i.e., the Apples of the world) do. 10 stocks we like better than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing When investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has tripled the market.* David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy right now… and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing wasn’t one of them! That’s right — they think these 10 stocks are even better buys. Click here to learn about these picks! *Stock Advisor returns as of April 3, 2017 Ashraf Eassa owns shares of Qualcomm. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Apple, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


The signature of a path provides a top down description of the path in terms of its effects as a control [Differential Equations Driven by Rough Paths (2007) Springer]. The signature transforms a path into a group-like element in the tensor algebra and is an essential object in rough path theory. The expected signature of a stochastic process plays a similar role to that played by the characteristic function of a random variable. In [Chevyrev (2013)], it is proved that under certain boundedness conditions, the expected value of a random signature already determines the law of this random signature. It becomes of great interest to be able to compute examples of expected signatures and obtain the upper bounds for the decay rates of expected signatures. For instance, the computation for Brownian motion on $[0,1]$ leads to the ``cubature on Wiener space'' methodology [Lyons and Victoir, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. A Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 460 (2004) 169-198]. In this paper we fix a bounded domain $\Gamma$ in a Euclidean space $E$ and study the expected signature of a Brownian path starting at $z\in\Gamma$ and stopped at the first exit time from $\Gamma$. We denote this tensor series valued function by $\Phi_{\Gamma}(z)$ and focus on the case $E=\mathbb{R}^d$. We show that $\Phi_{\Gamma}(z)$ satisfies an elliptic PDE system and a boundary condition. The equations determining $\Phi_{\Gamma}$ can be recursively solved; by an iterative application of Sobolev estimates we are able, under certain smoothness and boundedness condition of the domain $\Gamma$, to prove geometric bounds for the terms in $\Phi_{\Gamma}(z)$. However, there is still a gap and we have not shown that $\Phi_{\Gamma}(z)$ determines the law of the signature of this stopped Brownian motion even.


Let $\mathcal{F} $ be a pointwise almost periodic decomposition of a compact metrizable space $X$. Then $\mathcal{F} $ is $R$-closed if and only if $\hat{\mathcal{F}} $ is usc. Moreover, if there is a finite index normal subgroup $H$ of an $R$-closed flow $G$ on a compact manifold such that the orbit closures of $H$ consist of codimension $k$ compact connected elements and "few singularities" for $k = 1$ or 2, then the orbit class space of $G$ is a compact $k$-dimensional manifold with conners. In addition, let $v$ be a nontrivial $R$-closed vector field on a connected compact 3-manifold $M$. Then one of the following holds: 1) The orbit class space $M/ \hat{v}$ is $[0,1]$ or $S^1$ and each interior point of $M/ \hat{v}$ is two dimensional. 2) $\mathrm{Per}(v)$ is open dense and $M = \mathrm{Sing}(v) \sqcup \mathrm{Per}(v)$. 3) There is a nontrivial non-toral minimal set. On the other hand, let $G$ be a flow on a compact metrizable space and $H$ a finite index normal subgroup. Then we show that $G$ is $R$-closed.


Of conscience in this paragraph constitute the protection of individual rights and create a private cause of action for those persons or entities protected. Any person or entity may assert a violation of this paragraph as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding. ``(F) Remedies.-- ``(i) Federal jurisdiction.--The Federal courts shall have jurisdiction to prevent and redress actual or threatened violations of this paragraph by granting all forms of legal or equitable relief, including, but not limited to, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, damages, costs, and attorney fees. ``(ii) Initiating party.--An action under this paragraph may be instituted by the Attorney General of the United States, or by any person or entity having standing to complain of a threatened or actual violation of this paragraph, including, but not limited to, any actual or prospective plan sponsor, issuer, or other entity offering a plan, any actual or prospective purchaser or beneficiary of a plan, and any individual or institutional health care provider. ``(iii) Interim relief.--Pending final determination of any action under this paragraph, the court may at any time enter such restraining order or prohibitions, or take such other actions, as it deems necessary. ``(G) Administration.--The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services is designated to receive complaints of discrimination based on this paragraph and coordinate the investigation of such complaints. ``(H) Actuarial equivalence.--Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the Secretary from issuing regulations or other guidance to ensure that health plans excluding specific items or services under this paragraph shall have an aggregate actuarial value at least equivalent to that of plans at the same level of coverage that do not exclude such items or services.''. (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective as.


In a 2011 paper published in the journal "Asian Journal of Algebra"(see reference[1]), the authors consider, among other equations,the diophantine equations 2xy=n(x+y) and 3xy=n(x+y). For the first equation, with n being an odd positive integer, they give the solution x=(n+1)/2, y=n(n+1)/2. For the second equation they present the particular solution, x=(n+1)/3,y=n(n+1)/3, where is n is a positive integer congruent to 2modulo3. If in the above equations we assume n to be prime, then these two equations become special cases of the diophantine equation, nxy=p(x+y) (1), with p being a prime and n a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. This 2-variable symmetric diophantine equation is the subject matter of this article; with the added condition that the intager n is not divisible by the prime p. Observe that this equation can be written in fraction form: n/p= 1/x + 1/y(See [2] for more details) In this work we prove the following result, Theorem1(stated on page2 of this paper):Let p be a prime, n a positive integer at least2, and not divisible by p. Then, 1)If n=2 and p is an odd prime, equation (1) has exactly three distinct positive integer solutions:x=p, y=p ; x=p(p+1)/2, y=(p+1)/2 ; x=(p+1)/2, y=p(p+1)/2 2)If n is greater than or equal to 3, and n is a divisor of p+1. Then equation (1) has exactly two distinct solutions: x=p(p+1)/n, y=(p+1)/n ; x=(p+1)/n, y=p(p+1)/n 3) if n is not a divisor of p+1. Then equation (1) has no positive integer solution. The proof of this result is elementary, and only uses Euclid's Lemma from number theory,and basic divisor arguments(such that.


Then a dense "spike" of dark matter is expected to have formed around it. Assuming that dark matter is composed primarily of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), a star orbiting close enough to the SMBH can capture WIMPs at an extremely high rate. The stellar luminosity due to annihilation of captured WIMPs in the stellar core may be comparable to or even exceed the luminosity of the star due to thermonuclear burning. The model thus predicts the existence of unusual stars, i.e. "WIMP burners", in the vicinity of an adiabatically grown SMBH. We find that the most efficient WIMP burners are stars with degenerate electron cores, e.g. white dwarfs (WD) or degenerate cores with envelopes. If found, such stars would provide evidence for the existence of particle dark matter and could possibly be used to establish its density profile. In our previous paper we computed the luminosity from WIMP burning for a range of dark matter spike density profiles, degenerate core masses, and distances from the SMBH. Here we compare our results with the observed stars closest to the Galactic center and find that they could be consistent with WIMP burners in the form of degenerate cores with envelopes. We also cross-check the WIMP burner hypothesis with the EGRET observed flux of gamma-rays from the Galactic center, which imposes a constraint on the dark matter spike density profile and annihilation cross-section. We find that the EGRET data is consistent with the WIMP burner hypothesis. New high precision measurements by GLAST will confirm or set stringent limits on a dark matter spike at the Galactic center, which will in turn support or set stringent limits on the existence of WIMP burners at the Galactic center.


Pursuant to subsection (c), a loan made, insured or guaranteed under this part or part D (excluding loans made under sections 428B and 428C) for any new borrower after October 1, 1994, who completes a degree in early childhood education and obtains full-time employment in a child care facility. ``(2) Award basis; priority.-- ``(A) Award basis.--Subject to subparagraph (B), loan repayment under this section shall be on a first- come, first-served basis and subject to the availability of appropriations. ``(B) Priority.--The Secretary shall give priority in providing loan repayment under this section for a fiscal year to student borrowers who received loan repayment under this section for the preceding fiscal year. ``(3) Regulations.--The Secretary is authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. ``(c) Loan Repayment.-- ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall assume the obligation to repay 15 percent of the total amount of all loans made after October 1, 1994, to a student under this part or part D for each complete year of employment described in subsection (b)(1). ``(2) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the refunding of any repayment of a loan made under this part or part D. ``(3) Interest.--If a portion of a loan is repaid by the Secretary under this section for any year, the proportionate amount of interest on such loan which accrues for such year shall be repaid by the Secretary. ``(4) Special rule.--In the case where a student borrower who is not participating in loan repayment pursuant to this section returns to an institution of higher education after graduation from an institution of higher education for the purpose of obtaining a degree in early childhood education, the Secretary is authorized to assume the obligation to repay the total amount of loans made under this part or part D incurred for a maximum of two academic years in returning to an institution of higher education for the purpose of obtaining a degree in early childhood education. Such loans shall only be repaid for borrowers who qualify for loan repayment pursuant to the provisions of this section, and shall be repaid in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1). ``(5) Ineligibility of national service award recipients.-- No student borrower may, for the same volunteer service, receive a benefit under both this section and subtitle D of title I of the National and Community


The evolutionary stage of the delta Scuti star 44 Tau has been unclear. Recent asteroseismic studies have claimed models on the main sequence, as well as in the expansion phase of the post-main sequence evolution. However, these models could not reproduce all of the observed frequencies, the mode instability range, and the fundamental stellar parameters simultaneously. A recent photometric study has increased the number of detected independent modes in 44 Tau to 15, and a newly found gravity mode at 5.30 c/d extends the observed frequency range. Aims. One of the possible evolutionary stages of 44 Tau has not yet been considered: the overall contraction phase after the main sequence. We computed asteroseismic models to examine whether models in this evolutionary stage provide a better fit of the observed frequency spectrum. Methods. We used Dziembowski's pulsation code to compute nonadiabatic frequencies of radial and nonradial modes. Observation of two radial modes and an avoided crossing of dipole modes put strong constraints on the models. A two-parametric overshooting routine is utilized to determine the efficiency of element mixing in the overshoot layer above the convective core. Results. We find that pulsation models in the post-MS contraction phase successfully reproduce the observed frequency range, as well as the frequency values of all individual radial and nonradial modes. The theoretical frequencies of the mixed modes at 7.79 c/d and 9.58 c/d are in better agreement with the observations.


Curt Schilling: I’d be in the Hall of Fame if I bashed Donald Trump The 2017 Baseball Hall of Fame inductees will be announced later this month, and Curt Schilling is once again expected to come up short. The former Cy Young Award winner is convinced that has much more to do with his political opinions than what he accomplished in his career. And he’s probably right. In an interview with TMZ this week, Schilling said he believes nearly all of the 400-plus voters would give him a thumbs up if he bashed Donald Trump rather than supporting the president elect. “They’re not hiding the fact that they’ve stopped voting for me because of the things I’ve said on social media,” the 50-year-old said. “That’s their prerogative as voters. … If I had said lynch Trump, I’d be getting in with about 90 percent of the votes this year.” A few months ago, Schilling shared a photo on social media of a man wearing a shirt encouraging people to lynch journalists and described it as “awesome.” Schilling added that many of the voters are hypocrites for keeping him out of the Hall because of his character, noting that there’s a tendency to “pick and choose” which players to apply the character clause to. “The people who have said they’re not going to vote for me are not going to vote for me because of the character clause,” he said. “There are some of the worst human beings I’ve ever known voting. There are scumbags all across — if they don’t believe my baseball talents merit me getting into the Hall of Fame, so be it.” Schilling is one of only 16 pitchers with 3,000-plus strikeouts in his career. His 216 wins are a bit low for some people, but he ranks third all-time in strikeout-to-walk ratio. The strongest case Schilling can make for Cooperstown is his 11-2 record and 2.23 ERA in the playoffs, where he was downright dominant. Are many voters keeping Schilling off their ballots because he has made unpopular remarks like this? Most likely, but he still has a few years to get in. It’d be a surprise.


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It follows that the gravitational field of the visible universe can be calculated as if the entire mass of the visible universe is located in one point. Taking into account that the mass of the visible universe is M=2x10^{53} kg, it appears that the entire visible universe is inside a {\it photon sphere} of radius R_{ps} = 14.3 Gpc. The current model for the visible universe must be corrected to account for the fact that measured horizon distance of 14.0 \pm 0.2 Gpc is not a straight line. Rather it is an arc of a circle with that length, because all photons are inside the photon sphere. Our model interprets the visible universe as a surface of a sphere (or an inside of a sphere shell) with radius 4.46 \pm 0.06 Gpc and an event horizon, located on that sphere (shell), with size of 14.0 \pm 0.2 Gpc. The model predicts CMB redshift and time dilatation of Type Ia supernovae by gravitation. It explains, without inflation theory, the isotropy and uniformity of the CMB. It predicts the correct value for the Hubble constant H_0 = 67.26 \pm 0.90 km/s/Mpc, the cosmic expansion rate H(z) in agreement with observations, and the speed of the event horizon. Through relativistic energy correction, our model also provides an explanation for critical density without use of dark matter. It explains that Type Ia supernovae redshifts are not related to the accelerated expansion of the universe and dark energy. It explains the reason for the established discrepancy between the non-covariant version of the holographic principle and the calculated dimensionless entropy (S/k) for the visible universe, which exceeds the entropy of a black hole. The model is in agreement with the distribution of radio sources in space, Type Ia data, and data from the HUDF optical and near-infrared survey.


ALBUQUERQUE, NM (CNN) – A New Mexico woman has been taken to a mental hospital after a shocking find at her home. Authorities found her husband’s mummified body inside a bedroom closet. There’s now a sign on the garage of the Foothills home warning trespassers to keep out as the house is in foreclosure. When deputies showed up to evict the owners last month they were shocked at what they found “I never would have imagined that he would be laying in the closet into a mummified state,” said Thomas Huerta, the dead man’s son. Police found the body of Huerta’s father on a mattress in the closet, with a pillow propped under his head, and he was tucked in under blankets. The man’s wife told police he died in April of 2015, more than two years earlier. “I try not to think about it. It is very difficult,” said Huerta. Huerta says he is still trying to let the news sink in. He lives in California now, but visited Albuquerque last October to introduce his father to his pregnant girlfriend. “Not only she was in there, but so was his mummified corpse,” said Huerta. According to a report, neighbors noticed the man hadn’t been around, but when they asked his wife, she only told them he was preparing for the ministry. The woman told police her husband suffered from chronic back pain so he often slept in that closet. He had been coughing up bile, but refused to go the hospital. Tom tells me he never imagined his father’s life would end like this. “It is horrible to think that that was his destiny,” said Huerta. Authorities are now trying to determine how the man died. It’s unclear.


Lights when you get home. Smart Cameras Canary is an all-in-one home security system trained to send intelligent alerts to a user's smartphone when it detects activity. You can also open your Canary app to see live video and audio of what's happening in your home at that moment and replay video clips. The all-in-one security system can even let you sound a 90+ decibel alarm if you see shady activity unfolding live on your app, hopefully scaring the thief away and alerting neighbors. One device starts at $169, with deals for multi-packs. Another option is the Nest Cam Indoor, which can be placed in an inconspicuous place in your home and record video that can be stored in the cloud for 30 days. If there's a suspicious sound in your home, Nest will also send an alert to your phone, so you're immediately in the know. It can also send "person alerts," letting you see who's in your home. The indoor camera starts at $199, but there are deals if you buy multiple devices to cover more areas of your home. Where Did That Thing Go? If losing your favorite bag or coat is a worry, consider putting a Tile tracker in it. The tiny device pairs to your smartphone and will let you know where your item is, as long as the Tile is still inside of it. More often than not, it's likely your housekeeper moved that bag to vacuum and you'll find it somewhere in your house. If you're having trouble locating an item, you can also reach out to the customer service representatives from whichever platform you used. They can ask the service provider.


Perhaps it’s that the more famous you get, the more haters you get. Ronaldo has revealed that even his son’s classmates are among the Real Madrid star’s critics and they tell Cristiano Jr. that there are better players than the four-time Ballon d’Or winner. “There are people who sometimes say to him that ‘there is another player who is better than your father,’ but he knows how to deal with that,” Ronaldo told ON TV in Egypt. “He is a smart boy, like me. I often tell him ‘be yourself and be polite,’” he added. “I know that he will go through periods of adversity as there are jealous people out there, but I see him as a happy child.” Ronaldo did not specify who his son’s classmates think is better. But, hmm, wonder who the other player could be? We can’t say for sure … but it’s definitely Lionel Messi. While Ronaldo’s son for now must defend his father’s honor at the school yard, the Portuguese also said he wouldn’t mind if his son followed in his footsteps and carried on his legacy as an attacking player — but he won’t pressure him too much. “Of course I would like it if he became a footballer,” he admitted. “I know that it is a challenge and that it isn’t easy, but he can be whatever he wants to be as I won’t pressure him.” “I might be pushing him a little in the direction of becoming a footballer,” he added, “but not to be a goalkeeper as I want him to be a forward.” Let the bids for Cristiano Jr.’s 2028 rights begin. MORE FROM FOX SOCCER


Recently Shukurov et al [Phys Rev \textbf{E} (2008)] presented a numerical solution of a Moebius strip dynamo flow, to investigate its use in modelling dynamo flows in Perm torus of liquid sodium dynamo experiments. Here, by analogy one presents an electric dynamo on a twisted torus or Klein bottle topology. An exact solution in the form of flat Klein bottle dynamo flow is obtained. It is shown that even in the absence of magnetic dynamos initial electric fields can be amplified in distinct points of the Klein bottle. In this case diffusion is taken as ${\eta}\approx{5.0{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}-m}$ the electric potential is obtained. The difference of electric fields at the beginning of plasma flow profile is ${\Delta}E_{Dyn}\approx{468\frac{V}{m}}$, which is stronger than the electric dynamo field obtained in the magnetic axis of spheromaks, which is of the order of $E_{Dyn}\approx{200\frac{V}{m}}$. The potential of the dynamo at the surface of the Earth computed by Boozer [Phys Fluids \textbf{B} (1993)] of ${\Phi}\approx{160V}$, is used to obtain the magnetic vector constant $A_{0}\approx{10^{6}V}$. In general the associated magnetic dynamo is shown to be a fast dynamo in force-free plasmas in Klein bottle. Of course.


Binary radio pulsars are generally believed to have been spun up to millisecond periods (i.e. recycling) via mass accretion from their donor stars, and they are the descendants of neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries. However, some studies indicate that the formation of pulsars from the accretion-induced collapse (AIC) of accreting white dwarfs (WDs) cannot be excluded. In this work, we use a population synthesis code to examine if the AIC channel can produce eccentric binary millisecond pulsars (BMSPs) in the Galaxy. Our simulated results indicate that, only when the natal MSPs receive a relatively strong kick ($\ga100\rm km\,s^{-1}$), can the AIC channel produce $\sim 10-180$ eccentric ($e>0.1$) BMSPs in the Galaxy, most of which are accompanied by a Helium star. Such a kick seems to be highly unlikely in the conventional AIC process, hence the probability of forming eccentric BMSPs via the AIC channel can be ruled out. Even if a high kick is allowed, the AIC channel cannot produce eccentric BMSPs with an orbital period of $\ga 20$ days. Therefore, we propose that the peculiar BMSP PSR J1903+0327 cannot be formed by the AIC channel. However, the AIC evolutionary channel may produce some fraction of isolated millisecond pulsars, and even sub-millisecond pulsars.


Receiving a grant under this subsection, each grant recipient shall agree to cooperate in an evaluation by the Secretary of the program carried out using grant funds. ``(7) Technical assistance.--The Secretary shall provide technical assistance and information to assist eligible schools, State and local agencies, Indian tribal organizations, and nonprofit entities-- ``(A) to facilitate the coordination and sharing of information and resources in the Department that may be applicable to the farm to school program; ``(B) to collect and share information on best practices; and ``(C) to disseminate research and data on existing farm to school programs and the potential for programs in underserved areas. ``(8) Funding.-- ``(A) In general.--On October 1, 2010, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. ``(B) Receipt and acceptance.--The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this subsection the funds transferred under subparagraph (A), without further appropriation. ``(h) Pilot Program for High-Poverty Schools.-- ``(1) In general.--''; and (3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))-- (A) in subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) (as so redesignated), by striking ``in accordance with paragraph (1)(H)'' and inserting ``carried out by the Secretary''; and (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (2). SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee.


Then tree-level Kaluza-Klein number is not conserved in the Yukawa interactions. This leads to mixing between zero-mode fermions and their associated Kaluza-Klein excitations. The effect can be quite large for the top quark, since its mass (171.4 plus or minus 2.1 GeV) is approximately one-half the current Tevatron mass bound (about 350-400 GeV) for Kaluza-Klein excitations of quarks with one universal extra dimension. In contrast to the SM, the bi-unitary transformation that diagonalizes the mass matrix does not diagonalize the effective 4D Yukawa coupling matrix because of the presence of the 5D kinetic terms. This leads to violation of tree-level Kaluza-Klein number conservation in the gauge sector due to a unique feature of the 5D theory. This allows Kaluza-Klein excitations of the fermions to be produced singly, and opens up new decay channels in the gauge sector. We compute the cross section for the production of the lowest-lying Kaluza-Klein excitations of the top and bottom quarks in the non-universal Higgs model at the Large Hadron Collider, and consider their subsequent decays. The effect is quite large: For example, pair production of Kaluza-Klein excitations of the bottom quark will lead to a pair of top quarks plus a pair of charged weak gauge bosons. Since the production is via the strong interaction, such final states stand out well against the Standard Model background, and are observable at the LHC for a wide range of compactification scales. Finally, we discuss the effects that such a model has on the T- parameter, and propose a model with maximal mixing where the compactification scale may be as large as a universal extra dimension.


Fight fans watching this one might be better served looking PAST this match-up. Ramirez is getting a chance, with this ESPN exposure for an expected highlight reel performance, to put his name at the very top of the division… Jose Ramirez (22-0, 16 KOs) makes the first defense of his WBC junior welterweight title this Saturday against Danny O’Connor (30-3, 11 KOs) at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California (broadcast live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes at 10:30 p.m. ET)—and it probably won’t be the least bit competitive. Fight fans watching this one might be better served looking PAST this match-up while tuning in. The 140 lb. division is quickly and quietly becoming packed with top tier talent and it’ll be interesting to see how bright Ramirez’s star shines when given the opportunity to slam through a relative “gimme” of a defense. Awaiting Ramirez at 140 are mega-talents Regis Prograis and Josh Taylor, as well as tough, top-tier opposition like Kiryl Relikh, Maurice Hooker, Terry Flanagan, Antonio Orozco, Alex Saucedo, Sergey Lipinets, Viktor Postol, and Ivan Baranchyk (among others). Ramirez is getting a chance, with this ESPN exposure for an expected highlight reel performance, to put his name at the very top of the division when it comes to asking price and negotiating leverage. The popular Fresno-area attraction and 2012 US Olympian is an ultra-confident and tenacious pressure fighter whose best weapons are a dogged body attack and a solid overhand right. Not gifted with truly heavy hands or with elite-level athleticism, there’s reason to believe that Ramirez may falter when stacked up against an opponent gifted with high-end speed and reflexes. In his March contest with Amir Imam for the vacant title, Ramirez outworked and out-pointed his foe, but clearly struggled to walk his way into range against the quicker, more mobile opponent. The 25-year-old’s flimsy résume and relative lack of pro seasoning certainly don’t help in this area, nor did a long-time association with trainer Freddie Roach (who has since been replaced by Robert Garcia). Ramirez’s ability to will his way past opposition and simply outwork them won’t likely carry him too far into increasingly deep divisional waters.


We report a photometric and spectroscopic study of the peculiar cataclysmic variable SDSS 1507+52. The star shows very deep eclipses on the 67 minute orbital period, and those eclipses are easily separable into white-dwarf and hot-spot components. This leads to tight constraints on binary parameters, with M_1=0.83(8) solar masses, M_2=0.057(8) solar masses, R_1=0.0097(9) solar radii, R_2=0.097(4) solar radii, q=0.069(2), and i=83.18(13) degrees. Such numbers suggest possible membership among the WZ Sge stars, a common type of dwarf nova. The spectroscopic behavior (strong and broad H emission, double-peaked and showing a classic rotational disturbance during eclipse) is also typical. But the star's orbital period is shockingly below the "period minimum" of approximately 77 min which is characteristic of hydrogen-rich CVs; producing such a strange binary will require some tinkering with the theory of cataclysmic-variable evolution. The proper motion is also remarkably high for a star of its distance, which we estimate from photometry and trigonometric parallax as 230 +- 40 pc. This suggests a transverse velocity of 164 +- 30 km/s - uncomfortably high if the star belongs to a Galactic-disk population. These difficulties with understanding its evolution and space velocity can be solved.


" she said. "Geese like very flat green grass so if you start to plant spiky grass its not as hospitable for them. "More experimentally in America, they are starting to use drones to try and scare the geese away. "It's about balancing the very real health and safety risk with animal welfare and I really think that if we try to prevent the geese from landing here, rather than destroying their eggs, it will be much better. "It's very important that people who use the park know that this is going on so that they can voice their opinions on it." Image caption Greylag geese can often be seen on the grass beside the water in Victoria Park Belfast City Airport has held a licence to carry out egg pricking since 2002. In a freedom of information request the Northern Ireland environment agency revealed that since 2002, 1,775 greylag goose eggs have been oiled and pricked. The numbers involved vary each year, ranging from fewer than 50 to more than 250. In recent years, an average of 100 eggs have been pricked. Hazardous wildlife A spokesman for the airport said: "In order to control the feral geese population in Victoria Park, the oiling and pricking of eggs is undertaken by a biologist under licence from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and with the permission of Belfast City Council. "The airport has a legal obligation to reduce the number of hazardous wildlife in the vicinity of the airport and does this through consultation with local authorities and wildlife experts. "Earlier this year, Belfast City Airport was named Northern Ireland's Responsible Company of the Year by Business in the Community and, like all airports, is committed to managing its operations in an environmentally sensitive manner whilst ensuring air safety." Image caption Planes regularly fly over Victoria Park and the geese throughout the day A spokesperson for the council said: "Public health and safety is paramount to Belfast City Council. "Due to concerns over the number of greylag geese in Victoria Park, and their potential threat to landing or taking off aircrafts at George Best Belfast City Airport, Belfast City Council has an agreement with the airport granting them access to Victoria Park to carryout egg pricking."


KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Brett Veach has made so many manoeuvrs involving draft picks since taking over as the Kansas City Chiefs' general manager that it's hard to believe he's never led an actual draft. That changes this week. The young front office boss, who took over when John Dorsey was let go last summer, heads into the three-day draft Thursday without a first-round pick. But Veach has one in the second round and two more in the third, giving him ample opportunity to shore up a leaky defence on an otherwise deep roster. "I am looking forward to it. I've been working up to it, been doing this for 12 years," he said last week. "I've been going to the draft room for a long time. Certainly, it will be different as a GM. I am surrounded by a lot of great people and trust those guys." The Chiefs clearly trust him. Dorsey did a good job of acquiring talent after taking over a 2-14 franchise, but his inability to manage the salary cap ultimately led to his ouster. Veach has quickly balanced the books, using draft choices to help the process. He sent a fourth-round pick next year to Buffalo to grab middle linebacker Reggie Ragland, who started right away last season, and a fifth-rounder this year to Cleveland for swing offensive tackle Cam Erving. Then, he dealt quarterback Alex Smith to Washington for cornerback Kendall Fuller and a third-round pick this year, and cornerback Marcus Peters and a sixth-round pick this year to the Los Angeles Rams for a fourth-round pick this year and a second-round selection next season. Got all that? The upshot is that, while nobody is quite sure what Veach will do when he runs his own draft, the safe assumption is that he will move aggressively to nab a player he likes. "That's just kind of who I am. I have a group of guys up there who are worried that I'm going to be too aggressive," he said, "so I'm glad I have those guys. Everyone does this, and we've done this the last five years, you go through mock drafts just like you see online. We kind of just play that game ourselves in regards to what do we do.


Understanding space usage and resource selection is a primary focus of many studies of animal populations. Usually, such studies are based on location data obtained from telemetry, and resource selection functions (RSF) are used for inference. Another important focus of wildlife research is estimation and modeling population size and density. Recently developed spatial capture-recapture (SCR) models accomplish this objective using individual encounter history data with auxiliary spatial information on location of capture. SCR models include encounter probability functions that are intuitively related to RSFs, but to date, no one has extended SCR models to allow for explicit inference about space usage and resource selection. We develop a statistical framework for jointly modeling space usage, resource selection, and population density by integrating SCR data, such as from camera traps, mist-nets, or conventional catch-traps, with resource selection data from telemetered individuals. We provide a framework for estimation based on marginal likelihood, wherein we estimate simultaneously the parameters of the SCR and RSF models. Our method leads to increases in precision for estimating population density and parameters of ordinary SCR models. Importantly, we also find that SCR models alone can estimate parameters of resource selection functions and, as such, SCR methods can be used as the sole source for studying space-usage; however, precision will be higher when telemetry data are available. Finally, we find that SCR models using standard symmetric and stationary encounter probability models produce biased estimates of density when animal space usage is related to a landscape covariate. Therefore, it is important that space usage be taken into consideration.


Based on the intensity and rates of various kinds of intense ionizing radiation events such as supernovae and gamma-ray bursts, it is likely that the Earth has been subjected to one or extinction level events during the Phanerozoic. These induce changes in atmospheric chemistry so that the level of Solar ultraviolet-B radiation reaching the surface and near-surface waters may be doubled for up to a decade. This UVB level is known from experiment to be more than enough to kill off many kinds of organisms, particularly phytoplankton. It could easily induce a crash of the photosynthetic-based food chain in the oceans. Regularities in the latitudinal distribution of damage are apparent in simulations of the atmospheric changes. We previously proposed that the late Ordovician extinction is a plausible candidate for a contribution from an ionizing radiation event, based on environmental selectivity in trilobites. To test a null hypothesis based on this proposal, we confront latitudinal differential extinction rates predicted from the simulations with data from a published analysis of latitudinal gradients in the Ordovician extinction. The pattern of UVB damage always shows a strong maximum at some latitude, with substantially lower intensity to the north and south of this maximum. We find that the pattern of damage predicted from our simulations is consistent with the data assuming a burst approximately over the South Pole, and no further north than -75 degrees. We predict that any land mass (such as parts of north China, Laurentia, and New Guinea) which then lay north of the equator should be a refuge from UVB effects, and show a different pattern of extinction in the first strike of the end-Ordovician extinction.


A celebrated result of Chv\'atal, R\"odl, Szemer\'edi and Trotter states (in slightly weakened form) that, for every natural number $\Delta$, there is a constant $r_\Delta$ such that, for any connected $n$-vertex graph $G$ with maximum degree $\Delta$, the Ramsey number $R(G,G)$ is at most $r_\Delta n$, provided $n$ is sufficiently large. In 1987, Burr made a strong conjecture implying that one may take $r_\Delta = \Delta$. However, Graham, R\"odl and Ruci\'nski showed, by taking $G$ to be a suitable expander graph, that necessarily $r_\Delta > 2^{c\Delta}$ for some constant $c>0$. We show that the use of expanders is essential: if we impose the additional restriction that the bandwidth of $G$ be at most some function $\beta (n) = o(n)$, then $R(G,G) \le (2\chi(G)+4)n\leq (2\Delta+6)n$, i.e., $r_\Delta = 2\Delta +6$ suffices. On the other hand, we show that Burr's conjecture itself fails even for $P_n^k$, the $k$th power of a path $P_n$. Brandt showed that for any $c$, if $\Delta$ is sufficiently large, there are connected $n$-vertex graphs $G$ with $\Delta(G)\leq\Delta$ but $R(G,K_3)>cn$. We show that, given $\Delta$ and $H$, there are $\beta>0$ and $n_0$ such that, if $G$ is a connected graph on $n\ge n_0$ vertices with maximum degree at most $\Delta$ and bandwidth at most $\beta n$, then we have $R(G,H)=(\chi(H)-1)(n-1)+\sigma(H)$, where $\sigma(H)$ is the smallest size of any part in any $\chi(H)$-partition of $H$. We also show that the same conclusion holds without any restriction on the maximum degree of $G$.


And Records.--All books and records of the corporation may be inspected by any member having the right to vote in any proceeding of the corporation, or by any agent or attorney of such member, for any proper purpose at any reasonable time. (d) Application of State Law.--This section may not be construed to contravene any applicable State law. SEC. 11. AUDIT OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS. The first section of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for audit of accounts of private corporations established under Federal law'', approved August 30, 1964 (36 U.S.C. 1101), is amended by adding at the end the following: ``VietNow.''. SEC. 12. ANNUAL REPORT. The corporation shall annually submit to the Congress a report concerning the activities of the corporation during the preceding fiscal year. The annual report shall be submitted on the same date as the report of the audit required by section 11. The annual report may not be printed as a public document. SEC. 13. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Act: (1) The term ``corporation'' means VietNow. (2) The term ``State'' means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. SEC. 134. TAX-EXEMPT STATUS. The corporation shall maintain its status as an organization exempt from taxation as provided in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. SEC. 15. TERMINATION. The charter granted in this Act shall expire.


) In this subsection: ``(A) The term `child' means an individual who has not attained 18 years of age. ``(B) The term `adult' means an individual who has attained 18 years of age.''. (b) Penalties.--Section 924(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(7) Whoever violates section 922(bb) in a State shall be punished in accordance with the laws of the State that apply to persons convicted of child abandonment.''. SEC. 7. GRANTS FOR GUN SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS. (a) Program Authority.--The Attorney General is authorized to provide grants to units of local government to enable law enforcement agencies to develop and sponsor gun safety classes for parents and their children. (b) Application.-- (1) In general.--Any unit of local government that desires to receive a grant award under this section shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require. (2) Contents.--Each application referred to in paragraph (1) shall include an assurance that-- (A) funds received under this section shall be used only to provide funds to law enforcement agencies to provide gun safety classes; and (B) gun safety classes will be offered at times convenient to parents, including evenings and weekends. (c) Regulations.--The Attorney General shall issue any regulations necessary to carry out this section. SEC. 8. EDUCATION: NATIONWIDE FIREARMS SAFETY PROGRAMS. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) each school district should provide or participate in a firearms safety program for students in grades kindergarten through 12 and should consult with a certified firearms instructor before establishing the curriculum for the program; and (2) participation by students in a firearms safety program should not be mandatory.


As part of a JCMT Legacy Survey of star formation in the Gould Belt, we present early science results for Taurus. CO J=3-2 maps have been secured along the north-west ridge and bowl, collectively known as L 1495, along with deep 13CO and C18O J=3-2 maps in two sub-regions. With these data we search for molecular outflows, and use the distribution of flows, HH objects and shocked H2 line emission features, together with the population of young stars, protostellar cores and starless condensations to map star formation across this extensive region. In total 21 outflows are identified. It is clear that the bowl is more evolved than the ridge, harbouring a greater population of T Tauri stars and a more diffuse, more turbulent ambient medium. By comparison, the ridge contains a much younger, less widely distributed population of protostars which, in turn, is associated with a greater number of molecular outflows. We estimate the ratio of the numbers of prestellar to protostellar cores in L 1495 to be ~ 1.3-2.3, and of gravitationally unbound starless cores to (gravitationally bound) prestellar cores to be ~ 1. If we take previous estimates of the protostellar lifetime of ~ 5 x 10^5 yrs, this indicates a prestellar lifetime of 9(+/-3) x 10^5 yrs. From the number of outflows we also crudely estimate the star formation efficiency in L 1495, finding it to be compatible with a canonical value of 10-15 %. We note that molecular outflow-driving sources have redder near-IR colours than their HH jet-driving counterparts. We also find that the smaller, denser cores are associated with the more massive outflows, as one might expect.