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Irishwoman killed in 'car chase sparked by row over drugs', court hears
The incident which cost Natasha Carruthers her life unfolded on country roads in Co Fermanagh on October 7, 2017
Natasha Carruthers
A woman was killed when the car she was in crashed during a high-speed car chase allegedly sparked by a row over drugs, a court heard today.
The 23-year-old was crushed by the vehicle which was being driven by Nathan Phair during a 12-mile pursuit which reached speeds of up to 100mph, the court was told.
The incident which cost Natasha Carruthers her life unfolded on country roads in Co Fermanagh on October 7, 2017.
Dungannon Crown Court heard today that at the time Phair, nicknamed 'Panda', was trying to evade two men he had allegedly "swindled... stroked" in a failed drug deal the previous evening.
The blue Vauxhall Corsa car crashed into a tree on the Lisnaskea Road, on the outskirts of Derrylin. Ms Carruthers was thrown from the vehicle, which rolled over her, and in addition to a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain, she also lost both her legs, the court heard.
Phair, from Castlebalfour Park, Lisnaskea, who was also seriously injured in the crash, denies a total of nine charges, including causing Natasha's death by dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily injury to another girl, a back seat passenger, and driving without insurance and without a driving licence.
The court heard that Phair may claim he was acting under duress to explain the reason for driving the way he did, because the circumstances were such that he was in fear of serious injury by the driver of the chasing black BMW car, which had "bumped... nudged" the Corsa.
The scene of the crash (Image: PhotopressBelfast.co.uk)
Prosecution QC David McDowell also revealed the driver of that car, 28-year-old Padraig Toher, from Bawnboy, Ballyconnell, Co Cavan, has pleaded guilty to Ms Carruthers' manslaughter, and with another man, Andrew Waters, has admitted involvement in the alleged drug dealing with Phair.
Opening the prosecution case before the jury of 10 men and two women, the lawyer appealed to them not to allow the "shocking nature" of Ms Carruthers' death, to "affect your judgement".
Mr McDowell said the apparent "motivation" for the high-speed chase between Letterbreen and Derrylin, stemmed from an alleged failed drug deal between Toher and Phair, and Waters, who allegedly initially "arranged for the two of them to do business".
The evening prior to the crash Phair allegedly pocketed the equivalent of €500 given to him by Toher for a quarter ounce of Cocaine, and Toher went looking for him and his money.
Mr McDowell claimed that Phair "had cheated him - swindled Toher out of his money", and that later Phair texted from his hospital bed that: "The rat (Waters) and that Paurig boy (Toher) rammed me.... cause I stroked them 500 euro".
Trial Judge Neil Rafferty and the jury heard the horrific events of that night began in the village of Letterbreen when Toher, driving his BMW car came across Phair and the girls in the Corsa.
Armed with a metal bar, he approached the Corsa, demanding his money, and striking the windscreen and also smashing the driver's side window, before Phair drove off at speed to Bellanaleck and then on to Derrylin in the direction of Lisnaskea.
Mr McDowell said that during the chase Toher's BMW struck the rear of the Corsa on at least three separate occasions, "bumping or nudging" the vehicle while Phair swerved on to the centre of the road to prevent the BMW overtaking.
The lawyer said that from CCTV footage taken from various points along the chase route, the court could conclude both vehicles were "plainly speeding".
The Corsa hit the tree on the opposite side of the road at between 60 and 62mph. Its speed when it lost control on the road was calculated by a vehicle collision expert at between 66 and 68mph. However, experts estimated that the average speed over the route was "in the region of 75mph" save for "one instance, in excess of 80pmh and... as much as 100mph".
Just prior to the crash, said Mr McDowell, the Corsa was "straddling the middle of the road", as Toher's black BMW was attempting to overtake.
Experts concluded, he added, the Corsa possibly lost control when the BMW, which had hit it "on at least three separate occasions", finally made contact one last time, with its front nearside hitting the Corsa's rear offside.
"On any analysis the prosecution say it is plain that both cars were being driven dangerously during the course of the car chase and that each car caused the death of Natasha Carruthers" and those who were hurt including Phair who suffered a fractured skull, among other injuries.
Mr McDowell said that when later interviewed in hospital Phair claimed he'd "panicked and took off", after Toher attacked the Corsa in Letterbreen, and was "going to the nearest police station he could think of, in Lisnaskea".
However, counsel told the jury they might want to consider that as the police in Lisnaskea, where he lived, was around 20 miles away, while Enniskillen police station was less than six miles away,
Mr McDowell said Phair, during police interview, indicated Toher "nudged" his car more than 20 times, and that he lost control when the BMW went to overtake him, but instead hit the back right of the Corsa.
However, he said he "didn't know how fast he was going because he wasn't watching the speedometer".
The court also heard, that when questioned about how he knew Toher and Waters, and that he allegedly cheated them out of their money in a drug deal, Phair mostly gave 'no comment' answers.


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Our last public event of 2013 was held at the racecourse in Stratford Upon Avon by the Overland Adventure team.
Its the first time we have attended this show and we had a great time meeting so many 4×4 enthusiasts. The vehicles on show were fantastic. I never knew that they could come with built in tents on top of their vehicles. Some had complete camps already to drive anywhere in the world.
Many people brought along their 4×4's and camped on site over the weekend.
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Now, after many weeks when the bill passed the House, the governor of Delaware, John C. Carney Jr., has put pen to paper and made the recognition official.
Previously, a Delaware judge had been reported to have urged investors to protect their votes through the distributed ledger. Last November, vice chancellor J. Travis Laster, said that the technology could help shareholders remove the middleman when it came to votes and shares.
According to Laster, the current system is outdated and too complex, making it difficult to determine who exactly owns a share and how it's utilized in decision making.
However, with the recent signing into law, it remains to be seen what impact the blockchain bill will produce within Delaware. Yet, it could pave the way for other states to look into the technology more as it gains prominence in several use cases among various industries.


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June 22, 2014 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Vice President, Joe Podesta. Officers present were Joe Podesta, George Laverick, David Nichols, and Kevin Lilly. One member and his spouse were present in addition to the officers.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read by the Secretary, and were accepted as read.
David Nichols reported that he had repaired the roof over the rifle range firing line, hauled away trash, and replenished the was spray at the range. He also noted that there were two large caliber bullet holes through the roof of the mower storage shed. He will try to get the sprinklers re-programmed in the week following the meeting.
Fence: George Laverick reported that he had sent out an RFQ to the two bidders who had previously quoted on the fence based on the Executive committee decisions at the May meeting. Cacee Enterprises responded that their "fence guy" was no longer employed by them, and that they had forwarded to RFQ to another company (who turned out to be the second original bidder) . Boyd Fence met with George Laverick at the range to go over the new requirements, and did submit bids for the clearing ($6622.00) and fence installation ($36,844.29).
George also reported that he had visited the Aiken County offices and verified that the county has indeed abandoned part of Kirkland St., and that the abandoned section reverts to the Club. George recommended that we fence up the center of the abandoned section to prevent any problems with the owners of the "triangle", and the Executive Committee agreed with this.
The Executive Committee voted to accept both quotes from Boyd Fence, and directed George Laverick to have them proceed with the installation.
General Range Rules: George Laverick reported that he had contracted with Signworks in Aiken to produce new signs so that we could post the updated range rules at each firing line. The cost will be $225.00 plus tax.
Palmetto Concealed Carry: They had scheduled to have their "Get-Together" on June 21 on the left pistol range. As of the meeting we have no report on how it turned out.
Membership: Kevin Lilly asked if the club was at its membership limit. We are currently at the limit and there are 3 applications waiting for openings.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:25.\PM.
The next Executive Committee meeting will be held July 27, 2014 at 7:00 PM at the ADPS Indoor Range, 240 Dupont Dr., Aiken.

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Q: Rails ActionMailer not sending emails in production; no errors This code works perfectly on development and the email never arrives in production, even though they have the same configuration.
Config:
  config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true
  config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { :host => 'domain.com' }
  config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
  config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries = true
  config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
    :address => "smtp.gmail.com",
    :port => 587,
    :authentication => :plain,
    :user_name => 'my_server@gmail.com',
    :password => 'secret',
    :enable_starttls_auto => true
  }

Sending the email:
logger.warn "before mail call"
logger.warn ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings
logger.warn(mail(to: "my_email@gmail.com", subject: "Testing", body: "email body").deliver!)

Server logs:
[2013-08-29 16:41:11.000] [WARN] -- before mail call
[2013-08-29 16:41:11.000] [WARN] -- {:address=>"smtp.gmail.com", :port=>587, :authentication=>:plain, :user_name=>"my_server@gmail.com", :password=>"secret", :enable_starttls_auto=>true}
[2013-08-29 16:41:11.000] [WARN] -- Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 16:41:11 +0200
From: my_server@gmail.com
To: my_email@gmail.com
Message-ID: <521f5d87537af_7af3da480050052@castillo05.fzi.de.mail>
Subject: Testing
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
 charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

email body

In development on my localhost it works perfectly. The email arrives almost instantly. On production the email never arrives and I get no error. I have already tried so many combinations of settings (with/without :enable_starttls_auto, :domain, not setting delivery_method, perform_deliveries, etc) and nothing has worked so far. I have also tried sending to other emails with no success.
Any ideas? Many thanks in advance

A: Try adding a from address (that is a valid email address) to your mail settings. I've had emails blocked before for this very reason. Maybe something like admin @ the domain name your site is hosted on?
mail(to: "my_email@gmail.com", subject: "Testing", body: "email body", from: "me@mydomainname.com").deliver!

A: Judging from your logs, it looks like you are going it right in the code department.
The problem could be in your SMTP settings.
In particular, this post http://email.about.com/od/accessinggmail/f/Gmail_SMTP_Settings.htm is saying that gmail's smtp port in use is 465, I see you are using 587.

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Joan Laporta confirms Barcelona's interest in signing Ferran Torres | OneFootball
Joan Laporta confirms Barcelona's interest in signing Ferran Torres
Football Today
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has confirmed that Manchester City attacker Ferran Torres is one of their top targets ahead of the January transfer window.
The Spain international joined the Cityzens from Valencia last year, and he has been a quality acquisition with 16 goals and four assists from 43 appearances.
Despite this, there has been speculation over his future as he has struggled to nail down a regular starting position.
It was recently claimed that the 21-year-old has requested a transfer to the Blaugrana, and Laporta has now revealed that the player is on the club's radar.
He told TV3: "He [Torres] is one of the players we have in our sights, but there are many others. You have to wait and see how everything goes.
"Xavi has asked us to reinforce the squad and we are going to try to do so, but at the moment we do not have a salary margin to do it.
"Therefore, at this moment, it is not possible but we must let the sports management work."
Torres picked up a metatarsal injury on international duty in October. He has since been out of action but has been tipped to return before January.
The Cityzens bought him from Valencia for €23 million last year, but reports claim they want at least €50m to sanction his sale in the next transfer window.
It is unclear whether the Blaugrana can meet the price tag amid the financial restrictions placed on them by La Liga.
The club need to reduce their wage bill by over €300m before they can spend freely in the transfer market again.
They could propose to sign Torres on an initial loan with an option to buy next summer.
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Manchester City Official
Xavi considers exit-linked Barcelona midfielder as a key player in his project
Barca Universal
Chelsea offer €40 million for Barcelona midfielder, Laporta asks for €60 million
Man City eyeing move for 20-year-old Barcelona midfield prodigy
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OSA Publishing > Photonics Research > Volume 6 > Issue 8 > Page 800
Lan Yang, Editor-in-Chief
Generation of 84-fs pulses from a mode-locked Tm:CNNGG disordered garnet crystal laser
Zhongben Pan, Yicheng Wang, Yongguang Zhao, Hualei Yuan, Xiaojun Dai, Huaqiang Cai, Ji Eun Bae, Sun Young Choi, Fabian Rotermund, Xavier Mateos, Josep Maria Serres, Pavel Loiko, Uwe Griebner, and Valentin Petrov
Zhongben Pan,1,2,†,* Yicheng Wang,1,† Yongguang Zhao,1,3 Hualei Yuan,2 Xiaojun Dai,2 Huaqiang Cai,2 Ji Eun Bae,4 Sun Young Choi,4 Fabian Rotermund,4 Xavier Mateos,5 Josep Maria Serres,5 Pavel Loiko,6 Uwe Griebner,1 and Valentin Petrov1
1Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Str. 2a, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
2Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
3Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
4Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 34141 Daejeon, South Korea
5Física i Cristal·lografia de Materials i Nanomaterials (FiCMA-FiCNA)-EMaS, Departament de Química Física i Inòrganica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Campus Sescelades, E-43007 Tarragona, Spain
6ITMO University, 49 Kronverkskiy Pr., 197101 St. Petersburg, Russia
†These authors contributed equally to this work.
*Corresponding author: pzb8625@126.com
Yicheng Wang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8744-9972
Yongguang Zhao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3937-3950
Xavier Mateos https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1940-1990
Z Pan
Y Wang
Y Zhao
H Yuan
X Dai
H Cai
J Bae
S Choi
F Rotermund
X Mateos
J Serres
P Loiko
U Griebner
V Petrov
•https://doi.org/10.1364/PRJ.6.000800
Zhongben Pan, Yicheng Wang, Yongguang Zhao, Hualei Yuan, Xiaojun Dai, Huaqiang Cai, Ji Eun Bae, Sun Young Choi, Fabian Rotermund, Xavier Mateos, Josep Maria Serres, Pavel Loiko, Uwe Griebner, and Valentin Petrov, "Generation of 84-fs pulses from a mode-locked Tm:CNNGG disordered garnet crystal laser," Photon. Res. 6, 800-804 (2018)
Comparative study of the spectroscopic and laser properties of Tm3+, Na+(Li+)-codoped Ca3Nb1.5Ga3.5O12-type disordered garnet crystals for mode-locked lasers (OME)
67-fs pulse generation from a mode-locked Tm,Ho:CLNGG laser at 2083 nm (OE)
Generation of sub-50fs soliton pulses from a mode-locked Yb,Na:CNGG disordered crystal laser (OE)
Lasers and Laser Optics
Laser crystals
Laser materials
Laser operation
Mode locking
Semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors
Infrared and far-infrared lasers (140.3070)
Laser materials (140.3380)
Mode-locked lasers (140.4050)
Original Manuscript: April 6, 2018
Revised Manuscript: June 8, 2018
Manuscript Accepted: June 8, 2018
EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS AND DISCUSSION
A mode-locked laser based on a Tm:CNNGG disordered crystal as an active medium and a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber is demonstrated, operating at a central wavelength of 2018 nm. Transform-limited 84 fs pulses are generated with an average output power of 22 mW at a repetition rate of ∼90 MHz. A maximum output power of 98 mW is obtained at a slightly longer pulse duration of 114 fs.
© 2018 Chinese Laser Press
Ultrashort pulse laser sources emitting near 2 μm are under rapid development nowadays due to their potential in various applications, e.g., remote sensing, material processing, medical diagnostics, and laser surgery. They present efficient tools for the investigation of the dynamics of physical systems on very short time scales [1], and can be used for synchronous pumping of mid-IR optical parametric oscillators and seeding of near-degenerate optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifiers [2] employed for high-order harmonics generation [3]. However, so far, using Tm- or Ho-doped bulk materials (crystals, ceramics, or glasses), sub-100 fs pulses have been reported only with a Tm:MgWO4 crystal (87 fs) and a Tm:(Lu2/3Sc1/3)2O3 "mixed" ceramic (63 fs) [4,5]. Therefore, exploring novel solid-state laser media for the generation of ultrashort pulses near 2 μm down to the few-cycle limit is of great importance.
In recent years, disordered host crystals have drawn much attention due to their superior spectral bandwidths and moderate thermal properties. Doped with Tm or Ho ions, they have been proved to be excellent ultrafast laser materials in the 2 μm spectral range [6–12]. In such disordered crystals, different cations can occupy randomly one or more crystallographic sites, resulting in additional inhomogeneous spectral line broadening for the optical transitions of the dopant ion.
Among such disordered hosts, calcium niobium gallium garnets Ca3(NbGa)2−xGa3O12 (CNGG) and calcium lithium niobium gallium garnets Ca3LixNb1.5+xGa3.5−xO12 (CLNGG), with Li+ added to partly overcome the nonstoichiometry, have been widely investigated. Active rare-earth ions such as Nd3+, Yb3+, and Tm3+, can be used as dopants to substitute for the Ca2+ ions in dodecahedral sites. The lattice disorder in these type of crystals results from the random distribution of Nb5+ and Ga3+ ions in the octahedral and tetrahedral sites [13]. In the spectral range near 1 μm, pulse durations of 45 and 55 fs were obtained from mode-locked lasers based on Yb-doped CNGG and CLNGG [14,15], respectively, and 534, 660, and 900 fs from Nd-doped CLNGG-CNGG, CNGG, and CLNGG garnets, respectively [16–18]. In the 2 μm spectral range, such disordered crystals doped with Tm3+ have shown broad and smooth continuous-wave (CW) laser tuning, which is very promising for sub-100-fs pulse generation [19]. However, only Tm:CLNGG has been investigated for mode locking: pulse durations of 354 and 479 fs were obtained applying graphene or a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror as saturable absorbers [10,11]. Considering that CNGG and CLNGG have similar spectral properties to other dopants, we decided to study the mode-locked laser performance of Tm:CNGG. We additionally introduced Na+ into the crystal (hereafter Tm:CNNGG) to decrease the temperature of crystal growth and promote Tm3+ incorporation [13,20].
In this work, we present the CW and mode-locked laser performance of Tm:CNNGG. Applying a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber (SWCNT-SA) and chirped mirrors for dispersion compensation, the mode-locked Tm:CNNGG laser generated pulses as short as 84 fs at 2018 nm.
2. EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS AND DISCUSSION
The Tm:CNNGG disordered crystal used in the experiment was grown by the conventional Czochralski method with a Tm3+ doping of 3.2 at. % and Na+ doping of 5.5 at. %, corresponding to a concentration of 4.47×1020 and 7.59×1020 ions/cm3 (measured in the crystal), respectively. For the growth process, Ca3Nb1.6875Ga3.1875O12 was selected as the composition to maintain charge neutrality. The maximum absorption cross-section was 0.38×10−20 cm2 at 785.8 nm (H63→H43 transition) and the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of this band amounted to 29 nm. The emission due to the F43→H63 Tm3+ transition extended from 1600 to 2050 nm. The highest emission cross-section, σe=0.58×10−20 cm2, was at 1866.8 nm [20].
Figure 1 shows the calculated gain cross-section σg. It can be seen that the gain maximum of Tm:CNNGG is located at wavelengths below 2000 nm for β>0.08, where strong water vapor absorption in air will prevent stable femtosecond mode locking. Only for low population inversion levels, i.e., β≤0.08, is lasing in Tm:CNNGG expected around 2000 nm. Such wavelengths are long enough to intrinsically avoid the strong water vapor absorption. This, together with the broad and smooth gain characteristics of the spectrum, is a prerequisite for femtosecond pulse generation.
Fig. 1. Gain cross-section σg=βσe−(1−β) σa for the F43→H63 transition of Tm3+ in CNNGG for different inversion levels β.
In order to investigate the mode-locked laser performance of Tm:CNNGG, a standard X-shaped cavity as shown in Fig. 2 was employed. The sample used was 3.5 mm long, with a cross-section of 3 mm×3 mm. Both end faces of the crystal, which were perpendicular to the (111) crystallographic direction, were optically polished. The sample was placed at Brewster's angle between two folding concave mirrors M1 and M2 (radius of curvature, RoC=100 mm). To remove the generated heat during laser operation, the crystal was wrapped with indium foil and tightly mounted in a water-cooled copper block. The cooling water was maintained at a temperature of 14.5°C. The pump source applied was a narrow-band CW Ti:sapphire laser with a maximum output power of 3.6 W at 785.8 nm. The output beam of the Ti:sapphire laser was focused into the Tm:CNNGG crystal with a spot radius of ∼30 μm using a focusing lens with a focal length of 70 mm. Four chirped mirrors (Layertec GmbH, Germany), CM1–CM4, were employed for intracavity dispersion compensation, each of them providing a group delay dispersion GDD=−125 fs2 per bounce. The intracavity GDD was varied by the number of bounces on the two plane chirped mirrors (CM3 and CM4).
Fig. 2. Scheme of the mode-locked Tm:CNNGG laser (L, lens; M1 and M2, dichroic folding mirrors; M3, plane mirror; CM1–CM4, chirped mirrors; OC, output coupler).
Initially the CW laser performance was investigated with four different output couplers (OCs) having a transmission T of 0.2%, 0.5%, 1.5%, and 3.0%, employing mirror M3 and without the chirped mirrors (see Fig. 2). The total cavity length was ∼143 cm. Figure 3(a) shows the output power versus the absorbed pump power. Maximum output powers of 124, 204, 237, and 193 mW were achieved with 0.2%, 0.5%, 1.5%, and 3.0% OCs, respectively. The maximum slope efficiency reached 43.5%. It should be noted that the output power increases slower than the linear dependence at the maximum applied pump levels, indicating an onset of thermal effects; thus, the full available pump power was not employed in this experiment.
Fig. 3. (a) Output power versus absorbed pump power with different OCs in CW operation, and (b) wavelength tuning using a Lyot filter and OC with transmission T=0.2%. In (a), η denotes the slope efficiency with respect to the absorbed pump power.
Wavelength tuning of the Tm:CNNGG laser was studied by inserting a Lyot filter into the cavity, close to the output coupler (see Fig. 2). The Lyot filter was a 3.2 mm thick quartz plate with the optical axis at 60° to the surface. Figure 3(b) shows the tuning performance obtained with the T=0.2% OC: a wavelength tuning range of 207 nm (from 1879 to 2086 nm) was achieved, indicating the great potential of the Tm:CNNGG disordered crystal for the generation of ultrashort laser pulses.
To study the mode-locked laser performance, a transmission-type SWCNT-SA was inserted under Brewster's angle in the vicinity of the second waist formed by CM1 and CM2. This SA was characterized by a modulation depth of <0.50%, a saturation fluence of <10 μJ/cm2, and an interband carrier relaxation time τ2 of ∼1.16 ps around 2.0 μm [21]. Based on the ABCD propagation matrix method, the waist radius of the laser mode on the SWCNT-SA was calculated to be about 100 and 65 μm in the tangential and sagittal planes, respectively. With two bounces on each of the two plane chirped mirrors CM3 and CM4 (cf. Fig. 2), the total number of bounces on the chirped mirrors amounted to 11 per round trip. Taking into account the contribution of the 3.5 mm thick crystal under Brewster's angle and the 1 mm thick SA fused silica substrate, the total round trip GDD was calculated and details are shown in Fig. 4. Around 2000 nm, the total round trip GDD is about −1800 fs2.
Fig. 4. Total round trip GDD introduced by chirped mirrors, Tm:CNNGG, and fused silica substrate of the SA.
At first, an OC with T=1.5% was used. The pump power was set at 3.11 W, corresponding to an absorbed pump power of 1.15 W. After carefully optimizing the separations of M1-M2 and CM1-SA-CM2 and adjusting the position of the SWCNT-SA and Tm:CNNGG crystals, stable and self-starting mode-locked operation was achieved. Pulses as short as 114 fs (FWHM intensity under sech2 shape assumption) were obtained. Figure 5(a) shows the corresponding autocorrelation trace measured with a resolution of 8.4 fs. The corresponding optical spectrum shown in Fig. 5(b) was recorded with an optical spectrum analyzer (resolution: 0.3 nm); it has an FWHM of 37.3 nm centered at 1994 nm. This leads to a time-bandwidth product (TBP) of 0.321, corresponding to nearly Fourier-limited pulses. The measured average output power of the mode-locked laser was 98 mW. From the calculated intracavity power, an average fluence of ∼360 μJ/cm2 on the SA was estimated.
Fig. 5. Recorded autocorrelation traces (raw data and fits) and optical spectra with (a), (b) T=1.5%, (c), (d) T=0.5%, and (e), (f) T=0.2% (e–f).
With the aim of achieving shorter pulses, OCs with lower transmission, T=0.5% and 0.2%, were further applied. Pulses as short as 92 and 84 fs, respectively, were obtained with these OCs [see Figs. 5(c) and 5(e)]. The spectral FWHM bandwidths of 49.3 nm centered at 2013 nm [Fig. 5(d)] and 52.8 nm centered at 2018 nm [Fig. 5(f)] resulted in TBPs of 0.335 and 0.327, respectively. These TBPs also indicate that the mode-locked pulses were nearly bandwidth limited at shorter durations. The corresponding average output powers were 40 and 22 mW, and the average fluence on the SA was ∼450 and ∼600 μJ/cm2. No damage to the SWCNT-SA was observed at this fluence level. The applied pump level was the same for all OCs (corresponding to ∼1.15 W of absorbed pump power) because the pulses tended to shorten with the pump level even in the region of slight thermal roll-off in Fig. 3(a), as long as the pump beam mode quality was excellent.
Compared to the previous results obtained with a Tm-doped CLNGG [11], much shorter pulses were achieved in the present experiment. The central wavelength in the mode-locked regime is similar to Ref. [11], which is an indication of similar overall cavity losses. Using a Ti:sapphire pump laser with high brightness and beam quality normally creates better conditions for Kerr lensing; however, pure Kerr-lens mode locking was not achievable in our laser without the SA, which obviously played a crucial role for the self-starting and self-stabilization of the mode-locked regime.
The stability of the mode-locked regime was also assessed by measurements with a radio-frequency (RF) spectrum analyzer. The RF spectrum shows an extinction ratio above the noise level of ∼78 dB for the fundamental beat note, measured with a resolution bandwidth of 300 Hz [see Fig. 6(a)]. The uniform harmonic beat notes recorded in Fig. 6(b) indicate stable mode locking without any Q switching or other instabilities. The pulse repetition rate of ∼89.9 MHz corresponds to a laser cavity length of ∼1.66 m. The results were similar for the different OCs.
Fig. 6. Radio frequency spectra of the mode-locked Tm:CNNGG laser with the 1.5% OC: (a) fundamental beat note and (b) 1.0 GHz wide-span (RBW: resolution bandwidth).
As the output coupler transmission T was decreased to 0.5% and 0.2%, stimulated Raman scattering sidebands were observed in the laser spectrum. They can be seen in the spectra shown in Figs. 5(d) and 5(f). The first Stokes component was clearly observed at 2134.5 nm (with T=0.5%) and 2144.1 nm (with T=0.2%), at similar separation from the corresponding fundamental central laser wavelengths. Simultaneously, the first anti-Stokes component was also observed (see the same figures), although its intensity was much lower. These sidebands can be well explained by the Raman spectrum of Tm:CNNGG [20]. The first Stokes and anti-Stokes components are generated in the CNNGG crystal by impulsive stimulated Raman scattering with the mode centered at ∼278.4 cm−1.
In conclusion, CW, tunable, and passively mode-locked laser operation were studied for the first time to our knowledge with a disordered Tm:CNNGG garnet crystal. A maximum slope efficiency of 43.5% and wavelength tuning range of 207 nm were achieved in the CW regime. Introducing an SWCNT-SA, the Tm:CNNGG laser generated nearly Fourier-limited pulses as short as 84 fs with an output power of 22 mW at a repetition rate of ∼90 MHz. The stable and self-starting mode-locked laser performance is evidenced by the remarkably high extinction ratio of 78 dB above the carrier of the fundamental beat note in the RF spectrum. To the best of our knowledge, these results represent the first sub-100 fs mode-locked laser operation achieved with a garnet crystal around 2 μm, as well as the shortest pulses ever achieved with Tm-doped crystalline materials.
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (51402268, 61505072); Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP) (32203); China Scholarship Council (CSC) (201704890003).
1. U. Keller, "Ultrafast solid-state laser oscillators: a success story for the last 20 years with no end in sight," Appl. Phys. B 100, 15–28 (2010). [CrossRef]
2. V. Petrov, "Frequency down-conversion of solid-state laser sources to the mid-infrared spectral range using non-oxide nonlinear crystals," Prog. Quantum Electron. 42, 1–106 (2015). [CrossRef]
3. C. Lai, K. Hong, J. P. Siqueira, P. Krogen, C. Chang, G. J. Stein, H. Liang, P. D. Keathley, G. Laurent, J. Moses, L. E. Zapata, and F. X. Kärtner, "Multi-mJ mid-infrared kHz OPCPA and Yb-doped pump lasers for tabletop coherent soft x-ray generation," J. Opt. 17, 094009 (2015). [CrossRef]
4. Y. Wang, W. Chen, M. Mero, L. Zhang, H. Lin, Z. Lin, G. Zhang, F. Rotermund, Y. J. Cho, P. Loiko, X. Mateos, U. Griebner, and V. Petrov, "Sub-100 fs Tm:MgWO4 laser at 2017 nm mode locked by a graphene saturable absorber," Opt. Lett. 42, 3076–3079 (2017). [CrossRef]
5. Y. Wang, W. Jing, P. Loiko, Y. Zhao, H. Huang, S. Suomalainen, A. Härkönen, M. Guina, X. Mateos, U. Griebner, and V. Petrov, "Sub-10 optical-cycle passively mode-locked Tm:(Lu2/3Sc1/3)2O3 ceramic laser at 2 μm," Opt. Express 26, 10299–10304 (2018). [CrossRef]
6. A. A. Lagatsky, X. Han, M. D. Serrano, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo, S. Calvez, M. D. Dawson, J. A. Gupta, C. T. A. Brown, and W. Sibbett, "Femtosecond (191 fs) NaY(WO4)2 Tm, Ho-codoped laser at 2060 nm," Opt. Lett. 35, 3027–3029 (2010). [CrossRef]
7. J. M. Cano-Torres, M. Rico, X. Han, M. D. Serrano, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo, V. Petrov, U. Griebner, X. Mateos, P. Koopmann, and C. Kränkel, "Comparative study of crystallographic, spectroscopic, and laser properties of Tm3+ in NaT(WO4)2 (T=La, Gd, Y, and Lu) disordered single crystals," Phys. Rev. B 84, 174207 (2011). [CrossRef]
8. Y. Wang, G. Xie, X. Xu, J. Di, Z. Qin, S. Suomalainen, M. Guina, A. Härkönen, A. Agnesi, U. Griebner, X. Mateos, P. Loiko, and V. Petrov, "SESAM mode-locked Tm:CALGO laser at 2 μm," Opt. Mater. Express 6, 131–136 (2016). [CrossRef]
9. L. Kong, Z. Qin, G. Xie, X. Xu, J. Xu, P. Yuan, and L. Qian, "Dual-wavelength synchronous operation of a mode-locked 2-μm Tm:CaYAlO4 laser," Opt. Lett. 40, 356–358 (2015). [CrossRef]
10. J. Ma, G. Xie, P. Lv, W. Gao, P. Yuan, L. Qian, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, H. Yu, H. Zhang, and J. Wang, "Wavelength-versatile graphene-gold film saturable absorber mirror for ultra-broadband mode-locking of bulk lasers," Sci. Rep. 4, 5016 (2014). [CrossRef]
11. J. Ma, G. Xie, W. Gao, P. Yuan, L. Qian, H. Yu, H. Zhang, and J. Wang, "Diode-pumped mode-locked femtosecond Tm:CLNGG disordered crystal laser," Opt. Lett. 37, 1376–1378 (2012). [CrossRef]
12. J. Ma, G. Xie, P. Lv, W. Gao, P. Yuan, L. Qian, H. Yu, H. Zhang, J. Wang, and D. Tang, "Graphene mode-locked femtosecond laser at 2 μm wavelength," Opt. Lett. 37, 2085–2087 (2012). [CrossRef]
13. E. Castellano-Hernández, M. D. Serrano, R. J. Jiménez Riobóo, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo, A. Jezowski, and P. A. Loiko, "Na modification of lanthanide doped Ca3Nb1.5Ga3.5O12-type laser garnets: Czochralski crystal growth and characterization," Cryst. Growth Des. 16, 1480–1491 (2016). [CrossRef]
14. J. Ma, Z. Pan, J. Wang, H. Yuan, H. Cai, G. Xie, L. Qian, D. Shen, and D. Tang, "Generation of sub-50 fs soliton pulses from a mode-locked Yb, Na:CNGG disordered crystal laser," Opt. Express 25, 14968–14973 (2017). [CrossRef]
15. Y. Zhang, V. Petrov, U. Griebner, X. Zhang, H. Yu, H. Zhang, and J. Liu, "Diode-pumped SESAM mode-locked Yb:CLNGG laser," Opt. Laser Technol. 69, 144–147 (2015). [CrossRef]
16. G. Xie, L. Qian, P. Yuan, D. Tang, W. Tan, H. Yu, H. Zhang, and J. Wang, "Generation of 534 fs pulses from a passively mode-locked Nd:CLNGG-CNGG disordered crystal hybrid laser," Laser Phys. Lett. 7, 483–486 (2010). [CrossRef]
17. G. Xie, D. Tang, H. Luo, H. Zhang, H. Yu, J. Wang, X. Tao, M. Jiang, and L. Qian, "Dual-wavelength synchronously mode-locked Nd:CNGG laser," Opt. Lett. 33, 1872–1874 (2008). [CrossRef]
18. G. Xie, D. Tang, W. Tan, H. Luo, H. Zhang, H. Yu, and J. Wang, "Subpicosecond pulse generation from a Nd:CLNGG disordered crystal laser," Opt. Lett. 34, 103–105 (2009). [CrossRef]
19. W. Gao, G. Xie, J. Ma, M. Liu, P. Yuan, L. Qian, H. Yu, H. Zhang, J. Wang, and J. Zhang, "Spectroscopic characteristics and efficient laser operation of Tm:CLNGG disordered crystal," Laser Phys. Lett. 10, 055809 (2013). [CrossRef]
20. Z. Pan, J. Serres, E. Kifle, P. Loiko, H. Yuan, X. Dai, H. Cai, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz, Y. Wang, Y. Zhao, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, and X. Mateos, "Crystal growth and comparative study of spectroscopic and laser properties of Tm3+, Na+(Li+)-codoped Ca3Nb1.5Ga3.5O12-type disordered garnet crystals," Opt. Express (2018) (To be published).
21. W. Cho, A. Schmidt, J. Yim, S. Choi, S. Lee, F. Rotermund, U. Griebner, G. Steinmeyer, V. Petrov, X. Mateos, M. Pujol, J. Carvajal, M. Aguilo, and F. Diaz, "Passive mode-locking of a Tm-doped bulk laser near 2 μm using a carbon nanotube saturable absorber," Opt. Express 17, 11007–11012 (2009). [CrossRef]
U. Keller, "Ultrafast solid-state laser oscillators: a success story for the last 20 years with no end in sight," Appl. Phys. B 100, 15–28 (2010).
V. Petrov, "Frequency down-conversion of solid-state laser sources to the mid-infrared spectral range using non-oxide nonlinear crystals," Prog. Quantum Electron. 42, 1–106 (2015).
C. Lai, K. Hong, J. P. Siqueira, P. Krogen, C. Chang, G. J. Stein, H. Liang, P. D. Keathley, G. Laurent, J. Moses, L. E. Zapata, and F. X. Kärtner, "Multi-mJ mid-infrared kHz OPCPA and Yb-doped pump lasers for tabletop coherent soft x-ray generation," J. Opt. 17, 094009 (2015).
Y. Wang, W. Chen, M. Mero, L. Zhang, H. Lin, Z. Lin, G. Zhang, F. Rotermund, Y. J. Cho, P. Loiko, X. Mateos, U. Griebner, and V. Petrov, "Sub-100 fs Tm:MgWO4 laser at 2017 nm mode locked by a graphene saturable absorber," Opt. Lett. 42, 3076–3079 (2017).
Y. Wang, W. Jing, P. Loiko, Y. Zhao, H. Huang, S. Suomalainen, A. Härkönen, M. Guina, X. Mateos, U. Griebner, and V. Petrov, "Sub-10 optical-cycle passively mode-locked Tm:(Lu2/3Sc1/3)2O3 ceramic laser at 2 μm," Opt. Express 26, 10299–10304 (2018).
A. A. Lagatsky, X. Han, M. D. Serrano, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo, S. Calvez, M. D. Dawson, J. A. Gupta, C. T. A. Brown, and W. Sibbett, "Femtosecond (191 fs) NaY(WO4)2 Tm, Ho-codoped laser at 2060 nm," Opt. Lett. 35, 3027–3029 (2010).
J. M. Cano-Torres, M. Rico, X. Han, M. D. Serrano, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo, V. Petrov, U. Griebner, X. Mateos, P. Koopmann, and C. Kränkel, "Comparative study of crystallographic, spectroscopic, and laser properties of Tm3+ in NaT(WO4)2 (T=La, Gd, Y, and Lu) disordered single crystals," Phys. Rev. B 84, 174207 (2011).
Y. Wang, G. Xie, X. Xu, J. Di, Z. Qin, S. Suomalainen, M. Guina, A. Härkönen, A. Agnesi, U. Griebner, X. Mateos, P. Loiko, and V. Petrov, "SESAM mode-locked Tm:CALGO laser at 2 μm," Opt. Mater. Express 6, 131–136 (2016).
L. Kong, Z. Qin, G. Xie, X. Xu, J. Xu, P. Yuan, and L. Qian, "Dual-wavelength synchronous operation of a mode-locked 2-μm Tm:CaYAlO4 laser," Opt. Lett. 40, 356–358 (2015).
J. Ma, G. Xie, P. Lv, W. Gao, P. Yuan, L. Qian, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, H. Yu, H. Zhang, and J. Wang, "Wavelength-versatile graphene-gold film saturable absorber mirror for ultra-broadband mode-locking of bulk lasers," Sci. Rep. 4, 5016 (2014).
J. Ma, G. Xie, W. Gao, P. Yuan, L. Qian, H. Yu, H. Zhang, and J. Wang, "Diode-pumped mode-locked femtosecond Tm:CLNGG disordered crystal laser," Opt. Lett. 37, 1376–1378 (2012).
J. Ma, G. Xie, P. Lv, W. Gao, P. Yuan, L. Qian, H. Yu, H. Zhang, J. Wang, and D. Tang, "Graphene mode-locked femtosecond laser at 2 μm wavelength," Opt. Lett. 37, 2085–2087 (2012).
E. Castellano-Hernández, M. D. Serrano, R. J. Jiménez Riobóo, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo, A. Jezowski, and P. A. Loiko, "Na modification of lanthanide doped Ca3Nb1.5Ga3.5O12-type laser garnets: Czochralski crystal growth and characterization," Cryst. Growth Des. 16, 1480–1491 (2016).
J. Ma, Z. Pan, J. Wang, H. Yuan, H. Cai, G. Xie, L. Qian, D. Shen, and D. Tang, "Generation of sub-50 fs soliton pulses from a mode-locked Yb, Na:CNGG disordered crystal laser," Opt. Express 25, 14968–14973 (2017).
Y. Zhang, V. Petrov, U. Griebner, X. Zhang, H. Yu, H. Zhang, and J. Liu, "Diode-pumped SESAM mode-locked Yb:CLNGG laser," Opt. Laser Technol. 69, 144–147 (2015).
G. Xie, L. Qian, P. Yuan, D. Tang, W. Tan, H. Yu, H. Zhang, and J. Wang, "Generation of 534 fs pulses from a passively mode-locked Nd:CLNGG-CNGG disordered crystal hybrid laser," Laser Phys. Lett. 7, 483–486 (2010).
G. Xie, D. Tang, H. Luo, H. Zhang, H. Yu, J. Wang, X. Tao, M. Jiang, and L. Qian, "Dual-wavelength synchronously mode-locked Nd:CNGG laser," Opt. Lett. 33, 1872–1874 (2008).
G. Xie, D. Tang, W. Tan, H. Luo, H. Zhang, H. Yu, and J. Wang, "Subpicosecond pulse generation from a Nd:CLNGG disordered crystal laser," Opt. Lett. 34, 103–105 (2009).
W. Gao, G. Xie, J. Ma, M. Liu, P. Yuan, L. Qian, H. Yu, H. Zhang, J. Wang, and J. Zhang, "Spectroscopic characteristics and efficient laser operation of Tm:CLNGG disordered crystal," Laser Phys. Lett. 10, 055809 (2013).
Z. Pan, J. Serres, E. Kifle, P. Loiko, H. Yuan, X. Dai, H. Cai, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz, Y. Wang, Y. Zhao, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, and X. Mateos, "Crystal growth and comparative study of spectroscopic and laser properties of Tm3+, Na+(Li+)-codoped Ca3Nb1.5Ga3.5O12-type disordered garnet crystals," Opt. Express (2018) (To be published).
W. Cho, A. Schmidt, J. Yim, S. Choi, S. Lee, F. Rotermund, U. Griebner, G. Steinmeyer, V. Petrov, X. Mateos, M. Pujol, J. Carvajal, M. Aguilo, and F. Diaz, "Passive mode-locking of a Tm-doped bulk laser near 2 μm using a carbon nanotube saturable absorber," Opt. Express 17, 11007–11012 (2009).
Agnesi, A.
Aguilo, M.
Aguiló, M.
Brown, C. T. A.
Cai, H.
Calvez, S.
Cano-Torres, J. M.
Carvajal, J.
Cascales, C.
Castellano-Hernández, E.
Chang, C.
Chen, W.
Cho, W.
Cho, Y. J.
Choi, S.
Dai, X.
Dawson, M. D.
Di, J.
Diaz, F.
Gao, W.
Griebner, U.
Guina, M.
Gupta, J. A.
Han, X.
Härkönen, A.
Hong, K.
Huang, H.
Jezowski, A.
Jiménez Riobóo, R. J.
Jing, W.
Kärtner, F. X.
Keathley, P. D.
Keller, U.
Kifle, E.
Kong, L.
Koopmann, P.
Kränkel, C.
Krogen, P.
Lagatsky, A. A.
Laurent, G.
Liang, H.
Lin, H.
Lin, Z.
Liu, M.
Loiko, P.
Loiko, P. A.
Luo, H.
Lv, P.
Ma, J.
Mateos, X.
Mero, M.
Moses, J.
Pan, Z.
Petrov, V.
Pujol, M.
Qian, L.
Qin, Z.
Rico, M.
Rotermund, F.
Schmidt, A.
Serrano, M. D.
Serres, J.
Shen, D.
Sibbett, W.
Siqueira, J. P.
Stein, G. J.
Steinmeyer, G.
Suomalainen, S.
Tan, W.
Tang, D.
Xie, G.
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Q: How can I render an index of objects to JSON in Rails, when I need to join 2 tables? The title is likely bad at explaining what I need.
Here's what that need is...
I have two models. Walkthru and WalkthruComplete.
Walkthru has columns (:id, :name, :reward)
WalkthruComplete has columns (:id, :user_id, :walkthru_id)
If a user completes a walkthru/guide in my application, a new row will be written to WalkthruComplete, saying for instance that user_id 17 completed walkthru_id 2. They may be rewarded some points for this.
Now, I need to fetch all the available walkthrus. This is easy. However, I want to include more than Walkthru.(:id, :name, :reward). I also would like to include a column I make up on the fly called 'completed'. In my Walkthru#index, I will check to see if the particular user requesting the Walkthru#index has any WalkthruComplete rows. If they do, 'completed' would be set to YES for those particular walkthrus. If they don't, 'completed' would be set to NO.
The reason the user_id is not set to Walkthru is because some walkthrus are allows for any users, including non-signed in users. Others are only for signed in users, and reward points to those signed in users.
In the end I want something like...
{
    "walkthrus": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "Intro",
            "reward": 0,
            "completed": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "name": "Widgets",
            "reward": 10,
            "completed": 1
        },
        {
            "id": 3,
            "name": "Gadgets",
            "reward": 10,
            "completed": 0
        }
    ]
}

A: Basically you want to have a presentation layer for your JSON response. I'll make some assumptions about the code you have and outline what I would do to solve this.
Given a helper method in your model
class Walkthru < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :walkthru_completions

  def completed_status(user)
    walkthru_completions.where(user_id: user.id).present? ? 1 : 0
  end
end

And a decorator for your model:
class WalkthruDecorator
  def initialize(user, walkthru)
    @walkthru = walkthru
    @user = user
  end

  def as_json(*args)
    @walkthru.as_json(args).merge(completed: @walkthru.completed_status(@user))
  end
end

Then in your controller, let's assume you have a @user representing the current user:
class WalkthruController < ActionController
  def index
    decorated_walkthrus = []

    Walkthru.all.each do |walkthru|
      decorated_walkthrus << WalkthruDecorator.new(@user, walkthru)
    end

    render json: decorated_walkthrus
  end
end

This structure lets you define your JSON separately from your model.


text:
package driver

import (
	"github.com/Azure/azure-docker-extension/pkg/dockeropts"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-docker-extension/pkg/executil"
)

type systemdBaseDriver struct{}

func (d systemdBaseDriver) RestartDocker() error {
	if err := executil.ExecPipe("systemctl", "daemon-reload"); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return executil.ExecPipe("systemctl", "restart", "docker")
}

func (d systemdBaseDriver) StartDocker() error {
	return executil.ExecPipe("systemctl", "start", "docker")
}

func (d systemdBaseDriver) StopDocker() error {
	return executil.ExecPipe("systemctl", "stop", "docker")
}

// systemdUnitOverwriteDriver is for distros where we modify docker.service
// file in-place.
type systemdUnitOverwriteDriver struct{}

func (u systemdUnitOverwriteDriver) UpdateDockerArgs(args string) (bool, error) {
	const cfg = "/lib/systemd/system/docker.service"
	e := dockeropts.SystemdUnitEditor{}
	return rewriteOpts(e, cfg, args)
}

func (u systemdUnitOverwriteDriver) BaseOpts() []string {
	return []string{"daemon", "-H=fd://"}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


I can't find anything in Handbook 1 or 2 concerning the disposal of Sacrament bread. I suspect there is no standard policy, so we are free to toss it in the trash or give it to the birds. We do not have any policies concerning consecrated host, as other churches do.


text:
Clark Kent: Too Cool Or Just A Fool?
Beau Smith
Busted Knuckles
BATMAN: LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH is Snyder and Capullo at Their Best (Review)
Big Two, Big Two Reviews, DC Comics, Reviews
Singles Going Steady 7/19/2017: Five Guys
Action Lab Entertainment, Big Two Reviews, Black Mask, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Reviews, Singles Going Steady
Seaguy #1
Rob Reid: Year Zero and the Future of Media
Morgan Davis
"The Superpatriot's Revenge: Captain America #153-156"
Classic Comics Cavalcade, Marvel Comics
Boom! for 04/01/15: Aliens are real.
Kyle Garret
Hope Larson On The Knife's Edge
Books, First Second, Interviews
So Getto
This is exactly what I'm talking about.
One of my common threads, especially recently, centers on the lack of diversity in the comics marketplace, and what can be done to correct it. Considering that the "majors" have a very limited roster of characters to even work with, this "correction" will likely be sparked from a creator-owned stance. Enter Gettosake Entertainment, a collective formed by three brothers with experience in the fields of comics, television, animation, and film, committed to changing the way things work, combining proven elements with a sensibility that makes their projects completely accessible and wholly unique at the same time. And this year, they're coming at you from a few different angles.
Whether it's with the action thriller FIERCE, the fantasy adventure Shadow Rock, the blaxploitation epic Chocolate Thunder, or the pulp hero Credence Walker, Gettosake is confident they can release a project that will appeal to any audience. I tracked down co-founder Jeremy Love to ask a few questions about the company, and changing the game one book at a time.
Brandon Thomas: Who makes up Gettosake Entertainment, and what ultimately sparked the creation of the company?
Jeremy Love: Gettosake is me (Jeremy Love) and my two brothers, Maurice and Robert. We started Gettosake to create the stories we've always wanted to see featuring multi-cultural characters.
Thomas: Was there any one incident or situation that told you, "We have to go ahead and do this." When did creating Gettosake just become a matter of time?
Love: There was no big incident that I remember. We wanted to break into the industry, but didn't want to bother with the hassle of submitting and portfolio reviews. I had worked with a start up comic company that never got off the ground, so I knew a little bit about how Diamond Distributors worked. It was literally a thing where we just said, "Let's do it!"
Thomas: Based on your website, you guys are actively working in several different fields. What ultimately attracts you to comics?
Love: In comics, you're in total control of all aspects. Film, television and animation is a collaborative process and an idea can easily become diluted. The selfish artist in me loves having total control, and that is what makes comics attractive.
Thomas: The first 2004 Gettosake project is FIERCE from Dark Horse, officially hitting the stands in June. What is the series about and how'd it come together?
Love: FIERCE is a four issue action thriller about a psychic profiler out for revenge. His squad was murdered and he somehow acquires their personalities and abilities. Basically it's a big summer action flick in the tradition of The Bourne Identity and Three Days of the Condor, with the visual style of Bad Boys.
We met Mike Richardson at the 2002 San Diego Con, and later pitched him a few projects, and he was drawn to FIERCE and SHADOW ROCK first. We anticipate doing many more books through Dark Horse.
Thomas: I heard that Shadow Rock is slightly autobiographical in nature. What personal aspects have you injected into the book, and how do they fit in with the overall story?
Love: The official tagline is: After his mother's death, young TIMOTHY LONDON moves from the big city to the small New England fishing town of SHADOW ROCK to live with his father. His new home is up the hill from a legendary haunted lighthouse where Timothy discovers the ghost of KENDAHL FOG, a little boy who calls the place home. Ostracized from his peers and neighbors, Timothy befriends his new ghostly companion and sets out to explore the dark underbelly of Shadow Rock and the mystery of Kendahl's death.
The personal aspects come mainly from my childhood experience of being the only black family in an all white neighborhood. We had a rough time and the sense of alienation was incredible. So I drew from that and tried to craft a positive story about friendship and sacrifice.
Thomas: Diversity, or the lack of it, is a common thread of discussion in the comics industry. Have you found other fields either more or less receptive to your approaches?
Love: It's more or less the same. VERY BAD. We've been lucky enough to break through on both ends, but it wasn't easy. A lot of companies seem to believe that there is only room for "X" amount of minority properties. Marketing departments for the film and animation industry don't believe ethnic toys will sell, so in turn you see very few kids' shows with multi-racial leads. In the comics industry, companies believe black characters don't sell.
In comics, I see an opportunity. If the fans would only support quality product featuring black characters, you would see more of it. It doesn't take much either. 10,000 extra copies can make all the difference. In film and TV reaching a million more viewers is far more daunting.
Thomas: What do you think needs to happen to fix this?
Love: It will take a comic book by black creators or featuring a black lead becoming a huge hit. Money talks. But how can you prove that such a book can make money? You can't go by the success or failure of Black Panther and Luke Cage. They've launched and relaunched those books countless times. Maybe audiences will respond to a different type of black comic. Unfortunately there isn't a huge backlog of old black characters to bring out of the woodwork, so new projects will have to be created.
We have a great opportunity. With all the top notch projects coming from the BLOKHEDZ crew, Kyle Baker, Lesean Thomas, and Gettosake, we have a chance to prove that there is a market for diverse, creator owned books. It's up to the fans to buy the stuff!
Thomas: With a market that seems allergic to new characters and concepts of any kind, what are you guys doing to insure that the market will "take" to things like Shadow Rock and FIERCE?
Love: We'll be beating the pavement and making noise, but it all rests in the hands of the consumer. Comics is the only industry where the top 10 most popular franchises are 40 years old or more. It is depressing but you have to remain hopeful.
What we're doing at Gettosake for the next couple of years is building a diverse catalog of published work. Once you have a backlog of material, you can exploit it in many ways. And when the market does call for more diversity, we'll have a plethora of completed work to accommodate.
Thomas: The projects you've got coming are touching several different genres. What influences form the Gettosake mentality?
Love: We're children of Saturday morning cartoons, Blaxploitation, kung fu flicks, and Soul Train. That's where I get my nostalgia. We're also life long hip-hop fans, so that energy is infused into everything we do. I guess you could call it an "Urban Geek Sensibility".
Thomas: Your very first project, Chocolate Thunder has experienced some evolution over the years. What's been the biggest change to the character since you've first introduced him, and leading up to the upcoming OGN from Oni Press?
Love: The CHOCOLATE THUNDER storyline was completely overhauled. It is more of a straight up tribute to Blaxploitation films. We changed the time frame from the present day to a quasi 70's world. He's less "superhero" and more "Yojimbo" or "The Man With No Name". All of the changes reflect our artistic maturity over the years, and now the world, the fashion, the dialogue, everything is more fully realized and developed.
Thomas: Closing things out, give the readers a few last words on why the industry needs to pay attention to Gettosake in 2004…
Love: We are looking to help redefine MAINSTREAM. So if you're in the mood for exciting, intelligent and unpretentious comic book entertainment featuring diverse characters, give us a try.
Thomas: Thanks to Jeremy Love for stopping by, and keep watching this space for more information and artwork concerning upcoming Gettosake releases throughout the year. Until then, please check in at the Gettosake website HERE.
Back soon.
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Review of the latest action in the NFL as New England Patriots lose
Plenty to celebrate for the Baltimore Ravens
08:07 · November 04, 2019 · 2 min read
A review of the rest Sunday's action in the NFL including a first defeat of the season for the New England Patriots.
The New England Patriots suffered their first defeat of the season as they were beaten 37-20 by the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. The Patriots were 8-0 heading into the game at M&T Bank Stadium but found Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson in inspired form.
Jackson, who completed 17 of 23 passes, threw for 163 yards and rushed for 61, racking up three total touchdowns. The Ravens now sit top of the AFC North on 6-2, while the Patriots remain at the summit of the AFC East.
The Philadelphia Eagles made it back-to-back wins by beating the Chicago Bears 22-14 at home.
Running back Jordan Howard's 13-yard touchdown against his former team in the third quarter helped his current side to victory despite a late fightback from the Bears, who at one point trailed 19-0. The Eagles are now 5-4 and lie second in the NFC East, while the loss sees the Bears on 3-5 and rooted to the bottom of the NFC North.
In Kansas City, the Chiefs beat the Minnesota Vikings 26-23. The home side had to play, for the second week in a row, without injured reigning MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes. However, Harrison Butker scored a game-winning 44-yard field goal minutes after hitting a 54-yard field goal that levelled the game.
The Chiefs and Vikings are both now on 6-3, with the former on top of the AFC West table and the latter lying second in the NFC North.
In Pittsburgh, the Steelers moved to a 4-4 record after beating the Indianapolis Colts 26-24. With just over a minute left in the game, Adam Vinatieri had a chance to put the Colts ahead 27-26 with a 43-yard field goal. However, he missed and the Colts (5-3) now trail the Houston Texans (6-3) in the AFC South.
Elsewhere, the Miami Dolphins beat the New York Jets 26-18, the Buffalo Bills had a strong 24-9 win over the Washington Redskins, the Carolina Panthers were 30-20 victors over the Tennessee Titans, and the Oakland Raiders overcame the Detroit Lions 31-24.
The Seattle Seahawks versus Tampa Bay Buccaneers game went to overtime, with the Seahawks prevailing 40-34, the Los Angeles Chargers beat the Green Bay Packers 26-11, while in Denver the Broncos beat the Cleveland Browns 24-19.


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How Can Japan Settle The Issue Of Fukushima Daiichi Tritium? Drink It.
John Boyd Contributor
I cover the SciTechBiz scene in Japan as well as current events
Water tanks crowding the Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant site. Source: Getty.
Here's the problem in a nutshell—or rather a thimbleful—facing the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
There are over 1,100 large steel tanks brimming with filtered water—except for a low contaminant called tritium—clogging both the plant and an expanding area outside the site.
The water is a mix of tons of groundwater flowing into the plant's basements and tons of contaminated water that have become radiated after draining down there through the three damaged reactors the water was injected into to keep the melted uranium cores cool. This lethal liquid mix is pumped out the basements and decontaminated before it overflows and seeps into the sea; some of it is recycled back as coolant into the reactors while the rest is pumped into the storage tanks.
This process continues hour after hour, day after day, year after year: a cunningly worthy punishment of the gods for the latter-day Sisyphus, TEPCO. Consequently, every week or two a new tank-full of treated water is added to the forest of steel now covering the area like giant alien mushrooms. The total amount of stored water exceeds 800,000 cubic tons and is inexorably heading for one million tons and more without an end in site.
The cost is enormous, and picking up the tab is the Japanese taxpayer—not TEPCO, which is undergoing a ten-year reconstruction since a government bail out saved it from bankruptcy.
So the million-ton-plus dilemma for the government has boiled down to three options: keep on with the endless and expensive tank building and filling; find a way to remove the tritium from the water; or have TEPCO discharge (dump) the water into the ocean.
The latter option is by far the easiest and least expensive method, except that the water is tritiated: that is the water has become radioactive.
Without context, that's a scary word, until you remember that sunbathing and eating bananas are pleasant radioactive pastimes. The point being that the energy tritium gives off is so low as to be unmeasurable with a dosimeter. And the particles (not rays) tritium expels can be stopped by plastic wrap—as Shunichi Tanaka, head of Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority, told the press recently.
That's a fact, but it's not the point, say environmentalist foes of the dumping method. Ingesting tritium is a concern for health they argue. And they have experts to back up such concerns, though they are mostly theoretical. Meanwhile, there are experts on the other side of the debate pooh-poohing such worries and asking to see some solid proof to back up the theory.
Conclusion: Those supportive of nuclear power tend to minimize the health risks of tritium, while those opposing the use of nuclear power tend to exaggerate its risks.
What is not debatable is the negative psychological impact releasing the water into the sea will have on Japan's nervous neighbors, the suffering people of the northeast, the region's fishing industry and the Japanese electorate.
Given such concerns and uncertainties, organizations like Greenpeace urge the government to err on the side of caution. The best option, says Greenpeace, is to continue storing the water while exploring all technical options for tritium separation.
On the face of it, that seems reasonable. But then experts opposing this stance, like Lake Barrett, a nuclear industry consultant advising TEPCO, point out that while it may be possible to create a method of separating the tritium, it hasn't been found yet, despite much effort; and it would likely cost a couple of billion dollars to develop and perfect in any case. It's no surprise that TEPCO and the government have reached the same conclusion.
"All that money could be better spent on schools, hospitals," Barrett told me. "And you can't go on building tanks forever."
Besides, he adds, "The very low levels of tritium in the stored water are not a meaningful health risk. After verification that the radioactivity levels are within conservative Japanese health risks, I would not hesitate to drink it, bathe in it, or eat fish or shellfish harvested from it."
Now there's an idea. If the government is to discharge the tritiated water into the ocean without turning a large portion of the electorate against it, it needs to persuade a majority of citizens that it is safe within reason to do so. This will require a number of carefully thought out steps.
The government will have to clearly explain the pros and cons of its action and the reason for its decision; it must establish a mechanism to compensate the fisherman for the shortfall they will undergo following the release; an international panel of independent, knowledgeable people, including environmentalists of the non-hysterical variety, is required to verify the tritiated water does indeed fall well below internationally accepted standards for release; and the panel members must be granted access to monitor the process at any time they wish.
Then for the coup de grâce, Prime Minister Abe, his cabinet members along with TEPCO executives should visit Fukushima Daiichi, and while standing in front of one the giant tanks each drink a glass of the tritiated water. This won't sway everyone, of course, but it would give the government the minimum moral authority required to make such a contentious decision.
I've been working as an independent journalist in Japan for several decades and write for a number of publications. I string for the Institute of Electrical and Electron...


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Selling value minus mortgage debt is equal to the bridging loan.
Execution value minus mortgage debt = bridging loan.
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By: tkonter November 28, 2018 November 28, 2018
Book Reviews, Food for ThoughtJewish, Memoir, Nonfiction
Book Review: The Tattooist of Auschwitz
What an incredible story. When Lale, a Slovakian Jew, is sent to the concentration camps in 1942, he is soon made the official tätowierer in charge of marking each of his fellow prisoners with their numbers. Shortly after he begins his job, he tattoos the arm of a woman he knows he will love forever. It's not like you can date in Birkenau, but Lale knows Gita is the one for him. From that moment, he devotes all his resources to making sure Gita is safe and that they survive the hell of the Holocaust together.
It is luck that Lale becomes the tattoo artist of Auschwitz-Burkinau, which grants him a level of privilege that keeps him safe. But he doesn't just look out for himself, which is part of what makes this such a beautiful story. It is a story of hope – both that someone could survive such atrocities and that there could ever be a love so strong.
Gratitude 2018


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"Rebecca Young, who lived a few doors from the Jewetts, was an old classmate of the sisters from the days of Miss Raynes's school and Berwick Academy and an intimate friend," wrote Paula Blanchard in her Sarah Orne Jewett autobiography.
Rebecca O. Young was born October 31, 1847, two years before Sarah and about four months after Sarah's older sister, Mary. The Young house stood across Main Street from the Jewett compound, where Sarah, Mary and their younger sister, Carrie, were all raised in the 1850s. The site of the Youngs' home was that of the present house, but Young Street did not yet exist.
In 1842, Rebecca's father, William A. Young (1805-1883), had served on the building committee responsible for erecting a new Schoolhouse No. 5, a structure that is now a private home near the Soldiers' Monument. He was a South Berwick selectman and tax assessor in the 1860s. His wife, Dorcas Nichols Young, lived from 1815-1874. Their daughter, Charlotte, who would have been Rebecca's older sister, died when less than 3 years old the year before Rebecca was born. Another older sister, 7-year-old Hannah, died when Rebecca was less than two.
"Becca," as she was known to the Jewett girls, attended Miss Raynes' School on Portland Street, and she and Sarah appeared in a class photo from the 1850s, shown above, with Rebecca on the left. The Raynes' school was attended by children of South Berwick's leading families. When they were older, Rebecca and Sarah also went to Berwick Academy.
The South Berwick National Bank, at left, was founded in 1823 as The South Berwick Bank, according to the History of York County, Maine, 1880. It was made a national bank in 1865, and William D. Jewett (1813-1887), Sarah's uncle, was president.
Eventually, in 1883, a new brick bank was built, South Berwick Savings Bank, and headed by John Francis Walker (1844-1890). It is shown in the above photo, three doors to the right of the original bank. The site is the approximate location of P. Gagnon & Co. today.
It is not known when Rebecca Young began her banking career, but when she was only 22, she was witness to the fire of 1870 that greatly impacted her neighborhood in South Berwick Village. "It was a night of fear - even of terror - and of excitement and suspense, and to many a time of sorrow and discouragement," she later wrote. The bank and her home survived, but many stores were destroyed. They were, however, quickly rebuilt, as shown on the above map from the Atlas of York County, 1872.
Soon after the fire, the Youngs' neighborhood received another jolt of progress when the steam-powered Cummings Shoe Factory was built on what became Norton Street, along with housing for some of the 350 workers, many arriving from Canada, to help manufacture 5000 pairs of shoes per day.
In 1875, Rebecca's mother died. It seems that about this time, the Young homestead was picked up and moved back away from Main Street, where it is still located today. Young Street was built about 1880, and St. Michael Church in 1887. Nealley Street went through in 1887 and connected Young and Butler Streets across property belonging to Sen. John B. Nealley.
The original William A. Young House is thought to be 30 Young Street, shown here as it is today.
Deed research indicates the house now at 315 Main may have first been owned by merchant John S. Pike, owner of the Union Store and occupant of the Hodsdon House at 31 Agamenticus Road.
But 315 Main soon became the property of Rebecca's father, William A. Young, and passed to her at his death in 1883. She was then only 36, and lived the rest of her life in this landmark home, for much of it walking to work at the bank a few doors away.
And throughout those years she remained a close friend of the Jewett sisters, Sarah and Mary, who moved into the Jewett House in 1887 and like Rebecca never married, and Carrie Jewett Eastman, who inherited the Jewett girls' childhood home, the Jewett-Eastman House, with her husband and son.
Rebecca frequently corresponded with Sarah when the latter was in Boston or on other travels, and their correspondence forms part of the Jewett archives in various repositories today.
A favorite pastime while in South Berwick was taking carriage rides together, writes Jewett biographer Paula Blanchard in Sarah Orne Jewett: Her World and Her Work.
"On September 3, 1902, the swamp maples around the river marshes in South Berwick were beginning to flare into color, one here and one there, scarlet torches above the black water. Along the roadsides purple asters and yellow goldenrod rioted discreetly, while bracken ferns, beginning to fade and dry, filled the woods with their spicy fragrance. It was Sarah's fifty-third birthday and the beginning of her favorite time of year, and she took her sister, Rebecca Young, and another friend for a drive.
Jewett was bedridden for weeks. Even when her condition improved, she still suffered for the remainder of her life from head pain, memory loss, dizziness, and lack of concentration. Her serious writing ended. Four years after the accident, her health had improved enough to work on correspondence and limited travel, but in the spring of 1909 she suffered a stroke in Boston, and, after being carried back to South Berwick by train, died on June 23.
Rebecca O. Young died on July 2, 1927 at the age of 80.
Throughout much of the 20th century, the house retained a connection to Rebecca's bank, as the home of Wallace N. Flanders (1895-1986), another bank official. A trustee of the Freewill Baptist Church, Flanders married, in 1917, Eva E. Turner of Rollinsford, and then Mildred Maddox, in 1920. A Berwick Academy graduate of 1915, Flanders served as the academy's treasurer for 56 years (1924-1970). His daughter, Louise T. Flanders, remained at the Young House and was a member of the Old Berwick Historical Society.


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As described in the pub package layout doc, public APIs consist in everything in your package's lib folder, minus implementation files in lib/src, adding elements explicitly exported with an export directive.
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package org.datatransferproject.api;

import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
import org.datatransferproject.api.launcher.Constants.Environment;
import org.datatransferproject.api.launcher.ExtensionContext;
import org.datatransferproject.api.launcher.Flag;
import org.datatransferproject.api.launcher.Monitor;
import org.datatransferproject.api.launcher.TypeManager;
import org.datatransferproject.config.extension.SettingsExtension;

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

/**
 * Provides a context for initializing extensions.
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public class ApiExtensionContext implements ExtensionContext {

  private final Map<Class<?>, Object> registered = new HashMap<>();
  private final TypeManager typeManager;
  private final SettingsExtension settingsExtension;
  private final Monitor monitor;

  // Required settings
  private final String cloud;
  private final Environment environment;
  private final String baseUrl;
  private final String baseApiUrl;

  public ApiExtensionContext(TypeManager typeManager, SettingsExtension settingsExtension, Monitor monitor) {
    this.typeManager = typeManager;
    this.settingsExtension = settingsExtension;
    this.monitor = monitor;
    registered.put(TypeManager.class, typeManager);

    cloud = settingsExtension.getSetting("cloud", null);
    Preconditions.checkNotNull(cloud, "Required setting 'cloud' is missing");
    environment = Environment.valueOf(settingsExtension.getSetting("environment", null));
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    baseUrl = settingsExtension.getSetting("baseUrl", null);
    Preconditions.checkNotNull(baseUrl, "Required setting 'baseUrl' is missing");
    baseApiUrl = settingsExtension.getSetting("baseApiUrl", null);
    Preconditions.checkNotNull(baseApiUrl, "Required setting 'baseApiUrl' is missing");
  }

  @Override
  public TypeManager getTypeManager() {
    return typeManager;
  }

  @Override
  public Monitor getMonitor() {
    return monitor;
  }

  @Override
  public <T> T getService(Class<T> type) {
    return type.cast(registered.get(type));
  }

  @Override
  public <T> void registerService(Class<T> type, T service) {
    registered.put(type, service);
  }

  @Override
  public <T> T getSetting(String setting, T defaultValue) {
    return settingsExtension.getSetting(setting, defaultValue);
  }

  @Override
  @Flag
  public String cloud() {
    return cloud;
  }

  @Override
  @Flag
  public Environment environment() {
    return environment;
  }

  @Flag
  public String baseUrl() {
    return baseUrl;
  }

  @Flag
  public String baseApiUrl() {
    return baseApiUrl;
  }
}


Basic parameters for creation of semi-public space next to apartment house were: low-cost, speed of implementation, simplicity and added bonus of interesting exterior space belonging to apartment house and groundfloor apartments. Project of garden is connected with project of the main square design. Basic topics are waving of lanscape - because of increasing of optical interest of space on the plain of Podunajska lowland, using of pleasant natural material - wood, creating of various semi-public spaces.
Design of wooden elements like pergola, separating walls, benches and lights comes from idea of "rakos" , in the form of semitransparent screen made from wooden panels.


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Princess of Glass
ebook ∣ Twelve Dancing Princesses
By Jessica Day George
Twelve Dancing Princesses
Jessica Day George
Fantasy Folklore Young Adult Fiction
The enchanting second book in New York Times bestselling author Jessica Day George's Twelve Dancing Princesses series is a Cinderella retelling that will sweep you off your feet!
Hoping to escape the troubles in her kingdom, Princess Poppy reluctantly agrees to take part in a royal exchange program, where young princes and princesses travel to each other's countries in the name of better political alliances—and potential marriages. It's got the makings of a fairy tale—until a hapless servant named Eleanor is tricked by a vengeful fairy godmother into competing with Poppy for the eligible prince. Ballgowns, cinders, and enchanted glass slippers fly in this romantic and action-packed happily-ever-after quest from an author with a flair for embroidering tales in her own delightful way.
Don't miss these other stories from New York Times bestselling author Jessica Day George:
The Twelve Dancing Princesses series
Princess of the Midnight Ball
Princess of the Silver Woods
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
Silver in the Blood
The Rose Legacy series
The Rose Legacy
Tuesdays at the Castle series
Tuesdays at the Castle
Wednesdays in the Tower
Thursdays with the Crown
Fridays with the Wizards
Saturdays at Sea
Dragon Slippers series
Dragon Slippers
Dragon Flight
Dragon Spear
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23 April 2021 | 7h45
Carbios and Michelin take a major step towards developing 100% sustainable tires
Michelin has successfully validated the use of Carbios' enzymatic recycling technology for PET[1] plastic waste in its tires
Carbios confirms the potential of its recycled PET to address all types of applications – from bottles to clothing fibres and now technical fibres
The validation of Carbios' technology in Michelin's tests, marks a new step towards 100% sustainable tires
Clermont-Ferrand – April 23, 2021 – (7:45 AM CEST)- CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), a company pioneering new bio-industrial solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, and MICHELIN, a leader in sustainable mobility, have taken a major step towards developing 100% sustainable tires. Michelin has successfully tested and applied Carbios' enzymatic recycling process for PET plastic waste, in order to create a high tenacity tire fibre that meets the tire-giant's technical requirements.
Enzymatic recycling: a revolutionary process
Carbios' enzymatic recycling process uses an enzyme capable of depolymerizing the PET contained in various plastics or textiles (bottles, trays, polyester clothing, etc.). This innovation allows infinite recycling of all types of PET waste. It also allows the production of 100% recycled and 100% recyclable PET products, with the same quality as if they were produced with virgin PET.
The application of PET enzymatic recycling in car tires: a world first
Conventional thermomechanical recycling processes for complex plastics do not achieve the PET high-performance grade required for pneumatic applications. However, the monomers resulting from Carbios' process, which used colored and opaque plastic waste such as bottles, once repolymerized in PET, made it possible to obtain a high tenacity fibre meeting Michelin's tire requirements.
The technical fibre obtained is of the same quality as the one from virgin PET, processed with the same prototype installations. This high tenacity polyester is particularly suitable for tires, due to its breakage resistance, toughness, and thermal stability.
"We are very proud to be the first to have produced and tested recycled technical fibres for tires. These reinforcements were made from colored bottles and recycled using the enzymatic technology of our partner, Carbios." said Nicolas Seeboth, Director of Polymer Research at Michelin. "These high-tech reinforcements have demonstrated their ability to provide performance identical to those from the oil industry."
Carbios' enzymatic recycling process therefore enables Michelin to get one step closer to its sustainable ambitions, and contributes to the entry of tires into a true circular economy. Michelin is committed to achieving 40% sustainable materials (of renewable or recycled origin) by 2030 and 100% by 2050.
The potential of Carbios' process confirmed
This major step constitutes a world-first in the tire sector and confirms the potential of Carbios' process to engage the industry in a responsible transition towards a sustainable circular economy model.
Every year, 1.6 billion car tires are sold worldwide (by all tire manufacturers combined). The PET fibres used in these tires represent 800,000 tonnes of PET per year.
When applied to Michelin – this represents nearly 3 billion plastic bottles per year that could be recycled into technical fibres for use in the company's tires.
"In 2019, Carbios announced it had produced the first PET bottles with 100% Purified Terephthalic Acid (rPTA), made from the enzymatic recycling of post-consumer PET waste. Today, with Michelin, we are demonstrating the full extent of our process by obtaining from this same plastic waste, recycled PET that is suitable for highly technical fibres, such as those used in Michelin's tires," said Alain Marty, Carbios' Chief Scientific Officer.
[1] PET (PolyEthylene Terephthalate) PET is a petroleum-based plastic wherein the monomers used, ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid, come from the transformation of petroleum. PET is the raw material for one of the main textile fibres used in tire reinforcements.
Michelin has successfully validated the use of Carbios' enzymatic recycling technology for PET[1] plastic waste in its tires Carbios confirms the potential of its recycled...