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Vapers Digest 28th September
AdminPosted on 28th September 2017 Posted in Latest News
Thursday's News at a glance:
Vape Shops Mandated To Register Their Products But Can't Due To FDA System Failure – Diary of an Ex-Smoker – A Vaper's Story – Cyprus passes a tax on e-liquid – Question and Answers on Vaping – 2016 CDC Data Shows E-Cigarette Use Declines Again – UAE doctors stand firm over e-cigarettes – Sympathomimetic Effects of Acute E‐Cigarette Use – Inhalation of Propylene Glycol in E-cigarettes – Cancer Survivors Who Quit Live Longer – Classification of Twitter Users Who Tweet About E-Cigarettes – Blowing E-Smoke – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Vape Shops Mandated To Register
But Can't Due To FDA System Failure
Carl V. Phillips, The Daily Vaper
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has announced on Twitter that the September 30 deadline for manufacturers to register each of their vapor products will be delayed. This may have resulted from pressure from members of Congress contacted by desperate constituents, although the FDA probably figured it out themselves. Gottlieb attributed the delay to "connectivity problems," but many other problems have occurred. The new deadline has not been set and at the time of this writing there has been no official announcement.
Diary of an Ex-Smoker
Yorkshire Smokefree
I was 12 years old, and smoking, believe it or not, was a way of making yourself look attractive to the girls. It wasn't frowned upon like it is now- tobacco advertising was everywhere, in fact was positively encouraged! I can remember one time when my mother was depressed, our doctor advised her to have one of my dad's ciggies to calm her nerves down!
Anyway I started at about twelve years with the other lads behind the bike sheds at school.
A Vaper's Story
Chris Baxter, Stop Smoking Leicester
After sharing his personal story at The Manchester Cancer Research Centre on Thursday 30 March, former smoker Chris Baxter writes about how he made the switch from lit cigarettes to vaping.
I started smoking at 16, and I started alone. I would finish my Saturday morning job, buy 10 cigarettes, find a back alley – and smoke. I loved it; it was like putting a key in a lock. I soon became a social smoker and then a heavy smoker. Everyone knew me as a smoker.
Cyprus passes a tax on e-liquid
Cyprus has passed a tax on vaping e-liquid of €0.12 per mL. The law creates a new taxable product category called "liquid for electronic cigarette use."
The bill also includes a tax on heat-not-burn (HNB) products, like Philip Morris International's IQOS. HNB devices are not yet being sold in Cyprus, according to the Cyprus Mail.
Just been in the local co-op. The 2 shelves prev filled w/ NRTs now have one lowly box of patches & loads of vape kit & juice. #winning
— Lorien Jollye CAO (@CaeruleanSea) September 27, 2017
Question and Answers on Vaping
IBVTA
Is vaping less harmful than smoking?
Yes. There is never a situation where it is better to smoke than it is to vape. According to independent studies by Public Health England and The Royal College of Physicians vaping is recognised as being at least 95 per cent less harmful than smoking. This position is also supported by The Royal College of General Practitioners and many other independent medical and public health bodies
CDC Data Shows E-Cigarette Use Declines
Some 7.8 million American adults used e-cigarettes in 2016, according to data from the 2016 National Health Interview Survey, the source for CDC national smoking estimates. That is about half a million fewer than a year earlier, and 1.1 million fewer than in 2014, the first year NHIS surveyed for vaping. As the CDC reported a month ago (here), the 2016 data indicates 3.2% adult prevalence – 3.9% (about 4.5 million) for men, and 2.6%, (about 3.3 million) for women.
UAE doctors stand firm over e-cigarettes
Nick Webster
Doctors in the UAE are refusing to support e-cigarette use to help smokers quit, despite UK health authorities backing the devices for the first time in the annual Stoptober campaign.
As a 100 per cent tax on cigarettes comes into force in the UAE from October, new draft guidance from the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says patients should be told that e-cigarettes can be an aid to stop smoking for those wanting to give up.
It remains illegal to sell e-cigarettes in the UAE, with no movement on that for the foreseeable future, but just 5 per cent of smokers manage to quit without medication or some other form of help.
Sympathomimetic Effects of Acute E‐Cig Use
Journal of the American Heart Association
The acute sympathomimetic effect of e‐cigarettes is attributable to the inhaled nicotine, not to non‐nicotine constituents in e‐cigarette aerosol, recapitulating the same heart rate variability pattern associated with increased cardiac risk in multiple populations with and without known cardiac disease. Evidence of oxidative stress, as estimated by plasma paraoxonase activity, was not uncovered following acute e‐cigarette exposure.
Cancer Survivors Who Quit Live Longer
Mawsley, Planet of the Vapes
Vaping has a huge role to play in increasing the quality of life for smokers who are making it to the point where they are being discharged from oncology wards. Patients have been shown to live longer after being successfully treated for after a diagnosis of lung, bladder, and upper aerodigestive tract cancer – if they quit tobacco.
A Review on the Safety (PDF)
Of Inhalation of Propylene Glycol in E-cigarettes
This review throws some light in terms of the safety aspects of inhalation of PG particularly seen in animal studies as it relates to e-cigarette concentration. Since most of the results came from animal studies. The information gained can be used as a platform to conduct human studies to check the short term and long term effect of propylene glycol in e-cigarettes. Therefore, further human studies using PG concentrations similar to that in e-cigarettes need to be conducted to confirm the safety of inhalation of PG from e-cigarettes.
Classification of Twitter Users
Who Tweet About E-Cigarettes
This study provides a method for classifying five different types of users who tweet about e‑cigarettes. Our model achieved high levels of classification performance for most groups, and examining the tweeting behavior was critical in improving the model performance. Results can help identify groups engaged in conversations about e‑cigarettes online to help inform public health surveillance, education, and regulatory efforts.
Blowing E-Smoke
Steve Lowery
There was a time not long ago that the sight of smoke billowing from the driver's side window of a car would either strongly suggest a serious breach of maintenance or that the operator had obtained one of those totally cool Dashboard Hibachi's (As Seen On TV). These days you can be pretty sure that it indicates that someone is blowing smoke courtesy of an electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette.
The lies of Margaret Chan
Christopher Snowdon – Velvet Glove Iron Fist
Every two years, the WHO holds a 'Conference of the Parties' to wibble on about the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The next one is coming up in a month or two. The last one was held at the height of the Ebola epidemic which killed 11,000 people and the WHO was rightly criticised for its inept response. Tackling contagious diseases isn't high on the WHO's list of priorities these days, and why should it be when there are people in the world drinking fizzy drinks and using e-cigarettes?
Politicians Given Ecig Policy Options
Mawsley – Planet of the Vapes
Hon Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga, the New Zealand MP for Maungakiekie and Associate Minister for Health, has presented a paper to the government titles 'Electronic-cigarettes: policy options and approval to consult'. It contains a positive shift in the acceptance of respected evidence but still persists with unwanted caveats.
FDA Issues New Draft Guidance
Michael Siegel – The Rest of the Story
The FDA took steps yesterday to clear a big point of confusion that has arisen concerning a subset of electronic cigarettes on the market. Due to novel technology that allows nicotine to be extracted in concentrated form from potatoes, a number of e-cigarette companies have switched to using potatoes as a source of nicotine for their e-liquids. Several companies have asked the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products for guidance on whether they need to comply with the tobacco product regulations, since their products do not contain tobacco and the nicotine used is not derived from tobacco.
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A big increase in state funding is helping South African higher education institutions weather the global financial and economic storm.
Last month, Education Minister Naledi Pandor announced that tertiary funding had been increased to R19.3 billion (US$2.2 billion) for the 2009-10 year – a 27% rise on the previous year. "Government funding of the public higher education system has risen sharply in recent years, and is expected to continue to increase at rates above inflation," Pandor said.
Included is R13.3 billion in subsidy funds which account for 43% of university income on average. It is the other two income streams that most worry universities: 29% that comes from tuition fees and 28% from 'third stream' income.
To read the full article by Karen MacGregor on University of World News Click Here!


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package com.eagleoj.web.controller;

import com.eagleoj.web.entity.ResponseEntity;
import com.eagleoj.web.service.ContestService;
import com.eagleoj.web.service.GroupService;
import com.eagleoj.web.service.ProblemService;
import com.eagleoj.web.service.UserService;
import io.swagger.annotations.ApiOperation;
import org.apache.shiro.authz.annotation.Logical;
import org.apache.shiro.authz.annotation.RequiresRoles;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * @author Smith
 **/
@RestController
@Validated
@RequestMapping(value = "/admin", produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_UTF8_VALUE)
public class AdminController {

    @Autowired
    private ContestService contestService;

    @Autowired
    private UserService userService;

    @Autowired
    private GroupService groupService;

    @Autowired
    private ProblemService problemService;

    @ApiOperation("获取系统的大致信息")
    @RequiresRoles(value = {"8", "9"}, logical = Logical.OR)
    @GetMapping("/overview")
    public ResponseEntity getOverview() {
        Map<String, Integer> data = new HashMap<>(5);
        data.put("contests", contestService.countContests());
        data.put("users", userService.countUsers());
        data.put("groups", groupService.countGroups());
        data.put("problems", problemService.countProblems());
        data.put("auditing_problems", problemService.countAuditingProblems());
        return new ResponseEntity(data);
    }
}

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Andorra - a tiny principality, lost in the eastern Pyrenees between much more impressive neighbors - France and Spain. Despite its modest size, Andorra attracts many tourists. First of all, all those who are not indifferent to mountain skiing go here with pleasure. There are many trails, gentle and dizzying descents, there are excellent conditions for ski holidays. In addition, Andorra attracts recreation in the mountains, surrounded by a magnificent and almost untouched nature. To the advantages of the Principality are European terms with high level of service and well-developed tourist infrastructure. In this case, a vacation in Andorra will cost much cheaper than other European ski resorts. In the Principality operates a zone of duty-free trade, so here you can go just for shopping. What should be done in Andorra - try to master one of the winter sports, sit in a bar on a mountain slope, visit local museums and shopping centers, purchase souvenirs, for example, cigars, or ski equipment at favorable prices, relax at one of the spa resorts.
So the list of the best tourist places in front of you:
Casa de la Vall
In a number of noteworthy attractions of Andorra there is the building of the old Casa de la Vall, located in the capital of the country. This medieval fortress is one of the oldest buildings in the city. For tourists there is a guest room, a kitchen with antique utensils and a hall of the General Council where court hearings were held and all the documentation of the Council was kept in the famous "cupboard for seven castles". In addition to the secular premises of the residence of the Parliament, the prison, the court, the hotel and the chapel of San Ermengol were also located here, and in the chapel of the House of the Dales the coat of arms and the flag of the Principality of Andorra is kept. In the main hall there are ancient murals. Every day museum workers light candles in old candelabra. Almost the only decoration of the modest portal Casa de la Val is the arms of the seven different Andorra. On the ground floor, part of the building is occupied by the church of San Ermengol. On the second floor there is the Mail Museum. Parliament operates from May to October from Tue to Sat from 10.00 to 18.00, from November to April - from 10.00 to 18.00.
Museu Casa d'Areny-Plandolit
The Areny-Plandolit family house museum is one of Andorra's main attractions. The building of this magnificent noble manor is located practically in the center of the picturesque village of Ordino and is considered a cultural and historical monument of the country.
Earlier, the house belonged to one of the most famous families of Andorra - the Areny-Plandolit dynasty, which played a huge role in the country's politics and economy. This luxurious house was built in 1633.
In the Areny-Plandolit family house museum visitors can see different original household items and luxurious furniture. All this is located in the halls for guests, living room, music salon, bedrooms and dining room. The weapons room contains swords and weapons, as well as all the necessary things for hunting. In addition, in the house museum you can visit the huge cellars and wine cellars, a family library and a chapel.
Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 9:30 - 13:30 and 15:00 - 18:30, resurrection: 10:00 - 14:00, Monday is the day off.
Museu National de l'Automobil
The museum is located in a separate building and represents a collection of various vehicles - from bicycles to cars. The total exposition includes more than 90 cars, 60 motorcycles, and more than 100 bicycles, as well as numerous miniature images. The oldest exhibit of the Automobile Museum is the Pinet car steamer, which was produced in 1898. The exhibits presented here in details show the evolution of transport from 1898 to 1970. And despite the age, they are all in perfect condition!
Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 9: 30-13: 30 and 15: 00-18: 00, Sunday, Monday - closed. The ticket price is 5 EUR.
Comic Museum
One of the rarest and extremely interesting exhibition centers is the comic book museum in La Massana. This is a wonderful place where lovers of exciting narratives with a humorous and adventurous character will necessarily find the rarest copies of their favorite stories. There are a lot of "painted books". In addition, the collections contain exhibits of the genre such as horror comics. Fans of the literary genre, like comics, can replenish their personal collections with unique photos with impressive and valuable releases of their favorite books.
The museum is famous not only for such a huge arsenal of literature but also for the exhibitions of famous artists, which are constantly held in the museum. The most outstanding of which are Antonio Bernal, Alfonso Fonta, Philippe Xavier, Anna Miral. Also, guests have the opportunity to visit master classes of artists and improve their drawing skills.
Museo del Tabaco
The Museum of Tobacco (Museo del Tabaco) is located in the traditional tobacco district of the principality, the region of San Julia de Lòria in the seventh district of Andorra. Here, at an altitude of 909 meters above sea level, only a few small plants and factories still produce the best cigars in Europe. The first tobacco factory in Andorra was opened in 1909 by the Reig family. In 1999, the Tobacco Museum was opened in its building, called Old Reaga, on the initiative of the Julia Reig Foundation. Here it is natural as the life of many families is concentrated around the tobacco business in the region. Collected literally by bit by local enthusiasts, the museum tells in detail about the path of tobacco from the field to the dryer, from the dryer - in the shop, from the shop - to the buyer for the past 100 years. Excursions in the museum tell in detail how the production changed decade after decade. The main event in the region's tobacco production was the introduction in the 30s. principles of globalization and industrialization. Despite the mechanization because of severe competition, Reig's factory was ruined in 1957. Later the old factory became known as "Kal Rafelo".
Working hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 20:00, Sunday from 10:00 to 14:30, Monday - the day off. The last visitors can come for an hour and a half before closing, the tour itself lasts at least an hour. The maximum group is 25 people. The audio guide is available in Catalan, Spanish, French and English, and in each language there is a record of male and female voices.
The ticket price is 5 EUR
At the present stage of the development of society and technical inventions, the extraordinary museums of such important crafts and systems are becoming increasingly popular, which were especially important a few dozen years ago. One of such outstanding representatives is the postal museum. It is located on the territory of the residence of the Government of Andorra.
The museum exposition is rich in collections of postage stamps of the Andorran state. The number of exhibits exceeds 50 thousand. Exhibitions tell their visitors the history of the origin of the postal system in the country. The oldest and most valuable brands date back to 1928. There are also collections of stamps, envelopes and various postal equipment.
The mail museum is not only an exhibition hall of such an arsenal of the postal system but also the beloved "native" place of philatelists. Within the walls of the museum are often arranged conferences, exhibitions on interesting topics and other stunning events are organized.
Visitors will be able to visit excursions in the museum, learn many impressive facts about rich postal art.
Opening hours: May-October: 10:00 - 14:00, 15:00-18:00; November-April 10:00 - 13:00, 15:00 - 18:00. Sunday and Monday are closed. The ticket price is 5 EUR
Church of Santa Coloma
The church of Santa Coloma was built during the early Middle Ages, in the 10th century. Her style reflects the peculiarities of architecture peculiar to the Doroman buildings. This temple belongs to the most ancient landmarks of Andorra.
Outwardly the building looks simple, ascetic, without embellishments and decorative elements. The building is more like a fortress, which is understandable: earlier even churches were built in such a way that they could hide from conquerors from other territories. Near the church, there is a bell tower, in which there are four floors. The church is surrounded by a small stone fence, and its gate is made in the form of an arch. You can get to it on the paved path. Behind the gate, there is a small cozy courtyard, in the warm season, lined with a bright green lawn.
Interior decoration was created for many centuries. The most ancient details that have survived to our time are the murals of the Mozarabic type (written on a low plaster), dating from the 12th century. By this time belong sculptures made of wood and icons. In the 18th century, a baroque altar appeared in the church.
Monday-Friday: 08:30-13:30, 15:00-19:00. Saturday, Sunday - closed.
Perfume Museum
A unique and richest place for various exclusive fragrances is the Perfume Museum. It is here that visitors can learn about all the subtleties of the origin of smells, about the feelings that they cause. Aromas have long and firmly entered our lives. The range of these products is constantly increasing and improving. The most unique and exquisite collections have always attracted the attention of connoisseurs and admirers of perfumery art. The exposition of the exhibition center has about a thousand flasks with the most refined and unique flavors. The museum also presents perfumes, sustained over time. Visitors are given the opportunity to create their own fragrance. In addition, guests can visit the wonderful excursions that tell about the history of this fragrant craft. Perfume compositions are captivated by their magnificent incense, and amazing ambergris decorates the peaceful and mysterious atmosphere of the museum.
The rarest and unique museum of technology is the stunning Canillo motorcycle museum. It is within its walls that the rarest and outlandish motorcycles of the whole world are placed. So, since the end of the 19th century, the invention of Gottlieb Daimler still does not lose its popularity, and moreover, it improves and attracts the attention of its fans. It is for fans of this extreme mode of transport and connoisseurs of motorcyclists' skill, their driving, and inventiveness, that a museum is always open. The exposition of the exhibition center is rich in a collection of various motorcycle manufacturers. The number of exhibits totals about 150 models. The most valuable of the exhibits are Française Diamant, released in 1912, which resembles its shape for a car with an attached engine, as well as a one-of-a-kind motorcycle with a steam engine KTM, owned by Kirill Depres, a Paris-Dakar rally participant. Modern collections date back to the exhibits of the 1990s. A vivid example is the Italian Ducatti of 1990. Exhibitions of the museum are well organized on the themes and periods of development of motorcycle transport. Models of the First and Second World Wars are also presented here.

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Film Reviews2021Tom O'Brien
By Tom O'Brien
THE STORY – A couple decides to leave the toxic pollution of their home city of Beirut, hoping to build a utopian existence in a pristine home in the mountains.
THE CAST – Nadine Labaki, Saleh Bakri & Yumna Marwan
THE TEAM – Mounia Akl (Director/Writer) & Clara Roquet (Writer)
By Tom O'Brien
The Badri family just wants to be left alone.
Eight years ago, political activist Walid Badri (Saleh Bakri) decided to uproot his family — his wife and celebrated singer Soraya (Nadine Labaki) and their daughters Tala (Nadia Charbel) and Rim (played jointly by Ceana and Geana Restom) — from their home in polluted war-torn Beirut to an isolated forest where they can peacefully live off the grid in an idyllic setting. But now, the grid has come calling for them. In response to its 2015 crisis of overwhelming trash in the city, the Beirut government announces an environmentally "green" landfill which will be situated next door to the Badris. Walid quickly realizes that the "green" claim is bogus. Soon, dangerous fumes from the burning garbage nearby begin to waft into the Badris' house, making the family's bucolic life unlivable.
You have to admit that "A family deals with the garbage dump next door" is not the most compelling logline for a feature film. Still, first-time narrative director Mounia Akl merely uses this premise of "Costa Brava, Lebanon" as a jumping-off point to take her story in unexpected directions. At first, you might guess that Aki's take on the material is political, as the film's opening images are of a giant statue of Lebanon's president being motored around Beirut to the jeers of onlookers en route to its final resting place at the landfill dumpsite. With activist Walid chronicling every last environmental violation committed by the government, the stage seems to be set for a classic "little-guy-vs-the man" scenario.
But the political angle seems half-hearted at best and is soon jettisoned in favor of a much more productive theme: the family. Though Bakri is fine as the gruff Walid, playing him as a poster child for toxic masculinity, the heart of the film lies within the women of "Costa Brava, Lebanon." Oldest daughter Tala is 17 ("going on 18" as she always insists) and is experiencing her first romantic pangs with government official Tarek (François Nour). At the same time, her precocious younger sister Rim, aged 9, is concerned about the threat to the only home she's ever known, a worry she shares with her outspoken grandmother Zeina (Liliane Chacar Khoury). The Restom twins are particularly delightful as Rim, reminding me of no one so much as Margaret O'Brien's Tootie from "Meet Me in St. Louis," a young girl with a sense of curiosity and a wisdom far beyond her years.
However, it is Labaki's soulful performance as Soraya who's the beating heart of the film. The actress, who in her spare time wrote and directed the 2018 Oscar-nominated "Capernaum," skillfully embodies Soraya's torment, a wife who loves her husband and gave up her celebrated career to raise a family but still misses her job and social activist life in Beirut. Soraya knows that the family's current crisis will force her hand to decide whether to leave the family or stay, and Labaki communicates that dilemma movingly.
Though the film's initial attempt to offer expansive political commentary falters the film at the start, "Costa Brava, Lebanon" stands on much more fertile ground when Aki wisely begins to narrow her focus to the members of the family. The result creates a memorable portrait of an unusual family that is forced to stand up to an ever-expanding civilization that just won't let it live in peace.
THE GOOD – Lebanon's Oscar submission paints a memorable portrait of an unusual family that is forced to stand up to an ever-expanding civilization that just won't let it live in peace.
THE BAD – "A family deals with the garbage dump next door" is not the most compelling logline for a feature film, and an early half-hearted attempt at political commentary doesn't help.
THE OSCARS – Best International Feature Film
THE FINAL SCORE – 7/10
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Tom O'Brienhttps://nextbestpicture.com
Palm Springs Blogger and Awards lover. Editor at Exact Change & contributing writer for Gold Derby.
The 2022 Writers Guild Of America (WGA) Nominations


A few years ago The National Poetry Library in London invited me to record a poem. I decided to read my poem"The Fly".
After the death of my brother Aaron, I began having a series of dreams about flies. Every night the flies came. One night, I tried to speak to one of them. But it wasn't a real fly. It wasn't organic. It was a giant fly made of cardboard. It was an artsy fly. My childhood dog, lady, also showed up. And she dug a hole, just like maybe 20 years previously, to give birth. She was in great pain but something beautiful was happening too, the birth of new life. So there was the fly, the eater of poop, and my childhood dog, giving birth, but in a hole.
There was no speaking to the fly. It was a silent movie, full of images, like the early films of the surrealists.
Death and birth, back and forth, dancing together. Can they really be separated?


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\section{Introduction}
\indent Dirac materials is a group of compounds whose low-energy excitations behave as massless Dirac particles\cite{wehling2014dirac}. Recent years, a variety of Dirac materials have been discovered, such as graphene\cite{RevModPhys.81.109}, 3D topological insulators Bi$_{1-x}$Sb$_x$, Bi$_2$Se$_3$ and Bi$_2$Te$_3$\cite{RevModPhys.82.3045,RevModPhys.83.1057}, d-wave cuprate superconductors\cite{RevModPhys.72.969}, Na$_3$Bi\cite{liu2014discovery} and Cd$_3$As$_2$\cite{PhysRevLett.113.027603,neupane2014observation,liang2015ultrahigh,PhysRevLett.113.246402} \emph{et al}. The energy spectrum of Dirac materials exhibits linear behavior and can be described by relativistic Dirac equation. More interestingly, when the time reversal symmetry or space inversion symmetry is broken, Dirac semimetals (DSM) develop into Weyl semimetals (WSM), whose extraordinary properties such as Fermi arc and chiral anomaly have attracted great attention\cite{PhysRevB.83.205101,PhysRevX.5.031013,xu2015discovery,lv2015observation,PhysRevX.5.031023,yang2015weyl,huang2015weyl,xu2015experimental,PhysRevX.5.011029,liu2016evolution,shekhar2015extremely,shekhar2015large,yang2015chiral,PhysRevB.92.115428}
. One interesting consequence of the linear energy dispersion is quantum transport phenomena. For Dirac materials, a moderate magnetic field can compel all carriers occupy the lowest Landau level and lead to the quantum linear magnetoresistance (MR)\cite{zhang2005experimental,miller2009observing}.

\indent In Dirac materials, there is a class of ternary 112 type compounds such as CaMnBi$_2$\cite{PhysRevB.85.041101,he2012giant,feng2014strong,PhysRevB.87.245104}, SrMnBi$_2$\cite{PhysRevLett.107.126402,PhysRevB.84.220401,PhysRevB.84.064428,PhysRevB.90.075120}, EuMnBi$_2$\cite{masuda2016quantum,PhysRevB.90.075109} and LaAgBi$_2$\cite{PhysRevB.87.235101}, which have been researched deeply. More recently, time-reversal symmetry breaking Weyl state has been discovered in YbMnBi$_2$\cite{borisenko2015time}, and Sr$_{1-y}$Mn$_{1-z}$Sb$_2$\cite{liu2015discovery} is also identified as a promising candidate of WSM. Among these materials, the Bi/Sb square net is a common feature and has been considered as the platform that hosts Dirac/Weyl fermions. Therefore, it is of considerable interest to explore new materials which have similar structure and further study their physics properties.

\indent In this work, we have successfully synthesized the single crystals of BaMnBi$_2$ and investigated the transport properties of BaMnBi$_2$. Hall resistivity shows  carriers in BaMnBi$_2$ is electron type. Magnetic property measurement indicates the magnetic structure of BaMnBi$_2$ may be slightly different from that of SrMnBi$_2$ or CaMnBi$_2$. Angle-dependent MR implies the anisotropic quasi-two-dimensional Fermi surface in BaMnBi$_2$. The in-plane MR displays a crossover from semiclassical quadratic field dependence to linear field dependence with the increase of magnetic field. The linear MR indicates the possible existence of Dirac fermions in this material. It is worthy to do ARPES experiments to check whether BaMnBi$_2$ is a Weyl semimetal.

\section{experimental and crystal structure}
\indent Single crystals of BaMnBi$_2$ were grown from Bi flux. The mixtures of Ba, Mn and Bi were placed in a crucible and sealed in a quartz tube with a ratio of Ba:Mn:Bi=1:1:6. The quartz tube was heated to 1180$^0$C in 60 h, held there for 30 h, and cooled to 370$^0$C at a rate of 3$^0$C/h, and then the excess Bi-flux was removed by decanting. Elemental analysis was performed using energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS, Oxford X-Max 50). The determined atomic proportion was consistent with the composition of BaMnBi$_2$ within instrumental error. Single crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern was collected from a Bruker D8 Advance X-ray diffractometer using Cu K$_{\alpha}$ radiation. Resistivity measurements were performed on a Quantum Design physical property measurement system (QD PPMS-14T) and the magnetic properties were measured with vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) option.

\indent BaMnBi$_2$ is isostructural with SrMnBi$_2$. As shown in Fig.1(a), the crystal structure of BaMnBi$_2$ is comprised of alternating MnBi and BaBi layers\cite{cordier1977darstellung}. In the MnBi layer, each Mn atom is surrounded by four Bi atoms, which form the MnBi$_4$ tetrahedra. In the BaBi layer, Bi atoms are separated and form a square net (highlighted by red atoms). Fig.1(c) shows the X-ray diffraction pattern of a BaMnBi$_2$ single crystal on the (00l) plane. The inset is an optical image of a representative crystal.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{Figure1.eps}
\caption{(Color online) (a) The crystal structure of BaMnBi$_2$. (b) The definition of polar angle $\theta$ and azimuthal angle $\varphi$. (c)Single crystal X-ray diffraction pattern of a BaMnBi$_2$ crystal, showing only the (00l) reflections. The inset is an image of a typical single crystal with a scale of 4 mm.}
\end{figure}

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\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{Figure2.eps}
\caption{(Color online) (a) Temperature dependence of in-plane resistivity $\rho_{xx}(T)$ and out-plane resistivity $\rho_z(T)$. (b) Hall resistivity $\rho_{xy}$ vs magnetic field H with the temperature T from 5K to 150K. (c)-(d) Temperature dependence of carrier concentration and mobility, respectively. (e) Magnetization versus temperature with the magnetic field H=1T applied parallel to ab plane (up) and c axis (down) under ZFC (red) and FC (violet) conditions. The dash lines denote two anomalous temperatures.}
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\section{Results and discussions}
\indent Both the in-plane resistivity $\rho_{xx}(T)$ and out-plane resistivity $\rho_z(T)$ exhibit a simple metallic behavior as shown in Fig.2(a). The out-plane resistivity is nearly 50 times of in-plane resistivity in the range 2.5-300K. Such a significant anisotropy suggests quasi-2D electronic band structure in BaMnBi$_2$. Fig.2(b) plots the magnetic field dependence of Hall resistivity $\rho_{xy}(H)$ measured at various temperatures. The negative slope of $\rho_{xy}$ suggests that the dominant charge carriers in BaMnBi$_2$ are electrons. Single band model has been employed to analyze the Hall effect data. The carrier concentration and carrier mobility are shown in Fig.2(c) and (d) respectively. The carrier concentration is given by $n$=$1/eR_H$, and the Hall coefficient $R_H$ is obtained by $R_H$=$\rho_{xy}(8T)/H$. At 5K, the carrier concentration is $1.1\times10^{19}cm^{-3}$. We calculate the carrier mobility by $\mu$=$1/en\rho_{xx}(0 T)$. With temperature reduced, the mobility becomes larger and reaches 1500$cm^2/Vs$ at 5K.

\indent Fig.2(e) presents the temperature dependence of magnetization of BaMnBi$_2$ measured under zero field cooling (ZFC) and field cooling (FC) conditions with an applied field H=1T parallel to ab plane and c axis respectively. Similar to CaMnBi$_2$ and SrMnBi$_2$\cite{PhysRevB.90.075120,PhysRevB.84.064428}, there are two anomalous temperatures in BaMnBi$_2$. T$_1$=T$_N$=288K is the temperature of antiferromagnetic transition, below T$_1$ the magnetization exhibits strong anisotropy, the linear temperature dependence of magnetization above T$_1$ indicates strong antiferromagnetic correlations\cite{zhang2009universal}. There is a ZFC-FC splitting for magnetic field parallel to ab plane when $T<T_2$=270K. This is quite different from CaMnBi$_2$ or SrMnBi$_2$, in which the ZFC-FC splitting occurs when the field parallel to c axis. This difference implies that the magnetic structure of BaMnBi$_2$ may be slightly different from that of CaMnBi$_2$ or SrMnBi$_2$.

\indent The carriers of a metal in magnetic field are subject to the Lorentz force. The Lorentz force affects the carriers momentum components in the plane perpendicular to the field and MR is determined by the mobility in this plane. The carriers in a quasi-two-dimensional material will only be affected by the magnetic field component $B|cos\theta|$. Fig.3(a) shows the angular-dependent in-plane MR measured in different magnetic fields. When $\theta=0^0,180^0$, that is magnetic field parallel to c axis, MR has the maximum value. With the increase in the polar angle $\theta$, the MR decreases gradually and reaches the minimum value when $\theta=90^0$. The cosine function behavior of the whole curve indicates the existence of an anisotropic quasi-two-dimensional Fermi surface in BaMnBi$_2$. The small deviation implies the existence of 3D electronic transport in BaMnBi$_2$.

\begin{figure}[b]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{Figure3.eps}
\caption{(Color online) (a) Polar angle $\theta$ dependence of in-plane resistivity $\rho_{xx}$ at H=10,6,2T. The temperature and azimuthal angle are fixed at T=2.5K and $\varphi=90^0$ respectively. The red curve is the fitting of cosine function. (b) Magnetic field H dependence of in-plane resistivity $\rho_{xx}$ with different polar angle $\theta$ at 2.5K. (c) In-plane magnetoresistance MR vs magnetic field H with the temperature from 5K to 150K. (d) The field derivative of the MR as a function of magnetic field H. The straight lines in low field regions are linear fitting results using the relationship $MR=A_2H^2$. Lines in high field regions are fitting results using $MR=A_1H+O(H^2)$. The intersection of fitting lines in low field and high field is defined as critical point H$^*$. (e) Temperature dependence of critical point H$^*$. The solid curve is the fit to the equation $H^*=(E_F+k_BT)^2/2ev_{F}^2\hbar$.}
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\indent Fig.3(c) shows the in-plane MR as a function of magnetic field at different temperatures. The MR exhibits quantum linear behavior in high field and semiclassical quadratic dependence in low field\cite{abrikosov1988fundamentals}. The transition from semiclassical to quantum can be seen more clearly from the field derivative of the MR [Fig.3(d)]. Initially, $dMR/dH$ is proportional to H, which indicates a semiclassical $H^2$-dependent MR.  With the increase of magnetic field, the field will crosses a critical point $H^*$ and $dMR/dH$ nearly becomes a constant. This implies that MR follows linear field dependence plus a very small quadratic term in high field, namely $MR=A_1H+O(H^2)$. The linear MR suggests the existence of Dirac fermions in BaMnBi$_2$\cite{PhysRevB.58.2788,abrikosov2000quantum,hu2008classical,PhysRevLett.88.066602}.

\indent A sufficiently strong perpendicular magnetic field can cause the complete quantization of orbit of Dirac fermions and the quantized Landau level can be described as $E_n=sgn(n)v_F\sqrt{2e\hbar H|n|}$, where $v_F$ is the Fermi velocity and $n$ is the Landau index. So the energy splitting between the first and lowest Landau level is $\Delta=\pm v_F\sqrt{2e\hbar H}$. At a specific temperature T, with the increase of field H, the energy splitting becomes larger than the Fermi energy $E_F$ and the thermal fluctuations $k_BT$. As a result, all carriers will occupy the lowest Landau level and lead to the quantum linear MR. Combined these two relationships, we can get the temperature dependence of the critical magnetic field is $H^*=(E_F+k_BT)^2/2e\hbar v_F^2$\cite{PhysRevLett.106.217004}. Fig.3(e) presents the relationship between T and $H^*$ and can be well fitted by this equation. This also supports the presence of Dirac fermions in BaMnBi$_2$.

\section{Summary}
\indent In summary, single crystals of BaMnBi$_2$ have been grown successfully. Resistivity, Hall resistivity, magnetic property and magnetoresistance have been measured and analyzed. Compared to CaMnBi$_2$ and SrMnBi$_2$, the different behavior of magnetization brings the possible different magnetic structure of BaMnBi$_2$. Quasi-2D electronic transport is observed in angle-dependent MR. The crossover from semiclassical parabolic field-dependent MR in low field to linear field-dependent MR in high field can be explained by combining semiclassical and quantum magnetoresistance. Our results indicate the existence of anisotropic Dirac fermions in BaMnBi$_2$.

\emph{Note added.} When the paper is being finalized, we notice one similar related work on BaMnBi$_2$\cite{Petrovic2016}, where the Shubnikov-de Hass oscillation is also observed under high magnetic field.

\section{Acknowledgments}
\indent We thank professor J.F. Wang for his help in our attempt to obtain high field data. This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.11574391), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and the Research Funds of Renmin University of China (No. 14XNLQ07).

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Deep Dive into First Unitarian Church v. NSA: Why Freedom of Association Matters
Legal Analysis by David Greene
One of the many ways EFF is fighting illegal NSA spying is in our lawsuit First Unitarian Church v. NSA. In this case, we represent 24 organizations that want to protect their freedom of association. We filed a major brief in this case over the weekend detailing how the NSA's mass collection of phone records has resulted in decreased calls to and from these organizations – an unconstitutional violation of their First Amendment rights. Our filing came just after the Executive Branch's Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) reached the same conclusion, specifically describing the organizations' injuries as "entirely predictable and rational."
But what is this "freedom of association" anyway? The debate over the NSA spying often focuses on the deep and disturbing privacy violations, but as First Unitarian Church v. NSA shows, there are critically important free speech issues involved as well. Here's a deep dive on the issue to explain why freedom of association is so vital to our freedom of speech, and how the NSA's phone surveillance violates that right.
Privacy in Group Association
In 1956, the State of Alabama accused the local chapter of the NAACP of operating in the state without the proper license. As part of its lawsuit, the State required the NAACP to turn over its membership list. The NAACP refused, explaining that if it could not assure its members a meaningful degree of privacy, then people would be discouraged from being members. The dispute went all the way up to the Supreme Court, which agreed with the NAACP.
The Supreme Court explained that:
"Effective advocacy of both public and private points of view, particularly controversial ones, is undeniably enhanced by group association, as this Court has more than once recognized by remarking upon the close nexus between the freedoms of speech and assembly. It is beyond debate that freedom to engage in association for the advancement of beliefs and ideas is an inseparable aspect of the 'liberty' assured by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which embraces freedom of speech. . . . This Court has recognized the vital relationship between freedom to associate and privacy in one's associations. . . . Inviolability of privacy in group association may in many circumstances be indispensable to preservation of freedom of association, particularly where a group espouses dissident beliefs."
In later cases, the Supreme Court explained that this freedom of association was a First Amendment right derived both from the freedom of speech and the freedom to peaceably assemble.
The NSA's First Amendment Violations
The NSA's phone records dragnet interferes with this "privacy in one's associations" in the same way as Alabama's attempt to force the NAACP to disclose its membership list – it reveals who associates with groups such as People for the American Way, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the Council on American Islamic Relations, and Calguns, a California gun owners organization.
The government, in opposing our lawsuit, was completely tone-deaf to the fact that people do not want the government to know who they call and who calls them, and especially not if this information is gathered and searched over a long period of time like the five years the government currently keeps our telephone records. The government simply refused to acknowledge that its program was capable of harming the freedom of association. Instead, it claimed its dragnet was harmless. After all, the government argued, it was only collecting phone numbers, not identities. So they want us to pretend that the NSA and the FBI don't have access to whitepages.com and many other widely available reverse lookup directories. The government also claimed that there is no harm in collecting the phone records of millions of innocent Americans because a human did not "access or review" the records. But the records (and necessarily all of them) are reviewed through multiple computer searches. Finally, the government claimed that people couldn't reasonably be nervous about the potential for the government to misuse the records. Apparently the NSA and the FBI want us to forget the misuse of past secret surveillance programs, such as the illegal COINTELPRO programs that included the wayward investigations of Martin Luther King and John Lennon.
Dozens of Organizations Harmed
In our brief, we highlighted the actual harms that the organizations have suffered:
"The government's mass collection program has resulted in a decrease in the communications that plaintiffs' members and associates are willing to have with them, has burdened plaintiffs' and their members' abilities to communicate with each other and has removed the prospect of having the existence of those communications remain unknown to the federal government. The mass collection program has thus interfered, for example, with plaintiffs' abilities to offer anonymous hotline services and has caused them to alter the way in which they fulfill their missions and provide services to their associates, often rendering it impossible for them to do so without incurring significant expense. Plaintiffs are receiving fewer telephone calls from their members and others who they serve as a result of the program. Plaintiffs can no longer assure those who wish to associate with them that the fact of their telephone communications with plaintiff will remain a secret from the government. This inability is especially damaging to the missions of those organization that advocate for privacy rights and for those organizations in which dissident communities associate. At least one plaintiff has experienced a decline in membership attributable to the collection of its call detail records. Many plaintiffs have had to communicate less and less efficiently and effectively with those persons who wish to associate with them, and vice-versa."
We gave specific examples, too:
"As plaintiff Council for American-Islamic Relations explained, 'When communications to which we are a party trigger additional government scrutiny, our organizational mission is undermined. The Associational Tracking Program makes it more difficult for CAIR to effectively accomplish its mission of defending the civil liberties of American Muslims.' The CAIR plaintiffs have explained that one of their programmatic services is to provide advice to those suspected of being terrorists. They thus inevitably receive calls from those on a terrorist watch list. Because the NSA analyzes all calls made and received by those who receive calls from suspected terrorists, and then, as a third 'hop,' all calls made and received by those persons, one who calls CAIR or is called by CAIR faces a very high probability that her phone records will be analyzed by the NSA. As set forth in the CAIR declarations, this creates a very strong disincentive for members to call CAIR or for CAIR to reach out to its constituents."
"California NORML experienced an abrupt drop in the number of hotline calls we received after revelation of NSA's phone surveillance program in late June. Prior to then, we received an average of about 15-20 calls daily on our hotline; afterwards, calls dropped to 5-10 per day. This data supports our belief that the NSA program had a chilling effect on our constituents' willingness to communicate with us. Moreover, several of our members expressed similar concerns in this regard." Patient Privacy Rights saw calls to its hotline halved form 40 calls a month to 20 after the phone records dragnet became public. Phone calls to the Franklin Armory dropped 70 percent after the program became public. Phone calls to Students for Sensitive Drug Policy were also halved, from 6 to 3 per day.
The Charity & Security Network explained that "'We have been forced to expend time and resources on exploring new technologies that may protect the privacy of our communications, although we cannot be sure that they will actual ensure confidentiality. Some activities are delayed until in-person meetings can be arranged. On an ongoing basis, the surveillance program inhibits the ability of staff and membership to communicate about sensitive factual and strategic issues. This hampers our ability to effectively carry out our work.'"
Human Rights Watch noted increased concerns about their confidentiality from its stakeholders and believes that some individuals have refrained from reporting human rights abuses to it because of the phone record dragnet.
Oversight Board Agrees
In last week's report, the PCLOB agreed that these harms are indeed real, and rejected the government's claim that the NSA's dragnet is innocuous:
"These accounts describe changes in behavior on the part of journalists, sources, whistleblowers, activists, dissidents, and others upon learning that the government maintains a comprehensive and daily updated repository of call detail records on their telephone calls. The Board believes that such a shift in behavior is entirely predictable and rational. Although we cannot quantify the full extent of the chilling effect, we believe that these results — among them greater hindrances to political activism and a less robust press — are real and will be detrimental to the nation. . .
"With such vast numbers of telephone records readily subject to review, it would not be speculative for these individuals to fear that their own records may be culled from the NSA's collection repository and subject to review by government analysts."
The government will file its final papers in about a month. A hearing will be held April 25.
First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. NSA


Discussions related to Insteon Devices, Scheduling, etc.
I might want to expand from just a sprinkler controller to also control thermostats and dimmers with this device as well. What is the minimum equipment needed, in addition to this controller to control each thermostat / light dimmer?
You will need a Insteon 2413S (Serial) Modem to begin adding dimmers, switches, thermostats, I/O linc's etc.
So the modem connects to the HF via the serial port? That would mean that I'd be mounting the modem outdoors, in a weather resist box next to the HF--which is mounted outside to connect to the sprinkler wires in said box?
You are correct. The modem plugs into a standard 110 outlet and comes with an adapter the connects to the Hydroflash serial port. The 2634-222 would connect to an outlet as well.
If both are on the same phase of your power system they will communicate through the wires (which works awesomely). If they are on different phases the dual band kicks in. Dual band allows the devices if on different phases to still connect, however, the dual band can be range limited. Not sure how far your fountain is away from the HF. Range is listed as 150 feel line of sight. If you have a cinderblock wall that will, of course, reduce your range.
I hope you have as much fun playing with all the different things Insteon can do. And now that we have events you could probably even have the fountain turn on only when someone is near it. So much FUN!
The other idea is that you can plug the modem a bit farther away from the box that encloses the HF, and run the serial cable from the modem to HF. The serial cable I think is like three feet, but you can easily extend that. The maximum specified serial length is 50 feet, but I would go as short as possible.
Furthermore, the part of the serial cable that plugs into the modem is an RJ45 jack. So you can get any good cat5e/cat6 cable (I recommend getting a shielded variety -- monoprice sells them for cheap), plug one end into the modem, the other end into a coupler, and then plug the RJ45 of the serial cable into the coupler, too.
Great ideas, thanks for the replies!


The rise and rise of SoFi.
Recently, SoFi announced a whopping new $500 million capital raise, and in so doing cemented its position as the nation's benchmark fintech company. We have been impressed by the company's growth, capital markets expertise, diversifying set of offerings and ability to withstand the turbulence that has tripped-up other visible fintech companies as of late. But we'll admit to not fully appreciating what makes this company tick and how it's managed to separate itself from the pack. That's why we asked its outspoken CEO and Co-Founder Mike Cagney, and CFO and President Nino Fanlo, to sit down with us. What resulted from those discussions is The FR's first ever two-part interview. In our discussions, we covered everything from why the company raised so much money, its aspirations in wealth management and other areas, its community events, the team's deep bench and, last but not least, why it dislikes the idea of "cross-selling." We came away believing that SoFi is optimally positioned to build a formidable financial services organization that can go toe-to-toe with powerful banking incumbents as well as nimble start-ups nipping at its heels. Next week we'll feature our conversation with Fanlo. Attached is our in-depth conversation with Cagney.
AI takes on the 80-20 rule.
This week, fintech forums were buzzing over the attached Harvard Business Review article on how AI can transform the 80-20 rule, also known as the Pareto Principle. The piece got us thinking about investment banking departments and trading desks. Anyone who's worked on Wall Street knows how bigshot rainmakers, ace traders and key salespeople dominate a group or desk — and its P&L. Although bonuses have been muted in recent years, big producers still tend to garner the lion's share of compensation. But what if the perception and reality of value contribution are at variance? As this article points out, AI has the ability to create a so-called a "Super Pareto" that can determine systematically and perhaps with less bias which "causes" within a firm lead to desired "effects." New, AI-infused ways to measure impact could spell good news for the risk managers, developers and compliance pros who probably feel underpaid relative to flashier front-office executives.
If you're like many financial professionals, you may appreciate the value of a differentiated data strategy and recognize the potential of data to enhance your business. But do you really know your data? If the answer is no, then we suggest you check out the upcoming Data Disruption conference. Click here for more information and a discount off the ticket price when you use The FR's discount code.
Does the world really need another blockchain coalition?
For some time, observers have warned about the threat to auto insurers posed by self-driving vehicles. But now that Warren Buffett is saying it, the chatter becomes gospel. Buffett believes that widespread adoption of self-driving vehicles "is going to happen." However, he allows for the possibility that something could go wrong and made a reference recently to "that situation in St. Louis" as his evidence. That comment refers to a 2015 St. Louis experiment in which hackers demonstrated that a Jeep Cherokee could be taken over remotely by using a so-called zero-day hack. It got us thinking that maybe risk is not going away, but morphing. So while the auto insurance market could suffer, perhaps the cyber insurance market will boom as more connected devices hit America's roads, residences, offices and factories.
A VC to watch in fintech.
Recently, Prosper secured a lifeline from a group of firms who committed to buying up to $5 billion in loans originated by the online lender over the next two years. If that loan target is hit, those firms — including a Fortress unit, Jefferies and Soros Fund management — will be able to exercise warrants for up to 35% of Prosper. To us, the interesting name to note is the other fund involved in the deal: Third Point, a major hedge fund run by Daniel Loeb that has moved aggressively into marketplace loans recently. Meanwhile, its VC arm doesn't just nibble on venture deals like some other hedge funds; Third Point Ventures has made 44 equity investments (half of which it led) in 35 fintech, tech and healthcare companies according to Crunchbase. Mixing the hedge fund side of the house with the venture side is tricky. But if there's one firm to watch to see how technology investments can inform a hedge fund (and vice versa), we think it's Third Point.
The investing games that people play.
Many of today's roboadvisors pivoted to a B-to-B focus after their initial B-to-C model encountered customer-acquisition challenges. We're noting Trizic, however, because it was built from the ground up as an enterprise-focused and institutional-grade solution. Founded in 2012 by former JP Morgan private banker Brad Matthews, and now led by seasoned fintech veteran Drew Sievers, whose last company (mFoundry) was sold to FIS for $165 million, Trizic focuses on smaller banks, credit unions, broker-dealers, asset managers and RIAs. The firm seems well positioned to help financial advisors at these firms deliver automated solutions to a segment of their clients. One major insurance company has already partnered with Trizic to do just that, and we suspect other announcements will follow as the year progresses. "We're seeing outstanding sales and deployment velocity across each of our target customer segments," said Sievers.
The world's largest hedge fund, and perhaps one of the oddest technology-driven organizations on the planet, is being shaken-up again. This week, Ray Dalio announced he would be stepping back from his role as co-CEO and that Jon Rubenstein (aka "the Podfather" for his role in creating the iPod while at Apple) would be leaving the firm. The new co-CEOs: current president David McCormick and Eileen Murray.
Spark: A rising octogenarian entrepreneur.
Warren Buffett is not the only octogenarian who has shown that it's never too late to teach the youngins a thing or two. Our latest evidence is Masako Wakamiya, a long-time banking professional who, after retiring at age 60, learned how to code. This week, at age 81, and in honor of Girls Day in Japan, she launched an app in iOS to help girls stage traditional doll displays for the festival that accompanies this holiday. So the next time you think that you are too old to learn to code, ask yourself, What would Wakamiya say?


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Aida Rodriguez Was Kidnapped Twice. Now That's Part of Her Stand-Up.
The rising comedy star discusses her childhood, her friendship with Tiffany Haddish, and how it brought her to Netflix's They Ready.
By Adrienne Westenfeld
Right out of the gate, Aida Rodriguez's stand-up begs the question, "Am I allowed to laugh at that?" In her raucously funny sets, Rodriguez excavates her difficult childhood, plumbing punchlines out of unimaginable heartbreak. As a child, Rodriguez was kidnapped twice—once by her mother, who took her from her father in the Dominican Republic and brought her to America. The second time, Rodriguez's grandmother and uncle took her from New York City to Florida in an effort to protect her from her mother's romance with a murderer. That uncle, a gay man, was later murdered in a hate crime. Rodriguez also speaks candidly about the challenges she overcame to achieve success in the white male-dominated world of stand-up, including racism, misogyny, and raising two children out of her car. This is Rodriguez's genius—using comedy to turn pain into progress, to give voice to the voiceless, and to laugh instead of cry, as she puts it.
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This month, Rodriguez stars alongside five other comedians in They Ready, a new Netflix anthology series spearheaded by Tiffany Haddish. In six half-hour episodes, Haddish spotlights six female comedians on the rise, all of whom she befriended through working together in comedy clubs or on television. Rodriguez came to the series not only by virtue of her formidable talent, but through her long friendship with Haddish, whom she's known since they came up together as young, aspiring comedians. In fact, when Rodriguez arrived to this interview, she was fresh off a personal phone call with Haddish. Before They Ready, Rodriguez's biggest credits were Truth Serum, her podcast exploring the intersection of celebrity and culture, and Last Comic Standing, on which she placed ninth. Esquire sat down with Rodriguez to discuss advocacy, inequity, and how to find the funny in what seems patently unfunny.
ESQ: When you talked about your long friendship with Tiffany, you said, "We made a pact that whoever goes first throws the rope back. She threw the rope back." What has that advocacy meant to you?
AR: It's always been what I stood for, and it restored my hope in the business. When it comes to people of color, we're always led to believe that there's only room for one person at the top. We fall for that out of fear and insecurity. We don't want to shine the light on somebody else, because we're afraid that the light might be taken away from us. Tiffany and I have always talked about that in our friendship. We decided that we were always going to look out for one another. I never doubted that she would do it, but the timing of when she did it was remarkable—she had just been launched into stardom and had so many things going on. You've seen all of the people who've gotten those big deals on Netflix. How many of them have you seen take six people with them? I'm in awe of her.
ESQ: How are you throwing the rope back for other comedians? What does that look like in practice?
AR: I try to bring my own openers when they let me. A lot of clubs don't let me bring my own openers yet. A lot of times, they don't want two women or two people of color in the show, God forbid. Especially with young women, I'm always available to put in a word with promoters and say, "You should look at this person. She's really funny." Throwing the rope back is creating opportunities. I write my own movies because I'm a filmmaker at my core. When I wrote, made, and distributed a movie, I laced it with comics, because I think comedians are funny. They have stories. They're dark. They're performers. Everything I do, I'm going to always incorporate my community.
ESQ: It hasn't been out long, but how has They Ready changed your life already?
AR: You know, the way it's changed my life is that it's given me some peace on the grief and the loss that I felt when I lost my relatives. They live on in these stories. People have been sending me messages, saying, "My grandmother was crazy, too!" Specifically within the Latino community, a lot of LGBTQIA+ people have contacted me saying, "Thank you for fighting for our community and telling people this story," because my uncle was murdered in a hate crime. He was my world. He will live on forever, and I will make sure that those who took his life are brought to justice, and that we use that as an example to save lives. It's changed my life spiritually more than anything else, because I understand this machine of Hollywood and fame, and you get caught up in that—you lose your sense of what's important and what's real. I try my best not to get caught up in that, because I know how one day they like you, one day they don't. One person can kiss a cat on YouTube and then they're the star. I like to talk about social issues through my personal experiences, and for people to say "thank you for speaking up on that" has been humbling.
ESQ: A big theme of your set in They Ready is turning hardship into humor. How do you turn that pain into comedy? How do you find the lightness in the darkness?
AR: You can cry about it or you can laugh about it. Those are your two options. You can say, "Woe is me. This happened to me," or you can say, "A lot of bad things have happened to a lot of people, and they need a voice." For me, that's what it's about. It's not about exploiting my family, but using my personal experiences to release other people from shame, because we're so riddled with shame and guilt. We have to learn to say, "This happened to me. It's happened to other people. It's not my fault. People are only people, and we all make mistakes. Let's forgive, and let's move on."
ESQ: Even as a child, did you have that impulse to make light of painful experiences as you were living them?
AR: I did. People ask me if I hated my mother when she came back. The answer is no. I was just relieved. I adored my mother. Even as a young child, I knew that my mom had experienced some awful things in life that led her to where she was. My mother was only seventeen when she had me, and that was in a time where there was no "Me Too" movement, no Twitter, no advocacy. There was no shining a light on the horrible things happening to people. So I've always strived to be loving towards the people in my family. I've always adored them and all of their imperfections because they all made sacrifices so that I could win. Even as a little kid, I always adored them.
ESQ: You also make a lot of jokes about racism and misogyny. What do you think is the role of the comic in dismantling systemic injustices?
AR: I can't speak for other comedians, and I don't like to police other comics or tell them what to do. But I myself think that comedy deserves a spectrum, and that there are all kinds of comedians for different things. Some people just want to go to a comedy club and laugh. They don't want to think about misogyny and racism; they'd rather hear this guy talk about FedEx. We need those comics. We need the people that just release us from the everyday struggle. Then there are those of us who want to use comedy as our platform for what we value. If you're going to do that, then don't dip your toe in the pool—jump in, use that comedy, use your intelligence, and let's turn this table over. Let's talk about the things that are real in our lives. Because if not, then what are you doing? I don't think all comedians are obligated to do that, but if you call yourself one of those comics, then educate yourself, inform yourself, and make sure that you are not putting the wrong messages out there through humor.
ESQ: Speaking of misogyny, when you competed on Last Comic Standing, you were subjected to online criticism about your wardrobe and your appearance. How did that make you feel?
AR: I get that all the time. People say, "Go back to modeling," as if the modeling industry would have me right now. Or, "The reason she's getting this opportunity is because she's pretty," or, "She must have slept with somebody to get where she's going." None of that is true. There's so much hypocrisy in comedy. They want you to be a woman. They want you to be funny. When you host the Oscars, you've got to be a woman, you've got to be funny, and you've got to wear a gown. But when you wear a dress in preparation for that while you're on stage, then you're a rebel, or you're utilizing your femininity or your sexual charm. Why can't we just be who we are? There are plenty of comedians who wear suits when they go on stage, and nobody is criticizing them for wearing suits. Nobody's saying, "Look at this guy! He's trying to look handsome onstage." It's annoying, and I ignore it. What I do is I work really hard on the comedy, so that when I wear what I wear on stage, you're not thinking about it, because I'm doing my job.
Aida Rodriguez with Tiffany Haddish.
ESQ: You've said, "I don't tell jokes. I just tell my business." Is there any part of your business that's off limits? Is there any line between who you are onstage and offstage?
AR: There are a lot of things that I don't talk about. When I talk about my children, people ask me, "Are your kids okay with this?" I have their full permission to do it. Often, they've helped me write the joke. They understand what they represent, and they know what they mean in my life. Releasing other parents from the tension of parenthood is on their agenda, as well, because they say, "I know a lot of parents who must feel like that. My friends and I talk about this." But some people in my life don't want to be front and center, and I respect that.
ESQ: How do you protect your privacy when you're putting your business out there as it relates to your family?
AR: I protect my privacy by not exploiting the parts of them that they don't want to share. I don't post my kids on Instagram and Facebook every other day. I don't put their handles on the stuff that I do. They're not in the entertainment business in that way, and they deserve to have their privacy. I do protect myself because I live a very private life. When I'm not onstage, when I'm not working, when I'm not on set, I'm just at home being Aida. That is off limits. That's why you don't see a lot of, "I'm at a restaurant," or, "I'm at the mall" from me. Not just for my privacy, but also for my safety.
ESQ: You've talked openly about money and about pay inequity. As you were coming up as a comedian, how did you balance those two imperatives: the desire to get exposure versus the need to demand your worth?
AR: One thing that freed me was that I had a full-time job at a brokerage. I was also a full time comic, which meant that I never slept because I was always working and learning the business. I'm a Virgo, so I have to analyze everything and break it down to its simplest form to understand that comedy is a business. Until you make money, you don't matter. You can be the funniest person on the planet, but if you're not making the industry money, then you don't matter. I had to really understand what that meant, because for me, compromising who I am was not an option. I had to understand that I was putting in a lot of hours. I was creating opportunities. I was bringing people to shows, and that's worth something. My time is worth something. Tiffany would say to me, "You have to understand that every time you get in your car and drive an hour and a half to do a show, you are spending money. You cannot pay to do comedy. It has to pay you, or else you're a volunteer." The key was understanding the business of comedy and strategically creating a career where it would bring value to the industry in a way where I didn't have to compromise who I was.
ESQ: What's your advice for comedians who are just starting out?
AR: I always say that the first thing you need to perfect in comedy is you. Be comfortable being you. You always go as yourself, because you will eventually show up anyway if you don't. So be yourself. Dedicate yourself to the craft, not to the fame, because if you're good at the craft, the fame will come. Comedy is selfish. Comedy is that lover that doesn't want to share you, not even with your mother. You have to be so dedicated to it that if you give it everything you've got, it will give it back to you tenfold. My advice is be enough for the funny, be in it for the story, be in it for the love of the craft. All of those desires that you have will show up for you, but comedy has to be at the top of the list.
ESQ: What will you take away from your experience with They Ready?
AR: I am humbled to be in the presence of such great women who have such amazing stories. Comedy is so competitive; they always pit women against one another. Behind the scenes, this group of people was so loving and supportive. There was no competition. Even now, we still say, "Go, Flame, go!""Go, Shontay, go!" It's not fake. It's not for the cameras. That's what Tiffany wanted, and that's exactly what happened. That's what she fed into this project. As a result, it's flourishing because of her. Tiffany and I were in April's wedding last year. I made some new friends. I've known everybody involved, but not in this new, close way. Now we'v shared something special that will be with us forever.
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Squeers and Peg play havoc with Gride's Papers
5 ⅜ by 3 ⅝ inches (13.5 cm high x 5 cm wide), vignetted
Newman Noggs raised the bellows, but Frank Cheeryble, by a rapid motion of his arm checked him in his purpose. "Here you are," said Squeers to Peg. "Bonds — take care of them. Warrant of attorney — take care of that. Two cognovits — take care of them. Lease and release — burn that." — p. 772
Passage Illustrated: Squeers and Sliderskew raid Gride's Stash of Papers
Of the stealthy comers, Frank Cheeryble was one, and Newman Noggs the other. Newman had caught up, by the rusty nozzle, an old pair of bellows, which were just undergoing a flourish in the air preparatory to a descent upon the head of Mr. Squeers, when Frank, with an earnest gesture, stayed his arm, and, taking another step in advance, came so close behind the schoolmaster that, by leaning slightly forward, he could plainly distinguish the writing which he held up to his eye.
Mr. Squeers, not being remarkably erudite, appeared to be considerably puzzled by this first prize, which was in an engrossing hand, and not very legible except to a practised eye. Having tried it by reading from left to right, and from right to left, and finding it equally clear both ways, he turned it upside down with no better success.
"Ha, ha, ha!" chuckled Peg, who, on her knees before the fire, was feeding it with fragments of the box, and grinning in most devilish exultation. "What's that writing about, eh?"
"Nothing particular," replied Squeers, tossing it towards her. "It's only an old lease, as well as I can make out. Throw it in the fire."
Mrs. Sliderskew complied, and inquired what the next one was.
"This," said Squeers, "is a bundle of overdue acceptances and renewed bills of six or eight young gentlemen, but they're all MPs, so it's of no use to anybody. Throw it in the fire!" Peg did as she was bidden, and waited for the next.
"This," said Squeers, "seems to be some deed of sale of the right of presentation to the rectory of Purechurch, in the valley of Cashup. Take care of that, Slider, literally for God's sake. It'll fetch its price at the Auction Mart."
"What's the next?" inquired Peg.
"Why, this," said Squeers, "seems, from the two letters that's with it, to be a bond from a curate down in the country, to pay half a year's wages of forty pound for borrowing twenty. Take care of that, for if he don't pay it, his bishop will very soon be down upon him. We know what the camel and the needle's eye means; no man as can't live upon his income, whatever it is, must expect to go to heaven at any price. It's very odd; I don't see anything like it yet."
"What's the matter?' said Peg.
"Nothing," replied Squeers, "only I'm looking for —"
Newman raised the bellows again. Once more, Frank, by a rapid motion of his arm, unaccompanied by any noise, checked him in his purpose.
"Here you are," said Squeers, "bonds — take care of them. Warrant of attorney — take care of that. Two cognovits — take care of them. Lease and release — burn that. Ah! "Madeline Bray — come of age or marry — the said Madeline" — here, burn that."
Eagerly throwing towards the old woman a parchment that he caught up for the purpose, Squeers, as she turned her head, thrust into the breast of his large coat, the deed in which these words had caught his eye, and burst into a shout of triumph. [Chapter LVII, "How Ralph Nickleby's Auxiliary went about his Work, and how he prospered with it," 772]
Commentary: The Situation
Acting upon Ralph Nickleby's instructions to secure the Bray papers stolen from Gride's cache some days earlier, Wackford Squeers has sought out Peg Sliderskew in her garret. Having proposed himself not merely as a friend but an advisor about how to dispose of the stolen papers, Squeers adroitly maneuvers the deaf old servant to show him what she has taken from Gride, particularly the contents of the deal box that Gride so dearly lamented when he and Nickleby discovered the theft. But just as it seems Nickleby's agent is about to secure custody of the will of Madeline Bray's grandfather (a will that assures her a twelve-thousand-pound inheritance), Noggs and Frank Cheeryble intervene, knocking Squeers unconscious and absconding with the papers that will make Madeline's husband (whom we expect will be Nicholas) a very wealthy man indeed. And without that will Ralph Nickleby will have irretrievably lost the ten thousand pounds that he paid out to clear Walter Bray's debts the day before his sudden demise.
Parallel Illustrations from Other Editions (1839-1876)
Left: Phiz shows Frank Cheeryble and Newman Noggs about the interrupt Squeers's going through Gride's papers: Mr. Squeers and Mrs. Sliderskew Unconscious of Visitors (September 1839). Right: Sol Eytinge, Jr.'s Diamond Edition study of Peg getting the papers for Squeers: Peg Sliderskew (1867).
Left: C. S. Reinhart's 1875 woodblock engraving of the same scene: "Fill it again, and hand it over to you." in the American Household EditionRight: Fred Barnard brings Squeers and Sliderskew over a bottle rather than the papers in the same scene: "Do you see his? This is a bottle." (1875).
__________. "Nicholas Nickleby." Scenes and Characters from the Works of Charles Dickens, being eight hundred and sixty-six drawings by Fred Barnard et al.. Household Edition. London: Chapman and Hall, 1908.
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One day this week, I was having a particularly rough day and I was feeling a bit blue. A good friend extended a little extra kindness and caused my day to take an abrupt turn for the better. When I thanked my friend for rescuing my day he said that it was simply his turn.
I thought about his words for some time after that. I thought about all of the wonderful people that my Heavenly Father has placed in my life. I thought about all of the kindnesses that they extend to me on a daily basis. I wondered if I was taking my turn enough.
As I continued to reflect on this, I thought about all of the people that I encounter in my daily life that might be having bad days too. I wondered how many of these people might not have someone in their lives to show them the extra kindness they need to turn their day around.
As I pondered this, I made a greater effort to keep my eyes open and look for opportunities to show forth a little extra kindness to those I meet and associate with each day. I was excited to see how many opportunities presented themselves to me. I know that these opportunities were always there, I was just too preoccupied to notice.
As I focused more on others and less on myself, as I saw the happiness of others grow and increase so did mine. I was happier than I had been for some time. Funny how Heavenly Father blesses us as He uses us to bless others.
So next time I am feeling discouraged or blue, instead of waiting for someone to cheer me up, instead of waiting for someone to take their turn, I am going to remember this week and I am going to remember to take my turn more often.
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Which statement about DNA replication is FALSE?
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B. DNA polymerase III builds a new strand by adding DNA nucleotides one at a time.
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E. Because the two strands of original or parental DNA run in opposite directions, the new strands must be made in different ways.
Answer:C. DNA ligase adds nucleotides to the lagging strandExplanation:DNA replication is the process during cell division in which DNA copies itself. DNA strands unwind with the help of helicase to initiate the process. DNA Polymerase III is responsible for prokaryotic replication and adds nucleotides in 5' to 3' direction. Since both the strands of DNA run in opposite direction their replication is slightly different. The lagging strand is also formed by DNA Polymerase III in discontinuous manner leading to formation of Okazaki fragments. DNA ligase joins these fragments once the replication process is completed.
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