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A peek inside the brains of professional musicians has given psychology researchers what may be the first links between music expertise and advantages in long-term memory.
Heekyeong Park, assistant professor of psychology, and used electroencephalography (EEG) technology to measure electrical activity of neurons in the brains of 14 musicians and 15 non-musicians and noted processing differences in the frontal and parietal lobe responses.
"Musically-trained people are known to process linguistic materials a split second faster than those without training, and previous research also has shown musicians have advantages in working memory," says Heekyeong Park, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Arlington .
"What we wanted to know is whether there are differences between pictorial and verbal tasks and whether any advantages extend to long-term memory. If proven, those advantages could represent an intervention option to explore for people with cognitive challenges."
Testing with high-tech imaging tools
Park's laboratory in UT Arlington's College of Science used high-tech imaging tools — including EEG, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) — to research human cognitive neuroscience.
To test working memory, the study participants were asked to select pictorial or verbal items that they'd just been given among similar lures. For long-term memory, participants judged whether each test item was studied or new after the entire study session was complete.
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The musicians, all of whom had been playing classical music for more than 15 years, outperformed non-musicians in EEG-measured neural responses on the working memory tasks. But, when long-term memory was tested, the enhanced sensitivity was only found in memory for pictures.
The study has not explored why the advantages might develop. Park said it's possible professional musicians become more adept at taking in and processing a host of pictorial cues as they navigate musical scores.
300 to 500 milliseconds faster
Park's abstract for the conference reports that musicians' neural responses in the mid-frontal part of the brain were 300 to 500 milliseconds (about one third to one half of a second) faster than non-musicians, and responses in the parietal lobe were 400 to 800 milliseconds faster than non-musicians. The parietal lobe is directly behind the frontal lobe of the brain, and is important for perceptual processing, attention and memory.
"Dr Park's research uses the latest scientific instrumentation to reveal knowledge about human cognition that was previously unreachable," said James Grover, interim dean of the UT Arlington College of Science. "It provides usable information about far-reaching advantages arts training can bring."
Park and graduate student James Schaeffer hope to test more musicians soon to strengthen the findings.
Whatever the mechanism involved, Park said the new research is important because music is helpful for long-term memory for non-verbal events, and "we are all surrounded by non verbal events." She adds, "Our work is adding evidence that music training is a good way to improve cognitive abilities."
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Based on/Source: The team presented initial results of their new research at Neuroscience 2014, the international meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, in Washington, DC.
Source publication date: November 18, 2014
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Many of the brightest minds from the National Security Agency and GCHQ staff tire themselves out from long years of service, moving out into the comfort of the private sector.
Unsurprisingly, the security industry welcomes them with open arms. After all, who better to hand out advice than alumni of two of the most sophisticated intelligence agencies on the planet?
Though he declined to confirm or deny any of the claims made about TAO's operations, including Edward Snowden leaks that showed it had hacked into between 85,000 and 100,000 machines around the world, Penrose spoke with the Guardian about how people might want to defend themselves from government-sponsored cyber attacks.
Here's one of his top tips: treat governments and criminals just the same, and don't expect them to waste their most treasured hacker tools on you unless you're a genuinely tasty target.
"Whether they're cyber criminals or state sponsored actors, I think a lot of times they can get into a network using a less sophisticated approach or a variant of a known piece of malware… it's a lower risk operationally for them," he said.
He advised businesses and individuals alike to imagine a thief were outside their house trying to find a way in. There's no point wondering whether they're "part of the police or a local gang, or even worse a foreign soldier".
If it turns out they are a state hacker, should individuals or business owners be concerned if they're American? "I'm not an officer of the government any more, but I would say look, if you're really honest with yourself and really read everything that came out in the media leaks, you'll see there's an incredible amount of discipline around what is done with those capabilities, and that makes things bureaucratic and slow and it does serve as a protection mechanism for different companies," said Penrose.
Once the hackers are inside, in most cases they'll benefit from a lack of a quality "insider threat" programme, Penrose noted. That's because the hackers will be able to make it look like it's an insider job rather than an external attacker nabbing information.
The NSA itself came in for criticism for allowing Snowden, a Booz Allen-Hamilton contractor working for the agency, such extensive access to its systems, many of which were used for the surveillance programmes he exposed to the world.
Indeed, insiders can cause plenty of trouble. Talking about what Snowden did, Penrose said that the information shouldn't have been made public so the US could carry on using its vast intelligence capabilities responsibly.
While individuals might be wary of any advice or technology coming from the minds of ex-intelligence officials, businesses are gagging for it. Darktrace can already class Virgin Trains as a customer and it's planning to get coverage for its Bayesian inference and machine learning-based technologies across organisations of any size, including government.
Lynch, who founded UK software firm Autonomy before it was sold to HP and became the centre of a major financing investigation, invested somewhere between $10m and $20m in the company. It's also just been named enterprise startup of the year by trade publication Techworld.
Though highly complimentary of Darktrace's technology, Andrew Tang, service director for security at IT firm MTI Technology, believes that there will be parts of the private sector that won't want to associate with spooks after everything Snowden revealed.
"I know there would be a lot of resistance within the commercial world, if they were aware of the people in the background," he told the Guardian.


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As spring progresses, the conversation around Notre Dame's offensive line will turn to the four early-enrolled freshmen. Their arrival should, in time, provide genuine depth up front and accelerated development for the next few years, but given the veterans the Irish return, that praise will live only until the season arrives. At that point, the upperclassmen will demand any and all attention.
Notre Dame will trot out four returning starters at Louisville on Labor Day, totalling 55 career starts among them, 45 of which came last year. The smallest of that quartet? Two-year starting right tackle Robert Hainsey (pictured above) at 6-foot-5, 298 pounds. The sole addition to the starting unit, rising sophomore center Jarrett Patterson, is the only other line starter listed at less than 6-foot-6, at the same height as Hainsey and two pounds heavier.
Size up front may not be the only quality necessary to be an imposing line — clearly, it isn't, otherwise sumo wrestlers would proliferate the select ranks of five-star recruits — but it does not hurt the cause by any means.
Getting off the bus with a certain image is one thing. Development beyond that remains necessary, though, especially as Notre Dame loses two NFL-bound offensive linemen for the second year in a row. That is where Hainsey maintaining his upward trend for a third spring, and then third season, could prove vital. Improving upon his performance last season would indicate Hainsey nears dominance.
If Hainsey is leading, and every aspect of his presentation supports that conclusion, he is stepping into the hole left by those aforementioned soon-to-be NFL players. Another step forward will be necessary, though. Part of the wonder of the Quenton Nelson/Mike McGlinchey and Sam Mustipher/Alex Bars pairings were their hand-in-hand roles along the line. Given Hainsey is dug in at right tackle, the obvious instinct is to look to rising senior right guard Tommy Kraemer, entering his second season at the position and third as a starter.
At 6-foot-6, Kraemer has long been physically imposing, but he may not have been as fleet of foot as Long prefers from his guards. Think of Nelson or Bars pulling to the outside of the line to lead the way on a run play. Getting and staying ahead of the running back takes timing and quickness.
In the fall, Kraemer was listed at 316 pounds. The spring roster puts him at 319. Yet, Long credited Kraemer for losing weight over the last two-plus months. Whether that is a roster typo or a broader description of an overall body change, the sentiment suggests a needed and wanted adjustment, one that could have as much a psychological effect as a physical one.
The parallel developments on the left side of the line will be more typical to those often seen between the first year starting and the second. Even if rising junior Aaron Banks started only six games last season, the expectation is he reach the levels Hainsey and Kraemer did in 2018, especially considering their 2017 rotation essentially equaled half a season of playing time each in their first year, as well.
In other words, aggressive play, occasionally tentative due to inexperience, and thus allowing for the occasional mistake.
Rising senior left tackle Liam Eichenberg fits those second-year starter possibilities, as well, in particular the tentativeness. It was visible throughout 2018 and will be the greatest hurdle to overcome if he really is to become the next name in the line of standout left tackles spanning the length of head coach Brian Kelly's Irish tenure.
Being it remains the springtime, Long's words all end with a positive takeaway. To some degree, that makes his pointed criticisms stand out — Kraemer's quickness, Banks' mistakes, Eichenberg's tentativeness — the items not to lose sight of despite the shine of other, new arrivals.


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Fall sports notes: Oak Lawn sophomore Jadon Pirkl races into prominence on cross country scene
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Oak Lawn sophomore Jadon Pirkl finished second in the Jimmy Daniels Olympian Run at Rich Central on Saturday, Oct, 6, 2018. (Steve Millar / Daily Southtown)
Oak Lawn sophomore Jadon Pirkl has come a long way as a cross country runner over the last year, turning himself into a contender to win races in his first season on varsity.
"Last year, I was racing in frosh/soph races and doing OK, but I was kind of middle of the road in those," Pirkl said. "This year, I feel like I'm excelling."
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Pirkl certainly excelled in Saturday's Jimmy Daniels Olympian Run at Rich Central. He navigated a wet, muddy course in 17 minutes, 5.1 seconds to finish second behind Solorio's Adonaliz Hernandez.
It was easily the best finish of Pirkl's varsity career, topping his 11th-place performance at the Reavis Invitational.
"This was an exciting race for me," he said. "I got ahead of a lot of people at the start and I just kind of held it. I was in third for a long time, but I caught up to (Bloom's Ramon Lacy) on the last mile and passed him."
Pirkl said his improvements as a runner are due to simple hard work.
"I just keep grinding, putting in the work," he said. "We practice every day from 3 to 6 p.m. and I get up early some mornings to run at 4 a.m. You have to have that dedication."
All the training paid off in the final mile of Saturday's race, when Pirkl was able to make his move up to second.
"My coach (Jeremey Cryan) always tells me, 'A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory,' so I always keep that in mind when I'm out there getting tired at the end of a race," Pirkl said.
Pirkl began running cross country in the middle school.
"When I got to high school, I just decided, why not?" he said. "I'm not doing much else."
Pirkl has enjoyed the camaraderie that's come along with competing for the Spartans.
"The friends you make are really great," he said. "All the guys on our team are like brothers. We stick together and we always help each other."
Girls tennis: Sandburg rode strong performances from its doubles teams to a tie with Lockport at Friday's SouthWest Suburban Blue meet, as the Eagles and Porters were declared co-champs.
"It was a fantastic day," Sandburg coach Brian Ostrander said. "I couldn't have asked for anything better. In a lot of ways, I felt like it was our day.
"We looked we like we were out of it, but we ended up hanging in there and pulling it off in doubles."
Army commit Anna Loureiro and Jayme Gross won at No. 1 doubles, Celanie Peng ad Ayushi Chudgar took first at No. 3 and Janna Philbin and Zoe Schultz won at No. 4 for Sandburg.
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With weather concerns for Saturday, the teams scrambled to complete play Friday.
"We started at Lincoln-Way East, then moved to a park district with lights when it got dark out," Ostrander said. "The lights there weren't great, though, so we moved indoors to a club in Park Forest.
"We played until almost 10 p.m. and it was a crazy day. It was great to see our kids come through."
Boys golf: In the final season for retiring coach Donna Thompson, the only coach in the program's 10-year history, Lincoln-Way West has won its first SouthWest Suburban Red title and its first regional championship.
Brothers Collin and Zack Phelps led the way with 3-over 74s as the Warriors won the Class 3A Joliet Regional to advance to Monday's Edwardsville Sectional.
"Coming into the season, our boys golf banner (in West's gym) was empty," Thompson said. "I didn't want to leave with it that way. These guys have earned and deserve this success."
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It's been a trending phrase for months, if not years: work-life balance. It's about finding that elusive sweet spot where your personal and professional life balance, not taking too much out of the other.
However, the idea of "when you're at work, you're at work" is slightly outdated. The truth of it is, our lives have become a beautifully blended mash-up of our hobbies, activities, relationships and goals. We've allowed segments of our lives to bleed into other areas.
If you're like most professional singles, you may have forgotten what it means to have personal time because you've dedicated any free time you do get to growing your career or business. The lines may have even started blurring if your social life revolves around work like it does for so many professionals who spend most of their waking days with clients, colleagues and associates.
Have you ever placed you phone on the table during a date? Just in case something important comes in from the front lines at the office? We are a distracted society that has yet to find a balance between our life demands.
What it comes down to is what is important to you and how much control over the situation YOU THINK you have. You have the power to turn your phone off or at least on vibrate. Most emails can wait the few hours you are spending on a date. It is up to you to set the boundaries within your life. What matters to you?
Just like you need to put time in at the gym to stay in shape, you have to put in the time to dating if you have any shot at meeting worthy of your time and affections. Analyze how you're really spending your time (binge watching Netflix originals? Surfing the net?) and make the changes needed so you can get more focused on your relationship goals.
In summary, finding balance between love and career is all about segmenting your time, and taking the right actions during time dedicated to improving your personal and professional life. Everyone has their own schedule, but everyone has more free time at their disposal than they realize.


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Commissioner Professor Dan Howard SC heard some harrowing evidence on the first of a three-day inquiry examining the prevalence, impacts and response to crystal methamphetamine use in the Hunter New England. The Special Commission of Inquiry into use of the Drug Ice will hear from Tamworth Hospital's emergency director Dr Nick Ryan on Wednesday, after starting with representatives from Family and Community Services, the education department and Corrective Services on Tuesday. Cessnock FACS manager Anne Marie Connelly was the first witness on the stand, and spoke of the risks ice use imposed on children, including neglect, inadequate supervision, exposure to high-risk people, and the increased chance of both physical and sexual assault. She also spoke of a 14-year-old girl using Tinder to source drugs using sexual acts as payment, as well as the fact that "heroin is making a bit of a comeback". That was backed up by the seventh Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program results, released on Monday, which showed increases in the use of ice, heroin and MDA in both metro and regional sites. The results also showed increased consumption of cocaine in regional areas, as well as oxycodone, fentanyl and alcohol, while nicotine remained stable. Only MDMA use decreased in regional towns. Following Ms Connelly, both Debborah Beckwith and Tony Gadd gave evidence on behalf of the education department. Both spoke of the disengagement of students and parents from the education system stemming from ice use, and the need for early intervention and further inter-agency support. The first afternoon of the commission wrapped up with a closed session with a local school principal, followed by evidence given by Maitland Community Corrections manager Susan Walton and Juvenile Justice area manager David Lowe. Ms Walton confirmed that prisoners were being released as addicts, with "about 40 per cent testing positive for drugs at the time of assessment for housing". She said that prioritising housing over treatment after release "could be of more benefit", and suggested "community-based sentences of over two years" would reduce the likelihood of re-offending "by between 11 and 31 per cent, as more services can be accessed". Mr Lowe spoke of the difficulty youths faced accessing services in regional and rural areas, and stressed that "youth drug and alcohol services, detox and rehab, need to be different from adult services". Taking the stand alongside Dr Ryan on Wednesday will be five fellow frontline medical specialists, including addiction expert Dr Craig Sadler, who also works in Tamworth, as well as Port Stephens Police Superintendent Craig Jackson.
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Commissioner Professor Dan Howard SC heard some harrowing evidence on the first of a three-day inquiry examining the prevalence, impacts and response to crystal methamphetamine use in the Hunter New England.
The Special Commission of Inquiry into use of the Drug Ice will hear from Tamworth Hospital's emergency director Dr Nick Ryan on Wednesday, after starting with representatives from Family and Community Services, the education department and Corrective Services on Tuesday.
Cessnock FACS manager Anne Marie Connelly was the first witness on the stand, and spoke of the risks ice use imposed on children, including neglect, inadequate supervision, exposure to high-risk people, and the increased chance of both physical and sexual assault.
She also spoke of a 14-year-old girl using Tinder to source drugs using sexual acts as payment, as well as the fact that "heroin is making a bit of a comeback".
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That was backed up by the seventh Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program results, released on Monday, which showed increases in the use of ice, heroin and MDA in both metro and regional sites.
The results also showed increased consumption of cocaine in regional areas, as well as oxycodone, fentanyl and alcohol, while nicotine remained stable. Only MDMA use decreased in regional towns.
Following Ms Connelly, both Debborah Beckwith and Tony Gadd gave evidence on behalf of the education department.
Both spoke of the disengagement of students and parents from the education system stemming from ice use, and the need for early intervention and further inter-agency support.
The first afternoon of the commission wrapped up with a closed session with a local school principal, followed by evidence given by Maitland Community Corrections manager Susan Walton and Juvenile Justice area manager David Lowe.
Ms Walton confirmed that prisoners were being released as addicts, with "about 40 per cent testing positive for drugs at the time of assessment for housing".
She said that prioritising housing over treatment after release "could be of more benefit", and suggested "community-based sentences of over two years" would reduce the likelihood of re-offending "by between 11 and 31 per cent, as more services can be accessed".
Mr Lowe spoke of the difficulty youths faced accessing services in regional and rural areas, and stressed that "youth drug and alcohol services, detox and rehab, need to be different from adult services".
Taking the stand alongside Dr Ryan on Wednesday will be five fellow frontline medical specialists, including addiction expert Dr Craig Sadler, who also works in Tamworth, as well as Port Stephens Police Superintendent Craig Jackson.


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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation was furious Monday over the new windows being installed at a high-rise New York University dormitory now under renovation.
But the university said the new windows are actually consistent with the architectural integrity of the building, and are more energy-efficient.
NYU for some time has been in the process of renovating its Brittany Hall dormitory, at 55 E. 10th St. just off Broadway. The building is set to reopen in the fall of 2013, when it will once again house about 575 college freshmen, 15 resident assistants, and a handful of staff members.
The university described the structure as a "beautiful and historic building" with an assortment of amenities, from a piano room and dance studio to a darkroom and the Rhodes Room performance space.
But in renovating the 15-story building, the preservation society accused NYU of "destroying a small, but important, piece of the Village's architectural heritage and character."
The tower was constructed as an apartment hotel in 1929, directly across the street from the landmark Gothic-style Grace Church, which dates to 1846, the society said in its "Off the Grid" blog.
Among the Gothic elements were multi-pane casement windows, "which add rhythm to the façade and reflect the details of the Gothic style," the society said. But the casement windows are now being replaced by single-pane windows, in an act the society called "architectural butchery."
The society claimed the original multi-pane casement windows were replaced with new ones of a similar design a few years ago. But now, the society said, those windows are being removed and replaced with the single-pane windows, which the society disparaged as looking "like they were made for a spacecraft, or at best, a suburban office park, rather than a pre-war Gothic tower."
But no regulation can prevent NYU from swapping out the windows, as the area is not part of the Greenwich Village Historic District, the society said.
The society said it has written to NYU President John Sexton to urge the university to reduce course and use "appropriate" windows for the renovation.
But NYU had a far different take on the renovation project. The university said all single-paned windows are being replaced with energy-efficient double-paned windows, which are "consistent with New York City's Energy Conservation Code as part of the university's larger sustainability agenda," spokesman Philip Lentz said in an e-mail.
The university also contested the preservation group's claim about the replacement of the original multi-pane casement windows.
"While some of the single-paned windows have been replaced on an as-needed basis in recent years, the renovation involves the first overall replacement of the building's windows in several decades," Lentz said.
Further, he said, "While the building is not in an historic district or a landmarked building, the new windows will contain frames that respect the architectural integrity of the building."
The purpose of the renovation at Brittany Hall is the need to install fire sprinklers, Lentz said. He added that more than 60 NYU buildings are, in fact, located in historic districts, and "the university devotes considerable resources to protecting their historical integrity."
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Grey may still be the neutral of choice for many interiors but colour is set to be bolder this year – with navy, violet and emerald key colours for both walls and furniture pieces. Warm greys paired with camel, rust, tobacco and brown-blacks, as well as earthy reds and yellows are also trending, and the classic white typically used in kitchens is likely to be replaced with warm wood tones (mahogany) and neutrals (greys and blues).
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\subsection{A general remark on the impossibility of efficiency larger than one}
In the context of the issue of negative temperatures it is often claimed that
negative temperatures imply Carnot efficiencies larger than one \cite{Braun13SCIENCE339,Frenkel15AJP83}. Such claims are based on the use of the Carnot engine formula for the efficiency
\begin{align}
\eta = 1-T_C/T_H
\label{eq:etaC}
\end{align}
with a positive $T_C$ and a negative $T_H$. This procedure is erroneous for a simple reason:  In deriving Eq. (\ref{eq:etaC}) one uses the assumption that $T_C$ and $T_H$ have the same sign. Hence the formula cannot be used with two temperatures of opposite signs. We recall the derivation of Eq. (\ref{eq:etaC}) for convenience. I should emphasise here that this is a basic thermodynamic derivation that does not refer to any specific statistical ensemble. Consider a Carnot cycle. Consider first the isothermal expansion at $T_H$. The heat entering the system is $Q_H= T_H \Delta S_H$. The adiabatic expansion has $ Q= 0$, hence $\Delta S=0$. With the isothermal compression, the system must go back to the very initial entropy, hence $\Delta S_C = -\Delta S_H = Q_C/T_C$. Therefore $Q_C = - Q_H T_C/T_H$. Imagine $Q_H>0$. If $T_C$ and $T_H$ have equal sign, then $Q_C<0$. So the heat intake $Q_\text{in}$ is given by $Q_\text{in}=Q_H$. Using the first law of thermodynamics (total work output $W$ is given by the total heat balance $Q_\text{in}+Q_\text{out}=W$) and the efficiency definition
\begin{align}
\eta = W/Q_\text{in}
\end{align}
Eq. (\ref{eq:etaC}) immediately follows. Imagine now instead that $T_C$ and $T_H$ have opposite signs, then heat enters the system in both isotherms \cite{Ramsey56PR103}, hence $Q_\text{in}=Q_H+Q_C=W$, and the correct formula is now
\begin{align}
\eta =1 \quad [\text{sign}(T_C) \neq \text{sign}(T_H)]
\end{align}
Mis-identification of $\eta$ with $W/Q_H$, as in Ref. \cite{Braun13SCIENCE339,Frenkel15AJP83} would lead to the absurd conclusion that $\eta>1$.

The very concept on an absolute scale of temperatures is constructed upon Eq. (\ref{eq:etaC}) \cite{Uffink01SHPMP32}. Since Eq. (\ref{eq:etaC}) only holds under the provision that  both quantities $T_H, T_C$ have same sign (conventionally positive), there apparently is no room for interpreting any negative quantity, e.g. a negative canonical-temperature (see below), as an absolute temperature.

\subsection{A canonical Carnot cycle involving a negative canonical temperature}

We consider a canonical Carnot cycle where two isothermal transformations are alternated by two adiabatic transformations. By ``canonical cycle'', we mean that the system is in a canonical Gibbs state at all times during the cycle.
The isothermal transformations take place while the system stays in contact with a thermal bath characterised by the given inverse canonical-temperature (c-temperature) $\beta$. A thermal bath at inverse c-temperature $\beta$ is a physical system with the property of leading a system of interest to the state
$e^{-\beta H(\lambda)}/Z(\lambda,\beta)$ when the two are allowed to interact for a sufficiently long time.
$ H(\lambda)$ is the Hamiltonian of the system of interest, which depends on the work-parameter $\lambda$.
We leave aside the question if a thermal bath with negative $\beta$ can exist or can be engineered.

\begin{figure}[t]
		\includegraphics[width=.4\textwidth]{Fig3.pdf}
		\caption{A canonical Carnot cycle of a spin $1/2$ between baths of opposite canonical temperature sign. The cycle can be decomposed in two cycles each of unit efficiency. The overall efficiency is therefore $\eta=1$.}		\label{fig:Fig3}
\end{figure}

A Carnot cycle between opposite c-temperature baths is illustrated in
Fig. \ref{fig:Fig3} for the case of a single spin $1/2$ with Hamiltonian $H(B) = -B \sigma^z/2$, with $\sigma_z$ a Pauli operator. The magnetic field $B$ plays the role of work parameter. The system is prepared at c-temperature $T_H<0$ and $B_1>0$, its state is $\rho_1\propto e^{-B_1 \sigma^z/k_B T_H}$. It undergoes then an isothermal transformation of the magnetic field to $B_2>B_1$ at c-temperature $T_H$, thus reaching the state $\rho_2\propto e^{-B_2 \sigma^z/k_B T_H}$. Contact with the thermal reservoir is now removed and the magnetic field is brought to $B_3<0$. Independent of the speed of the magnetic field reversal, no jumps between the two spin states occur because the spin Hamiltonian commutes with itself at all times. Accordingly the state $\rho$ remains unvaried and the new positive c-temperature $T_C=T_H B_3/B_2>0$ is reached:
$\rho_3=\rho_2=\propto e^{-B_3 \sigma^z/k_B T_C}$. This reversal does not suffer the problems of passage through null c-temperature mentioned in  \cite{Ramsey56PR103,Dunkel14NATPHYS10,Frenkel15AJP83}.
The spin is now brought into contact with the bath at c-temperature $T_C$ and the magnetic field is isothermally switched to $B_4=B_1 T_C/T_H<0$, so that the state $\rho_4\propto e^{-B_4 \sigma^z/k_B T_H} = e^{-B_1 \sigma^z/k_B T_C}=\rho_1$ is reached. A switch of the magnetic field back to $B_1$ after thermal contact is removed, closes the Carnot cycle. Using the quantum mechanical formula $U = \mbox{Tr} \rho H$ it is straightforward to calculate the internal energy of each state and accordingly the heat exchanged with each bath. One finds, at variance with the ordinary Carnot engine which withdraws energy from the hot bath only, that this engine withdraws heat from both baths $Q_H>0, Q_C>0$. Hence the heat intake is $Q_\text{in}= Q_H+ Q_C=W$ and the efficiency is one:
$
\eta = 1
$.

This result can also be obtained by doing no math by noting that the Cycle is composed of two sub-Carnot-cycles, one operating between c-temperatures $0$ and $T_C$ (with efficiency $\eta=1-0/T_C =1$), and the other between $T_H$ and $0$ (also with efficiency $1- 0/T_H=1$ \cite{Ramsey56PR103}). The overall efficiency is therefore $1$.

\subsection*{Acknowledgements}
This research was supported by a Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Programme through the project NeQuFlux grant n. 623085 and by the COST action MP1209 ``Thermodynamics in the quantum regime''.

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Marie Stopes Australia welcomes the High Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of safe access zones in Victoria and Tasmania. Acting CEO of Marie Stopes Australia, Jamal Hakim said that "today's High Court ruling demonstrates that women's health, safety and privacy is absolutely critical when accessing healthcare services." "A lot of effort has gone into the defence of these zones because …
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Hi, I am looking to buy a family holiday home on the Camposol Golf complex in Murcia.
Does anyone know of any problems buying on this complex. It's not likely to be the next target for demolition, legally built etc.
Any information would be very greatly appreciated.
Have you visited the so-called complex? I did by curiosity visit it in July 2008 (after hearing all the bad things about it).
It was the most disgusting place I have seen in a long time. In the middle of nowhere, with bad streets.
I have heard that the problems there are extremely big.
It depends which sector you buy in josie.
A sector is safe and well established, B sector is also OK, but C & D are better to stay away from due to touristico classification and a thousand other problems.
Prices have dropped by as much as 60% since their peak of 2004/5 and are not far off original purchase price of 1998/2001.
Remember they are prefabricated houses with poor foundations and an abismal build quality.
Let me know which model you are thinking of buying and I shall give you a guide to the lowest price you will get away with.
flosmichael i thought la torre golf was the most disgusting place that you had been to in a long time. or is it just another place in the middle of nowhere, it looks like spain is full of places in the middle of nowhere.
No, Flossy thought El Valle was the most disgusting place on earth, he had a problem with the plagues of locusts on La Torre, that and he couldn't see the beach, which wasn't surprising as it was a inland golf complex.
La Torre is paradise as compared to Camposol. Every positive number divided by zero gives infinity.
Looking back on some old topic,s is flosmichael the guy that had problems with the fly,s on la torre that he blamed on polaris world,so he traveled 20 min in his car back to the coast because the fly spray was 10cent cheaper than polaris price on la torre, he must have got a good deal on his petrol to make it worh his while.
Msw, this topic is about Camposol. What is the connection between Camposol and whatever non-sense you write?
If can add something to the topic, do it.
I'm quite happy to be inland, so that didn't bother me. But the properties I was looking at are on the final phase, new builds not yet been occupied so I think I will stay clear of it, obviously why they were selling at around 45k.
But I shall keep looking, thanks.


Anyone who follows a team long enough know the trends of their organization.
For example the trend/tradition here is the top draft picks are signed during camp, so we wait to see if Dal Colle, Ho-Sang sign an ELC very soon.
As for 2014-15 sure the answers could be here, younger players progress, but not today/not on paper.
Games are not played on paper.
I write this knowing full well the team finished 17-5-2 in it's final 24 road games, with the same 55 points over the final 48 games in 2013 that was good enough to qualify for a playoff spot.
What matters is Garth Snow is the hockey expert, and he spoke loud and clear this summer.
He traded for Dan Boyle, a veteran defender he was unable to sign him at seemingly any term. He has gone from Mark Streit/Andrew MacDonald to T.J Brennan and a lot of kids who could be the answer but cannot be expected to provide a solution at this time.
On this day that's not an improvement.
Maybe Czuczman, Reinhart, Donovan, Pulock, deHaan, Brennan, other prospects or a year older Hamonic make that meaningless with a healthy Visnovsky/Strait?
Any of these kids could make a Jared Spurgeon breakthrough.
Snow approached Jermone Iginla and offered him practically any term.
Vanek said he almost re-signed.
Moulson was contacted about resigning.
No, bought out Grabovski/Kulemin are not an improvement over those players statistically or even close today. Vanek had forty four points (+4) in forty seven games here. Moulson for his speed/five on five issues produced better numbers.
Whether it be Brock Nelson, Strome, Lee another forward on last year's roster or a prospect in the organization they are significantly weaker on paper right now then they have been since Tavares first season.
Let's be clear those players could be great, they could be the answer, however on paper today that cannot be written which is why Snow went shopping on 7/1.
Folks want to say Halak improves/hides these issues? Fair enough.
I saw Nabokov/Poulin steal many games or have them in position to win all those games the team was leading. My impression is many only remember six games against Pittsburgh to base Nabokov's entire NYI career and have little appetite for prospects like Poulin.
Ron Hextall during his one year here was unbeatable or unplayable, that's inconsistent goaltending. Aside from an incredible second half of 2002-03 that was Garth Snow's playing career in New York if you want a more contemporary example.
Bottom line in summer 2014 Snow felt he needed improvement in goal and signed someone with better career trends entering his prime.
The goaltending on paper is improved today.
Are the special teams better beyond Brent Thompson back in Bridgeport and Greg Cronin back in org?
John Tavares true test will come when he participates in games, another troubling question.
I do not believe Snow should back up his prospect truck to give away his top talent to rent Johnny Boychuk from Boston for fifty games before he tests UFA next summer or to do the same for a similar defender/forward with the same contractual status.
And yes, Snow has 55 signed players at this time between his NHL/AHL/ECHL contracts, something will have to give somewhere or prospects will have agreements to play in Europe.
The forward prospect base is thin, the defense has many names but most are not franchise level talents from the first round of a draft.
For now on paper at this time--Another Losing Season For New York.
Emphasis on the words-on paper.


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Brexit crunch time: EU and Britain remain divided over trade deal
Guy Faulconbridge and Gabriela Baczynska and John Chalmers
LONDON/BRUSSELS — Post-Brexit trade talks hung in the balance on Monday as Britain and the European Union made a last-ditch attempt to bridge significant differences and reach a deal that would avoid a disorderly exit in just 24 days.
With growing fears of no-deal chaos after the United Kingdom finally leaves the EU's orbit on Dec. 31, talks will resume in Brussels before British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen review the situation on Monday evening.
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Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Sunday the chances of a deal were 50-50. Investment bank JPMorgan said odds of a no-trade deal exit had risen to one third from 20%.
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier was "rather downbeat as to the prospects of agreement" when he spoke to national envoys in Brussels on Monday morning, according to one diplomat, adding that Johnson would have to make the ultimate call on a deal.
"The ball is in BoJo's (Johnson's) court," said the diplomat, who was taking part in the briefing. "Differences persist on all three issues."
Britain formally left the EU on Jan. 31 but has been in a transition period since then under which rules on trade, travel and business remain unchanged.
For weeks, the two sides have been haggling – as yet without a result – over fishing rights in British waters, ensuring fair competition for companies and ways to solve future disputes.
In Brussels, an EU diplomat told Reuters that Britain had failed to make the "necessary choices" on fishing and fair competition to make a deal possible on trade – worth nearly $1 trillion each year.
In London, a British lawmaker in Johnson's ruling Conservative Party said France would have to make concessions on fishing and the EU would have to drop their demands on the level playing field.
NO DEAL?
Failure to secure a deal would clog borders, upset financial markets and disrupt delicate supply chains across Europe and beyond as the world tries to cope with the vast economic cost of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sterling fell 0.7% against the dollar to $1.3344, down from the 2-1/2-year highs of $1.3540 hit on Friday. Measures of expected swings in the British pound jumped to eight-month highs.
With just days left for a deal to be agreed, EU diplomats said it a decisive moment for both the United Kingdom and the bloc which built the ruined nations of Europe into a global power after the devastation of World War Two.
"Decisive hours for the future of EU-UK relations," said Sebastian Fischer, an EU spokesman for Germany, the current holder of the EU presidency.
While some diplomats said the last-minute drama showed a deal was close, Ireland – the EU member state whose economy is likely to be worst hit by a disorderly Brexit – said it would not be shocked if talks fell apart.
"I still think it is more likely than not that we will find a way of getting a deal done but I won't be shocked if it falls apart," Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney was quoted as saying by the Irish Times.
"If we don't get a deal in the next few days, then obviously there are serious problems around ratification and timelines."
In a move that could further undermine the talks, the British government will press ahead with draft laws this week that would breach London's earlier divorce treaty with the bloc.
Junior Foreign Office Minister James Cleverly said on Monday the clauses that breach the treaty would be re-inserted.
(Additional reporting by Elizabeth Piper, Sujata Rao-Coverley, Paul Sandle and Sarah Young in London, and Conor Humphries in Dublin; Writing by Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Michael Holden, Catherine Evans and Timothy Heritage)


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Jacques Bouillart (Meulent, 1669 - Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 11 de diciembre de 1726) fue un religioso benedictino y escritor francés.

Biografía
Profeso a los dieciocho años de edad en la abadía de Saint Faron de Meaux de la Congregación de San Mauro de la Orden de San Benito, pronto fue trasladado a la de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, cerca de París, donde pasó toda su vida enclaustrado y dedicado al estudio y a la redacción de sus escritos.

Dejó publicadas las siguientes obras:
 Usuardi martyrologium sincerum (París, 1718), primera edición conocida del martirologio de Usuardo;
  Histoire de l'abbaye Royale de Saint Germain des Prez (París, 1724), historia de la Abadía de Saint-Germain-des-Prés;
 Réponse aux remarques d'un auteur anonyme sur les figures du grand portail de l'Eglise de S. Germain-des-Prés, opúsculo incluido en el Mercure de mayo de 1723, pp. 895-908.

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Historiadores de Francia del siglo XVIII
Escritores en francés del siglo XVIII
Congregación de San Mauro
Fallecidos en París
Benedictinos de Francia del siglo XVII
Benedictinos de Francia del siglo XVIII


Ann Corcoran: "Pope's Publicity Stunt At Texas Border Timed To Influence US Election"
From the beginning of his pontificate, Francis, himself the son of immigrants, has made the treatment of migrants and refugees worldwide a priority. His first travel outside Rome was to the Italian island of Lampedusa, where boatloads of asylum-seekers from the Middle East and Africa had been landing.
Catholic officials have said the pope's original plan was to cross the U.S.-Mexico border during his visit as a symbolic gesture of unity, but security and logistical barriers put an end to that idea. U.S. authorities were fearful that such a move would bring an onslaught of people across the border.
The closest Francis will get to the United States is about 50 yards from El Paso.
Across the river and through the fences, a limited group of "Francis VIPs," including unauthorized immigrants seeking asylum in the United States, will assemble along the border and await the pope's blessing.
Since the Pope won't do it, it is up to you, American patriots, to keep reminding your friends and neighbors that the Catholic Church in America receives millions of your tax dollars to resettle refugees (including tens of thousands of Muslims), to take care of the Unaccompanied Alien Children, to harbor illegal aliens and to lobby for more migrants and more money (for themselves)!
The story is Handful of migrants, refugees will greet Pope Francis as he walks along U.S.-Mexico border, By Alfredo Corchado, February 15, 2016.


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Sean McCulloch of Phinehas | Reaching Beyond Christianity To Explore Within
September 10, 2021 Matt Peiken Season 2 Episode 5
Sep 10, 2021 Season 2 Episode 5
Matt Peiken
There's a deep history of Christian metal, and one of the leading torchbearers over the past 15 years is the metalcore band Phinehas. While the band's early lyrics were loaded with clear Christian themes, vocalist Sean McCulloch has evolved into a much more complex songwriter. Throughout the band's new album, titled "The Fire Itself," McCulloch wrestles with depression, isolation and other personal battles that mask any overt nods to the Christian bible. McCulloch talks here about his introduction to metal outside the bounds of his faith, his creative path behind the new album and his distaste for how Christianity plays out in modern politics.
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Increase in the incidence of mumps is registered in Bishkek. The Center for State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of Bishkek reported.
In the first quarter of 2019, at least 120 cases of mumps were reportedly registered in Bishkek, last year — only 4.
The incidence increased due to unvaccinated adults. There are people among them who have not been vaccinated in childhood (at the age of 6) due to the lack of vaccines.
The number of adults who got mumps is 86 (71.6 percent).
In addition, the number of vaccine refusers increases annually. This is dangerous because a non-immune stratum of the population is being formed. As a result, the incidence of mumps is activated.
The center reminds that epidemic parotitis is an infection caused by a virus and spreading from person to person through household items or by airborne droplets when talking, sneezing, coughing. It mainly affects the salivary glands, and possibly other glands, such as the pancreas, thyroid, parathyroid, and others.
The disease begins with a sharp increase in body temperature to 38-40 degrees for five — seven days.
Its symptoms are great weakness, chills, appetite disorders, headaches. Swelling and tenderness of one or both salivary glands is registered. Despite the fact that the disease in most cases has a mild or moderate form, it can not be attributed to a harmless infection.
Mumps can lead to sequelae in the form of damage to other organs, especially in adults.
Mumps most often causes complications in teenagers during puberty, as there is a risk of orchitis (inflammation of the testicles).
Acute pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) is on the second place among the sequelae. As for the nervous system, serous meningitis is possible.
«Epidemic parotitis is a vaccine-preventable infection. The most effective in the prevention of the disease is vaccination with live attenuated vaccine. It is done twice — at the age of 1 year and 6 years,» the state center stressed.


Online dating is fun and trendy, but there is a major problem that haunts even popular apps such as Tinder: spam. Fortunately, smart people (like yourself) quickly realize what's going on and move on. That's not the case with Elimi.
Elimi has joined the agglomerated market of online dating with the aim of fixing the spam problem – think Tinder with CAPTCHA. What I specifically liked about this app is that it aims to bring back the essence of online dating – in-person interactions – and places the chat into context right from the start of the conversation.
This is a hard task, but the developers behind Elimi managed to solve it cleverly: After creating your profile, you will need start a "game" similar to good old "Truth or Dare". You will ask three simple questions – it can be anything you like, and I've found a variety of great questions during my testing – and the person interested in your profile will need to answer those. You are in charge: You decide to either accept or reject it.
The same goes for you when you are looking for ladies or men nearby: First, you need to answer the person's question, and if she/he accepts it (or let's say, if you "win" the "game"), chat is turned on, and you can start a conversation. The best thing of all is that you know it's a real person on the other side, so from that moment on, it all depends on you.


Decoy Lake produces some of the highest match weights the best so far being nearly 150lbs. The weights are dominated by carp although there are also crucians, tench, rudd, roach, perch and chub present. Good weights of rudd and roach can be achieved when the carp aren't feeding. The lake is a short walk from the car park and has central reed beds and an island at the far end. Many of the pegs have overhanging bushes and trees which provide further features to fish to, the lake is fairly shallow with a maximum depth of about four feet.
We have 49 fisheries listed within Cambridgeshire.


Black Fig: fig fragrance with clove, pine, cedarwood and spice undertones. Updated scent: With wintery notes.
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Baking soda is a leavening agent that is used in cooking and baking to make food rise. It is also known as Bicarbonate of Soda and Sodium Bicarbonate. Baking soda is found in all living things to help provide a natural pH balance.Using pure baking soda for cooking is a popular application for this material.
First, a quick chemistry lesson on baking soda. It helps food rise this by releasing carbon dioxide bubbles. This expands the dough or batter, creating a fluffy product. It forms the texture and grain in pancakes, cakes, bread, and other foods.
When mixed with acidic compounds such as buttermilk, vinegar, yogurt, or lemon juice, it will create the reaction that releases the carbon dioxide.
In addition to being a popular ingredient found in many baking recipes, having baking soda on hand can be useful in the event of a kitchen fire. Got a small grease or electrical fire? Throw some sodium bicarbonate on it. Just don't use it on deep fryer fires, as the gas release could cause a harmful splatter. Scuff marks on the floor or grease spills can be cleaned by sprinkling baking soda on the area and wiping it up with a warm, damp washcloth or towel.
Here are a few more things to know about baking soda, and how to use it in the kitchen--even if you're not preparing a meal.
Don't get baking soda confused with baking powder--they are different ingredients all together. Many forms of baking powder, which is different than baking soda, include sodium bicarbonate with other compounds.
In addition to using baking soda for cooking and baking, it can also be used in refrigerators and other odor-prone areas because it is a natural deodorizer.
If you're cooking or baking, you probably have to clean up. Want a natural cleaning product that is relatively inexpensive? Mix baking soda with some warm water to clean aluminum items such as baking sheets. It can remove tarnish from silver if the silver comes into contact with aluminum foil. Stained enamel cookware can be renewed by scrubbing it in a baking soda/water mixture. Baking soda is also used with cold water to remove surface rust. (Hot water can corrode steel). It is also useful when mixed with warm water to clean tea and coffee stains from the inside of mugs.
Got a clogged or overall dirty sink and want to clean it naturally? Sprinkle a few teaspoons of baking soda down the drain and splash some white vinegar on top. It will fizz up and clean the pipes, often removing clogs at the same time.
The chemical reaction of creating carbon dioxide doesn't start until the baking soda hits 80 °C or 176 F, so batter at room temperature will not start producing carbon dioxide until you put it in the oven.


Additional Information and Specifications: "Finally, a cost-effective energy management system for business that provides circuit-by-circuit electricity consumption detail enabling informed decision-making on how and when to cut energy costs. Effectively monitor all energy use and know exactly where your energy dollars are going. Compare facilities to see why some are more efficient than others. Control HVAC systems for maximum efficiency. Visually compare energy use from one day to another. Be alerted to potential equipment problems before they cause expensive down time and costly repair.
Controls HVAC – the largest energy cost via computer or phone. Eliminate thermostat lock-boxes and staff disagreements.
Replicate ""Best Practices"" across your facilities & eliminate ""Worst Practices"" in energy consumption.
Compare energy cost performance between facilities by building, campus, region. Analyze per square foot and by functional area.


Customer Centers of Expertise (Customer COEs) act as collaboration hubs across IT and Lines of Business in their companies. Their mission is to provide transparency and efficiency of implementation, innovation, operation, and quality of business processes and systems related to the SAP software solutions and services. They have the knowledge, the capabilities, and the network to centrally drive continuous improvement and continuous innovation.
The Customer Center of Expertise program entails two maturity levels with an Advanced IT Operations Self-Assessment interposed.
Starting with a Primary Customer COE Certification, customers establish the foundation for their Customer COEs to then continuously prove their maturity and become certified Advanced Customer COEs that facilitate support and drive innovation in their organizations. Advanced Customer COEs therefore act as both service providers and business innovation enablers.
Running a certified Primary Customer COE is a contractual element and demonstrates proficiency in important basic functions. The SAP Primary Customer COE Certification provides a solid foundation for interacting with SAP. This certification consists of self-service by filling out an online-questionnaire. A follow-up call in case of ambiguities is optional.
The Advanced Self-Assessment identifies areas of improvement for Primary Customer COE(s) on their journey towards Advanced maturity. After completion, SAP will provide a rough estimation of the maturity of your processes including maturity indicators and recommendations in each area. This Assessment cannot replace the SAP Operations Planning Workshop, where SAP interacts directly with your experts and comes up with a sophisticated and precise evaluation, including a tailored action plan.
The Advanced Customer COE Certification confirms as optional basis an excellent integrated end-to-end solution orchestration and a KPIs driven continuous improvement process through an effective Quality Management System. This shall be renewed on an annual basis. This Certification is performed remotely and onsite.
This section will provide you relevant information needed for a Customer COE certification as well as assets that help you with your daily business.
Additional learning content is available in the the SAP Enterprise Support Academy.
Get started with your primary certification and proceed in your journey to become an Advanced Customer COE. The knowledge materials provided in this section are continuously updated and set up according to the four different pillars of the Customer COE.
Access SAP information - Webinars, Roadmaps, Customer, Best Practices and learn about the Customer COE Community Suite for certified Customer COE(s) only.
Access the Customer COE Single Source of Truth for general information, Customer COE service portfolio, certification relevant information and support standards.
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i have a 194 5.7l Blazer. the brakes do not hold when stopped, in drive- the brakes begin to shutter after a few seconds, and no matter how hard I press on the brake pedal, the brakes do not fully hold, and the truck slowly moves forward. I have been to 2 mechanics, and neither know how to repair this problem. I checked for a vacuum leak at the brake booster, but did not detect a leak.
Have you checked the master cylinder fluid level? If it has gotten low, you likely have a leaking line and/or wheel cylinder somewhere on the truck.
If the master cylinder has gotten low at any point and air has been pulled into the system, the system (MC & all lines) will need to be bled.
The master cylinder bleed is VERY important. Any air in the MC will result in a non-existent pedal. I typically like to pull the MC, mount it in a vice, and put on my bleed lines (lines made to thread into the ports on the MC and bent to direct the fluid back into the reservoir), then push the MC plunger in repeatedly until only fluid (no bubbles) come out.
Once the MC is bled, you have to then bleed all of the lines starting at the wheel furthest from the MC and working to the closest (right rear, left rear, right front, and the left front in that order). You must bleed the lines until you get clean fluid without any bubbles in it. While you bleed the lines, you MUST keep the MC topped off.
master cylinder is approx. 1 yr old, lines have been bled twice, all fluid replaced. front pads and rotors replaced. what else can I have done?
When did the problem first start in relation to what parts were installed? If there are no leaks and the lines are free of air, that leaves the master cylinder as the culprit.
Was the master cylinder bled properly way back when it was replaced? New or not, if it isn't bled properly, it will not apply pressure to the calipers or wheel cylinders, period.
If the MC was bled properly, then it likely is faulty.
Even without a functioning brake booster, you will still be able to apply the brakes. You just won't have power boost for a nice smooth, low resistance pedal feel.
master cylinder is 1s new, the problem started about 2 months ago, slowly getting worse. I have had 2 different shops bleed the brakes, replaced the fluid. I did new front rotors and pads. how about the rear brake cylinders?
here is the issue: when stopped in drive, foot on brake pedal: if you let off the pedal pressure, and feel the brakes give loose a bit, and you get that "shutter", that is what is happening now, no matter how hard I press down on the brake pedal when stopped. It does not happen instantly, but by 30 seconds+, it then gets worse!


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