Pakistani sources are reporting the death in a drone strike this weekend of Muhammad Ilyas Kashmiri. If true, it is a big setback for al Qaeda and could help ease tensions between Pakistan and the United States a bit.
Kashmiri is al Qaeda's top Pakistani operative. He was born in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir on February 10, 1964. Trained in the camps of the Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence directorate (ISI) and then the elite Pakistani commando group, the Special Services Group (SSG), he was the darling of the Pakistani army for years. He fought in the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan where he lost an eye and a finger. Then he took the war to India both in Kashmir and in New Delhi itself.
He formed his own militant group called the 313 Brigade, after the 313 fighters who joined the prophet Muhammad in an early Islamic victory. His exploits in India were legendary. He was personally decorated and thanked by the then head of Inter-services Intelligence (ISI), Mahmud Ahmad and Pakistani's dictator, Pervez Musharraf, in 2000. But Kashmiri broke with his ISI and army friends in 2002 when Musharraf decided to give the Americans at least some help against al Qaeda.
Kashmiri took his 313 Brigade into al Qaeda's camp and assisted in training Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and began targeting his former friends in the ISI. His teams killed at least one senior ISI officer. He was involved in an attempt to assassinate Musharraf in 2004. The United Nations credits him as a key player in the plot to murder former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in December 2007.
The Pakistani American David Headley, who has confessed to plotting the Mumbai terror attack in November 2008, says Kashmiri was his key contact in al Qaeda. The two worked on a plot to attack a Danish newspaper office in Copenhagen in 2009. That was foiled when the FBI arrested Headley, but Kashmiri continued planning to carry out Mumbai-style attacks in Europe. Another was foiled in Denmark at the end of 2010.
Just last week one of Pakistan's best investigative reporters Syed Salam Shahzad was murdered after finishing a new book on al Qaeda in Pakistan. According to excerpts published in India and Pakistan, Shahzad had evidence Kashmiri may have been the real brains behind the Mumbai plot and hoped it would precipitate an Indo-Pakistani war that al Qaeda could exploit.
This is not the first time Kashmiri has been reported killed by a drone attack; he has reappeared after claims of his demise. But if this time he is dead, it is a significant setback for al Qaeda just a month after American commandoes killed Osama bin Laden. Kashmiri would have played an important role in helping al Qaeda recover from bin Laden's demise. He had key connections inside the Pakistani syndicate of terror groups with both the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban and Lashkar-e-Taiba, and with al Qaeda operatives in Europe and fund raisers in the Persian Gulf. And he had penetrations deep inside the Pakistani army and ISI.
So both Washington and Islamabad will be glad to see him gone. Kashmiri's demise won't solve all the problems in the tortured American relationship with Pakistan by any means but it will help.
Of course, if Kashmiri is not dead and reappears yet again unscathed, it will only add to his credentials. Bin Laden benefited enormously from surviving the cruise missile attack that targeted him in 1998. Recriminations could damage the Pakistani-American relationship further. Nonetheless those are risks worth taking. In either case we will know soon. Al Qaeda is quick to eulogize its martyrs. If Kashmiri's dead, they will say so.


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Tags: 2016, 2016 Election, 2016 Presidential election, 2016 Presidential Election season, 2016 presidential poll, 2016 presidential polls, Ben Carson 2016, Donald Trump 2016, Herman Cain, John McCain, Marco Rubio 2016, Mike Huckabee 2016, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rudi Giullani, Ted Cruz 2016
Posted by PEB on December 13, 2011 in Humor
Tags: Blame yourself, Herman Cain, Herman Cain Blame Yourself
And then there were seven – Cain says good-bye
The Associated Press (AP) is reporting Republican Tea Party (GOTP) wannabe Herman Cain's suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination to avoid continued news coverage of allegations of sexual misconduct that's hurtful to his family.
"I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distractions and the continued hurt caused on me and my family," Cain told several hundred supporters gathered at what was to have been the opening of his national campaign headquarters.
So, Cain's dropping out because of the evil media's coverage of the sexual allegations, but not because of his own misconduct?
Cain's announcement came five days after an Atlanta-area woman claimed she and Cain had an affair for more than a decade, a claim which followed several allegations of sexual harassment against him.
"But because of these false and unproved accusations, it has paid and had a tremendous painful price on my family," Cain said, with his wife, Gloria, standing behind him on the stage.
"Now here's why it hurts – because my wife, my family and I, we know that those false and unproved allegations are not true; so one of the first declarations that I want to make to you today is that I am at peace with my God. I am at peace with my wife. And she is at peace with me.
And with that Herman "Pizza Man" Cain becomes a footnote to the 2012 GOTP Presidential primary season; good-bye Herman you've provided us all with hours of rib tickling entertainment.
Posted by PEB on December 3, 2011 in 2012 Election
Tags: 2012 Election, 2012 Republican Presidential Field, elections 2012, Herman Cain, Herman Cain drops out, Herman Cain sexual harassment
The campaign's all but over?
The Associated Press (AP) is reporting that former Republican Tea Party (GOTP) frontrunner Herman "Pizza Man" Cain is still campaigning for president; but anyone with an ounce of sense – which rules out both Cain and Michele Bachmann – knows his White House bid is all but over.
"His chance at winning the presidency are effectively zero," said Dave Welch, a Republican Tea Party strategist who worked on both of John McCain's presidential bids.
That's an interesting proposition Mr. Welch, except Cain's chances of winning the White House have always been effectively zero.
One of the "no duh" moments in this so-called campaign came today when the Pizza Man told the New Hampshire Union Leader that his wife, Gloria, didn't know he was providing the 46-year-old Atlanta-area businesswoman with money for "month-to-month bills and expenses."
And, guess what? Cain also said, his wife didn't know of what he called a "friendship" with White until she said publicly that she had a casual 13-year affair with Cain that ended about eight months ago.
"I'm still backing him, but I definitely think it's a bigger and bigger mountain to climb," Florida state Rep. Carlos Trujillo said after White emerged. "It's going to be difficult to make up that ground in so short an amount of time."
Difficult?! Difficult?! Were dropped as a child; repeatedly?!
First, if he'd ever been a real candidate – meaning he had a snow ball's chance of winning – it'd be impossible after the sexual harassment charges and a woman saying she'd had a 13 year affair with him' second, since he was never a serious candidate, there was never a chance, even less than a snow ball's chance. Seriously, what's fetching wrong with you people?!
Cain's said he's reassessing and re-evaluating whether to remain in the race and will only make that decision after speaking face-to-face with his wife of 42 years.
He should've said after he speaking to his wives' attorney; good luck with that conversation.
"Turn out the lights, there's never been a party – it seems that all good things must end" – like his so-called campaign and his so-called marriage.
Tags: 2012 Election, 2012 Republican Presidential Field, elections 2012, Herman Cain, Herman Cain affair, Herman Cain sexual harassment
Harassment claims have affected support, ya think?
The Associated Press (AP) is reporting Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential has been playah Herman "Pizza Man" Cain's acknowledging his slip from the top of the Crazy Eights was due to his lack of addressing accusations of sexual harassment and continued abject confusion about his so-called policies.
The former pizza magnet and "playah" insists his campaign's sound and supporters remain on board what he calls the "Cain train;" and that sounds reminiscent of what a White Star Line ticket agent might have said about the RMS Titanic still sailing into port even as she was floundering at sea.
Cain has denied the accusations and says "nothing has gone wrong" in terms of the campaign's mechanics. But he tells CNN's "State of the Union" that some people "are heavily influenced by perception more so than reality."
Well look who just caught up; perception is reality Pizza Man, especially in politics, and the fact you and your staff didn't know this shows once more how unprepared you were to be running.
The Pizza Man never had a chance of winning the nomination, and the fact the party faithful are now flocking to Newton "Stay Puffed" Gingrich shows that. It's way past time for most of the Crazy Eight's to pack it in.
Posted by PEB on November 28, 2011 in 2012 Election
Tags: 2012 Election, 2012 Republican Presidential Field, elections 2012, Herman Cain, Herman Cain sexual harassment
NO RELIGIOUS TEST!
Dear right-wing uber-conservative Christian fanatics,
Article VI of the United States Constitution reads, "The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."
"NO RELIGIOUS TEST SHALL EVER BE REQUIRED"! That means there's supposed to be a separation from religious extremists like yourselves and the Presidency.
But, just in case Article VI isn't clear enough, how about Article 2, Section 1?
"Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:–'I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.'"
NOTE, there is no phrase, "So help me God" on the end of the oath of office; so stop pushing for there to be some twisted form of your uber-conservative Evangelical Christianity as the litmus test of who should or should not be elected President! You have two choices here, you either support the Constitution as the revered Founding Fathers wrote it, or you don't; clearly there was to be a separation.
Furthermore, in spite of Michele "Krazy" Bachmann's insistence that Washington uttered the phrase "So help me God" following his swearing in, the earliest known source indicating Washington added "So help me God" to his acceptance, not to the oath, is attributed to Washington Irving, who was six at the time of the inauguration, and first appears 65 years after the event; the only contemporary account that repeats the oath in full, a report from the French consul, Comte de Moustier, states only the constitutional oath, without reference to Washington's adding "So Help Me God" to his acceptance. But if – and it's a big IF – George Washington added the words that doesn't make it somehow Constitutional by executive fiat.
While we're running down this rabbit hole, did you know President Theodore Roosevelt didn't use a Bible when taking the oath in 1901? Or that John Quincy Adams swore on a book of law? And that Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in on a Roman Catholic missal on Air Force One?
And furthermore, we've not had a single Evangelical Christian serve as President, and if Bachmann, Perry, Santorum and Cain are examples of what that would mean, then thank God for that, and it'll probably be a long time before we do.
Tags: 2012 Election, 2012 GOP Debates, 2012 Republican Presidential Field, Article 2 Section 1 United States Constitution, Article VI United States Constitution, elections 2012, Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry
Cain would 'overturn the Supreme Court'?
Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential has been Herman "Pizza Man" Cain declared Saturday he'd "overturn" the Supreme Court if they legalized same sex marriage.
During a debate at the First Federated Church in Des Moines, Iowa, National Organization for Marriage (NOM) president Brian Brown asked the Republican candidates what they'd do if the Supreme Court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) — a law banning federal marriage equality — was unconstitutional.
"If the Perry case or a DOMA case gets to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court were to overturn DOMA or to find a — quote — unquote — constitutional — a U.S. Constitutional right to same sex marriage, if you were president, what would you do?" Brown asked.
"I would lead the charge to overturn the Supreme Court if they overturned DOMA," Cain insisted. "Whether that was new legislation coming out of the Congress like Rep. [Michele] Bachmann said. The United States Congress is supposed to pass laws so if they did overturn DOMA, that charge, I would lead to reverse that."
Once more the Pizza Man demonstrates his inability to grasp how things work within the confines of our Constitutional Republic; the President has no authority to "overturn" the Supreme Court. He can appoint new Justices to fill vacancies, but that's as far as it goes. The President can't "fire" the Supreme Court. Cain was posturing for the uber-conservative Evangelicals, and his statement simply showed his ignorance, not his competence.
Tags: 2012 Election, 2012 GOP Debates, 2012 Republican Presidential Field, elections 2012, Herman Cain, Herman Cain overturn Supreme Court
Herman Cain asks for help speaking 'Cuban'?
Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential hopeful Herman "Pizza Man" Cain has probably not helped his standing amongst Hispanics in Florida; while campaigning in Miami, he asked people at the famous Versailles Restaurant what the Cuban word is for "delicious."
While visiting the cafe, Cain sampled strong Cuban coffee and a croqueta, a deep-fried delicacy filled with ham; asked how he liked his snack, Cain asked, "How do you say 'delicious' in Cuban?"
For the record Pizza Man, Cubans speak Spanish.
Cain clearly had too many things whirling around in his head; it's just one more notch in his podium demonstrating how he's not ready for the primetime, and won't be elected President.
Tags: 2012 Election, 2012 Republican Presidential Field, Cuban, elections 2012, Herman Cain, Herman Cain Cuban, Herman Cain how do you say delicious in cuban, Versailles Restaurant
God told him to run?
I'm sorry about all that sex stuff Lord, oh wait, what? You want me to run for President? Oh, never mind then about that other stuff, OK?
According to the Associated Press (AP) Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential hopeful Herman "Pizza Man" Cain said God told him to run for president, comparing himself to Moses; problem is Herman Cain would've divided the 12 tribes in sections of 9-9-9 and that just wouldn't have worked at all.
I can picture Cain working in his kitchen rolling out some pizza dough, and then suddenly, "Ding" – "HERMAN RUN FOR PRESIDENT!"
Evidently the Pizza Man has decided he needs to play up his faith a little more while in the midst of battling multiple sexual harassment allegations, trying to shift the conversation to religion, and good old fashioned "family values" and away from groping.
In a speech to a national meeting of young Republicans, Cain said the Lord persuaded him after much prayer.
"That's when I prayed and prayed and prayed. I'm a man of faith – I had to do a lot of praying for this one, more praying than I've ever done before in my life," Cain said. "And when I finally realized that it was God saying that this is what I needed to do, I was like Moses. 'You've got the wrong man, Lord. Are you sure?'"
And the second time in his life he's prayed as hard was when all these women came forward to say he'd touched them and made unwanted sexual advances – I don't remember that being a problem for Moses?
Cain isn't the first to say God prodded him toward a campaign. The Reverend Rick Perry's wife, Anita, has said she felt God was speaking to her about the race, adding that her husband needed to see a "burning bush," a Biblical reference to God's first appearance to Moses.
OK, now just wait a minute, God moves in mysterious ways not dumb ways; of all the people God could convince to run for President he chooses Cain and Perry, really? If nothing else the current crop of GOTP contenders definitely shows God has a sense of humor.
Tags: 2012 Election, 2012 Republican Presidential Field, elections 2012, Herman Cain, Herman Cain and Moses, Herman Cain on God choosing him
Arab Spring has gotten out of hand?
Republican Tea Party (GOTP) incredible shrinking presidential candidate Herman "Pizza Man" Cain said during the most recent "debate" that President Barack Obama's reaction to the Arab Spring, has allowed the movement to go in the wrong direction.
"You have to look at Libya, Egypt, Yemen and all of the revolutions that are going on and how the administration has mishandled them," he said. "As a result, this has gotten totally out of hand."
You can hear his brain captain screaming, "How dare these people decide their own destiny, don't they know that the right way is to have America invade your country and force feed democracy to them?!"
Pizza Man claims the revolution in Egypt, where citizens ousted long-time President Hosni Mubarak, could strain relations between the United States and Egypt, and he warned against the increased power of opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood, which formed a political party earlier this year.
"Our relationship with Egypt may not survive," he said. "It turned out that the opposition was more of the Muslim Brotherhood, which could end up with a majority of control of this new government."
Here's the FOX PAC conservative line, look out for the Muslim Brotherhood to take control in the vacuum in Egypt!
So, Cain would have supported a policy of pouring billions of dollars into a regime notorious for torturing and murdering its own people?
Cain also criticized the president for his support for protests in Yemen, where the Yemeni government has responded with violence to peaceful protests.
"This president has already said that the president of Yemen should go," Cain said. "He is our friend. He has been helping us fight Al Qaeda. This president has been on the wrong side in nearly every situation in the Arab world."
Now we know that Herman Cain subscribes to the uber-conservative Machiavellian theory that the "enemy of my enemy is my friend". Earth to Herman, America can't proclaim itself as the "bright shining city on the hill" while simultaneously supporting corrupt and murderous governments just because sometimes they're our friend.
The old cold war policy of throwing billions of dollars at nations in bribes is out dated and has never served us well; problem with buying friendship is eventually some new kid comes along who pays more. Of course when your answer has always been to pay people off what more can we expect from the Pizza Man?
Tags: 2012 Election, 2012 GOP Debates, 2012 Republican Presidential Field, Arab Spring, Arab Spring gotten out of hand, elections 2012, Herman Cain, Herman Cain on Arab Spring

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Barings Debacle
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The collapse of Britain's Barings Bank in February 1995 is perhaps the quintessential tale of financial risk management gone wrong. The failure was unexpected. Over a course of days, the bank went from apparent strength to bankruptcy. Barings was Britain's oldest merchant bank. It had financed the Napoleonic wars, the Louisiana purchase, and the Erie Canal. Barings was the Queen's bank. What really grabbed the world's attention was the fact that the failure was caused by the actions of a single trader based at a small office in Singapore.
The trader was Nick Leeson. He had grown up in the Watford suburb of London. After attending university, he worked briefly for Morgan Stanley before joining Barings. At both firms, he worked in operations, but shortly after joining Barings, he applied for and received a transfer to the Far East. His first task when he arrived was working through a back-office mess in Jakarta. The bank held GBP 100MM in stock certificates and bearer bonds that were not in deliverable form. Many of the stocks had been purchased on behalf of clients. Because the stock market had subsequently declined, the clients were trying to avoid taking delivery—they complained that certificates were in the wrong denomination, not properly documented or in physically unacceptable condition. Over a period of 10 months, Leeson worked his way through the certificates, addressing the problems and making delivery.
Barings had maintained an office in Singapore since 1987. Called Baring Securities (Singapore) Limited (BSS), it had originally focused on equities, but its volume of futures trading on the SIMEX (today's Singapore Exchange) was growing. Without a seat on the exchange, BSS was having to pay commissions for all its transactions. The next step was to purchase a seat and hire traders.
Leeson's accomplishments in Jakarta attracted the attention of Barings management. When he applied for a position within BSS, they not only accepted him, but they made him a general manager with the authority to hire traders and back-office staff.
Leeson arrived at BSS in 1992 and started hiring local staff. As general manager, Leeson's job was not trading, but he soon took the necessary exam so that he could trade on SIMEX along with his small team of traders. He was now general manager, head trader and, due to his experience in operations, de facto head of the back office. Such an arrangement should have rung alarm bells, but no one within Barings' senior management seemed to notice the blatant conflicts. Leeson and his traders had the authority to perform two types of trading:
transacting futures and options orders for clients or for other firms within the Barings organization, and
riskless arbitraging of price differences between Nikkei futures traded on the SIMEX and Japan's Osaka exchange.
Perhaps it was the inherent lack of risk in such trading that prompted people to not be concerned about Leeson wearing multiple hats.
Leeson took unauthorized speculative positions primarily in futures linked to the Nikkei 225 and Japanese government bonds (JGB) as well as options on the Nikkei. He hid his trading in an unused BSS error account, number 88888. Exactly why Leeson was speculating is unclear. He claims that he originally used the 88888 account to hide some embarrassing losses resulting from mistakes made by his traders. However, Leeson started actively trading in the 88888 account almost as soon as he arrived in Singapore. The sheer volume of his trading suggests a simple desire to speculate. He lost money from the beginning. Increasing his bets only made him lose more money. By the end of 1992, the 88888 account was underwater by about GBP 2MM. A year later, this had mushroomed to GBP 23MM. By the end of 1994, Leeson's 88888 account had lost a total of GBP 208MM. Barings management remained blithely unaware as losses accelerated. On February 23, 1995, Nick Leeson hopped on a plane to Kuala Lumpur leaving behind a GBP 827MM hole in the Barings balance sheet.
As a trader, Leeson had extremely bad luck. By mid-February 1995, he had accumulated an enormous position—half the open interest in the Nikkei future and 85% of the open interest in the JGB future. The market was aware of this and probably traded against him. Prior to 1995, however, he just made consistently bad bets. The fact that he was so unlucky shouldn't be too much of a surprise. If he hadn't been so misfortunate, we probably wouldn't have ever heard of him.
Traders sometimes speculate without authorization. Presumably, a few are able to cover their tracks. Others are caught. When they are caught, they are fired, and their employer eats the loss. Usually, neither the trader nor his employer has any interest in publicizing the incident. Leeson made headlines precisely because he was so unlucky. By the time he was discovered, he had bankrupted his employer. Publicity was unavoidable.
What is amazing about Leeson's activities is the fact that he was able to accumulate such staggering losses without Barings' management noticing. As Leeson lost money, he had to pay those losses to SIMEX in the form of margin. Leeson needed cash. By falsifying accounts and making various misrepresentations, he was able to secure funding from various companies within the Barings organization and from client accounts. His misrepresentations were flimsy at best. For example, he claimed that he needed funds to make margin payments on behalf of BSS clients, and he gave a technical argument related to how the SIMEX collected margin as justification. This claim was false. It was actually against SIMEX rules for a broker to post its own money as margin for a client. Even if the claim were true, the funds would have been needed only temporarily—until the client could make payment. Instead, Leeson continued to ask for ever more funding. Most of this came from three companies within the Barings organization:
Baring Securities Limited (BSL)—securities arm of parent Barings Plc.;
Baring Securities (London) Limited (BSLL)—BSL's London office;
Baring Securities (Japan) Limited (BSJ)—BSL's Japan office.
Exhibit 1 tracks the funding of BSS by these three companies in the months leading up to Barings' collapse.
Exhibit 1: Funding for Baring Securities (Singapore) Limited (BSS) came primarily from three companies within the Barings organization. This exhibit tracks their funding of BSS in the months leading up to the failure of Barings. Essentially all the funding was used by Leeson to make margin payments to SIMEX. Source: Bank of England.
Despite his having to fund millions of GBP in losses, there were various factors that allowed Leeson to avoid discovery. At the time, there was a merger going on between two parts of the Barings organization. Barings had acquired stock brokerage Henderson Crosthwaite in 1984, which became BSL. Originally, BSL was run as an entirely separate company from the banking business, which was called Baring Brothers and Company (BB&Co.). This is indicated in Exhibit 2.
Exhibit 2: An abbreviated organizational structure for Barings prior to the 1993 merging of BB&Co. and BSL. Entities not relevant to this article have been omitted. For example, BSL also had offices in New York and Hong Kong. Source: Bank of England.
In November 1993, BSL was merged into BB&Co. in anticipation of a subsequent initiative to form a Barings Investment Bank (BIB). The merger was not easy because the two firms had markedly different cultures. It was a distraction right in the middle of Leeson's tenure at BSL. The new organizational structure following the merger is indicated in Exhibit 3.
Exhibit 3: An abbreviated organization structure for Barings following the 1993 merging of BB&Co. and BSL. In 1994, BB&Co. and BSL became part of the new BIB. Source: Bank of England.
Barings was just starting to form a risk management function. Risk controllers were appointed in London, Tokyo and Hong Kong during 1994, but not in Singapore. In BSS, Leeson effectively controlled the front and back offices. There was no middle office. Also, there was no single person within Barings responsible for supervising Leeson.
As part of the 1993 reorganization, Barings had adopted a "matrix" approach to the management of its offices. There was one reporting structure based upon products that cut across all offices. Another was based upon operations, ensuring local management of such items as systems, controls, settlement and accounting. Employees complained that lines of reporting were not always clear.
Leeson was involved with two "products":
futures arbitrage, and
trade execution for clients or other companies within the Barings organization.
During 1994, his "product" line of reporting could arguably have been to either Ron Baker, who managed derivatives, or Mike Killian, head of Global Futures and Options Sales. Locally, Leeson could have reported to James Bax, who was head of the Singapore office, or to Simon Jones, who was Regional Operations Manager for South-East Asia.
Another issue was that Leeson was an accomplished liar. He falsified records, fabricated letters and made up elaborate stories to deflect questions from management, auditors and even representatives of SIMEX. Leeson actively played on people's insecurities. He notes in his (1996) book that:
People at the London end of Barings were all so know-all that nobody dared ask a stupid question in case they looked silly in front of everyone else.
Some people did raise concerns about Leeson's activities. In a January 1995 internal e-mail, Brenda Granger, Head of Futures and Options Settlements in London stated
Awaiting breakdown from my buddy Nick (once they creatively allocate the numbers).
Such concerns went largely unheeded. Leeson was a celebrity within Barings. While he was secretly accumulating losses in account 88888, he was publicly recording profits in three arbitrage trading accounts, numbers 92000, 98007 and 98008. This was accomplished through cross-trades with account 88888. By performing futures transactions at off-market prices, Leeson was able to achieve profits in the arbitrage accounts while placing offsetting losses in the 88888 account. In 1994, Leeson booked GBP 28.5MM in false profits. This was a staggering profit to earn from futures arbitrage, but it ensured that Barings employees earned bonuses that year. Needless to say, there was little incentive for employees to question the unusually high arbitrage profits. If anything, Leeson was viewed as a star trader who was not to be interfered with.
In a famous 1993 quote, Peter Baring, Chairman of Barings, commented to Brian Quinn, Director of the Bank of England that
The recovery in profitability has been amazing following the reorganization, leaving Barings to conclude that it was not actually terribly difficult to make money in the securities markets.
Six days after fleeing Singapore, Leeson was arrested in Frankfurt trying to make his way back to London. He was returned to Singapore to stand trial. Convicted of fraud, he was sentenced to six and a half years in Singapore's Changi prison. While there, he contracted cancer, which he survived, and was divorced by his wife. For good behavior, he was released from prison early, in July 1999.
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Intel is considering selling its security business as the company tries to focus on delivering chips for cloud computing and connected devices, according to a news report.
The Intel Security business came largely from the company's acquisition for $7.7 billion of security software company McAfee. Intel announced plans to bake some of the security technology into its chips to ensure higher security for its customers.
With the surge in cyberthreats, providing protection to the variety of Internet-connected devices, such as PCs, mobile devices, medical gear and cars, requires a fundamentally new approach involving software, hardware and services, the company said in February 2011, when announcing the completion of the McAfee acquisition.
Intel has been talking to bankers about the future of its cybersecurity business for a deal that would be one of the largest in the sector, reported The Financial Times, citing people close to the discussions. It said a group of private equity firms may join together to buy the security business if it is sold at the same price or higher than what Intel paid for it.
"I could see them selling a piece of the service, but not all security capabilities," said Patrick Moorhead, president and principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy.
Intel is declining to comment on the report, a company spokeswoman wrote in an email.
The company rebranded its McAfee business as Intel Security in 2014.
The security sector has seen a lot of interest from private equity buyers. Symantec said earlier this month it was acquiring Web security provider Blue Coat for $4.65 billion in cash, in a deal that will see Silver Lake, an investor in Symantec, enhancing its investment in the merged company, and Bain Capital, majority shareholder in Blue Coat, reinvesting $750 million in the business through convertible notes.
Intel said in April that it was cutting 12,000 jobs, or 11 percent of its workforce, by mid-2017 as it tries to evolve from chips for PCs to silicon for data centers and the Internet of Things.


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Alberta Ferretti (Cattolica, 1950)[1] is an Italian fashion designer and dressmaker. She designs for Alberta Ferretti, and designed for Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti until 2014. Her showroom is in Milan, Italy but her studio is in the village of Cattolica, near Rimini, Italy.[2]
In 1968, Alberta Ferretti opened her first boutique, called Jolly, in Cattolica. She designed a first collection in 1973 and co-founded Aeffe S.p.A (it) (a publicly-traded clothing manufacturer and distributor) in 1976. She began showing seasonal collections on the runways of Milan in 1981. She launched Ferretti Jeans Philosophy in 1989, renamed Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti in 1994. In 1994 she renovated a 13th-century castle into the Palazzo Viviani hotel in Montegridolfo.
In October 1993 Ferretti presented clothes reminiscent of The Great Gatsby for the Milan ready-to-wear shows. One of her designs was a long and trim gingham dress, in pale blue. A flapper showed a beige crocheted dress styled just above the knee. Her renditions of the toga for the production were diverse. They were simple gowns, some of them short, others long and draped.[3]
Ferretti extended her the breadth of her company outside of Italy beginning with the acquisition of a building at 30 West 56th Street in New York City. She started Aeffe U.S.A., which produced and distributed clothing by Moschino, Rifat Ozbek, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Narcisco Rodriguez.[4] Aeffe is owned by Ferretti and her brother, Massimo.[5] The locale also became the hub for marketing her own collections.
By 1998 she opened in-store boutiques for selling her signature and Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti lines at Bergdorf Goodman. Next she obtained her initial American freestanding store in SoHo. This business, near Prince Street, is exclusively for her Philosophy collection. It is a lower priced edition of Ferretti's signature line, intended for younger women. In contrast to most designers, she started boutiques for her secondary lines prior to opening a flagship store for her signature collection. Ferretti's West Broadway building is located next door to a Rizzoli bookstore. It is a Federal style architecture townhouse built in the late 19th century. It was renovated with a three-story glass front and skylights, so that the interior was filled with natural light.[6] The store was designed by Manhattan architect David Ling. It is a pristinely white 1,000-square-foot (93 m2) shop.[4] Ferretti signed a licensing deal with Procter & Gamble for a fragrance line in 2000.
Ferretti is known for her designs featuring twisting, tucking, and draping techniques.[7] Her style employs a subtle layered look, sometimes showing a hint of hand-beaded gauze which extends slightly beneath the hem of a wool dress.[4] The erotic qualities of the chiffon and jersey fashions she introduced for her spring 2008 fashion collection is evident in the look of her dresses. Many of them are cut high in the front and draped low in the back. Her target customer is the cocktail crowd. Specifically the dresses are party frocks, above the knee, and enhanced by rhinestone rosettes and armour-like chain mail. Feretti's collection includes pleated bubbled coats, toga-like minidresses and skirts, and a sparse number of gowns of soft mint green and white hues. The minidresses and skirts were shown with ethereal models wearing metallic gladiator flats.[7]
In July 2011 her collection was presented at the catwalk of The Brandery fashion show in Barcelona.[8]
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Q: Update Database with JDBC having some values which should be ignored I am having some troubles using JDBC for updating a table-column. If I have a table e.g User(name,address,hobby,...) imagine about 15 fields. Then I get via frontend an Object from a form, where a user can type in all entries which should be changed. Now I need to save the changes in the database, but not all of the fields got changed, so my DAO has some null values. For example name and address should be changed, the other entries in the table shouldn't. Is there any smart way to put that into a JDBC PreparedStatement? Or do you know other solutions? I am trying to avoid a lot of value != null statements.
Thanks in advance!
(I am using spring as my backend, and angular in frontend)

A: Since you're using Spring, you can use the NamedParameterJdbcTemplate, but the real trick is the use of COALESCE to use a fall-back value when the value given is NULL:
@Autowired
private DataSource dataSource;

public void updateUser(int id, String name, String address, String hobby) {
    NamedParameterJdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(dataSource);
    String sql = "UPDATE User" +
                   " SET Name = COALESCE(:name, Name)" +
                      ", Address = COALESCE(:address, Address)" +
                      ", Hobby = COALESCE(:hobby, Hobby)" +
                 " WHERE Id = :id";
    MapSqlParameterSource paramMap = new MapSqlParameterSource();
    paramMap.addValue("id"     , id     , Types.INTEGER);
    paramMap.addValue("name"   , name   , Types.VARCHAR);
    paramMap.addValue("address", address, Types.VARCHAR);
    paramMap.addValue("hobby"  , hobby  , Types.VARCHAR);
    if (jdbcTemplate.update(sql, paramMap) == 0)
        throw new EmptyResultDataAccessException("User not found: " + id, 1);
}

Or, if you use a POJO with the user data:
public class User {
    private int id;
    private String name;
    private String address;
    private String hobby;

    // Getters and setters here
}

public void updateUser(User user) {
    NamedParameterJdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(dataSource);
    String sql = "UPDATE User" +
                   " SET Name = COALESCE(:name, Name)" +
                      ", Address = COALESCE(:address, Address)" +
                      ", Hobby = COALESCE(:hobby, Hobby)" +
                 " WHERE Id = :id";
    BeanPropertySqlParameterSource paramMap = new BeanPropertySqlParameterSource(user);
    if (jdbcTemplate.update(sql, paramMap) == 0)
        throw new EmptyResultDataAccessException("User not found: " + id, 1);
}

A: The simple solution you can have is using SimpleJdbcInsert and adding usingGeneratedKeyColumns("ID").
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private DataSource dataSource;

@Override
    public ResponseEntity<Void> insertEntity(Entity obj) {
        SimpleJdbcInsert simpleJdbcInsert = new SimpleJdbcInsert(jdbcTemplate.getDataSource());
        simpleJdbcInsert.withTableName(TABLE_APP_REPO).usingGeneratedKeyColumns("ID");
        BeanPropertySqlParameterSource paramSource = new BeanPropertySqlParameterSource(obj);

        try {
            simpleJdbcInsert.execute(paramSource);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return ResponseEntity.badRequest().build();
        }
        return ResponseEntity.ok().build();
    }

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\section{Introduction}
Kinetics of phase transitions \cite{on,bra}, following quenches of homogeneous systems to the state points
inside the coexistence regions, remains an active area of research \cite{dfish,liu,yeu,hen,lor,%
mid,mid2,maj,zan,oh,por,oon,yeu2,abr,das,sho,cor,ole,ole2,cha,sat,der,sah,bla,cha2,maze}.
A particular interest has been in the case \cite{on,bra} when the temperature
($T$) of a magnetic system, prepared at the paramagnetic region, is suddenly lowered to a value that
corresponds to the ferromagnetic region of the phase diagram. Following such a quench
the system evolves towards the new equilibrium via formation
and growth  of domains rich in atomic magnets aligned in a particular direction. For such an
evolution, in addition to the understanding of time ($t$)-dependence of the average domain size
($\ell$) \cite{on,bra,sho,cor,ole,ole2,cha,all}, there has been significant interest in obtaining
quantitative information on pattern formation \cite{oh,por,oon,yeu2,abr,das},
persistence \cite{sat,der,sah,bla,cha2} and aging \cite{dfish,liu,yeu,hen,lor,mid,mid2,maj,zan,maze}.
\par
Ising model \cite{on,bra} has been instrumental in understanding of the above aspects
of kinetics of phase transitions. Via computer simulations of this model a number of
theoretical expectations have been confirmed \cite{bra}. Some of these we describe below in the
context of nonconserved order parameter.
\par
The (interfacial) curvature driven growth in this case is expected to provide \cite{bra,all}
\begin{equation}\label{e_growth}
\ell \sim t^{\alpha}; ~ \alpha=1/2,
\end{equation}
referred to as the Cahn-Allen growth law. The two-point equal-time
correlation function \cite{bra}, that quantifies the pattern, in this context, was
obtained by Ohta, Jasnow and Kawasaki (OJK) \cite{oh}, and has the form
\begin{equation}\label{e_ojk}
C(r,t)=\frac{2}{\pi}\sin^{-1}\gamma,
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}\label{e_gamma}
\gamma=\exp(-r^{2}/8Dt),
\end{equation}
$D$ being a diffusion constant and $r$ the scalar distance between
two space points $\vec{r}_{1}$ and $\vec{r}_2$.
\par
Note that $C(r,t)$ is a special case of a more general two-point two-time
(space and time-dependent) order-parameter ($\psi$) correlation function \cite{liu}
\begin{eqnarray}\label{e_corfn}
C_{\textrm{gen}}(\vec{r}_{1},\vec{r}_{2},t,t_{w})=\langle \psi(\vec{r}_{1},t)\psi(\vec{r}_{2},t_{w})\rangle-
\langle \psi(\vec{r}_{1},t)\rangle \langle\psi(\vec{r}_{2},t_{w})\rangle,
\end{eqnarray}
when $t=t_w$ and the pattern is isotropic. On the other hand, when $\vec{r}_{1}=\vec{r}_{2}$,
$C_{\textrm{gen}}$ is referred to as the two-time autocorrelation function \cite{dfish,liu}. This we will denote by
$C_{\textrm{ag}}(t,t_{w})$, where $t$ and $t_w$ ($\geqslant t$) are referred to as the
observation and waiting times, respectively. For $C_{\textrm{ag}}$ there exists prediction
of power-law decay as \cite{dfish,liu}
\begin{equation}\label{e_agscl}
C_{\textrm{ag}} \sim \bigg (\frac{\ell}{\ell_{w}}\bigg)^{-\lambda},
\end{equation}
where $\ell_{w}$ is the average domain size at time $t_{w}$. For the aging exponent $\lambda$,
Fisher and Huse (FH) \cite{dfish} predicted a lower bound
\begin{equation}\label{e_fh}
\lambda \geqslant \frac{d}{2},
\end{equation}
where $d$ is the space dimension.
\par
Monte Carlo (MC) simulations \cite{lan} of the Ising model have been performed \cite{bra,das}
in various space dimensions, for quenches to various values of $T$. In $d=2$ the above predictions
were found to be valid, irrespective of the temperature of quench.
The status is similar with respect to simulations in $d=3$ at reasonably high
temperatures. On the other hand, from the limited number of available works,
it appears that the coarsening of the 3D Ising model at $T=0$ is
special \cite{sho,cor,ole,ole2,cha,cha2}. Following reports
on the slower growth and unusual structure in
this case, we have undertaken comprehensive study of aging phenomena
via the calculations of $C_{\textrm{ag}}(t,t_{w})$, alongside obtaining a quantitative
picture of the structural anomaly.
\par
We have obtained the scaling property of $C_{\textrm{ag}}(t,t_{w})$ and quantified its functional
form via analysis of results from extensive MC simulations of very large systems. We observe
scaling with respect to \cite{dfish} $x$ ($=\ell/\ell_w$) and power-law decay in
the asymptotic limit. The correction to this power-law, in the
small $x$ region, resembles that
of the high temperature quench \cite{mid}. The exponent of the power-law has been
estimated via the calculation and convergence of an appropriate
instantaneous exponent  \cite{hus} in the asymptotic limit ($x\rightarrow \infty$).
The value, thus extracted, surprisingly, violates the FH lower bound \cite{dfish}. This
striking fact we have discussed in connection with the structural property \cite{yeu}.
Preliminary results on this issue were reported in Ref. \cite{das}. However, in this
earlier work violation of the FH bound was not observed.
\section{Methods}
We implement the nonconserved dynamics \cite{bra} in the MC simulations of the Ising model by using
spin-flips \cite{bra,lan,gla} as the trial moves. Essentially, we have randomly chosen a spin and changed
its sign. The energies before and after a trial was calculated from the
Ising hamiltonian \cite{on,bra,dfish} ($<ij>$ in the summation represents nearest neighbors)
\begin{equation}\label{e_ising}
H=-J \sum_{<ij>} {S_{i}S_{j}, S_{i}=\pm 1, J>0}.
\end{equation}
Following this, the moves were accepted in accordance with the standard
Metropolis algorithm \cite{dfish}, based on the difference in energies between the original and
the perturbed configurations. One MC step (MCS), the time unit used in
our simulations, consists of $N$ trial moves, where
$N$ is the total number of spins in the system. We have considered periodic boxes of
simple cubic type such that $N=L^3$, where $L$ is the linear dimension of a cubic
box, in units of the lattice constant.
\par
We present results from two different temperatures, viz., $T=0$ and $0.6T_c$, $T_c$, the critical temperature,
being equal to $4.51 J/k_{B}$, where $k_{B}$ is the Boltzmann constant.
In the following we set $k_{B}$, interaction strength $J$ and the lattice constant to unity.
For both the temperatures, we start with random initial
configurations that mimic infinite temperature scenario. Note that $T=0.6T_c$
lies above the roughening transition temperature \cite{abr,cor,van}. All results are presented after
averaging over a minimum of $20$ independent initial configurations. Here note that
the spin variable $S_i$ is same as the order parameter $\psi$ that is used in the
definition of the correlation function.
\par
For the calculation of $C(r,t)$ and $\ell$, thermal noise at $0.6T_{c}$ was
eliminated via application of a majority spin rule \cite{maj2}. While $\ell$
can be calculated from the scaling property of $C(r,t)$ (see discussion in results part) as
\begin{equation}\label{e_a}
C(\ell,t)=a,
\end{equation}
in this
work we have also obtained it from the first moment of the domain-size distribution
function \cite{maj2}, $P(\ell_{d},t)$, as
\begin{equation}\label{e_dist}
\ell=\int{\ell_{d} P(\ell_{d},t)} d\ell_{d},
\end{equation}
where $\ell_{d}$ is the distance between two consecutive domain boundaries along any
Cartesian direction. In the exercise related to scaling property of $C(r,t)$ we will
use $\ell$ obtained from Eq. (\ref{e_a}), by setting $a$ to $0.5$. On the other hand,
for quantifying the aging property via $C_{\textrm{ag}}(t,t_{w})$, we will use $\ell$
calculated via Eq. (\ref{e_dist}). Note that there exist other methods as well, for the
calculation of $\ell$. All these methods provide results proportional to each other.
\section{Results}
\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics*[width=0.45\textwidth]{fig1a.eps}
\vskip 0.3cm
\includegraphics*[width=0.45\textwidth]{fig1b.eps}
\caption{\label{fig1} (a) Snapshots during the evolution of the 3D nonconserved Ising model.
Pictures from two different times are shown. The locations of the ``up''
spins are marked. The linear dimension of the system is $L=64$.
(b) Plots of two-point equal-time correlation function versus $r/\ell$. Data from
three different times are included. The box size corresponds to $L=512$. All results
are from $T=0$.
}
\end{figure}
In Fig. \ref{fig1}(a) we show two snapshots during the evolution of the 3D Ising model,
following a quench from infinite temperature to $T=0$. Growth in the system is clearly
visible. To check for the structural self-similarity in the growth,
in Fig. \ref{fig1}(b) we have plotted $C(r,t)$ versus $r/\ell$.
Nice collapse of data from various different times imply the scaling property\cite{bra}:
\begin{equation}
C(r,t)=\tilde{C}(r/\ell(t)),
\end{equation}
where $\tilde{C}(y)$ is independent of time, requirement for the self-similarity.
While this qualitative feature is the same as that exhibited \cite{bra,das} by the model
in $d=2$ or for quenches to much higher values of $T$ in $d=3$, we will later see that $\tilde{C}$ here differs
from that for the latter cases. This feature may have important consequence in the
aging property. Unless otherwise mentioned, all results below are for quenches to $T=0$.
Here note that the collapse of the $C(r,t)$ from $t <1000$ on the presented data sets
in Fig. \ref{fig1}(b) is not as good.
\par
Next we focus our attention to the aging property.
In Fig. \ref{fig2} we present plots of $C_{\textrm{ag}}(t,t_{w})$
versus $t-t_w$, from three different values of $t_w$. As expected, no time translation
invariance is observed \cite{zan} and the decay becomes slower with the increase
of $t_w$, implying aging in the system. However, the autocorrelation function for different $t_w$ values
exhibit data-collapse when plotted versus $\ell/\ell_w$ \cite{dfish}. This is demonstrated in Fig. \ref{fig3}.
The solid line in this figure represents a power-law with exponent $\lambda=1.67$. This value
was predicted by Liu and Mazenko (LM) \cite{liu},
via a calculation that uses a Gaussian auxiliary field ansatz \cite{bra,liu}.
LM constructed a dynamical equation for
$C_{\textrm{gen}}(\vec{r}_{1},\vec{r}_{2},t,t_{w})$ as \cite{liu}
\begin{equation}\label{gen_cor}
\frac{\partial C_{\textrm{gen}}(\vec{R},t,t_{w})}{\partial t}={\nabla}^2 C_{\textrm{gen}}(\vec{R},t,t_{w})+
\frac{K}{t} C_{\textrm{gen}}(\vec{R},t,t_{w}),
\end{equation}
where $\vec{R}=\vec{r}_{1} - \vec{r}_{2}$ and the constant $K$
depends upon $d$. The (approximate) solution of this equation, in the
asymptotic limit, for $\vec{R}=0$, provides a power-law for $C_{\textrm{ag}}(t,t_{w})$:
\begin{equation}
C_{\textrm{ag}}(t,t_{w}) \sim \ell^{-(d-2K)}.
\end{equation}
Given that \cite{liu} $K=0.6637$ in $d=3$, one obtains $\lambda=d-2K \simeq 1.67$.
\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics*[width=0.45\textwidth]{fig2.eps}
\caption{\label{fig2} Plots of autocorrelation function versus $t-t_{w}$. Data from three different values of
$t_{w}$ are shown. All results are for $T=0$ and $L=512$.
}
\end{figure}
\par
The LM line in Fig. \ref{fig3}, however, is in significant disagreement with the simulation data,
even for very large value of $\ell$. Note that the presented data
sets cover an overall length scale range $[50,250]$. However, as observed in previous studies in different
dimension or at other temperatures, here also the scaling function exhibits continuous
bending \cite{mid,maj}. Even though a fair agreement of the simulation data with the LM prediction is not
yet observed, a trend for arriving at a better agreement with the latter or at least
with a power-law behavior may be appreciated with the increase of $x=\ell/\ell_{w}$.
This bending perhaps implies \cite{mid} presence of correction(s) for smaller $x$.
\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics*[width=0.45\textwidth]{fig3.eps}
\caption{\label{fig3} Scaling plot of $C_{\textrm{ag}}(t,t_{w})$ versus $\ell/\ell_{w}$,
using data from three different values of $t_w$, on a log-log scale. The solid line
represents a power-law, exponent being mentioned next to it. The presented results
are from $T=0$ and $L=512$.
}
\end{figure}
In such a situation, if indeed a power-law behavior is expected in
the $x \rightarrow \infty$ limit, to estimate the exponent
it is instructive to calculate the instantaneous exponent as \cite{mid,hus}
\begin{equation}
\lambda_{i}= -\frac{d \ln C_{\textrm{ag}}(t,t_{w})}{d \ln x}.
\end{equation}
\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics*[width=0.45\textwidth]{fig4.eps}
\caption{\label{fig4} Plots of instantaneous exponent $\lambda_{i}$ versus $1/x$. We have presented data
from $T=0$ and $0.6T_c$. The solid lines are guides to the eye. All results were obtained with $L=512$.
We have done running averaging and thinned out data for the clarity of presentation.
Oscillations in the $T=0$ data is due to strong fluctuations in each initial configurations.
}
\end{figure}
\par
We have calculated $\lambda_{i}$ for the scaling functions from $T=0$ and $T=0.6T_{c}$.
These are plotted versus $1/x$ in Fig. \ref{fig4}. In both the cases linear convergence
to the $x \rightarrow \infty$ limit is visible \cite{mid}. Such an extrapolation for the $T=0.6T_{c}$
data indeed leads to a number that is consistent with the LM \cite{liu}
value $1.67$. Here note that in a later work \cite{cha2},
a modified value of $\lambda$, about $6\%$ smaller than $1.67$, was mentioned.
On the other hand, for $T=0$ the convergence is to a
much smaller value, $\simeq 1.1$. This number
not only is significantly smaller than the LM \cite{dfish} value, it also violates the
FH (lower) bound by a huge margin. Here note that the linear trend exhibited by
the data sets in Fig. \ref{fig4} imply an exponential correction factor
such that \cite{mid}
\begin{equation}
C_{\textrm{ag}}(t,t_{w})=Ae^{-\frac{B}{x}}x^{-\lambda},
\end{equation}
where $A$ and $B$ are constants.
\par
At this point we recall a recent observation of structural
differences \cite{ole,ole2} of $T=0$ coarsening dynamics of 3D nonconserved Ising model with
other situations. For that matter, in Fig. \ref{fig5}(a) we show a comparison of
$C(r)$ at $T=0$ with that at $0.6T_c$. There exists significant difference
between the two cases \cite{das}. The one at $0.6T_c$ is in nice agreement with the
OJK function (see the continuous line).
\par
To understand the difference in the decay of $C_{\textrm{ag}}(t,t_{w})$
between the two chosen temperatures, we ask
the question if the above mentioned structural mismatch is responsible for that.
Here we note, Yeung, Rao and Desai (YRD) \cite{yeu} mentioned that the FH
bound should be valid for only nonconserved order-parameter dynamics.
The latter type of dynamics, of course, is being studied in this paper.
The above point is raised \cite{yeu} by considering the known structural
differences between conserved and nonconserved cases. Nevertheless, since,
by now, we know that there exists difference between $T=0$ and higher temperature structures
even within the nonconserved framework \cite{das,ole,ole2}, further discussion and
results with respect to this is worth presenting.
\par
YRD obtained a modified lower bound \cite{yeu}
\begin{equation}\label{e_yrdbound}
\lambda \geqslant \frac{d+\beta}{2},
\end{equation}
where $\beta$ is the exponent for the small wave-vector ($k$) power-law behavior
of structure factor [Fourier transform of $C(r,t)$] \cite{yeu2}:
\begin{equation}\label{e_smallk}
S(k,t) \sim k^{\beta}.
\end{equation}
In the case of usual nonconserved Ising dynamics $\beta=0$ and YRD
bound coincides with the FH bound. Question now arises on the value
of $\beta$ at $T=0$. Recall that there exists difference in $C(r,t)$ starting
from intermediate length scale. This is consistent with the previous report
that observed sponge-like structure \cite{ole,ole2}. We also find holes inside the domains
of ``up'' and ``down'' spins.
See the two-dimensional cuts of the snapshots in Fig. \ref{fig5}(b), obtained from the evolutions following
quenches to $T=0$ and $0.6T_c$. Essentially the domains of the two types of spins
are inter-penetrating in an unusual manner, at $T=0$, and creating
a porous structure. In that case we expect a different form of
the $P(\ell_{d},t)$ at $T=0$ from that at $T=0.6T_{c}$. This is shown in Fig. \ref{fig6}(a).
Even though the large $\ell_{d}$ behavior is exponential for both the temperatures
(see the log-linear choice of the plots), indeed
the small $\ell_{d}$ behavior is quite different in the
two cases, due to the presence of the porousity at $T=0$.
This feature is consistent with the above mentioned difference in $C(r,t)$.
Such difference in $C(r,t)$ is expected to provide
disagreement in small $k$ behavior of $S(k,t)$ between the two temperatures.
\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics*[width=0.45\textwidth]{fig5a.eps}
\vskip 0.3cm
\includegraphics*[width=0.45\textwidth]{fig5b.eps}
\caption{\label{fig5} (a) A comparison of the two-point equal time correlation functions from $T=0$ and
$0.6T_c$. In both the cases data from one time are presented, after
scaling the distance axis by $\ell$. The continuous line there is the OJK analytical
form.
(b) Parts of 2D slices of snapshots from the evolutions at $T=0$ and $T=0.6T_c$. For $T=0.6T_c$,
in the snapshot as well as for the calculation of $C(r,t)$ the thermal noise was
removed (see the text).
}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics*[width=0.45\textwidth]{fig6a.eps}
\vskip 0.3cm
\includegraphics*[width=0.435\textwidth]{fig6b.eps}
\caption{\label{fig6} (a) Log-linear plots of the domain-size distribution function $P$ versus
$\ell_d$. Results from $T=0$ and $0.6T_{c}$ are shown. The solid line represents an exponential decay.
(b) Log-log plots of the equal-time structure factor vs $k$, at $T=0$ and $0.6T_{c}$.
The solid line represents a power-law, exponent for which is mentioned.
All results correspond to $L=512$. The times are mentioned in the figures and are
chosen in such a way that the characteristic length scales at the two temperatures
are approximately same.
}
\end{figure}
\par
In Fig. \ref{fig6}(b) we present log-log plots of $S(k,t)$ versus $k$, for
the two chosen temperatures. The small $k$ behavior is certainly not consistent with $\beta=0$.
However, for $T=0.6T_c$, value of $\beta$ is very close to zero ($\simeq 0.2$).
(Note here that in $d=2$ or at high $T$ in $d=3$
various authors \cite{yeu,yeu2,das} confirmed that $\beta \simeq 0$.)
For the validity of the YRD bound at $T=0$ one requires $\beta \simeq -0.8$. The small $k$
behavior of $S(k,t)$ at $T=0$ is reasonably consistent with this number -- see the solid
line in Fig. \ref{fig6}(b). We should mention here that for finite $L$
it is not possible to access very small values of $k$. If access of $k$ very close to zero
becomes possible by considering large $L$, one may observe a behavior consistent
with $\beta=0$ even for $T=0$, though such a convergence may be much slower than that for the
higher temperature case. Furthermore, another question arises, what upper value of $k$
should be considered to be small. This can be answered by knowing the average
domain size that grows with a slow rate at $T=0$.
For this purpose we provide a brief discussion on how the YRD bound was obtained.
\par
The derivation \cite{yeu} of YRD bound required an integration over $k$ involving the
structure factors at $t$ and $t_w$, viz.,
\begin{equation}\label{e_yrd}
C_{\textrm{ag}} \sim \ell^{-\lambda} \leq \ell^{d/2}\int_{0}^{b}{dk k^{d-1} [{S(k,t_{w})} {\tilde{S}(k\ell)}]^{1/2}},
\end{equation}
where $\tilde{S}$ is a time independent scaling function and
$b=\frac{2\pi}{\ell}$, $\ell$ being the domain length at time $t$.
The bound in Eq. (\ref{e_yrdbound}) follows when $S(k,t_{w})$ in Eq. (\ref{e_yrd}) is replaced
by its small $k$ behavior as in Eq. (\ref{e_smallk}).
Given that the growth in the considered case is slow,
value of $b$, i.e, the range of integration in
$k$-space is bigger, at a given time, compared to higher temperature scenario where the growth is faster.
This provides further larger ``effective'' value of $\beta$ in this case.
Nevertheless, question remains, as mentioned above, with the increase of the system
size a constant value of $S(k,t_{w})$ may be seen for $T=0$ and at very late time the value of $b$
may fall in that region. This will raise the value of the lower bound. In that case
do we expect a crossover in the value of $\lambda$, from the value mentioned above,
to the LM one? This will certainly be interesting to check. However, for that purpose,
system sizes much larger than the ones considered here must be run for extremely long
time. This exercise is not within our ability at the moment,
given the limitation of computational resources
available to us. Nevertheless, the system size $L=512$ studied in this work
is extremely large and contains more than $0.13$ billion spins. To our
knowledge, there exists only one study in the literature that considered comparable
system size \cite{cor}.
\section{Conclusion}
We have studied aging property \cite{zan} during ordering in the 3D Ising model without conservation
of order-parameter. Monte Carlo simulation \cite{lan} results
for quenches from infinite to zero temperature are presented for the two-time autocorrelation
function. It has been shown, like in high temperature case \cite{mid}, the decay of this
correlation function, as a function of $x=\ell/\ell_{w}$, is a power-law, with an exponential
correction for small $x$. The exponent for the power-law, however, is much smaller
than that for the high temperature decay \cite{mid}. While in the high $T$ case the exponent is consistent
with a theoretical prediction by Liu and Mazenko \cite{liu}, that obeys a lower bound provided
by Fisher and Huse (FH) \cite{dfish}, for $T=0$ this lower bound is violated. This is an extremely
striking observation. Furthermore, the pattern at $T=0$ is different from that
of the high temperature. For $T=0$, the Ohta-Jasnow-Kawasaki function \cite{oh} does
not describe the two-point equal-time correlation function well.
The origin of this difference has been discussed.
We argue, this deviation is responsible for the violation of the FH bound. In
fact our result shows that the aging exponent obeys another bound, obtained by
Yeung, Rao and Desai \cite{yeu}, that can account for the structural anomaly mentioned above.
\par
In this work the results from $T=0$ are compared with those from $0.6T_c$ that lies above
the roughening transition temperature, $T_{R}$. In future we will perform more
systematic study by gradually varying $T$. This will provide information on whether the surprising
features that have been observed are only a zero temperature property or there is a
gradual cross-over from $T=0$ to a higher temperature. This will also reveal
if $T_{R}$, related to the interface broadening, is responsible for the unusual structure and dynamics.

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Essays September 7, 2018 September 7, 2018
Are People Too Blind to Know Their Government is Lying to Them?
By Joshua D. Glawson | United States
Comfort breeds apathy. Most people live simply to work to make a living for themselves and their families. We get focused on our career goals and stick to that path. Anything that distracts us from those life objectives (even when it is a major issue) prevents us from possibly feeding our family, providing housing, and all of the daily comforts of life. So, instead of delving into the serious topics of government abuses (lies, thefts, murders, wars, etc.), we prefer answering only to the immediacy of our direct needs and desires rather than a long fought battle against people that are lying to us.
This may also answer why so many people prefer getting their news from social media and comedians, rather than opening books and discussing things that make people uncomfortable. When we get comfortable with our lives, we tend to shield ourselves from things that will disrupt that comfort.
Likeability is at the forefront of most people's relationships. Being liked by people, especially your family and friends, is important to most people, and there is nothing wrong with that. However, since most are concerned about being agreeable and liked, they tend to shy away from discussions that could lead them to be viewed in a different and bad light. No one wants to be that crazy conspiracy theorist relative, so they accept mainstream political opinion as fact. Some people also just want to continue positive relationships with those they know they will disagree with any non-mainstream thinking in a positive way.
Education also plays a role in turning a blind eye towards government lies. This may have more to do with public schools being the primary source of education for most Americans. It is ingrained in the public school system not to question your government. It teaches you to admire the Presidents as gods that have come to save us while dismissing all of their corruption, abuses, and lies within a generation or two. Furthermore, when public schools are paid for by states and the federal government, as in the US, with every dollar comes a regulation and control of that schooling system. This is because the state has a monopoly on the use of force. So, public schools will paint the State in a positive image, and many continue to believe that without question.
Philosophy is an ongoing battlefield. For many Americans, the idea that government officials are "just doing their job," is constantly prevalent in their initial responses. Even when the actions of the government go against the Constitution or laws in place, many shun from contesting. This is the ever-pervasive philosophy that helps to destroy the very questioning of government itself.
Many have come to believe that, although an action such as murder or stealing is wrong for the individual, it is collectively permissible if done behind the guise of government. This also echoes throughout political debate where the majority of the political right only questions and badgers the political left, and the political left does the same only to the right, rather than individuals staying philosophically consistent in questioning everyone. These philosophies perpetuate tribalism, identity politics, and collectivism rather than instilling the reason of the individual to rationally and empirically question authority and philosophies themselves.
A systematic benefit is given to the government itself. When people have found lies within government, it turns against the whistleblower. Oftentimes, it may threaten their property, life, and liberty on the grounds of treason or whatever other charges that can be put on the person. Then, if the person goes to court, who will win? When the government is judging the case, the judges, the lawyers, the politicians, those involved in the charges being brought against them by the whistleblower are typically protected from the highest levels down by the government itself. If a state is suing the federal government, we can only hope that the Supreme Court will respond justly, but there is no guarantee.
How well can we actually use the system in place to charge politicians, military personnel, and other government officials for their crimes against God, Nature, and even the Constitution itself?
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Essays, News September 3, 2018 September 3, 2018
Stationary Plane Leaves American Patriots Breathless
By Ryan Lau | @agorisms
Upon reading this headline, one may expect a miracle of nature to have occurred. It appears, though, that such an event is no longer necessary to astound everyday citizens. No, some force in Burlington did not freeze a plane in the air like Michelle Gomez's character in Doctor Who did. The stationary plane of today sat on the ground, a hundred yards or so behind tall, outwardly sloped barbed wire fence, waiting for take-off.
From a crowd standing at a laser tag, mini golf and arcade complex across the street, murmurs grew, most of them mentioning the vice president. The plane, sitting motionless on the runway, just so happened to be Air Force Two. Surely, Mike Pence himself sat aboard, as the American patriots sat and watched. And sat and watched. And sat and watched some more.
At several strategic locations, police cars sat, lights flashing, harassing the occasional citizen. At times, they let the cars pass, parking in front of them at other times. It appears that traffic was alternating, one direction at a time, for at each point, the blockade only existed in one direction.
Running by the spectacle, I pondered why the crowd simply sat staring for several minutes. Not a thing was happening, and the brutal Vermont summer gnats were swarming the muggy afternoon. As the crowd, and the preceding and following cops, faded into the distance, so did the spectacle from my mind.
A bit over an hour later, though, my run took me back through the same location. Much to my surprise, an officer was still parked in the same location, about a half mile from the plane. Passing the first blockade, I asked the officer why it was necessary to halt traffic, and was given a short, curt response of "The vice president is leaving soon."
Following up, I questioned what half of a traffic blockade had to do with Mike Pence. But as I kept jogging, the only sounds I heard were the tune of "Come Sail Away" in 5/4 time in my head, in perfect rhythm with the soft tone of my shoes hitting the pavement.
As the laser tag arena came into view, I noticed at once that the crowd had grown. However, many of the same faces stuck out, and I realized that they had been staring at the stationary plane for over an hour. Air Force Two was admittedly a neat sight. Yet, this was because I had been looking at overgrown fields and working-class homes for the past hour. For families with children at an entertainment complex, what was the draw? It seemed as if golf and ice cream would be much more entertaining. So, I asked several of the American patriots just what in the world was going on.
Unsurprisingly, none of the answers particularly stood out. A few of those who had been standing the entire time remarked that the vice president was leaving soon. But, those same people had mentioned the exact same thing over an hour ago. Just how long was soon going to be, and just how long would the stationary plane mesmerize them?
The most peculiar response came from a middle-aged man, who remarked that he was an American patriot, and even though he did not support Pence, this was a once in a lifetime experience. Burlington International Airport was only a couple of miles away, I thought, and he could watch planes sit still as nobody boarded or went near them any day he wanted. Maybe the neat colors on the side intrigued him.
Statism is quite an interesting ideology. The last police officer, on the opposite end of the crowd by a quarter mile, was still stopping cars with his own. When some of the drivers asked and were told of the situation, they appeared stunned, immediately losing any hint of anger or disapproval. Keep in mind, this is in Vermont, where Trump and Pence scored less than a third of the popular vote.
Despite this, the American patriots showed utter respect, almost worship, for the vice president. Though they overwhelmingly despise the man, the group, as well as the cars, appeared to simply forget this fact. The ideology of statism, surely, comes into play, for they all found Pence's stationary plane quite interesting.
Beyond politics, it is hard to imagine such a love, such a deeply ingrained fascination, for such a hated figure. This is especially true when the figure himself is not even visible. It would have been more understandable, had Pence not been sitting in the craft the entire time.
Ultimately, every human life in existence is equal, and all possess an equal claim to life. Why, then, must even the most tribalist of us come together around a figure of destruction? The state, through its wars, drone strikes, taxes, regulations, and imprisonments, inherently hurts the individual. Arguably, the state is actually what causes tribalism in the first place, at least politically. Literally and metaphorically, I ran away from the spectacle of hero-worship, deep in thought, imagining a world where a stationary plane stained with the blood of innocents would not leave American patriots breathless.
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