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Physicists have wondered in recent years if they could control how atoms interact using light. Now they know that they can, by demonstrating games of quantum billiards with unusual new rules.
In an article published in the Oct. 5 issue of Physical Review Letters, a team of University of Chicago physicists explains how to tune a laser to make atoms attract or repel each other in an exotic state of matter called a Bose-Einstein condensate.
This image shows how a laser (yellow) can affect collisions between atoms (red spheres). The blue spheres depict a molecule. The laser leaves the energy of single atoms unaffected, as represented by the red surface. But the laser lowers the energy of the molecules, leading to the cup-shape of the blue surface. The stronger the laser, the more the two atoms attract each other if they collide inside the laser beam.
Credit: Chin Group/University of Chicago
"This realizes a goal that has been pursued for the past 20 years," said Cheng Chin, professor in physics at the University of Chicago, who led the team. "This exquisite control over interactions in a many-body system has great potential for the exploration of exotic quantum phenomena and engineering of novel quantum devices."
Many research groups in the United States and Europe have tried various ideas over the last decade. It was Logan Clark, a graduate student in Chin's group, who came up with the first practical solution. He has now demonstrated the idea in the lab with cesium atoms chilled to temperatures just billionths of a degree above absolute zero, and the technique can be widely applied to other atomic species.
Clark compared the process to a billiards game, when one ball encounters another. "Normally, as soon as the surfaces touch, the balls repel each other and bounce away," Clark said. In Chin's lab, cesium atoms replace the billiard balls, and ordinarily they repel each other when they collide. But by turning up the laser while operating at a "magic" wavelength, Clark showed that the repulsion between atoms can be converted into attraction.
"The atoms exhibit fascinating behavior in this system," he said. By exposing different parts of the sample to different laser intensities, "We can choose to make the atoms attract or repel each other, or pass right through each other without colliding."
Alternatively, by oscillating their interactions, analogous to making the billiard balls rapidly grow and shrink while they roll, the atoms stick to each other in pairs.
The researchers explained two fundamental ways that lasers influence the atomic motion. One is to create potentials, like a bump or valley on the billiard table, proportional to laser intensity. The new way is to alter how billiard balls collide.
"We want our laser to control collisions, but we don't want it to create any hills or valleys," Clark said. When the laser is tuned to a "magic wavelength," the beam creates no hills or valleys, but only affects collisions.
"This is because the magic wavelength happens to be in between two excited states of the atom, so they 'magically' cancel each other out," he said.
Magic is a concept that has no place in science, though the word does enjoy fairly common use among atomic physicists. "Generally it is used to refer to a wavelength at which two effects cancel or are equal, in particular when this cancellation or equality is useful for some technological goal," Clark said.
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On August 17, 2017, at 12:41:04 UTC, scientists made the first direct observation of a merger between two neutron stars--the dense, collapsed cores that remain...
Seven new papers describe the first-ever detection of light from a gravitational wave source. The event, caused by two neutron stars colliding and merging together, was dubbed GW170817 because it sent ripples through space-time that reached Earth on 2017 August 17. Around the world, hundreds of excited astronomers mobilized quickly and were able to observe the event using numerous telescopes, providing a wealth of new data.
Previous detections of gravitational waves have all involved the merger of two black holes, a feat that won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics earlier this month....
Material defects in end products can quickly result in failures in many areas of industry, and have a massive impact on the safe use of their products. This is why, in the field of quality assurance, intelligent, nondestructive sensor systems play a key role. They allow testing components and parts in a rapid and cost-efficient manner without destroying the actual product or changing its surface. Experts from the Fraunhofer IZFP in Saarbrücken will be presenting two exhibits at the Blechexpo in Stuttgart from 7–10 November 2017 that allow fast, reliable, and automated characterization of materials and detection of defects (Hall 5, Booth 5306).
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Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, using high precision laser spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen, confirm the surprisingly small value of the proton radius determined from muonic hydrogen.
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Zero Dark Thirty is a necessary film, and a rare one because it portrays a female protagonist that is not in a romcom. Like Lincoln and Argo, it is based on a true story, and while keeping to real events and to firsthand accounts of the May 1-2 raid [zero dark thirty is military speak for half past midnight] and killing of bin Laden, there has been some controversy—as if Zero Dark Thirty were supposed to be a documentary, or as if it glorifies torture -- about director Kathryn Bigelow’s choice to open the film with scenes of “enhanced interrogation.” While no torture by the CIA yielded info about bin Laden’s whereabouts, director Kathryn Bigelow thought it important to include it as part of the fabric of the ‘war on terror,’ a war which included torture by both the CIA and the military, the latter which may have yielded info from detainees in Guantanamo. As if we needed reminding why the U.S.A. so relentlessly pursued bin Laden, scenes are preceded by a dark screen where we hear the voices of phone calls from the World Trade Center and hijacked planes of 9/11.
Much like Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty is a long and plodding, explicative film for which the outcome is already known. One might have to enjoy history to love either film. Unlike Argo, which rearranged facts to be more cinemagraphically appealing, there were few moments of tension or suspense for me in Zero Dark Thirty. [Even in Django Unchained, foretold of the legend of Broomhilda rescued by Siegfried, the tension is not ‘Will she be rescued?’ but rather by how much injury and to whom.] I love film, yet find that sometimes a picture is not worth a thousand words. Never was this more true for me then after reading in the New Yorker (August 8, 2011, Getting Bin Laden by Nicholas Schmidle, Reporter at Large) the account of the raid on bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound. There Schmidle apprises us of the rush to the third floor of the compound in which the first SEAL to arrive on the third floor, seeing two women shielding bin Laden, throws his own body over these two wives-- lest they are wired with bombs-- so as to minimize the potential damage, protecting the SEALS coming behind him. I found this account in the New Yorker very moving. But Zero Dark Thirty is not a film about the raid, its climax, nor about the Seals who kill him once found. Instead, it is about one CIA agent’s (Jessica Chastain’s Maya) dogged mission to find bin Laden.
I applaud Bigelow-- one of the rarely acclaimed female, great filmmakers, and a great filmmaker of any gender—who paired up again with writer Mark Boal (also together on The Hurt Locker, Best pic, Best director, 2010). Unlike the Hurt Locker, this film builds little character. [We get to see James Gandolfini (the Sopranos) cast as Leon Panetta, then CIA Director.] I also am proud of the CIA agent, a heretofore unsung hero, who used intelligence and determination to have her theory triumph in a man’s world. Perhaps this dedication to single mindedness leaves no room for expansive character portrayal. Perhaps Zero Dark Thirty had to tediously plod along as it did so that the audience might get a taste for how the seemingly interminable decade long hunt, the grueling beurocratic slog, might have sometimes felt to the team of CIA agents dedicated to this task. We don’t get discouraged; but they could not have been certain of the outcome.
Almost ten years and billions of dollars later, Maya leaves Pakistan, alone, on a cargo plane, mission accomplished, and is asked “Where do you want to go [from here]?” Are her tears of exhaustion, loss, or relief?

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Author takes the reader on twisted trips of bizarre imagination, with a hidden political undertone.
“It has been reported that Tanuki fell from the sky using his scrotum as a parachute. That is not so ridiculous when we take into account the unusual size of Tanuki’s scrotum, reads the opening paragraph of the novel “Villa Incognito.
This opening line is not shocking considering it was written by author Tom Robbins, the American scribe whose writing can be described as complex and uninhibited. If you are a Robbins novice, you will be caught off guard in his fantasy world of odd animal/human sexual escapades and unconventional adventures.
In a sense, the beginning intentionally misleads the reader about the theme of the book. The first 40 pages are rambles about a creature called a Tanuki, a naughty dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), a canine species native to Japan. This particular one is promiscuous, getting Asian girls pregnant.
This mythical animal is reputed to be mischievous and jolly, a master of disguise, but somewhat gullible and absent-minded. In case you’re wondering, yes they do in fact have extra large scrotums taking up a third of their bodies.
Once past the first part of the book, the real plot line emerges and there is a profound shift in literary paradigm. The main characters are introduced: three conspiratorial American MIAs who have chosen to remain missing after the Vietnam War in their refuge of Villa Incognito in the highlands of Laos.
To fund their pleasant lives filled with women and champagne, they start up a business of refining poppy seeds into heroin and sell their wares to hospitals throughout Asia.
The plot kicks into high gear when one of our happy trio, Dern Folly, is arrested.
The other lads are Mars Albert Stubblefield, the philosopher, the professor and by default the leader, and Dickie Goldwire, the upper-class heartthrob from South Carolina (Robbins’ home state).
Goldwire is engaged to a pretty Asian girl, Lucy Ko, who trains tanukis for a living . coincidence? Thus the connection becomes apparent between the first and second part of this book. Perhaps Lucy Ko is a descendent of the Tanuki?
In “Villa Incognito, Robbins accessorizes this literary roller coaster with some eloquent metaphors and similes; he is after all a poet, dropping out of college in the 1960s to follow his literary leanings. After joining the US Air Force for three years, he decided to go back to college to pursue an undergraduate degree in art.
“Dickie s heart felt suddenly like an iron piano with barbwire strings and scorpions for keys, is one of the many sentences rich in analogies in the novel.
Absurd is this story, but although it is a fascinating world of imagination, it is still very much connected to real events and political references. Robbins challenges the mediocrity and corruption of the US and is clearly unpatriotic, bluntly stating that his characters would rather live incognito in the mountains of Fan Nan Nan than be war heroes back home.
Towards the end of the book, the Sept.11 attacks are referenced, and Robbins again reflects unpatriotic feelings through his fictional characters, uncommon and gutsy sentiments for an American.
Most of the stories take place in the Far East and are much entwined with the culture, which Robbins seems to know well as he has a master’s degree in Far Eastern studies from the University of Washington.
In an interview with Lawrence Gerald that originally appeared in High Frontiers Magazine, Robbins describes his writing as, “. non-linear. In writing, I like to be consistent with that model. At the same time, you do have to be lucid. If you can t be lucid, what s the point? Everyone uses language. Not everyone uses visual imagery, he said.
“Villa Incognito is his eighth novel after previous hits including “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, “Still Life with Woodpecker, and “Skinny Legs and All. His novel “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976) was made into a movie in 1993 directed by Gus Van Sant.
According to Wikipedia, Robbins’ “approach might be vulgar, disgusting, absurd, or even offensive to the reader, but it is decidedly intentional. The desired effect is a disturbance just large enough to make the reader see it his way, allowing the readers to enjoy a perspective normally unavailable to them.
Although published in 2003, “Villa Incognito is Robbins’s latest novel. In 2005 he published a collection of non-fiction essays, reviews, and short stories entitled “Wild Ducks Flying Backward.
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A woman from Liverpool, Natalie Halson, was offered an abortion 10 times when she was pregnant with her daughter, Mirabelle, who was diagnosed in the as having spina bifida.
At every appointment, right up until the birth of her daughter, Natalie was repeatedly asked if she would like to abort her baby. Not knowing why the doctors kept doing so, Natalie eventually found out about her daughter’s medical condition which meant that part of her spine and spinal cord had not developed properly. This can cause paralysis of the legs, bowel or urinary incontinence, and even brain damage.
“I found out as much as I could and realised that there were options, I refused to give up on my baby but the medics just wouldn’t take no for an answer.
“It was so insistent even after I’d repeatedly said no but it was getting offered a termination just weeks before she was born that really upset me.
The doctors implied “an abortion was [her] only option and explained that if [she] went ahead with the pregnancy [her] baby would be wheelchair bound and have no quality of life.”
It was only after Mirabelle’s mother was able to do the research that she discovered that life for her daughter was not over, admitting that “If I’d not had that time to do my research I might have even agreed to the termination.”
Mirabelle was eventually born via an emergency C-section at Liverpool Women’s Hospital at 38 weeks, but was immediately taken to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital for a spinal operation.
“They operated on Mirabelle’s spine the day after she was born, it was a horrible anxious wait as it lasted about 12 hours, but the doctors were really happy with her progress afterwards.
After a month of visiting the newborn in hospital, she was finally allowed to take Mirabelle home. It seems likely that her daughter will have a normal life
“I would recommend to any parents who are advised to abort that it isn’t the only option, no matter what the hospitals try and tell them.” Natalie said
Clare McCarthy from Right To Life UK said:
“This is a wonderful outcome to what could have been a very sad story. It is deeply disappointing that Natalie’s doctors’ first – and apparently only – ‘solution’ to a diagnosis of spina bifida was abortion.”
This condition is not something that is the end of people’s lives. If someone has it, then there is the potential for it to be fixed (or at least made more manageable in the future). Sometimes it can be sorted via surgery, other times it just means you have to be more aware of what you can and cannot do. If you would like more information on spinal conditions and how they can be helped check out this website here: https://scoliosisinstitute.com/.
“The discrimination towards children with disabilities on display here is appalling. All children, disabled or not, deserve a chance at life and it is a gross failure of professional responsibility for the doctors in this case to push abortion in a situation where it is not required or desired.”
“The attitude of the doctors in this case is particularly inexcusable given the recent advances in medical technology. In May this year, for example, doctors performed corrective spinal surgery on a child who was still in the womb. Whilst this may not have been appropriate here, the very fact that Mirabelle is now healthy after her operation proves that there was life changing medical care available to her, rather than abortion.”


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Organized at Beverly, N.J., October 9, 1861, under authority of the War Department, as the "Olden Legion," Left State for Washington, D.C., December 26, 1861. Transferred to State of New Jersey, reorganized and designated 10th Infantry January 29, 1862. Attached to Wadsworth's Command, Military District of Washington, D.C., to February, 1863. District of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. Philadelphia, Pa., Dept. of the Susquehanna, to September, 1863. Pottsville, Pa., Dept. of the Susquehanna, to November, 1863. Sub-District of Carbon, Dept. of the Susquehanna, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Provost duty at Washington, D.C., until April, 1863. Ordered to Suffolk, Va., April 12. Siege of Suffolk, Va., April 16-May 4. Edenton Road April 24. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Ordered to Washington, D.C., thence to Philadelphia, Pa., and duty there until September, 1863. On provost duty at Pottsville, Pa., until October, and guard fords of the Potomac at and near Shepherdstown until November. At Mauch Chunk. Pa., Sub-District of Carbon, November, 1863, to April, 1864. Ordered to Join Army of the Potomac in the field. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness, Va., May 5-7; Spotsylvania May 8-12; Spotsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D.C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and the Northern Defenses of Washington July 11-12. Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap, Va., July 14-23. Action at Snicker's Ferry July 17-18. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Strasburg August 14-16. Winchester August 17. Point Pleasant August 21. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until December. Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there until March 18. March to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D.C., May 18-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out at Hall's Hill, Va., June 22, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 91 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 187 Enlisted men by disease. Total 283.
|TENTH REGIMENT. VOLUNTEERS.||MUSTERED IN.||GAINED.||Total Strength.||CASUALTIES.||Total.|
|Officers.||Enlisted Men.||Officers.||Enlisted Men.||MUSTERED OUT.||COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.||ENLISTED MEN.|
|Officers.||Enlisted Men.||Resigned.||Discharged.||Promoted||Transferred.||Died.||Deserted.||Dismissed.||Not accounted for.||Discharged.||Transferred.||Promoted.||Died.||Deserted.||Not accounted for.|
|Field and Staff||8||5||16||12||41||6||5||4||9||3||2||2||2||6||2||41|
Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Volume I. Compiled in the Office of the Adjutant General. Published by Authority of the Legislature. William S. Stryker, Adjutant General. Trenton, New Jersey, John L. Murphy, Steam Book and Job Printer, 1876.

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The world of men's fashion has evolved dramatically over the centuries, shifting from rugged and practical attire to refined and stylish products that are as much about self-expression as they are about utility. This evolution is a fascinating tale of cultural change, economic trends, technological advances, and artistic creativity. From the stiff collars of Victorian times to the sophisticated suits of today; each era brought its own unique style defining masculinity in fresh ways. But how exactly did we get here? Let's explore this intriguing journey from ruggedness to refinement in men's fashion.
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Exploring the origins of men's fashion takes us back to a time when clothing was more about practicality than style. In the initial stages, the primary function of attire was to provide protection from harsh weather conditions and demanding physical activities. This utilitarian approach was the hallmark of early men's fashion, where the em...


Affiliates, both past and present of Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford Hall of University of Cape Coast have marked their 50th hall week celebration in grand style.
The five-day event was characterized with series of educative and entertaining events.
The newly sworn-in President of the National Union of Ghana Students [NUGS] in the Central Region, Theophilus Saki Sosi has promised that his administration will invest a lot of effort to see an improvement in academic performance in particular and student’s welfare in general, at all levels of the academic ladder in the Central Region.
The Pro Vice Chancellor of University of Cape Coast [UCC], Professor George K. T. Oduro says in as much as university management is ready to create an enabling environment for students on campus, it was important for students to also note that, management will not compromise on any misdemeanor.
He gave the admonishing at a grand durbar to climax the 50th Hall Week celebration of Casely Hayford Hall of the University.
Most Ghanaians are looking for quick fix, quick solutions and the shortest cut to problems; very few are willing to accept drastic solutions. Life’s problems cannot have magical solutions hence the daily effort and actions of work to solve them. This is according to a lecturer at the Department of Religion and Human Values at the University of Cape Coast, Rev. Fr. Dr. Simon Appiah.


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But reportedly Foundry’s new policy to honor same sex couple will be on the agenda of the denomination’s biannual meeting Council of Bishops next month. Late in April, the quadrennial governing General Conference also will meet. Thanks to the growing numbers of delegates from Africa, where United Methodism is growing, and fewer delegates from shrinking liberal regions in the U.S., the denomination almost certainly will reaffirm its official disapproval of same-sex rites and perhaps will tighten the rules even further.
In the now firmly liberal Episcopal Church, conservative congregations are departing, many of them seeking affiliation with overseas orthodox Anglicans. The opposite may become true in The United Methodist Church, 30 percent of whose membership is now outside the U.S.
Will liberal congregations like Foundry Church want to remain in an increasingly conservative denomination more and more governed by traditionalist Nigerians and Congolese and U.S. southerners? Like conservative Episcopalians, the convictions of liberal United Methodists eventually may lead them elsewhere.
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?

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We made the 150 mile passage from Ibiza to Barcelona, arriving this morning. The start of the trip was really nice with 10 to 11 knots boat speed under Code-D on a broad reach with a nice rolling SW swell. As all good things must come to an end, our lovely southwest wind died to 4 knots around 3 pm and stayed between 4 and 6 knots for the next 12 hours, so we had to do quite a bit of motoring to make it to Barcelona in a reasonable amount of time. At 4am the wind switched to 18 knots from the NE, which played havoc with the SW swell and gave us a very uncomfortable final 5 hours into Barcelona. These rapidly changing conditions seem to be common at the end of the sailing season in the Med.
We are staying at the Oneworld Club Marina Port Vell which is home to some of the biggest superyachts we have ever seen and very nicely fitted out and run, with friendly and helpful staff. We will be here two nights before we continue our journey back to La Grande Motte.
As I mentioned in my last post, we had a big scare when the locknut fell off the pin that connects the mast to the boom and the pin pulled almost all the way out. Here are some photos:
Before we had our scary boom situation in the evening, we had a fantastic day of sailing around the island of Ibiza. The water was smooth and the wind was strong, and Wildling was flying! Here are some photos I took during the day:

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Stair Basket Gallery Find the One-Trip Up Stair Basket sewing pattern here! zulema’s basket Jesse’s Basket Mary Rose’s Basket Amy B.’s basket Brittany’s stair basket Lynn made not one but 3 stair baskets for the folks on her holiday list! Kudos, Lynn! Rebecca’s Basket Liz’s Basket in action! made by Ellie W.
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Press Release by British Airways
British Airways customers will have access to new destinations and scores more routes when the airline adds its flight code to more than 170 Vueling services.
This significant move for the two International Airlines Group (IAG) airlines heralds the beginning of a closer relationship with more codeshare routes planned for the future.
British Airways customers will be able to book Vueling flights through all BA sales channels, including ba.com, and collect Avios on these bookings. The codeshare routes are largely centred on Vueling’s operation in Italy with 37 international and 11 domestic routes available from Vueling’s Rome Fiumicino base. These include the destinations, new to BA customers, of Brindisi, Palermo, Lamezia, Valencia, Split and Nantes. Other new routes on offer through the codeshare include Heathrow to Bilbao and La Coruña, Cardiff to Malaga and Alicante, and Edinburgh to Barcelona. Tickets for the codeshare routes go on sale from 17 June for travel from 24 June, 2014.
Steve Ronald, British Airways’ head of alliances, said: “Our customers will have an even greater choice of routes, destinations and fares now that we have joined forces with Vueling. As we forge ever closer relationships with our fellow IAG airlines, Iberia and Vueling, our customers will be able to access all corners of Europe and beyond, with one simple booking on ba.com and the enticement of the collection of reward points for their loyalty. Vueling shares our commitment to excellent customer service and we are delighted that we can introduce more of our customers to their network.”
Fernando Estrada, Vueling’s director of strategy, alliances and business development, said: “We are very excited about this agreement with British Airways, which allows us to be more competitive in the market and concretely support the development of the Airport of Rome Fiumicino and tourism in the city of Rome. The agreement, which is part of the significant international expansion undertaken by Vueling, will soon be extended to other routes and markets”
Other routes in the codeshare include: Paris Orly to Catania (Sicily), Barcelona to Naples, Brussels to Venice and Copenhagen to Florence.
More of Vueling’s network will be accessible to ba.com users when further codeshare routes are added in the near future.
In 2013 Walsh received a £1.3m bonus with long-term share awards worth £2.6m vesting, on top of £825,000 in salary and around £250,000 in pension and benefits.
Keith Williams, the chief executive of British Airways, was paid £3m. Iberia’s boss, Luis Gallego Martín, took a 15% voluntary cut.
Last month IAG struck what it described as ‘landmark’ deal with the unions which appears to have lifted the threat of strikes by Iberia pilots. The deal allowed Iberia to make the vast structural changes necessary to return the airline to growth.
In the report, Walsh said: “I look back on last year with a sense of real pride and achievement for what people within IAG have done to put the business on a more secure footing.”
He said he was targeting operating profits of €1.8bn by 2015, and claimed: “We continue to prove the critical logic of merging British Airways and Iberia through the cost and revenue synergies we are achieving.”
Last week IAG said it returned to profit after reducing losses at Iberia. IAG competed the takeover of BMI in 2012 and also bought the profitable Spanish budget carrier Vueling, which helped improve IAG’s trading.
Pre-tax profit reported by IAG stood at €227 million excluding ‘exceptional items’, a significant improvement in the €774 million loss the previous year.
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If Scotland breaks away from the union he expects to see passengers favouring flying from airports in a newly independent nation to avoid Air Passenger Duty charged by the Westminster government.
“Absolutely without question it will happen,” IAG chief executive told The Telegraph, dismissing claims that APD represents only a fraction of a flight’s cost.
“It is that much money to avoid that it is a factor. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool,” said Walsh.
“An independent Scottish government has made clear they would abolish APD because they see it as damaging to the economy and that is exactly what we will see – a million people drive to Dublin from Northern Ireland every year to avoid APD.”
Walsh believes airports in the north of England such as Newcastle would suffer as passengers head north, should Scotland become independent.
But he said British Airways would be unlikely to shake up its flag-carrying services to capitalise on this.
“We would look at it but [flights from Scotland] are a small part of the business,” he said, though he added that IAG’s recently acquired low-cost carrier Vueling could move in to take advantage.
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IAG competed the takeover of BMI in 2012 and also bought the profitable Spanish budget carrier Vueling, which helped improve IAG’s trading.
Pre-tax profit reported by IAG today stood at €227 million excluding ‘exceptional items’, a significant improvement in the €774 million loss the previous year.
Revenue was up3.1% to €18.6bn, despite a near 12% slump in cargo revenue. Passenger revenue grew €16.2bn – almost 6%.
BA made an operating profit of €762m for the 12 months to December 31.
Iberia remained in the red but reduced its losses to €166m. Vueling made a €168m operating profit since being bought by IAG in April.
Walsh said: “In 2013, we strengthened the group by acquiring Vueling, embarking on Iberia’s transformation and enhancing British Airways’ revenue performance. This has led to a strong financial recovery and return to profitability.”
Sourced from Travel Weekly
IAG said it would result in a “new positive” working relationship between Iberia and SEPLA after years of conflict.
“This landmark agreement provides a strong foundation to put Iberia on the path towards sustainable profitable growth,” IAG said. “It will also enable Iberia to become more competitive and reduce its cost base. “
The main impacts of the agreement are:
- Fundamental productivity improvements within Iberia.
- Salaries to remain frozen until 2015. After that date, increases will be subject to the airline’s profitability.
- An agreement providing a 14% salary reduction for pilots and an additional 4% cut linked to the productivity agreement. With these productivity improvements, the 4% will be returned.
- The faciliation of growth of Iberia and Iberia Express.
The agreement in principle is subject to the approval of SEPLA’s general assembly.
Iberia executive chairman Luis Gallego said: “This groundbreaking deal reduces the cost structure and provides the foundation for the airline to grow profitably.
“A strong and profitable Iberia can protect jobs in the long term and boost tourism, which is a key driver in Barajas’ [Madrid airport] and Spain’s economic recovery.
“Iberia is the natural airline choice for Latin America and this agreement will enable it to be a formidable competitor and build on its new brand, providing customers with great service and an extensive network.
“This agreement also enables the growth of Iberia Express with a competitive cost base and provides promotion opportunities for current Iberia and Iberia Express first officers.
“Iberia Express will help make Iberia profitable and stronger, by providing short-haul feed, and will provide Spanish competition to low-cost carriers.”
IAG chief executive Willie Walsh said: “‘Luis Gallego, his team and SEPLA deserve congratulations for striking a bold deal that will mark the turning point in Iberia’s future.
“Luis has deservedly won the respect of the industry, his colleagues and the trade unions.
“Permanent structural change was the only way to save Iberia from slow decline. This agreement marks the beginning of its future.”
Sourced from Travel News
By Roger Baird,
Shares in British Airways-owner IAG have been one of the top performers of 2013 and investors are betting the airline group has further to rise next year.
At the start of this year the firm, which also owns Portuguese flag carrier Iberia and low-cost Spanish airline Vueling, traded at 194p. Yesterday it closed up 1.6p to 402.4p.
Analysts began covering this stock earlier this month with a buy recommendation, setting a target price of 450p, while brokers at Deutsche Bank and Goodbody Stockbrokers both reiterated their buy ratings on IAG in December.
The business has also benefited from staff cuts, wage restraint and more flexible working practices that Walsh introduced at British Airways before the financial crisis.
IAG, Germany’s Lufthansa and Franco-Dutch outfit Air France-KLM have built strong market positions in Europe on the back of their legacy airline status, consolidation of rivals and control of key take-off and landing slots at major airports such as Heathrow.
However, brokers argue IAG is well placed to do well in 2014 on the strength of its joint venture with US rival American Airlines. The broker says the group should also benefit as it rejigs its airline slots at Heathrow as it converts bmi short-haul slots to more profitable long-haul destinations.
IAG completed its acquisition of UK airline bmi in April 2012 for £172.5million for Lufthansa.
Scribes also like the recent expansion of IAG’s budget carrier Vueling.
The airline recently moved into Brussels Zaventem airport and Rome’s Fiumicino, and Liberum said these moves are ‘unlikely to be the last’.
IAG – like Lufthansa and Air France-KLM – is in a good position to deliver profits on long-haul routes between Europe and North and South America.
But brokers warn these legacy flag carriers will continue to face stiff competition from Middle Eastern rivals – such as Emirates, Eithad and Qatar Airways – on routes between Europe and Asia and Australasia.
However, many analysts tip IAG for continued growth in 2014 – despite a landscape that includes high fuel prices, rising airport charges and low-cost airline competition.
The FTSE 100 lifted 56.70 points to 6750.87, a sixth straight day of gains as investors took their cue from all-time highs on Wall Street to notch up the longest winning streak in London since October.
The session’s gains left the FTSE 100 1.5 per cent off the 2013 closing high at 6,840, which was a 13-year high and only just over 100 points from the all-time peak.
Investors in London also had their first chance to react to a strong fall in US jobless figures released on Boxing Day.
US unemployment claims fell 42,000 to 338,000 in the week ended December 21, according to the Labour Department. Investors took this as a sign that the world’s largest economy is strong enough to withstand the gradual withdrawal of monetary stimulus by its Federal Reserve central bank.
In New York the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 34.75 points to 16,514.63 in early trading as the market continued to digest a stronger-than-expected fall in US jobless figures.
Back in London sectors sensitive to optimism over the economy, such as miners, were among the top gainers.
Fresnillo advanced 25.5p to 735p. Antofagasta, the copper company controlled by Chile’s billionaire Luksic family, gained 25.5p to 830.5p. Anglo American lifted 34p to 1309.5p, while Glencore Xstrata rose 7.65p to 315.7p.
Monitise lifted 2.5p to 65.5p, a record high. Consumers are estimated to have spent around £400million online yesterday, according to the Centre for Retail Research in Nottingham. Shares of the London-based online payment firm have more than doubled in 2013.
Broadcaster BSkyB was up 11.5p to 844.5p after the Daily Mail reported trader speculation that it might be a target for Vodafone, in part as a defensive manoeuvre to fend off the attentions of AT&T. Vodafone closed up 1.55p at 237.95p.
International Personal Finance slumped 84.8p to 455.2p, having chosen the last thirty minutes of Christmas eve’s shortened session to warn investors of problems in Poland, its largest and most profitable market.
The doorstep money lender said it had been handed a £2.4million fine by the Polish Office of Consumer Protection and Competition for excluding set-up and collection fees from its annual rates of interest. IPR said it would appeal the decision.
Speaking at the Centre for Aviation (CAPA) conference in Amsterdam on Tuesday, Walsh hit out at the European Commission, accusing it of allowing governments to breach rules on state aid. He also slammed the UK government over its handling of visas for Chinese visitors.
Walsh said: “The EU has strict rules on state aid, but it’s weak. Its terrible governments intervene to support airlines which don’t deserve to survive.” He did not refer to Alitalia by name but appeared to have the carrier in mind when he said: “Europe would benefit from consolidation due to failure.”
He described BA sister carrier Iberia, where IAG has overseen major job losses and restructuring, as “a classic example of an airline that hadn’t faced up to structural changes in the industry”.
Walsh said: “Iberia will return to profit next year. We’re making good progress. But it won’t be profitable enough to justify investment so there will be further restructuring.” He added:
“We have to continue to transform BA, but BA will grow at about 3% a year. Iberia won’t grow unless we see structural change.”
Asked about growth to China, he said: “BA’s ambition is to serve several destinations in China. There are a lot of cities where we see opportunities if we get a [UK] visa regime that is fit for purpose.
“The UK attitude to China is old fashioned. The government prioritises trade with China but makes it so difficult to visit Britain from China … There is much more freedom at the Chinese end [of the route] than ours.”
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Among the several major changes being effected in Forestry at Iowa State in 1967 is a significant revision of the undergraduate Forestry Curriculum. This article discusses the basis for and the process of curriculum planning. Changes being introduced are described in terms of adjustments in the pattern and shifts in emphasis which they reflect. For a more explicit description of the revised curriculum, the reader is referred to the current edition of the General Catalog of Iowa State University.
Hopkins, Fredrick S. Jr.
"Forestry Curriculum- 1967 Version,"
Ames Forester: Vol. 54
, Article 9.
Available at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/amesforester/vol54/iss1/9

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Name The Band From Their Logo Quiz | uDiscover Music
Written by megarock on March 7, 2018
Can you identify these bands from their logos? Test your music knowledge with this Name The Band logo quiz to see if you’re a music connoisseur or dunce?
Read it here

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Author : Harinarayanan Rama Iyer
Company : UST Global
Email : firstname.lastname@example.org
LIVE TODAY, HOPE FOR TOMORROW
The first rays of sun rips off the unscathed darkness
And I start off my journey across the lengthy aisle.
The sweet smell of dew stemming from the leaves
Takes away my weariness of the previous night.
The tiny little sparrows chirp and fly around
With the flocks of sheep grazing along the fields.
The church bells down the valley chime the musical choir
And the peasants start off the day with their usual jingle.
I walk along the meadows gazing at these splendors
And savoring the berries that hang from the little trees.
Noon turns up and the sun shines at its zenith
And I get under a tree to settle down in its shade.
I munch the flavored loaves that I carry with me
And relish the sweet water that flows down the stream.
Evening takes the heat away from the radiant sun
And I keep on walking along the lush green land.
The dull dusk arrives and the birds fly around
In a frantic drive to settle down in their nests.
Night arrives bringing along the darkness
Carrying with it the tranquil sound of silence.
I lie down calm in the comfort of Mother Nature
Gazing at the stars that adorn the lucid skies.
Slowly do I slip off into profound slumber
Relishing the memories of today and hopes of tomorrow.


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CUTTERSONIC GCS-A AUTOMATIC
Cuttersonic GCS-A is the automatic ultrasonic cutting device for industrial production lines of several width (600-800-1000-1200-1500 mm).
(particular of the GCS-A MONO HEAD)
Stainless steel AISI 304 carrying structure assembled on special stainless steel adjustable and anti-vibrating feet
, with independent adjustment of the height. Stainless steel panels
and wide protection carters which could be opened in order to simplify the cleaning and maintenance operations
• Electronically adjustable conveyor
belt by inverter and encoder integrated into the motor
• Adjustable plate
to align perfectly the cut profile of the blades the machine regulates itself according to the product speed and the length of the product to be cut.
• Robotic axis control to synchronize the 3 axis
(product advancement, horizontal axis trolley and blades vertical movement) and to optimize the movements
by the use of electronic cam.
• Electronic ultrasonic generators
, stainless steel converters (food sanitation model), boosters
made of titanium, cut blades
made of titanium.
• Forced cooling of the converters
and titanium blades carried out through filtered and purified compressed air.
• Electric board
in separate stainless steel cabinet AISI 304 with programming of the recipes through HMI Touch Screen panel.
• Independent management of all parameters of the cutting phase
like: product length, pursuit speed, programming of the electronic cam of blade descending, with the possibility to set up the part where the wave width is to be increased, in order to penetrate the product in the optimal way.
Also available with Double Cutting Head
(particular of the GCS-A DOUBLE HEAD)


Officials search for bull on the loose in Alexandria, Minn.
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (FOX 9) - UPDATE: The Sheriff's Office said the bull's owner has been successfully nlocated and the bull has been returned to safety.
Officials are on the lookout for a bull on the loose in Alexandria, Minnesota.
According to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, dispatch has taken multiple calls of a bull on the loose on the south side of Alexandria. The ear tag reads TNTF381.
If you have information on who the owner might be, please contact the sheriff's office at 320-762-8151.


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School of Pharmacy
Carl A. Anderson
James K. Drennen, III
Peter L.D. Wildfong
Ira S. Buckner
Feedforward Control, Quality by Design, Process Analytical Technology
For a fluid bed film coating process to consistently deliver quality products, its control system needs to be robust against the variability of input materials and environmental disturbances. Presently, limited studies have been reported to understand the effects and interactions of the material attributes, environmental variables, and process parameters on the product in vitro drug dissolution. A control system can be developed with a proper understanding of the coating process, by adjusting the process parameters in feedback and feedforward manners to compensate for the undesired effect caused by disturbances, and ensure consistent product quality.
The control system was developed and evaluated using a quality by design approach. The formulation variables, material attributes, and process parameters of the coating process were systematically assessed using Ishikawa and failure mode and effect analysis. The risk assessment was followed by a fractional factorial design to screen the criticality of four process variables: product temperature, airflow volume, atomization air pressure, and inlet air relative humidity. The size distribution of the input granules was constrained to a narrow range in the factorial design. The information gained from the screening study was used to guide the response surface design for process modeling, in which granule size distribution, relative humidity, inlet air volume, and target coating weight gain were investigated, and the studied response was in vitro dissolution. Using two regression methods (partial least squares and Gaussian process regression) and two curve-fitting methods (Weibull function and principal component analysis) in conjunction, four modeling approaches were applied to analyze the experimental data and establish the process models. A control system was subsequently developed. The feedback loops relied on the real-time measurements of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) to stabilize the in-process moisture level and determine the process endpoint. The feedforward components were built upon the process models. The controllers modified the target weight gain and airflow volume to accommodate the undesired size distribution of input granules and relative humidity. The combined feedforward-feedback control system was evaluated by comparing the control performance with and without the feedforward elements, using Monte Carlo simulation and 12 additional test runs.
The initial risk assessment and the statistical designs of experiments identified the critical material attributes and process parameters and elucidated their impacts on the coating process and final product quality. The in-process moisture level was found to play an essential role in preventing batch collapse and improving coating efficiency. The hydration of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), theophylline, was identified as a high-risk failure mode that requested proper control. The in-line NIR models had 0.3% and 0.5% errors in predicting the moisture level and coating weight gain. The process models were established using different modeling algorithms including partial least squares regression, Gaussian process regression, Weibull function fitting, and principal component analysis. The partial least squares regression model coupled with the Weibull function as a dissolution curve-fitting method outperformed the other models as it had the lowest error profile and great simplicity for control application. The feedforward controllers were established by mathematically transforming the process model into an optimization problem, which searched for the best solution of process parameters given the initial condition of material attributes and environmental variables. The tolerance space of the coating process supervised by the feedforward-feedback control system was established.
The combined feedforward-feedback control system reduced batch failures and improved product quality consistency in both Monte Carlo simulations and test batches. The combined control system also showed robustness against the variability of incoming material attributes, which would grant pharmaceutical companies tremendous flexibility in choosing the sources of raw materials.
Zhao, Y. (2021). Development Of A Combined Feedforward-Feedback Quality Control System For Extended-Release Granules Using A Quality By Design Approach (Doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/2031


Sustainable Design: Optimizing Energy Use in Los Angeles From the Outside In
Increased climate variability and surging population growth are placing greater demands on limited resources such as water, energy, and physical space. Our teams are considering how buildings and infrastructure can be designed to more effectively cope with these stresses and perform well into the future. Facilities need to be built not only to operate in greater harmony with nature but also to withstand the forces it may unleash.
Tetra Tech understands the value of resiliency planning and sustainable design in addressing emerging risks associated with a changing world. We develop unique solutions to some of the toughest problems—using both cutting-edge technologies and commonsense approaches.
As conceptual frameworks, resilience and sustainability increasingly guide decisions in the planning, design, and engineering of our projects. Resiliency emphasizes robustness and the ability to recover, while sustainability considers measures of environmental impact and resource conservation. Both concepts share common end goals in contributing to society’s capacity to thrive in a meaningful way. In this Sustainable Design article series, we highlight Tetra Tech projects that represent some of the industry’s very best examples of resiliency planning and sustainable design.
Where resilience asks how to build infrastructure that can withstand a changing environment, sustainability considers how facilities can be designed to integrate with their surroundings—minimizing environmental impacts, waste generation, and energy consumption. Tetra Tech’s growing global sustainable infrastructure practice is using innovative design approaches to control temperature, reduce energy costs, and conserve water.
Optimizing energy use in Los Angeles from the outside in
The design elements—and the strategic use of those elements—that go into creating a building facade play a critical role in energy performance. With the Wilshire Grand, a 73-story hotel and office tower in downtown Los Angeles, California, and the tallest building in the western United States, an envelope study performed during the conceptual stage informed an ideal facade design that balances energy efficiency and aesthetics to help meet the project’s aggressive sustainability goals.
Glumac, A Tetra Tech Company, conducted an envelope analysis that addressed a multifaceted design challenge: Create a high-performing envelope—the physical barrier between interior and exterior environments—that integrates the owner’s priority of a design fitting with Class A office space and a 5-star hotel. Tetra Tech’s Los Angeles and New York City offices collaborated to develop design concepts. Our team analyzed numerous envelope alternatives and carefully considered how climatic factors and specific site conditions would influence performance. Data and insights gained through energy modeling enabled the project team to fine-tune the envelope parameters—determining the best use of window glazing, vision glass, insulation, and shading devices—to optimize both the elegance and the energy efficiency of the facade. Drawing on their significant high-rise expertise, our New York City office also provided peer reviews throughout design and construction.
“We developed energy models and assessed the possible impacts of different window and wall configurations on the building’s facade with different orientations,” said Michael Adams, LEED AP, BD+C, energy analyst with Tetra Tech. “Since Southern California is a cooling-driven environment, we focused on the efficiency of the south- and west-facing sides of the building where our cooling load is the highest—especially during the late afternoon when sun penetration is most direct.”
In engineering a final design, our team worked closely with the owner to maximize the provision of windows without sacrificing energy performance. “This required balancing the owner’s expectations with the project’s energy goals as well as the California energy code, which is one of the strictest in the country,” said Kameron Beeks, LEED AP BD+C, a Los Angeles-based mechanical engineer with Tetra Tech.
Tetra Tech also worked with the project structural engineers, as the structural framing for the Wilshire Grand required large columns on the perimeter of the building. “We collaborated with their team to set up a grid that enabled the columns to be placed in locations acceptable to the hotel and office tenants, but which still benefited the facade in terms of energy savings and creating optimal window sizes,” Kameron said.
Combined with other energy-efficiency measures, the Wilshire Grand’s high-performance facade design is anticipated to help save $896,428 annually on energy costs—a 24.2 percent overall energy cost reduction—relative to an ASHRAE 90.1 2007 baseline, the minimum requirement for energy-efficient building design.
A commitment to our future
A city is the sum of its parts—buildings, communities, coastlines—and efforts to enhance long-term resilience and sustainability must reach across all of them. Tetra Tech’s community resiliency specialists and global sustainable infrastructure teams are demonstrating what can be achieved through collaboration, creativity, and an unwavering dedication to the highest principles in planning, design, and engineering. By leading in projects that advance resiliency and sustainability, we can continue to deliver the most effective solutions to our clients and help ensure a vibrant and enduring future.


Amazed at Post Office move
PUBLISHED: 12:10 20 July 2006 | UPDATED: 10:31 06 May 2010
Regarding the proposed move of the Letchworth Post Office, a few hours before receiving this week s Comet we had learnt with amazement, disappointment and anger, of the Post Office s proposed move to the Broadway Post Office. The present Post Office is w
Regarding the proposed move of the Letchworth Post Office, a few hours before receiving this week's Comet we had learnt with amazement, disappointment and anger, of the Post Office's proposed move to the Broadway Post Office.
The present Post Office is well sited, very busy and efficient and there is no way that the proposed siting will be able to maintain the standard of service whatever the Post Office says. The new site will be far too small, it is inconveniently situated (especially for older people relying on bus services) and local experience at Hitchin showed that there are many problems in operating an efficient post office as an afterthought in a busy, often cluttered, retail shop.
The proposal is Hitchin all over again, this was a large efficient post office giving a very good service in a purpose built building and, to the Post Offices' shame, the building has remained empty for all the many years since closure.
We hope that the collection of views (all of which we are sure will be against the move) will make the Post Office have second thoughts on this ill thought out proposal.
ROY AND MARGARET EVANS, Berkeley, Letchworth Garden City
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OceanFront Condo for Rent in Sosua (E3) Los Balcones, Sosua
This amazing OceanFront Condo is located right in Sosua in a gated Community called Los Balcones. This property is 5 minutes away (walking) from the main supermarket El Playero.
It has access to Alicia Beach and a beautiful Pool that looks to the Ocean. It is 5 minutes away (walking) from the very well known Sosua Beach.
With 3 Bedrooms, this condo supports about 6 people. Fully equipped. For your pleasure, you can enjoy your time in this Condo with a brand new Plasma TV, Air Conditioner, Kitchen, and the peaceful that only Sosua can give.
Sosua is a Spanish-Caribbean town full of life, with a well balanced mix of local industry and tourism it offers a solid infrastructure for daily needs. Three powdery white beaches invite bathing and various water sports in the turquoise-blue sea. Beautiful coral reefs lie just offshore and provide an impressive underwater habitat. The corals and colorful tropical fish can provide hours of entertainment for snorkeling and scuba diving. It is a precious Caribbean destination for certain.
Sosua is the Acapulco of the Dominican Republic. You could say that this is where tourism first began back in the early 70s.


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Spring is here! And that means – go to Yokohama’s Chinatown and see how spring flings are really flung.
Did you know Yokohama’s known for its diversity here in Japan? I know I didn’t, but there are huge cultural communities here, including Hispanics, Indians, Filipinos, Koreans, and more. One of the biggest hotspots though is Yokohama’s Chinatown, Yokohama Chukagai (横浜中華街). There are other Chinatowns riddled throughout Japan, like Kobe Chinatown and Nagasaki Chinatown, but Yokohama’s is arguably the most well-known.
On top of being one of the biggest Chinatowns around, it also throws some of the biggest parties. While Haru and her host family didn’t get to go to Chinatown for Chinese New Years (it would have been impossible to navigate around anyway), they got to go see this particular event: The Spring Festival (春節).
Parents even had little kids sitting on their heads just get a glimpse of the show.
Of course, it’s to see one of these – and to get one to “bite” your head to make you smart (頭がいい). Luckily, I was inside Haru’s bag when all this was going on. I’ll be honest and tell you I don’t like seas made of people and scary dragons flying around the place.
Nearby to the event grounds is a really famous temple, Kanteibyō (関帝廟). It’s another must see here in Chukagai!
After that, it was time to tour the rest of town. Including, food, food, and more food. Here’s a “mango snowball” which is shaved ice with mangoes on top. But there is something unique about the shaved ice because it melts in your mouth in such a way, that it feels more like snow than shaved ice.
Haru also bought ice cream (again) in the middle of a cold spell. It may look like vanilla ice cream, but this is actually almond flavored. If you’ve never tried almond ice cream, you really should. It’ll turn anyone into a sweet tooth addict.
Now, some foods are made of ice. But others come in plastic or billboard.
Later when it was finally time to visit Yamashita Park (山下公園), I wanted to get some fresh air. I was really groggy at first. But soon came to realize this place had been very different than anywhere else I had been to in Japan so far.
But even with Haru and Kristina, I still felt… lonely.
Haru loves the sea though, and made sure she and Kristina spent plenty of time looking around the boardwalk and taking pictures. Beyond where I’m pointing is Sakuragicho (桜木町). It’s got a ferris wheel there, but unfortunately, we didn’t get to go on it.
I garnered a lot of attention from other visitors, including a sweet, old lady, who was the only one unafraid of coming up to Haru and telling her I was adorable. She really brightened up my day! It’s always nicer to hear people say that, than hear people say how creepy I look. Really now! I’m right there, and I understand everything perfectly too. I just can’t say anything or look angry – the downsides of being born with a resin face.
Behind her was the Hikawa Maru (氷川丸), an old Japanese Ocean Liner. This old ship survived World War 2, and has a very long history. Now, it’s a floating museum, which Haru was too much of a lazy-bum to go see. But seeing it from afar was already pretty cool. SHIP AHOY, MATEYS!
At the end of the day, I couldn’t help but have a look at the nice sunset. Yamashita Park is known as a popular site for couples and friends to meet. Haru tells me Valentine’s Day is next week, so it will be very crowded then. I might as well get a good look at the place while the quiet lasts.
Omake (おまけ) – extra things – including possessed, singing pandas, Hello Kitty pandas, and panda doorways. In other words, a whole lot of pandas.

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2014. - V. 28. - N 2(151). - P. 103-106
Vasily Nikolaevich Korotenko, Anna Nikolaevna Egorova, Vladimir Grigorievich Tsirelson,
The confomational analysis of neutral serine molecule is performed. The PES is calculated, 52 conformers are found and their relative stability is determined. Quantum topological analysis and reduced electron density gradient allowed us to establish the nature and characteristics of non-covalent ineractions stabilazing the serine conformers.
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BRENTWOOD -- The Brentwood Bruins have prided themselves on being one of the top defensive teams in the state all season long. Tuesday night was no different.
The Bruins’ defensive prowess was on full display as they shut down the visiting Independence Eagles in a 59-29 home victory to close out the regular season.
Now Brentwood sets their sights on repeating as district champions. They enter the district tournament as the No. 2 seed and host No. 7 seed Page on Friday night in the quarterfinals. Independence will play Spring Hill on Thursday for the chance to play No. 1 seed Franklin on Friday night.
“It was a big win for our seniors, who have given a lot for this program and are just great men,” I’m really proud of our defensive effort, we wanted to challenge their shooters and make them work for everything and we did that.”
The Bruins (21-6, 12-3 District 11 I-AAA) held the Eagles (8-16, 4-11) to single digit points in each of the first three quarters of play. But Independence hit a low point in the third quarter as Brentwood scored 14 unanswered points to start the second half while holding the Eagles to just two points for the quarter.
It was a very balanced offensive effort for Brentwood with four Bruins scoring in double digits. Power forwards Cole Massey and Ben Mills each scored 11 points while guards Harry Lackey and Joey McPherson pitched in 10 points for Brentwood.
“It was a special win for us,” McPherson said. “Our defense came out strong and that really helped us get off to a good start. But it’s huge to get a ‘W’ going into district play and hopefully we can carry this over to Friday.”
Brentwood (59): Cole Massey 11, Ben Mills 11, Harry Lackey 10, Joey McPherson 10, Jon Franklin Burks 4, Preston Moore 4, John Windley 4, Mason Redner 3, Evan Drennan 2
Independence (29): Preston Garner 8, Jack Sisson 7, Hrishi Salitri 3, Noah Crook 2, Noah Morison 2, Zach Melton 2, Connor Rudolph 2, Graham Ries 2, Justin Miles 1


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15 March 2008: Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse midfielder Zack Greer (25) and attackman Max Quinzani (8) in a 19-9 win over the North Carolina Tar Heels at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, NC...Greer moved to the top of the all-time goals scored list at Duke during this game.
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Stablecoin USDC is breaking the greenback peg after the corporate introduced it has $3.Three billion in SVB publicity
Silicon Valley Bank logo at a location in San Francisco, California, USA on March 10, 2023.
Staff | Reuters
U.S. cryptocurrency firm Circle’s USD coin shed its dollar peg, falling to a record low on Saturday morning after the company announced it pegged nearly 8% of its $40 billion in reserves at collapsed lender Silicon Valley Bank.
USDC is known as a stablecoin, meaning that the value of the virtual currency is said to be pegged to a reference currency. USDC is set to trade at $1 but fell below 87 cents on Saturday, according to data from CoinDesk.
Regulators shut down the SVB on Friday and confiscated its deposits in what has become the biggest US bank meltdown since the 2008 financial crisis. The company’s spectacular implosion began late Wednesday when it surprised investors with the news that it had to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly respected bank that had grown with its technology clients.
In a tweet on Friday, Circle said it has $3.3 billion in reserves left at SVB. The company called for the bank’s continuity and said it will follow the guidance of regulators.
The cryptocurrency industry is still picking up pieces after the sudden collapse of FTX last year, and USDC’s break with the dollar could portend further troubles. Like banks, stablecoins are vulnerable to runs.
According to a California regulatory filing, SVB customers had withdrawn a staggering $42 billion in deposits by the end of Thursday. As of close of business that day, SVB had a negative cash balance of $958 million, according to the filing, and failed to raise sufficient collateral from other sources.
If USDC holders get scared or worry that there is not enough money in reserve, they could also sell or exchange their coins.
Circle did not immediately respond to requests for comment.


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A group of current and former executives at pioneering hedge fund Renaissance Technologies have agreed to pay up to $7 billion in back taxes, interest, and penalties, the company told investors Thursday. The settlement ends a long dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over how some Renaissance funds booked short-term gains for tax purposes. It is one of the biggest tax settlement in U.S. history, if not the largest, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Among those paying the IRS are Renaissance founder James Simons, a mathematician and former code-breaker who used algorithms to find and exploit lucrative short-term patterns in financial markets, and former co-CEO Robert Mercer. Simons will make an additional "settlement payment" of $670 million on top of his back taxes. The settlement covers tax payments from the firm's hugely successful Medallion fund between 2005 and 2015, when the IRS changed its reporting rules. Because Medallion only invests the money of employees, their families, and select friends, outside investors aren't involved in the settlement, the Journal says.
Mercer and Simons are both political mega-donors, but with vastly different political leanings. Simons, 83, was one of Hillary Clinton's largest donors in 2016, supported President Biden in 2020, and gave millions to help Democrats win control of Congress. Mercer, 75, was Donald Trump's largest financial backer in 2016, has close ties with Stephen Bannon, and invested millions in Breitbart News and Cambridge Analytica, the consulting firm embroiled in scandal for harvesting Facebook data to aid Trump's campaign.
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The type of tax scheme used by Renaissance caught the attention of Congress, which helped push the IRS to change how hedge funds pay taxes on short-term gains. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who died over the summer, led a 2014 hearing focused on Renaissance's tax strategy. "I wish Sen. Levin were here, seven years after he first exposed its outrageous tax scam, to see RenTec finally held accountable," said Elise Bean, a former aide to the senator. "It's good to see that, despite a yearslong, knock-down, bare-knuckles battle, the IRS prevailed in compelling at least one set of billionaires to pay the taxes they owe."
The settlement shows what the IRS could do with more enforcement staff and funding, Steve Rosenthal at the Tax Policy Center tells the Journal. "The IRS is so resource-constrained that they often can't pursue difficult matters. But here they hung tight and they were vindicated."
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Infrared Sunset, doesn't look nice though
HDR Sunset, hmmm the sun missing
Shot this along the way out. No monkeys from me, got birds .
Colour Infrared is very nice sia!
looks as if shot during winter but w/o a frozen lake.
Yes, it creates very nice effects especially for landscape shots .Originally Posted by syc77
Currently, I'm still practicing doing IR portraits on models (using an unmodded camera), which some people, don't like the effects.
There's some examples in my album in my signature .
yilishengxian, picture H - the coloured infra is simply stunning! How do you do that? I'm keen to take up IR.
The coloured one is post processing in photoshop and using the correct white balance is easier for the post process.Originally Posted by jonzilla
There's alot of info that you can refer to in the IR usergroup forum, maybe you can pay it a visit and experiment with various colours.
I got more examples on a model here:
Thanks for that! Much appreciated. Will go and read up more about it. Once again, excellent pictures.Originally Posted by yilishengxian
Also note that ur 30D might need a longer exposure .Originally Posted by jonzilla
Yilishengxian...really nice IR fotos...
Many thanks for the advise. It is much appreciated.Originally Posted by yilishengxian
ThanksOriginally Posted by supa4
Pro.....Originally Posted by yilishengxian
Wah......I like it very much lay!!!!! Swee ah!!!Originally Posted by yilishengxian
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Lovely... Good shot to a newbie like me... Like shot in Japan during winter/spring...Originally Posted by yilishengxian
That is newbie picture .Originally Posted by westwest1
Lots of it in the IR usergroup forum lehOriginally Posted by SLCC
I'm also a newbie leh ... You can buy a filter and try it too .Originally Posted by Weigang
I also saw some pretty nice fireworks shots in your website bro. Keep it up. I can see you can go far...
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Berlin: Editions Ukrainske Slowo, 1923.
First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 15 pp text (Introduction), with b/w author photo, one color plate, and 37 b/w illustrations of Archipenko's work. 9.25 x 12.25 inches, in original cloth boards with titles in black on gold bands. No dust jacket. Mild toning to exterior, contents clean, binding tight. All text in French. Archipenko (1887-1964) was a Ukrainian-born American avant-garde artist, sculptor, and graphic artist.


The Obama Admin. has been pulling stunts like this since 2009… He really doesn’t care about North Carolina children one little bit.
“To use our children and their educational futures as pawns to advance an agenda that will ultimately open those same children up to exploitation at the hands of sexual predators is by far, the sickest example of the depths the Obama Administration will stoop to ‘fundamentally transform our nation.”
Giving no indication of yielding to pressure, North Carolina’s Republican leaders called a federal warning about the legality of the state’s new law limiting LGBT anti-discrimination rules a broad overreach by the government.
Gov. Pat McCrory and top state legislators were determining what steps to take after the U.S. Justice Department said in a letter Wednesday that the state law violated federal civil rights laws and threatened possible litigation.
“This is no longer just a North Carolina issue, because this conclusion by the Department of Justice impacts every state,” McCrory said.
The North Carolina law, which requires transgender people to use public bathrooms that conform to the sex on their birth certificate, has been broadly condemned by gay-rights groups, businesses and entertainers, some of whom have relocated offices or canceled shows in the state. Several other states have proposed similar laws limiting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender protections in recent months.
“I thought it was a very common-sense rule, but the federal government is now saying those are discriminatory practices,” McCrory said during a Wednesday evening forum with the state’s chamber of commerce in Raleigh. More


Reopening of a 30-year Federal bond 2021 (2052)
Press release of Bundesbank & Finanzagentur
1 March 2022
Today, the Federal Government has again reopened a 30-year Federal bond, this time via syndicate. The Federal bond has a coupon of 0.00 % and will mature on 15 August 2052. The issuance volume of the reopening was € 4 billion and the allotment was made at a re-offer price of 90.733 %. The total volume of the Federal bond is now € 13 billion.
The placement of the Federal bond with national and international investors was carried out by a syndicate of banks including BNP Paribas, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE and J.P. Morgan.
Deviating from Article 1 sentence 1 (Placing) of the issuance terms and conditions of 21 December 2012 (the "Issuance Terms and Conditions"), the Federal bond will not be issued by the "Auction Process", but through the syndicate in the "Syndication Process". The conditions of the Federal bond and such deviation from the Issuance Terms and Conditions (the "Deviation") were determined in the Syndication Process and are published by Deutsche Bundesbank by this press release. The fixed conditions and the Deviation are part of the Issuance Terms and Conditions of the Federal bond.
Characteristics of the 30-year Federal bond
Issuer: Federal Republic of Germany
Previous issuance volume: € 9 billion
Maturity: 15 August 2052
Coupon: 0 %
Start of interest rate period: 15 August 2021
Interest payment dates: 15 August annually
First interest payment date: 15 August 2022
Details of the reopening via syndicate
Issuance volume: € 4 billion (no retention quote)
Pricing: 1 March 2022
Settlement: 8 March 2022
Reoffer price: 90.733 %
Reoffer yield: 0.320 %
The separation of principal and interest payments and their separate trading (“stripping”) is not possible.


September 12, 2019
September 12, 2019
Since 2013, the Federal Reserve has released an annual survey on family economic wellbeing that, among other things, asks respondents whether they could cover a $400 emergency expense. The latest survey released in May revealed that nearly 40 percent of people say they either couldn’t or would struggle to pay.
In the weeks following, conservative thinkers attempted to undermine this truth, arguing that the survey results aren’t so bad because most of those four in 10 conceded that they could rack up credit card debt or borrow via a personal loan, family or friends to fund an emergency. The 12 percent of people who flat out couldn’t pay for an emergency are an inconsequential few, these “think” pieces dismissively argued. Amplifying these ideological beliefs via news outlets intends to set a low bar for how the vast majority of us perceive poverty or financial hardship by equating having a few material comforts or access to consumer debt with relative economic security.
In the same spirit, op-eds in prominent publications this week distorted newly released Census data on poverty, income and health insurance coverage to challenge the prevailing (and correct) narrative that economic inequality is a challenge in the United States. One particularly misleading op-ed arrogantly argued, “Poverty is best viewed as an absolute phenomenon, not a relative one. Your quality of life is not harmed at all by someone else’s great wealth, as their wealth was almost certainly not gathered at your expense.”
Maintaining the myth that this nation is an absolute meritocracy and that low-income people don’t have it so bad and simply need to work harder if they want to share in economic prosperity is necessary to keep the status quo. If a broad swath of the public ascribes to a belief system that sets an extremely low bar for economic success (e.g. you’re not homeless and you ate today, so you’re fine), then it will be easier for special interests and their political allies who seek to dismantle or weaken poverty-alleviating programs while continuing to cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy to be successful in their mission.
The political class is aware the aforementioned is a deeply unpopular agenda, which is precisely why proposals to cut spending on safety net programs are often shrouded in euphemistic language about economic prosperity. In its first year, the Trump Administration released an FY2018 budget proposal (A New Foundation for American Greatness) that called for deep cuts to spending on discretionary programs. Then, in July 2018, it declared the five-decade war on poverty is over and “largely a success,” to justify its desire to slash spending on programs it deems “welfare” by imposing strict, often unrealistic work requirements. And in its most sinister move of all, the White House three months ago issued a proposed regulation that would slow the rate at which the federal poverty threshold increases, eventually resulting in millions fewer being eligible for means-tested programs (eligibility determined based on a poverty-based formula). The proposed regulation would move the goalposts to assure an illusory poverty-reduction win but do nothing to help more families move out of poverty.
The White House already proved its cynical intentions by weakening the Affordable Care Act, which vastly improved health insurance coverage. The 2017 Trump-GOP tax law repealed the individual mandate for health insurance coverage, and in 2018, it had its intended result. While that change did not go into effect until this year, publicity around that change (as well as the administration’s decision to reduce funding for enrollment assistance) is widely believed to have contributed to the drop in coverage.
None of this is consistent with a sincere desire to improve family wellbeing. A closer look at the 2018 Census poverty and income data reveals why this is the wrong agenda for the nation’s families.
From 2017 to 2018, the percent of people living in poverty declined for the fourth consecutive year and is now lower than it was in 2007, just before the Great Recession. Data reveal 11.8 percent of the U.S. population, or 38.1 million people, fall below the official federal poverty threshold. Key federal programs lift millions out of poverty each year. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) lifted 3.1 million people out of poverty in 2018. Rental assistance helped 3 million people move out of poverty. Refundable tax credits are highly effective government programs, lifting 7.9 million people out of poverty in 2018.
The overall decline in poverty certainly is positive news but doesn’t justify an assault on programs that boost family economic security. “Mission accomplished” or the war on poverty is “largely a success” only if the nation sets an extremely low bar for what widespread economic opportunity should look like. A broader examination of Census income data shows that nearly one in three (28.9 percent) are poor or low-income (200 percent or less of the federal poverty level).
Our elected officials should pause and check the pulse of the nation. The public is aware of the great income divide and likely isn’t keen on an agenda that would use sleight of hand to “reduce” poverty and spend less on domestic programs—particularly when that agenda is in tandem with using the tax code to further boost income for the wealthy.
A decrease in poverty is the very least we can expect from an economy that has entered its 11th year of recovery. To be clear, programs that help families put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads continue to play a substantial role in that achievement. Slashing spending on programs that help poor and moderate-income families—who, frankly, still haven’t benefited as much from economic growth as those families at the top—would mean even less economic security for families who already struggle to pay a $400 emergency expense.


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$1.5 Million Settlement in Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case for Failure to Diagnose Bacterial Endocarditis
The patient began feeling flu-like symptoms after undergoing four hours of periodontal surgery. A few days later she experienced numbness and clumsiness on her left side, indicating some type of neurological event. She presented at the office of her family medical group and saw an internist who contacted a consulting neurologist by phone. The neurologist was told about the four hours of oral surgery and suggested that the patient might have experienced an arterial dissection, which is also known as a "beauty parlor stroke" because in rare cases it can be brought on by the neck being in an unusual position for an extended period.
The patient was immediately sent to the emergency room. Within hours of her admission, bilateral stroke was diagnosed and arterial dissection was eliminated as a possible cause. At the hospital, she was attended to by two cardiologists, a neurologist, an internist, and an emergency medicine specialist, All of the doctors knew that she had recently undergone extensive dental work and that dental work can cause endocarditis in patients with pre-existing heart valve issues. Nevertheless, no diagnosis was made over the next seven days and no antibiotics were administered. As a result, the patient suffered several massive strokes and subsequently died.
The case was filed and litigated in New York State Supreme Court, Nassau County.

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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Written by William Joyce
Illustrated by William Joyce and Joe Bluhm
Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2012
From the library
The story: Morris Lessmore is a man who loves books. When a freak storm blows him and all of the words in his book away, he sets off to be reunited with the words he loves so much. A chance encounter with a woman flying by book will change his life forever.
Mama opines: David and I both adore this book. We've been reading it every day since we got it from the library. The story, the language, and the beautiful illustrations will completely captivate anyone who understands really loving a story. It will make you and your little one laugh and cry, because it's one of those books that appeals to children on one level and adults on a whole different one. When you finish reading it, you can watch the Academy Award winning short that it inspired here.
Thoughts from David:I love it because the title is Morris Lessmore.Favorite part: The whole thing except when I cried.
David is having a great time attending Vacation Bible School this week. His mama is enjoying the quiet mornings! Happy reading, friends.


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Pieces of furniture were included in burials until the end of the New Kingdom. Such objects are often seen as an attempt on the part of the Egyptians to take their material possessions with them. As has been stressed elsewhere, however, these goods did not necessarily reflect the needs of the deceased. The gesture of including precious or even practical objects may have been an attempt to please or appease the dead. This stool is virtually identical in size and construction to two of the four stools found in the tomb of Tutankhamun and is also paralleled by a number of other stools from private tombs of Dynasty XVIII.
- Medium: Wood
- Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt
- Dates: ca. 1539-1295 B.C.E.
- Dynasty: XVIII Dynasty
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 10 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (24.4 x 26.7 x 23.2 cm) (show scale)
- Collections:Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Museum Location: This item is not on view
- Accession Number: 37.45E
- Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Stool, ca. 1539-1295 B.C.E. Wood, 9 5/8 x 10 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (24.4 x 26.7 x 23.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.45E. Creative Commons-BY
- Record Completeness: Best (80%)