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She lovingly stroked her hands on the flat belly. Perhaps she was too stubborn. She and Benjamin ended three years ago. She was not willing to give up.
No one in the studio knew her relationship with Benjamin. Just when Benjamin left angrily just now, everyone's eyes turned to Alice's direction, because she was the last person to come out of the chief's room.
Gossip girls asked, "Alice, what's the situation with the Chief?"
"Yeah, I have never seen him so angry."
"Alice, if the chief wants to cast couch, I think you should obey."
"Yes. Judging by his appearance, I think he will be the kind of man who pampers his girlfriend."
The female colleagues gossiped one by one, Alice only though it was funny and angry.
The grown-up man was her legal husband, and he had said that this life was only dedicated to her.
But everything was different.
Alice smiled reluctantly at her colleagues. She didn't say much, and she didn't want to talk now.
Also because of Alice's silence, everyone couldn't help wondering that the two of them might really have adultery.
Before she left the office, Alice suddenly felt that she was not very comfortable, and felt shaky sitting on the office chai. It seemed that she may faint at any time, and the abdomen suddenly had a kind of colic that she never had before, which made she had a very bad hunch.
In addition to dizziness and nausea, she wanted to go to the bathroom, but before she got up, she fainted on the ground.
Colleagues only heard a sound, and when they saw Alice, everyone was scared.
Alice fainted, and she was… bleeding from her lower body.
God, was it possible that Alice was a pregnant woman. What was the situation now?
Who had the time to gossip at a critical time? It was still important to save people.
The team leader was a veteran in the workplace. Although it was not clear how close Alice and the Chief were, but according to him, it was definitely not ordinary.
Therefore, he called the Chief who had left the studio and said that Alice had fainted.
Several male colleagues lifted up the fainted Alice, because her lower body was all blood. Several male colleagues were single, and for a while they didn't know what to do.
Taking the elevator downstairs and waiting for the arrival of the ambulance. Many people followed and ran down. Alice worked very hard on weekdays, and was kind-hearted. Many of her colleagues were really anxious about this accident. .
Even before the ambulance had arrived, Benjamin was already rushing towards here.
In fact, he had been sitting in the car and smoking since he just left.
Seeing that she was so bloody, and was held two male colleagues, his heart was hurting like being pierced by a knife.
A careful female colleague probably understood Alice's current situation and did not dare to let her sit on the ground and got cold. A male colleague did it without hesitation. After all, life is more important.
"Alice …" He ran to pick her up, anxiously calling her name, listening carefully, and hearing his voice choked.
Alice opened her eyes and looked at him weakly. He was still so nervous about her, why should he be so bad to her?
Without him, she was a fearless female with strong will, but as soon as he appeared, all her strength was instantly collapsed, and she felt that she had become the most aggrieved person in the world. Tears couldn't be suppressed, and she didn't want to control them either. Looking at him, the tears fell down.
Her tears made him frown deeper, and his trembling fingers wiped the tears that kept falling from her eyes.
A deep voice coaxed her, "It would be fine."
She accused him, "It's your fault, because you don't like it."
Several colleagues looked at each other, as if they understood a lot of things at once.
The ambulance arrived quickly, Benjamin was holding her on the stretcher, but Benjamin was stopped by a medical staff. "The patient is in a special situation and outsiders are not convenient to enter."
The doctor had seen Alice's emergency situation at this time, thinking that Benjamin was a colleague or friend.
Benjamin stunned for a moment, explaining to the medical staff, "I am her husband."
Benjamin was allowed into the ambulance, leaving a few people still digesting his words…
"I am her husband."
Oh, so the one who they were so nervous about just now was Mrs. Chief.
When Alice came to work for the first time, the chief's introduction was as sunk in, "Alice, a neighbor when he was a kid."
Well, to the female colleagues who had always wanted to come to get the Chief gossip from Alice were disappointed by the fact.
In the ambulance, Benjamin nervously comforted Alice. It was better to say that he was comforting himself than to comforting Alice, "It will be fine."
Doctors help Alice take blood pressure to take simple rescue measures. Having someone to speak with the patient can also divert the patient's attention to the pain.
Alice was not stupid. Seeing his fear, she knew he did it on purpose. In fact, he knew that the child in her stomach, except his, was unlikely to be someone else's.
But she didn't understand why he wanted to push her away since the surgery was over.
Alice couldn't easily forgive him, and wronged and argued with him, "Aren't you looking forward to something wrong happen to me every day. Right now, as you wish, we almost lose the child."
Benjamin's eyebrows twisted. If he really didn't want this child, how could he stay to this day, he had some ways to kill this child.
He held his hand in the middle of Alice's hair, "I didn't dislike it."
He didn't know how difficult it was for her to stand alone these days. How much she had suffered for him, "You … Benjamin, you are just a jerk."
The medical staff did not understand what happened to the young couple. Each family had its own mode of getting along. From the perspective of their outsiders, the couple was very in love. As for the so-called quarrel in this way, it should also be their special relationship.
Sometimes they didn't know how to describe their relationship. Whether they had changed from friends to lovers, or whatever.
They seemed difficult to get along with the mode of what others got along with.
Benjamin waited at the entrance of the operating room. A month ago, the doctor's words were still swirling in his mind. "The progesterone in pregnant women was too low, and the possibility of miscarriage was very high. We still recommend that you perform abortion surgery as soon as possible. When you insist to have this child, you still have to consider your child's health. After all, there were a lot of anti-heart rate hormone drugs in your body. "
He was wrong and he shouldn't have her pregnant. The moment he signed the consent form, his hands were shaking.
When she came out, she will never forgive him again.
When the surgery was over, when Alice was pushed out of the operating room by medical staff, she was awake because she was not under general anesthesia, and she knew what happened during the whole process.
More than three years ago, even if she lost everything in a day, she was not as helpless as in the previous operation. She couldn't change anything. She could only lie on the operating table and accept her fate.
God always had the best arrangement. When everything was taken away, it will always leave you an equally precious gift.
Benjamin did not wait for her at the door of the operating room. She smiled sadly. When the moment he signed the consent form, everything should be over.
So when Benjamin appeared in her ward, she didn't say a word, and since then, they have nothing to say.
Benjamin sat in front of the bed and watched her fall asleep with her eyes closed. He knew that she was not asleep, but she didn't want to see him or talk to him.
She stayed in the hospital for a week. He stayed with her for a week, but it was just two people who didn't say a word.
On the day she was discharged from the hospital, he helped her pack everything. He had wanted to hold her downstairs, but she refused.
He took her home, and while he was at work, she left his house without saying a word.
Benjamin went to work, and several colleagues who cared about Alice wanted to ask the Chief about her conditions, but they did not dare to ask, because their Chief was not so good.
With so much blood shed at that time, there was little chance that the child would be kept.
"Alice she …" the secretary finally asked, and the entire studio held their breaths waiting for Benjamin's answer.
Benjamin didn't know how to answer, because everyone knew their relationship. In fact, he didn't think about concealing anything from the beginning. He just smiled forcefully and didn't say anything.
Everyone knew the answer.
Benjamin never thought that when he got home from work, she was gone.
He started looking for her, and found that she went to Queen District. He called Chuck, and finally found Alice in Dr. Ran's graveyard.
When Benjamin arrived, he almost tears her directly. It was so cold that she could sit in this place for a day, and still not fully recovered.
Benjamin strode over her. Chuck originally wanted to stop him, but failed. Now they need to calm down.
"Go back with me." Sure enough, Benjamin reached out and dragged her.
Alice knew that he would definitely come. She was here to wait for him. She shook his hand firmly on her wrist, indifferently said, "Let go of me."
Benjamin stared straight at her. The sky was so cold. Her face was pale like a piece of white paper. His heart suddenly hurt, and his voice was depressed, "Just stop fooling around, OK?"
He's compromising. Yes, he's compromising. He didn't want to see her uncomfortable look now. He was also suffering from losing the child, but her pain was much greater than his.
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Nigeria: Workers kidnapped at mining site, including four Chinese
Heavily armed men attacked a mine in central Nigeria on Wednesday killing security personnel and kidnapping workers, including at least four Chinese, local authorities said in a statement on Thursday.
the armed men, known locally as "bandits", have been raiding villages in northwestern and central Nigeria to kidnap or kill residents for years, but their attacks have recently become more widespread.
These "bandits" also target infrastructure projects and mining sites, including kidnapping foreign workers for ransom. Dozens of Chinese employees have been targeted in recent years. They are usually released after paying a ransom.
On Wednesday afternoon, the gunmen attacked a mine in the village of Ajata Aboki, in the Shiroro zone of eastern Niger state, said regional security official Emmanuel Umar. "People employed at the mine site, including four Chinese nationals, were abducted," he added, saying the exact number of abductees had yet to be determined.
Climate of violence
Security personnel clashed with the attackers, killing both sides, but the exact number of deaths has yet to be determined, the authorities said. They did not specify the raw material extracted from the mine, nor the name of the company in charge of its exploitation.
A climate of almost generalized violence reigns in the north of Africa's most populous country, plagued by criminal gangs in the west and jihadists in the east, who are multiplying attacks and kidnappings, less than a year before the presidential election.
President Muhammadu Buhari is due to serve his second term in February 2023 and is widely criticised for his inability to curb insecurity. In recent years, violence perpetrated by "bandits" has been on the rise: these criminal gangs killed more than 2,600 civilians in 2021, an increase of more than 250% compared to 2020, according to figures from the NGO Acled.
The "bandits" are motivated by money, not ideology, and often release their hostages after paying a ransom. But analysts are concerned about possible links with jihadist groups in the northeast.
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The larger of DTE's Lapeer solar projects is one of the largest utility-owned solar arrays east of the Mississippi River and more than 15 times larger than any other solar installation in Michigan.
The projects are expected to get finished by year-end.
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/* WsFileTest.cs --
 * Ars Magna project, http://arsmagna.ru
 */

#region Using directives

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

using AM;

using CodeJam;

using JetBrains.Annotations;

using ManagedIrbis;
using ManagedIrbis.Client;
using ManagedIrbis.Infrastructure;
using ManagedIrbis.Testing;
using ManagedIrbis.Worksheet;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

#endregion

namespace IrbisTestRunner.Tests
{
    [TestClass]
    class WsFileTest
        : AbstractTest
    {
        #region Properties

        #endregion

        #region Construction

        #endregion

        #region Private members

        #endregion

        #region Public methods

        [TestMethod]
        public void WsFile_ReadFromServer1()
        {
            IrbisConnection connection = Connection
                .ThrowIfNull("Connection");
            IrbisProvider provider = new ConnectedClient(connection);

            FileSpecification specification = new FileSpecification
                (
                    IrbisPath.MasterFile,
                    "IBIS",
                    "PAZK31.WS"
                );
            WsFile wss = WsFile.ReadFromServer
                (
                    provider,
                    specification
                );
            if (!ReferenceEquals(wss, null))
            {
                string[] lines = wss.Pages
                    .Select
                    (
                        item => item.Name
                    )
                    .ToArray();
                string text = string.Join("|", lines);
                Write(text);
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void WsFile_ReadFromServer2()
        {
            IrbisConnection connection = Connection
                .ThrowIfNull("Connection");
            IrbisProvider provider = new ConnectedClient(connection);

            FileSpecification specification = new FileSpecification
                (
                    IrbisPath.MasterFile,
                    "IBIS",
                    "PAZK42.WS"
                );
            WsFile wss = WsFile.ReadFromServer
                (
                    provider,
                    specification
                );
            if (!ReferenceEquals(wss, null))
            {
                string[] lines = wss.Pages
                    .Select
                    (
                        item => item.Name
                    )
                    .ToArray();
                string text = string.Join("|", lines);
                Write(text);
            }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

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Paramount Pictures has released what now should be the final international trailer for Transformers: The Last Knight (check it out above). In it we see footage of what we have already become accustomed to from the Michael Bay franchise, like over the top action scenes with big explosions and even a Dinobot who seems to be Cade Yeager's, played by Mark Wahlberg, pet. There is one interesting aspect of the trailer that I had not seen before that I will briefly touch upon but before that I wanted to give a courtesy SPOILER warning.
In about minute 1:55 of the trailer, we see Bumblebee get ripped into pieces. But it looks like he has gained the ability to reconstruct himself, which looked really cool. This could possibly mean that the battle we saw between him and Optimus Prime might have been staged for whatever plot reason, because we all know that at the end of the day Optimus is a good guy.
This is not one of the films that I am looking forward to seeing this summer. In fact I am surprised that the franchise is still alive and well. But if it's making money, the Paramount Pictures will continue to push it. What are your thoughts on the trailer? Do you still look forward to the Transformers films?
Transformers: The Last Knight is set to hit theaters on June 23rd, 2017. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock, Stanley Tucci and John Turturro.
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The misinformation that was posted by Sera is intended to encourage people to visit their doctor for a blood pressure test.
If people could self-diagnose, then it would be one less reason to go to the doctor and, therefore, less money in the doctors' pockets. The truth is, people can self-diagnose high blood pressure; the powers that be just don't want you to know it.
Sera, you have been found Guilty of being a gullible idiot. Your sentence will be to live in a state of Oblivion for the rest of your sad life.
Shut it judge. I'm very informed on HBP as I have it, and take meds for it. What I posted is correct.
how high was it when they put you on Blood Presssure medication?
You are a victim of your own stupidity. You think you know a lot about high blood pressure because you have it. That is idiotic. If you knew a lot about high blood pressure, you would choose not to have it.
Blood pressure can be controlled by thought. Mind over matter. Total body control. I can lower my pulse to one beat per minute. I can cause my hair to grow faster or slower at my will. When it has been necessary, I have grown eyes in the back of my head. I can raise my blood pressure to dangerously high levels and just as easily lower my blood pressure to equally as dangerous low levels simply through muscular control. Anyone who needs medication to regulate their blood pressure is being controlled by the government and quite possibly aliens.
God I can't remember. It was like 10 years ago. It's was high enough to worry the Dr. a bit. I take Verapamil for it. 360mg a day.
You're a **** moron who's not even worth my spit.
Verapamil is a drug used by the government to instill confusion in civilians. The victims often find themselves involved in Internet chat forums, never really understanding what is happening around them.
Loss of memory is common.


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With 25 companies scheduled to go public, this week is on track to have the most U.S. IPOs since the week of Aug. 7, 2000, when there were 28. The offerings are expected to raise a combined $6.8 billion, the greatest volume in a week since Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) raised $16 billion in May 2012, according to Dealogic.
The largest IPO of the week is Synchrony Financial, GE's (NYSE:GE) consumer lending unit, which is expected to raise $3.1 billion when it lists on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Pharmaceutical company Catalent is expected to raise $871 million and Mobileye driver assistance technology company is planning to raise $500 million.
"This week's IPO calendar at NYSE is exceptionally strong with a diverse range of companies across five sectors, and includes U.S. and non-U.S. issuers as well as a range of transaction sizes," David Ethridge, SVP and Head of Capital Markets at the New York Stock Exchange, says.
Yet those looking to go public this week may run into obstacles, warns Kathleen Smith, principal at Renaissance Capital, the IPO ETF manager.
The average first day gains, or "pop," for IPOs this year has been 14%, which compares to last year's 17%. IPOs surged 53% on their first day of trading in 2000 and peaked at 67% in 1999, during the dotcom boom.
In terms of number of IPOs, 2014 is on pace to be the best overall year since 2000. Already this year, 178 companies have already gone public, though it pales in comparison to the 277 seen in the same period in 2000.
Part of the reason for the increase in IPO activity this year is that biotech and the overall healthcare sector have seen strong performance -- 66 healthcare companies have gone public so far in 2014.
Technology has also had a solid year, with 37 companies raising $10.3 billion. Finance has seen 23 companies raise $7.8 billion.
Aust predicts the IPO momentum is expected to continue in September and October.
"Barring any unforeseen macroeconomic incidents we should have a very robust fall."


If one is not pure?
Is purity based on being unused?
If we base purity on goodness?
On the pursuit of innocent happiness?
~ by Prageeth Thoradeniya on May 15, 2016.
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Eric Wynalda On Honesty In Sports Media
By Dave Clark@bedirthan Feb 23, 2012, 5:00pm PST
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Eric Wynalda On Fox Soccer Set (Courtesy Fox Soccer)
Inspired by the recent story at The Sporting News regarding Eric Wynalda, his engagements over Twitter and some small parallels between Kasey Keller and Wynalda as vocal players, Sounder at Heart conducted a 30-odd-minute conversation with the US Player of the Decade for the 1990s. It quickly became apparent that the topics would be far reaching, circling back and then shooting off in another direction. Like so many who leave the game they loved as a player, Wynalda is willing to have conversations about the sport, and not just about his noted issues over Twitter (follow him @Wynalda11).
The current Fox Soccer analyst is accessible to fans through social media, his podcast and the various television roles (studio host, analyst, color man) he's held. He knows what he says isn't always popular with American soccer supporters, but he also feels that personal honesty about the game adds to the conversation.
When you dodge the truth, when you dance around, when you pretend like the 800-pound gorilla isn't in the room you lose a lot of credibility with people.
His assessment of players and coaches over the air is quite similar to his assessment of league structual issues through other mediums. He knows he will be held accountable for statements he makes, but feels his authenticity is part of what makes for a good broadcast. Asked if Keller could be similar, Wynalda states:
It will be interesting to see how Kasey will handle it. I haven't offered him any advice up to this point and I don't think he'd take it if I do. It will be interesting to see how he does. There are things that will frustrate you. There are ways that we do things in this country that are not what are considered the norm.
Unlike most American athletes' broadcast-booth transitions, Wynalda does not soften his stances against players. Instead he focuses on calling or analyzing the game as he sees it.
His honest player assessments nearly cost him the Player of the Decade Award. He notes that many players had scribbled out other votes and changed them to instead say Eric Wynalda. Those were players that he had critiqued from within locker rooms or on the field. He relays conversations that a couple players had with him after winning the award.
They said 'I really didn't want to vote for you at first because I felt like we left it on bad terms, or you said something that I didn't want to hear. And then I thought about it and all the things that you ever said they weren't counter productive to your team. They probably weren't what I wanted to hear, but they were probably the message I needed to hear.' And they appreciated that. That's part of the obligation that you have as a commentator or an analyst or any kind of person put in the position that I've been put in is to be honest. That's all I've ever tried to be.
He admits his difficulties with Twitter. "The only person that's got it worse than me is Piers Morgan." Some of the engagements with this very site's editors have been brusque at best. Wynalda says to this point that nothing he's said via the social medium he wishes he'd could take back, but "I've got to get better at it."
He notes that sometimes being on local broadcasts can change the tenor or tone of a broadcast, and, while there are markets where that may be necessary, Wynalda does not feel that the Seattle Sounders are one of the teams where that is true (Seattle isn't the only team mentioned, he included Portland and others). Using a broad definition of supporters, he compares them to fans and notes that supporters of the Sounders love the team in ways that neither weather nor an honest analysis of the team will change.
That is a very interesting situation. Of course you've got the situation where a lot of people expect you to be a homer, but I don't think those supporters, again I'll call them supporters because they are not fans. Fans are people who read the paper and say 'come on kids you want to go? Oh, look it's raining maybe we shouldn't.' That's not the kind of people who really show up to watch the Sounders. Those people are real. They're as real as you can get. The vibe that you get when you walk into that stadium -- and God I wish it was grass and wasn't turf -- but the truth is they are going to support their team no matter what. I think that being legitimate and sticking to the story when the story unfolds if it comes down to poor performance you can say it.
Wynalda wants an honest discussion throughout all aspects of American soccer. Whether it's about player performance, coaching decisions, the calendar or player pay, words like authenticity, honesty or "keeping it real" continue to pop-up. He notes a league, and an American media culture, that is maturing and desires discussions about the game to continue on that path.
Eliminating excuses should lead to more honest converstations and, ideally, improved play. He says he isn't offering advice to Keller toward his transition to the booth because his advice is broader than that, it is to everyone involved in the game -- from the USSF to Don Garber to team owners to coaches to players to supporters to fans. Be honest, be true to yourself.
It's also notable that a conversation on the phone is a different version of Eric Wynalda than over Twitter, listening to a broadcast or, assumedly, watching a game on a bar stool next to him. Maybe that's a lesson as well. To refer back to statements about Twitter, where the Wynalda v the American Soccer World conflict shows up the most, he said at one point:
People don't know when you're joking. It can be a very dangerous medium to say the least.
And yet, even after those terse conversations he hasn't blocked this site and still uses the medium. In the end, for all the criticisms thrown at Eric Wynalda, or those thrown at the average athlete-turned-broadcaster, those siding with authenticity seem to be getting more popular than their team or sport would justify.
If there's a lesson for Kasey Keller, and others making the transition, it may be just that. Or it could be in the closing words of our conversation with Wynalda (regarding supporters/fans):
If I have any agenda, it's to make it better for them.


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It was a cold one on the river today, yesterday was no go 13 below in the morning. Today it was 23 degrees rising to 26 and the water temperature was 34 degrees and probably falling. The ice is melting quickly above zero, increasing ice berg flow in the late day. The only reason why it's not frozen solid is the river is mostly spring water, a steady 48 degrees.
I didn't know what kind of condition the river was in but I knew it was well frozen after 3 weeks of sub zero temps. Fished from noon to five and swung a black holographic soft hackle and only had a bump.
I had to keep moving and that kept me somewhat warm, but winter fly fishing is dealing with cold hands and feet. Nothing rising no trout activity and it was clear. I knew the odds were stacked against me and the hours beat me down, I fished harder as the sunglasses came off and the night was about to happen. I came up to a nice long stretch that was fast, deep, wider due to the water melting ice, the water felt colder and I shook off the fact my hands didn't work well, I didn't wear gloves all day, I normally don't.
The soft hackle had to go, my confidence waned I looked through my streamer box quickly as the sun was about set. Fumbling around I found one of two classic Mickey Finns I tied last fall. One was fully dressed and the other sparse. I picked the sparse one and groaned as I could barely make the knot my fingers stiff and numb.
A new found confidence as I cleaned the ice out of the guides for the hundredth time, stripped out a good amount of line and sent it to the far bank. On the third cast right before the darkness set in looking west to the glowing orange and purple sky, on extended long cast my line stopped in the middle of the river, it wasn't a hit, a tug or anything. I knew it could only one thing, I swept my rod to the side the rod heaved and a beautiful trout caught air and bolted down river my clicker and 3 wt rod bucking. Had all my line out and the fish was running under ice and back into the flow, there was no way to get out of the river due to shelf ice and no way to get the fish to slack water, the current was swift. I did it the hard way pulled that trout up river to me and flipped the fish on water submerged ice shelf because I didn't have my net today, grabbed my phone snapped a pic, pulled the fly and let it bolt away.
Five hours of swinging flies had passed, and I didn't even hold a trout yet see it for seconds. It was a nice brown and I had landed it in very difficult conditions, I was warm happy and a smile appeared as I saw the glowing sky. Reeling up my line getting ready to wade up and cross dangerous ice to get back to land, I sensed something watching me, I look across river and see an opossum gazing at me, got a couple pics, gave a nod and made my way back to my truck, where heat, coffee and chocolate would be better than anything.
To most people, well, I know It doesn't make any sense this fly fishing and during January at that, but it does to me. The means justifies the ends.
Last edited by unknownflyman; 01-19-2019 at 03:37 PM.
The scenes remind me of here only it appears to be colder there. Lots of critter tracks and that shelf ice makes it tough huh? Congratulations on having a great day buddy.
Thanks Ard, just a friendly reminder to say ice is never safe. I know my rivers well there are areas way over my head, please be safe out there. It's cold, and a swim can be deadly. Driftless ice is in a constant state of melting, it's never safe. Beware of ice flows being trapped by shelf ice and thigh high water, a guy can't escape.
Normally I'm off work this time of year, but this week should be great until the snow storm Thursday and then it's sub zero again. Get out there! I have to work.
Polson: Welcome to the forum and congrats on the beautiful bow!
Steve: Great trip report and congrats on the beautiful brown! Thanks for sharing all those beautiful winter photos.
I'm just not much of a soft hackle fishermen, I probably should use them more often so I can have more confidence that they will work.
I missed this one Steve. Great report and thanks for starting the 2018 thread.
Welcome to the forum Polson. I live near the Quad Cities.
Thanks Ard, Larry, Dewayne. The rivers were in better shape with somewhat warmer weather, but the 13 to 17" snowfall yesterday with warmer weather Till the weekend is going to make a mess of things. Cold this weekend. While it's good to be employed, I'm not able to capitalize on these occasional days in the upper 30's. And I've been working weekends also. Seen some really remarkable Brook and Brown trout pictures, on the good weather days. Browns in the 20-24" range.
If it's nice get out there, large fish are taking Nymphs, Midges and Stones, with some large fish rising on the warmer days.
One thing I've noticed is lots of redds from the fall, while I believe all the fish have hatched and moved on, please please watch your step and stay off fresh clean looking gravel, our wild fish need all the help they can get, from the looks of the things the fall spawn was excellent in numbers.
Last edited by unknownflyman; 04-07-2018 at 10:00 PM.
My daughter has been on me to take her fly fishing since she finished school and finally has some time. Weather forecast yesterday was 50F! It came true and we didn't go because this careless idiot tried to stop a table saw blade with my thumb a few days ago. I got very lucky for sure but I won't be tying any knots for a long while. But I've been tying knots for her for 15 years so it's time she stepped up lol. She knows the clinch and if she'll watch some vids and learn to pre-set up some flies on short tippet with loops this could be easy enough and we'll be back in business. I am dying to get back on the stream. It's been months.
I could've only hoped we'd gotten 13-17" of snow. Instead we got rain and January flooding here in the Wisconsin driftless. I would've gone out and taken pics but I've been laid up from the sickness.
I got 16" at my place north of the driftless maybe a little more. Snowshoes needed on the river today I bet as there was a foot or more on the ground previously. Dewayne damn dude be careful and Eric sorry you are down with the sickness, it's bad. As you know from FB I actually had the start of the flu when I started this thread. I didn't feel quite right fishing that day. I was down for five days, 104 fever.
At first I was afraid I was going to die. Then I was afraid I wasn't going to die.
I'm fine now though, took a another 4 days after the fever broke to feel good again. Lots of sleep and pounded water, that dehydration gets people sent to the hospital.


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text:
\section{Introduction}
Nowadays graphene, a 2-dimensional semimetalic monolayer, a form of sp$^2$ hybridizated carbon, attracts a lot of research activity owing to its  unique electronic, mechanical and thermal properties\cite{novoselov2007}. Graphene layers (GLs) are emerging as the very promising candidates for a new generation of electronic devices\cite{park2009,pacile2011,sengupta2011,georgakilas2012}.
From electronic  point of view, graphene has several properties  such as  extremely high mobility, high surface area-to-volume ratio, fast electron transfer rate, ballistic transport on submicrometer scale, the electron conductivity even higher than for copper at room temperature  or good biocompability\cite{luque2010,neto2009b,sarma2011,kuila2012,pramanik2011,basu2012,peres2010}, which can be beneficial in the design electrochemical sensors.
However, pure graphene monolayer (GML) has zero energy band gap, which hinders direct application of graphene layer in digital electronics. The covalent functionalization of GLs is one of the possible solutions\cite{mao2013} to this problem.  It  opens the band gap and facilitates the usage of graphene  monolayers as sensors \cite{georgakilas2012}.
It was already reported that graphene based sensors  can detect even  individual molecules\cite{liu2011a,basu2012,schedin2007}. Because of biocompability of graphene, it is possible to detect glucose\cite{wang2010a,liu2010}, proteins\cite{ang2008}, DNA\cite{lu2009} or even bacteria\cite{mohanty2008,chang2012}. Smaller, faster and more sensitive sensors (i.e., graphene based) are nowadays searched for environmental applications\cite{shao2010,kehayias2013, li2012}.

Proper sensing depends on many parameters, which demand a trade off between mechanical and electrical properties such as interface accessibility with molecular sensitivity and selectivity at room temperature or mechanical and electrical robustness.
At pristine graphene  surface, therefore, the direct adhesion of the sensed substances to the graphene is rather unprobable. Functionalization with small molecules can resolve this problem enhancing chemisorption of target molecules to the basal plane of graphene.
Moreover, it was shown\cite{erni2010} that adsorption of molecules, such as primary amines, methyl or hydroxyl groups, is highly probable when graphene membranes are unavoidably exposed to air and various organochemical solutions during preparation.

Unfortunately, functionalization, especially covalent one,  can lead to many unwanted changes in morphology, both on local and global scale, elastic and electronic properties\cite{boukhvalov2009,boukhvalov2010b,milowska2011,milowska2012,milowska2013}, and also modify transport characteristics. To analyse this effect, we have performed studies of transport properties of  GMLs functionalized with simple organic molecules such, as -NH$_2$, -NH, -CH$_2$, -CH$_3$, and -OH, at low concentrations.

\section{Theoretical methods}

The electronic coherent transport  has been studied employing non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) technique, within the Keldysh formalism, a rather standard procedure for treatment of transport in coherent regime\cite{book4}. The studied structures have been treated as two-probe systems with the central scattering region sandwiched between semi-infinite source (left) and drain (right) electrode regions (as shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig1} (a)). The transmission coefficient of electrons (incident at energy E) through the central scattering region constituting the device (under the bias voltage V$_b$ equal to the electrochemical potential difference between the left and right electrodes, eV$_b$ = $\mu_L - \mu_R $)  T(E,V$_b$) has been calculated using the following expression:
\begin{equation}
T(E,V_b )=\hat{\Gamma}^{1/2}_{R} \hat{G^{r} }\hat{\Gamma}^{1/2}_{L},
\label{eq:e1}
\end{equation}
where $\hat{\Gamma_{R(L)}}$ are matrices that take into account the coupling of the central region to the right(left) electrode, and $\hat{G^r}$  is retarded Green's function of the system. The conductance can be expressed as follows \cite{book4}
\begin{equation}
G(E)=G_o Tr [\hat{\Gamma}_{R} \hat{G}^r \hat{\Gamma}_{L} \hat{G}^a ],
\label{eq:e2}
\end{equation}
where $G_o = 2\frac{e^2}{h} $ is the unit of quantum conductance and $\hat{G}^a$  is advanced Green's function.
The current flowing through the scattering region has been calculated according to Landauer-Buttiker formula, i.e., assuming the limit of small bias, which is justified for the range of the external voltages considered in the present study:
\begin{equation}
I(V_b ) = \int\limits_{\mu _R }^{\mu _L } {T(E,V_b )dE} .
\label{eq:e3}
\end{equation}

We have used TranSIESTA \cite{brandbyge2002} package to calculate the transmission coefficients T(E, V$_b$) according to Eq.~\ref{eq:e1}, and then current-voltage I(V$_b$) characteristics due to Eq.~\ref{eq:e3}.
The source (left) and drain (right) electrodes contain 16 carbon atoms each. The central region, with electrode extensions, contains in each case 80 carbon atoms to which functionalized groups are attached.  For the geometry relaxations of central region without electrodes extensions (48 C atoms with adsorbates), we have used SIESTA package \cite{ordejon, soler, siesta3}.
The C atoms, adjacent electrode extensions were fixed to perfectly match with those regions meaning that functionalized structure is stressed (ca. 1.5 kbar).

The so-called PBE form of the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) \cite{Perdew1996} has been chosen for the exchange correlation density functional. Computations have been performed employing following parameters of the SIESTA package that determine numerical accuracy of the results: double-$\zeta$-plus-polarization basis, kinetic cut-off for real-space integrals of 500 Ry, the self-consistency mixing rate of 0.1, the convergence criterion for the density matrix of 10$^{-4}$,  maximum force tolerance equal to 0.001 eV/\AA, and  8x8x3 k-sampling in Monkhorst Pack scheme.
For the transport calculations, the complex energy contour has been always set to value below the lowest energy in the energy spectrum of each system. The number of points along the arc part and on the line of the contour  have been set to 16 and 10, respectively, whereas number of Fermi poles to 16. For the current calculations, we have used default value of small finite complex part of the real energy contour (10$^{-6}$ Ry) and increased number of points on the close-to-real axis part of the contour in the voltage bias window to 10. For accuracy of transmission spectra, the energy window has been in the range of (-3,3) eV, the number of points for the computation of the transmission function has been quite high (500) and the number of eigenvalues of the transmission matrix has been set to 3.
All calculation have been performed  with spin polarization.

\section{Results and discussion}

Motivated by experimental data \cite{baraket2012}, we have started our studies of transport properties of functionalized GMLs with primary amines.
The schematic view of studied functionalized systems: pure graphene monolayer, graphene functionalized with one, two, three and five -NH$_2$ group are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig1} (a).

\begin{figure} [htbp]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[width=0.50\textwidth]{Fig1}
	\caption{\label{fig:Fig1} 	(a) The schematic view of studied functionalized systems: pure graphene monolayer, graphene functionalized with one, two, three, and five -NH$_2$ groups. Electrodes (containing 16 C atoms each) and scattering regions (containing 80 C atoms) are also depicted by black lines.
Periodic boundary conditions are conserved in perpendicular directions to the z axis. In x axis direction, separation between layers is large enough (80 \AA) to eliminate any interactions. The voltage is applied to the electrodes.
	(b) The zero-bias transmission spectra for pristine (dashed line) and   functionalized GML (continuous lines) as a function of electron energy relative to the Fermi level. (c) I(V$_b$) characteristics of all systems for a bias voltage (V$_b$) from -1.0 to 1.0 V. Inset contains magnified region from 0.45 to 0.8 V.}
\end{figure}

\begin{table}
\caption{
Structural properties of all studied systems: adsorption energy, $E_{ads/N}$,  and strain energy, $E_{strain/N}$. $E_{ads/N}$ has been calculated as $E_{ads/N}  = \frac{1}{N} \left( E_{GML + groups}  - (E_{GML}  + N \cdot E_{group} ) + E_{cc} \right) $, with $E_{cc}=E_{GML + \cdot ghost}  - E_{GML}  + E_{ghost + groups} - N \cdot E_{group} $ where $E_{GML + groups}$,  $E_{GML}$ and $E_{group}$ are total energy of functionalized system, pure GML and adsorbates, respectively. $E_{cc}$ is basis set superposition error correction. $E_{ghost + groups}$ and $E_{GML + ghost}$ are Kohn-Sham energies of the functionalized system where the adsorbates or GML are replaced  by their ghosts \cite{soler} and all atoms are fixed on optimized positions. $E_{strain/N}$ is basically the difference in total energies between functionalized system with removed adsorbates and pure relaxed GML divided by number of attachments.
System depicted by ${AA}$ has two -NH$_2$ groups on the same graphene sublatice, whereas system ${AB}$ has those attachments on different graphene sublatices. No. in first column indicates a number of adsorbates on GML.
}
\begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|
\hline
 No. & Type & {$E_{ads/N}$ (eV)} & {$E_{strain/N}$ (eV)} \\
 \hline
\hline
1  & -NH$_2$ & -0.314 & 1.215 \\
2  & -NH$_2$$^{AA}$ & -0.429 & 1.212 \\
2  & -NH$_2$$^{AB}$ & -0.442 &  1.155  \\
3  & -NH$_2$ & -0.537 & 1.192 \\
5  & -NH$_2$ & -0.412 & 1.303  \\
\hline
2  & -CH$_3$ & -0.779 & 1.132 \\
\hline
2  & -OH & -1.498 & 1.069 \\
\hline
2  & -NH & -1.509  & 1.064 \\
\hline
2  & -CH$_2$ & -1.893 & 1.283 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{tab:Tab1}
\end{table}

Chemisorption of -NH$_2$ groups leads to breaking one of $\pi$-bonds and  sp$^2$ to sp$^3$ rehybridization of C-C bonds. Unpaired electron, which forms this broken bond remains at the neighbouring C atom. The chemisorption of the next group on different sublattice is more energetically favourable than on the same sublattice
(i.e. for -NH$_2$ group the difference in E$_{ads/N}$ is equal to 0.033 eV per attachment, see Tab.~\ref{tab:Tab1}).
 Similar observation concerning hydrogen functionalization of graphene was presented by Boukhvalov and Katsnelson  in Ref.\cite{boukhvalov2009}. Therefore, it is more probable that in an experiment a reduction of conductance with growing density of amines will be observed rather than conservation of conductance at pristine graphene level.

Garcia-Lastra \textit{et al.}\cite{lastra2008} showed that there is a systematic dependence of transmission on the position of the adsorbed molecules to the lateral surface of metallic nanotubes.
The behaviour of the conductance $G$ as depicted in Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig1} (b) is characteristic for metallic carbon nanotubes with single adsorbed molecule placed on top of carbon atom, or more adsorbed molecules placed on equivalent lattice sites (say $A$) with certain positions determined by the vectors $\vec{R}=n \cdot \vec{a} + m \cdot \vec{b}$, with $ n - m = 3p$, where $m$, $n$, and $p$ are integers, and $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ are two primitive translations of the graphene lattice.
This behaviour can be understood in terms of coinciding K, K' and $\Gamma$, the high symmetry points,  in graphene systems where groups  are adsorbed at sites $A$, being multiple of 3 \cite{lastra2010}.
In the case studied in this paper, the two -NH$_2$ molecules were placed at graphene lattice sites with $(n,m)$ equal to $(0,0)$ and $(3,0)$ at so-called top positions, therefore, fulfilling the rule\cite{lastra2008} and indicating that graphene layer can be treated as metallic carbon nanotube of infinite radius.
In the case of  three adsorbates,  one of them was placed on different sublattice (say $B$) leading to partial closing of the conductance channel.
However, for the case of five adsorbed amines, where molecules are placed at different graphene  sublattices and only two of adsorbates are fulfilling the rule, where three others not, the behaviour seems to be different. The conduction around Fermi level is bigger than for three groups and is almost as big as for the case of one and two adsorbates. But it should be noticed that this situation changes according to Garcia-Lastra rule outside the range  (-1.3,1.3) eV, where Fermi energy is set to 0.

No less interesting is an analysis of dependence of current-voltage characteristics on concentrations of -NH$_2$ groups, depicted in Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig1} (c).
The critical bias voltage for the non-zero current is the lowest for the system with one amine and the highest for five amines covalently bound (see inset in Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig1} (c)).
For the bias voltage in the range of 0.6 - 0.9 V, the current for GML functionalized with one and five amines is larger than for not functionalized one, whereas for GML functionalized with two and three amines is smaller. For bigger bias voltage, one can observe that current of all functionalized systems is smaller than for pure graphene. However, as one can see, the I(V$_b$) characteristics of functionalized GML are not symmetric with respect to the point (0,0).
For negative bias voltage, the current flowing through the system with five amines attached is significantly bigger than for a system with smaller  concentration of adsorbates.
There are two possible explanations: (i) the stress induced by adsorption of amines to graphene lattice and (ii) the interactions between groups.  The covalent bonding between GML and adsorbates leads to local (rehybridization of the C-C bonds, out-of-plane distortions) and global (elongation of the lattice constant $a$) modifications of graphene lattice and those effects are more pronounced for higher densities of  adsorbates.
The nonlinear current response  of graphene nanoribbons to bias voltage for higher strains was also reported by  Topsakal \textit{et al.} \cite{topsakal2010a} and Wu \textit{et al.}\cite{wu2013}. This decrease and increase of the current,  as shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig1} (c),  is directly related to the changes in morphology of the considered systems under tension.
On the other hand, the interactions between groups start to be important with increasing density of adsorbates on basal plane of graphene. The shape of the transmission spectra for five amines is significantly changed in comparison to smaller concentration of -NH$_2$ groups - it is much more smeared from step-like transmission of pure graphene.
The conduction dip at 1.364 eV, which is clearly seen for one, two and three -NH$_2$ groups covalently bound to GML, disappears for five adsorbates.
 Wu \textit{et al. }\cite{wu2013} showed that electronic properties of graphene nanoribbons are strongly affected by  presence of tensile strain, which can be easily related with changes in transmission spectra of these systems.

However, as one can see the observed changes in  the I(V) characteristics (Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig1}(c)) are rather small in comparison to pure graphene monolayer. This is consistent with the experimental results of Baraket\cite{baraket2012}. The increasing concentration of primary amines covalently bound to graphene monolayer causes an increase in the chemical reactivity of the surface, while the electrical conductivity is decreased.  However, even highly aminated graphene, up to 20$\%$, is conductive enough to be used for DNA detection as bio-attachment platform in a biologically active field-effect transistors. Therefore, it is plausible that these functionalized structures can be commercially used as biosensors \cite{georgakilas2012,basu2012,shao2010}.

 \begin{figure} [htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.50\textwidth]{Fig2}
\caption{\label{fig:Fig2} The density of states and the zero-bias transmission spectrum for GML functionalized  with (a) -CH$_3$, (b) -NH$_2$, (c) -NH, (d) -OH, and (e) -CH$_2$ fragments. The resonant/anti-resonant behaviours are indicated by orange lines.
The results for pure graphene are depicted by dashed gray lines in each graph.
}
\end{figure}

Each C atom from graphene lattice is capable of interaction with a single molecule and can be considered  as a possible target for gas or vapour species resulting in ultrasensitive response \cite{novoselov2007,basu2012}. It was shown that the adsorption of gas molecule leads to the local change in the carrier concentration inducing a doping of the delocalized 2D electron gas, which can be experimentally measured in transistor like devices \cite{pearce2011,ohno2010}.
Therefore, we have decided to test the possibility of detecting and distinguishing between very small concentrations of different
simple organic molecules.
In Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig2} we present DOS and transmission spectra of  GML functionalized  with five different types of adsorbates at the same concentration (two adsorbates): -CH$_3$,  -NH$_2$,  -NH,  -OH, and  -CH$_2$ fragments. The band gap is clearly seen in all systems, because only 48 C atoms of scattering region were optimized, in such way, that C atoms adjacent electrode extensions have to perfectly match with those regions.
Therefore, only at short range the graphene lattice can be affected by presence of the adsorbates and the structure is stressed (ca. 1.5 kbar). Impurity bands originating from attached groups are moved further from Fermi Energy  and do not cross the Fermi level in the case of hydroxyl groups.
 However, even for those systems, it is possible to distinguish between systems with different adsorbates (Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig2}) and its concentration (Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig1} (b)) from transmission spectra.

The -CH$_3$ and -NH$_2$ groups, as well as -NH radicals induce resonant transmission, whereas -OH anti-resonant transmission.
The conductance peaks correspond with DOS peaks at -1.858 eV and 1.786 eV  for -CH$_3$ (see Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig2} (a)), at -0.295 eV and 1.798 eV for -NH$_2$ (see Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig2} (b)), and at -1.004  eV  and 0.932 eV for -NH radical (see Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig2} (c)). The adsorption of  -OH groups leads to  two small dips at -1.509 eV,  and 1.823 eV corresponding with DOS peaks (see Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig2} (d)).
These unique dips/peaks can be related with the type of adsorbates, because they are induced by quasi bond states in the structures. The  sp$^2$ $\to$ sp$^3$ rehybridization  caused by the covalent bonding of the adsorbates to the basal plane of GML is responsible for this picture.
Let us remark that the conductance of graphene functionalized with amines drops much slower with concentration of dopants than in the case of  hydroxyl groups. It is mostly due to the fact that nitrogen acts as donor and has smaller electronegativity than oxygen.
Transmission spectra of GML functionalized with -OH groups (Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig2} (d)) is much more smeared and asymmetrical around Fermi energy in comparison to pristine graphene and graphene functionalized with methyl group or amines. Hydroxyl group attracts electron cloud more efficiently than other considered adsorbates.
However, it is the case of graphene functionalized  with carbene that has a very different transmision spectra in comparison to pure graphene and to other considered attachments.
The transmission coefficients at 0.4 eV are equal to 0.329 0.393, 0.483, 0.488, 0.508 for -CH$_2$, -OH, -CH$_3$, -NH$_2$, -NH respectively.
Adsorbates break the hexagonal symmetry of GML and create scattering centres. In other words, adsorbates act as a carrier trap reducing carrier density.

We have shown that different adsorbates lead to different energy of resonant and anti-resonant transmission. This effect was also shown by Wei \textit{et al.} \cite{wei2012a} in the case of nitrogen-vacancy nanoribbons adsorbing NH$_2$, CO and N$_2$ molecules.

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\includegraphics[width=0.50\textwidth]{Fig4}
\caption{\label{fig:Fig4} (a) The transmission spectra for  V$_b$ = 0.0 V, 0.5 V, 0.6 V, and 1.0 V for GML functionalized  with -NH$_2$. (b) The spin-resolved transmission spectra under V$_b$=0.6 V for systems functionalized with -CH$_3$, -NH$_2$, and -OH fragments; darker lines for spin-up electrons and lighter lines for spin-down electrones. (c) Magnified peak in transmission under V$_b$=0.6 V at Fermi energy for system functionalized with -CH$_3$.
The transmission spectrum for pure graphene (dashed gray lines) is also given for comparison.}
\end{figure}

In Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig4} we have presented transmission spectra for non-zero bias voltage.
Because of stress induced by fixing C atoms to perfectly match with those from electrode extensions, all studied systems have non-zero band gaps.
 The conductance gap broadens near the Fermi level under applied finite bias voltage V$_b$=0.5 V in comparison to zero-bias voltage case. After exceeding threshold voltage, transmission spectra change. For applied V$_b$=0.6 V, one can observe an appearance of a peak at Fermi level (see (Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig4} (a))) due to strong group and electrode coupling. For V$_b$=1.0 V, this peak is broadened, its amplitude is increased to almost one and becomes asymmetrical.

The spin-resolved transmissions spectra under V$_b$=0.6 V for all systems containing attachments with odd  number of electrons (-OH, -NH$_2$ and -CH$_3$) are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig4} (b). Both, spin-up (darker curves) and spin-down (lighter curves) transmission spectra differ. Close to Fermi level conducting channel for one spin population is suppressed more than for other one. The most striking difference can be observed for -CH$_3$ functionalized system, where electrons  with spin-down will be almost fully filtered, whereas electrons with spin-up will be transmitted (see Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig4} (c)).
In systems containing -OH,-NH$_2$ and -CH$_3$ groups the degeneracy is lifted under the influence of the functional group to the whole system. The functional groups significantly change charge distribution on graphene layer by dipolar field. Therefore, this influence of attachments on graphene layer can be understood by Stark effect.

Upon application of finite voltage, two spin components carry electric current through device in different extent. For V$_b$=0.6 V, the differences in current between two spin populations are equal to 0.307 $\mu$A, 0.528 $\mu$A, and 0.656 $\mu$A for system containing two -NH$_2$, -OH and -CH$_3$ groups, respectively. The analysis of the conductance and current reveals  that those systems  can be  used as supramolecular spin-filtering devices within some specific energy windows.
Next step is to analyse changes in current-voltage characteristics induced by different adsorbates.

  \begin{figure*} [htbp]
	\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.90\textwidth]{Fig3}
\caption{\label{fig:Fig3} (a) The current-voltage characteristics of pure and functionalized GML for a bias voltage (V$_b$) from 0 to 1.0 V. Inset: logarithimc scale. (b) The difference of the valence pseudocharge density and the superposition of the atomic valence pseudocharge densities for all studied systems  plotted in the plane perpendicular to graphene layer, together with the ball-and-stick model of the functionalized systems. }
\end{figure*}

The calculated current-voltage characteristics (calculated using Eq.~\ref{eq:e3}) for GMLs functionalized with -NH$_2$, -NH, -CH$_3$, -CH$_2$ and -OH compared to the characteristics of the pristine GML (grey dashed line), are depicted in Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig3} (b). The critical voltage  for the non-zero current is the lowest  for GML functionalized with -CH$_2$ radicals (0.2 V). Those adsorbates cause the most significant changes in current-voltage characteristics - the slope of non-zero part for -CH$_2$ is  2.45 times smaller than for pristine graphene monolayer.
The I(V$_b$) characteristics for other adsorbates and pure graphene are similar; current gradients for GML functionalized with -CH$_3$, -OH, -NH$_2$, and -NH are   1.27-1.58 times  smaller than pure GML.

To better explain physical mechanism governing these effects, we have depicted in Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig3} (b) distribution of the changes of valence charge around adsorbates (side view) with the functionalized graphene lattice superimposed on. All studied types of adsorbates are strongly chemisorbed to the basal plane of graphene
(see adsorption and strain energies in Tab.~\ref{tab:Tab1}).
Depending on the electronic configuration, the fragments form either single chemical bond to the C atom from the GL basal plane (-NH$_2$, -CH$_3$,  and -OH), being in the so-called top position, or double bond (as -CH$_2$ and -NH) with fragment's C atom placed in the bridge positions.
Incorporation of atoms with different level of electronegativity leads to different changes in local charge density. Therefore, functionalization with groups containing carbon  slightly changes the situation in comparison to the pure graphene. Methyl group induces small positive valence electronic charge in the middle of the bond between basal plane and group, whereas carbene causes larger changes. One can clearly see areas of additional valence electronic charge more shifted to the adsorbate than to basal plane of graphene. For -CH$_2$, there are also bigger changes in C-C bond in basal plane of graphene than for -CH$_3$ group. Covalent functionalization with amines, -NH$_2$ and -NH, leads mostly to generated excess charge  at N atom. Again, the radical introduces more changes to the basal plane. In the case of hydroxyl group, the oxygen atoms introduce comparable positive difference of the valence pseudocharge density and the superposition of the atomic valence pseudocharge densities. However, the charge distribution disturbance caused by -CH$_2$ radicals is the biggest one from studied examples of adsorbates. It is smeared over C atoms to which the radical is not directly bound (see the last DRHO of -CH$_2$ functionalized graphene in Fig.~\ref{fig:Fig3} (b)).

Despite changes caused by functionalization it should be emphasized that the functionalized systems conduct comparable  currents  to pure system at the same bias voltage applied.
At $V_b$=1.0 V, the currents are equal to 10.160 $\mu$A, 8.376 $\mu$A, 8.274 $\mu$A, 7.434 $\mu$A,  6.937 $\mu$A, and 6.808  $\mu$A  for pure GML, GML functionalized with -OH,  -CH$_3$, -NH$_2$,  -CH$_2$, and   -NH  fragments, respectively.
Covalent functionalization of GMLs does not ruin current flow through the system, as it is observed in the case of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT)\cite{bouilly2011}.
Similar changes in current-voltage characteristics for armchair nanoribbons functionalized with -CH$_3$ and -OH groups were presented in Ref.~\cite{tsuyuki2012}. It is worth to mention that our I(V$_b$) characteristics of functionalized GML look similar to experimental ones of reduced graphene oxide and graphene oxide\cite{singh2011}.

Generally, covalent functionalization, which is needed for sensing purposes, leads to a decrease of electrical conductivity.
 For fabrication of graphene based devices, such as sensors, the balance between conductivity and enhanced chemical reactivity should be carefully investigated.
Our studies show that  each kind of adsorbate and its concentration can be detected by its own unique resonant or anti-resonant peaks.
Sensing substances in GML-based devices can be easily monitored through two-probe transport experiments. The GML are better candidates for building sensors than carbon nanotubes, where single walled nanotubes are not sufficient and usage of at least double walled nanotubes is required for proper operation of such devices\cite{bouilly2011,baraket2012}.

\section{\label{sec:level4}Conclusions}

We have shown that transport properties are affected by covalent functionalization.
The transmission and I(V$_b$) characteristics differ between various types of attachments. The resonant/anti-resonant behaviours induced by quasi-bond states in the structures can be observed. Carbene  introduces the most dramatic changes in transmission spectrum and current-voltage characteriscics, whereas  methyl groups cause the smallest change.  This effect allows one to distinguish between type and  concentration of adsorbates with extremely high sensitivity. It should be emphasized that changes induced by functionalization are not dramatic in comparison with pristine GML. Therefore, functionalized graphene monolayers could be, in contrary to functionalized SWNTs, used as a channel in FET based sensors.

\section{Acknowledgement}
This work has been supported by the European Founds for Regional Development within the SICMAT Project (Contact No. UDA-POIG.01.03.01-14-155/09). We acknowledge also support of the PL-Grid Infrastructure and of Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modeling, University of Warsaw (Grant No. G47-5). K. Z. Milowska acknowledges funding from the European Commission through the FP7-NMP programme (project UNION, grant No. 310250).

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David Uosikkinen's In The Pocket will celebrate the release of their new live CD on Saturday, April 6th at the Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Ave; 610-649-8389). The 15 song recording was captured this past December 28th at the historic Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA. Uosikkinen's live show is non-stop rockin' revue that includes members of The Hooters, The A's, Tommy Conwell, Soul Survivors, Beru Revue and more! Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 day of show and can be purchased at ardmoremusic.com. Join David and his band of all-stars as they cover some of Philly's favorite songs!


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Kamen Rider Super-1 Episode 04, v2!
And with this episode, we're done with our v2 releases for Kamen Rider Super-1! From now on, any releases will be all new episodes. And we already have one in store for you!
In this episode, Kazuya meets his old friend, Ismael Grabada. The two of them went to college together in the United States. They were classmates, and best friends. Oh, and Ismael just happens to be a prince. Because why not. But MechaMantis has other plans for Prince Ismael, and his wedding day turns into some good old fashion Dogma shenanigans before you know it!
All right, now that these are out of the way, it's time to move on to new episodes. I know you've all been waiting a long time for more Super-1, and we're very happy to be able to bring it to you!
But before that, come back this week for another episode of Skyrider! And then starting next week, we'll be back to our normal once-a-week release schedule.
Yea! I'm looking forward to more of everything. Thank you for all the work.
Is everything ok? Haven't heard from you guys most of the month.
Kamen Rider Skyrider Episode 22!


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Windows Mobile is a family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft Corporation for smart-phones and Tablet PCs. Microsoft's Windows Phone platform is becoming popular with some great new smart-phone alternatives.
Windows Phone offers various features such as: a complete new user-friendly interface, on-screen virtual keyboard, threads messaging, organized contacts via People Hub, Xbox Music, Xbox Videos, Games Hub, Bing Search Engine, Bing Maps, Voice recognition function, turn-by-turn navigation, Office Suite, Windows Phone App and Windows Phone Store.


However, I have been taking part in a cookbook club that I started with a few friends after we were inspired by this article (click here to read). What is a cookbook club? It is a group of friends (or a group of people who love to cook and/or eat) who meet up regularly to share food they have cooked. At each meeting, everyone brings along a dish cooked from the same cookbook (chosen in advance so you don't replicate dishes). It is a great opportunity to try dishes you might otherwise not have cooked, as well as using the cookbooks you own (or discovering new ones). You also get to meet new people (friends of friends) who you already know have a shared interest in food, cooking and eating!
We decided that whoever is hosting the meeting gets to pick the book for that month. For our first meetup, it was Jamie's 30 Minute Meals. As I've said before, the meals in this book take a lot longer than 30 minutes to prepare. However, if you just chose one or two dishes (as we did for the first meeting), they are not as time consuming. I chose to make frangipane tarts and pear drop tartlets (making my own pastry rather than using prepared ones as the book suggests). While they were nice, I prefer the recipe I've previously used (click here for my frangipane recipe).
I did, however, discover a dish that I have since made a couple of times as it is a great, quick weeknight dinner, Jamie's Trapani-style rigatoni. The only thing you need to cook is the pasta, and the sauce is prepared in the time it takes to cook the pasta. The most time consuming part was picking the basil leaves off the stem! The almonds make this filling and you could easily adapt it by adding cooked chicken or ham if you wanted to.
500g cherry tomatoes – keep most whole and halve or quarter about 150g of the tomatoes to add when serving.
Fill a large saucepan (approximately ¾ full) with water and bring to the boil ready to cook the pasta (use the kettle to boil the water if you want to speed it up). Once boiling add a couple of tablespoons of salt to the water then cook the pasta as per the packet instructions.
While the pasta is cooking, place the parmesan, almonds, garlic and chillies into a food processor and process until everything is cut fairly fine. Add the basil (saving a small amount to add when serving), anchovies, two thirds of the cherry tomatoes (whole) and the olive oil and process until it forms a chunky paste. If it is too thick, add a bit more oil or some of the water from the pasta. Taste and season with salt and pepper if needed.
Once the pasta is cooked, reserve a cup of the cooking water and then drain the rest, returning it to the hot pan. Add the sauce and some cooking water to help it form a sauce.
Serve topped with the remaining cherry tomatoes, basil and extra parmesan.
Thanks to Nicole from our cookbook club, for permission to use the pictures of the savoury dishes from the day.
Thanks, not a bad photo for an iPhone, late at night with artificial lighting ;). It really is an easy, tasty recipe.


Rejuvenate yourself, the most effective way, just as our saints and Sadhus have been doing for centuries. India is known as the country where Yoga and Meditation are a way of life. We will take you to the vicinity of Rishikesh, where luxury is blended with natural beauty and everything is in tune with nature.
On arrival you will be met by our representative and transferred to hotel, where we will be holding the rooms on ready occupancy basis.
In the morning take a city tour covering Laxmi Narayan Temple - The Place of Gods, India Gate - The memorial of martyrs, Parliament House - The Government headquarters. In the afternoon take a city tour of Old Delhi covering Jama Masjid - The largest mosque in Asia, Red Fort - The red stone magic, Gandhi memorial - The memoir of father of the nation. Also enjoy the sound & light show in the evening.
Morning transfer to station to catch Shatabadi Express to Haridwar.On arrival transfer to hotel. Afternoon city tour followed by grand viewing of Ashrams, some of which are internationally recognized as centre of Philosophical studies, Yoga and Meditation. An international yoga week is being organized here every year by U.P. Tourism between 02nd and 07th February.
Arrive and check in into one of the Ashram. Afternoon is to be spent on briefing of day.
Morning drive to Shivpuri, arrive & check in Nature camp resort. After a welcome drink & acclimatization briefing about the whole schedule. Late afternoon jungle walk in the reserve forest around the Nature Camp Resort.
Campfire followed by dinner & overnight stay.
Early morning wake up for a Yoga class followed by relaxation of body & mind. After yogic breakfast drive to Byasi / Kaudiyala to start the rafting up to Shivpuri. Arrive Byasi briefing on safety, raft manoeuvring, team spirit development etc. Today we exercise teamwork and hit the most exciting rapids on Ganges. Lunch at nature camp resort. Free time for own activities.
Evening meditation and relaxation followed by campfire & dinner at camp.
Early morning wake up for one and half hour drive to Hindolakhal, arrive and start trek to Kunjapuri. The one hour trek goes through thick forest till we reach the top i.e Kunjapuri. After exploring the area for some time join the class for Asanas, relaxation & meditation. Witness the sunrise on Greater Himalayan peaks and afterwards trace your steps back to Nature camp resort. Free time for own activities. After lunch drive to Chilla for a wildlife Safari. Arrive Chilla, briefing on jungle discipline, animal behaviour & low impact eco friendly outdoors.
Drive back to Nature camp resort for Dinner & night halt.
Early morning advance yoga class with question answer session helping in assessment of change in personality during the course. After breakfast we raft down from the Shivpuri to Rishikesh assessing leadership qualities, team spirit and training for rescue. Lunch at Brahampuri. In the evening you will be transferred to station to connect train to Delhi. On arrival check in into hotel.
Morning drive to Agra enroute visiting Sikandara, on arrival check in into hotel. Afternoon half-day city tour is being organized covering Taj Mahal, Red fort, Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daula.
This day drive to Jaipur enroute visiting old deserted town of Mughal Dynasty - Fatehpur Sikri. On arrival check in into hotel. Afternoon enjoy city atmosphere which by many means is fabulous.
Morning you will be taken to Amer Fort, where you will have the sheer pleasure to enjoy the Elephant Ride. Afternoon city tour covering Hawa Mahal, City Palace, Royal Observatory & Bazaar.
Morning free. Late afternoon drive back to Delhi upon arrival you will be taken to hotel where we will be holding a few rooms for wash & change. Have your dinner being organized by us.


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"Although this was one of the first films we saw, we did not lose it from our sight throughout the whole festival," revealed the expert jury about Sore Eyes for Infinity by Finnish director, Elli Vuorinen, that has won the Anča Award – the main Fest Anča International Animation Festival prize and EUR 800.
This year's jury comprised Hungarian director Éva Katinka Bognár, programme director of Anifilm festival Pavel Horáček from the Czech Republic, and British director Robert Morgan who had a profile and masterclass at Fest Anča. They said about the winning film: "Using expressive animation, it presents an absurd vision that is nevertheless rooted in reality. The main character observes a grotesque world, until she finds the courage to join it – with a helping hand." This beautiful, honest and colourful story of drawn animation came to life thanks to crowd funding support. It focuses on an optician whose usual day is interrupted by several extraordinary clients, each of whom sees the world in an unexpected way. And that's exactly the strength of this short film.
The jury also awarded the best student film: "We gave the student award to a playful film that races against time, bombarding us with a series of hilarious and inventive ideas about how to clean up your flat." The Anča Student Award and EUR 400 will go to Finnish animator Heta Jäälinoja for Penelope.
Children in the audience could select the winner of the Anča Kids' Award and recipient of EUR 400 – they were won over by the fairy tale The Little Bird and the Caterpillar by Lena von Döhren, the Switzerland-based German director and animator.
As well as film awards, awards were also given to fledging authors and students who presented their interactive multimedia projects at the Game Days Pitching Session. Ivan and Peťo Galdík won with Zoja – the jury liked that their game project created the impression of an atmospheric journey thanks to its extraordinary visuals and deep personal experience.
The Game Jam competition (fast theme-based creation of games)continued its success from last year. First prize went to the Pixel Federation team's Diet Struggle game.
The next opportunity to see Fest Anča 2017 winning films will be at Pohoda festival in Trenčín on Saturday 8 July at 9pm in the Martinus Literary Tent.
Prizes for the winners were awarded by Xbox and Dell.


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Shaping Tomorrow Releases Global Challenges to 2025 Update: Security is Now the Most Major Threat Facing Us All
Press Release - updated: Mar 28, 2019
LONDON, March 28, 2019	(Newswire.com) - ShapingTomorrow.com says security is now the major threat facing us all from its first-of-its-kind, mathematical analysis of the most important, leading indicators of opportunities and threats facing the world today. Their robot aggregated >330,000 pundit and expert forecasts from daily trawls of the web and social media for the likely opportunities and threats that we will face by 2025.
Global Challenges - 2025
The top threat is now security, which displaces disease from the last update in September 2018. Policy issues with the use of Huawei technologies, further lone-wolf terrorist attacks, stalling of peace talks with North Korea and rising concerns about cyber attacks, interference with national elections and fake news drive this concern.
The number one topic opportunity remains technology with most mentions for AI, quantum computing, driverless cars, drones, smart cities, IoT, AR, 5G, Biotech, Robotics, Printing, Batteries, Blockchain, Space, Holograms and Digitalization.
The top country at risk continues to be India where a burgeoning population and climate change will have impacts on liveability.
The top country opportunities are forecast to be in the USA, India, China, and Brazil.
The construction sector was at the top of the opportunity list six months ago because of growing investments in smart cities, Hyperloops and high-speed projects, China's Belt and Road initiative, transport, energy, and burgeoning population growth in China, India and other developing cities. But again, the same security concerns above are creating opportunities for market players and governments to provide mitigating security solutions and new policies.
Warnings of increasing climate change, spreading diseases and changing technologies, (especially the possible dangers arising from AI) are the main reasons the science sector remains at the top of the sector threat list.
The most mentioned city is London, not just due to the impacts that could arise from the eventual Brexit outcome, but the city's efforts to improve itself.
The most mentioned organization is the European Union, partly due to the uncertainty surrounding Brexit but mostly for its leadership role in many aspects of building a sustainable world from GDPR to plastic control, etc.
Dr. Mike Jackson, a joint founder of Shaping Tomorrow, says that "this latest update shows how security is now the most present danger to the public, and organizations and that, while the biggest risk, there are also great opportunities for policymakers and innovators to solve many of the issues confronting us all."
Contact Dr. Mike Jackson - mike.jackson@shapingtomorrow for more details.
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The last time America had a major gas crisis was under Carter. Will a democrat president use Carter's ideas?
Carter did something like restrict what oil producers could charge for crude oil. Is that a good idea to keep gas prices down? Carter kept gasoline prices down when he was president, even though there was an oil embargo, right?
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