Sevier County jury acquits man accused of causing a now-former deputy's panic attack in landmark case.
A Sevier County jury has acquitted a man in the state's first ever assault by panic attack case.
Jurors in Sevier County Circuit Court deliberated roughly three hours before acquitting Brian Mullinax, 41, of assault, on Thursday evening.
Mullinax was unarmed, brandishing a cellphone and saying he was recording with it when now-former Sevier County Sheriff's Office Deputy Justin Johnson opened fire without warning and — four minutes later — suffered a panic attack.
Mullinax was 20 yards away from Johnson and face down on the ground when Johnson, his gun still in hand, began suffering a panic attack.
The same jury also acquitted Mullinax's then-girlfriend, Tina C. Cody, of a related resisting arrest charge but convicted her of a lesser charge of attempting to resist arrest. She has already served 42 days jail, so Judge Jim Gass sentenced her to time served and set her free on unsupervised probation.
Prosecutor Ron C. Newcomb told jurors Thursday Mullinax put Johnson "in fear for his life" when he crouched down, grabbed his cellphone from his back pocket and brandished it like a gun.
The incident, which occurred in a mobile home neighborhood on Sharp Road in December 2016, was captured on Johnson's body camera. That footage was repeatedly played for jurors during the two day trial. It captured Mullinax saying he was "recording" when he brandished the cellphone, contradicting an initial claim by Johnson and testimony from two paramedics that Mullinax threatened Johnson.
Aaron Kimsey, representing Mullinax, argued it was Johnson who "mistook" a cell phone for a gun and Johnson who panicked. Mullinax, he said, did nothing to "assault" Johnson.
Mullinax's then-girlfriend, Tina C. Cody, was also on trial in Judge Jim Gass' courtroom.
The two are now married. She faced a resisting arrest charge for allegedly refusing Johnson's commands, in the moments before he opened fire over her head and that of a paramedic.
Johnson was summoned to Mullinax's neighborhood on Sharp Road in December 2016 to help paramedics dealing with a mentally ill woman who had fallen through the floor of a camper trailer. Video footage and testimony showed he saw someone walk past that trailer and went outside to investigate.
Johnson insisted he thought the woman he saw when he walked out of the trailer — later identified as Tina C. Cody — was a fugitive because he earlier had seen a warrant in his patrol "zone book" describing a "white blond woman" with a Sharp Road address.
But she wasn't. No warrant or "zone book" document was entered into evidence at trial to back up Johnson's claim.
He conceded he drew his weapon without identifying himself as a law enforcer and ran down a driveway — blocking his view of the woman — before turning onto Sharp Road and then turning toward the field where Cody was standing.
The video showed Cody stood still as Johnson pointed his gun at her and ordered her to "come here." Seconds passed with no movement from Cody. When Johnson approached her, she turned and ran from him. He tackled her. Once on her back, Cody stared up at Johnson. He asked her name. She answered.
"How was she a threat?" asked attorney Samantha McCammon on behalf of Cody.
McCammon noted the video clearly showed Cody was not armed or even moving when Johnson first confronted her at gunpoint.
"Then when is a person not a threat?" she pressed.
Johnson testified he saw a man, later identified as Mullinax, walk onto the porch of a mobile home as Johnson — 20 yards away — struggled to handcuff Cody.
"Mr. Mullinax took a knee in what appeared to me to be a shooting stance," Johnson testified.
Johnson said he saw Mullinax reach behind his back and then extend his arm forward with something in his hand.
"To neutralize the threat," Johnson replied.
"Yes, I perceived Mr. Mullinax to be armed," Johnson answered.
Kimsey noted Johnson claimed in a statement that he heard Mullinax threaten him. Johnson admitted Thursday he was wrong about that.
"So, you misunderstood him?" Kimsey asked.
"You misunderstood him?" Kimsey repeated.
Johnson is no longer with the sheriff's office. He was forced to resign earlier this year after USA TODAY NETWORK-Tennessee revealed he failed to list his 2013 employment with the Johnson City Police Department on his Sevier County job application.
Records obtained by the news organization showed Johnson was fired from that agency for misconduct, including fanning his gun over an officer's head and lying to his chief.
Johnson admitted in testimony Thursday that he hid that past record from the Newport Police Department when he took a job there after being forced to resign from the Johnson City agency and from SCSO when he applied there in June 2016.
"The reason I omitted it was I did not want to disclose that I resigned from there in lieu of termination," Johnson testified.
Johnson wrote in a report that he fired seven shots after turning toward a noise behind him. His body camera showed he remained facing forward, toward Mullinax, the entire time.
He never mentioned the panic attack in his report. SCSO Detective Johnny Bohanan testified he initially charged Mullinax and Cody with a felony assault charge because he believed Johnson was having a heart attack.


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1978 Baseball Season
More 1978 Baseball Season Highlights
Below are more highlights of the 1978 baseball season, including Rookies of the Year, big trades, and the year's inductees into the Hall of Fame:
Detroit's Ron LeFlore tops American League in steals (68) and runs (126).
Atlanta's Bob Horner is 1978 National League Rookie of the Year.
Detroit's Lou Whitaker is 1978 American League Rookie of the Year.
Pete Rose gets his 3,000th hit.
Cardinal Bob Forsch no-hits Phils on April 16.
Cincinnati's Tom Seaver no-hits Cards on June 16.
Cardinal Keith Hernandez wins his first of major league record ten consecutive Gold Gloves at first base.
The Hall of Fame inducts Eddie Mathews, Addie Joss, and Larry MacPhail.
Yanks trade Sparky Lyle and four other players to Texas for Dave Righetti and four other players.
Mets send Jerry Koosman to Twins for Jesse Orosco and a minor leaguer.
Texas ships Perry to San Diego for Dave Tomlin and $125,000.
Cleveland trades Buddy Bell to Texas for Toby Harrah.
Texas swaps Bobby Bonds and Len Barker to Cleveland for Jim Kern and Larvell Blanks.
Ray Grebey named head of the owners' Player Relations Committee.
Don Gullett's career ends at age 27 by a bum arm.
Jesse Haines dies.
Dodgers coach Jim Gilliam dies.
O's rookie Sammy Stewart fans seven consecutive Cleveland hitters in his major league debut on September 1.
Boston third baseman Butch Hobson is the first major league regular in 62 years to post a FA below .900.
Guidry's nine shutouts top the major league and tie the American League record for a left-hander.
Ross Grimsley becomes first Expos pitcher to win 20 games in a season, as he wins 20 even.
Baltimore's Eddie Murray is second in the American League in total bases (293) but with 113 less than leader Rice.
Cub Ivan DeJesus leads the National League in runs (104).
Steve Garvey tops the National League with 202 hits.
Atlanta's Jeff Burroughs paces the major league with 117 walks and .436 OBP.
Cardinal Garry Templeton leads the National League in triples with 13.
Pirate Omar Moreno leads the major league with 71 steals.
Ranger Mike Hargrove, known as the "Human Rain Delay" for taking so much time in the box, paces the American League in walks with 107.
George Brett leads the American League in doubles (45).
Gaylord Perry leads the National League pitchers in wins (21) and win pct. (.778).
Houston's J.R. Richard tops the major league with 303 Ks.
Phil Niekro leads the National League in innings (334) and CGs (22).
Mets' Craig Swan has best ERA in the National League (2.43), narrowly beating out Montreal's Steve Rogers.
Giant Bob Knepper paces the National League with six shutouts.
Rollie Fingers of San Diego leads majors with 37 saves.
Mike Caldwell of Milwaukee tops the major league with 23 complete games and wins 22 games.
Jim Palmer leads the American League in innings (296), wins 21 for O's.
Goose Gossage of the Yankees leads the American League in saves (27).
Brewers top the major league in runs (804), homers (173), BA (.276), SA (.432), and OBP (.342), as they finish just 6-1/2 back of Yankees in the American League East.
The Mariners and Blue Jays, both in their second year of existence, finish last in their divisions and lose over 100 games apiece.
Kent Tekulve saves 31 games for Pittsburgh and pitches in a major league top 91 games.
Oriole Mark Belanger wins sixth consecutive Gold Glove at short.
Three Oakland pitchers lead the American League in games: Bob Lacey (74), Dave Heaverlo (69), and Elias Sosa (68).
To learn more about baseball, see:
How Baseball Works
How the Baseball Hall of Fame Works
How Minor League Baseball Teams Work

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Finding photography studio space can be a hassle in any city. This post is going to outline some strategies to help photographers in Miami, professional and otherwise, find and rent better spaces to practice their craft.
While not every project will require using a professional studio, sometimes you will need the extra control that a studio provides to achieve what you're after. Whenever a scenario arises where a studio is required, you can use the resources below to help you find a space that fits your needs.
Luckily for those of you who are professional photographers, Miami has plenty to offer when it comes to available studio space. The issue then becomes, how do you search all these options efficiently? There are more than a few tools and strategies out there that can help.
Nobody will argue that the most powerful tool for searching local business listings is Google. While it's true that not every business is listed here, the vast majority of them are. However, you might need to contact studio owners individually because many of these businesses do not offer a way to book directly through their website.
That's right; you could gain access to some wonderful photography facilities simply by going back to school. Miami Dade Community College has a great photography program, and if you consider how much studio time can cost, it might end up being cheaper for you to enroll in a class. Taking a photography course at MDC is also an excellent opportunity to network with creative professionals in your community and build your portfolio. While this is not "renting" a studio per-say, it can be a good option for some people, and you might learn something in the process.
Have you ever wanted a rundown of all the photography studios immediately available for rent in your area? If you don't want to deal with the time associated with Google searches, then MADSTUDIOS can help you. MADSTUDIOS is a platform that lists creative spaces including photography studios and locations for you to browse and book at your convenience. The best part is, any photography studio or location you find can be rented directly from the platform.
A studio doesn't need to be defined by four walls. If you have usable space, then you can always set up a photography studio temporarily. If you don't have enough equipment to set up a photo studio in your garage or apartment, then you can always rent what you need. Good options to find photo equipment for rent online are KitSplit or FatLlama. Platforms like these help people share and rent photography equipment with other people in their area. If you put your mind to it, anything is possible with a little elbow grease.
The following link leads to the "creative services" section of Craigslist for the Miami area. Keep an eye out here for people renting photography space. While there are no specific filters for creative spaces, you can sometimes find ridiculously low prices here. Craigslist also allows you to negotiate on pricing, which means you can get more bang for your buck. Use your best judgment when searching on Craigslist, and remember, anybody can list anything.
When you break down all the benefits that come along with renting a photography studio in Miami, the choice is obvious. Miami is an ideal city for photographers, and the resources available to creatives here are plentiful. Don't forget to spend some time walking around the city as well, you might be surprised at the opportunities for incredible compositions that you'll discover simply by going outside.
We hope these tools will help you to find the best places to take some fantastic pictures. Making art is one of the most valuable things you can do with your time, so go out there and get creative!


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Blog Competitions English Premier League Tottenham lose Pav for October
Tottenham lose Pav for October
Soccerlens 8 October, 2008 English Premier League, Tottenham
Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko will be out for three weeks after suffering a partially torn ankle ligament injury.
He was forced off due to injury during Spurs' defeat by Hull at the weekend and faces a race to be fit for the derby clash at Arsenal on 29 October.
The loss leaves Tottenham with only Bent and Campbell (on loan from Manchester United) as first-team strikers, although instead of Campbell filling in for Roman we're more likely to see Ramos field a 4-5-1 formation which, ironically, will give the team more stability in midfield and could help them win a game or two and change the direction of their season.
The injury will also keep Pavlyuchenko out of Russia's World Cup qualifiers against Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein this week.
Meanwhile, Aaron Lennon has also pulled out of England's under-21 squad to face Wales in the European Championship play-off on Friday due to a knee problem.
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A technology company is involved in patent litigation that will require the production of source code. The general counsel wants a protective order that will protect the source code to the maximum extent possible.
In patent, trade secret and copyright litigation where computer-related software is accused or otherwise relevant, the parties must engage in the discovery of source code. Source code is the set of instructions for how a computer program operates, written in human-readable language. Source code is typically complex, very lengthy (sometimes reaching several million lines of programming), and requires expert review, analysis and explanation. Companies whose software is integral to their products and services protect their source code zealously, considering it to be among their most confidential information. As a result, they will not make it available for discovery without the entry of a suitable protective order.
In December 2015, the Sedona Conference, a nonprofit research and educational institute whose mission is to study and advance law and policy regarding electronic discovery, intellectual property rights, antitrust law and complex litigation, published a "Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Case Management Issues from the Judicial Perspective Chapter." Best Practice 19 in this Commentary focuses on the discovery of source code. It states: "The court should require the parties to address in the Rule 26 joint discovery plan how and where they believe any computer source code production should be made available to the parties and experts." The Commentary suggests that discovery in patent litigation cannot begin in earnest until there is a protective order regarding how, when and where source code will be produced. As a result, the Sedona Conference recommends that the court require that before the first case management and scheduling conference, the parties should set forth in their Rule 26 joint discovery plan exactly how and where they believe any source code should be produced. This way the court can resolve issues before any undue delay or expense is incurred.
Because source code is guarded so closely, the producing party typically provides it for inspection rather than producing copies of the source code. Typically, only outside counsel for the inspecting party and pre-approved experts can inspect code. Further, inspection typically takes place on a stand-alone (i.e., non-networked) computer.
Use of analytic tools. A source code expert will typically need to use analytic/forensic tools to search the source code (e.g., Grep). To avoid disputes, the protective order should address whether this is permitted and, if so, which tools are permitted. The inspecting party may further wish to specify that such tools be loaded onto the review computer before inspection begins.
Place. Inspection typically occurs at the offices of the producing party's litigation counsel. However, some parties insist that inspection take place at a certified escrow facility (e.g., Iron Mountain). If inspection is to take place at an escrow facility, the protective order should specify who will cover the escrow fees.
Timing. Source code inspection is typically conducted during the producing party's counsel's normal operating hours and after a specified minimum amount of notice.
Copying. Some producing parties insist that the access ports and other functionality on the inspection computer be disabled in order to prevent unauthorized copying. Inspecting personnel may also be prohibited from bringing memory devices into the inspection room. Further, some protective orders specify how notes may be recorded.
Printing. There are invariably restrictions on the overall amount of source code that can be printed. These restrictions are typically based on the quantity of pages and the overall proportion of source code. A carefully written protective order also specifies that review of the source code in the first instance is to occur via the stand-alone computer, rather than by printing out the code en masse. The inspecting party may wish to specify that it will have access to the printed pages at the same time it is inspecting the electronic code.
Experts. The producing party typically requires that the inspecting party's expert(s) be pre-approved by the producing party after the inspecting party has produced information sufficient to allow the producing party to determine whether the potential expert has a potential conflict. There are usually presumptive limitations on the number of experts allowed to inspect the source code.
Production. Once the source code is printed, the producing party is typically given a few days to produce the printed copies to the inspecting party. The printed pages are often endorsed with a special source code designation defined in the protective order.
Review and access to printed production. The inspecting party is generally prohibited from keeping an electronic copy of the source code and may be required to log access to the printed copies. Provisions should be made so that a copy can be delivered to the inspecting party's expert for further review, and for court filings. Further, the parties may wish to specify who may be shown the printed production at deposition, and whether the source code may be disclosed to mock juries.
Prosecution bar. Protective orders in patent cases invariably contain a "prosecution bar," which forbids the attorneys who review the code from prosecuting patent applications related to the technology at issue for a specified amount of time. For further guidance, see the Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Case Management Issues from the Judicial Perspective Chapter, Best Practice 20.
Unauthorized disclosure. The protective order should address what steps must be taken should there be an unauthorized disclosure.
Note that some courts have developed model protective orders that govern discovery until a specifically tailored protective order can be entered. See N.D. Cal., Stipulated Protective Order for Litigation Involving Patents, Highly Sensitive Confidential Information and/or Trade Secrets (2014), available at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/model-protective-orders.
Protective orders relating to the production of source code frequently contain specific provisions not necessarily found in many protective orders. It can be most efficient for the parties to negotiate the protective order prior to the initial case management conference, so they can present any disputes to the court at that time. To avoid disputes over an entered protective order, consider a protective order that is as specific as reasonably possible.


Blaze PR • Can hacks hack it?
The bad news for journalists is that according to the MD of recruitment consultancy JFL: "Journalism is changing a lot….as many people are losing their jobs." Personally I think this has been a trend since the dotcom crash in the late nineties, when advertising spend plummeted and editorial staff numbers shrank. We have never returned to the heady days of a huge editorial team.
The recent economic bust-up has indeed also made things even worse for my friends and colleagues in the publishing industry. That's why things such as face-to-face briefings, lunches and phone interviews are becoming rarer, and why emailed sound bites cut and pasted into an editorial feature are the norm. Journalists (like other human beings) only have one pair of hands and when the editor is expected to do much of what a team of five would previously have done, so they've had to change the way that they do business.
The good news for us PRs is that apparently career prospects in public relations are improving. Also, standards have risen while, according to the MD of Edwards Harvey PR, the media have 'dumbed down'. I'm not sure that journalists have dumbed down, I just think they've had to change their approach because of the demands put upon them by a reduced editorial team and the inability to evolve into a investigative and copyrighting octopus!
But beware my journalistic chums, as the person that runs the NCTJ's 'journalist-to-PR' course reckons that not every journalist can hack it as a PR professional. Apparently, what we do is multi-faceted – like we PRs didn't know that. We (or most of us) on the 'dark side' have mastered the art of performing octopus-like stunts while spinning multiple plates. Some days when it's my head spinning I wish that I hadn't mastered those particular skills!
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Less Doing, More Being
Up until now, my blogs have been busy with activity—images of whirlwinds blowing through, stirring things up, and leaving a path of creation in their wake.
But now things feel different. Though the creation continues, as I'll mention below, it feels as though life has slowed significantly, for me, just in time to rest and reflect with the rest of the world.
This time is meant for less doing, and more being.
The social distancing quarantine that is currently rocking the world, is not a change or challenge for me. It's pretty much my every day. Believe it or not, I'm a homebody, not shy, and by no means a shut-in, but a serious introvert.
I don't have my driver's license, here in South Africa, and I'm not eager to get it (they drive on the wrong… I mean left-hand side of the road here), so it's my husband, Cameron's, role to do everything outside of the house.
He drops off and picks up the kids from karate and their friends' houses, he does all the shopping, etc. It's a joke, in our household, whenever I join him on a jaunt to the grocery store, or to pick up the kids, that "mama's getting out."
And I like it that way. I don't feel imprisoned, at all. In fact, I usually feel quite free.
It's a very simple life we lead. We believe having less allows us to do and be more. We believe it's the constant striving for more that creates the stress and chaos of life that leads to poor health and unhappiness.
Ours is an uncommon lifestyle. We have been gifted the freedom to educate and care for our kids and to create and grow our dreams, together, without having to work outside our home. It's CRAZY, I know!
Though we have this freedom, to be who God created us to be, it didn't come freely. This lifestyle was paid for by the death of my late husband, Jason. He was killed in an accident nearly five-years-ago, when his quad collided, head-on, with a school bus that had suddenly veered to his side of the road (you can read more about it here).
Now, earlier that year, in March, I had been complaining to God about something, and asking what to do. As I closed my eyes, in prayer, a vivid image came to mind of a tall stack of beautifully wrapped gift boxes, their lids pushed up by teeming earth worms.
I told my mom about the vision and she warned me that the worms meant death, and I needed to be careful. I disagreed with my her and said I believed worms were a good sign that represented fertility, deep nourishment and growth.
Turns out we were both right. Death, nourishment, fertility and growth all came that year.
As hard as it is to accept death as a gift, it is impossible, for me, not to. This reality has become a part of my being that I have learned to receive and be grateful for. It is what gives us the freedom to be and share ourselves and the gifts we receive, with you.
Gifts like music videos
In our latest video "Crazy Cockamamie Lady," I go way beyond my comfort zone and get a bit crazy in front of the camera. Though I was quite embarrassed, I had a blast and I'm glad I did it, though it was rather like jumping into the deep end of pool for the first time, and it won't be my last. It was also our first attempt at using green-screen technology. What do you think?
Gifts like, "Omni Vision,"
Our free quarterly magazine, with its abundance of Knowledge and Inspiration.
Gifts like books and music.
Gifts like Omni Foundation
our non-profit company, working toward the building of regenerative intentional communities that focus on health of mind, body, spirit and environment.
These are the gifts we give back to the world. This is the doing that springs from our being.
And so, I encourage you, though this corona crisis may be difficult to accept, to receive it as a gift. A gift of less doing and more being.
And may your being bring Peace, Beauty and Inspiration to share.
Peace to you all,
Leah Kirrane
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: : What is the origin of this phrase?
: "...Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.."
"Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noontime sun. Rec. dist.(Recorded distribution)Kansas., Mich. 1st cit.: 1933 Snell, 'And Then...One Dark Night; US1819 Brackenridge, Voyage to South America. 20c coll. (20th Century collections): Whiting (MP) 177, Whiting 117."
Questions: When did Mr. Coward write his song? The 40s? And what would the average Kansas or Michigan person know about Englishmen and the midday sun. Is this an old English saying? Or what?


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This video was created to commemorate the families that helped start the ALS Association of Alabama. It features six different families stories and their struggle with ALS and the effort to set-up a local support group like the ALS Association for patients in Alabama. The video was created for a fundraising event that turned out to be a huge success. The video continues to be repurposed and reused for fundraising efforts.
Laura Beth handled the entire life cycle of the video from ideation, conducting the interviews, writing the scripts and editing the video.
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Round one concludes in Delhi
Tue 13 Dec 2011	Uncategorized
Ghosal delights, Ramy returns, Willstrop on track …
Day two of the Punj Lloyd PSA Masters in Delhi saw a series of quick opening matches as Alister Walker, Peter Barker, Simon Rosner and Daryl Selby all eased through to the last sixteen in straight games.
Walker's opponent, Scotsman Alan Clyne, complained on twitter of suffering from 'Delhi belly', as the Botswanan went through to a possible meeting with the in-form James Willstrop, who will become world number one if he wins the tournament.
The evening session started with a popular home win for the recently re-crowned Indian National champion Saurav Ghosal, who edged a tight first game before dominating the next two against the sole American in the draw, Julian Illingworth.
All eyes were then on top seed Ramy Ashour as he started off his campaign, returning to action after limping out of the World Open some two months ago, and he looked a little sluggish in the opening game against Malaysia's Nafiizwan Adnan. In the next three games though he showed the brilliant shotmaking that is his trademark, winning convincingly in the end.
Willstrop set up that meeting with Walker, coming through strongly after dropping the first game to Swiss Nicolas Mueller.
The first round concluded with Australia's Cameron Pilley getting the better of Jon Kemp in a rapid-fire exchange, and he now meets Ashour in the last sixteen.
Round One, bottom half:
[3] James Willstrop (Eng) bt Nicolas Mueller (Sui) 8/11, 11/7, 11/5, 11/5
Alister Walker (Bot) bt Alan Clyne (Sco) 11/5, 11/6, 11/5 (28m)
Simon Rosner (Ger) bt Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy) 11/7, 11/6, 11/4 (39m)
[7] Daryl Selby (Eng) bt Mohammed Abbas (Egy) 11/4, 11/5, 11/9
[5] Peter Barker (Eng) bt Olli Tuominen (Fin) 11/5, 11/4, 11/1 (25m)
Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Julian Illingworth (Usa) 12/10, 11/4, 11/2
Cameron Pilley (Aus) bt Jonathan Kemp (Eng) 11/5, 9/11, 11/4, 13/11
[1] Ramy Ashour (Egy) bt Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) 9/11, 11/3, 11/4, 11/9
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Actress Yoshiko Yamaguchi China expelled as a traitor: Divorced for not getting visa, bowed to Japanese government for 4 lakh Sex Slave
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Actress whom China expelled as a traitor: Divorced for not getting visa, bowed to Japanese government for 4 lakh Sex Slaves
Lee Siang-lan and Ri Koren in China
Yoshiko Yamaguchi in Japan
Shirley Yamaguchi in America
And Yoshika Otaka on the Japanese TV channel….
These five names belong to the same woman. Real name was Yoshiko Yamaguchi. She was the top actress in both China and Japan, but her life itself was no less than a thriller film. During World War II, when China and Japan were bitter enemies of each other, she was one of China's top actresses. At that time few people knew that she was of Japanese origin. When the Chinese government came to know about this, they were arrested. Kept in prison for nine months. Then the death sentence was pronounced. Barely the death sentence was postponed, but China expelled him from the country.
Resumed career in Japan. She became a top actress there too, but politics changed her life. During World War II, the Japanese army kept Korean, Chinese and Filipino women as sex slaves (comfort women) in their army base. Japanese soldiers tortured these comfort women a lot. She was the first Japanese politician to speak against the Japanese army on this issue. When the nationalist leaders of all Japan were in favour of the Japanese army on the issue of comfort women, Yoshiko Yamaguchi conducted an awareness campaign all over Japan.
These were two aspects of Yoshiko Yamaguchi's life, but the whole life was full of ups and downs. First love remained incomplete. One of the two marriages failed. Worked under different names in China, Japan, America because they were accused of espionage, betrayal of the country.
So, in today's Unseen Tales, the story of actress Yoshiko Yamaguchi, who raised her voice for women who were tortured by their own country's army.
Yoshiko Yamaguchi was born on 12 February 1920 in Manchuria (Republic of China). His Japanese father Fumio used to work for the South Manchuria Railway. According to Chinese custom, each child is made a godfather, who christens him. In such a situation, Yoshiko's godfather became Chinese, who gave her two Chinese names, Li Siang-lan and Pan Shuhua, which later became her stage names.
Got TB then learned music on the advice of doctors
Yoshiko was diagnosed with tuberculosis at the age of 13. To get rid of shortness of breath, the doctor told him to take voice lessons. The family wanted to teach her traditional Japanese music, but Yoshiko learned Western music at her insistence. Yoshiko did her schooling in Beijing along with music.
Impressed by her voice, Yoshiko started getting opportunities to sing Chinese tunes on the radio at the age of just 14.
The first film made a star
In 1938, Yoshiko made her debut in Chinese films with Manyurio Film Production's Honeymoon Express. Along with acting in this film, he also sang songs.
Hiding the real name, created identity with stage name
For Chinese films, she changed her stage name from Japanese Yoshiko Gamaguchi to the Chinese name Li Siang-lan. Actually this was done for economic and political benefit from them. From the very first film, the beautiful Yoshiko became a star, who knew two languages – Japanese and Chinese and knew how to sing as well as act. For years, Yoshiko Yamaguchi was credited in films under the name Lee Siang Lan.
Controversy arose as soon as the truth of the name came to the fore
Even the Chinese co-stars with whom Yoshiko worked were kept hidden that she was a Japanese. Yoshiko lived mostly with the Japanese, was given white rice instead of the local Chinese dish sorghum, while she was paid 10 times more than Chinese actors. Even after seeing all these things, fellow artists did not doubt that she is Japanese, they hesitated thinking that Yoshiko is half Japanese.
Yoshiko was a Chinese heroine, but most of her films promoted Japanese national policy or Manchurian interests in Tokyo. Prior to the Sino-Japanese War, Yoshiko never paid attention to hiding or revealing her identity, but this issue became the reason for ruining her life after the Sino-Japanese War.
First Love and Incomplete Love Story
While working in films, Yoshiko met Kenichiro Matsuoka, the son of Japanese diplomat Yosuke Matsuoka. In her biography Ri Koren: My Half Life, Yoshiko described him as her first love. Yoshiko wanted to marry Kenichiro, but was reluctant to marry him during her studies. So Yoshiko distanced herself from him. Years later, after the end of World War II, the two met where Kenichiro had fallen in love with Yoshiko, but by then was engaged to architect Isamu Noguchi.
Japanese actor slapped, the film was in controversy
In 1940, Yoshiko appeared in the film China Night. It was dubbed a film based on Japanese national policy, as it showed a positive image of Japanese soldiers. In the film, Yoshiko played an anti-Japanese girl who falls in love with a Japanese boy. In one scene of the film, the Japanese actor was seen slapping Yoshiko, which caused a lot of uproar. The Chinese people could not bear to see a Chinese actress being slapped by a Japanese actor. There was a lot of controversy and the film was also banned in many cities. Despite this, 23 thousand tickets were sold for this film.
The songs of the film were banned
Yoshiko's song Suzhou Serenade was banned in China after World War. When Chinese journalists at an event booed her for being part of such a song, Yoshiko apologized to the Chinese for joining the song instead of revealing her identity.
Identity revealed in Japan
The displeasure of the Japanese began to increase with Yoshiko, who was continuously favoring China and identifying herself with a Chinese name. When Yoshiko reached Japan as the Goodwill Ambassador of Japan-China, there was a lot of uproar. Yoshiko arrived wearing a traditional Chinese dress during the event in Japan. The customs officer of the airport stopped him and said, don't you know that we are superior to Japanese, Chinese people, don't you feel ashamed to wear these third grade clothes and speak their language. As soon as Yoshiko arrived at the event, Japanese journalists exposed her true Japanese identity.
Yoshiko was arrested from Shanghai as soon as World War 2 ended
As soon as the news of Yoshiko being Japanese spread, angry Chinese people were after her life. As soon as Yoshiko returned to Shanghai, she was arrested and sentenced to death by firing squad for working with the Japanese, despite being Chinese. He was to be hanged on 8 December 1945 at the Horse Track in Shanghai. At the same time, Yoshiko's parents were also arrested in Beijing. Just before Yoshiko was executed, a friend of hers managed to meet her parents and get her birth certificate. The friend secretly gave this certificate to the head, which clearly stated that Yoshiko is half Chinese and half Japanese, but she has Japanese citizenship. After receiving the certificate, all charges against Yoshiko were cleared.
The court had given orders to leave the country
Despite stopping the execution, the Shanghai court asked Yoshiko to leave the country, saying that angry people could kill her. Yoshiko finally moved from China to Japan in 1946.
The people of China continued to consider Yoshiko as a spy for Japan after World War 2, which they hated as a traitor. He was accused of being a spy, due to which he was sentenced to death. Yoshiko did not visit China, where she enjoyed star status, for 50 years after being ordered to leave the country by a court. Yoshiko used to think that people would still consider her a traitor even after years. Yoshiko had said during an interview – My only fault was that I worked in films of interest to the Japanese while living in China.
Came to Japan and apologized for working in Chinese films
Coming to Japan in 1946, Yoshiko publicly apologized for working in Chinese films. According to Yoshiko, they were used to make propaganda films.
Coming to Japan, she resumed her acting career, but this time with her real name, Yoshiko Yamaguchi. Most of his films revolved around the stories of the Japan-China War, which were well-liked.
Name changed again for Hollywood and married
In 1951, Yoshiko Yamaguchi married Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi while working in Hollywood. Being identified with Japan and China, Yoshiko Yamaguchi has always found herself torn between the two countries. In her biography, Yoshiko wrote that her husband Isamu also lived in two countries, so she quickly became attracted to him. Yamaguchi wanted children, but she miscarried twice. They realized that they were not fit to have children.
While working in Hollywood films, he got a chance to work in the film Limelight (1952). During the shooting of the film, his name was associated with Charlie Chaplin.
Marriage broken due to not getting visa on charges of treason
In 1952, the US denied Yoshiko a visa while her husband Isamu was still in the US. There was a conversation between the two through letters. In a letter, Yoshiko wrote to her husband, "If I do not get a visa soon, we will get divorced, because the allegations against me are affecting your private and professional life."
After her divorce from Isamu in 1956, Yoshiko appeared in dozens of Chinese-language films produced in Hong Kong under the name Li Siang Lan, which she had previously used for Chinese films. Most of these Chinese films were destroyed in a studio fire, leaving no trace of them.
Distance from films and second marriage
In 1958, Yoshiko left the film world forever after marrying Japanese diplomat Hiroshi Otaka. After retiring from films, Yoshiko wanted to be a housewife.
In 1969, Yoshiko became the host of The Three O'Clock You Show, which led to her
He covered the Vietnam War and the Israel-Palestine conflict. The coverage had such a profound effect on Yoshiko that after this she entered politics in 1970, supporting Palestine. In 1974, Yoshiko was appointed to the House of Council in the Japanese Parliament. She remained in the Liberal Democratic Party for 18 years. During her political career, Yoshiko worked to improve relations with China and Asian countries.
Compensation given to women used for sexual favors in war
Yoshiko was the first Japanese citizen and leader to speak openly about the atrocities committed by the Japanese during World War II. He started a campaign to get compensation for those women who were subjected to sex slavery by Japanese soldiers during the war. Such women were called 'comfort women' during the war. While the people of Japan still shy away from apologising on this issue.
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\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:introduction}
4U\,1630--47\ is an X-ray transient discovered by {\it Uhuru} (Jones et al.\
1976), while the first recorded outburst was detected in
1969 by {\it Vela} 5B (Priedhorsky 1986).
Outbursts occur approximately periodically with intervals
ranging from 600--690 days (Jones et al.\ 1976; Priedhorsky 1986;
Kuulkers et al.\ 1997a).
Archival observations are
reported in Parmar et al. (1995, 1997b).
The 1984 outburst, and its subsequent decay, were relatively well
studied by EXOSAT (Parmar et al. 1986). The flux decayed over a
period of $\sim$100 days from $\sim$2.8$\times10^{38}$ to
4$\times10^{36}$ ergs s$^{-1}$ (1--50 keV, for an assumed distance of
10~kpc). This distance estimate is based
on the high absorption towards the source and its proximity to the
galactic center (Parmar et al. 1986).
The relative strength of the soft component decreased by at
least a factor of two during the decay and the power-law component
became harder as the outburst progressed.

4U\,1630--47\ is a black hole candidate based on its
X-ray spectral and timing behavior (White et al.\ 1984;
Parmar et al.\ 1986; Kuulkers et al. 1997b).
The typical recurrence timescale for black hole candidate
outbursts is 10--50~yr (e.g., Parmar et al. 1995),
and the more prolific outburst activity
of 4U\,1630--47\ is therefore unusual.
No optical counterpart is known, probably due to high reddening and the
crowded field (see Parmar et al. 1986).
Kuulkers et al. (1997a) predicted that 4U\,1630--47\ would
undergo another outburst
near 1998 January 31. It went into outburst on around 1998 February 2,
and was detected by the All Sky Monitor (ASM) on-board RXTE
(Kuulkers et al.\ 1998a). The outburst reached
a peak 2--12~keV intensity of $\sim$460 mCrab on around
February 24. During the outburst
a radio counterpart was detected by Hjellming \& Kuulkers (1998).

We report on five \sax\ pointed observations performed
during the decay of the 1998 outburst. We discuss the 2--200~keV
spectrum of 4U\,1630--47\ and its evolution as the luminosity changed by a
factor $\sim$7. In addition, we report on an observation in
1997 March when the source was in quiescence.

\section{Observations and Analysis}
\label{sec:observations}
4U\,1630--47\ was observed five times by \sax\ during the 1998 February-May
outburst (Table \ref{tab:log}, see also Fig.\ \ref{fig:lightcurve}).
Results obtained
with the coaligned LECS, MECS, HPGSPC,
and PDS instruments are presented.
The LECS is sensitive between
0.1--10~keV (Parmar et al.\ 1997a), the MECS between 2--10~keV
(Boella et al.\ 1997), the HPGSPC between 4--120~keV
(Manzo et al. 1997), and the PDS between 15--300 keV
(Frontera et al.\ 1997). The LECS and the MECS are imaging
instruments with circular fields of view (FOVs) with diameters of
37\hbox{$^\prime$}\ and 56\hbox{$^\prime$}, respectively.
The non-imaging HPGSPC consists of a single unit with a collimator
that is alternatively rocked on- and off-source to monitor the background
spectrum.
The non-imaging PDS consists of four independent units arranged in
pairs each having a separate collimator.
Each collimator is operated in a rocking-mode to monitor the
background. The HPGSPC and PDS were operated in their nominal modes
with a dwell time of 96~s for each on- and off-source
position and rocking angles
of 210\hbox{$^\prime$}\ and 180\hbox{$^\prime$}, respectively.
The HPGSPC and PDS have hexagonal FOVs of
78\hbox{$^\prime$}\ and 66\hbox{$^\prime$}\ full-width at half maximum, respectively.

\begin{figure}
\centering{\epsfig{figure=asm3.ps,width=8cm}}
\caption[]{The RXTE ASM 2--12~keV light curve of the 1998 outburst
from 4U\,1630--47. The times
of the \sax\ observations are indicated with open triangles. The
dashed line indicates the zero level}
\label{fig:lightcurve}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}
\caption[]{Log of the \sax\ observations of 4U\,1630--47\ during its 1998 outburst}
\begin{tabular}{llllll}
\hline
Obs & Date & Start Time & Total & MECS  & MECS\\
    & \multicolumn{1}{c}{} &  \multicolumn{1}{c}{} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Time} &
    \multicolumn{1}{l}{Exp.} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Count}\\
    & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(1998)} &  \multicolumn{1}{c}{(MJD)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(ks)} &
    \multicolumn{1}{l}{(ks)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{rate (s$^{-1}$)}\\
\hline
1 & Feb 20   & 50864.188 & 42.5 & 20.0 & 78.9 \\
2 & Feb 24   & 50868.254 & 34.1 & 13.5 & 75.7 \\
3 & Mar 07   & 50879.517 & 55.7 & 29.5 & 41.8 \\
4 & Mar 19   & 50891.620 & 48.4 & 27.7 & 20.8 \\
5 & Mar 26   & 50898.720 & 60.0 & 31.1 & 11.7 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{tab:log}
\end{table}

For the spectral fits only MECS data in the
energy range 1.85--10.5~keV and PDS data in the energy range
13--100~keV were used, since
-- due to the high absorption towards 4U\,1630--47\ -- there is no useful
LECS data at lower energies, while the LECS spectrum in the 2--10~keV
band is consistent with that from the MECS.
Typically, the source is detected with
more than 10$\sigma$ significance up to 200 keV in the PDS.
The PDS spectra were
grouped using a logarithmic energy grid and the MECS spectra were
grouped such that each energy bin has at least 20 counts. The relative
normalization between the instruments was a free
parameter to allow for small absolute calibration uncertainties,
but the best-fit values are always close to unity.

The HPGSPC data were used to check the spectral shape of the
source in the band 10.5--13 keV, which is not covered by the MECS and
PDS instruments. The shape obtained from the MECS and PDS
is in good agreement with the HPGSPC results.
The HPGSPC data were not used in the final fits, because there are systematic
residuals present which may be instrumental in
origin. These tend to increase the
values of \chisq\ (while the best-fit parameters remain unchanged).
These residuals may be partly caused by the non-optimal
background subtraction (see below) due to the presence of a source in
the offset collimator position.

The presence of contaminating sources in the off-source
collimator positions of the
HPGSPC and the PDS was checked.
During the later observations there is clearly
a source (probably GX~340+0) in the offset position of the
HPGSPC, and in the negative offset position of the PDS. Therefore,
data obtained during Earth occultations were used to accumulate
background spectra
for the HPGSPC, and only the positive offset position was used
for the PDS. Due to
the different roll-angle of the satellite for each observation,
the contribution of this contaminating source is
not significant during observations 1 and 2, but in order to obtain
a uniform dataset, the same method of background subtraction
was used for
all five observations.
Note that using only one offset spectrum in the background subtraction
results in a poorer signal to noise ratio, since the exposure time of the
background spectrum is effectively halved.

\begin{table*}
\caption[]{The best-fit parameters for a power-law and disk
blackbody model. Uncertainties are given at 90\% confidence for one
parameter of interest. N${\rm _H}$\ is in units of $10^{22}$ atoms cm$^{-2}$}
\begin{tabular}{lllllll}
\hline
Obs & N${\rm _H}$ & $\alpha$ & Norm$^{1}$ & T (keV) & Norm$^{2}$ & \rchisq/dof \\
    &     &          & (PL)     &         &  (Disk BB) \\
\hline
1 & 10.33$\pm0.08$ & 2.67$\pm0.01$ & 13.3$\pm0.5$ & 2.21$\pm0.03$ & 13.5$\pm1.3$ & 1.706/246  \\
2 & 9.88$\pm0.10$ & 2.70$\pm0.2$ & 11.3$\pm0.7$ & 1.96$\pm0.02$ & 27.2$\pm2.0$ & 0.993/246  \\
3 & 9.00$\pm0.06$ & 2.485$\pm0.01$ & 5.36$\pm0.02$ & 1.13$\pm0.03$ & 111$\pm12$ & 1.631/246  \\
4 & 8.32$\pm0.08$ & 2.30$\pm0.02$ & 1.10$\pm0.08$ & 1.020$\pm0.015$ & 218$\pm17$ & 1.177/246  \\
5 & 8.13$\pm0.10$ & 2.28$\pm0.03$ & 0.75$\pm0.05$ & 0.86$\pm0.02$ & 263$\pm30$ & 1.561/246  \\
\hline
\multicolumn{7}{l}{\footnotesize $^{1}$Photon flux at 1 keV}\\
\multicolumn{7}{l}{\footnotesize $^{2}$${\rm(R_{in}/D_{10})^2
\cos{\theta}}$, where ${\rm R_{in}}$ is the inner disk radius,
${\rm D_{10}}$ the distance in units of}\\
\multicolumn{7}{l}{\footnotesize 10~kpc and ${\rm \theta}$ the disk inclination
angle}\\
\end{tabular}
\label{tab:fits_pow}
\end{table*}

\begin{table*}
\caption[]{The best-fit parameters for a {\sc pexriv} and disk
blackbody model. All uncertainties are obtained with
$\Delta\chi^{2}=2.706$ (90\% interval for one parameter of interest).
N${\rm _H}$\ is in units of $10^{22}$ atoms cm$^{-2}$. L is the 2--10~keV
unabsorbed luminosity in units of $10^{38}$~\hbox{erg s$^{-1}$}\ for an assumed distance
of 10~kpc. ${\rm L_{BB}/L}$ is the ratio of luminosity in the disk
blackbody compared to the total in the 2--10~keV energy range}
\begin{tabular}{llllllllll}
\hline
Obs & N${\rm _H}$ & $\alpha$ & Norm$^{1}$ & Relative
& T (keV) & Norm$^{1}$ &  L &${\rm L_{BB}/L}$ & \rchisq/dof \\
    &     &          & ({\sc pexriv})  & reflection$^{2}$
&         & (Disk BB)&    &                 & \\
\hline
\noalign {\smallskip}
1 & 10.03$^{+0.21}_{-0.10}$ & 2.56$^{+0.12}_{-0.04}$ & 10.9$^{+2.0}_{-0.7}$
& $<$0.19 & 2.10$^{+0.10}_{-0.03}$ & 17.9$^{+1.8}_{-3.1}$ &
2.08 & 0.29 & 1.414/244 \\
2 & 9.88$^{+0.05}_{-0.11}$ & 2.70$\pm0.01$ & 11.3$\pm0.4$
& $<$0.06& 1.96$^{+0.02}_{-0.01}$ & $27.2 \pm 2.2$ &
2.00 & 0.34 & 1.002/244 \\
3 & 9.03$^{+0.06}_{-0.11}$ & 2.50$^{+0.02}_{-0.05}$ & 5.51$^{+0.20}_{-0.55}$ & $0.07 \pm 0.05$ & $1.13 \pm 0.03$ & 111.0$^{+13.5}_{-9.5}$
& 1.05 & 0.22 & 1.608/244 \\
4 & 8.39$^{+0.05}_{-0.10}$ & 2.35$^{+0.03}_{-0.05}$ & 1.22$^{+0.07}_{-0.13}$ & 0.18$^{+0.08}_{-0.11}$ & 1.01$^{+0.02}_{-0.01}$ & $225 \pm 17$
& 0.47 & 0.56 & 1.151/244 \\
5 & 8.23$\pm0.16$ & 2.37$^{+0.07}_{-0.12}$ & $0.79 \pm 0.15$ & 0.69$^{+0.23}_{-0.19}$ &0.85$\pm0.02$ &
282$^{+40}_{-31}$ & 0.27& 0.47 & 1.112/244\\
\noalign {\smallskip}
\hline
\multicolumn{9}{l}{\footnotesize $^{1}$Units are the same as in
Table \ref{tab:fits_pow}}\\
\multicolumn{9}{l}{\footnotesize $^{2}$Constrained to be positive}\\
\end{tabular}
\label{tab:fits_pexriv}
\end{table*}

\section {Results}
\label{sec:analysis}

\begin{figure*}
\centering{\mbox{\epsfig{figure=obs1.ps,width=8cm,angle=-90}
\epsfig{figure=obs2.ps,width=8cm,angle=-90}}}
\caption[]{A comparison of MECS and PDS spectra with strong
(left, obs.\ 1) and weak (right, obs.\ 2)
``wiggles'' at higher energies.
The fit model is an absorbed power-law and disk blackbody}
\label{fig:wiggles}
\end{figure*}

A model consisting of an absorbed  multi-temperature disk
blackbody (Mitsuda et al.\ 1984) and an
absorbed power-law fits the general broad-band spectral
shape reasonably
well (Table~\ref{tab:fits_pow}). However, with the exception of the
spectra obtained during observation 2, deviations from the best-fit model
are present which
give rise to formally unacceptable values of \rchisq. Fitting the
spectra with a combination of absorbed power-law and blackbody models
gives similar results. The spectra were next fitted
with an absorbed disk blackbody and a cut-off
power-law model. This gives some improvement in fit quality,
but is still unable to satisfactorily model the
deviations, or ``wiggles'', in the spectrum which are most prominent
around $\sim$20~keV (see Fig.\ \ref{fig:wiggles}).

These deviations prompted the use of a model which
incorporates reflection such as {\sc pexriv}
in XSPEC which models a power-law reflected by
ionized material (Magdziarz \& Zdziarski 1995).
The spectra were fit with the photon index, folding energy,
relative reflection, and normalization as free parameters.
The best-fit parameters are
given in Table~\ref{tab:fits_pexriv}, with the exception of the
folding energy, which was always much larger than highest energy used in
the fit. The ionization parameter, $\xi$, was fixed at 1.0
(corresponding to un-ionized material), since
the fits are
insensitive to changes in this parameter.
The effects of reflection can be seen as
deviations from a power-law continuum starting at $\sim$10
keV and extending to 30--40~keV in Fig.~\ref{fig:spectrum1}.
With this model the overall \rchisq\ is significantly less
than with a power-law and disk blackbody model,
but individual values are still are not always formally acceptable.
In comparison with
the cutoff power-law model, the values of \rchisq\
are similar for observation 1, while for
observations 2--4 the {\sc pexriv} model gives marginally
lower values of \rchisq\ (at
90--94\% confidence), and for observation 5 the reduction in
\rchisq\ is highly significant ($>$99.9999\% confidence).
The trends
in N${\rm _H}$, disk blackbody temperature, and inner
disk radius are very similar whichever model is used for the hard
component (see e.g. Tables \ref{tab:fits_pow} and
\ref{tab:fits_pexriv}). Therefore the conclusions
in Sect.~\ref{sec:discussion} with regard to the
derived disk blackbody parameters do not depend on the assumed hard-component
model.

\begin{figure}
\centering{\epsfig{figure=4139_uf.ps,width=6cm,angle=-90}}
\caption[]{The photon spectrum of 4U\,1630--47\ obtained during observation
5 with the MECS, HPGSPC, and PDS instruments. The disk blackbody
and power-law-like {\sc pexriv} components are shown seperately}
\label{fig:spectrum1}
\end{figure}

Tables~\ref{tab:fits_pow} and \ref{tab:fits_pexriv} reveal that
the temperature of the disk blackbody decreased
and the inferred inner disk radius increased as the outburst
progressed (see also Fig.~\ref{fig:param}).
To investigate whether these changes could be
artefacts of the fitting procedure, the correlations
between the disk blackbody normalization (proportional to the square of the
inner disk radius) and the power-law slope and disk blackbody
temperature were investigated.
Large changes are apparent in these quantities
and a (very) strong correlation between parameters could give rise
to an apparent change in the inner disk radius (which should then not
be interpreted in a physical way).
In order to check that this is not the case,
contour-plots corresponding to large changes in \chisq\
($\Delta$ \chisq=10, 20) were produced.
The confidence contours do
not overlap for the different observations since the differences between the
obtained parameters are an order of magnitude larger than the size
of the confidence contours for these already large \chisq differences.
This analysis reveals that
the observed changes are {\it much} larger than can be
explained as due to correlations between fit parameters. The observed
changes in the spectral parameters therefore reflect physical changes.

Power spectra of 4U\,1630--47\ were searched for any distinctive features such
as quasi-periodic oscillations. None were found. However,
the quality of the power spectra is rather poor (a much better
analysis can be done with e.g.\ RXTE data) and so a more
detailed timing analysis was not attempted.

During the \sax\ observation of 4U\,1630--47\ in its quiescent state  (on 1997
March 26--27), 4U\,1630--47\ was not detected. However, due to the presence of
a number of nearby sources  and the relatively poor LECS and MECS
spatial resolution, it is difficult to separate the contributions
from nearby faint sources.
The 3$\sigma$ upper limit to the MECS count rate is
1.2$\times10^{-3}$~s$^{-1}$. This translates into an upper limit on
the 2--10 keV unabsorbed flux of  1.9$\times10^{33}$ ergs s$^{-1}$,
for an assumed distance of 10 kpc, a photon index of 2.1, and an
N${\rm _H}$\ of 8$\times10^{22}$ \hbox {\ifmmode $ atoms cm$^{-2}\else atoms cm$^{-2}$\fi}\ (close to lowest value obtained). This
photon index is the value obtained for the black
hole candidate GS\thinspace2023+338 in quiescence by Narayan et
al.\ (1997). The corresponding value for the unabsorbed 2--10~keV flux
for an N${\rm _H}$\ of 2.0$\times10^{22}$ \hbox {\ifmmode $ atoms cm$^{-2}\else atoms cm$^{-2}$\fi} (the galactic value; Dickey \&
Lockman 1990) is 1.0$\times10^{33}$ ergs s$^{-1}$.  This upper limit is
similar to previous limits for the flux of 4U\,1630--47\ in quiescence
(see Parmar et al.\ 1997b).

\section {Discussion}
\label{sec:discussion}

The \sax\ observations of 4U\,1630--47\ during its 1998 outburst reveal a
decreasing N${\rm _H}$, a hardening of a power-law like component, a
decreasing disk blackbody temperature, and an increasing
inferred inner disk radius (Fig.~\ref{fig:param}).
These first two changes were also observed during the 1986
outburst of 4U\,1630--47\ by Parmar et al. (1986), and in other
X-ray transients (e.g.\ GS\thinspace2023+338; Oosterbroek et al.\ 1997). The
change in N${\rm _H}$\ may suggest that the initial outburst onset is a rather
dramatic event, which leaves significant amounts of material around the
compact object, which later on is either accreted, or expelled from the
system.

\begin{figure}
\centering{\epsfig{figure=all_param_pexriv.ps,width=8.5cm}}
\caption[]{The changes as a function of time (in days)  in the best
fit parameters (see Table \ref{tab:fits_pexriv}). The uncertainties
correspond to 90\% confidence intervals. The inner disk radii
were obtained assuming a distance of 10~kpc and ${\rm \theta = 0^\circ}$}
\label{fig:param}
\end{figure}

The inner disk radius (which has been interpreted as the
radius of the innermost stable orbit around a black hole; Ebisawa
1991) increased by a factor of 4 (Fig.\ \ref{fig:param}) during
the part of the outburst observed by \sax.  Therefore it is clearly
not related (at least in a simple way) to the  innermost stable
orbit. It is interesting to note that a similar phenomenon, as seen in
GRS\thinspace1915+105 by Belloni et al.\ (1997), may be evident here:
the inner part of the accretion disk changes its state such that it
does not contribute to the X-ray flux. However, in
GRS\thinspace1915+105 this occurs on a much shorter time scale of
seconds to minutes. The fact that the best-fit temperature at the inner
disk radius decreased during the outburst supports this
interpretation - it is just the result of the change in effective
inner disk radius.  The relation between the best-fit inner disk radii
and temperature is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:temp_radius}.
Comparing this to the theoretical temperature
profile of a standard Shakura-Sunyaev disk (${\rm T_{s}\propto
r^{-3/4}}$, where ${\rm T_{s}}$ is the surface temperature and r the
radius), shows a qualitive agreement. We note that this relation
is, strictly speaking, only valid  for radii much larger
than the inner disk radius.  Since the mass
accretion rate, ${\rm \dot{M} = 8\pi R_{\rm in}^{3}\sigma
T^{4}/3GM}$ this implies that ${\rm \dot{M}}$ is approximately constant
during the part of the outburst observed by \sax\
(if the contribution from the
non-thermal component is excluded), and that the inner part of
the accretion disk progressively changed its state to produce
the observed spectral changes.

\begin{figure}
\centering{\epsfig{file=R_T_pexriv_line.eps,width=6cm,angle=-90}}
\caption[]{The relation between the inner disk temperature and the
best-fit inner disk radius.
The inner disk radii
were obtained assuming a distance of 10~kpc and ${\rm \theta = 0^\circ}$.
Points are obtained (in time) from right
to left.
The solid line represents the theoretical
prediction
for a standard Shakura-Sunyaev disk model (which is only
valid for $r>>R_{\rm in}$)}
\label{fig:temp_radius}
\end{figure}

This behavior is quite different from outbursts of the transients
GS\thinspace1124$-$68, GRO{\thinspace}J1655$-$40 and
GS\thinspace2000+25 and from the persistent
source LMC{\thinspace}X-3 observed by {\it Ginga} and RXTE. In those
sources the  best-fit inferred inner disk radii remain approximately
constant during the entire outburst (GS\thinspace2000+25), or
until the late stages ($\mathrel{\hbox{\rlap{\lower.55ex \hbox {$\sim$}$150~days) of the outburst
(see Tanaka \& Lewin 1995; Ebisawa et al.\ 1994; Sobczak et al.\ 1998).
This difference
is unlikely to be caused by the broad energy coverage of
\sax,  which allows the underlying power-law(-like) spectrum to be
well constrained, since the {\it Ginga} and RXTE energy ranges
extend far beyond where the disk blackbody contributes to the
flux.
Another difference with respect to the above sources is
that their disk blackbody temperatures are $\mathrel{\hbox{\rlap{\lower.55ex \hbox {$\sim$}$1~keV,
compared to $\sim$2~keV with 4U\,1630--47\ near the peak of
the outburst. A similar high temperature was observed in
GRS\thinspace1915+105 (Belloni et al.\ 1997).
We speculate that
the difference in spectral properties may be related to the
difference in outburst recurrence intervals between 4U\,1630--47\ (1.6~yrs)
and the other soft X-ray transients which have typical recurrence intervals
$\mathrel{\hbox{\rlap{\lower.55ex \hbox {$\sim$}$25~yrs. This may suggest that a different mechanism is
responsible for the outbursts in 4U\,1630--47, which also gives rise to a different
behavior during the outburst. The fact that the inner part of the
accretion disk disappears slowly (and smoothly) suggests that the
matter accretes into the black hole (as opposed to the sudden phase
transition observed in GRS\thinspace1915+105). This, in turn, may
cause a drop in $\dot{M}$ at the inner edge, which is needed to cause
the end of  an outburst in irradiated disks (see King \& Ritter 1998).

The increase in the best fit inner disk radius is compatibible
with the model of Esin et al. (1997) who assume that accretion
takes place through a Shakura-Sunyaev disk
beyond some truncation radius, but within this radius the
flow jumps to the advective solution. They model the change from a high
to a low state as an increase in the radius where the character
of the flow changes.  The observed increase in best-fit inner disk radius
may therefore simply reflect the outward expansion of the radius where
optically thick material is present as the outburst evolved.
We note that the best-fit values for the inner
disk radius are  lower than the value (3 Schwarzschild radii, the
innermost marginally stable orbit) for the high state in the
Esin et al. (1997) model. However,
we have assumed that the disk is viewed face-on (an inclination angle of
0$^\circ$), while there are indications
that the inclination is in the range 60--75$^\circ$ (Kuulkers et
al.\ 1998b). In addition, the distance to the source is uncertain. These
factors may
result in larger values for the ``real'' inner disk radius.  \.{Z}ycki
et al. (1998) also find much smaller values for the inner disk radius
from their modeling of the spectra of GS\thinspace1124$-$68, compared
to the values predicted in Esin et al.\ (1997).

We note that the changing inferred inner disk radius has
implications for the method applied by Zhang et al.\ (1997) to
determine black hole spin. They calculate the general relativistic
effects of black hole rotation on the inner disk regions, which allows
the obtained disk blackbody temperatures and inner disk radii to be
interpreted in terms of the spin of the black hole.  Our results
suggest that other processes also affect the spectrum (since a change
of black hole spin can be excluded on a time scale of $\sim$40 days),
which cautions against interpreting spectral properties in term of
black hole parameters alone.

The nature of the hard component in 4U\,1630--47\ is unclear. Although
a reflection model provides the lowest overall \rchisq,
this does not necessarily mean that significant reflection is
occuring in the system.
The largest reduction in \rchisq\ using the {\sc pexriv}
model compared to a power-law is obtained when the fitted
relative reflection is high, which {\it does} mean that the deviations from a
power-law, to first order, can be modeled with a reflection
component. However, the values of \rchisq\ are not always formally acceptable,
which suggests that, although the {\sc pexriv} model gives a
better overall fit then a power-law or a cutoff power-law,
the detailed modeling of the
reflected component is unsatisfactory.
We note that the fits to the EXOSAT
spectra also gave formally unacceptable \chisq\ values, although
Parmar et al. (1986) used a different model consisting of a
Wien-like soft component and a power-law.  It appears that the
spectrum of 4U\,1630--47\ is complex and contains features which cannot be
currently modeled in a realistic way.

The amount of reflection in the {\sc pexriv} model (see Table
\ref{tab:fits_pexriv}) increased, compared to the underlying continuum,
as the outburst decayed.
However, there is no obvious
correlation between the amount of relative reflection and the
normalizations of the disk blackbody and
power-law, as modeled with the {\sc pexriv} model, suggesting that any
reflected component is neither constant nor directly related to the
strengths of either spectral component.
The weakness of the ``wiggles'' during observation 2
coincided with the peak of the outburst, as can be seen from
the RXTE ASM light curve (Fig.\ \ref{fig:lightcurve}). This may be
coincidence, or it could be that the continuum becomes
``smoother'' near the maximum of the outburst as a rule. We note
that the residuals in the $\sim$4--7 keV range become significantly
less if a narrow Gaussian component is added, suggesting the presence of a
weak ($\sim$30~eV equivalent width) iron line (obs.\ 3).
However, the residuals are at
the 2--3\% level, comparable to the systematic uncertainties.
In comparison with Active Galactic Nuclei where reflection components
and associated iron fluorescence lines have been detected from a
number of systems (e.g., Pounds et al. 1990), the lack of
intense ($\mathrel{\hbox{\rlap{\lower.55ex \hbox {$\sim$}$100~eV equivalent width) iron emission from 4U\,1630--47\
is surprizing, if reflection is important in this system.
However, we note that during a Broad Band X-ray Telescope observation
of the blackhole candidate Cyg{\thinspace}X-1 by Marshall et al. (1993)
also showed evidence for reflection by material surrounding the central
source, but only a narrow line at 6.4~keV with an equivalent width of
$13 \pm 11$~eV was possibly detected.

\begin{acknowledgements}
  The \sax\ satellite is a joint Italian--Dutch programme.
  T. Oosterbroek acknowledges an ESA Fellowship. We thank the staff
  of the \sax\ Science Data Center for their support and
  the RXTE/ASM teams at MIT and at NASA's GSFC
  for providing quick-look results.
\end{acknowledgements}

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import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;

import org.jboss.netty.util.internal.ConcurrentIdentityWeakKeyHashMap;

/**
 * A global variable that is local to a {@link Channel}.  Think of this as a
 * variation of {@link ThreadLocal} whose key is a {@link Channel} rather than
 * a {@link Thread#currentThread()}.  One difference is that you always have to
 * specify the {@link Channel} to access the variable.
 *

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 *
 * @author The Netty Project
 * @author Trustin Lee
 * @version $Rev$, $Date$
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public class ChannelLocal<T> {

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    protected T initialValue(@SuppressWarnings("unused") Channel channel) {
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    public T get(Channel channel) {
        if (channel == null) {
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        T value = map.get(channel);
        if (value == null) {
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    public T set(Channel channel, T value) {
        if (value == null) {
            return remove(channel);
        } else {
            if (channel == null) {
                throw new NullPointerException("channel");
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     *
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     *         An existing value if failed to set.
     */
    public T setIfAbsent(Channel channel, T value) {
        if (value == null) {
            return get(channel);
        } else {
            if (channel == null) {
                throw new NullPointerException("channel");
            }
            return map.putIfAbsent(channel, value);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Removes the variable and returns the removed value.  If no value was set,
     * this method returns the return value of {@link #initialValue(Channel)},
     * which is {@code null} by default.
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    public T remove(Channel channel) {
        if (channel == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("channel");
        }
        T removed = map.remove(channel);
        if (removed == null) {
            return initialValue(channel);
        } else {
            return removed;
        }
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}


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Q: Passing parameters to css animation p {
  animation-duration: 3s;
  animation-name: slidein;
}

@keyframes slidein {
  from {
    margin-left: 100%;
    width: 300%;
  }

  to {
    margin-left: 0%;
    width: 100%;
  }
}

For the animation CSS code above, I'm wondering whether there's any way to pass the values of margin-left and width as parameter from Javascript.

A: Maybe another way to do this is to use: Element.animate()

var m = "100%";
var w = "300%";

document.getElementsByClassName('p2')[0].animate([{
        marginLeft: m,
        width: w
    },
    {
        marginLeft: '0%',
        width: '100%'
    }
], {
    duration: 2000,
});
<!DOCTYPE html>

 This will not animate as the animation will use the default value set to the variable

  This will animate because we changed the CSS variable using JS

A: Use CSS variables and you can easily do this:

document.querySelector('.p2').style.setProperty('--m','100%');
document.querySelector('.p2').style.setProperty('--w','300%');
.p1,.p2 {
  animation-duration: 3s;
  animation-name: slidein;
}

@keyframes slidein {
  from {
    margin-left: var(--m, 0%);
    width: var(--w, 100%);
  }
  to {
    margin-left: 0%;
    width: 100%;
  }
}

 This will not animate as the animation will use the default value set to the variable

  This will animate because we changed the CSS variable using JS

A: Temani Afif's answer, But one animation is removed so it is easy to understand what is going on .
Use CSS variables and you can easily do this:

document.querySelector('.p2').style.setProperty('--m','100%');

.p1,.p2 {
  animation-duration: 3s;
  animation-name: slidein;
}

@keyframes slidein {
  from {
    margin-left: var(--m, 0%);

  }
  to {
    margin-left: 0%;

  }
}

 This will not animate as the animation will use the default value set to the variable

  This will animate because we changed the CSS variable using JS

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Ava is a medical technology company that developed the Ava bracelet, a wearable fertility tracker. The Ava bracelet was the first fertility-tracking wearable device.

The device tracks women's cycles by measuring the wearer's temperature, heart rate, perfusion, breathing rate, and heart rate variability. Data collected from the bracelet is displayed on an app, and intended to help women manage their reproductive health including conceiving and general health tracking during pregnancy.

The company was founded in Zurich, Switzerland by Lea Von Bidder, Pascal Koenig, Philipp Tholen, and Peter Stein. In September 2015, the company took part in TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield. In November 2015, Ava raised a $2.6 million funding round led by Swisscom and ZKB. The company began shipping the Ava bracelet to customers in July 2016.

In November 2016, the company raised a $9.7 million Series A funding round. In May 2018, the company announced it had raised $30 million in a series B funding round.

In 2018, co-founder Lea von Bidder stated that at least 1,000 women had given birth after using the Ava bracelet since 2016.

In 2019, actress Claire Holt became a brand ambassador for the company.

References

Medical technology
Fertility
Women's health

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Three Peachtree City men died when a small plane crashed Saturday afternoon at LaGrange Callaway Airport in LaGrange, GA.
The plane, a Beechcraft Baron twin-engine, went down about 14:07 pm, killing Vincent Michael Rossetti, 60, Willy Lutz, 69 and Jeffery Van Curtis, 53.
Two men died at the scene, Lt Chris Taylor with the LaGrange Fire Department officials said in an emailed statement. Another man was flown to Columbus Medical Center, where he died.
The plane, which took off from Panama City, FL, arrived at the LaGrange airport about 10:45 am Saturday and was refueled, Channel 2 reported.
According to witnesses, the plane was practicing some maneuvers when it suddenly had to avoid a [Civil Air Patrol] glider.
After that move, the plane went into a deadly nose-dive, according to the report.
• The pilot's overreaction to a perceived conflict with a [Civil Air Patrol] tow plane and [Civil Air Patrol] glider on an intersecting runway, which resulted in a loss of control during an attempted aborted landing.
•Contributing to the accident was the failure of the [Civil Air Patrol] glider tow operator to follow and the airport operator to ensure compliance with published airport rules and regulations for glider tow operations.


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