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Karl Ove Knausgaard is the most well-documented writer alive today. Across the first five volumes of My Struggle, the Norwegian novelist rendered in exacting detail seemingly every memory he could access. These recollections are often painful (Book One dealt largely with Karl Ove and his brother, Yngve, cleaning up the physical mess left behind by their alcoholic father’s death), frequently embarrassing (see a late-blooming Karl Ove learning how to masturbate with a mail-order volume of Renaissance art in Book Five) and, more than anything, banal: If you’ve ever wondered how frequently a style-conscious Norwegian teenager might have gone grocery shopping in the mid-1980s, Book Four has you covered.
If that sounds boring, that’s at least part of the point. Since the publication of the first two volumes of My Struggle in 2009, Knausgaard has been lauded for his level of disclosure, but the radicalism of his confessions rests as much in their volume as it does their content. Early in Book Six, he notes that what forms a life are the moments he takes for granted—a smoke on the balcony, pausing to choose between mass-produced ice-cream brands, driving to a neighboring town to buy a stereo—and he treats these moments with the same care with which a more conventional author might treat their characters’ most poignant epiphanies. The idea that life is a series of events containing no real meaning in themselves is hardly revolutionary, but most authors have followed this path to either nihilism or a kind of college-sophomore brand of Romanticism. Knausgaard, ever Scandinavian, simply allows his memories to breathe and invites us to watch as his narrative comes more alive the more oxygen it takes in.
True to form, Book Six, subtitled The End, stretches much of its opening third across a single afternoon. Karl Ove and his friend Geir laze in a park. They watch their kids run around. They bat a few ideas back and forth and amicably disagree the way old friends do. But the scene is darkened by an email from Karl Ove’s Uncle Gunnar, who has read a ready-to-print version of the first volume of My Struggle and, in an email titled “Verbal rape,” claims to have proof that Knausgaard père’s final days weren’t nearly as gruesome as the book suggests. The question of validity has always hung over My Struggle—it’s billed as a “novel,” after all, and Knausgaard is at pains to remind us of the faultiness of his memory—but the possibility that he’s fundamentally misremembered the scene of his father’s death, and thus the defining moment of both his life and his work, nearly topples him.
As the implications of Gunnar’s accusation grow, they push Karl Ove out of the present, sending the narrative into a spiral of justification in the form a 400-page self-contained essay that sits at the center of the book and virtually kills its momentum. Knausgaard winds an extraordinarily dense explication of a Paul Celan poem and an examination of the relationship between the literary “I,” “we,” “you,” “they,” and “it” around a nuanced reading of Hitler’s early life and motivations. It’s meant to be an explanation as to why Knausgaard named his masterwork after the dictator’s autobiography, but the writing here is often muddy and technical in the way that only the work of a one-time graduate student can be: “That which ‘is’ becomes ‘was’ through the ‘I,’ who turns it into ‘is’ by the evocation of memory,” goes one particularly knotty sentence. Given the relative lucidity of the essay’s biographical sections, this is maybe the only book in print in which reading about Hitler comes as a relief.
Buried beneath the jargon are legitimate literary reasons for this turn, but it’s a lot to ask a reader who’s flipped through the previous 3,000 pages to suddenly start power-lifting. Knausgaard’s obfuscations give him space to question how the same conditions can make one person a monster but not another, and to finally accept (and subsequently relinquish) the depth of his father’s influence. But there’s a difference between describing the machinations of a phenomenon and simply evoking it, just as there’s a difference between someone’s participation in an event and their experience of it.
Which is ultimately Knausgaard’s point. It’s driven home in the book’s final third, which chronicles his (now-ex) wife Linda’s nervous breakdown, triggered by the publication of Book Two; her only way through it is via patient suffering and professional help, and all he can really do is bear witness as her life demands she be treated as something more than a character in someone else’s narrative. “Linda is a human being and her unique essence is indescribable,” he writes on the book’s last page. “It didn’t reside in what she did, it didn’t reside in what she said, it resided in what she was.”
In the end, it seems, there is no such thing as full disclosure—not just because it’s impossible to remember everything that’s ever happened, but also because life simply can’t be defined. To believe otherwise is to wrestle with mist. Still, this final book makes plain what the author has been doing all along. With these six volumes, Karl Ove Knausgaard set out to grapple his life into submission. Here’s a spoiler: He loses the struggle.

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Thick snow has covered some mountains and roads in parts of Ceres, Worcester, and the Hex River Valley in the Western Cape.
The Theronsberg Pass between Ceres and Touwsrivier has been closed due to heavy snowfall. The owner of the Matroosberg nature reserve near Ceres, Didi de Kock, says ground-level snow is still covering their area.
She says it is however not a good day for hiking, because the weather is still bad. De Kock says she has a magnificent view of the white landscape from her office.
“There is snow up in the tar road coming into Matroosberg so people coming into Ceres to see snow will definitely not be disappointed 4×4 trail is not opened to the top yet because of thick snow but if it is snow that you are coming for that is what we will provide.”
Eastern Cape pass also closed
The R61 at the Wapadsberg Pass between Graaff Reinet and Cradock in the Eastern Cape has been closed due to intermittent snowfall.
Provincial Transport spokesperson Unathi Binqose has appealed to motorists to exercise caution when approaching that area and to consider alternative routes.
Binqose says they are also monitoring other high laying areas, especially mountain passes, across the province. – Additional reporting Olwethu Matsipane
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1. It was a day of remembrance over the weekend as people across the country celebrated veterans, and that included some neighbors here in West Michigan.
There was a Veteran's Day Parade in Grand Rapids, the lineup began on Lyon Street around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday and traveled around Rosa Parks Circle and through the city.
The parade ended at the newly renovated Grand Rapids Veterans Memorial Park, where there was a special ceremony.
2. A marine who's been making the headlines recently just reached a remarkable goal. Rob Jones finished his goal of running 31 marathons in 31 days, and he ended on Veteran's Day.
He lost both his legs in Afghanistan in 2010, but it has never slowed him down. He's been running a marathon every day over the last month, all over the country.
He set out to raise money for wounded warriors, and so far he's raised more than $125,000.
Since his injury, Jones has won a bronze medal in the Paralympics, biked 5,200 miles across the country, and climbed all 104 flights at the Freedom Tower.
3. Another event hit the streets of downtown Grand Rapids over the weekend as Disc Downtown held its inaugural event.
Disc golf is a sport that continues to grow in popularity, and Sunday's event had disc golfers traversing a course that started at the parking lot under US 131, through Grand Valley State's Pew Campus, into city streets, and in Ah-Nab-Awen Park.
Special discs were used that kept windows and structures safe while the golfers shot for their lowest scores, aiming for baskets placed around the course.
4. More corporate consolidation has the two biggest U.S. toy-makers possibly joining forces soon. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Hasbro made an offer to take over Mattel.
Details of the possible deal haven't been released, but according to Bloomberg, the two companies have been talking periodically for some time.
Hasbro claimed more than $11 billion in market value, thanks in part to a deal that allows them to sell Disney-themed items.
Mattel has some popular products too like Fisher Price, Barbie, and Hot Wheels, but it's been dealing with lackluster sales.
5. Christmas music is on the radio, holiday sales are already here, and that means the world's most famous Christmas tree is officially in New York City.
The Rockefeller Christmas tree arrived in Rockefeller Center over the weekend, as crowds and onlookers cheered.
This year's tree is a Norway Spruce from State College, Pennsylvania. It is 75-feet tall, weighs more than 12 tons and is about 80-years-old.
After being decorated with more than 50,000 multi-colored lights the tree will be lit for the first time on Wednesday, November 29 and will remain on display until January 7.

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New International Version
A Call to Persevere in Faith
19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence(A) to enter the Most Holy Place(B) by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way(C) opened for us through the curtain,(D) that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest(E) over the house of God,(F) 22 let us draw near to God(G) with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings,(H) having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience(I) and having our bodies washed with pure water.(J) 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope(K) we profess,(L) for he who promised is faithful.(M) 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,(N) 25 not giving up meeting together,(O) as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another(P)—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.(Q)
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Tesla's stock jumps after stock split news, Baird analyst maintains neutral rating and price target – MarketWatch
Shares of Tesla Inc. TSLA, -3.11% ran up 6.1% in premarket trading Wednesday, after falling 7.7% amid a 3-day losing streak, in the wake of the electric car maker’s announcement of a 5-for-1 stock split. Analyst Ben Kallo at Baird reiterated the neutral rating he’s had on the stock since Jan. 9, while maintaining his price target of $1,658, which is about 21% above Tuesday’s closing price of $1,374.39. “We believe the stock split is a recognition of the fact that the market is increasingly influenced by individual investors, including those looking to gain exposure to next-generation transportation,” Kallo wrote in a note to clients. “The overnight share strength is indicative of investors electing to purchase stocks which are positioned to benefit from the current upgrade cycle for technology around transportation, renewable energy, and the software enabling both.” The stock has more than tripled (up 228.5%) year to date through Tuesday, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.79% has edged up 3.2%.

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Researchers recently discovered two new vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-13473 and CVE-2019-13474) in the Telestar Digital GmbH Internet of Things (IoT). Hackers can use these vulnerabilities to remotely control the network signals of IoT devices, change device names, steal audio files, and so on. The affected products are Telestar’s Imperial & Dabman I and D series of connected devices, involving more than one million devices.
The researchers found an exception on a server connected to a Telestar device: it’s port 23 had an unknown Telnet service. Since the port is active and the password security is not strong, the hacker can quickly establish a network connection with it and brute-force within only 10 minutes due to lax password security. Once successfully hacked, the hacker will be able to edit and access all content on the device connected to the server. Experts said that network security risks on IoT devices should be taken seriously.
Currently, Telestar Digital GmbH Internet of Things (IoT) has released security patches to fix this vulnerability.


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Motor: Yamaha 50TLR 2-stroke
Prop: Powertech SCB3 15pitch
Extra info: Motor is in second mounting hole. Motor does this trimmed all the way down, and also keeps doing it with the trim bumped up slightly. I also have a 14pitch prop being sent to me by PT this week.
Edit to add: PT is sending me the new prop because Ken @ propgods said the 14p will put me around 5300-5400RPM WOT instead of the 5100 I am at now.
When running the skiff with two or three people and a normal load, I will get on plane and yadda yadda and keep the throttle at 3/4 for cruising. This puts the RPM around 4200-4600RPM (5100RPM is WOT with this prop).
While running, the boat will suddenly lose speed and the tach will read 4000RPM. I can lay the throttle down all the way to WOT and it wont budge, but sometimes it will. Other times, I have to back off the throttle and then gun it again to get over 4000RPM.
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The Door County Baseball Hall of Fame banquet was held Sept. 15 at the Lodge at Leathem Smith in Sturgeon Bay. The following players were inducted: Joe Hoffman, Institute; Adam Bretl, Kolberg; Jack Schartner, Egg Harbor; Steve Jilot, West Jacksonport; Jason Annis, Institute; Bill Kroll, Egg Harbor and Institute; Dave Neinas, Kolberg; Craig Bastian, Baileys Harbor; Bob Haberli, Sister Bay; and Bob Young, Washington Island. David “Chico” Moeller received an achievement award. He was a notable player, but didn’t spend 10 years in the league to be eligible for Hall of Fame consideration.
Jocko Rader, Door County Baseball League historian and public relations officer, offered the following comments about each inductee.
Joe Hoffman: He had a .300 average, was a homerun hitter and played good defense.
Adam Bretl: Outstanding pitcher who won three Pitcher of the Year awards and led Kolberg to 30 straight wins.
Jack Schartner: First baseman and pitcher who hit .500. He led the league in inherited runs, home runs and runs batted in.
Steve Jilot: Good center fielder who won the batting championship three times.
Jason Annis: Third baseman who played in the league for 20 years, and who always had a .300 or greater average.
Bill Kroll: A catcher who was the only hitter that Rader remembers hitting in all 14 games.
Dave Neinas: An outstanding pitcher and manager for Kolberg who won Pitcher of the Year twice and Manager of the Year five times.
Craig Bastian: Outstanding player in legion and high school play, as well as for Baileys Harbor. He threw a no-hitter against Washington Island.
Bob Haberli: Outstanding center fielder and hitter for Sister Bay who won many championships.
Bob Young: A first baseman who could hit and field very well. He and his brother Dennis led the Island to many wins.
David Moeller: He was an outstanding player in high school, legion and the Door County Baseball League. He gave Jacksonport a chance to win every game, and retired at the young age of 26.
The next Hall of Fame induction takes place September 2020.

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Non-Gibbs states on a Bose-Hubbard lattice
We study the equilibrium properties of the repulsive quantum Bose-Hubbard model at high temperatures in arbitrary dimensions, with and without disorder. In its microcanonical setting the model conserves energy and particle number. The microcanonical dynamics is characterized by a pair of two densities: energy density and particle number density . The macrocanonical Gibbs distribution also depends on two parameters: the inverse nonnegative temperature and the chemical potential . We prove the existence of non-Gibbs states, that is, pairs which cannot be mapped onto . The separation line in the density control parameter space between Gibbs and non-Gibbs states corresponds to infinite temperature . The non-Gibbs phase cannot be cured into a Gibbs one within the standard Gibbs formalism using negative temperatures.
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Equipartition, ergodicity, and thermalization are essential properties, which an isolated many-body system has to have in order to qualify for the applicability of fundamental laws of statistical mechanics. Violation of the former, on the other side, could preserve coherence and might be of interest for, e.g., efficient information processing on classical and quantum levels. Surprising indications of transitions from ergodic to nonergodic dynamics have been reported in models of Josephson junction chains Pino et al. (2016) and Bose-Einstein condensates of ultracold atoms on optical lattices Mithun et al. (2018) upon “heating” the systems, i.e., upon increasing the average unbounded energy density.
For a macroscopic system with the energy being the only relevant conserved quantity — as in the case of the Josephson junction network Pino et al. (2016) — the canonical distribution function allows us to map any average energy density into a positive inverse temperature of the canonical distribution 111Note that this will hold independently of whether the microcanonical dynamics is ergodic (thermalizing) or nonergodic (nonthermalizing)..
In the presence of a second conserved quantity (e.g., the particle number) the situation changes. The additional constraint unfolds the existence of a non-Gibbs statistics of the one-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) lattice also known as the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation with Hamiltonian
and the Hamiltonian equations of motion , as obtained in Ref. Rasmussen et al. (2000). The GP dynamics preserves the energy and the total norm . The microcanonical dynamics at equilibrium — if existent — is defined by the two densities and , where is the number of lattice sites not (). In the macroscopic limit it follows that the Gibbs grand-canonical formalism becomes only applicable to the microcanonical dynamics for energy densities , despite the fact that the microcanonical dynamics can address states with . These states are therefore called non-Gibbs states Rasmussen et al. (2000). Subsequent studies addressed the question whether the microcanonical GP dynamics in the non-Gibbs phase is nonergodic Rumpf and Newell (2001); Rumpf (2004, 2007, 2008, 2009); Buonsante et al. (2017). Recent data Mithun et al. (2018) show that the dynamics stays ergodic; however, relaxation times quickly grow deep in the non-Gibbs phase, turning the system into a dynamical glass, which becomes quickly nonergodic for any practical purpose. The microscopic mechanism is related to the excitation of long-lived discrete breathers Flach and Willis (1998); Flach and Gorbach (2008). These discrete breathers become precise single-action excitations of the system in the infinite density limit, where the GP system turns into an integrable set of uncoupled anharmonic oscillators. The anomalously growing lifetime of these objects is the reason for the growth of relaxation times Mithun et al. (2018).
In this work we consider the corresponding quantum model, the Bose-Hubbard model on lattices with arbitrary dimension (note that the particular choice of lattice symmetry will not be of importance) Fisher et al. (1989). For simplicity we only show here its direct one-dimensional nearest-neighbour counterpart of the GP lattice (1):
Here, and are the bosonic creation and annihilation operators on the th lattice site with the commutation relations , and is the site occupation number. The GP Hamiltonian (1) is the classical limit of the Bose-Hubbard (BH) Hamiltonian (2) for large occupation numbers , since quantum operators can be replaced by -numbers: , .
We will show that the non-Gibbs phase exists in the full quantum BH lattice model as well for energy densities in the - plane, where and are the average occupation number (filling factor) and energy per site, respectively, and is the on-site repulsion energy of the BH lattice Hamiltonian Fisher et al. (1989). We will also generalize to disorder potentials. Our general proof of the existence of nonthermal non-Gibbs states is relevant for a variety of experimental setups of Bose-Einstein condensates of ultracold atomic gases in optical lattice potentials, which are often used to study fundamental properties of matter Bloch et al. (2008).
This paper is organized as follows: in Sec. II, we obtain the line of infinite temperatures and, by means of the method of cumulant expansions, the thermodynamic susceptibilities for the Bose-Hubbard model. In the next section, we generalize these results to the Bose-Hubbard model with disorder (Sec. III.1) and with arbitrary local interactions (Sec. III.4). We consider the density of states of the system near the infinite temperature line and discuss the important role of boundedness of the single-particle spectrum. In the Conclusions, we review the obtained results and discuss possible applications and prospects.
Ii Main results
ii.1 The method
The limiting line , found in Ref. Rasmussen et al. (2000), corresponds to infinite temperatures of the canonical Gibbs ensemble. However, the non-Gibbs region above the line in the - parameter space is experimentally (numerically) accessible, since it is possible to initialize the lattice at any energy and total number of particles Rasmussen et al. (2000); Flach and Gorbach (2008). For instance, putting all bosons onto one site gives the energy per site , which is infinitely large in the thermodynamic limit. Dissipative boundaries were also proposed in order to drive the system into a non-Gibbs region Livi et al. (2006); Iubini et al. (2013). Here we address the question whether the limiting line also exists in the quantum Bose-Hubbard model and which equation it obeys.
In order to answer this question, we calculate the average energy in the canonical ensemble, that is, the internal energy as a function of the temperature, total number of particles, and the number of lattice sites, . The last equality is valid in the thermodynamic limit, because the internal energy and total number of particles are extensive properties of the system. The Gibbs canonical ensemble is, conceptually, the most convenient one to study this problem, because we know the full range of values of thermodynamic variables and . For a given density and for , the line goes through all possible values of in the - plane. The capacity
is positive, which implies that the energy reaches its maximum for , and, therefore, is the upper bound for the Gibbs region in the - plane, provided the limit exists.
The grand canonical potential is defined as with being the entropy, and is the chemical potential. Below we use two independent variables and instead of and to simplify calculations. For the grand canonical Gibbs ensemble, the partition function is given by
Then the internal energy and total number of particles per site take the form
The grand canonical ensemble is equivalent to the canonical one only for nonzero susceptibility , since otherwise the chemical potential is not a well-defined function of . The susceptibility vanishes at low temperatures for the Bose Hubbard model when the on-site repulsion is sufficiently large Fisher et al. (1989). As a consequence the system becomes a Mott insulator with zero compressibility. However, at high temperatures, the susceptibility is not zero, as shown below.
ii.2 Perturbation series at high temperatures
For the GP lattice, the value is shown to be finite and positive in the limit Rasmussen et al. (2000). We assume that this property is also valid for the BH model and then show the consistency of the assumption. Thus, the fugacity (see, e.g., Ref. Huang (1987)) will tend to a constant value less than one in the same limit.
In order to obtain a perturbation series at high temperatures for the grand partition function, one can use the commutativity and and expand in a power series in the inverse temperature
thus arriving at the expansion with the statistical moments . Here we denote and the brackets stand for the average over the density matrix in the zero-order approximation
The usage of the moment expansion is not convenient, since should be proportional to in the thermodynamic limit, while the moment is proportional to . In order to solve this problem, we reexpand in powers of thus arriving at the cumulant expansion with respect to Rushbrooke et al. (1974)
where each cumulant depends on and , and . Cumulants can be obtained from the moments
and so on. Since and all its derivatives with respect to are proportional to in the thermodynamic limit, the terms of order and higher cancel each other, and each cumulant turns out to be proportional to .
When calculating the energy per site at infinite temperatures, it is sufficient to restrict ourselves to the first cumulant. For obtaining the capacity (3), we need the second order expansion
ii.3 The high-temperature expansion for the Bose-Hubbard model
We calculate the partition function in the zero-order approximation in the Fock basis for the operators and , where the density matrix is diagonal,
Since the density matrix (8) is the exponential of a quadratic form of the bosonic operators and , the Wick-Bloch-De Dominicis theorem Bloch and Dominicis (1958) can be applied for calculating the average of a product of an arbitrary number of bosonic operators. According to the theorem, this average is given by the complete sum of all possible products of elementary binary averages (contractions)
Here is the mean occupation number per site (lattice filling factor) at ,
and the “nondiagonal” values are zero, since the average vanishes for .
The mean value of the energy (2) at is obtained as follows. The hopping terms in vanish, since they include only nondiagonal binary terms. We are left only with the interaction energy terms, for which in accordance with the Wick–Bloch–De Dominicis theorem, . Thus
Here the symbol denotes terms of order and higher.
This system of equations allows us to obtain the upper border for the Gibbs region in the - plane. For infinite temperatures, we have and
which is the main result of this work. It coincides with the Gibbs–non-Gibbs border for the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation Rasmussen et al. (2000).
In the limit of infinite temperatures, the average energy per particle (18) is finite at fixed particle density. In the same limit, the density matrix (8) is independent of the energy, which makes all energies equiprobable at a fixed particle density. On the other hand, the upper bound of the spectrum of the Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian grows as , which seemingly leads to a divergence of the average energy in the thermodynamic limit. The resolution of this apparent paradox is that the density of states decreases rapidly at high energies.
which leads to
The quantity (20) is directly related to the fluctuations of the total number of particles in the grand canonical ensemble, which remain finite in the limit of infinite temperatures,
where is the dimension of the lattice. We rewrite the capacity per site in the more convenient form
which is positive for any nonzero and turns zero at infinite temperature.
The classical limit of the BH model, that is, the classical GP lattice can be evaluated in a similar manner for arbitrary lattice dimension by replacing sums by corresponding integrals. However, it is simpler to find the thermodynamic relations by considering the classical limit in the obtained quantum system equations. For instance, Eq. (14) becomes in this limit , and therefore, at infinite temperatures in the classical case (see the discussion in Sec. III.4.2 below). Similarly we can replace by in the equations for the susceptibility (20) and capacity (24), in order to find their classical limits. We note that the thermodynamic relations of the quantum and classical cases differ significantly for small particle densities.
Let us emphasize that the classical limit is not realized by a quantum system at infinite temperatures. Even on the infinite temperature line, the relation between the density of particles and fugacity () varies: in the quantum model , while in the classical one, . This is because the energy remains finite in the limit of infinite temperatures at a given particle density. Note that the classical case can be obtained from the quantum one in the limit , but an inverse scheme does not exist.
iii.1 Adding disorder
Let us consider the Bose-Hubbard model with disorder by adding to the Hamiltonian (2) a disorder potential with random on-site energies , obeying some probability density distribution (see, e.g., Ref. Flach (2016)). Their average value is assumed to be zero, while the variance is finite.
The disorder potential does not change the upper bound for the Gibbs region (18). Its contribution to the energy per site is equal to zero in the limit of infinite temperatures: . However, the presence of disorder influences the second-order term in the high temperature expansion (11) into
and, hence, the capacity per site
where we use the notation
The border of the Gibbs region and the capacity at high temperatures are independent of the correlations in disorder for . Therefore uncorrelated disorder with finite variance will result in the same border between the Gibbs and the non-Gibbs regime given by (LABEL:enborder). This result holds independent of the dimensionality of the lattice, and generalizes the previously obtained consideration of a one-dimensional disordered GP lattice Flach (2016).
iii.2 The density of states in the vicinity of the Gibbs - non-Gibbs separation line
Let us calculate the density of states in the vicinity of the border separating the Gibbs and non-Gibbs states. Instead of following the route by calculating the entropy near by means of the grand canonical potential: , we use Eq. (26) for the capacity, since entropy and capacity per site are related by the equation . Then the expression (26) leads to and after integration over to
with being the entropy per site at infinite temperature
The last equation can be obtained directly from the density matrix (8) using the well-known relation for the entropy, .
where is given by Eq. (27). By using the relation , we arrive at the density of states in the microcanonical ensemble near the Gibbs - non-Gibbs border
where and . This is the main contribution to the asymptotics of the density of states in the thermodynamic limit , . The density of states reaches its maximum precisely at the border .
The density of states for the discrete GP Hamiltonian (1)
can be inferred from Eq. (32) in the classical limit , where . In the particular case (the ideal Bose gas), the parabolic dependence of the entropy on the energy in the microcanonical ensemble was obtained up to a coefficient in Ref. Buonsante et al. (2017) by another method.
Note that for both quantum and classical cases, the entropy is monotonously increasing with at fixed , while it is nonmonotonous for increasing at fixed . This result is analogous to the one obtained in Ref. Rumpf (2004) for the one-dimensional classical GP lattice.
iii.3 Bounded single particle spectra and non-Gibbs states
The Gibbs - non-Gibbs separation line (18) exists due to the single-particle dispersion being bounded, e.g., as for the one-band Bose-Hubbard model, (LABEL:BH). Note that generalizations to a finite number of bands generated by more complex lattice structures are straightforward. At variance, an infinite number of bands or the single-particle dispersion, or simply the case of free particle , leads to unbounded spectra. As a consequence non-Gibbs states are renormalized to infinite values in the - plane and vanish from any consideration. Indeed, in the particular case , we have in general an ideal Bose gas with the dispersion with being the band number. Then the total number of particles is given by the standard expression
where the quasimomentum runs over uniformly distributed points in the Brillouin zone. In the case of a one-band structure, only one band, say, contributes to the sum in (LABEL:multband). Then the limit yields which allows for a solution of as a function of . However, for an infinite number of bands, diverges. Therefore the assumption about the finiteness of when is not applicable anymore.
iii.4 Further extensions
Non-Gibbs states can be obtained as well for the following generalized Bose-Hubbard models
If the condition
is satisfied, then a non-Gibbs phase with anomalous scaling properties of the energy will emerge. This phase cannot be described by a grand partition function with negative temperature due to the divergence of the former. If on the other side Eq.(36) is not satisfied, i.e., with , then the line becomes the border between Gibbs states with positive and negative temperatures (see also Refs. Samuelsen et al. (2013); Buonsante et al. (2017)).
iii.4.1 The Gibbs–non-Gibbs transition line for the generalized Bose-Hubbard model
By complete analogy with Sec. II.3, one can show that at infinite temperatures the hopping terms do not contribute to the average energy. Its value is determined by the interaction terms and calculated with the density matrix (8)
above which non-Gibbs states for the Hamiltonian (35) emerge.
As an example, we calculate the transition line for the local interaction energy
with being Euler’s gamma function. This form of the potential generalizes the power-law interaction on each site with a positive integer exponent , for which . The last term in the right-hand side brackets in Eq. (39) is needed to enforce the condition , which the potential should satisfy for any positive . The long-range asymptotics of that potential is given by . The line of infinite temperatures is calculated by means of Eq. (38), which yields
This equation also gives the main term of the long-range asymptotics of Eq. (40) for arbitrary positive . For the standard Bose-Hubbard model with two-body interactions, we have and arrive at Eq. (18) (see blue line in Fig. 1). For the impact of the potential is reduced to a renormalization of the chemical potential of a noninteracting ideal Bose gas (see red line in Fig. 1). As a result, this case separates the appearance of non-Gibbs phases for from cases with , where the infinite temperature line separates Gibbs states with positive and negative temperatures (see black line in Fig. 1).
It is straightforward to extend the hopping network between sites. For instance, for binary interactions a one-band Hamiltonian takes the form
Using the same method as in Sec. II, we arrive at non-Gibbs states above the line with , which is assumed to be finite and positive.
iii.4.2 The Gibbs–non-Gibbs transition line for the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation
We also consider the generalizations of the GP lattice (1), whose Hamiltonian is given by Eq. (35) with the replacement , . One can calculate the Gibbs–non-Gibbs transition line in the same way as in Sec. II. However, the easiest way is to obtain it in the limit of large occupation numbers, when the quantum model approaches the classical one. Then the density of particles in Eq. (14) is and the sum in Eq. (37) tends to the integral . We finally obtain
We observe that the line of infinite temperatures is given by the Laplace transform of the interaction potential through . Similar to the quantum case, non-Gibbs states for the Hamiltonian (35) emerge for energy densities if the condition (36) is satisfied.
The classical analog of the potential (39) in the Bose-Hubbard model is
Using Eq. (43), we find the Gibbs–non-Gibbs separation line given by Eq. (41). Thus, for an integer exponent , the infinite temperature line for the quantum and classical models is identical, but for noninteger it is not, see Fig. 1b.
One can see that for the interaction with being an entire function of , the line matches Eq. (43). Here the symbols stand for the normal ordering of the Bose operators and . In order to prove this equation, it is sufficient to expand an arbitrary function in a Taylor series and show the equation validity for each term of the series. Thus, we consider the particular case for any nonnegative integer , for which (here we omit the lattice site index for simplicity). By applying the methods of Sec. II and using the Wick-Bloch-De Dominicis theorem, we arrive at . The last equality is valid in zeroth order in . This coincides with the relation given by Eq. (43).
Samuelsen et al. Samuelsen et al. (2013) considered a one-dimensional chain with the saturable nonlinear potential (with negative ), and obtained the line of infinite temperatures using a transfer integral approach:
where is the exponential integral Abramowitz and Stegun (1974). We note that our method is generating and therefore confirming that result using the above relation (43). We also note that our approach allows one to generalize the result (45) to arbitrary lattice dimensions.
iii.5 The absence of the Gibbs–non-Gibbs transition line in a Josephson junction array model
Let us discuss why the Gibbs–non-Gibbs transition line is absent in a Josephson junction array
This is a simple model describing the Josephson junction network of weakly coupled superconducting islands with the Josephson and charging energies (see, e.g., Ref. Pino et al. (2016)). The operators of phase and charge of the superconducting islands obey the commutation relations . They can be considered as the -component of momentum operators and on the ring of unit radius.
with being the operator of deviation from the average occupation number per site. Since the density is assumed to be large, the operator takes now all integer values. The operators and obeys the same commutation relations as and .
Here we neglect the operator in the hopping terms, because . The operator still commutes with the Hamiltonian (48). The substitution , and yields the Josephson junction array Hamiltonian (46) up to additive renormalizations of the energy and chemical potential, which do not influence the physical properties of the model. Note that we can relax the constraint and consider an arbitrary value of the charge , which is a conserved quantity.
Thus the model has two integrals of motion but lacks a line of infinite temperatures in the energy-charge plane. If we suppose that the infinite temperature line exists and try to construct the density matrix by analogy with Sec. II.2, we will obtain a divergence in the partition function , because takes all integer values in the Fock basis. The derivation of the model (48) from the Bose-Hubbard model reveals the reason why: the operators of local charge are supposed to be unbounded from below, while they should actually obey the inequality .
In this work we studied the equilibrium properties of the repulsive quantum Bose-Hubbard model in arbitrary lattice dimensions, with and without disorder. For the classical limit of a Gross-Pitaevskii lattice in one dimension, the existence of a non-Gibbs phase was proven for two-body interactions Rasmussen et al. (2000), and for a case with saturable nonlinearity Samuelsen et al. (2013). We extend these results to the full many-body quantum domain including its classical limit, and to arbitrary lattice dimensions, and to a generalized set of lattice couplings and interaction functions. We proved the existence of non-Gibbs states in the particle number and energy density control parameter space. The separation line in the density control parameter space between Gibbs and non-Gibbs states corresponds to the infinite temperature line where . We substantially extend these results both for the quantum and classical cases [see Eqs. (38) and (43) respectively] for a much wider class of interactions obeying asymptotic functional dependence on the particle density (36). This dependence tells us that the upper bound of the Hamiltonian spectrum at given particle density grows faster that the system size in the thermodynamic limit. For this reason, the non-Gibbs phase cannot be cured into a Gibbs one within the standard Gibbs formalism using negative temperatures (see Sec. III.4).
The existence of a non-Gibbs phase needs an infinite temperature line at finite densities in the density control parameter space in the first place. A prerequisite of such a line is the existence of a density control parameter space, which is at least two-dimensional. Then there needs to be at least one more conserved quantity in addition to the energy (since we consider Hamiltonian systems). The particle number in the Bose-Hubbard system is precisely the second integral of motion we need. Once the infinite temperature line is obtained, a second condition to be satisfied in order for a non-Gibbs phase to exist is the nonsaturability of the interaction potential (36). This property will apparently lead to a modification of finite-size scalings of energy and entropy densities. How precisely, remains to be addressed in future work.
From a practical perspective, the Bose-Hubbard lattice is a projection of an infinite band system with unbounded spectrum onto one (or a few) band(s) in the tight-binding approximation. The obtained results can be applied to a realistic system with a periodic potential with some caveats. In the case of one band, the limit of high temperatures actually means that but , where is the gap between the lowest bands and is the Boltzmann constant. On the other hand, the chemical potential should be restricted as well: . Then we arrive at the reliable temperature range
where the parameter is directly related to the lattice filling factor: .
A natural question is about the impact of non-Gibbs states on the dynamics of the system. For the classical GP lattice case, the non-Gibbs states correlate with an entering of the system into a dynamical glass phase, in which relaxations of local fluctuations of the particle density are slowing down in a dramatic way Mithun et al. (2018). This happens despite the fact that the system shows nicely ergodic (chaotic) spots. It turns out that these spots are however strongly diluted, and the final time to reach ergodicity is much larger than a typical inverse Lyapunov exponent Kantz et al. (1994). In Ref. Pino et al. (2016) a similar scenario for a Josephson junction network is expected to lead to the celebrated many-body localization in the quantum case, which is a kind of Anderson localization in the Fock space. We therefore expect that the Bose-Hubbard model could also show a transition into a many-body localized regime, particularly, in the non-Gibbs phase.
This work was supported by the Institute for Basic Science, Project Code IBS-R024-D1. T.E. acknowledges financial support by the Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation through the Feodor-Lynen Research Fellowship Program No. NZL-1007394-FLF-P. A.Yu.Ch. thanks the hospitality of the IBS Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems, where most of the work was conducted, and acknowledges support from the JINR–IFIN-HH projects.
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The lPASAN chairman, Comrade Sunday Sabiyyi made the disclosure when he received an award presented to him by the Youth Initiative for Peace and Good Governance in Abuja.
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Like Augur (and Colony), the DAO’s ability to make effective decisions is predicated upon “the Wisdom of Crowds”.
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We all hang out in the same places online; we all read the same articles; we all know the same people — we simply cannot help but be homogeneous, and that will hurt our ability to make good decisions. It is better to stand on the shoulders of giants than to start anew just because there’s a blockchain involved.
So, although the DAO is a venture fund, it has many of the same needs in evaluating proposals.
YC has had excellent success, yielding some of the most important companies in the world today like Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe to name but three. Even the most well known accelerators not called YCombinator cannot claim anything remotely approaching this level of success.
I think that’s because to a greater extent than any other, YC temper their Spray and Pray with…The thinking here is exactly opposite. You just need to find the right people to do it and invest in them. Peter Thiel does deep due diligence on particular points that dictate the success of a startup.
Due diligence is a rigorous process that determines whether or not the venture capital fund or other investor will invest in your company.
The process involves asking and answering a series of questions to evaluate the business and legal aspects of the opportunity. I suggest that there are four pillars of the DAO investment thesis: focus, trust, philosophy, and size.
However, too much communication actually makes the group as a whole less intelligent, as a panoply of cognitive biases come into play.DAO token holders will then vote on whether to accept each proposal. In 1975, three researchers named Worchel, Lee, & Adewole demonstrated that, given two identical jars, one containing ten cookies and another containing two cookies, test participants valued the jar with fewer cookies more highly.Now, I’m at pains to point out — the DAO is own equity in a company (though theoretically it could own tokens in other DAOs). As the experiment continued, they wanted to find out what would happen to the perception of value of the cookies if they were suddenly to become more or less abundant.The basic model is to invest a little ~k — ~0k in a lot of companies.Most will fail, but hopefully a few of those will yield exponential returns.

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I am an activist, a nationalist and a democrat committed to the struggle for social reform. Since my student days, I have been actively involved in efforts to solve the roots of the armed conflicts – poverty, exploitation, oppression, systemic corruption, the failure of justice and the general lack of opportunity and development in our country.
Towards this end, I have chosen to work within the mainstream political system and push for much needed social, economic and political reforms in all levels – from our local communities to Congress which is the highest policy making body in the land.
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With regard to their alleged atrocities, the CPP-NPA-NDF has pledged to abide by international human rights humanitarian law standards and conventions. If there are any proven violations, I hold them accountable and demand proper corrective action from them.
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According to the New York-based non-government organization Committee to Protect Journalists, 71% of suspected “source of fire” in murder cases involving media practitioners are government officials or state elements with the victims known to have investigated or criticized officials involved in corruption. A report by the Human Rights Watch also point to “strong evidence of military involvement” in the killings, not to mention an overwhelming failure of the government to prosecute suspects. Under the Aquino administration, there have been 99 recorded cases of extrajudicial killings, 216 cases of illegal arrest and detention, and 67 cases of torture according to local human rights group Karapatan.
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At the same time, I always make sure to propose solutions to the problems that I point out. Our main objective is to put forward alternative solutions that are beneficial to the people. Of course, we also work with government entities to address the problems and needs of our constituents. We have long been working with and thanking our partners in the government and private sector in these endeavors.
Q: It seems all you do is talk and hold rallies. What have you and Bayan Muna done to actually help your fellow Filipinos?
Teddy: The right to free expression and assembly are hallmarks of any democracy. It is because of this that we are able to air our concerns and grievances and persuade the government to act for the interest of the people. There is nothing wrong with this and I consider it my duty to speak out and participate in rallies and demonstrations in pursuit of what is right and good.
In terms of legislation, I have authored four laws that have benefited the poor and marginalized sectors, namely: the Public Attorneys Act of 2007 (R.A. 9406) which strengthened the Public Attorneys Office and expanded its free legal services to poor litigants; the Tax Relief Act of 2009 (R.A. 9504) which exempts minimum wage earners from witholding taxes thereby increasing take home pay; the Rent Control Act of 2009 (R.A. 9653) which put a cap on rent for low-income earners; and the Anti-Torture Act of 2009 (R.A. 9745) which penalizes torture.
Aside from this, I have authored a total of 178 measures and co-authored 376 more, landing me in the top 5 most prolific congressman in the 15th Congress. My proposed measures aim to address significant issues such as prices, health, education, and human rights.
In terms of projects, for this Congress, my office has allocated P85 million for health in the form of hospital funds for indigents, ambulances, health worker kits, health centers, water supply, trainings and medical missions. Almost P70 million was allocated for scholarships, school facilities and supplies. Meanwhile, P55 million was spent on social services for local government units, P13 million for livelihood projects and P4.45 million for environmental projects.
Q: Are you really poor? Don’t you come from a rich, landed family?
Teddy: For the record, I am the third poorest congressman in the House with a net worth of P232,000.00. I may not be destitute, but am definitely not rich.
I come from a family of professionals. My grandparents were all public servants. My father is a lawyer and my mother a full time homemaker. I grew up in a typical middle class family.
Through their frugality and hard work, my maternal grandparents were able to acquire a number of properties in Aklan. But as an activist, I have no interest in these and have chosen to live an activist’s simple, frugal life.
Because a big chunk of my monthly salary goes to my party for its public service programs, I have to stretch every peso to provide for myself and my family, including two school-aged kids and my wife who is also in school taking up law.
Q: What do you think of the Aquino government?
Teddy: The Aquino administration is dominated by the very same political and economic elites who have ruled the country for decades. The names and faces may have changed, but the vested interests remain. Come to think of it, its the same old names we see.
Thus, I do not expect any earthshaking change or reform to happen under Aquino’s term. At best there will be some token concessions for the “tuwid na daan” like a few cases filed here and there. But notice that it has taken two long years yet the freedom of information act remains a pipe dream.
Aquino’s centerpiece economic programs – the conditional cash transfer, public private partnerships, foreign-led extractive mining, and the emphasis on business process outsourcing and tourism – are the very same, rehashed programs of the previous administration. Therefore, the poor have remained poor and the country underdeveloped.
Q: Why should we vote you for senator?
Teddy: Because we need new voices and new representations in the Senate.
Because the Senate has become hostage to the same political families and economic interests that have dominated Philippine politics for decades. We need new leaders who have fought for and struggled with the people in their common aspirations for economic and social reforms. Fighters who are not tied down by the corrupt political system of patronage. Social reformers who will not be bought or pressured into compromising the people’s demands for lower prices of electricity and oil, secure jobs and higher incomes, and better government, among others.
This is what I have been doing for the last 23 years of my life – 15 years in the parliament of the streets and 8 years in Congress – to be that change that we need and aspire for.
It’s time for a change in the Senate. And we should start now. #

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Stacey has been investing with Scale Venture Partners for over 15 years with a primary focus on Software as a Service, Digital Marketing and HR Tech. She led the firm's investment in Namely and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Aviso, Bizible, Demandbase, Extole, Lever, Sailthru and Textio. Prior board positions include HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS) and Vitrue (Acq: Oracle). Stacey also originated investments in ExactTarget, acquired by Salesforce in 2013 for $2.6B and Omniture, acquired by Adobe in 2009 for $1.8B.
Stacey is currently on the board of the Western Association of Venture Capitalist "WAVC" and an advisor to the University Growth Fund. Prior to ScaleVP, Stacey specialized in M&A within Bank of America’s Corporate Development Group, worked in equity research at Morgan Stanley and began her career as an account manager at Syntel, an IT services firm.
Stacey holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.A. from University of Michigan.


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North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, United States
$159 - $349 per night
$795 - $1,745 per week
Vacation Home Rental Description:
108 S Permuda Wynds, North Topsail Beach
Nestled in the charming Village of Stump Sound neighborhood, Southern Wynds is the perfect vacation rental. Underneath the property you will find an ample amount of parking for you and your family. As you walk up the stairs to the front door you will notice the fresh ocean breeze from the deck which has plenty of seating if you decide to postpone your entrance to enjoy this breeze.
As you enter the property into the foyer, you will notice that this area connects to all of the first floor bedrooms. As you walk to your right you will walk passed the stairs to the first bedroom on this floor. This bedroom houses a queen size bedroom with a TV and offers a nice coastal ambiance. As you keep walking through the bedroom you walk into a full bathroom with a tub that connects to the next bedroom. This second bedroom offers a set of bunk beds as well as a TV and access to the deck for those beautiful views of the sunset over the sound. As you walk into the foyer from this bedroom, you will find the last bedroom on this floor. This third bedroom offers a king sized bed which also has a TV. Walk through the room and you will notice there is a full bathroom with a shower. There is also access to the sound side deck for those lazy coffee-sipping mornings while the kids are still in bed. Exit this bedroom into the foyer and walk up the stairs. You will enter the great room.
On the right is the fully equipped kitchen so you can whip up all of those home cooked meals so your family will feel at home! Beyond the kitchen with a bay window that overlooks the beautiful sound is the dining area that comfortably seats 6 with room for 3 more at the kitchens bar. To left side of this great room is the living area. This area offers plenty of seating for your entire family as well as a deck with an umbrella, chairs, and a table that overlooks the natural beauty of the area. Look behind you and you will see a half bathroom.
Just beyond this is the 2nd master suite. This room is equipped with a master bathroom offering not only a shower but a jetted bathtub and large walk-in closet. The bedroom has a queen size bed, TV, and access to a private deck with chairs so that you can enjoy watching the dolphins playing in the ocean.
The community features an oceanfront clubhouse/pool complex & sound side tennis courts for your pleasure. Beach Accesses are located throughout the community for an easy stroll to the strand. Starting with the 2015 Summer season pool passes will no longer be required! A pass code for entry will be provided at check in. Please Note: Pool does not open for the summer season until Memorial Day Weekend***
Pets allowed with payment of pet fee per pet. No smoking. Linens are not provided, however can be added to your reservation. Ask a reservationist today!
This property requires a 7 night Saturday to Saturday stay during our Maritime, Bungalow and Buccaneer seasons. A 3 night minimum stay is required during our Castaway season.
No more pesky security deposits! Accidental Damage Insurance is included with all of our rentals....You are welcome!
Weekly Rentals Turn on Saturdays.
Check-in 3:00 PM
Check-out 10:00 AM
$100 deposit plus travel insurance (optional) due at time of booking. 50% of remaining balance due within 14 days of booking. Final payment due 30 days prior to arrival.
Cancellations will not be due a refund unles property can be rerented for the same time period. Any pet friendly properties will be subject to a pet fee between $150-200.

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Coins for Carly Update : IV’s & Catheters - Oh My! July 24, 2022
There are so many challenges that come with a cancer diagnosis. So many risks that affect the patient outside of just the cancer treatment itself. In this video, I talk about the devices that are used to draw labs and administer medications.
Carlene has had four surgeries for these devices. The first was the medi port, which became infected and has to be removed. Carlene developed a very serious staph infection which lead to sepsis and required 28 days of antibiotics to clear.
The port was followed by two PICC lines, both of which developed a leak. We learned, after the second leak, that this line would not be sufficient for the next step in her treatment which is the stem cell harvest and bone marrow transplant.
This week (7/21/22), she had what we hope to be the last device placed. It’s a central veinous catheter. It was placed directly under the healed medi port site. This device will allow for labs to be drawn, the remainder of the two chemotherapy regimens to be administered, her stem cells to be harvested and also the bone marrow transplant.
We are praying this is the last surgery for these devices and that she does not develop another infection. The challenge is, the day the device is placed, is the day chemotherapy is administered. After chemo, she has no immune system and as the site is healing, it’s susceptible for infection.
Follow Carlene’s journey at www.coinsforcarly.com or @coinsforcarly on social media platforms.
Thank you for your continued support.

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How to make a Co2 Cannon | CryoFX®
How to Make a Co2 Cannon: A Step-by-Step Guide
Co2 cannons are a popular special effect used in concerts, festivals, and other events to create a dramatic and visually stunning plume of cold smoke. Making your own Co2 cannon can be a cost-effective way to achieve this effect and customize the equipment to fit your specific needs. If you are a DJ, production company owner, or special effects company owner looking to learn how to make a Co2 cannon, you've come to the right place. In this article, we will discuss the benefits of making a Co2 cannon, how it works, and answer other questions you may have.
Benefits of Making a Co2 Cannon One of the primary benefits of making a Co2 cannon is that it allows you to customize the equipment to fit your specific needs. By making your own Co2 cannon, you can create a device that produces the desired amount of cold smoke and fits seamlessly with your existing special effects equipment.
Another significant advantage of making a Co2 cannon is the cost savings. Purchasing a pre-made Co2 cannon can be expensive, and making your own can save you a significant amount of money while still achieving the desired results.
In addition to cost savings and customization, making your own Co2 cannon can also be a fun and rewarding DIY project for those who enjoy working with their hands.
How a Co2 Cannon Works A Co2 cannon works by combining compressed carbon dioxide gas with ambient air to create a plume of cold smoke. The cannon typically consists of a nozzle, a trigger, a tank of compressed CO2 gas, and various fittings and connectors.
When the trigger is pulled, the compressed CO2 gas is released into the nozzle, where it mixes with ambient air. The sudden expansion of the gas creates a plume of cold smoke that can be directed to create stunning visual effects.
Other Questions You May Have Here are some other common questions people have about making a Co2 cannon, along with their answers:
Q: What materials do I need to make a Co2 cannon? A: To make a Co2 cannon, you will need a nozzle, a trigger, a tank of compressed CO2 gas, tubing, and various fittings and connectors. It is also recommended to use a pressure regulator and pressure gauge to ensure safe and accurate operation.
Q: How do I ensure the safety of my Co2 cannon? A: It is essential to ensure that your Co2 cannon is built safely and operates properly to minimize the risk of accidents. We recommend consulting with a professional or experienced builder to ensure that your Co2 cannon is built to industry standards and operates safely.
Q: Are Co2 cannons legal to make and use? A: Co2 cannons are legal to make and use in most countries, but it is essential to check local regulations and obtain any necessary permits before using them in public events.
In conclusion, making your own Co2 cannon can be a fun and rewarding DIY project that offers cost savings and customization options. However, it is essential to ensure that your Co2 cannon is built safely and operates properly to minimize the risk of accidents. If you have any further questions or would like to learn more about making a Co2 cannon, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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EXPERIMENTS WITHOUT FEAR. It often happens that things in reality do not look like in the picture. But such a discrepancy should not become a cause for grief. On the contrary, take it as a pleasant challenge that encourages improvisation.
UNFairly FORGOTTEN CEILINGS. A non-standard step that can radically transform the space - increased attention to the design of the ceiling. Most often they forget about it. For example, a black ceiling instead of the usual white will make the room exclusive.
PERFECT SYMMETRY - NOT PERFECT. A completely symmetrical room, equal parts of which look like a mirror image of each other, is perceived as uncomfortable to be in it. Therefore, in such a room must be present at least one asymmetric element. For example, a picture on the wall or sconces.
GOOD TASTE - THIS CONDITION. At first glance, the concept of "good taste" is fundamental in the design and decoration of the interior. But in reality it is conditional. It is better to focus not on observing the boundaries of good taste, but on whether a particular decorating solution is suitable for a particular room.
MORE CONTRAST. The abundance of monotonous shapes and colors can spoil almost any interior. Therefore, do not be afraid to use decor that contrasts with the decor and stands out against its background.
THE SAME SANITARY COLOR IS MANDATORY. In pursuit of original solutions, you may get the idea to install plumbing in different colors. For example, the sink is white and the bathtub is black. It is better to refuse such an idea at the initial stage, because the result of its implementation will be a disharmonious interior.
BIG AND SMALL IN ONE ROOM. The rules of scale, according to which the sizes of objects should correspond to the area of the room, have not been canceled. But in order for the situation to acquire character and expressiveness, it is worth a little to move away from its strict observance. One or two large objects in a small room will contribute to a visual increase in space.


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Category:Cooking television series
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¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo! (Happy Cinco de Mayo) To celebrate the event, I am sharing one of my favorite vegan eats in Mexico City. Along with revisiting a few of our old favorites in Mexico City (February 2014), we also tried some new restaurants and the highlight was easily Cate de mi Corazón. Opened in late 2013, Cate de mi Corazón manages to capture a style that’s both edgy and quaint; lovely wood and tile details lead to the welcoming home-like archways that head into the cozy kitchen. Cate de mi Corazón is well represented across social media, and I adore their consistent aesthetic! Cate de mi Corazón is this awesome new vegetarian taco restaurant located in Condesa, has indoor and outdoor seating and serves, tacos, salads, soups and a variety of other small plates along with fresh juices, and selection of liquors and beers.
All photos in the post are taken by iPhone. I didn’t bring my favorite camera for this trip! x Rika
The restaurant features custom-made design elements throughout with the word Cate and angular hearts (a reference to the name, Corazon is Spanish for heart) in fact our server had an awesome black shirt with their heart logo on it. Service was just as desired – when we needed things they were there, always helpful but never overbearing. They do have their menu available in English, just ask your server. The menu clearly labels some items next to a letter “V” which denotes for vegan (vegano), however most can be made vegan without cheese (way too awesome).
We had an opportunity to meet one of the owners and we have a great deal of respect for what she’s done, she’s a lovely woman who seems to love what she’s doing…and we love that! Cate de mi Corazón is not cheap by DF (Mexico City) standards but you have every reason to go – friendly service, delicious food, exquisite selection and beautiful design touches throughout.
Cate de mi Corazón: We had fresh juices of the day and started with homemade heart chips with fresh guacamole (36 pesos, about $2.80). Aren’t these heart chips absolutely adorable?!
Cate de mi Corazón: Best vegan salad I’ve ever had in DF this year! This is a vegan Verdolaga Salad (Purslane, little dark-leafy spinach greens) with Verdolaga, nopal (mexican cactus), green tomato, peanuts, pecans and verdolaga vinagirette (45 pesos, about $3.50). So refreshing and full of flavors! I would like to eat this everyday.
On the right is a traditional Mexican tortilla soup “Azteca” (can be made vegan without Oaxaca cheese) with tomato sauce, thin strips of fried tortilla, avocado and toasted guajillo chile (44 pesos, about $3.40). In love with their bowls and plates.
Cate de mi Corazón: From the left, we had Lentejas de Catemaco (Lentil Soup with Baked Plantains), which was pretty hearty (44 pesos, about $3.40). Then of course a vegan 6-taco “Sierra Madre” sampler plate (74 pesos, about $5.70), see more details below.
Cate de mi Corazón: We shared a vegan 6-taco “Sierra Madre” sampler plate (74 pesos, about $5.70) and chose the taco fillings on the menu. Please note, most vegetarian tacos can be made vegan without cheese (just tell the staff that you are ‘vegano’). Our favorite vegan tacos were the Huitlacoche (Fresh Corn Smut) and Setas con Achiote (Mushrooms in homemade deep-red seasoning, or Achiote sauce). Both were so delicious and unique!
Clockwise from top left: Setas con Achiote (Mushrooms in homemade deep-red seasoning, or Achiote sauce), Verde (Nopal cactus with chia and creamy guacamole), Tinga de Zanahoria (sweet carrots, juicy tomatoes, julienned onion and chile guajillo), Chile Seco con Frijol (Dried Chili with Creamy Refried Beans), Papa con Chorizo (Creamy Potato & Soy Chorizo) and Huitlacoche (Fresh Corn Smut – love this filling a lot).
Cate de mi Corazón: A close shot of our 6-taco “Sierra Madre” sampler. Starting with the bottom row, from left, we had Huitlacoche (Fresh Corn Smut – love this filling a lot), Papa con Chorizo (Creamy Potato & Soy Chorizo) and Chile Seco con Frijol (Dried Chili with Creamy Refried Beans). The last vegetarian taco was made vegan without queso Oaxaca (cheese).
Cate de mi Corazón: We were a bit hungry and grabbed individual vegan tacos – Setas Prensadas (Pressed Mushrooms in a housemade dressing) and Papa con Chorizo (Creamy Potato & Soy Chorizo). We enjoyed most of their mushroom-based tacos, they sure beat soya meat! Each taco costs 22 pesos (about $1.70).


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Stepper motor gauges are the latest technology in gauges. These gauges use a small electric motor to drive the pointer.This technology allows for improved accuracy and response. Gauges have a molded ABS case, thru-the-dial LED back lights and an illuminated pointer. Gauges go through a self test presentation at turn on; pointers swing full circle and all LEDs come on. Built in warning lights have adjustable set points to get your attention. The first setting will cause the warning lights to glow – the second setting will cause the light to flash. The oil pressure gauge back light changes color. Gauges feature built in warning light with 2 set points. the back light starts to flash too.
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We are thrilled to invite you for a night of festivities and costumes in celebration of Purim - one of the most inspiring holidays of the Jewish calendar. Believe us when we say that Nash Dom’s Purim party will be a night to remember!

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Since the beginning of the year, the topic of price hikes has been constant, but there is no such thing as a “call” for price hikes: sanitary ware, wooden doors, cabinets, ceilings… hundreds of companies have issued price increases!
Since September 2018, a number of sanitary ware manufacturers have distributed price increases. They all said that they will be notified by different suppliers every day. They are forced to maintain the brand due to pressure on raw materials costs and environmental protection. The balance should be balanced, but the price of the product channel can only be raised again. Consumers and friends, hereby remind you, don’t buy, increase prices!
Some “price increase notices” cover the company’s official seal, some cover the dealer’s official seal, and some even do not stamp. The bathroom sister learned in the verification that some “price increase notices” were not issued by the company headquarters, and may be agents of some regions. At the end of the year, in order to create a tense atmosphere, the “air guns” were fabricated. However, it also said that although the company has not yet unified the price adjustment of products, according to the current market situation, next year’s price increase is a high probability.
In fact, not only the price of sanitary ware, but also the home building materials industry is also spreading a lot of “price increase” information. Involved in kitchen appliances, cabinets, wardrobes, tiles, wooden doors and other categories.
In response to the above-mentioned “price increase letters”, many people have expressed doubts about this. For this reason, the bathroom sisters also specifically to the manufacturers to verify, the answer is true and false. However, it is undeniable that under the multiple pressures of raw material prices, environmental protection and low inventory, the price increase of home building materials in 2019 will be inevitable.
The cost of the whole line has risen, and the bathroom has to rise.
From 2018 onwards, affected by the tightening of environmental protection policies, sanitary related raw materials: plastic, carton, steel, iron, The prices of copper, aluminum, foam and glass have soared, leading to rising costs for sanitary ware manufacturers including shower rooms, bathroom cabinets, toilets, faucets, etc. The price increase is around 5%~10%. All should increase the price.
The toilet, shower room, bathroom cabinet, bathroom hardware accessories… all the price increases, the reason is:
I. Environmental protection
In recent years The national crackdown began to shuffle, and environmental protection was unprecedented. Due to the impact of environmental storms, the overall operating environment of the bathroom changed.
Bathroom price increase
Stainless steel shut down, polishing shut down, matte shut down, hardware manufacturing shut down, sanitary ware shut down… Anyway, related to sanitary processing, the procedure is not Improve the enterprises that are not perfect, and shut down all. Affected by the environmental storm, the overall operating environment of the bathroom has changed. The company realizes that it can’t beat the price war. Therefore, by raising the price of raw materials, enterprises have re-calculated the cost of the bathroom and re-priced.
Second, the price of raw materials
Due to the tight supply of logs in the international market, the domestic price cuts and cuts in forest areas have increased by 18% at the end of last year. The price increase of 2019 sanitary ware is even stronger. In addition, the world’s chemical giants BASF, Dow Chemical, Eastman, DuPont titanium and other coating products increased prices, coatings, paint prices rose 10% -20%.
By the impact of copper production at home and abroad, the price of copper was still at 50,100 yuan/ton in May 2018, and experienced two small price increases around August, an increase of 200. yuan / tonne. At the end of September, the spot copper price of the Yangtze River was 50,670 yuan / ton, and the spot price of Guangdong was 50,650 – 50,850 yuan / ton, up more than 250-300 yuan / ton compared with a few days ago, up more than 800-1000 yuan / ton compared with the beginning of the year.
In the case of metallic nickel, some experts said that due to the recent start of stainless steel destocking, stainless steel prices have increased significantly, and it is expected to stimulate the price of electrolytic nickel to reach new heights. Copper and nickel are the main materials of sanitary hardware such as faucets. The rise and fall of copper price will directly affect the sanitary ware enterprises that are the main industry.
Third, the carton rose
After the raw materials skyrocketed, the carton industry began to retaliate!
In the early August of 2018, the Ministry of Finance issued a $60 billion list of tariffs, which imposed a 20% tariff on household paper, specialty paper, some cultural papers, and paper products. The rise in prices of raw materials such as waste and wood pulp has further spurred the rise in paper prices.
IV. Artificial increase, logistics increase
Masonry, bricklayers, carpentry, painters and other labor costs have risen to varying degrees every year, and the decoration masters are bitter and There is no one to follow, and things are rare, and labor costs have risen. Nowadays, an ordinary repair worker has a monthly salary of more than 8,000. According to statistics, labor costs currently account for 45% of the total cost of sanitary production. In addition, the price of oil has risen, and all logistics companies across the country have raised their prices, and the transportation costs of enterprises have increased significantly.
The price of raw materials has increased rapidly, the environmental protection has been severely cracked, the new road regulations and labor costs have increased, so that the original sanitary ware manufacturers have been crying and laughing, and the original thin sanitary ware factory has closed down in batches. The small and medium-sized bathroom hardware that looked good was not closed after being shut down by environmental protection.
The price increase is not only the sanitary industry, but the price increase in other industries is also inevitable. Many industry experts said that the price increase is to eliminate backward production capacity, which will force the product quality of various industries to improve and take the independent research and development route. Just just started.
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