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I grew up in the Hutt Valley with children whose surnames, and often Christian names were so obviously European and therefore foreign, with facial features ever so slightly different from my bog-standard British-derived features, many also musical and artistic. And yet in many ways they were the same as the rest of us Lower Hutt school children.
In later years, I discovered that one or both of the parents of these children came to the Valley after the war, either as children themselves or young adults – Polish, Jewish, Dutch, Yugoslav. I never knew as a child the stories of these families, and really why would I? I never questioned the back story but there was always a curiosity about my fellow classmates. These children would now be around the same age as the author of this novel – early 60s/mid-late 50s – and a good number of them would probably fall into the category of Second Generation Survivors – children born to people who survived the horrors of the Holocaust. It is hard to imagine your entire family wiped out because someone didn’t like what they were, hard to imagine having no grandparents, uncles, aunts because they simply are no more, hard to imagine what it must be like to hear your parent waking in the night from a terrible nightmare. Thank goodness for writers like Kirsten Warner, who through storytelling, can give us some sort of idea.
This novel is not strictly about the Holocaust or about what happened to those taken away to the camps. It is a frame of reference around which this story has been created, and unsurprisingly the make up, the personality, the essence of the central character, Christel, whose Jewish father was a refugee and survivor of the camps. Much like the author’s father, making the author herself a Second Generation. It has been shown that the children of survivors of extreme trauma have that trauma stamped in their own DNA, passed on by their parent(s), making them behave in ways that to someone without such DNA changes may well find difficult to understand, to empathise with, even live with. Aside from survivor’s guilt, Christel also grows up in fear – that one day in Auckland suburbia, the door will be bashed down and the whole family carted away to who knows where; that there are bad people all around her; that there may come a time when there is not enough food. It is against this background that Christel has grown up.
The novel is set primarily in 1990s Auckland, with a regular return to her childhood in 1970s Parnell. She is now married to Ted, has two very young children, and is a producer for a reality TV programme, which is similar to Fair Go or Target. She is also involved in a women’s protest group called Women Against Surplus Plastic (WASP). Hardly surprising that she is very stressed, so stressed that she is really at breaking point. While trying to balance all these high demands, it seems that she is losing her mind. Her imagination begins to work overtime, conjuring up a variety of ways to deal with the stresses in her life – this is so cleverly done, that at times I was sort of caught between what was real and what (patently) wasn’t. She had her own encounters with trauma as a teenager, long buried, and now in her increasingly fragile mental state, her imagination, her coping strategies and the reappearance of a long forgotten person are threatening to bring everything crashing down.
But she is not the child of a Holocaust survivor for nothing! This is also a funny book – always look on the bright side as Eric Idle says. And Christel has a great sense of humour – her boss is the Fat Controller; the women in her WASP group are Rock Star, Celebrity Yoga Teacher, Madonna. There is Car Couple, Karate Man, Artist; her alter ego the Big C; and Milk Bottle Man. For anyone who has grown up in Auckland, or spent long periods living/working in the inner city area, the setting will be very familiar, and no doubt bring about long periods of contemplative nostalgia. From the Parnell Baths, to Cox’s Bay, to the inner city, Remuera Road, Mt Hobson, Newmarket, Parnell.
This is a somewhat exhausting read, with so much going on, such intensity, continuous moving between Christel’s present and her childhood, examining the complicated relationship between her parents, coming to terms with her father’s and hence her own past. But it is also satisfying, clever and rich in its writing, particularly its characters, its unusual and unexpected conclusion. I hope that through writing this novel, Kirsten Warner also got some peace and personal resolution in her own life story as the child of a Holocaust survivor.
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The Sound of Breaking Glass
by Kirsten Warner
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The new year will bring changes to the way in which British farmers qualify for grants and payments, leading to calls for many to check that they are still financially viable during this turbulent period of transition.
Before the outcome of Brexit, the EU system of payments meant that farmers were paid based on the amount of land that they farmed, with this scheme finishing when the post-Brexit transition period ends on 1st January 2021. The new Environmental Land Management (ELM) system will pay farmers for helping the environment, using initiatives like flood prevention, planting woods and helping wildlife.
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In England, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have set out a roadmap of how the transition will take place. Changes have meant that the payments based on the amount of land a farmer owns will be phased out, to be replaced with the new ELM system.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the body responsible for announcing the government’s plan for the transition, have significantly stated that direct payments will be reduced over the next four years for English farmers, starting from 1st January 2021. These reductions will continue until they are eventually removed completely in 2027.
In Scotland, new regulations will also come into force from the New Year’s Day. However, the degree of such change is unclear. The change in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) from the UK Conservative Government in Westminster has led to opposition from the SNP Scottish Government in Westminster, who claim that such changes will bring losses of £170 million per year to Scotland’s rural budget.
In what seem very uncertain times for Scottish farmers, with differing views from opposing directions, what appears certain is the fact that the next couple of years, at least, are likely to bring significant financial change for farmers across Scotland and the rest of the UK.
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The reality for current farmers is that they need to make sure that they not only understand that change is necessary, but make sure that they are financially sustainable for the following years of transition.
Key questions farmers need to ask themselves are, in light of these changes: Do you know your own profit margins? Are you sustainable enough to continue during the years of transition with a reduced, or even without, the old Common Agricultural Policy available to you pre-Brexit? And perhaps looking toward the future – Are there other environmental grant schemes that you could benefit from in the years to come?
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Dawson's Committee is doing a major study of Canada's public broadcaster.
That study is on summer hiatus, but will continue in September.
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All You Need To Know Going Into Trade On September 23
Asian markets continue to retreat as investors mulled remarks from officials of Federal Reserve officials, that pointed to a slower economic recovery.
The U.S. Dollar has extended its rebound, as it pushed past a key technical resistance.
The Singapore-traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of the Nifty 50 Index’s performance in India, was little changed at 11,157 as of 7:05 a.m.
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Let's take a look at the factors that may influence equities in today's session:
- Markets in Japan are declining after traders returned post a two-day holiday. Markets in South Korea too are trading lower while those in Australia are bucking the trend.
- Futures on the Dow Jones traded higher by 50 points currently. The index ended 0.5% higher on Tuesday.
- Global equities are on track to post their first monthly decline since March, owing to the absence of another U.S. fiscal stimulus package and a rise in Covid-19 cases.
- U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new restructions that are likely to last six months and told people to work from home, if possible.
- “We are most likely to see this continued high volatility until the U.S. election in November," Erin Gibbs of Gibbs Wealth Management said on Bloomberg TV.
- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appears before the house select subcommittee on Covid-19, to discuss the central bank's response.
- Yield on the 10-year treasuries stood at 0.67%.
- West Texas Intermediate crude traded at $39.6 per barrel while Gold was little changed at $1,902.7/Oz.
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Stocks To Watch
- Reliance Industries: KKR to invest Rs 5,550 crore in Reliance Retail Ventures. The investment values Reliance Retail at a pre-money equity value of Rs 4.21 lakh crore. KKR's investment will translate into a 1.28% equity stake on a fully diluted basis. KKR had earlier invested Rs 11,367 crore in Jio Platforms.
- Tata Group Stocks: Tata Group Stocks: Shapoorji Pallonji Group in a statement said that a separation from the Tata Group is necessary due to the potential impact of the continuing litigations on the livelihoods and the economy. The statement comes after the Supreme Court barred the Mistry group from pledging or selling any Tata shares until October 28. Also in focus will be the two SP Group companies - Sterling & Wilson Solar and Forbes & Company.
- Vedanta: Vedanta Resources avails loan facility of $1.75 billion from lenders like JPMorgan Chase, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Bank. Four promoter entities have created a combined share pledge of 186.3 crore shares or 50.13% of total equity as per the agreement on September 18. The funds raised, pursuant to the issue of bonds, via Vedanta Holdings Mauritius, will be utilised towards funding the proposed de-listing of the company's shares from the bourses, as per SEBI regulations. Promoters held 50.14% stake in the company as per the recent shareholding pattern.
- Central Bank of India: Launches QIP issue on Tuesday. Floor price of Rs 16.18 per share is a 5.9% discount to Tuesday's closing price. The lender may offer a discount of not more than 5% on the floor price, as per SEBI guidelines. The panel is scheduled to meet on September 25 to consider the date of closing the QIP and determining its issue price.
- Reliance: Jio introduces postpaid plans, which include subscription to Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney + Hotstar. Family plan, data rollover, in-flight services are also included in the offering. Services begin September 24 in Jio stores along with home delivery.
- Sequent Scientific: Entered into a definitive agreement with Dr Huseyin Aydin for the acquisition of 40% stake from him in Provet for $17.1 million. Provet is among the top three and the largest local company in veterinary medicine market in Turkey. The company already holds a 60% stake in Provet through its Irish arm. The ownership of Sequent Scientific in Provet will rise to 100% post this acquisition. Deal likely to be completed on or before October 31.
- Max Healthcare Institute: Promoter Max Ventures Investment Holdings to undertake open market sale of 1.67 crore shares (1.85%) with face value of Rs 10 per share, in order to achieve minimum public shareholding as per SEBI guidelines. Promoters had 82.24% stake in the company as per the most recent public shareholding pattern.
- HCC: Closed sale of Farakka Raiganj Highways to Cube Highways at an enterprise value of Rs 1,508 crore. The HCC group will receive a total expected pay-out of Rs 603 crore over a period of time.
- Fortis Healthcare: Supreme Court adjourns Fortis Open Offer case to October 14. Lawyer Harish Salve stated that IHH wants to invest in the Fortis Hospital chain and re-brand it.
- Linde India: The company has sought an extension of the 'hold separate arrangement' for the balance tenure of the gas supply agreement up to November 2021 with the Competition Commission of India. This is due to Inox Air Products confirming its inability to acquire the company's Belloxy Divestment Business, the binding term sheet for which was signed in December 2019.
- DHFL: SEBI has restrained certain members of Wadhawan family including Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan from accessing securities markets.
- CARE Ratings, ICRA: SEBI imposes a penalty of Rs 1 crore each in the IL&FS case.
- Future Retail: Defaulted in payment of NCDs interest worth Rs 15.87 crore, which was due on September 21.
- Biocon: Appointed Anupam Jindal as the CFO of the company from September 22. Anupam Jindal is the ex-Group CFO of Sterlite Tech.
- Chemcon Speciality Chemicals: IPO subscribed 12.65 times on Day 2. Institutional subscription at 1.37 times, non-institutional subscription at 3.51 times and retail subscription at 23 times.
- CAMS: IPO subscribed 1.93 times on Day 2. Institutional subscription at 0.83 times, non-institutional subscription at 1.22 times and retail subscription at 2.91 times.
- Angel Broking: IPO subscribed 0.77 times on Day 1. Institutional subscription zero, non-institutional subscription at 0.16 times and retail subscription at 1.46 times.
Nomura On Gujarat Pipavav Ports
- Buy rating maintained
- Price target raised to Rs 105 from Rs 100
- Strong volume outlook from FY22F
- ~6.5% price hike to drive growth in profitability
- Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) linkage and ramp-up in LPG volumes to drive volume growth
- Longer term concession renewal beyond September 2028 is a key catalyst
- Raise FY22/23F EPS estimates by 17% and 19% respectively
- Key Risks: Delay in WDFC Linkage, slower-than-expected recovery in volumes & market share loss
Pledged Share Details
- Laurus Labs: Promoters released pledge of 9.75 lakh shares on September 21.
- Ramkrishna Forgings: Promoters created pledge of 37.5 lakh shares on September 22.
- VA Tech Wabag: Promoter S. Varadarajan revoked pledge of 16.77 lakh shares on September 21.
- Max India: Promoter Max Ventures Investment Holdings released pledge of 34.46 lakh shares on September 18.
(As Reported On September 22)
Who’s Meeting Whom
- Sundram Fasteners: To meet Carnelian Asset Management on September 23.
- Tata Consumer Products: To meet Eastspring Investments, Franklin Templeton and other investors from September 23-24.
- AGM Date: Bharat Forge, Coal India, Den Networks, DLF, Endurance Tech, Entertainment Network, Vedanta, Jindal Steel & Power, Motherson Sumi Systems.
- Fund Raising: Spandana Sphoorthy Financial.
- Record Date For Rights Issue: EIH (Rights at 8:84, at a premium of Rs 63 per share).
- Listing: Fortis IHH.
- Price Band Revision From 10% To 5%: Vikas WSP.
- Move Into Short Term ASM Framework: Kapston Facilities Management, Bafna Pharmaceuticals.
- Move Out Of Short Term ASM Framework: Blue Dart Express, Indiabulls Ventures, Forbes.
- Majesco: Unifi Wealth Management acquired 2.06 lakh shares (0.72%) at Rs 779.05 per share.
- Repco Home Finance: Fidelity Group acquired 4.2 lakh shares (0.67%) at Rs 150.33 per share.
- Max Financial Services: Promoter Max Ventures Investment Holdings sold 20.8 lakh shares (0.77%) at Rs 600.07 per share.
- Surya Roshni: Promoters acquired 93,750 shares between September 17-21.
- Sequent Scientific: Promoter Chayadeep Ventures sold 2.63 lakh shares between September 17-18.
- IIFL Wealth Management: Promoter Karan Bhagat acquired 1 lakh shares on September 22.
(As Reported On September 22)
Money Market Update
- The rupee ended lower at 73.59 against the U.S. Dollar, as compared to Monday’s close of 73.40.


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We report the polarization dependence of the spectrum in modulation transfer spectroscopy for the transitions from the lower ground state (Fg = 1) of 87Rb atoms. We measured the spectra for the two polarization configurations where the carrier and probe beams were linearly polarized in parallel or perpendicular directions. The measured spectra were in excellent agreement with calculated results. The spectra were strongly dependent on the polarization configurations. In particular, the signal for parallel polarization configuration was generated via an incoherent process mediated by spontaneous emission.
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Active stabilization of laser frequency to an atomic resonance line is one of the most important ingredients in high-resolution laser spectroscopy and laser manipulation of atoms. Many spectroscopic methods have been developed, such as saturated absorption spectroscopy (SAS) , polarization spectroscopy , dichroic atomic vapor laser lock (DAVLL) , sub-Doppler DAVLL , frequency modulation spectroscopy , and modulation transfer spectroscopy (MTS) . SAS is commonly used in frequency locking due to its simplicity. Recently, MTS has been used for this purpose due to its ability to provide a robust lock. Of note, the MTS signal is not sensitive to experimental conditions owing to background-free characteristic. In addition, in MTS only the dispersive signal for the cycling transition survives. This is an important feature for the atoms with small frequency spacing of the excited states such as potassium.
Since MTS was first proposed in 1980 , many theoretical and experimental reports have been published [7–12]. Recently, McCarron et al. reported MTS spectra for rubidium atoms . Mudarikwa et al. reported an experimental work on frequency modulation spectroscopy and MTS for K atoms . They observed an enhanced MTS signal when the polarizations of all laser beams were circular. Very recently, Negnevitsky and Turner reported the results for MTS with an acousto-optic modulator . The authors reported MTS for two-level  and real 87Rb atoms, in which a huge dispersive signal for the cycling transition line (Fg = 2 → Fe = 3 of 87Rb atoms) was evident, and compared the results with calculated results . In contrast, a huge signal for the other cycling transition line (Fg = 1 → Fe = 0) was not observed. In the previous paper , we mentioned that this was due to the same linear polarization of the laser fields.
In this paper, we show that the MTS signals for the transitions from the lower ground state (Fg = 1) strongly depend on the polarization configurations. We also show that the MTS signal for the parallel polarization configuration is generated by an incoherent process mediated by spontaneous emission from the excited state in contrast to usual MTS signal due to coherent four-wave mixing process. In section 2, we describe the theory for calculating the MTS spectra for both polarization configurations. Experimental results and discussion are presented in section 3. The final section summarizes the results.
The energy level diagram for the D2 transition line of 87Rb atoms is shown in Fig. 1(a). In this paper we consider the transitions Fg = 1 → Fe = 0, 1, 2. As shown in Fig. 1(b), the schematics of the MTS setup are similar to a typical SAS setup. A difference is that a linearly polarized pump beam is frequency modulated at the frequency of Ω. Therefore, a carrier and two sidebands exist, whose angular frequencies are ω and ω ± Ω, respectively, where ω is the angular frequency of the unmodulated pump beam. The sidebands of higher harmonics are not included in the calculation. The linearly polarized probe beam of frequency ω propagates in an opposite direction with the carrier or the sidebands waves. The polarization of the pump beams (a carrier and two sidebands) was fixed to z direction, whereas that of the probe beam was either along the z or x direction. Therefore, if the probe beam was polarized in the z (x) direction, the setup was in the parallel (perpendicular) polarized configuration. From a nonlinear interaction via an atomic medium, new probe beams modulate at frequencies of ω ± Ω are generated, which then beat with the original probe beam to create the MTS signals. The experimental and calculating methods were previously detailed . Here we explain the method of calculation regarding on the polarization dependence. Figure 1(c) shows the basic energy level diagrams for the parallel and perpendicular polarization configurations. In the figure, c, s, and p denote the carrier, sidebands, and probe beams, respectively. The frequencies of the carrier, sidebands, and probe beams in the rest frame of an atom moving at velocity of v are ω + kv, ω + kv ± Ω, and ω − kv, respectively, where k (= ω/c) is the wave vector. The detuning is given by δ = ω − ω0 where ω0 is the resonant frequency corresponding to the transition Fg = 1 → Fe = 2. The effective detunings of the carrier and the probe beams are given by δ1 = δ + kv and δ2 = δ − kv, respectively. For later purpose, we define δp ≡ δ2 − δ1 = −2kv, which is the frequency difference in the atomic rest frame between the carrier and the probe beams. In the calculation, density matrix elements are calculated as a function of δ1 and δp, and then averaged over the velocity distribution and the various transit times.
Since the electric field direction (z direction) of the pump beams was chosen as a quantization axis, the polarization vector of the probe beam (ε̂p) can be decomposed in the spherical bases as followsEq. (1), x̂, ŷ, and ẑ are the unit vectors for the cartesian coordinates x, y, and z, respectively. In the parallel polarization configuration, b0 = 1 and b± = 0 because ε̂p = ẑ. In contrast, since ε̂p = x̂ = 2−1/2 (ε̂− − ε̂+) in the perpendicular polarization configuration, b±1 = ∓2−1/2 and b0 = 0. In the parallel polarization configuration all the beams are linear and parallel to one another. So, the dipole interactions between the states with Δm = 0 are allowed where Δm is the difference in the magnetic quantum numbers between the magnetic sublevels in the excited and the ground states, when the direction of the electric field is chosen as a quantization axis. In contrast, in the perpendicular polarization configuration, the probe beam excites the transitions with |Δm| = 1, while the carrier and sideband beams excite the transitions with Δm = 0.
As reported in the previous paper , because many oscillation frequencies exist, we have to consider the oscillation frequencies for relevant density matrix elements. In both configurations, the populations have three oscillation frequencies, 0 and ±Ω. Thus, the populations can be written as;
The in-phase (I0) and the quadrature (Q0) components of the detected signal are given by17], and b0,±1 are defined in Eq. (1). In Eq. (3), and ( and ) are the real (imaginary) parts of the optical coherence between the states |i〉 and |j〉 oscillating at the frequencies of −δp − Ω and −δp + Ω, respectively. I0 and Q0 in Eq. (3) are functions of velocity v and time t. The time dependence originates from the fact that the time-dependent differential equations are numerically solved. The velocity dependence results from the definitions of δ1 = δ + kv and δp = −2kv. The in-phase (I) and the quadrature (Q) signals, averaged over a Maxwell-Boltzmann velocity distribution and various transit times, are then given by 18]. Finally, the detected signal is given by
3. Experimental results and discussion
The experimental and calculated results for the parallel polarization configuration are shown in Figs. 2(a) and 2(b), respectively. In the experiment, unwanted strong magnetic field produced by Earth’s magnetic field was reduced down to ∼10 mG by using a three-layer μ-metal sheet. Therefore, the population transfer between Zeeman sublevels performed by the precession of the atomic magnetic moment in an external magnetic field can be negligible compared to the population transfer due to optical pumping. The Rabi frequencies of the carrier, sidebands, and the probe beams are given by Ωc = 0.74Γ, Ωs = 0.39Γ, and Ωp = 0.70Γ, respectively, where Γ (= 2π ×6.065 MHz) is the decay rate of the excited state . The diameter of the laser beams is approximately 2.8 mm and the modulation frequency is Ω = 2π × 3 MHz. From the bottom of each figure, the MTS signals for ϕ = 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, and 180 degrees are shown. The traces for ϕ = 0 and 90 degrees correspond to the in-phase and quadrature components of the signal, respectively. In Fig. 2, the SAS spectra are shown to identify the location of the resonance and crossover signals. In the SAS spectra, Sμ denotes the resonance signal for the transition Fg = 1 → Fe = μ, and COμν represents the crossover signal with the transitions Fg = 1 → Fe = μ and Fe = ν. Comparison of the experimental and calculated results revealed an excellent agreement between the two. As discussed in the previous paper, a large signal for the crossover CO10 is evident . This is discussed in the next section. By measuring the slope of the dispersive signals, we found that the optimum angle for providing the largest slope was ϕ = 150 degree. This information will be useful when the laser lock is performed for the transition from the lower ground state of 87Rb atoms. It should be noted that the optimum angle depends on experimental parameters such as laser intensities and modulation frequency.
The results for the perpendicular polarization configuration are shown in Fig. 3. The schemes are the same as in Fig. 2. We observed good agreement between the experimental and calculated results. In contrast to the results in Fig. 2, the signals for Fg = 1 → Fe = 0 and Fg = 1 → Fe = 1 are large, and the crossover signal CO10 that appeared in Fig. 2 disappeared.
To identify the origin of the signals we decomposed the in-phase MTS signals into three parts corresponding to Fg = 1 → Fe = 2, 1, and 0. The results for parallel and perpendicular polarization configurations are depicted in Figs. 4 and 5, respectively. In Fig. 4, the crossover signal results from both probe components Fg = 1 → Fe = 1 and Fg = 1 → Fe = 0, where the carrier beam (with sidebands) is tuned to Fg = 1 → Fe = 0 and Fg = 1 → Fe = 1, respectively. In Fig. 4, all the signals except for CO10 are very weak. This is because none of the excited transitions are cycling. However, the populations (including the oscillating components) of the ground state (Fg = 1) are not efficiently depleted as depicted in Fig. 4. Figure 4(b) shows the energy level diagrams for the signal CO10 where the thick solid (thin dotted) line denotes the carrier and sidebands (probe) beams. In the case of (ii), since the transition from |Fg = 1, mg = 0〉 to |Fe = 1, me = 0〉 is not allowed, the population in the state |Fg = 1, mg = 0〉 accumulates to a certain amount despite the optical pumping to the other ground state (Fg = 2). Then, the population (accurately speaking, two components oscillating at the frequencies of ±Ω) is detected by the probe beam tuned to Fg = 1 → Fe = 0. In the other case (i), the populations at |Fg = 1, mg = ±1〉 accumulate due to the carrier and sidebands tuned to Fg = 1 → Fe = 0, which is the cycling transition, and then detected by the probe beam tuned to Fg = 1 → Fe = 1. It should be noted that the MTS signal for this crossover signal is not a four-wave mixing process but the wholly incoherent process mediated by spontaneous emission. This is discussed below.
The resonance signal for Fg = 1 → Fe = 2 was weak (Fig. 5). This is because this transition is not a cycling transition line. However, the other two resonance signals for Fg = 1 → Fe = 1 and Fg = 1 → Fe = 0 are strong. As shown in Fig. 5(b) [(i)], in the case of the transition Fg = 1 → Fe = 1, the accumulated population at |Fg = 1, mg = 0〉 is detected by the probe beam. In the case of the transition Fg = 1 → Fe = 0, since this is a cycling transition line, the optically pumped populations at |Fg = 1, mg = ±1〉 are detected by the probe beam as shown in Fig. 5(b) [(ii)]. Figure 5(c) represents why the crossover signal CO10 disappears in contrast to the parallel polarization configuration. In the parallel polarization configuration, the populations at |Fe = 1, me = ±1〉 decay spontaneously to |Fg = 1, mg = 0〉 and the populations at |Fe = 0, me = 0〉 decay spontaneously to |Fg = 1, mg = ±1〉. As shown in Fig. 5(c), the branching ratios for these transitions are and , respectively. Thus, the populations of the excited states can transfer to the other ground states. This is an essential condition required to construct a MTS signal via spontaneous emission. However, this is not the case for the perpendicular polarization configuration; the decay from the state |Fe = 1, me = 0〉 into the state |Fg = 1, mg = 0〉 is not allowed. Since the optical pumping from the excited to the ground state is prohibited, the MTS signal for the crossover CO10 is not seen for the perpendicular polarization configuration.
To account for the role of spontaneous emission in the construction of the MTS signal, we calculate the MTS signal for a simple four-level model as shown in Fig. 6(a). The carrier and sidebands are tuned to the transition between |1〉 and |3〉, while the probe is tuned to the transition between |2〉 and |4〉. As shown in Fig. 6(b), we define the branching ratios, b1 and b2. In Fig. 6(b), we show the MTS spectra for several combinations of b1 and b2. In Fig. 6(b), we see that when either b1 = 1 or b2 = 1, the MTS signal vanishes. We observe also that the signal is largest when b1 = b2 = 0, i.e., when the transferring of the populations of the excited state to the other ground states is maximized. Therefore, we are assured that the transferring of the population of the excited state for one transition line to the ground state for the other transition is an essential condition to construct the MTS signal which is mediated by spontaneous emission. When the phase differs from zero, the lineshapes in Fig. 6(b) will be modified although the overall magnitude does not vary significantly. The detailed study on the effect of phase on the MTS signals for a simple four-level atomic system is currently underway.
We present the MTS spectra for the transitions Fg = 1 → Fe = 0, 1, 2 for 87Rb atoms in two polarization configurations where the linear polarization axis of the carrier beam is either parallel or perpendicular to that of the probe beam. In parallel polarization configuration, the MTS signal for CO10 is prominent, whereas the signals for S1 and S0 are strong for the perpendicular polarization configuration. We investigated the reasons for the presence or absence of the signal for specific transition lines. It is interesting that the strong MTS signal for CO10 in parallel polarization configuration does not originate from a coherent process but from an incoherent process mediated by spontaneous emission. We experimentally observed that the MTS signal for the transitions Fg = 1 → Fe = 0, 1, 2 depended strongly on the intensities of the laser beams. The details of this study will be reported elsewhere.
This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology( 2011-0009886). This work was also supported by the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science under the project ‘Establishment of National Physical Measurement Standards and Improvements of Calibration/Measurement Capability,’ grant 13011001.
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Roth recently returned with the online show and a new episode features a somber song called "Ain't No Christmas." The lyrics and the mood of the song led some to question if he was singing about parting ways with Eddie Van Halen and the band.
One person that saw that possible correlation was Van Halen Rising author Greg Renoff who wrote on his blog, "Roth's vocal performance here is mournful and somber. His lyrics express feelings of bitterness and regret," Renoff wrote. "My take is that the lyrics provide a commentary on Roth's recent months with Van Halen and perhaps a window into the future of Van Halen." He then posed the question "Is Roth singing about a lost love? Or is he speaking about Edward?"
The Van Halen News Desk, the leading online source for news and information about the band, reached out to Roth's management to get to the bottom of the speculation. The frontman's reps told the site, "It's poetry. It has nothing to do with Van Halen." Check out their report, along with the song and the lyricshere.
Frontman Joe Elliott came down with "severe laryngitis" last month, which forced him to sit out part of the band's inaugural Hysteria On The High Seas cruise and postpone shows in Greensboro, NC and Orlando, FL.
The group did manage to perform a January 29 date in Fort Lauderdale, FL before being advised to shut the month-long tour down. "The Doctor basically said that if Joe continues to sing without resting his throat for a month he might do permanent damage," tweeted drummer Rick Allen.
The affected dates ran from a February 2nd show in San Antonio, TX through a February 17 concert in Allentown, PA. Def Leppard will now return to the US to play makeup those dates starting May 4 in Lafayette, LA. See the dateshere.
Their eighth studio release is out on April 8 via Warner Bros Records. And when asked about the one aspect of the record that he's most pleased with, Carpenter says it's the fact he contributed at all.
He tells Ultimate Guitar: "I think my proudest thing about my guitar playing on this record is just playing on the record because I didn't want to play on the record to begin with. It wasn't until later once I actually got into it. I look at all the songs on the record and they were all a challenge for me to get in to.
"When we were coming up with ideas and writing the songs, the stuff that was being written - the other guys' ideas - I wasn't too interested in it. It wasn't the style or the sound I was hoping we would take. It wasn't what I was expecting or wanting. My band is going one direction and I am going another one currently."
Carpenter states he won't quit the outfit but adds: "I would never leave the band that I started but the band started leaving me, I can't control that." Read morehere.
Blackmore will be joined by Lords Of Black singer Ronnie Romero, Stratovarius keyboardist Jens Johansson, Blackmore's Night drummer David Keith and bassist Bob Nouveau when they perform the Best of Rainbow and Deep Purple at the Monsters Of Rock festivals in Loreley, Germany on June 17 and Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany on June 18, as well as a solo headlining date at the Genting Arena in Birmingham, UK on June 25.
"The nostalgia aspect certainly has a role in the upcoming shows," Blackore tells Dutch magazine Aardschok. "Some people will use this project to check if I can still do it, while others will probably see it as an opportunity to see me on a bigger stage once again. I don't want to sound morbid, but I do believe that thoughts like these come with the age that I have. I turned 70 and that has its disadvantages. Having a sore back or stiff fingers on stage is no fun. However, all this comes totally from myself."
"There were moments, a few years ago, when I thought of how much fun it would be to play some of the old songs again," he continues. "However, the longer I thought about it the less appealing it all became. It was not until I found out about Ronnie [Romero] that the whole idea came back again and when I started realizing the idea. He has a great voice and his fresh input is what gave me the final push. I am quite demanding when it comes to singers, but with Ronnie is absolutely feels good. This guy has a great future in the scene. He sounds like a perfect fit for this job because he has a voice that reminds of Ronnie James Dio but is versatile enough to also handle the Ian Gillan songs well."
"The setlist will be Rainbow songs for about 70 percent, including 'Stargazer', because apparently that's a song everybody wants to hear," explains Blackmore. "About 30 percent will be Deep Purple songs. We will focus on the best-known songs. The Dio era will be a central part of the show, but we will also play songs from the Joe Lynn Turner and Graham Bonnet periods. As far as Purple is concerned; we will play the Gillan era but will also play something from the David Coverdale period." Read morehere.
"I was a little apprehensive about showing the band this song, because it wasn't like the other songs that we were writing," drummer Charlie Benante tells Yahoo! Music. "I was going for more of a really good riffing song and then the chorus was very melodic. It reminded me of Zeppelin."
Bassist Frank Bello contributed the melody for the song's chorus, which inspired guitarist Scott Ian. "Frank had this 'Do the right thing' line that he had inserted in there while he was singing mumbo-jumbo parts for the melody," explains Ian. "It stuck in my head, and the whole thing coalesced into this idea of getting to a point in your life where you're committing to what you want to do in life even if it's the hardest path you're ever going to take.
"It all comes from me, because when I made the commitment to be in this band, I certainly wasn't taking the easy path. So 'Breathing Lightning' is about pushing forward and not letting anything stand in your way." Check out the songhere.
Araya tells Full Metal Jackie: "Kerry has a different style of writing to Jeff. Kerry's very chaotic - fact, in-your-face stuff. He writes good songs, but I was thinking, 'How is this going to sound?'
"On previous records, Kerry would say, 'This is how I want it done,' and that's how he expects it. Jeff would give you feedback. That's what I like, having someone give me feedback. So that was my concern: how everything was going to sound compared to a record that would have Jeff there."
Araya concluded that he'd have to change his approach to recording, and found an ally in producer Terry Date. Read about thathere.
The band were honored in the "Best Hard Rock/Metal Album" category at the event held at Cirkus in Stockholm, ahead of projects by Backyard Babies ("Four By Four"), Graveyard ("Innocence & Decadence"), Refused ("Freedom") and Tribulation ("Children Of The Night").
The Grammis win comes on the heels of the group picking up their first Grammy Award in the Best Metal performance category for "Cirice", the lead single from "Meliora", last week in Los Angeles.
Ghost are currently playing shows across Europe and will begin a spring tour of the US in Montclair, NJ on April 13. Check out video from the eventhere.
The double concept album is the Detroit band's first material since 2008's Fly Paper. Shelter In Place is the second track on the album and features a guitar riff that "changes perspectives as flurries of drums and shifting bass rhythms propel the song from tense claustrophobic verses to spacious and melodic choruses."
Guitarist Chris Herin previously revealed the Detroit outfit hadn't initially planned a double album but with ideas coming thick and fast, they decided the material couldn't be contained on a single disc.
He added: "So here we are with an elaborate concept album that follows in the best of prog traditions. Each disc plays like one long song. To help deliver to the full potential, we've enlisted a string quartet, a 25-piece orchestra and a host of special guests."
Those guests include Mike Portnoy, Ian Anderson, keyboardist Adam Holzman from the Steven Wilson Band, jazz guitarist Mike Stern and Max Webster's vocalist Kim Mitchell. Watch the new videohere.
Rage's Peavy Wagner had the following to say, "Here comes RAGE's hardest record in years! The title says it all and we have captured the band's unique spirit of our classic works. The cover reflects the music - hard and straight!"
We were sent the following details about the release: The album was recorded in September/October 2015 at Megafon Studios (Burscheid, Germany) and at Soundchaser Studios (Zandhoven, Belgium). The production was handled by Marcos Rodriguez and Peavy Wagner, whilst Dan Swanö (Marduk, Opeth, Dissection, Katatonia) took care of the mixing and mastering at Unisound Studios (Grefrath, Germany). The stunning cover artwork was created by Karim König.
It will be available as a 3CD Digi (limited to 1,000 copies), 2CD Digi, and 2LP (black, white). All editions contain six bonus tracks (incl. three cover versions of Rush, Skid Row, and Y&T). The 3CD Digi also features a bonus live CD from their latest European tour with Helloween and C.O.P. UK.See the tracklisting here.
His hair was shaved by Dan Brenndorfer at Toronto's Town Barber. And the band thanked him for "making Liam look so damn handsome."
Cancer Bats say on Facebook: "Scrappy the skinhead lived up to his word. All those mangy locks got washed and chopped off to donate to kids going through chemotherapy. Big thanks to everyone who donated to the cause. Thanks to @townbarber and @kiwixdan for making Liam look so damn handsome." Read more and see photoshere.
The band says in the announcement, "It was with a heavy heart, that Harald decided on a short notice, to give up the music for personal and health reasons, to spend more time with his family and children."
The video-shoot for Crematory's "Misunderstood" a wrap. The digital single and the video will be released in the beginning of March and the track comes from their forthcoming album "Monument".
The new album "Monument" is scheduled for global release on SPV/Steamhammer on April 15, 2016 as digi / 2LP / download and will mark an unmistakable return to their metallic roots.
Foo Fighters mainman Dave Grohl, who featured the iconic studio in the band's HBO travelogue Sonic Highways, helped fund owner Steve Rosenthal's failed bid to buy the Crosby Street property. Rosenthal, who founded the studio in 1988, has blamed rocketing real-estate prices in the city for the closure.
He thanks his clients, his family and friends, adding: "I get that New York City is always changing and adapting like the living city it is. Maybe what I believe in is no longer of value, but it was for us and we lived it." Read morehere.
Label founder Tom Smaga has been working on the album and plans to "provide the most memorable listening experience possible using today's technology."
Thordendal composed, arranged, and produced the album. He also recorded all guitars and vocals, played keyboards and most of the basslines. He was joined in the studio by Mats Oberg, Kantor Magnus Larsson, Marcus Persson, Jennie Thordendal, and Meshuggah drummer Thomas Haake. Read morehere.
The footage accompanying the studio track was taken from Mitchell's recent Lonely Robot show at London's Scala, an event which also featured former Touchstone singer Kim Seviour.
Mitchell says: "I've always had a lot of respect for Phil Collins and been a big fan. Take Me Home is an epic track and shows what a great songwriter Phil is. We played it live as an encore and it went down a storm.
"We actually hadn't planned to do a video for any of the tracks on The Nostalgia Factory and we hadn't planned to video the Scala show.
"However my good friend Nick McNamara dressed up as an astronaut and wandered around with a video camera. The footage was actually quite good so we thought we ought to use it and passed it over to Lee who did a great edit." Watch the new videohere.
He says: "We are very pleased to announce that Arjen Lucassen will be making a special guest appearance on the forthcoming album The Antechamber Of Being Part 2.
"Simone Rossetti once again takes the lead role as The Dreamer, with Bekah Comrie, Phil Allen and myself again playing the other characters in this epic second part of this lucid dreaming themed trilogy. More news coming soon." Read morehere.
Vocalist and guitarist Colin Newman says: "The Wire album was quite respectful of the band and Nocturnal Koreans is less respectful. More accurately, it's the band being less respectful to itself - in that it's more created in the studio rather than recorded as the band played it, which was mostly the case with Wire. A general rule for this record was, any trickery is fair game, if it makes it sound better."
They've made the title track available to stream - and guitarist Matthew Simms reports it's his favorite on Nocturnal Koreans. He adds: "It's a great snapshot of touring America, and when I hear or play that song it reminds me of the many weird and wonderful times, places and people that cross your path." Stream the songhere.
The band say of the promo: "The video footage was shot during one of our recent performances in Dubai, and also features a variety of abstract visuals that we shot ourselves.
"It's a fitting introduction to our band for audiences across the UK that have not had a chance to catch one of our shows yet, because it really captures our live energy.
"The chance to connect with concert goers is one of our favourite parts of making music, and we definitely can't wait to see everyone in March." Watch the videohere.
It was July 25th in Tulsa, Oklahoma when 'Until Death Conquers' began to take shape. We were performing at a music festival called Center of the Universe. It was in our hotel room, when we were toying around with different synth sounds and this beautiful e-bow part Mauricio had been working on when the sounds just captured everyone in the room. We hadn't known it just yet but this was the beginning of Until Death Conquers.
When we returned home from Oklahoma, we got together to write. I was personally envisioning big drums and ambient sounds. I came up with a vocal melody I really liked over a chord progression the band put together. When we got to the chorus, Mauricio began strumming away with this beautiful delayed lead and it just felt really aggressive but at the same time beautiful. I had some lyrical lines here and there for the song but nothing set in stone.
The night before we recorded, I stayed up all night until the sun came up working on the lyrics to the song. I was delirious but certain that I had the right lyrics for the song. The right message. When I went into the studio, I didn't show anyone the lyrics. I just went in and I sang them. When I was done, everyone just nodded like ''okay, this can be it''. The next step was figuring out what we should call it. We all went line by line trying to title the song. I finally just said ''Until Death Conquers". We debated on whether or not it was too 'metal' of a song title for it but it perfectly summarized what the song was about. So we kept it.
Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself here and learn more about the albumright here!
We were sent the following details: On personal request from Colbert himself, they also performed their legendary classic "Blister in the Sun" for a web exclusive. Stephen couldn't help himself -- before the song ended, he ran over to the band and joined in to take lead vocals.
The single "Memory" comes from the veteran group's brand new album "We Can Do Anything" which is set to be released on March 4th but fans can an early listen to the entire album starting today, February 25th, beginning at 6:30pm ET via Pandora. Watch the "Blister in the Sun" performancehere.
The summer tour will include 21 shows and is set to kick off at the Lakeview Amphitheatre, Syracuse, on July 9, and wraps up at the Concord Pavilion on August 19.
Disturbed released comeback album Immortalized last year, while Breaking Benjamin mainman Benjamin Burnley resurrected the group in 2014 with a new lineup. They launched Dark Before Dawn last summer.
Earlier this month, Disturbed frontman David Draiman joined Breaking Benjamin on stage at New York's Irving Plaza to perform David Bowie and Queen track Under Pressure. Watch that performance and see the tour dateshere.
Despite knowing about the plan for months, guitarist Ian says that reality only hit him after he watched a video of Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson landing Ed Force One in Florida.
Ian tells TeamRock: "We're actually flying on a Boeing 747 that says Iron Maiden on the side – with Iron Maiden. I finally understand what I've been doing all this time. It's all been leading up to this. I saw Maiden support Priest on the Killers tour in 1981 in New York, and 35 years later I'm flying on a jet with them."
Ian's looking forward to playing in front of 75,000 people in Santiago, Chile, in March, but says seeing Iron Maiden perform will be an amazing experience.
He adds: "I've always wanted to do that as a fan, see Maiden in South America. Ask any band where their best gig is, and they'll say Chile, Argentina or Brazil. It's so insane down there.
"From a fan's point of view, you get to see Maiden in front of those crowds. Even if I wasn't playing the gigs, just to be a fly on the wall on the plane and get to go to the shows would be enough for me. I'm very excited." Read more and stream the full interviewhere.
The album has been remastered from the original analogue tapes, and will include six previously unreleased compositions and five alternative takes of tracks from the 1973 version. The sleeve notes are by Terry Reid himself.
With River recorded over three years, across two continents and with two producers, there are an estimated four albums worth of unreleased material left over from those sessions, and The Other Side Of The River sees some of those tracks available officially for the first time. Musicians on the album include John Lennon's drummer Alan White, Ike Turner's bass player Lee Miles, and Kaleidoscope's David Lindley on violin.
Terry Reid kicks off a tour of the East Coast of the US and the UK in April. See the dates and check out a song from the releasehere.
The tour will span 18 dates and will visit nine countries beginning with the kick off show on May 5th in Weinheim, Germany at Cafe Central and concluding May 21st in Warszawa, Poland at Progresja.
Origin had the following to say about the trek, "Black? Death? Thrash? This tour has something to brutalize any taste and we are bringing it to every squalid corner of your continent! Its been over a year since Origin has graced your shores and our ferocity has only heightened since then. Are you ready to Hail Space??"See the tour date here.
Detroit rocker Kid Rock has been tapped to induct Cheap Trick into the Rock Hall at the induction ceremony. Other presenters at this year's event include Metallica's Lars Ulrich, The Black Keys, Matchbox Twenty vocalist Rob Thomas and rapper Kendrick Lamar.
This year's class of Rock Hall inductees include Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Steve Miller, N.W.A. and Chicago. The 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is set for April 8 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Read morehere.
The original trek was postponed in September of last year after frontman Roger Daltrey came down with viral meningitis and needed time to recover from the illness.
The newly rescheduled tour will include 28 dates and is scheduled to conclude on May 29th in Las Vegas, NV at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
Tal Wilkenfeld will be the supporting act on the first leg of the tour, playing their last date on March 29th Denver. Slydigs will take over the support slot beginning on April 26th when the second leg kicks off in Toronto, ON at the Air Canada Centre.See the tour dates here.
The band issued a promo for the track late last year, with frontman David Draiman saying: "We hope that everyone enjoys the experience of this song and video as much as we have."
Disturbed, who will play at this year's Download festival, will head out on a summer North American tour with Breaking Benjamin, Alter Bridge and Saint Asonia starting in July. Watch the videohere.
Disappearing in Airports Tour is scheduled to get underway on April 1st in Louisville, KY at the Mercury Ballroom and will be concluding on May 7th in Marietta, OH at The Adelphia Music Hall.
Pete RG will be supporting the band on the trek. Candlebox will be appearing at some leading spring music festivals during the trek including Welcome to Rockville on April 30th in Jacksonville, FL and Carolina Rebellion in Charlotte on May 6th.
The band has also released a stream of "Vexatious", which is the first single from the new album. Frontman Kevin Martin had this to say about the track, "'Vexatious' is about the social networking-obsessed, unlimited bragging rights society we live in, where people come off as entitled yet so insecure.
"Whether it's a pop star feuding senselessly with another pop star, or people who can't help but to take 50 different selfies in under a minute missing everything that's happening around them, it's a sad commentary on life that we can't escape. Dating apps, bitching apps, secret sharing apps, apps, apps, apps-they all operate outside of any real or authentic human connection. It's disconnect everywhere and it's destroying us. No one cares what anyone else thinks or feels. It's all 'me, me, me' and, if you ask me, it's f***ing sad."See the tour dates and the new album tracklisting here.
Guitarist Tom Maxwell said of the follow-up to 2014's Blood For Blood: "It's gonna be moody, it's gonna be dark, it's gonna be crushing, it's gonna be heartbreaking, it's gonna be everything. So it's gonna be a proper take-off from our last record, but with a lot of new surprises. It's gonna be a really savage album, and I'm really excited. I can't wait for you all to hear it."
In addition, Maxwell, Chad Gray, Vinnie Paul, Kyle Sanders and Christian Brady have announced a run of US shows entitled the We're All In This Together Tour.
It's scheduled to get underway in Jacksonville on April 30, with support Escape The Fate, New Years Day and From Ashes To New. View a trailer and the new lyric videohere.
Phil Collins' solo career, beginning with his multi-million selling debut album Face Value and its hit single "In The Air Tonight" , further blossomed in 1982 with his second album Hello, I Must Be Going, which delivered Phil his first American # 1 single with the Supremes' cover "You Can't Hurry Love". All of this was happening less than a year after the release of his parent group Genesis' ABACAB album and the debut of MTV 24-hour music television channel in America.
But it is the story behind the album that makes Hello, I Must Be Going even more compelling. Along with all the career success and superstardom, Phil's personal life was a wreck with the breakup of his first marriage. Phil reveals his state of mind, during this pivotal time in both his professional and personal life, to InTheStudio host Redbeard.
Collins had this to say, "Face Value was written when I was splitting up from my first wife and very autobiographical. So I was kind of anxious to think, 'Well, what am I going to write about?' But you go through different stages when you've gone through something like that in your personal life, and you start to get a little bit angry and bitter about it, because you're getting letters from lawyers and stuff. So I wrote Hello, I Must Be Going in that frame of mind." Stream the episodehere.
Pearls features two discs of selections spanning Bonfire's 14 studio and 6 live releases - one set of newly-recorded classics and one set of favorites performed with the Italian Symphony-Ensemble orchestra.
The new release will be the veteran band's very first double album since their formation in 1986. Bonfire's lineup includes founder Hans Ziller along with David Reece (vocals, ex- Accept), Frank Pané (lead guitar), Ronnie Parkes (bass and vocals) and Tim Breideband (drums).See the tracklisting here.
They will be joined by Chevy Metal (featuring Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters), Face To Face, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Tony Joe White, Colt Ford, Paul Cauthen, and more.
"Music is so much more than what you call it, what you brand it," says event headliner Gilbert. "I love the idea of putting together a line-up across genre lines, but just having a common ground in the intensity of how they play and how real their music is. You look at these people, and you know they mean it. It's cool to be part of bringing this line-up together."
This year's festival will be taking place on Saturday, July 23rd at San Manuel Amphitheater & Festival Grounds in San Bernardino, CA. Find more detailshere.
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What is Backend Development?
Backend development is a type of programming that involves writing code for the logic of an application. This code interacts directly with the databases and APIs to provide the data that powers the application. It is responsible for ensuring that the application functions as designed.
The Popularity of Java Script
Express is a web application framework built atop Node.js. It provides developers with a set of features and tools to make developing applications easier and more efficient. Express simplifies routing, allowing developers to handle requests and responses on their applications easily.
Furthermore, MongoDB is a popular NoSQL database that can be used to store application data. MongoDB allows developers to store flexible data within documents, unlike traditional databases where data is stored in columns and rows.
Using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB can give you a powerful stack to use for backend development. All these technologies, along with other frameworks, are likely to become more prominent in the development of web applications in the coming years.
- Faster development – With JS, you can develop faster than with any other programming language. It is an interpreted language, meaning it is compiled on the fly for interpretation by the server. This faster development time allows for quick feedback and better faster results.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Rob Fitzgerald's three-run home run capped a six-run eighth as Tennessee rallied to beat Florida 9-7 Saturday.
Gator starter Tommy Boss held the Volunteers to just four hits over the first five innings.
But Tennessee (36-19, 14-15 Southeastern Conference) chipped away with a single run in the sixth and two unearned runs in the seventh before exploding for six runs off three Gator pitchers in the eighth.
Florida (37-18, 16-13) scored five of its seven runs on home runs. Matt LaPorta had two, including a two-run blast in the second.
Florida scored four runs in the second, one in the third, and one in the eighth and ninth.
Patrick Hicklen (4-2) is credited with the win, while Connor Falkenbach (7-6) takes the loss.
Miami 7, Ball St. 3
CORAL GABLES -- Jon Jay's two run single capped a four-run eighth inning that Miami used to pull away from Ball State in a 7-3 win on Saturday night.
With the game tied at 3-3, Jim Burt led off the eighth with a single for Miami (41-11), and he scored on a double by Ryan Braun. Roger Tomas grounded into a fielder's choice that scored Braun, and Jay, who went 4-for-5 with four RBIs, followed with his single off Ball State's Jeff Michael (2-1). Danny Gil (7-0) gave up three hits in the final 1 2-3 innings for Miami but held Ball State (27-26) scoreless in the ninth.
Florida State 10, Wake Forest 6
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Eddy Martinez-Esteve hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning to help Florida State beat Wake Forest 10-6 on Saturday.
Martinez-Esteve's home was his third in the last two games for the Seminoles (37-19, 16-8 Atlantic Coast Conference), who swept the three-game series from Wake Forest. Florida State's Bryan Zech also had three RBIs.
Doug Riepe went 2-for-3 with a home run for the Demon Deacons (17-32, 4-20), who led 4-1 after three innings but couldn't hold on.
Tyler Chambliss (2-1) tossed 2 2-3 scoreless innings to pick up the win in the regular season finale for both schools.
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LOCATION OF GRANT:
The Friends of the Poor Fund of St. Spyridon Stadium Church was founded in 1940 with the aim to provide goods and services to parishioners and local residents in need. Some of its philanthropic activities are: "Home for the Elderly" which operates since 1998 offering residence and care to 18 seniors, and "Parish Center of Love" whereby volunteers cook and provide lunch packages to approximately 30 poor and homeless, on a daily basis, 5 days a week from October until May.
The grant regards the provision of food supplies for the "Home for the Elderly" and for the "Parish Center of Love". The grant also contributes to the payment of operational expenses for the "Home for the Elderly".
PROGRAM AREA: Social Welfare
LOCATION OF GRANT: Attica


Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says Home Affairs offices throughout the country will be opened this weekend to assist those who will be applying for IDs and temporary IDs to enable them to register to vote.
Motsoaledi said during the voter registration weekend, assistance will also be given to those who want to collect their IDs.
Addressing the media earlier today, Motsoaledi expressed concern on the large number of uncollected IDs at Home Affairs offices throughout the country.
“Without an ID, one cannot register to vote,” Motsoaledi said.
According to Motsoaledi, Gauteng has the largest number of uncollected IDs.
Motsoaledi said during the voter registration weekend, Home Affairs is deploying 3039 officials to assist those who will be applying for IDs, temporary IDs and assisting those who will be coming to collect their IDs.
Services that will be rendered during the registration weekend includes:
Issuance of Temporary Identity Certificates (TICs).
Collection of Green Barcoded Identity Books and Smart Identity Cards to applicants.
Manual Verification of Temporary Identity Certificates (TIC).
Resolving challenges pertaining to duplicates, amendments, rectifications and dead alive cases with required supporting documents.
Motsoaledi said they have deployed 200 people in head office to assist with drawing records to resolve cases that might arise.
He said people can also visit selected banks to go and apply for their IDs or temporary IDs.
The Minister said his department has deployed 49 technicians to Home Affairs offices and in mobile offices throughout the country to assist during the voter registration weekend.
According to Motsoaledi, the mobile offices with generators will be deployed mostly in the rural areas and that people can go and collect their IDs from the mobile offices.
Home Affairs Deputy Minister Njabulo Nzuza, who is currently visiting the department’s offices, which were vandalised in July in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, confirmed that the department is ready to assist those people who will be applying for IDs and temporary IDs.
As a result of the acts of vandalism, the Eshowe office had to close down.
In this regard, Minister Motsoaledi has instructed the department to use alternative sites to register deaths to assist grieving families and funeral undertakers as some offices are inaccessible.
Deputy Minister Nzuza visited the Eshowe Hospital where deaths will be registered as an interim measure.
For the voter registration weekend, a total of 23 151 registration stations throughout the country will be in operation from 08h00 until 17h00 on both Saturday and Sunday.
On Thursday, the Electoral Commission’s Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo said in order to register to vote, voters need to bring an identity document which may be a Smart Card, green barcoded book or a Temporary Identification Certificate.
“It is essential that a voter indicates an address or a description of a place where they live. Proof of address is not a requirement for purposes of registration,” he said.
The Commission has written to the Minister of Home Affairs, requesting that he facilitates a request to the President asking for the election day to be declared a public holiday.
According to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) voters who are registered can confirm their registration online on the website, on the IEC APP and by calling the contact centre at 0800 11 8000 (calls are free of charge from a landline and standard mobile network rates apply). Alternatively, an identity number can be sent to 32810 via the Short Message System (SMS).
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The Government has committed over £100 million to support vulnerable and disadvantaged children in England to access remote education and online social care services, including by providing laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers.
Where care leavers, children with a social worker at secondary school and disadvantaged children in year 10 do not have internet connections, we have provided 4G wireless routers to them so that they can learn at home. The 4G wireless routers will provide paid-for internet access for six months from when they are delivered to the local authority or academy trust.
The Department has launched a service to provide children and young people free access to BT wifi hotspots until the end of December – this date will remain under review. 10,000 families will initially be able to access the scheme. This offer is currently being piloted and will be rolled out across England in the coming months. We are currently working with BT to expand this offer to allow more children to access the internet through their network of BT wifi hotspots.
We are also working with the major telecommunications companies to improve internet connectivity for disadvantaged and vulnerable families. For families who rely on a mobile internet connection, mobile network operators are working to provide access to free additional data while COVID-19 requires children to learn from home and more social care services are being delivered online.


As Parliament’s winter session gets underway, political battlelines have been drawn sharply. While several bills are on the agenda, the topmost priority is the passage of a constitutional amendment bill that will enable the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax regime by April 2016. The proposed GST will subsume all indirect taxes and is expected to improve ease of doing business as well as boost government revenues as it unifies the whole country into a single market. Despite bipartisan support for the idea, the GST bill has been stuck for the better part of a decade. Its initial introduction was planned in April 2010. The NDA government has passed the bill in the Lok Sabha, but failed to build consensus in the Rajya Sabha, where it lacks a majority. Now, the inability to pass the GST bill will be seen as the weakening of the NDA’s reform momentum, with adverse impact on the investment climate. The NDA has failed to pass the other key legislation — the land acquisition bill — after a near-washout of the monsoon session. Moody’s Investors Service on Wednesday cautioned against the “potential headwinds” in case the drift continues. To be sure, weak global cues — India’s exports have fallen for 11 straight months — and an impending US rate hike may further aggravate the gloomy news for the Indian economy.
Three outstanding issues need to be resolved. The most important one has to do with the exact quantum of the GST rate. The Congress is adamant this number should not be more than 18 per cent, generally understood to be the revenue-neutral rate. State governments, foregoing their capacity to tax under a GST regime, reportedly resent a higher rate. A higher rate may also bring down compliance. However, the BJP has described the demand to cap the GST rate at 18 per cent — in such a manner that changing it will require a constitutional amendment — as preposterous. Another point of contention is the proposed 1 per cent inter-state levy, which the Congress wants scrapped. The last contention is about the way disputes should be resolved and the involvement of a judge in the process.
While leaders from both parties have expressed the desire to find a compromise, it is obvious that unresolved issues, which have nothing to do with the GST bill, are at play. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi sounded combative on Wednesday when he said that the BJP cannot “shut out” the Congress. On the GST, however, it is high time the Congress looked within and acknowledged the limits of an obstructionist politics. At the same time, it is also true that the primary responsibility for passing legislation lies with the government. Instead of publicly daring the Congress, the BJP should try to mend fences with the Opposition.


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MILAN — Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, the Italian fashion designers whose sensual creations are worn by the likes of Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson and Madonna, are accustomed to attracting lots of publicity.
But now the celebrity duo, caught up in a major tax evasion investigation, are facing a less welcome form of attention. Accused of defrauding the Italian revenue agency and failing to pay taxes on more than $1 billion in income, they are expected to be told Friday by a judge in Milan whether prosecutors have gathered enough evidence to warrant a criminal trial.
So far, the case has generated remarkably little fanfare in Italy, a country where tax evasion is regarded by many people, including some in the fashion world, as a national sport.
And the designers are doing everything they can to keep it quiet. When the investigation first leaked in May 2009, Mr. Dolce and Mr. Gabbana vehemently denied the charges. Since then, after hiring some very high-profile lawyers, they have refused to discuss the case.
Mr. Dolce and Mr. Gabbana are hardly the first designers to fall foul of the Italian tax authorities, and a list of allegedly fiscally errant designers reads like the roster at Milan fashion week. In some cases, the infractions, which have varied in severity, have been settled with the payment of a fine. In others, the charges have been thrown out.Continue reading the main story
What sets this case apart is that the designers stand accused of fraud. Papers filed by prosecutors in a Milan court allege a “criminal design” to defraud the state.
The inquiry was begun by the Guardia di Finanza, the Italian police force specialized in fiscal crimes, which is affiliated with the finance ministry. The unit investigated the 2004 sale of the Dolce & Gabbana and D&G brands to Gado, a holding company based in Luxembourg, which was in turn owned by a company that belonged to the group headed by the designers.
Prosecutors contend that the Italian revenue service was duped out of taxes on the sale of the brands, which they claim were sold well below market value, and on the income from royalties, which were taxed in Luxembourg at a much lower rate than they would have been in Italy. The brands were sold for €360 million, or $508 million — an amount that investigators say was just under a third of their actual value, according to their own calculations.
On the one hand, the Italian revenue agency is seeking to recover unpaid taxes and to impose fines. Separately, prosecutors are seeking a criminal indictment for setting up what they consider a dummy company. They accuse Mr. Dolce and Mr. Gabbana of fraud and fiscal irregularities for failing to pay taxes on undeclared income of €416 million each. The petition also asks that charges be brought against three company executives and a tax advisor.
The maximum sentence a fraud conviction would bring is five years, but the specifics of the case could raise it to seven years.
Lawyers for Mr. Gabbana and Mr. Dolce declined to comment for this article. They include Massimo Dinoia, a prominent criminal lawyer who briefly represented the young Moroccan woman who has embroiled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in a prostitution case. He has defended partners in the former tax consulting firm of Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti. The company itself also declined to comment.
In the initial reports from 2009, Italian newspapers noted that the designers accused prosecutors of basing their claims on “a completely abstract calculation” of their taxable income based on a hypothetical market value.
Officials at the Italian Revenue Agency said they were not at liberty to speak about individual cases.
In the 1990s, several designers were swept up in the so-called Clean Hands investigation into corruption among Italian politicians and business executives. Some agreed to plea-bargain settlements, including Giorgio Armani, who was accused in a tax-bribery case. He was fined $64,000 and given a nine-month suspended sentence.
In a statement this week, the company said Mr. Armani had agreed to the plea “to avoid judicial troubles.” The statement added that the judge later ruled in favor of other companies indicted in the case that had not chosen to accept plea bargains, and acquitted them.
Last July, an Italian fiscal court ruled that a company that manages product branding for the Belgian designer Dirk Bikkembergs had evaded tax payments of over €100 million by declaring revenue in Luxembourg that should have been declared and taxed in Italy.
Mr. Bikkembergs was never personally involved in the case, and no criminal charges were filed. The “unfavorable judgment” against the company has been appealed, according to the designer’s Italian lawyer, Francesco Giuliani. The tax court of appeal has agreed to suspend the judgment until a final decision is reached, he said.
Established in 1985, the privately owned Dolce & Gabbana rocketed into the fashion media spotlight, helped by close associations with celebrities like Madonna, who used their designs for costumes during her 1993 “Girlie Show World Tour.”
Indeed, the Dolce & Gabbana Web site has a distinct celebrities section showcasing dozens of Hollywood clients, including their latest star, the singer Katy Perry.
Today Domenico Dolce, 52, who comes from a town of less than 4,000 residents in the province of Palermo, and Stefano Gabbana, who was born in Milan 49 years ago, have become “the living testimonials of a very contemporary brand,” said Stefania Saviolo, director of the master’s program in fashion and design management at SDA Bocconi Business School in Milan. “Their brand is very lifestyle, it is a very fashion brand.”
The group designs clothing and accessories under the high-end Dolce & Gabbana label as well as the less pricey D&G brands, which are marketed to a younger crowd.
The group’s consolidated revenue for the financing year to March 31, 2010, was €1.03 billion. As a private company, it does not release profit figures.
The designers, Ms. Saviolo said, follow in the footsteps of made-in-Italy fashion giants like Armani, Versace and Valentino, their success fueled by a “uniqueness that unites trendy contemporary style with a sensual Sicilian passion that speaks of tradition and bespoke couture.”
That passion also comes into play when dealing with the media. They have been known to pull their advertising when unhappy with coverage.
For example, after Camilla Baresani, a journalist and novelist, wrote a critical review of Dolce and Gabbana’s Milanese restaurant “Gold” for the economic daily Il Sole 24 Ore in 2006, the designers withdrew €300,000 in advertisements from the newspaper, Ms. Baresani said in an e-mail exchange. At the time, Mr. Gabbana confirmed that the group had cancelled the ads, declaring on a satirical television program: “We have to defend ourselves.”
One advertising executive for an Italian publishing firm, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals, said the designers also withdrew their ads for a period of time from an Italian magazine, which the executive asked also not be identified, after it had published an article referring to the tax evasion scandal.
The executive added that, in the Italian fashion world, advertising budgets were often proportional to positive editorial coverage.
“It’s at the point that some designers view newspapers like restaurants,” the executive said. In their world, “you don’t pay the bill if you’ve eaten badly.”
Gaia Pianigiani contributed reporting from Rome.Continue reading the main story

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The FBI’s year-long investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server uncovered 14,900 emails and documents from her time as secretary of state that had not been disclosed by her attorneys, and a federal judge on Monday pressed the State Department to begin releasing emails sooner than mid-October as it planned.
The 14,900 Clinton documents are nearly 50 percent more than the roughly 30,000 emails that Clinton’s lawyers deemed work-related and returned to the department in December 2014.
Lawyers for the State Department and Judicial Watch, the legal group, are negotiating a plan for the release of the emails in a civil public records lawsuit before U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of Washington.
In a statement after a hearing at the U.S. district courthouse in Washington, Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton said the group was pleased that Boasberg rejected the department’s proposal to begin releasing documents weekly on Oct. 14, ordering it instead to prioritize Clinton’s emails and to return to court Sept. 22 with a new plan.
“We’re pleased the court accelerated the State Department’s timing,” Fitton said. “We’re trying to work with the State Department here, but let’s be clear: They have slow-walked and stonewalled the release of these records. They’ve had many of them since July 25 ... and not one record has yet been released, and we don’t understand why that’s the case.”
In a statement, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the agency previously agreed voluntarily to hand over emails sent or received by Clinton in her official capacity as secretary from 2009 to 2013 but that tens of thousands of documents would have to be “carefully appraised at State” to separate official records from personal ones.
“State has not yet had the opportunity to complete a review of the documents to determine whether they are agency records or if they are duplicative of documents State has already produced through the Freedom of Information Act,” Toner said. “We cannot comment further as this matter is in ongoing litigation.”
Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said, “As we have always said, Hillary Clinton provided the State Department with all the work-related emails she had in her possession in 2014. We are not sure what additional materials the Justice Department may have located, but if the State Department determines any of them to be work-related, then obviously we support those documents being released publicly as well.”
Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit in May 2015 after disclosures that Clinton had exclusively used a personal email server while secretary of state. Judicial Watch had sought all emails sent or received by Clinton at the State Department in a request made under the federal Freedom of Information Act, which covers the release of public records.
Email batch provides additional evidence that Clinton Foundation donors got access at State Department
Monday’s hearing comes seven weeks after the Justice Department closed a criminal investigation without charges into the handling of classified material in Clinton’s email setup, which FBI Director James B. Comey called “extremely careless.”
On Aug. 5, the FBI completed transferring what Comey said were several thousand previously undisclosed work-related Clinton emails that the FBI found in its investigation for the State Department to review and make public. Government lawyers until now had given no details about how many emails the FBI found or when the full set would be released. It is unclear how many documents might be attachments, duplicates or exempt from release for privacy or legal reasons.
Government lawyers disclosed last week that the FBI has turned over eight computer discs of information: one including emails and attachments that were sent directly to or from Clinton, or to or from her at some point in an email chain, and were not previously turned over by her lawyers; a second with classified documents; another with emails returned by Clinton; and five containing materials from other people retrieved by the FBI.
The 14,900 documents at issue now come from the first disc, Fitton said.
In announcing the FBI’s findings in July, Comey said investigators found no evidence that the emails it found “were intentionally deleted in an effort to conceal them.” Like many users, Clinton periodically deleted emails, or they were purged when devices were changed.
Clinton’s lawyers also may have deleted some of the emails as “personal,” Comey said, noting their review relied on header information and search terms, not a line-by-line reading as the FBI conducted.
Also on Monday, a GOP lawmaker issued subpoenas to three private companies that helped run or protect Clinton’s email server. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), who chairs the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, is demanding documents by Sept. 9 after the firms declined earlier this year to produce them voluntarily.
The demands are part of a joint probe by Smith and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), who heads the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs panel. The lawmakers say that while the criminal investigation has ended, they have questions about the structure and security of Clinton’s email system and whether it met federally-recommended standards for cybersecurity and record preservation.
The subpoenas target Platte River Networks, which provided information technology services for Clinton’s server; Datto, Inc., which furnished immediate recovery of back-up data in the event the primary server failed; and SECNAP Network Security Corp., which carried out threat monitoring of the network connected to Clinton’s server. The firms’ services were retained in 2013.
A science committee aide said they are looking for information about breaches or potential breaches, and documents that detail the firms’ scope of work, for example.
“Companies providing services to Secretary Hillary Clinton’s private email account and server are not above the law,” said Smith. The data sought, he said, is “critical to…informing policy changes in how to prevent similar email arrangements in the future.”
Ellen Nakashima contributed to this report.


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We love soundcheck fashion because we get to see the artists true style. We get to see artists’ laid back, comfy looks–a stark contrast to their glizty and styled looks they walk the red carpet in the next evening. Here are the best soundcheck outfits from this weekend.
Walk Off The Earth
Frontwoman Sarah Blackwood rocked the MMVA stage during rehearsal on Friday. If you’re pregnant and were wondering how to be a **ROCKIN MAMA**, you should take notes from Sarah. We love her boho sunnies and headband, but her best accessory is definitely her round belly!
Girl Mom Power!
Mia is giving us serious off-duty Jenner vibes with her cropped hoodie and leggings ensemble. The all-black is very chic, and her cat eye sunnies add the perfect amount of *~DIVA~* to this laid-back look.
Carly Rae Jepsen
We really really really really really really like Carly Rae Jepsen’s cute ’70s throwback soundcheck outfit. A floppy hat, midi dress and boots is officially our go-to, off-duty outfit.
Watch Ed Sheeran co-host the 2015 MMVAs this Sunday at 9E/6P.

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