Jamie Kincaid knows that she can`t move on with her life until she has answers. And she`s walking straight into the fire to find them.
A year ago Jamie learned that her beloved cousin, Nate, had been killed. Beaten to death in what police suspect was a drug deal gone wrong, he was found by his childhood friend Dillon Gaynor. Dillon had always been the baddest of the bad boys, leading Nate astray, about Nate`s death. He`s not about to volunteer any information, and Jaime`s only choice is to head to the Wisconsin town where he lives to find the answers for herself.
Jamie shows up unannounced on Dillon`s doorstep, only to find that Dillon is as dangerous and seductive as she remembers. But despite his silky hostility, she discovers that she can`t leave. Things start disappearing, strange accidents begin to happen and Jamie doesn`t know whether Dillon is trying to seduce her or scare her away. And if she gives in to his predatory games, will she lose her soul? Or her life?
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If Madonna in MOA Arena was a spectacle, Chris Botti and Sting in concert on March 3 at the Marriott Grand Ballroom was an exceptionally euphoric musical experience.
This was one special gig that featured one of the most brilliant contemporary jazz trumpet artists back-to-back with one of rock 'n' roll's most distinctive voices who happened to have dabbled in jazz early in his career and went on to explore it after the breakup of his band, The Police.
Botti's band, led by pianist extraordinaire Geoffrey Keezer, was smoking hot – tripping the light fantastic with bursts of bebop and all-around excellence.
In the end, the music lifted the crowd so high and energized that a number of fans – including the vacationing Los Angeles-based Bubut Posadas and her college friend Wing Inductivo – unwittingly found themselves just an arm's length from Sting and taking all the selfies and videos their phone cameras could allow. No burly bouncers to stop them.


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Chelsea vs Norwich City Preview and Line Up Prediction: Chelsea to Win 1-0 at 13/2
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Chelsea and Norwich City will play their thirteenth game of the Premier League season at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, 21st November.
The teams last played in May 2014 and the game ended in a goalless draw. Before that they played in October 2013 and Chelsea won the game 1 – 3.
Chelsea is currently sixteenth in the Premier League with 11 points having won 3 games, drawn 2 and lost 7. They are one point above Newcastle United.
Norwich City is fifteenth in the league with 12 points having won 3 games, drawn 3 and lost 6. They are one point below Swansea City.
A 1 – 0 or 2 – 0 win for Chelsea is the most likely outcome with William Hill and Bet365 offering odds of 13/2 on both results.
Betting Odds:
William Hill Odds: 4/9 Chelsea to Win, 10/3 for a Draw and 13/2 Norwich City to Win
Bet365 Odds: 4/9 Chelsea to Win, 10/3 for a Draw and 6/1 Norwich City to Win
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Album Review: Love Yourself: Her by BTS
BTS (aka Bagtan Boys aka Bangtan Sonyeondan aka Bulletproof Boy Scouts aka maybe the talented/hottest boys in this world) has taken over the world in 2017 and 2018. This Korean pop/rap band visited the Ellen Show, won an award at the Billboard Music Awards, and was named by Time magazine amongst the 25 most influencing people on the internet. Why am I feeling like a proud mom all of sudden?
Why I want to review Love Yourself: Her?
Today I wanted to try to make music review even if I'm close to tone deaf and know nothing about music (I can't play any instrument and singing is just impossible). But hey, let's see how this goes because despite my failure to know anything about music I listen to it almost 24/7. To make album review I had to pick out a band and their album I would like to talk about. It wasn't hard.
I have seen a lot of people reviewing BTS's music for the first time due to their rising popularity. I was thinking that it would be nice to get my review out as someone who has been listening to them for years. I have always liked music that unites different genres and when I first heard BTS during their debut days I was already gone. I love nothing more than a great pop song with amazing rapping and talented composing.
And so today I want to review the latest album of this South Korean boyband.
My opinion of Love Yourself: Her by BTS
As whole Love Yourself: Her is my least favorite of BTS albums. I can hear you writing that hate comment so don't bother just yet. Yes, it's my least favorite of their albums but even then I would give it 9 out of 10 stars. The problem is that I love their previous albums too much. However, this album also has some of my all-time favorite songs from BTS like Go Go and Mic Drop.
Okay, maybe I should just say… This album also includes some of my all-time favorite songs from any musician, band, or orchestra I have ever heard. Mic Drop is a masterpiece. Don't fight me in this!
The songs in Love Yourself: Her by BTS
And my opinion of them
Intro: Serendipity
The intro song of Love Yourself: Her is a quiet, calm and magical piece of art. Not my usual style of music but perfect to listen to just before falling asleep or when you want to forget the whole world around you. A sad love song with touching lyrics.
When I first heard DNA, I was disappointed. I had been expecting something spectacular and this song was just another kpop song with catchy rhythm and lyrics about love. But now after listening to it several times, DNA has found its way to my regular playlist (keep in mind that this playlist has about 300 songs…) My favorite part? Definitely the whistling in the start of the song. The video is colorful, and dance looks good. That DNA dance move (the boys make DNA chain with their bodies) is clever.
Best of Me
Chill tunes aren't always my thing but after listening to Best of Me for several times it kind of grows into you. Summer song, that's my opinion. Something to listen to while spending time with friends on the beach or trying to fall asleep just before sunset on warm evenings. I give the song and BTS big plus for making the chorus catchy because I just can't stop singing along.
dimble
I'm really bothered by the fact that the song name isn't written with a capital letter (at least in Spotify). Other than that this song goes in the same category with Best of Me. A song perfect for chilling out in summer. It's a song about illegal dimbles, do I even have to tell anything else about the lyrics? This is the part you can probably hear me singing in the middle of the night because who doesn't love chanting came words again and again?
"Illegal, illegal, but I love it anyway, anyway, anyway…"
I HATED this song as first. I don't know what is with me and happy tones… I need badass or depressing songs (and what does that tell about me). After listening to this album too many times on repeat, it's not that bad. In fact, Pied Piper is a basic pop song that would be loved by the masses. For me, it goes well while working because I can't make improvised dance break while the boring parts of my writing! Suga's rap is on point and I'm not even going to talk about V saying the word 'paradise'… Sexual much?
Skit: Billboard Music Awards Speech
Skits have never really been my thing, would rather listen to more music. Despite my general feelings, the Billboard Music Awards speech makes me kind of emotional. This thank you speech by Rap Monster marks a moment BTS too their place on international fame. When it happened, it felt almost unreal. For a moment kpop was a mainstream thing or at least in my opinion.
MIC Drop
Oh my god! I have no words to describe MIC Drop. Despite liking the original song more than this Steve Aoki remix the video is FIRE! This song is my 'badass cleaning my home while dancing or walking around new cities like I own the whole world' tune. I may love music but only rarely anyone can make me this hyped up. If I had to show one song to people from BTS (or my music library), it would be MIC Drop. I don't usually pick favorites but MIC Drop is up there on my forever will swear in the name of this song list.
Music doesn't have to be so serious and Go Go is living example of it. After MIC Drop, it's my favorite song from this album. The singing and rapping of BTS fits perfectly together and forces you to dance with their rhythmic music. Go Go is a combination of funny attitude and lyrics but also a perfectly formed pop song (the drop towards the end makes my heart skip a beat).
Here's BTS performing Go Go in front of a live audience but don't take it too seriously! Better yet, just laugh along and brighten your day. (One of my favorite things in kpop live performances are the fan chants! Listen to them and be awed.)
Outro: Her
After a few fast based songs, the outro of BTS' Love Yourself album calms us down. It only has three of the BTS members in it, the rap line, but that doesn't stop the song from being awesome. I like all the three verses. My opinion of these three rappers can be seen clearly from the track. I like Rap Mon's lyrics, Suga's flow, and J-Hope's voice.
This has been my opinion of BTS' Love Yourself: Her album. Did you like the songs or are you already a fan of BTS? All comments are always welcome! And I'm more than happy to hear your album recommendations for me to review next.
"But I found myself
The whole new myself"
BTS – Outro: Her
Love Yourself: Her
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Luxurious #Shimla - #Manali tour package for six nights and seven days.
Pick up from Chandigarh railway station/Airport & move to Shimla. Check in hotel and overnight stay in Shimla Hotel.
Day 02 Kufri – Naldehra - Shimla After Breakfast, Proceed to Kufri in private vehicle. Kufri is famous for its Himalayan National Park, Yak Ride and one can see the endless Himalayan Panorama from Kufri, and then visit to Naldehra famous for jungle walk, back to the hotel in the evening, stay in Shimla hotel.
After breakfast move to local Shimla sightseeing like Advance studies, Summer hill, Birld park, Sankat Motchan Temple, Mini Vaishno Devi Temple & some places arround Shimla mall ( Vehical restricted area).
Day 04 Shimla -kullu-Manali (260 Km) After breakfast proceeds to , Manali a picture-perfect hill location at an altitude of 1,929 meters, set amidst pine-clad mountains, as though carved out of primeval forest, is a scattered hamlet, which comprises this picturesque resort. Arrive Manali in the evening. Check in and O/n stay in Manali hotel.
Day 05: Manali – Snow point (up to possible) After breakfast check out from the hotel, afterwards you will visit Solang Valley. Full day enjoy snow & in the evening back to Manali, evening at leisure, o/n stay in Manali hotel.
Day 06: Manali local - After breakfast visit Mall Road and the handicraft centre. The rest of the day at leisure OR walk to the nearby village of Vashisht known for its hot sulphur springs etc o/n stay in Manali hotel.
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Perogy king 'Hunky' Bill Konyk dead at 88
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Bill Konyk, better known to Winnipeggers as Hunky Bill, has died at the age of 88, according to a spokesperson for Vancouver's Pacific National Exhibition, where Konyk served up his Ukrainian-style perogies for 52 years.
The son of Ukrainian immigrants, Konyk was born and raised in Winnipeg but left for Chicago as a young man to pursue a career as radio sports reporter. He met his wife Kay in Chicago and they had three sons — Billy, Clayton and Mark.
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The radio game eventually took the family back to Manitoba and then to Vancouver where he settled and became a local culinary legend when he started selling his perogies, kielbasa sausage and cabbage rolls — Winnipeg Uke Soul Food, as he used to call it — at The Fair in 1967.
"Next thing I know, I'm making some serious coin," he told the Vancouver Sun in 2011.
PNE spokeswoman Laura Ballance said in a statement that Konyk died peacefully Tuesday night, surrounded by family.
"Hunky Bill was a beloved member of the extended PNE family for 52 years, beginning, as the legend has it, when the then Vancouver based radio executive bet a friend $10 that he could get a booth at the PNE to sell his homemade Ukrainian style perogies," said Ballance.
"The story goes that Bill showed up at the PNE administration office and spent an hour and a half convincing the then head of the PNE booth sales department to give him a chance. Konyk got his booth, won his $10 and began a 52-year journey during which time Hunky Bill has become one of the most iconic pitchmen and restaurateurs in Canadian history."
Ballance said Konyk's family will continue to sell Hunky Bill's food at the PNE.
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Here's a bug of unix/linux GNU shellutil uniq.
save it as unicode.txt, then do cat unicode.txt | uniq -c.
The output is "33 ═". It thinks i have 33 lines of equal sign. Idiotic unix.
The man page doesn't mention anything about Unicode. Here's my locale setting anyhow.
i think, since about 2005, unix utils are in frenzed patch trying to be Unicode compatible. It looks like, the state is still shtty.
A related problem is grep. [see Problems of Calling Unix grep in Emacs] I thought the problem is between the complexity of emacs+cygwin+layer+environment variable. But now i know, it's unix!
am not sure how many unix utils still have Unicode problem.
from a discussion on https://plus.google.com/113859563190964307534/posts/8U1vH89aBm8, [Dario Bertini https://plus.google.com/103384186109211000716/posts] gave great info about the bug. It appears, the GNU people don't consider it a bug.
Remember, 'uniq' is required by POSIX to use the same line comparison techniques as 'sort'; and 'sort' is required to use strcoll() (not strcmp) to compare lines. And in your particular choice of locale, strcoll() happens to state that '∨' and '∧' collate identically; hence uniq is correct in stating that you have a duplicated line according to your current locale.


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My 206 has started to sound like a popcorn popper. driving me nuts, anyone know whats going on ? i guess it is the impeller, just started doing this. it looks fine but chatters like crazy, very annoying. is there a quick fix for this ?
Any chance of air being stuck in the system? I know mine can be pretty loud after I prime it.
Is the impeller dirty? When was the last time it was cleaned?
I've had my 306 running for a year and a half with no noise at all.
If all else fails I know that you can get replacement impellers that might solve your problem.
I run all Fluval canisters on my tanks and that is the sound it makes when there is too much air is stuck in the canister. You can shake it gently by rocking it a little and also by using the primer button on the top of the lid. You also may not have sealed the lid on properly and that can also happen when the canister is too dirty. You also need to be sure the round ball value in the intake strainer isn't clogged. I clean mine every 4 weeks and always remove the strainer, take it apart and clean, then put it back together and make sure the valve can turn easily before popping it back on.


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2 HIGHLIGHTS THE CUSTOMER ACCOUNT DATA ENGINE 2 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES; HOWEVER, PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED TO ADDRESS INCONSISTENCIES Highlights Final Report issued on September 30, 2011 Highlights of Reference Number: to the Internal Revenue Service Chief Technology Officer. IMPACT ON TAXPAYERS The mission of the Customer Account Data Engine (CADE) 2 Program is to provide state-of-the-art individual taxpayer account processing and technologies to improve service to taxpayers and enhance Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax administration. Once completed, the new modernization environment should allow the IRS to more effectively and efficiently update taxpayer accounts, support account settlement and maintenance, and process refunds on a daily basis, all of which will contribute to improved taxpayer services. WHY TIGTA DID THE AUDIT The overall objective of this review was to determine if the CADE 2 Program Management Office planned and provided oversight for Transition State 1 design activities in accordance with systems development guidelines, including applicable security provisions. WHAT TIGTA FOUND The CADE 2 Program Management Office implemented guidelines to cover key systems development processes. Due to the critical nature of the system to the IRS mission, 18 enhanced security controls above those required by security guidelines were added to the CADE 2 system to help protect data from unauthorized access, modification, and corruption. Improvements are still needed to ensure Program consistency. Specifically: 1) systems development guidelines and related processes were not consistently implemented by CADE 2 personnel, and 2) requirements and business rules were not sufficiently developed and traced to their sources before the CADE 2 exit of design activities. The IRS implemented corrective actions; however, some were not developed or completed prior to the conclusion of our audit. WHAT TIGTA RECOMMENDED TIGTA recommended that the Chief Technology Officer ensure project test plans are developed timely; the Internal Revenue Manual and other guidelines are revised to include Program-level test plans; and a comprehensive Integrated Master Schedule is developed. TIGTA also made recommendations for the IRS to improve the processes associated with managing business rules and requirements. In its response, the IRS agreed with four of TIGTA s five recommendations and indicated that corrective action had been completed. The IRS disagreed with TIGTA s recommendation to revise the Enterprise Life Cycle guidance, stating it is for project development and is not intended to provide for detailed instructions on developing a Program-level test plan. Rather, the IRS agreed to reconcile two systems development documents it considers as being consistent with the purpose, scope, and timing of the Program Test Plan, and plans to maintain program-level guidance about the process. TIGTA agrees this alternative approach addresses the condition. The Chief Technology Officer also stated that our finding regarding delays in developing the Program Test Plan appeared inaccurate, citing uncertainty or unfamiliarity with the Program Test Plan s content was not a factor in the decision to defer delivery. However, during our audit fieldwork, CADE 2 Program Management Office staff advised us that they were considering not completing the Program Test Plan, and only did so after TIGTA brought this to the attention of the CADE 2 Director for Delivery Management.
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Microsoft to Offer Extra Version of Windows Vista in Europe
CIO	 Nov 30, 2006 7:00 am PST
When Microsoft releases Windows Vista to business customers in Europe on Thursday, it will be offering an extra version of the OS to comply with the European Commission's antitrust ruling against the company.
In its 2004 decision, the commission ordered Microsoft to release additional versions of Windows that come without its Windows Media Player software. The idea was to prevent Microsoft's dominance in the desktop OS market from giving it an unfair advantage over rivals like RealNetworks and Apple Computer.
That resulted in versions of Windows XP called "Edition N," which sold for the same price as the standard Windows XP. With the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft is having to do the same.
The company is still working with the commission to determine exactly how many N versions are required, but it expects to offer them for both home and business users, said Thor Windham-Wright, a spokesman with Microsoft's public relations agency.
"To comply with the ruling, Microsoft will have to produce an Edition N for all future editions of Windows," confirmed Tom Brookes, Microsoft's spokesman in Brussels.
Microsoft released Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Enterprise to its volume licensing customers on Thursday, along with Exchange Server 2007, its e-mail server product, and the Office 2007 productivity suite. The consumer editions of Windows Vista are due for release on Jan. 30.
The main advances in Vista are better security, its revamped Aero user interface and, for businesses, features to help to reduce PC management costs, Microsoft has said.
Critics have noted that there has been little support from PC makers for the "N" versions of Windows, undermining the effectiveness of the commission's ruling. Most PC makers chose not to offer Windows XP PCs with Edition N, citing little interest from customers and the expense of supporting extra versions of the OS.
The antitrust ruling also ordered Microsoft to release protocols used by its workgroup servers to allow competing software to operate more smoothly with Windows. It isn't launching the server version of Vista, code-named Longhorn, until late 2007, so the company doesn't have to submit the protocol information for it yet.
"Documentation for Vista workgroup server products would be needed when they do launch a Vista server system, but we don't require documentation from the Vista PC OS," Todd said.
If rival software manufacturers are unhappy about Vista's impact on competition and complain to the European competition regulator, Todd said the commission will consider their complaints "on their merits."
It's hard to predict how the coming months will proceed with Microsoft's competitors and the commission, said Michael Silver, research vice president with Gartner. "I think as long as Microsoft is around and they're dominant, they're going to attract companies that say they are being treated unfairly," he said.
Enterprises in Europe will probably take longer to adopt Vista than those in the United States, since European companies typically use their hardware and software longer, Silver said. Gartner predicts most organizations will test Vista for 12 to 18 months before widely deploying the OS.
"Certainly, this is just a beginning," Silver said.
But Microsoft was quick to promote early adopters. The Arsenal soccer club, which plays at Emirates Stadium where Microsoft is holding its U.K. launch event Thursday afternoon, is among those already using the new software, the company said.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) isn't just growing—it's exploding. Gartner estimates that 6.4 billion connected devices are in use as of the end of 2016, which is a 30 percent jump from 2015. By 2020, that number will leap to 20.8 billion.
What's interesting is the proportion of these IoT solutions are aimed at business users rather than consumers. Many IoT devices installed around the world are business focused, reflecting a golden opportunity for managed service providers, who can use IoT sensors in business environments to monitor and control those environments for their customers.
We're already seeing IoT solutions make their way into certain industries, such as freight and shipping. BlackBerry offers a service called Radar, specifically designed to track cargo-carrying containers. Low-maintenance sensors fitted to the containers detect environmental conditions, such as temperature and humidity, along with the status of the container doors and the load itself. The system can tell the location of a container and whether it's moving.
This data is fed back to a cloud-based service that collates it to provide a real-time picture of a company's logistics. Integrating this into a broader supply chain management system can bring new efficiencies to freight transportation by taking the guesswork out of asset management.
Using a service like this, retailers can better anticipate the arrival of perishable goods and the condition goods are in when they arrive. In turn, this can help them refine inventory management and pricing strategies.
Just as the IoT can be used to manage things on the move, it can also handle stationary assets. A niche application involves managed services for building energy efficiency. By marrying IoT sensors with remotely controllable HVAC systems in commercial properties, these companies are offering customers energy savings in return for regular payments.
Managed print service (MPS) providers understand the value of connected devices. They've traditionally faced a difficult challenge as they try to keep track of hundreds or thousands of devices in the field, along with the ink, toner, and paper consumables those devices use. Keeping these supplies in stock and the machines running smoothly is a time-consuming task that can end up becoming more of an art than a science.
Printing devices equipped with the right sensors and connected to an MPS's central monitoring service can inform the company of their status. A printer that can tell a company how much paper and toner it uses and automatically requests more saves the service provider some guesswork and avoids unexpected service disruption for the customer. Similarly, if a device can detect internal wear and tear and request a service call or a device swap, it can minimize downtime at the customer site.
IoT solutions enable managed service providers to keep their services up and running. Not only does this translate into higher customer satisfaction, but it also lowers maintenance costs for suppliers by enabling them to plan their engineers' visits rather than react to unexpected service calls. Maximizing the availability of billable services to the customer also optimizes the service provider's revenue.
The IoT proposition goes beyond day-to-day operations monitoring, as it also enables managed service providers to offer their customers new insights. IoT sensors generate significant amounts of data, which can then be used by analytics systems in the cloud to spot emerging trends.
A managed print service provider might show customers unexpected long-term patterns in their print usage across key locations and suggest ways to create cost savings. An asset-tracking company might be able to highlight weak spots in a retailer's supply chain that are costing it money in spoiled goods.
The smart home and personal fitness markets may have captured the public's attention and bought the IoT to the foreground, but we shouldn't overlook the business-to-business opportunities for this exciting technology. Managed service providers stand to benefit from greater intelligence about what's happening in the field—and this can give them a competitive edge, both in terms of internal efficiencies and tangible customer value.
How could your managed services model benefit from the use of IoT solutions?


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We Two Alone
Jack Wang
A masterful collection of stories that dramatizes the Chinese diaspora across the globe over the past hundred years, We Two Alone is Jack Wang's astonishing debut work of fiction.
Set on five continents and spanning nearly a century, We Two Alone traces the long arc and evolution of the Chinese immigrant experience. A young laundry boy risks his life to play organized hockey in Canada in the 1920s. A Canadian couple gets caught in the outbreak of violence in Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The consul general of China attempts to save lives following Kristallnacht in Vienna. A family aspires to buy a home in South Africa, during the rise of apartheid. An actor in New York struggles to keep his career alive while yearning to reconcile with his estranged wife.
From the vulnerable and disenfranchised to the educated and elite, the characters in this extraordinary collection embody the diversity of the diaspora at key moments in history and in contemporary times. Jack Wang has crafted deeply affecting stories that not only subvert expectations but contend with mortality and delicately draw out the intimacies and failings of love.
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A.O.U. San Martino - IST, Istituto Nazionale Ricerca sul Cancro (GENOVA)
para-Methyl-4-methylaminorex (4,4'-DMAR) is a phenethylamine derivative with psychostimulant activity whose abuse has been associated with several deaths and a wide range of adverse effects. We recently validated a high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method to measure the compound's concentrations in plasma, and we applied it to describe the pharmacokinetic properties of 4,4'-DMAR after a single dose in rats. In this study, we investigated the brain disposition and metabolism of cis-4,4'-DMAR after intraperitoneal injection as well as its central behavioral effects. Locomotor activity increased after a single injection of 10 mg/kg, peaking at 2 hours and disappearing at 5 hours; in these conditions, brain absorption was very rapid, (tmax = 30-60 minutes) and large (brain-to-plasma ratio = 24); the half-life was approximately 50 minutes. After 14 daily doses, the compound's effect on locomotor activity was greater (approximately 20% compared with the effect after the first dose), but not for pharmacokinetic reasons. Using high-resolution mass spectrometry, we also identified four metabolites of cis-4,4'-DMAR in the plasma and brain of treated rats. Semiquantitative analysis indicated low brain permeability and very low brain concentrations, suggesting that these metabolites do not contribute to central behavioral effects; however, the metabolite originating from oxidation of the para-methyl group (M2) persisted in the plasma longer and at higher concentrations than the parent molecule and could be used to evaluate drug intake in human consumers. Finally, we describe the rewarding effect of cis-4,4'-DMAR in the conditioning place preference test, suggesting a high risk of addiction in humans.
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.117.240788
Published - Jun 2017
Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Intraperitoneal Injections
para-methyl-4-methylaminorex
Drug Administration Schedule
Oxazoles
Rats, Wistar
Street Drugs
Tissue Distribution
Lucchetti, J., Marzo, C. M., Passoni, A., Di Clemente, A., Moro, F., Bagnati, R., ... Cervo, L. (2017). Brain Disposition of cis-para-Methyl-4-Methylaminorex (cis-4,4'-DMAR) and Its Potential Metabolites after Acute and Chronic Treatment in Rats: Correlation with Central Behavioral Effects. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 361(3), 492-500. https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.117.240788
Brain Disposition of cis-para-Methyl-4-Methylaminorex (cis-4,4'-DMAR) and Its Potential Metabolites after Acute and Chronic Treatment in Rats : Correlation with Central Behavioral Effects. / Lucchetti, Jacopo; Marzo, Claudio M; Passoni, Alice; Di Clemente, Angelo; Moro, Federico; Bagnati, Renzo; Gobbi, Marco; Cervo, Luigi.
In: Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Vol. 361, No. 3, 06.2017, p. 492-500.
Lucchetti, J, Marzo, CM, Passoni, A, Di Clemente, A, Moro, F, Bagnati, R, Gobbi, M & Cervo, L 2017, 'Brain Disposition of cis-para-Methyl-4-Methylaminorex (cis-4,4'-DMAR) and Its Potential Metabolites after Acute and Chronic Treatment in Rats: Correlation with Central Behavioral Effects', Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, vol. 361, no. 3, pp. 492-500. https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.117.240788
Lucchetti J, Marzo CM, Passoni A, Di Clemente A, Moro F, Bagnati R et al. Brain Disposition of cis-para-Methyl-4-Methylaminorex (cis-4,4'-DMAR) and Its Potential Metabolites after Acute and Chronic Treatment in Rats: Correlation with Central Behavioral Effects. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 2017 Jun;361(3):492-500. https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.117.240788
Lucchetti, Jacopo ; Marzo, Claudio M ; Passoni, Alice ; Di Clemente, Angelo ; Moro, Federico ; Bagnati, Renzo ; Gobbi, Marco ; Cervo, Luigi. / Brain Disposition of cis-para-Methyl-4-Methylaminorex (cis-4,4'-DMAR) and Its Potential Metabolites after Acute and Chronic Treatment in Rats : Correlation with Central Behavioral Effects. In: Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 2017 ; Vol. 361, No. 3. pp. 492-500.
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\section{Introduction}

The two fast growing fields of cavity optomechanics \cite{marq14} and trapped ions \cite{wine03} have been opening new avenues
for the investigation of quantum phenomena. In particular, one may consider the confinement of a trapped ion in a cavity \cite{knight97}
which would allow, for instance, the coupling of the quantized cavity field with the trapped
ion itself \cite{blatt03,blatt12,blatt13}. This forms a bipartite quantum system constituted by a massive particle (ion)
and the electromagnetic field. Among the possible applications related to the trapped ion system, we could cite
proposals for quantum information processing, e.g., quantum computing using laser driven trapped ions \cite{cirac95}, as well
as cavity-assisted quantum computing \cite{avb99}. Needless to say that a high degree of control over the ionic dynamics has been
achieved, allowing the generation of nonclassical states \cite{wineland96a} as well as the reconstruction of the density
matrix \cite{wineland96b}. Another interesting massive system is the one involving a ``macroscopic"
object (mirror) interacting with the electromagnetic field. In fact, in such an optomechanical cavity,
it is possible to couple the moving mirror (via radiation pressure) with the cavity field \cite{walls93,kippen12}.
Considering the trapped ion-field and mirror-field systems independently, the involved interactions naturally lead, on one side,
to the entanglement between the vibrating ion and the field (cavity $1$) \cite{knight97,avb01} and on the other side, the
entanglement between the oscillating mirror and the field (cavity $2$) \cite{tombesi97,bose97}.
We could thus think about the feasibility of generating entanglement between the (microscopic) ionic subsystem and the
(macroscopic) mirror via the fields. Regarding the optomechanical cavities, we should point out that there are already
proposals for the generation of entanglement in a system involving two cavities; more specifically, between two moving
mirrors belonging to distinct cavities \cite{tombesi02,vedral08,nori14}. In particular, we highlight a scheme of
entanglement generation involvinf two optomechanical cavities in the realm of the single-photon regime \cite{nori14}.

Here we would like to discuss the possibility of entangling the moving ion located within cavity $1$, with the moving mirror
in cavity $2$, also in the single-photon regime \cite{nori14}, using an interferometry-based
scheme of the outgoing fields similar to the one presented in \cite{vedral08}.
We show that the generation of ion-mirror entanglement may be achieved under certain conditions, and that the
resulting entangled states have component states involving (discrete) Fock and (continuous variable) coherent states, i.e.,
they are hybrid entangled states \cite{vanloock12}. The concept of hybrid entanglement is also relevant for
quantum information processing purposes. For instance, we may find in the literature proposals of quantum gates \cite{wang01}
as well as quantum repeaters \cite{vanloock06,long13} based on hybrid (discrete/continuous variable) states.
We should mention the existence of previous (but different) works presenting proposals for generating entanglement between trapped ions
and mechanical oscillators. For instance, schemes based on electrostatic coupling are presented in \cite{zoller04,milburn05}.
Other possibilities are also discussed in the review paper \cite{treutlein11}; we highlight a proposal involving the coupling of
an atom with a mechanical oscillator in a cavity \cite{kimble09}. However in those proposals the atom (or ion) and the mechanical
oscillator must be very close, while in our light-mediated scheme the corresponding quantum systems may be located
in cavities which are far apart. Note that an indirect coupling should also be suitable for entangling
sub-systems having a considerable mass difference \cite{treutlein11}, e.g., a trapped ion and a mirror.
Our paper is organized as follows: in Section 2 we review the dynamics of the ion trapped in a cavity as well as the
optomechanical cavity; in Section 3 we present our scheme for the ion-mirror entanglement. In Section 4 we discuss the
results and summarize our conclusions as well.

\section{Models for the trapped ion and the optomechanical systems}

We consider, as shown in Fig.(1), an interferometer having two arms; a cavity containing a single (two-level) ion
confined inside a Paul trap is positioned in arm 1 and an optomechanical cavity with a moving mirror is placed in arm 2.
Firstly we are going to describe the preparation of the ionic and optomechanical systems,
which consists in the independent preparation of an entangled state of the ion with the field in cavity 1,
and the preparation of an entangled state involving the moving mirror with the field in cavity 2.

\begin{figure}
\centering
\resizebox{0.7\textwidth}{!}{
\includegraphics{figure1.png}
}
\caption{Illustration of a cavity with a trapped ion (green circle) at arm 1, and an optomechanical cavity at arm 2.
If the radiation fields from both arms are simultaneously focused at the $50:50$ beam splitter, an
entangled state between the ionic vibrational state and the moving mirror is generated after the detection of a photon.}
\end{figure}

\subsection{Trapped ion in a cavity}

The Hamiltonian describing the dynamics of the quantized cavity field coupled to the ion (vibrational motion + internal electronic states)
may be written as \cite{knight97,avb01}
\begin{equation}
\hat{H}_{ion}=\hbar\omega_{c}\hat{a}^{\dagger}\hat{a}+\hbar\omega_{v}\hat{b}^{\dagger}\hat{b}+\hbar\frac{\omega_{0}}{2}\hat{\sigma}_{z}
	+\hbar G(\hat{\sigma}_{+}+\hat{\sigma}_{-})(\hat{a}+\hat{a}^{\dagger})\sin\eta(\hat{b}+\hat{b}^{\dagger}),\label{hamilcomplete}
\end{equation}
where $\hat{a}$($\hat{a}^\dagger$) denotes the annihilation (creation) operator of the cavity field (with frequency $\omega_{c}$),
$\hat{b}$($\hat{b}^\dagger$) is the annihilation (creation) operator of the vibrational degree of freedom of the center-of-mass of the
ion (with frequency $\omega_{v}$), $\omega_{0}$ it is the atomic frequency, $G$ is the ion-field coupling constant, and
$\eta = 2\pi a_0/\lambda$ is the Lamb-Dicke parameter; $a_0$ being the characteristic amplitude of the ion's harmonic motion
and $\lambda$ is the wavelength of the cavity field. The Hamiltonian above may be linearized if the ion is confined in a region typically
much smaller than the wavelength of light, or $\eta\ll 1$ (Lamb-Dicke regime).

\subsubsection{Trapped ion with quantum jumps: first red sideband case}

An adequate way of treating the photon leaking process (from the cavities) is via the quantum jump formalism \cite{plenio98,vedral99,zheng08}.
The effective Hamiltonian of the cavity (having decay rate $\gamma$) with a trapped ion governing the
evolution while there is no photon detection, is given by
\begin{equation}
	\hat{\cal{H}}_{ion}=\hat{H}_{ion}-i\frac{\hbar\gamma}{2}\hat{a}^{\dagger}\hat{a}.\label{jumpion1}
\end{equation}

If we tune the system to the first red sideband ($\delta=\omega_{0}-\omega_{c}=\omega_{v}$), we obtain, in the interaction picture,
\begin{equation}
	\hat{\cal{H}}_{ion,I}^{r}=\eta\hbar G(\hat{\sigma}_{-}\hat{a}^{\dagger}\hat{b}^{\dagger}+\hat{\sigma}_{+}\hat{a} \hat{b})-i\frac{\hbar\gamma}{2}\hat{a}^{\dagger}\hat{a}.
\end{equation}

Thus the associated non-Hermitian evolution operator is
\begin{equation}
	{\cal{U}}_{ion}^{r}(t')={\exp}\left[-i\frac{\hat{\cal{H}}_{ion,I}^{r}}{\hbar}t'\right].\label{evopred}
\end{equation}

We may choose the initial joint ion-cavity state as being
\begin{equation}
	|\psi_{ion}(0)\rangle=|0\rangle_{1}|0\rangle_{v}(\cos\theta|e\rangle+\sin\theta|g\rangle),\label{initialioncavity}
\end{equation}
where $|0\rangle_{1}$ e $|0\rangle_{v}$ are the cavity field state (arm 1) and the vibrational ionic state, respectively,
prepared in their vacuum states. We remark that in order to generate an entangled (ion + field) state,  the ion's electronic states must be
prepared in a superposition of the ``ground" state $|g\rangle$ and the ``excited" state $|e\rangle$ \cite{avb01}. Nevertheless,
it is required a simple preparation of both the ionic motion and the cavity; they just need to be cooled down to their ground states.

The evolution of initial state in Eq.(\ref{initialioncavity}) under (\ref{evopred}) followed by a suitable measurement of the ion's electronic state
results in (see Appendix A)

\begin{equation}
|\psi_{ion,g}^{r}(t'=\pi/2\eta G)\rangle=
N^{(r)} \Bigl[\sin\theta|0\rangle_{1}|0\rangle_{v}-i\cosh\left(\frac{\pi^{2}\gamma}{8\eta G}\right)\cos\theta|1\rangle_{1}|1\rangle_{v}\Bigr],\label{ionfieldstate}
\end{equation}
where $N^{(r)}$ is a normalizing constant.
We may calculate the probability that there is no photodetection during the evolution, which alows the generation of the state in
Eq.(\ref{ionfieldstate}), or
\begin{eqnarray}
	P_{\mbox{ND}}^{r}(ion)&=&|\langle g|\psi_{ion}^{r}(t'=\pi/2\eta G)\rangle|^{2} \nonumber \\
	&=&\left[1+\frac{e^{-\frac{\pi\gamma}{\eta G}}\sinh^{2}\left(\frac{\pi^{2}\gamma}{8\eta G}\right)}{\cosh^{2}\left(\frac{\pi^{2}\gamma}{8\eta G}\right)+\tan^{2}\theta}\right]^{-1}.
\end{eqnarray}

\subsubsection{Trapped ion with quantum jumps: first blue sideband case}

The ion-field detuning may also be adjusted to the first blue sideband, ($\delta=\omega_{0}-\omega_{c}=-\omega_{v}$),
leading to the following interaction picture Hamiltonian (with quantum jump),

\begin{equation}
	\hat{\cal{H}}_{ion,I}^{b}=\eta\hbar G(\hat{\sigma}_{-}\hat{a}\hat{b}^{\dagger}+\hat{\sigma}_{+}\hat{a}^{\dagger} \hat{b})-i\frac{\hbar\gamma}{2}\hat{a}^{\dagger}\hat{a},
\end{equation}

having the corresponding evolution operator
\begin{equation}
	{\cal{U}}_{ion}^{b}(t')={\exp}\left[-i\frac{\hat{\cal{H}}_{ion,I}^{b}}{\hbar}t'\right].
\end{equation}

The cavity should be initially cooled to its vacuum state $|0\rangle_1$, but contrarily to the previous case (first red sideband), the ion
should be initially prepared in its first excited state, or $|1\rangle_{v}$. Thus

\begin{equation}
	|\psi_{{ion}}^{{b}}(t')\rangle=\,{\cal{U}}_{{ion}}^{{b}}(t')|0\rangle_{1}|1\rangle_{v}(\cos\theta|e\rangle
	+\sin\theta|g\rangle).
\end{equation}

Following the same steps as in the red sideband case, we obtain (see Appendix A)

\begin{equation}
	|\psi_{ion,g}^{b}\left(t'=\pi/2\eta G\right)\rangle=N^{(b)}\left[\sin\theta|0\rangle_{1}|1\rangle_{v}-ie^{-\frac{\gamma t}{2}}\cosh\left(\frac{\pi^{2}\gamma}{8\eta G}\right)\cos\theta|1\rangle_{1}|0\rangle_{v}\right]
\end{equation}
being $N^{(b)}$ a normalizing constant.

\subsection{Optomechanical cavity}

Now we turn our attention to arm 2, which contains the optomechanical cavity with a moving mirror. The Hamiltonian for such a
system is given by \cite{bose97}
\begin{equation}
	\hat{H}_{om}=\hbar\Omega_{c}\hat{A}^{\dagger}\hat{A}+\hbar\Omega_{m}\hat{B}^{\dagger}\hat{B}-
	\hbar g\hat{A}^{\dagger}\hat{A}(\hat{B}+\hat{B}^{\dagger}).\label{hamilopto}
\end{equation}
Here $\hat{A}$, $\hat{B}$ are the annihilation operator of the cavity field and the moving mirror
(modeled as a simple harmonic oscillator), respectively, and $g$ is the moving mirror-cavity field coupling constant,
$g=\frac{\Omega_{c}}{L}\sqrt{\frac{\hbar}{2m\Omega_{m}}}$, being $L$ the length of the cavity and $m$ the mirror's mass.

\subsubsection{Optomechanical cavity with quantum jumps}

For an optomechanical cavity (decay rate $\Gamma$), the effective Hamiltonian in the quantum jump formalism will read

\begin{equation}
	\hat{{\cal{H}}}_{om}=\hat{H}_{om}-i\frac{\hbar\Gamma}{2}\hat{A}^{\dagger}\hat{A},
\end{equation}
where $\hat{H}_{om}$ is the optomechanical Hamiltonian in Eq.(\ref{hamilopto}). Thus,
\begin{equation}
	\hat{{\cal{U}}}_{om}(t'')={\exp}\left[-i\frac{\hat{{\cal{H}}}_{om}}{\hbar}t''\right].
\end{equation}

We assume the following specific initial state for the optomechanical system
\begin{equation}
	|\psi_{om}(0)\rangle=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(|0\rangle_{2}+|1\rangle_{2})|\alpha_{0}\rangle_{m},\label{initialopto}
\end{equation}
where $|\varphi(0)\rangle = |0\rangle_{2}+|1\rangle_{2}$ and $|\alpha_{0}\rangle_{m}$
are the initial cavity field (superposition) state and the initial (coherent) state of the
moving mirror, respectively. Thus the evolved optomechanical state vector will read
\begin{eqnarray}
	|\psi_{om}(t'')\rangle&=&\hat{{\cal{U}}}_{om}(t'')|\psi_{om}(0)\rangle \nonumber \\
	&=&M \Bigl[|0\rangle_{2}|\alpha_{0}e^{-i\Omega_{m}t''}\rangle_{m} +
	e^{-\frac{\Gamma}{2}t''}e^{i\phi(t'')}|1\rangle_{2}|\alpha(t'')\rangle_{m}\Bigr],
\end{eqnarray}
with $\phi(t'')=\kappa^{2}(\Omega_{m}t''-\sin\Omega_{m} t'')$, $\alpha(t'')=\alpha_{0}e^{-i\Omega_{m}t''}+\kappa(1-e^{-i\Omega_{m}t''})$,
$\kappa=g/\Omega_{m}$, and $M$ is a normalizing constant.

Now for $t''=\pi/\Omega_{m}$, we obtain
	\begin{equation}
	|\psi_{om}(t''=\pi/\Omega_{m})\rangle = M\Bigl[|0\rangle_{2}|-\alpha_{0}\rangle_{m} +
	e^{-\frac{\pi\Gamma}{2\Omega_{m}}}e^{i\pi\kappa^{2}}|1\rangle_{2}|-\alpha_{0}+2\kappa\rangle_{m}\Bigr],\label{mirrorfieldstate}
\end{equation}
which corresponds to the preparation of the optomechanical cavity prior to the detection stage.

\section{Generation of hybrid entanglement between the ionic and optomechanical systems}

In order to establish entanglement between the ion and the moving mirror subsystems, the fields from each cavity
are combined in a beam-splitter \cite{vedral08}, as shown in Fig.(1). After impinging the beam splitter,
photons may be detected by the photocounters $D_A$ or $D_B$.

\subsection{Ion-mirror entanglement: first red sideband case}

Firstly we are going to consider the first red sideband preparation for the ionic system.
If no photons are detected by $D_A$ (or $D_B$), the joint state in the beginning of the detection stage
will be the product of state $|\psi_{ion,g}^{r}(t'=\pi/2\eta G)\rangle$, the ionic-cavity field state (arm 1) in
Eq.(\ref{ionfieldstate}) and state $|\psi_{om}(t''=\pi/\Omega_{m})\rangle$, the mirror-cavity field (arm 2) in
Eq.(\ref{mirrorfieldstate}). Naturally it is required a precise synchronization of the actions during the process.
We assume a finite detection time $t_{D}$, and thus for $t\leq t_{D}$ the system's joint state may be written as

\begin{equation}
	|\chi(t)\rangle=|\psi_{ion,g}^{r}(t)\rangle\otimes|\psi_{om}(t)\rangle,
\end{equation}
where
\begin{eqnarray}
	|\psi_{ion,g}^{r}(t)\rangle&=& {\exp}\left[-\frac{\gamma}{2}\hat{a}^{\dagger}\hat{a}t\right]|\psi_{{ion,g}^{r}}(t'=\pi/2\eta G)\rangle \nonumber \\
	&=& \sin\theta|0\rangle_{1}|0\rangle_{v}
	-ie^{-\frac{\gamma}{2}t}\cosh\left(\frac{\pi^{2}\gamma}{8\eta G}\right)\cos\theta|1\rangle_{1}|1\rangle_{v},
\end{eqnarray}
and
\begin{eqnarray}
	|\psi_{{om}}(t)\rangle&=& \, {\exp}\left[-\frac{\Gamma}{2}\hat{A}^{\dagger}\hat{A}t\right]|\psi_{om}(t''=\pi/\Omega_{m})\rangle \\
	&=& \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}|0\rangle_{2}|-\alpha_{0}\rangle_{m}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}e^{-\frac{\Gamma}{2}t}e^{-\frac{\pi\Gamma}{2\Omega_{m}}}
	e^{i\pi\kappa^{2}}|1\rangle_{2}|-\alpha_{0}+2\kappa\rangle_{m}.\nonumber
\end{eqnarray}

After the fields from each cavity cross the beam-splitter, if a photon is detected by $D_B$, (field state projected onto
$|0\rangle_{A}|1\rangle_{B}$), we obtain
\begin{equation}
	|\Psi^r_{01}(t)\rangle = N^{(r)}_{01}\biggl[C^{(r)}_1(t) |0\rangle_{v}|-\alpha_{0}+2\kappa\rangle_{m} + C^{(r)}_2(t)|1\rangle_{v}|-\alpha_{0}\rangle_{m} \biggr],\label{entangstred}
\end{equation}
with
\begin{equation}
C^{(r)}_1(t) = e^{-\frac{\Gamma t}{2}}e^{-\frac{\pi\Gamma}{2\Omega_{m}}}e^{i\pi\kappa^{2}},
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}
C^{(r)}_2(t) = e^{-\frac{\gamma t}{2}}\cosh\left(\frac{\pi^{2}\gamma}{8\eta G}\right)\cos\theta.
\end{equation}

Now if a photon is detected by $D_A$ (field state projected onto $|1\rangle_{A}|0\rangle_{B}$), the resulting state is
\begin{equation}
	|\Psi^r_{10}(t)\rangle = N^{(r)}_{10}\biggl[C^{(r)}_1(t) |0\rangle_{v}|-\alpha_{0}+2\kappa\rangle_{m} -
	C^{(r)}_2(t)|1\rangle_{v}|-\alpha_{0}\rangle_{m} \biggr] .
\end{equation}

We have therefore demonstrated the possibility of generation of hybrid entangled states (Fock/coherent) in subsystems belonging to spatially separated cavities.

\subsection{Ion-mirror entanglement: first blue sideband case}

In what follows we discuss the first blue sideband case for the ionic system, with
the optomechanical cavity having the same preparation as in the previous case [see Eq. (\ref{mirrorfieldstate})].
Analogously to the red sideband case, we obtain from Eq. (\ref{cavityionblue})

\begin{eqnarray}
|\psi_{ion,g}^{b}(t)\rangle&=&{\exp}\left[-\frac{\gamma}{2}\hat{a}^{\dagger}\hat{a}t\right]|
\psi_{ion,g}^{b}(t'=\pi/2\eta G)\rangle \nonumber \\
&=&\Bigl[e^{i\xi}\sin\theta|0\rangle_{1}|1\rangle_{v}
-ie^{-\frac{\gamma t}{2}}\cosh\left(\frac{\pi^{2}\gamma}{8\eta G}\right)\cos\theta|1\rangle_{1}|0\rangle_{v}\Bigr]
\end{eqnarray}
After the fields cross the beam-splitter, the subsequent detection of a photon by $D_B$ will result in the following state
\begin{equation}
	|\Psi^b_{01}(t)\rangle = N^{(b)}_{01}\biggl[C^{(b)}_1(t) |0\rangle_{v}|-\alpha_{0}\rangle_{m} + C^{(b)}_2(t) |1\rangle_{v}
	|-\alpha_{0}+2\kappa\rangle_{m}\biggr],
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}
C_{1}^{(b)}(t)=\frac{1}{2}e^{-\frac{\gamma t}{2}}\cosh\left(\frac{\pi^{2}\gamma}{8\eta G}\right)\cos\theta
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}
C_{2}^{(b)}(t)=\frac{1}{2}e^{-\frac{\Gamma t}{2}}e^{-\frac{\pi\Gamma}{2\Omega}}e^{i\pi\kappa^{2}}\sin\theta
\end{equation}

If a photon is detected by $D_A$, we obtain

\begin{equation}
	|\Psi^b_{10}(t)\rangle = N^{(b)}_{10}\biggl[C^{(b)}_1(t) |0\rangle_{v}|-\alpha_{0}\rangle_{m} - C^{(b)}_2(t) |1\rangle_{v}|-\alpha_{0}+2\kappa\rangle_{m}\biggr].
\end{equation}

Again, we have shown that entangled states of the hybrid type may be generated also for a different choice of frequency detunings.

\section{Discussion and conclusions}

We would like now to make some considerations related to the feasibility of our proposal. The preparation of the global initial
state of the system demands several synchronized and independent preparations. Regarding the optomechanical cavity,
as we have seen, the mirror should be first cooled down to its ground state \cite{simmonds11,painter11}. Then a coherent state of
the oscillating mirror may be generated via the application of a light pulse (displacement) \cite{marq14,aspelmeyer11}.
The field of the corresponding cavity should be prepared in a superposition of the vacuum state and the one-photon state, or
$|\Phi\rangle \propto |0\rangle + |1\rangle$. We find in the literature various proposals of generation of such cavity superposition
states, for instance, using travelling atoms, as discussed in \cite{haroche98}.
Yet in the cavity containing the trapped ion, it suffices to prepare the cavity to its ground (vacuum) state, while the ion
may be cooled down either to its vibrational ground state $|0\rangle_v$ (red sideband), or driven to its first excited state $|1\rangle_v$
(blue sideband) \cite{wine03}. We note that in the ionic cavity it is necessary an additional operation; the internal states of the ion
must be prepared in a coherent superposition of states $|g\rangle$ and $|e\rangle$, which could be done by applying
convenient $\pi/2$ Raman pulses to the ion \cite{wine03,avb01}.

Concerning the time scales involved, despite of the fact that the quantum sub-systems we are dealing with are of a very different nature, namely, a
``microscopic" ion and a ``macroscopic" mirror, both of them could in principle have equal (or very close) oscillating frequencies, e.g., in the
MHz range \cite{marq14,wine03,treutlein11}. We would like to remark that, due to the large mass difference between the ion and the mirror, a sort of
``impedance mismatch" occurs in schemes in which the ion is directly coupled to the mirror \cite{treutlein11}. Nevertheless, such a
shortcoming is avoided in our light-mediated proposal, as the quantum sub-systems (ion/mirror) are indirectly coupled via the
electromagnetic fields.

Now, there are sources of decoherence caused by dephasing in the ionic system, mechanical damping in the mirror as well as cavity losses.
The mechanical damping (mirror) and the dephasing (ion) rates are much smaller than the cavity damping rate, $\gamma_{cav}$.
Thus, in order to keep the integrity of the involved quantum states, we should have generation times much shorter than typical decoherence times,
or $\gamma_{cav} \ll \Omega_m$ and $\gamma_{cav} \ll \eta G$. Although those are experimentally challenging conditions, we are witnessing recent
significant advances in both ionic and optomechanical systems, even approaching the single-photon strong coupling regime in optomechanical
systems \cite{marq14,aspelmeyer09,milburn10}.

Finally, an important point is related to the verification of the existence of the generated entangled state. A direct measurement of
the entangled state may not be an easy task in general. As an alternative, we may envisage an entanglement witness, which could be
implemented via local measurements.
After accomplishing the generation of the entangled state in Eq. (\ref{entangstred}), for instance,
we could carry out the following procedure: i) perform a projective measurement \cite{kim16} corresponding to
$\hat{\Pi} = |1\rangle_v{}_v\langle 1|\otimes\hat{\mbox{I}}_m$ on the ionic vibrational state, thus collapsing the mirror state to $|-\alpha_0\rangle_m$;
ii) displace the mirror (via a classical light pulse) by an amplitude $\alpha_0$, which would bring the mirror to its ground (vacuum)
state; iii) measure the mirror state \cite{aspelmeyer11} in order to check whether it is (or not) in its vacuum state.
This would allows us to discriminate the entangled state in Eq. (\ref{entangstred})
from the pure product state
$|\Phi\rangle = (|-\alpha_0 + 2\kappa\rangle_m + |-\alpha_0\rangle_m) \otimes (|0\rangle_v + |1\rangle_v)$, for instance.

We have presented a scheme for entanglement generation between a moving mirror and a trapped ion assisted by the quantized
fields of two cavities. As a first step, the mirror as well as the ion should independently couple to the fields of their own cavities.
After an adequate preparation of the initial states, the corresponding outgoing cavity fields are combined in a beam-splitter. Then a
subsequent photodetection collapses the global state and makes possible the generation of entangled states of the ion and
mirror subsystems.

It should be emphasized that entanglement herein involves three important features of the resulting entangled
states: $(i)$ states are related to massive, although different physical systems, viz., a trapped ion and a vibrating mirror;
$(ii)$ the entangled states are constituted by discrete states (ionic vibration) and continuous variable states (moving mirror),
i.e., it is accomplished hybrid entanglement in spatially separated cavities; $(iii)$ states involve a microscopic system (ion) and
a macroscopic system (mirror), also referred as a micro-macro entangled state.
In particular, we remark that even if the mirror is initially in its vacuum state
($\alpha_0 = 0$), the resulting states in both the red and blue sideband cases will still be entangled states, i.e.,
$|\phi\rangle = C_1|0\rangle|2\kappa\rangle \pm C_2 |1\rangle|0\rangle$ or
$|\varphi\rangle = C'_1|0\rangle|0\rangle \pm C'_2 |1\rangle|2\kappa\rangle$.
Moreover, if $\kappa = \alpha_0$ we obtain states of the type
$|\chi\rangle = C_1|0\rangle|\pm\alpha_0\rangle \pm C_2 |1\rangle|\mp\alpha_0\rangle$,
which may be relevant states for Schr\"odinger cat-state engineering \cite{walls90} as well as for
quantum computation schemes \cite{milburn06,vanloock11}.

\section*{Acknowledgements}

We would like to thank CNPq (Conselho Nacional para o
Desenvolvimento Cient\'\i fico e Tecnol\'ogico) and FAPESP
(Funda\c c\~ao de Amparo \`a Pesquisa do Estado de S\~ao Paulo), Brazil,
for financial support through the National Institute for Science and
Technology of Quantum Information (INCT-IQ under grant 2008/57856-6) and the
Optics and Photonics Research Center (CePOF under grant 2005/51689-2).

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