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Fisheries 35
Published: Monday 11 February 2019
Efficiency of the Processing of Applications for Citizenship by Conferral
The objective of the audit was to examine the efficiency of the processing of applications for citizenship by conferral by the Department of Home Affairs.
Published: Wednesday 6 June 2018
The Integration of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the integration of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.
Published: Tuesday 12 December 2017
Low Emissions Technologies for Fossil Fuels
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science in administering the low emission technologies for fossil fuels (LETFF) program.
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 1 of 2017–2018)
Published: Monday 10 July 2017
Accounting and Reporting of Australia's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimates and Projections
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment and Energy's arrangements for the preparation and reporting of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions estimates and projections.
Assurance review (Auditor-General Report No. 62 of 2016–2017)
Malabar Headland: 2016 Lease between the Commonwealth of Australia and the New South Wales Rifle Association
The Auditor-General undertook a limited assurance engagement of the Department of Finance's management of the lease between the Commonwealth of Australia and the New South Wales Rifle Association over the Malabar Headland. The limited assurance engagement examined whether the management was, in all material respects, in accordance with the Commonwealth Property Management Framework.
Department of Finance; Department of the Environment and Energy
View Assurance Review
Published: Thursday 30 March 2017
Replacement Antarctic Vessel
The objective of the audit was to assess whether the procurement by the Department of the Environment and Energy of a replacement Antarctic icebreaking vessel will provide value with public resources.
Cybersecurity Follow-up Audit
The audit objective was to re-assess the three entities' compliance with the 'Top Four' mandatory strategies in the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM). The audit also aims to examine the typical challenges faced by entities to achieve and maintain their desired ICT security posture.
Australian Taxation Office; Department of Human Services; Department of Immigration and Border Protection
The Australian Border Force's Use of Statutory Powers
The audit objective was to assess the establishment and administration of the Australian Border Force's framework to ensure the lawful exercise of powers in accordance with applicable legislation.
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Published: Tuesday 7 February 2017
Monitoring Compliance with Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Conditions of Approval: Follow-on audit
The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which the Department of the Environment and Energy has implemented the recommendations from ANAO Report No. 43 2013–14 and strengthened its framework for the delivery of its regulatory activities.
Published: Tuesday 17 January 2017
Offshore Processing Centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea: Contract Management of Garrison Support and Welfare Services
The audit objective was to assess whether the Department of Immigration and Border Protection adopted sound contract management practices for the delivery of garrison support and welfare services for offshore processing centres in Nauru and Manus Island.
Published: Thursday 24 November 2016
Reef Trust—Design and Implementation
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment and Energy's design and implementation of the Reef Trust.
Published: Wednesday 19 October 2016
Government Advertising: March 2013 to June 2015
The objectives of the audit were to:
assess the effectiveness of the ongoing administration of the Australian Government's campaign advertising framework; and
assess the effectiveness of the selected entities' administration in developing advertising campaigns and implementing key processes against the requirements of the campaign advertising framework applying at the time, and relevant legal and government policy requirements.
Department of Finance; Department of the Treasury; Department of Education and Training; Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Published: Tuesday 13 September 2016
Offshore Processing Centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea: Procurement of Garrison Support and Welfare Services
The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) had appropriately managed the procurement of garrison support and welfare services at offshore processing centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea (Manus Island); and whether the processes adopted met the requirements of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) including consideration and achievement of value for money.
Published: Monday 12 September 2016
Abatement Crediting and Purchasing under the Emissions Reduction Fund
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Clean Energy Regulator's crediting and selection of carbon abatement to purchase under the Emissions Reduction Fund.
Published: Thursday 1 September 2016
Delivery of Health Services in Onshore Immigration Detention
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection's administration of health services in onshore immigration detention.
Published: Wednesday 31 August 2016
Controls over Credit Card Use
The objective of the audit was to assess whether select Australian Government entities are effectively managing and controlling the use of Commonwealth credit and other transaction cards for official purposes in accordance with legislative and policy requirements.
Department of Immigration and Border Protection; Fair Work Ombudsman; Australian Public Service Commission
Corporate Planning in the Australian Public Sector 2015–16
The objective of the audit was to assess progress in implementing the corporate plan requirement under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
Award of Funding under the 20 Million Trees Programme
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment and Energy's award of funding under the 20 Million Trees Programme.
Supporting the Australian Antarctic Program
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the arrangements established by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), a division of the Department of the Environment, to support Australia's Antarctic Program.
Department of the Environment
Published: Thursday 10 December 2015
Managing Compliance with Visa Conditions
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection's (DIBP) management of compliance with visa conditions. To form a conclusion against this objective, the ANAO assessed whether DIBP:
effectively manages risk and intelligence related to visa holders' non-compliance with their visa conditions;
promotes voluntary compliance through targeted campaigns and services that are appropriate and accessible to the community;
conducts onshore compliance activities that are effective and appropriately targeted; and
has effective administrative arrangements to support visa holders' compliance with their visa conditions.
Published: Tuesday 10 November 2015
Managing Compliance with the Wildlife Trade Provisions of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment's and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service's management of compliance with the wildlife trade regulations under Part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Department of the Environment; Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Published: Thursday 13 August 2015
Regulation of Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Permits and Approvals
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's regulation of permits and approvals within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Published: Wednesday 10 June 2015
Verifying Identity in the Citizenship Program
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection's identity verification arrangements for applicants in the Citizenship Program.
Funding and Management of the Nimmie-Caira System Enhanced Environmental Water Delivery Project
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the arrangements established by the Department of the Environment for the funding and management of the Nimmie-Caira System Enhanced Environmental Water Delivery Project.
Published: Wednesday 15 April 2015
Management of Interpreting Services
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in delivering high quality interpreting services to its clients.
Department of Immigration and Border Protection; Department of Social Services
Published: Thursday 5 February 2015
Administration of the Tariff Concession System
The objective of the audit was to assess the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service's administration of the Tariff Concession System.
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Management of the Cape Class Patrol Boat Program
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service's management of the Cape Class patrol boat program.
Published: Tuesday 9 December 2014
Administration of the Biodiversity Fund Program
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment's administration of the Biodiversity Fund program.
Published: Thursday 18 September 2014
Confidentiality in Government Contracts: Senate Order for Departmental and Agency Contracts (Calendar Year 2013 Compliance)
The objective of the audit was to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in a sample of Australian Government contracts.
Attorney-General's
Managing Conflicts of Interest in FMA Agencies
The audit objective was to determine whether Australian Government agencies were implementing appropriate policies and processes to identify and manage conflicts of interest.
Across Agencies
Managing Compliance with Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Conditions of Approval
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment's regulation of proponents' compliance with Part 9 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Published: Thursday 12 June 2014
Establishment and Administration of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority
The objective of the audit was to assess the establishment of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority and the effectiveness of its regulatory function.
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority
Published: Thursday 29 May 2014
Indigenous Employment in Australian Government Entities
The objective of this audit was to determine whether Australian Government entities were implementing effective strategies to support increased Indigenous employment.
Published: Thursday 17 April 2014
Management of the Building Better Regional Cities Program
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design and conduct of the funding round for the Building Better Regional Cities Program.
Department of Social Services; Department of the Environment
Published: Thursday 20 February 2014
Management of the Central Movement Alert List: Follow-on Audit
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection's (DIBP's) management of the Central Movement Alert List (CMAL) system, having particular regard to the recommendations contained in Audit Report No. 35 of 2008–09.
Published: Wednesday 5 February 2014
Administration of the Improving Water Information Program
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Bureau of Meteorology's implementation of the Improving Water Information Program.
Published: Thursday 30 January 2014
Administration of the Strengthening Basin Communities Program
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment's administration of the Strengthening Basin Communities Program.
Administration of the Smart Grid, Smart City Program
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of the Smart Grid, Smart City Program, including the establishment, implementation and ongoing management of the program.
Department of the Environment; Department of Industry
Published: Tuesday 21 May 2013
Commonwealth Environmental Watering Activities
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office's administration of environmental water holdings.
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Published: Tuesday 7 May 2013
Grants for the Construction of the Adelaide Desalination Plant
The objective of the audit was to assess the awarding of funding for the construction of the Adelaide Desalination Plant (ADP) against the requirements of the Commonwealth's grants administration framework, which includes the Government's policy requirements for the approval of grants, with a particular focus on the assessments undertaken of each proposed grant in terms of the guidelines for the National Urban Water and Desalination Plan (NUWDP); and identify any potential improvements in grants administration practices.
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities; Department of Finance and Deregulation; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Administration of the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement Contractors Voluntary Exit Grants Program
The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry's administration of the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement Contractors Voluntary Exit Grants Program.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Individual Management Services Provided to People in Immigration Detention
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of DIAC's management of individual management services provided to people in immigration detention.
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Design and Implementation of the Energy Efficiency Information Grants Program
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design and implementation of the EEIG program. The focus of the audit was the preparation for, and conduct of, the first funding round of the program.
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Establishment, Implementation and Administration of the Quarantined Heritage Component of the Local Jobs Stream of the Jobs Fund
The objective of this audit was to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the establishment, implementation and administration of the quarantined heritage component of the Local Jobs stream of the Jobs Fund. A particular focus was on the establishment of program objectives and the extent to which approved grants have demonstrably contributed to the cost-effective achievement of those objectives. The audit approach has been influenced by recent audits of grants administration which have emphasised the importance of transparent and accountable grant decision-making processes to the cost effective achievement of stated program objectives, and having regard for recent government decisions to enhance the framework applying to the administration of grants.
The objective of the audit was to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in Australian Government contracts for 2011.
Published: Tuesday 5 June 2012
Administration of the Private Irrigation Infrastructure Operators Program in New South Wales
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of DSEWPaC's administration of PIIOP, including the acquisition of water access entitlements and progress towards achieving the program's objectives.
Administration of Government Advertising Arrangements: March 2010 to August 2011
The audit objectives were:
to assess the effectiveness of the revised certification process in promoting compliance of government advertising campaigns (campaigns) with the March 2010 Guidelines on Information and Advertising Campaigns by Australian Government Departments and Agencies (2010 Guidelines);
to assess the effectiveness of agency administration in developing campaigns and implementing key processes against the requirements of the campaign advertising framework;
to assess the effectiveness of Finance's administration of the campaign advertising framework; and
to assess the effect on campaigns of an exemption from the 2010 Guidelines.
Administration of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency's implementation and administration of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme.
Published: Thursday 3 November 2011
Implementation and Management of the Housing Affordability Fund
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of FaHCSIA's administration of the HAF. To address this objective, the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) assessed FaHCSIA's administration against a range of audit criteria, including the extent to which:
assessment and approval processes were soundly planned and implemented, and were consistent with the requirements of the overarching financial management framework;
appropriately structured funding agreements were established and managed for each approved grant; and
the performance of the HAF, including each of the funded projects, was actively monitored and reported.
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Development and Implementation of Key Performance Indicators to Support the Outcomes and Programs Framework
The objective of this audit was to assess how effectively entities had developed and implemented appropriate KPIs to support stated program objectives.
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service; National Film and Sound Archive; Fair Work Australia; Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism


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Person of the Week: John Abraham
Illustration: Rutuja Patil
By Sagar S Oct. 01, 2016
The actor, as a RAW agent in Force 2, showed us all about winning: The India-Pakistan situation, as well as life.
In the week gone by the news went from 0 to 100 faster than an Aston Martin after India announced that it had sent troops into Pakistan to carry out a surgical strike. It was the kind of story that Arnab Goswami's wet dreams are made of, and got nearly as much attention as the iDadi videos on Twitter.
Meanwhile, quietly vying for your attention, was the trailer of the new movie Force 2. And it was so outstanding in its message, relevance, and cinematography that we had to name John Abraham our Person of the Week. Bring out the protein shakes and rinse off your fairness face wash, it's time for a party.
The trailer for Force 2, a movie about a RAW agent who feels no pain and doesn't live by your rules of gravity, was released around the time the DGMO announced the strike in Pakistan, much to the delight of the filmmakers. For any proud Indian who can't imagine what the soldiers must have gone through during the 10-hour operation, there's always this trailer. Because, somewhat like the Pakistan strike, Force 2 is simultaneously super serious and super exaggerated.
In the beginning of the video, John is smacked on the chest with a wooden plank that leaves behind a huge rusted nail in his shoulder. But does he go crazy and drop nukes all over the attacker's face? No. He shows great restraint and waits patiently before performing a surgical procedure to neutralise the threat.
It was time, he said, to put our foot down and show people what India can really do. He captured the sentiment of the average Indian so succinctly.
As a badass RAW agent, John Abraham has some stellar advice on how to deal with the whole Pakistan situation. For starters, he addresses violence-porn enthusiasts, who have been celebrating the idea that we might go to war, by showing off some sweet moves that they can try the next time they find themselves in hand-to-hand combat with Pakistani agents. Spoiler alert: It involves delivering a sweet choke slam through a glass table.
Abraham also sheds some light on ranged combat, by shooting bullets at pin-point precision at targets while hanging out of a moving car. Toward the trailer's end, he is seen deadlifting a Mercedes sedan as his back muscles presumably curse the heavens for being in the situation. In the scene immediately after, we assume, he launches it at a Pakistani terror launch pad.
Entertainment journalists were quick to pick on the similarities between the trailer and the big news item. At the trailer launch, they asked John what he thought about the India-Pakistan situation. His answer was one that would make the BJP weep: He said he was proud of India because it was high time we responded to terrorism. It was time, he said, to put our foot down and show people what India can really do. He captured the sentiment of the average Indian so succinctly. Thanks, John, for articulating what everyone was thinking.
But before you think that John is one-dimensional in his approach to geo-politics, here's the kicker. After the trailer he was approached by a fan who pulled the actor's shirt and ended up drawing some blood. Abraham reportedly gave the fan a stern telling off, much like we've done with Pakistan. But later, when the fan went to the actor's house to hold talks, John caved in and took a few selfies with him.
And just like that, he has given us a sign of what our next move should be. Maybe now that we've told Pakistan off, and shown them our tough side, we should advocate for peace talks. Maybe we could start a "Selfie with Pakistan" campaign.
Satire Dear Navika Kumar, Please Read My WhatsApp Chats With Bae & Give Me Dating Advice
The legend of Navika Kumar, a WhatsApp expert, has grown to the point that people have started deleting their own shady WhatsApp chats like "Nice DP". Haters gonna hate, Navika. What you have is not only a gift, but also a business idea. Please become a WhatsApp consultant and help people with their jobs and relationships.
Satire Fashion Statement of 2020: Louis Vuitton's Gold-Studded Face Shield vs Pune's Gold Mask
It was back in July that a Pune man dazzled the fashion world with a mask laced with gold. Now months later, Louis Vuitton has entered the race with a gold-studded visor and face shield that will set you back only about ₹70,000.
Satire Thank You Tim Cook for Not Launching the New iPhone. Even Kidney Sale Won't Purchase a Decent Price Now
Things are so bad that if an iPhone was announced, even a kidney sale wouldn't fetch a decent price given the market scenario. I would have to sell an additional limb to buy the new charging port or USB cable. Because what's an Apple event if they don't force you to spend on pointless accessories?
Satire Ravish Kumar's Super Snarky Roast of Godi Media's Rafale Coverage is a Must-Watch
NDTV India journalist Ravish Kumar's meta-commentary on how Indian news channels replaced substance with sound while covering the arrival of Rafale jets is on-point.
Satire Diary of a Covid-19 House Husband: How I Stopped Fearing the Pressure Cooker & Learned to Love the Mop
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Impedance studies on LSCM/GDC composite cathode for high temperature CO2 electrolysis
Yue, X. & Irvine, J. T. S., 1 Dec 2012, Electrochemical Synthesis of Fuels 1. 33 ed. Vol. 41. p. 87-95 9 p.
Fabrication and Development of Perovskite Anode Supported Planar SOFCs
Tesfai, A., Savaniu, C. & Irvine, J. T. S., 2011, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 12 (SOFC XII). Singhal, SC. & Eguchi, K. (eds.). PENNINGTON: ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY INC, p. 557-563 7 p. (ECS Transactions; vol. 35, no. 1).
Studies on Direct Ethanol use in SOFCs
Corre, G. P. G. & Irvine, J. T. S., 2011, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 12 (SOFC XII). Singhal, SC. & Eguchi, K. (eds.). PENNINGTON: ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY INC, p. 2845-2854 10 p. (ECS Transactions; vol. 35, no. 1).
Study of Ga Doped LSCM as an Anode for SOFC
Ghosh, A., Azad, A. K. & Irvine, J. T. S., 2011, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 12 (SOFC XII). Singhal, SC. & Eguchi, K. (eds.). PENNINGTON: ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY INC, p. 1337-1343 7 p. (ECS Transactions; vol. 35, no. 1).
A review of progress in the UK supergen fuel cell programme
Adjiman, C., Atkinson, A., Azad, A., Baker, R., Brandon, N. P., Brett, D., Clague, R., Carvalho, E., Corre, G., Choy, K. L., Irvine, J., Marquis, A., Miller, D. N., Offer, G., Pointon, K., Pyke, S., Selcuk, A., Scott, K. & Shearing, P., 1 Dec 2009, ECS Transactions - Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 11 (SOFC-XI). 2 PART 1 ed. Vol. 25. p. 35-42 8 p.
Bulk and grain boundary conductivities as function of temperature and oxygen partial pressure of scandia-stabilized zirconia co-doped with yttria and ceria
Preis, W., Egger, A., Waldhäusl, J., Sitte, W., De Carvalho, E. & Irvine, J. T. S., 1 Dec 2009, ECS Transactions - Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 11 (SOFC-XI). 2 PART 2 ed. Vol. 25. p. 1635-1642 8 p.
Characterization of cuprate based cathode structures by AC impedance
Cassidy, M. & Irvine, J. T. S., 1 Dec 2009, ECS Transactions - Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 11 (SOFC-XI). 2 PART 3 ed. Vol. 25. p. 2689-2698 10 p.
Intermediate temperature SOFC anode component based on A-site deficient La-doped SrTiO3
Savaniu, C. D. & Irvine, J. T. S., 1 Dec 2009, ECS Transactions - Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 11 (SOFC-XI). 2 PART 3 ed. Vol. 25. p. 2213-2222 10 p.
Investigation of electrical and mechanical properties of tetragonal/cubic composite electrolytes prepared by impregnation of 8YSZ with zirconia solution
Ghatee, M., Shariat, M. M. & Irvine, J. T. S., 1 Dec 2009, ECS Transactions - Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 11 (SOFC-XI). 2 PART 2 ed. Vol. 25. p. 1541-1550 10 p.
Microstructural studies and performance of impregnated manganese containing perovskite solid oxide fuel cell anodes
Corre, G., Kim, G., Cassidy, M., Gorte, R. J., Vohs, J. M. & Irvine, J. T. S., 1 Dec 2009, ECS Transactions - Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 11 (SOFC-XI). 2 PART 3 ed. Vol. 25. p. 2201-2211 11 p.
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The Epic Freak Milkshakes from Pâtissez are exactly like they sound—completely over-the-top confections featuring some of the sweetest ingredients around the world. Milkshake fans have recently taken to Instagram to share the creations to all who can't make it out to the tiny restaurant in Canberra, Australia.
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This milkshake proves vanilla can be far from boring. Ingredients: Vanilla bean shake, caramelized puff pastry, vanilla bean whipped cream, and vanilla bean crème pâtissière.
What to expect: Nutella shake, lashings of Nutella, whipped cream, and crushed salty pretzels. Lashings of Nutella? Sold.
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I was reading through old posts yesterday and didn't see any mention of this, so thought I would add it.
In the paramedic report Murray's CA license is listed as being G01168, but we know that isn't true. So what does G01168 mean?
After the pic of Michael on the stretcher was revealed I kept digging for information and ended up finding a recall notice on a Stryker bed for a serial number matching Murray's CA license.
Reason for Recall: Stryker Medical has received complaints regarding scales and/or bed exit systems on Gobed, and Gobed+. The units cited were manufactured between March 1, 2002 and June 30, 2008. Their investigation identified that the reported issues could be attributed to load cell malfunctions.
I know this sounds crazy but maybe we were just given an 'adventure' with this pic and it really had no meaning behind it other than the matching of the serial number and CA license.
I would really like some feedback on this and see what everyone's thoughts are.
In the paramedic report Murray's CA license is listed as being G01168, but we know that isn't true.
Could you expand on this a bit please?
Sure, the paramedic report indicated that Murray's CA license is G01668 but his CA license is actually G71169.
50 y/o (?) found supine on floor, CPR in progress (?), via PMD Murray CA (?) G01168.
The ? marks are things I can't make out on the report.
For the CA license to be placed on the paramedic report it means that they would of had to have been shown a license or Murray verbally gave it to them. Either way, it isn't correct.
If G01168 doesn't mean Murray's license, then what is it for?
only thing it makes me think of is the dirty diana bed.
Again interesting, but why? My head is empty after almost 6 years.
Is the paramedic report sustainable? Or a total fabrication?
@souza, I know what you mean; things start to blur and become fuzzy after awhile.
I guess my point in all of this was why give us a number that reflects a CA medical license when it doesn't exist for Murray? Why not put the G71169 down?
Or was G01168 deleted and replaced with G71169 and whoever holds the license for G01168 is the real Murray in all of this and possibly the one who went to jail or tried to do something to Michael?
@echo, as far as I know the paramedic report was real, as far as the form goes. I did some searching on it and found the actual form online and couldn't find any glaring differences between them.
I am one who is fascinated with numbers and just thought that all of this was odd.


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Cleopatra's Wager
The most expensive meal in history
Image credit: Jan de Bray [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
A 2005 news article mentioned a hotel bar in New York whose drink menu included a US$10,000 drink called "Martini on the Rock." That worked out to about $5 for the gin, vermouth, and olives—and $9,995 for the loose diamond sitting at the bottom of the glass. Patrons had to order the drink three days in advance, and meet with a jeweler to pick out the perfect stone. The first person to order this drink paid a bit extra—$13,000—and instead of a loose stone, selected a 1.85-carat diamond engagement ring. (His girlfriend said yes.) Perhaps unknown to the hotel's proprietors, this extravagant beverage has a fascinating historical precedent. Although we can't know for sure that the story in question is true, it absolutely could have happened.
Et Tu, Cleo?
The year was 41 BCE. Mark Antony, one of the rulers of Rome, summoned Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII for an audience at Tarsus (in present-day Turkey). Antony ostensibly wanted Cleopatra to answer charges that she had aided Cassius, who had conspired with Brutus to assassinate Julius Caesar. But most people believe the real reason for the meeting was that Antony wanted Egyptian aid for an upcoming military campaign, and besides, he had the hots for Cleopatra.
Cleopatra arrived on her legendary barge and proceeded to throw elaborate banquets for Antony and his officials for several evenings straight—nothing like a bit of wining and dining to smooth over political misunderstandings. So impressed was Antony at the lavish feasts Cleopatra had arranged that he accepted a friendly wager. Cleopatra bet Antony a large sum of money that she could host the most expensive meal in history. The next day, as the meal in question was nearing its end, Antony said that it had been terrific, but no more impressive than her other banquets—and certainly not worth the sum of money she had specified. At this, Cleopatra removed one of her pearl earrings and dropped it in a goblet of wine vinegar. Each of the pearls was so large and rare that it was extraordinarily valuable—estimates are usually expressed in extremely helpful terms such as "10,000,000 sesterces" or "100,000 gold aurei," or "the value of 15 countries." In any event, it was worth a fortune. The pearl dissolved in the vinegar, which Cleopatra then drank. Antony conceded defeat—the value of that single drink, let alone the banquet, had indeed been more than any meal in history.
I've Got a Crush on You
There are a number of different versions of this story, which originally appeared in Pliny the Elder's Natural History. According to some versions, Cleopatra ground the pearl in a mortar before dropping it in the vinegar. That would have been a wise choice. Pearls, which are made primarily of calcium carbonate (the same material that forms stalactites, stalagmites, and tufa), will indeed dissolve in a mild acid such as vinegar, neutralizing the acid in the process. (This is how antacids work, by the way—check the label on a bottle of Tums and you'll see that its main ingredient is also calcium carbonate.) However, this might take days for a whole pearl; a crushed pearl could dissolve in a matter of minutes.
Not only did Cleopatra win the wager, she won Mark Antony's heart. Antony left his wife and moved to Alexandria. But ten years later, Octavius led Rome in a war against Egypt. He defeated Antony and Cleopatra, both of whom committed suicide shortly thereafter. Meanwhile, according to legend, the pearl from Cleopatra's other earring was later cut in two, with each half being placed in one of the ears of the statue of Venus in Rome. Rome burned, of course, soon thereafter. Coincidence? Probably, but all the same, I recommend against sticking antacids in your ears.
Note: This is an updated version of an article that originally appeared on Interesting Thing of the Day on September 27, 2003, and again in a slightly revised form on December 31, 2004.
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Any idea what type of building 68 Bradfield is? And what kind of scene they might be filming?
Thanks for the update everyone. If anyone has any other info feel free to chime in!
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I took those photos yesterday. The main film location is around the brown house.
Starting tmw they are filming at a house on the corner of Marlborough and Dartmouth. It's a residential house and some of the stuff going in was labeled as Senator Pine's.


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These three videos associated with Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets provide plenty of opportunities to get pupils talking on a film many will have seen.
This teaser trailer is almost without dialogue or voiceover, so it's a great place to start, and can be used at all levels, with pupils commenting according to their language capacities.
It begins with a nice little idiom to get pupils talking, "Home Sweet Home". That should be a cue for some pupils to give a basic explanation of the film.
There are lots of opportunities for description, comparisons and modals. One of the first images of the city, with flying vehicles could lead to a comparison with another Besson film pupils probably know, Taxi. The different alien species can be described in comparison to known species: "They have heads like dogs/similar to dogs, but human bodies." Pupils can also contrast the very obviously "sci-fi" scenes in spacesuits and spaceships, and the scenes on the beach and on a very normal looking bus.
The slogan at the end is almost transparent and reinforces "without", which can cause pupils difficulties: "A universe without boundaries needs heroes without limits."
The second teaser trailer is longer and has more language comprehension, so it's ideal as a second step, or jump straight in with more advanced learners. The dialogue is for the most part relatively simple and clear, understandable from A2. Another little idiom is dropped in, "Time flies when you're having fun." The most difficult part is the voiceover between 0'53" and 1'22" "where for hundreds of years, every species has shared their knowledge and their intelligence with each other. It's paradise. After centuries of peace and prosperity, an unknown force wants to destroy all we have created." However, there are enough clues in there, and pupils can use their knowledge of the film to build sense.
This featurette describes how Luc Besson first discovered the Valerian comic book and the long process before it became a film. Besson speaks accented English – a great example for pupils that you can get your message across even if you get the odd irregular preterite wrong! It also includes a brief scene of Valerian actor Dane DeHaan speaking to Jean-Claude Mézières, who drew the comic book and worked with Besson on The Fifth Element. Besson gives a good simple description of the comic book, main characters and setting. There are lots of behind-the-scenes making-of special effects shots, and he gives some information about the effects. B1 pupils can understand the video as a whole. It's long for A2 and would demand a very sustained effort. You could pick out an extract or two, either the beginning with Besson and Mézières, or 1'33"-2'23 when Besson introduces Valerian and Laureline.
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Electromagnetic Deflection of Spinning Particles
John P. Costella and Bruce H. J. McKellar School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
We show that it is possible to obtain self-consistent and physically acceptable relativistic classical equations of motion for a point-like spin-half particle possessing an electric charge and a magnetic dipole moment, directly from a manifestly covariant Lagrangian, if the classical degrees of freedom are appropriately chosen. It is shown that the equations obtained encompass the well-tested Lorentz force and Thomas–Bargmann–Michel–Telegdi spin equations, as well as providing a definite specification of the classical magnetic dipole force, whose exact form has been the subject of recent debate. Radiation reaction—the force and torque on an accelerated particle due to its self-interaction—is neglected at this stage.
††preprint: UM–P–92/93
The "classical limit" of mechanics has always played an important role in practical physics. While it may be regarded as preferable to describe the behaviour of a physical system by solving the problem exactly within quantum mechanics, in practice one need not always do so. If one is only interested in expectation values of operators, then one can make good use of Ehrenfest's theorem—which holds good under quite general circumstances (see, e.g., [1] , §31)—and instead solve the equations of classical Hamiltonian or Lagrangian dynamics. Thus, for example, the Lorentz force law for charged particles, and the Thomas–Bargmann–Michel–Telegdi spin precession equation [2, 3] for particles with spin, are used to advantage every day—implicitly or explicitly—in a wide variety of practical situations.
These two examples, however, owe their widespread acceptance largely to an important quality they possess: they can be derived simply from a knowledge of the external electromagnetic multipolar fields of their point-like sources, regardless of the detailed structure of these sources [4] . On the other hand, the force on a point-like particle with spin is not uniquely defined by the external properties of its dipolar electromagnetic fields; this fact, well noted by Thomas in 1927 [2] , and more recently by Hraskó [4] , is not yet universally appreciated. To obtain the "correct" force on (and, hence, complete equations of motion for) a particle with a magnetic moment, one must therefore make some assumptions, explicit or otherwise, about the nature of the object creating the dipolar field; it is this freedom that has contributed to the ongoing controversy on the subject [5, 6, 7, 8, 9] .
It would be impossible to review here all of the various assumptions underlying previous attempts at a complete classical description of particles with spin; instead, we shall simply state the premises and results of a theoretical analysis that we have carried out. In section II, we outline our considerations in choosing a suitable relativistic classical Lagrangian for a particle with spin. We then, in section III, outline our derivation of the equations of motion from this Lagrangian, and present the results in what we believe are the most transparent forms. As will be seen, the technique we shall use leads to the omission of all aspects of radiation reaction—which is an omission that should be repaired—but nevertheless the results obtained do allow extensive contact with existing knowledge about the classical behaviour of particles with spin.
Ii An Appropriate Lagrangian
As already mentioned, some non-trivial assumptions must be made for one to obtain the force equation of motion for even a point-like particle endowed with a magnetic dipole moment. Our approach is to use a Lagrangian approach from the outset, and hence benefit from the abovementioned guarantee that Ehrenfest's theorem provides. This route is, however, still a potential minefield; as recently emphasised by Barut and Unal [10] , the "spinning top" (or "current loop") phase space degrees of freedom are not appropriate to quantum spin-half particles. We shall return to this question shortly.
Our first consideration is to outline precisely what type of system we wish to address. In this specification we shall be exacting: we shall only be considering the intrinsic magnetic dipole moment of a spin-half, pointlike, structureless particle—together with any electric charge interaction it possesses, of course—in externally applied (but, in general, time- and space-varying) electromagnetic fields. It is only with such a tight restriction of our focus that we can proceed confidently in the classical realm at all, as will become apparent. For definiteness, we consider the electron a good approximation to the type of particle we are considering; however, we shall not claim any predictive control over contributions from the anomalous magnetic moment of the real electron, arising as it does from QED and other processes that are, in reality, additional degrees of freedom over those properly described by the single-particle Dirac equation. We shall not enter the debate as to whether a particle might "intrinsically" have a g-factor differing from 2 in the single-particle Dirac equation; if so, then such "anomalous" moments would be included in our considerations. In any case, since the pure Dirac moment of the electron dominates its anomalous moment numerically, our considerations will, at least, provide useful practical results for real electrons to leading order in the fine-structure constant.
Our main task in this section is to explain the particular Lagrangian that we have chosen to represent the magnetic interaction of such a particle. There are two distinct parts to this decision: firstly, the choice of the value that the Lagrangian should take; and, secondly, a determination of the appropriate classical degrees of freedom that are to be used in the Euler–Lagrange equations—and, hence, the functional form of the Lagrangian. The former choice is laid out for us: the Dirac equation gives us
Lint=−gqℏ8mσαβFαβ, (1)
where q is the charge of the particle (=−e for an electron) and g is its gyromagnetic ratio (=2 for the simple minimally-coupled Dirac equation), and our units follow SI conventions with the exception that we set ε0=μ0=c=1. However, to entertain the possibility of the single-particle Dirac equation fully describing a neutral particle with an anomalous moment, we shall replace the g factor by the corresponding magnetic moment μ=gqℏ/4m, thereby separating the interaction of electric charge from that of magnetic moment, at least formally.
Our second task is infinitely more perilous: choosing an appropriate set of generalised coördinates to represent a spin-half particle. Firstly, we observe that the position of a particle is usually assumed to be an appropriate quantity in the classical limit; we shall also make this assumption. Thus, we take the (expectation value of the) four-position zα(τ) to be four of the independent degrees of freedom. (One can show that, in a general dynamical framework allowing particles with time-dependent masses, all four of these coördinates are indeed independent.) If we take the proper time for the particle, τ, to be the generalised time of the classical Lagrangian framework, then the generalised velocities corresponding to the zα are given by
Uα≡dzαdτ≡˙zα. (2)
Having defined the four-velocity thus, we can then simply define the centre of energy frame for the particle as that instantaneous Lorentz frame in which Uα=(1,0,0,0).
We now turn to the magnetic moment of the particle. For a spin-half particle, the magnetic moment is parallel to the spin. In the centre of energy frame, we expect the particle's spin to be describable by a two-component spinor, of fixed magnitude s=1/2ℏ. The expectation value of this spinor is equivalent to a fixed-length three-vector, in this frame, whose direction describes simultaneously the expectation value of polarisation along any arbitrary axis, as well as the phase difference between the "up" and "down" components along such an axis, but which throws away the overall phase of the wavefunction (as does any reduction to the classical limit). It is this fixed-length three-vector that we shall assume to represent the magnetic moment of the particle.
Consider now the dynamical nature of spin angular momentum in the classical limit. It would seem, from the previous paragraph, that the spin should also be considered as a fixed-length three-vector in the centre of energy frame of the particle. However, this would preclude writing down the usual classical kinetic Lagrangian of rotational motion in terms of generalised velocities (i.e. the time derivatives of the Euler angles), namely, in the non-relativistic limit, [11]
L=1/2\boldmath{ω}⋅\boldmath{I}⋅\boldmath{ω}, (3)
and thereby preclude obtaining the torque on the particle by means of the Euler–Lagrange equations for the rotational degrees of freedom. Our approach, therefore, shall be the following: we shall consider the spin of the particle to be given, in the non-relativistic limit, by its usual form
\boldmath{s}=\boldmath{I}⋅\boldmath{ω},
with the "kinetic" term (3) retained in the Lagrangian in this same limit. This allows the magnitude of the spin, ∣∣\boldmath{s}∣∣=s to be an a priori dynamical variable. (We know, of course, that s should, ultimately, be a constant of the motion (i.e. 1/2ℏ) if we are to accept the equations of motion as applicable to spin-half particles; we shall discuss this necessity in greater detail shortly.) We shall, on the other hand, still consider the magnetic moment of the particle to be formally a function of the generalised coördinates themselves (i.e. the Euler angles) and not the velocities. This distinction between the spin and magnetic moment of an electron is an unfamiliar concept within quantum mechanics; indeed, in that situation, no distinction need be made. However, this distinction is vital in the classical framework—at least, if one wants to derive the equations of motion from a Lagrangian—as the spin angular momentum and magnetic dipole moment of an arbitrary classical object are not, in general, related in any special way. Our ansatz that the magnetic moment is dependent on the Euler angles alone cannot be justified a priori; the only justification will be that it produces equations of motion that satisify the strict requirements of consistency for spin–half particles—that have not, to our knowledge, been satisfied by previous classical Lagrangian approaches. We further note, at this stage, that the ultimate parallelism of spin and magnetic moment does not bar us from considering them to have different functional dependencies: the fact that they are parallel may be introduced, in this classical context, as simply a "constitutive" relation, which can only be fully justified upon investigation of the quantum mechanical analysis.
We now turn to synthesising the information that we have laid out above in a self-consistent, relativistic, Lagrangian framework. Firstly, it is necessary to generalise the non-relativistic concept of the spin angular momentum s to the relativistic domain. This procedure is carried out in many textbooks on electrodynamics (see, e.g., [12] , pp. 556–560); we shall not add anything new. One simply defines a four-vector Sα such that, in the rest frame of the particle, it has vanishing zero-component S0, and its three-vector part S is equal to the non-relativistic spin s. Since, by definition, the three-vector part of the four-velocity, U, vanishes in this frame, the identity
SαUα=0 (4)
shows that only three of the Sα are independent, as one would expect from the non-relativistic case.
In a completely analogous way, one can generalise the non-relativistic angular velocity vector ω and the moment of inertia tensor I to their relativistic counterparts ωα and Iαβ. The non-relativistic rotational "kinetic" Lagrangian (3) can then be written relativistically as
Lrot=1/2ωαIαβωβ. (5)
One might wonder, at this point, how a spin-half particle can have a "kinetic" term of rotation, when it is well known that there is no classical "rotating model" that represents spin angular momentum. The answer is as follows: the functional form of the spin kinetic Lagrangian must be retained in the classical limit, regardless of whether or not it corresponds to any particular "model" that one might dream up. In fact, it will be found that the quantities ωα and Iαβ will completely disappear from the final equations of motion; the only remaining quantity will be the physically observable quantity Sα. Thus, by what might arguably be considered a sleight of hand, we can analyse the system in question within Lagrangian mechanics, without recourse to the particular Newtonian models of refs [4, 6, 7, 8] , nor the original heuristic (albeit brilliant) arguments of Thomas [2] and Bargmann, Michel and Telegdi [3] .
Before we can write down the final expression for the Lagrangian we shall use, we must first "massage" the magnetic interaction Lagrangian (1) into a more suitable form. Our major task is to the interpret the spin tensor, σαβ, that the Dirac equation introduces. This is not a trivial task: translating between the spin vector that we have already defined, Sα, and a spin tensor, requires the use of both the alternating tensor εαβμν, and another four-vector. Often, in quantum mechanics, one uses the canonical momentum vector, pα, for this purpose; the resultant "spin" vector is known as the Pauli–Lubanski vector,
Wα≡εαβμνpβSμν. (6)
This quantity is, indeed, very useful in many situations. However, we are here considering Lagrangian mechanics; therefore, we should expect that mechanical momenta (or, in other words, generalised velocities) should be employed; canonical momenta belong to Hamiltonian dynamics. We therefore follow Jackson ( [12] , p. 556) in using the four-velocity to define the transformation between the spin tensor and the spin vector, namely
Sα=1/2εαβμνUβSμν. (7)
It is straightforward to verify that the reverse transformation of (7) is given by
Sαβ=εαβμνUμSν. (8)
Insering this into (1) and simplifying, we finally obtain our desired magnetic interaction Lagrangian,
Lint=μα˜FαβUβ, (9)
where ˜Fαβ≡1/2εαβμνFμν is the dual electromagnetic field strength tensor, and the magnetic moment four-vector, μα is, as noted previously, considered to be a four-vector "embedded" in the instrinsic rotational coördinates of the particle, and hence is functionally dependent on the Euler angles, but not their derivatives.
Our complete Lagrangian is then assembled simply from the kinetic rotational term (5), the magnetic interaction term (9), and the standard translational kinetic and electric charge interaction terms:
L=1/2mUαUα+1/2ωαIαβωβ+qUαAα+μα˜FαβUβ. (10)
It is this Lagrangian, and most particularly its functional form, that forms the basis of the following section.
Iii Derivation
We now turn to the question of deriving, from the Euler–Lagrange equations, the equations of motion for the particle under study. (In the following, our language shall describe classical quantities in the same way that Newton would have done, but in reality we are referring to the expectation values of the corresponding quantum mechanical operators for the single particle in question.) The generalised coördinates for the particle, following the discussion of the previous section, are taken to be the four translational degrees of freedom zα, together with the three Euler angles describing the intrinsic "orientation" of the particle.
The mathematical manipulations necessary to obtain the seven Euler–Lagrange equations are in principle no different to those in everyday classical mechanical problems [11] . There is one subtlety, however, that enters into one's consideration of the spin vector Sα and the magnetic moment vector μα. By their very definition, these vectors are "tied" to the particle's four-velocity, in the sense that identities such as (4) always holds true. One must therefore be careful when defining their proper-time derivative: since they are, in effect, defined with respect to an accelerated frame of reference, there is a difference between taking the time-derivatives of the components of the vector, and the components of the time-derivatives of the vector, as General Relativity teaches us. In fact, the philosophical framework of General Relativity tells us that it is the latter that is the generally invariant, "covariant" derivative which should be used in the relativistic Euler–Lagrange equations; the former is simply the "partial" derivative. However, it is straightforward to verify that they can be related via
ddτ(Cα)≡˙Cα+Uα(˙UβCβ), (11)
where Cα is any space-like vector that is orthogonal to the particle's four-velocity (such as Sα and μα), the left hand side denotes the "covariant" derivative, and ˙Cα the "partial" derivative, of such a vector. (The Thomas precession [13, 2] is, in fact, just another way of expressing this "General Relativity" effect—namely, the non-vanishing commutator of Lorentz boosts.)
It is now relatively straightforward to apply the Euler–Lagrange equations to the Lagrangian (10). The three Euler angle degrees of freedom lead, just as in the non-relativistic case [11] , to the torque equation of motion for the particle. With some algebra and simplification, they (together with the identity (4) and the relation (11)) lead to the four-vector equation of motion
˙Sα+Uα˙UβSβ=Fαβμβ+UαμνFνβUβ. (12)
It should come as no surprise that this equation is precisely that obtained by Bargmann, Michel and Telegdi (equation (6) of ref. [3] ), before they simply substituted in the Lorentz force law for ˙Uβ (i.e. equation (7) of [3] ). As was noted in section I, this equation—(12)—is true in general for any point-like object generating an external magnetic dipole field [4] .
We now turn our attention to the four translational degrees of freedom of the particle. The Euler–Lagrange equations for these coördinates, for the same Lagrangian (10) as used above to generate the Bargmann–Michel–Telegdi equation, immediately yield the four-equation of motion
ddτ(mUα)=qFαβUβ+Uβμν∂ν˜Fαβ+˜Fαβ(˙μβ+Uβ˙Uνμν)+εαβμνμβUνJμext. (13)
The first term on the right side is, of course, simply the Lorentz force. The second and third terms, on the other hand, are infinitely more interesting. The second term represents the gradient forces on the magnetic dipole moment, i.e., in the non-relativistic limit, (\boldmath{μ}⋅\boldmath{∇})\boldmath{B}. The third term represents a force of the type −˙\boldmath{μ}×\boldmath{E} in the non-relativistic limit. The reason that they are so interesting is that many authors have argued that precisely these terms should constitute the non-relativistic limit of the magnetic dipole force (see, e.g., [5] and references therein; also [4, 7, 8] ). Here, we have obtained these terms from a relativistic Lagrangian directly, without need for assumptions other than those outlined in the previous section.
The last term in (13) is, as a matter of principle, much deeper, but in practice completely ignorable. It constitutes a contact force between the particle and the electromagnetic current that is generating the "external" field. In practice, such an interaction is usually ignored; however, upon further investigation, it is recognised that it is precisely this contact force that allows the expression (13) to otherwise resemble so closely the force on a "monopole-constructed" dipole model [4, 6] , while on the other hand possessing an interaction energy equivalent to a "current loop" model [4, 6, 7, 8] as required for agreement with atomic hyperfine levels [14] . It is in this way that the "Lagrangian-based" model of this paper seems to select those desirable properties of both the "monopole-constructed" and "current-loop" models, while being classically equivalent to neither.
Now that we have dealt with the dynamics of the Euler–Lagrange formalism, and have obtained allegedly appropriate equations of motion, we can now specify the exact "constitutive relation" between the magnetic moment and the spin of the particle, for the particular case we wish to study: a spin-half particle. From quantum mechanics, we know that the these two quantities are always parallel, namely,
μα=ζSα, (14)
where ζ≡μ/s is some constant, a property of the particle in question, which, for particle of charge q, is commonly written in terms of the g factor as ζ≡gq/2m. Before we can use (14), however, we first note that equation (13) is itself in a somewhat awkward form: the right hand side involves both ˙μα and ˙Uα. However, the parallelism condition (14) allows us to uncouple equations (12) and (13) simply by substituting (12) into (13), yielding
ddτ(mUα)=qFαβUβ+Uβμν∂ν˜Fαβ+ζ{˜FαβFβνμν+˜FαβUβ(μσFστUτ)}, (15)
where we have, for practical simplicity, dropped the contact term in (13).
There are now several important things we can do with equations (12) and (15). Most importantly, we examine how the mass of the particle changes with time; if it is not constant, then our equations of motion cannot possibly apply to any particle, such as an electron or muon, that has a constant rest mass. (It should be noted that the classical relativistic formalism we have employed has made no assumptions as to the constancy of the rest mass m with time: in general, the mass may change as the system in question gains energy from or loses energy to the external field.) It is straightforward to verify that the general proper-time rate of change of the mass of a particle, ˙m, can be expressed as
˙m≡Uαddτ(mUα). (16)
Using the the identity (4), and the fact that ˜FαβFβν is proportional to the metric, gαν, it follows that (15) yields, in (16), ˙m=0. In other words, the set of equations (12) and (15) rigorously maintain the constancy of the mass of the particle. This property is far from trivial; for example, in a classic textbook ( [15] , p. 74), a time-varying "effective mass" of the electron was introduced, due to the fact that the equations of motion derived therein allowed time-changing rest masses. It is of utmost importance that this difficulty—present in most previous attempts at consistent equations of motion for a dipole—is overcome in the Lagrangian treatment of this paper.
We now verify that the the parallelism condition, (14), is consistent with the equations of motion (12) and (15). The reason for this concern is that we have assumed that the magnetic moment is a constant-magnitude vector, whereas the spin itself is a dynamical quantity that may, in general, change its magnitude. We must verify that, if (14) is assumed to hold true at one particular proper time τ, the equation of motion (12) does not change the magnitude of the spin. On diffentiation of the identity s2≡−SαSα, one finds ˙s=−1/2˙SαSα; use of (14) in (12) then shows that (12) does, in fact, yield ˙s=0. Thus, the magnitude of the spin is a rigorous constant of the motion, just as is the mass.
Our work is now essentially complete. However, to make practical use of the equations (12) and (15), it is appropriate to both present them in a more computationally-friendly form, and to highlight clearly where they add to existing knowledge of spin-half particles. These two tasks can essentially be carried out simultaneously. We shall transform (12) and (15) into the standard "3+1" form, as, for example, presented in Jackson's textbook ( [12] , pp. 556-560). This involves using the three-velocity of the particle in some particular fixed "lab" frame, v (Jackson uses the symbol β), as well as the three-spin s of the particle as seen in its rest frame, but referred to the (non-rotating) coördinates of the "lab" frame. The procedure used to effect this transformation is described in detail in [12] ; the algebra is tedious, but straightforward. The results for equations (15) and (12) are
d\boldmath{v}dt=qγm\boldmath{E}′′+geffγm\boldmath{B}′′+Θγ2m\boldmath{s}′ (17)
d\boldmath{s}dt=\boldmath{s}×\boldmath{Ω}new, (18)
\boldmath{Ω}new={ζ−γ−1γqm}\boldmath{B}−{ζ−γγ+1qm}\boldmath{v}×\boldmath{E}−γγ+1{ζ−qm}(\boldmath{v}⋅\boldmath{B})\boldmath{v}
+γ−1γgeffm% \boldmath{E}+γγ+1geffm\boldmath% {v}×\boldmath{B}−γγ+1geffm(\boldmath{v}⋅\boldmath{E})% \boldmath{v}+Θm(γ+1)\boldmath{v}×% \boldmath{s}
and we have defined the convenient quantities
ζ ≡ μs,
Θ ≡ ζ2(\boldmath{E}⋅\boldmath{B}),
∂′ ≡ ∂∂t+γγ+1(% \boldmath{v}⋅\boldmath{∇}),
\boldmath{s}′ ≡ \boldmath{s}−γγ+1(% \boldmath{v}⋅\boldmath{s})\boldmath{v},
\boldmath{E}′ ≡ \boldmath{E}+\boldmath{v}×\boldmath{% B}−γγ+1(\boldmath{v}⋅\boldmath% {E})\boldmath{v},
\boldmath{E}′′ ≡ \boldmath{E}+\boldmath{v}×\boldmath{% B}−(\boldmath{v}⋅\boldmath{E})% \boldmath{v},
\boldmath{B}′′ ≡ \boldmath{B}−\boldmath{v}×\boldmath{% E}−(\boldmath{v}⋅\boldmath{B})% \boldmath{v},
and geff ≡ ζ(\boldmath{s}⋅\boldmath{∇})+γζ(\boldmath{s}⋅\boldmath% {v})∂′−γζ2(\boldmath{s}⋅\boldmath{E}′),
and, in all expressions, the partial derivatives act only on the external field quantities E and B.
For ease of comparison with the equations of motion in current usage, we present the Lorentz force law in the same form as (17),
d\boldmath{v}dt=qγm\boldmath{E}′′, (19)
and, likewise, the precession frequency vector for the Thomas spin equation ( [12] , p. 559):
\boldmath{Ω}old={ζ−γ−1γqm}\boldmath{B}−{ζ−γγ+1qm}\boldmath{v}×\boldmath{E}−γγ+1{ζ−qm}(\boldmath{v}⋅\boldmath{B})\boldmath{v}.
It can be seen that, as advertised, the Lorentz and Thomas equations are contained completely in the new equations. However, several new features are present in both the new force equation, (17), and the new precession frequency vector, \boldmath{Ω}new. Most obviously, the magnetic dipole force is now included in (17), albeit somewhat obscured by the multitude of "convenient quantities" introduced for typographical sanity. A recognition of this expression may again be obtained by taking the non-relativistic limit (first order in v, ignoring Thomas precession); (17) then returns us to
ddt(m\boldmath{v})=q(\boldmath{E}+% \boldmath{v}×\boldmath{B})+(\boldmath{μ}% ⋅\boldmath{∇})(\boldmath{B}−\boldmath{v}×\boldmath{E})−˙\boldmath{μ}×\boldmath{E},
which is, as noted earlier, the now generally-accepted [5, 7, 8, 9] dipole force expression. There are, of course, numerous new subtleties of (17) that arise from relativistic kinematics; we shall, however, defer a more exhaustive investigation of them to another place.
Turning, now, to the spin precession equation (18), what may come as a surprise to some is that there are differences between \boldmath{Ω}old and \boldmath{Ω}new. The reason, however, is simply found: the Thomas precession effects in the spin precession equation depend on the acceleration of the particle; clearly, if we have obtained a more accurate force law, then these changes will necessarily feed through to the spin equation as well. It is interesting to note that the approximate nature of the Thomas expression \boldmath{Ω}old was noted explicitly by Thomas himself [2] , and by Bargmann, Michel and Telegdi in their re-derivation [3] , but that, in the intervening decades, this approximate nature has been lost on many practitioners, who mistakenly believe \boldmath{Ω}old to be an exact expression.
At this point, it is worthwhile commenting on the absence of any presence of radiation reaction forces in the equations that have been derived above. Their omission can, in fact, be traced back directly to the (implicit) assumption that the electromagnetic potentials and fields in the Lagrangian (10) are the externally generated ones only. In the case of the electric charge interaction, it was recognised by Lorentz [16] , and later clearly explained by Heitler [17] , that this is an incorrect assumption. For full consistency, one must include the potentials and fields of the particle itself in the Lagrangian, even though they appear, at first sight, to be hopelessly divergent quantities. If one proceeds with extreme care, one can show that the effects on the equations of motion of this "self-interaction" are, in fact, twofold: firstly, the addition of the (finite) radiation reaction terms of the Lorentz–Dirac equation; and, secondly, the dynamical effects explaining the electromagnetic self-energy contributions to the rest mass of the system, for whatever arbitrary charge distribution is assumed. The beauty of this procedure is that it reveals the all-encompassing nature of the Lagrangian; no further input is required to obtain the equations of motion.
The success of the above procedure clearly indicates that a similar procedure should be undertaken for the additional magnetic moment interaction Lagrangian present in (10). Barut and Unal [10] have considered the dipole radiation reaction question from the point of view of a semi-classical Zitterbewegung model, but to our knowledge an exact treatment of this problem in terms of the classical spin vector s has not been performed. This problem is one that we are currently investigating. However, it is vastly more complicated than the electric charge case, by virtue of the inclusion of rotatonal degrees of freedom for the particle. In addition, one already knows in advance that the electric charge and magnetic moment interact in their respective radiative terms, as is evidenced by the Sokolov–Ternov effect [18] (the polarisation of electrons due to their emitted synchrotron radiation), spectacularly confirmed in the polarisation experiments at LEP in recent years [19, 20] . Any prospective solution of the combined radiation reaction equations for a charged, spinning particle must therefore, at the very least, reproduce this important result.
Iv Conclusions
It has been shown, in this paper, that it is possible to construct a fully consistent, comprehensive, relativistic classical Lagrangian framework for analysing the motion of spinning particles possessing both electric charge and magnetic dipole moments. The results obtained here are not revolutionary. They encompass the well-known Lorentz force and Thomas–Bargmann–Michel–Telegdi equations. They provide a rigorous foundation for the magnetic dipole force law currently believed to be the most appropriate for such particles. They further integrate, seamlessly, this dipole force with the Lorentz force and Thomas–Bargmann–Michel–Telegdi equations, in a fully relativistic way.
It should be noted that the results of this paper agree with the lowest-order terms obtained in the analysis of Anandan, based on the Dirac equation [21] —and, of particular note, the "Anandan force" proportional to \boldmath{E}×(\boldmath{μ}×\boldmath{% B}), which is, of course, simply the zeroth-order term in the force term −˙\boldmath{μ}×\boldmath{E} above, when it realised that ˙\boldmath{μ} is, via the Thomas-BMT equation, proportional to \boldmath{μ}×\boldmath{B} to zeroth order. The current work, however, includes terms to all orders in the particle's velocity, not just the lowest-order limit of Anandan. It should also be noted that the criticisms of Casella and Werner [22] of Anandan's analysis [21] are erroneous, being based on an obvious omission of all "spin-flip" terms from their quantum mechanical equations of motion.
The framework outlined in this paper may now be used as a platform for full inclusion of radiation reaction—not just for the electric charge, but also for the magnetic moment, and their mutual interactions—in the classical limit. If the enormous assistance provided by the existing classical radiation reaction theory, both in terrestrial and astrophysical applications, is any guide, then one can only speculate what additional richness of physical phenomena will be made sensible with this addition to our analytical resources.
Helpful discussions with I. Khriplovich, J. Anandan, N. Mukhopadhyay, L. Wilets, P. Herczeg, A. G. Klein, G. I. Opat, J. W. G. Wignall, A. J. Davies, G. N. Taylor, K. Jones, R. E. Behrend and S. Bass are gratefully acknowledged. This work was supported in part by the Australian Research Council, an Australian Postgraduate Research Allowance and a Dixson Research Scholarship. We warmly thank the Institute for Nuclear Theory at the University of Washington for its hospitality and the United States Department of Energy Grant #DOE/ER40561 for partial support during the completion of this work.
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Q: Error "Method "~" of object "~" failed" While compiling I am trying to update a legacy application which has the IP hardcoded into the DB connect string, It errors with "Method "~" of object "~" failed" We are not sure why we are getting this error, can we get VB6 to give us more detail or can we change the IP of a DB connect in an compiled EXE.

A: Look in the projects "References" are any missing?
It's been awhile but I'd check for missing references before anything else.
Update
That's a good question.
Vb6 references show the used references first, then all the ones that are available.
The available items aren't checked and are shown in alphabetical order.
If you have a missing reference, it will be grouped at the top of the list with the selected items, but won't be checked.
i.e. Any unchecked references that come immediately after the selected references, and that aren't in order are the "missing" references.

A: it can concern MDAC DLL , you can found here a detailled answer for this kind of problem.

A: Another check you might want to give a go is setting Option Explicit on for the entire project. This will show you the variables that have not been explicitly declared.
Also you might want to investigate all variables of type Object: Late Binding can be an unintended pain and I suggest to have as little Late Binding as possible.
Then there is COM. If the application has been compiled and tested against a different version of a COM component such as the OLEDB/ADO MDAC components and now is running against new versions, methods might have been removed or renamed.
Finally, try to add more/better error handling so you know exactly what line of code generates the error.
EDIT If you do not have the source code, the only option left is to findout against what versions of MDAC/Database components the application has been tested.

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For U.S. taxpayers who own multiple businesses, they must be wary of commingling expenses between the businesses. If one company is used to pay the other's expenses, the tax consequences could be severe. This point is demonstrated by the recent IRS case of Key Carpets v. Commissioner.
Ray Johnson operated two businesses through closely held C corporations, Key Carpets and Clean Hands. Johnson and his wife were the sole shareholders for Key Carpets, while only Johnson owned shares in Clean Hands.
Johnson hired a computer technician as an employee of Clean Hands. The computer tech ended up doing some work for Key Carpets. Clean Hands paid the computer tech's salary, but it also billed Key Carpets for much of his work. Key Carpets was effectively the primary source of the funds used to pay the salary of the Clean Hands employee. Key Carpets then claimed these funds as business expenses in its tax filings.
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