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\section{Introduction}
The Collatz conjecture is one of the most famous unsolved problems in mathematics.\cite{13},\cite{7} The conjecture asks whether repeating two simple arithmetic operations will eventually transform every positive integer into 1. It concerns sequences of integers in which each term is obtained from the previous term as follows: if the previous term is even, the next term is one half of the previous term. If the previous term is odd, the next term is 3 times the previous term plus 1. The conjecture is that these sequences always reach 1, no matter which positive integer is chosen to start the sequence ,That  the conjecture has been tested via computers for numbers up to $\approx 5.48\cdot 10^{18}$, which is quite impressive, although we was thinking ahead of time it would have been tested by this time for incredibly large integers given we've had computers for  more than 50 years now.

Newly discovered fundamental theories (meta mathematics) of integer numbers may be used to formalise and formulate a new theoretical number system from which other formal analytical frameworks may be discovered (\cite{18}), primed and developed. The proposed number system (\cite{15}), as well as its most general framework which is based on the modelling results derived from an investigation of the Collatz conjecture (\cite{17}) (i.e., the 3x+1 problem), has emerged as an effective exploratory tool for visualising, mining and extracting new knowledge about quite a number of mathematical theorems and conjectures, including the Collatz conjecture  . an increased interest has been witnessed in studying the theory of discrete
dynamical systems including  Collatz , specifically of their associated difference equations. Sizable number of
works on the behavior and properties of pertaining solutions boundedness and
unboundedness of sequences which are derived From Collatz problems have been published in various areas of applied mathematics and physics. (\cite{1},\cite{3},\cite{4} ,\cite{14},\cite{5})

\begin{definition}
    The (borderline) Collatz-like problems:
A map $f: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ will be called a Collatz-like map if
\begin{equation}\label{1}
 0 \neq \lim_{n \to \infty} \left( \prod_{r=1}^n \frac{f(r)}{r} \right)^{1/n} \le 1 \end{equation}\ \ \ \   If the inequality  (\ref{1}) is an equality then the map $f$ will be called a borderline Collatz-like map.
For each (borderline) Collatz-like map $f$, we have the  (borderline) Collatz-like problem asking whether its iterations diverges nowhere to infinity, i.e. $$\forall n>0, \ \exists m,r>0 \text{ with } f^{\circ (m+r)}(n) = f^{\circ m}(n).$$
If the answer is yes, then let us call $f$ an acceptable (borderline) Collatz-like map.

This really  focus on a specific family of borderline Collatz-like problems:

For any given $\alpha >0$, let us consider the following map \cite{10}
\begin{equation}\label{2}
f_{\alpha}: n \mapsto \left\{
    \begin{array}{ll}
         \left \lfloor{n\alpha} \right \rfloor & \text{ if } n \text{ even,}  \\
         \left \lfloor{n/\alpha} \right \rfloor & \text{ if } n \text{ odd.}
    \end{array}
\right.
\end{equation}

The map $f_{\alpha}$ in (\ref{2}) is borderline Collatz-like. Let $S$ be the set of $\alpha>0$ for which $f_{\alpha}$ is acceptable.

\end{definition}

One of the most important topic in analytic  number theory (\cite{12}) , which has attracted attention of
researchers in the field, is irrationality  measure of transcendental numbers like $\sqrt{2} ,\pi ,e ,\cdots$ ,(\cite{16},\cite{17}). In this paper we shall give amazing and surprising behavior of the following  discrete map which is deduced from  (\ref{2}) taking $\alpha=\sqrt{2}$ then ,let us consider \cite{22} :
$$f: n \mapsto \left\{
    \begin{array}{ll}
         \left \lfloor{n/\sqrt{2}} \right \rfloor & \text{ if } n \text{ even,}  \\
         \left \lfloor{n\sqrt{2}} \right \rfloor & \text{ if } n \text{ odd.}
    \end{array}
\right.$$

such that it involves $\sqrt{2},\pi$  and parity  and so on .

\section{Analysis and discussion}
Consider the following map:

$$f: n \mapsto \left\{
    \begin{array}{ll}
         \left \lfloor{n/\sqrt{2}} \right \rfloor & \text{ if } n \text{ even,}  \\
         \left \lfloor{n\sqrt{2}} \right \rfloor & \text{ if } n \text{ odd.}
    \end{array}
\right.$$

Let $f^{\circ (r+1)}:=f \circ f^{\circ r}$, consider the orbit of $n=73$ for iterations of $f$, i.e. the sequence $f^{\circ r}(73)$:  $$73, 103, 145, 205, 289, 408, 288, 203, 287, 405, 572, 404, 285, 403, 569, 804, 568, 401, \dots$$

It seems that this sequence diverges to infinity exponentially, and in particular, never reaches a cycle. Let illustrate that with the following picture of $(f^{\circ r}(73))^{1/r}$, with $200<r<20000$ .See Figure 1:

\begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{up2BL.png}
    \caption{The iterated map for 73 times ($(f^{\circ r}(73))^{1/r}$, with $200<r<20000$)}
    \label{fig:my_label1}
\end{figure}
According to Figure1, it seems that $f^{\circ r}(73) \sim \delta^r$ with $\delta \sim 1.02$.

Now consider the probability (\cite{9}) of the $m$ first terms of the sequence $f^{\circ r}(73)$ to be even: $$p_{0}(m):= \frac{|\{ r<m \ | \  f^{\circ r}(73) \text{ is even}\}|}{m}.$$
Then $p_1(m):=1-p_0(m)$ is the probability of the $m$ first terms of $f^{\circ r}(73)$ to be odd.

If we compute the values of $p_i(m)$ for $m=10^{\ell}$, $\ell=1,\dots, 5$, we get something  unexpected:

It is unexpected because it seems that $p_0(m)$ does not converge to $1/2$, but to $\alpha \sim 0.465$.
It matches with the above observation because $$ \delta \sim 1.02 \sim \sqrt{2}^{(0.535-0.465)} = \sqrt{2}^{(1-2 \times 0.465)} \sim \sqrt{2}^{(1-2\alpha)}.$$
\bigskip

$$
\begin{matrix}
\ell  & p_0(10^{\ell}) &p_1(10^{\ell}) \\
1 &0.2&0.8 \\
2 &0.45&0.55 \\
3 &0.467&0.533 \\
4 &0.4700&0.5300 \\
5 &0.46410&0.53590 \\
6 & 0.465476& 0.534524
\end{matrix}
$$

The line for $\ell = 6$ was computed Using Pari/GP and setting internal precision to $15000$ decimal digits we were able to get $p_1(10^6) = 0.534524$,The value of $f^{1e6}(73)$ is about $3.89439e10394$, (thus one needs such a big precision) and the $\log_{73}()$ of it is $5578.52$.
Now one can ask is it true that $f^{\circ r}(73)$ never reach a cycle, that $(f^{\circ r}(73))^{1/r}$ converges to $\delta \sim 1.02$, that $p_0(m)$ converges to $\alpha \sim 0.465$, and that $\delta^24^{\alpha} = 2$?  What are the exact values of $\delta$ and $\alpha$?  namely, better approximations?
The following Figure  provides the values of $p_0(m)$ for $100 < m < 20000$,See Figure2

\begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{87D1n.png}
    \caption{ values of $p_0(m)$ for $100 < m < 20000$}
    \label{fig:my_label3}
\end{figure}
Note that this phenomenon is not specific to $n=73$, but seems to happen as frequently as $n$ is big, and then, the analogous probability seems to converge to the same $\alpha$. If $n <100$, then it happens for $n=73$ only, but for $n<200$, it happens for $n=73, 103, 104, 105, 107, 141, 145, 146, 147, $ $ 148,  149, 151, 152, 153, 155, 161, 175, 199$; and for $10000 \le n < 11000$, to exactly $954$ ones.

Below is the picture shown by Figure3 as Figure2 but for $n=123456789$:
\begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{317519067_665048901945526_2759924109386626715_n.png}
    \caption{ values of $p_0(m)$ for $100 < m < 20000$, $n=123456789$}
    \label{fig:my_label4}
\end{figure}
One can ask  Is it true that the set of $n$ for which the above phenomenon happens has natural density one? Is it cofinite? When it happens, does it involves the same constant $\alpha$?

There are exactly $1535$ numbers $n<10000$ for which the above phenomenon does not  happen. The next Figure,namely ,Figure 4 displays for such $n$ the minimal $m$ (in blue) such that $f^{\circ m}(n) = f^{\circ (m+r)}(n)$ for some $r>0$, together with the miniman such $r$ (in red):
\begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{7w6jW.png}
    \caption{ The minimal $m$ for which $f^{\circ m}(n) = f^{\circ (m+r)}(n)$ for some $r>0$ }
    \label{fig:my_label5}
\end{figure}

In fact all these numbers (as first terms) reach the following cycle of length $33$:

$$(15,21,29,41,57,80,56,39,55,77,108,76,53,74,52,36,25,35,49,69,97,137,193,272,192,135,190,134,94,66,46,32,22)$$

except the following ones: $$7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 38, 40, 54,$$ which reach $(5,7,9,12,8)$, and that ones $1, 2, 3, 4, 6$ which reach $(1)$, and $f(0)=0$.

If the pattern continues like above up to infinity, they must have infinity many such $n$.  We may need to ask if  there infinitely many $n$ reaching a cycle? Do they all reach the above cycle of length $33$ (except the
few ones mentioned above)? What is the formula of these numbers $n$?

Below in Figure5 is their counting function (it looks logarithmic):
\begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{ks1HX.png}
    \caption{ counting function of the happned phenomena}
    \label{fig:my_label6}
\end{figure}

\section{Main result}
\begin{itemize}
\item 1)
A number $ m$  admits no predecessor iff the interval $[m\sqrt{2},(m+1)\sqrt{2}]$ admits no even number and the interval $[m/\sqrt{2},(m+1)/\sqrt{2}]$ admits no odd number. There are exactly $r_{\ell}$ such numbers $m<10^{\ell}$ with $\ell=1,2,3,4,5,6$ and $r_{\ell}=2,29,292,2928,29289,292893$ Strangely, for $\ell \le 6$ we observe that $r_{\ell-1} = ⌊ r_{\ell}/10⌋$
\item 2) Numbers without predecessors those of the form  $\lfloor n(2+\sqrt2)\rfloor$
Moreover , numbers with one predecessor are those of the form $\lfloor2k\sqrt2\rfloor$ and numbers with two predecessors those of the form $\lfloor(2k-1)\sqrt2\rfloor$

\item3)The homoclinic orbit of unperturbed system for Quibic duffing oscillators using Collatz sequences  separates the phase plane into two areas.
Inside the separatrix curve the orbits are around one of the centers, and
outside the separatrix curve the orbits surround both the centers and the
saddle point
\end{itemize}
\section{Analysis of the first result}
We  take pairs of $(m,n)$ (\cite{2}) for consecutive $m$ and their 1-step predecessors $n$ such that $f(n)=m$. The value $n=0$ indicates, that $m$ has no predecessor. I didn't reflect, that one $m$ can have two predecessors, but if $n/2$ is odd, then $n/2$ is a second predecessor (\cite{7}).(This makes the table more interesting, because all odd predecessors $n$ are overwritten by the even predecessors $2n$...

Moreover, a nearly periodic structure occurs. We tried to resemble this by the arrangement of three or four columns of $(m,n)$ such that the first column contains all $m$ which have no predecessor. The basic pattern is not really periodic, but has super-patterns which again seem to be periodic but actually aren't. This pattern-superpattern-structure is also recursive. It reminds me of a similar structure when I looked at $\beta=\log_2(3)$ and  found a similar style of pattern-superpattern-supersuperpattern-... and is there related to the continued fraction of $\beta$.
So We think we'll get no nice description for the cases $m$ which have no predecessor
\begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{ARCFt.png}
    \caption{ Interpretation table for predecessors of the happened phenomena}
    \label{fig:my_label7}
\end{figure}
 Some more explanation on the idea of "recursive aperiodic pattern".
If we list the values $m$ which have no predecessor, we get
\begin{verbatim}
m_k:   3, 6,10,13, 17,20,23,27,30,...
\end{verbatim}

Writing the differences (We have prepended a zero-value to the above list of $m_k$)
\begin{verbatim}
,3,3,4  ,3,4  ,3,3,4  ,3,4  ,3,3,4  ,3,4  ,3,4  ,3,3,4 , ...
\end{verbatim}

We note, that we have a pattern of two different words: `3,3,4` and `3,4` repeating, but aperiodical. Let's denote the longer one with the capital `A` and the shorter one with the small `a` (and `A` means a difference of 10 and `a` of 7).
We get
\begin{verbatim}
     Aa Aa Aaa
     Aa Aaa
     Aa Aa Aaa
     Aa Aaa
     Aa Aa Aaa
     Aa Aaa
     Aa ...
\end{verbatim}

Again we find only two kind of "words". Let's them shorten by `Aaa`=`B` and `Aa`=`b`. `B` means now a difference of 24, `b` of 17.
Then we get
\begin{verbatim}

       bbB bB
       bbB bB
       bbB bB bB
       bbB bB
       bbB bB bB
       bbB bB
       bbB bB
       bbB bB bB
       ...
\end{verbatim}

Next obvious step gives
\begin{verbatim}
       Cc Cc Ccc
       Cc Ccc
       Cc Cc Ccc
       Cc Ccc
       Cc Cc Ccc
       Cc Ccc
       ...
\end{verbatim}

with `c` representing a difference of$ 17+24=41$ and  $C $of $17+17+24=58$.
And so on.
If We recall correctly, then with the mentioned case of working with $\beta = \log_2(3)$ the same style of recursive pattern reflected the convergents of the continued fractions of $\beta$.
The first few differences here match the convergents of the continued fraction of $\sqrt2$ so far:
\begin{verbatim}

                a    b    c                    short patterns
     -------------------------------------
    [1  1  3    7    17   41  99   239   577  ...  ]  convergents of contfrac(sqrt(2))
    [0  1  2    5    12   29  70   169   408  ...  ]
     -------------------------------------...
              A/2   B/2   C/2                  long patterns

\end{verbatim}

 The above can be explained by the following:
\begin{itemize}
\item1) a number of the form $\lfloor2k\sqrt2\rfloor$ has exactly one predecessor $4k$;
\item2)a number of the form $\lfloor(2k-1)\sqrt2\rfloor$ has exactly two predecessors $2k-1$ and $4k-2$;
\item3) a number has no predecessors iff it has form $\lfloor n(2+\sqrt2)\rfloor$.
\end{itemize}

 Using a back-step algorithm (recursive) it seems we've got the predecessing tree of $m=73$. If no bugs, then this tree would also be complete. *(But my routine may still be buggy, please check the results!)

The back-steps go from top-right south-west (antidiagonal) downwards. When there are two possible predecessors, they occur in the same column, but on separate rows.
If there is a predecessor without further predecessor, a short line (`---`) is printed.
\begin{verbatim}

                                        73   <--- start
                                    104
                                148
                            105 ---

                            210
                        149
                    212
                300 ---

                        298
                    211 ---

                    422
                299
            424
        600 ---

                598
            423 ---

            846 ---
        ---------------------------- tree seems to be complete (please check for errors!)
\end{verbatim}

We may give heuristic proof for our main results using Beatty theorem \cite{19} which it states that:
\begin{theorem}
    given an irrational number $r>1$  there exists  $s>1$ so  that the Beatty sequences $\bm{B_r}$ and $\bm{B_s}$ partition the set of positive integers: each positive integer belongs to exactly one of the two sequences
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
    We can say with Beatty theorem(Theorem 1) : $A=\{E(n(\sqrt{2}+2)) \text{ ; } n\in\mathbb N^*\}$ and $B=\{E(n \sqrt{2});n\in\mathbb N^*\}$ is a partition of $\mathbb N^*$
And we have $E(n(\sqrt{2}+2))=2n+E(n\sqrt{2})$
with $E$ is the function integer part ,and this proves the partial of result 2 (Form of numbers without predecessor).

For the First result , let assume that the probabilty for an integer $n$ to be odd is $\frac{1}{2}$, and that the probabilty for $f(n)$ to be odd when $n$ is even (resp. odd) is also $\frac{1}{2}$. We will observe that (surprisingly) it is no more $\frac{1}{2}$ for $f^{\circ r}(n)$ when $r \ge 2$ (in some sense, the probability does not commute with the composition of $f$ with itself).
\begin{itemize}
\item1) if $n$ and $m=f(n)$ are even: note that $\frac{n}{\sqrt{2}} = m+\theta$ (with $0 < \theta < 1$) so that $m=\frac{n}{\sqrt{2}}- \theta$, then $$f^{\circ 2}(n) = f(m) = \left \lfloor{\frac{m}{\sqrt{2}}} \right \rfloor = \left \lfloor{\frac{\frac{n}{\sqrt{2}}- \theta}{\sqrt{2}}} \right \rfloor = \left \lfloor \frac{n}{2} - \frac{\theta}{\sqrt{2}}\right \rfloor$$ but $\frac{n}{2}$ is even with probability $\frac{1}{2}$, so in this case, $f^{\circ 2}(n)$ is odd with probability $\frac{1}{2}$.

\item2) if $n$ is even and $m=f(n)$ is odd: $$f^{\circ 2}(n) = f(m) = \left \lfloor\sqrt{2}m \right \rfloor = \left \lfloor \sqrt{2}(\frac{n}{\sqrt{2}} - \theta) \right \rfloor = \left \lfloor n - \sqrt{2} \theta) \right \rfloor$$ but $n$ is even and the probability for $0<\sqrt{2} \theta<1$ is $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$ (because $\theta$ is assumed statistically equidistributed \cite{9} on the open interval $(0,1)$), so $f^{\circ 2}(n)$ is odd with probability
$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$.

\item3) if $n$ is odd and $m=f(n)$ is even:
$$f^{\circ 2}(n) = f(m) = \left \lfloor{\frac{m}{\sqrt{2}}} \right \rfloor = \left \lfloor{\frac{\sqrt{2}n-\theta}{\sqrt{2}}} \right \rfloor = \left \lfloor n - \frac{\theta}{\sqrt{2}} \right \rfloor  $$
but $n$ is odd and $0 < \frac{\theta}{\sqrt{2}}<1$, so $f^{\circ 2}(n)$ is even.

\item4) if $n$ is odd and $m=f(n)$ is odd:
$$f^{\circ 2}(n) = f(m) = \left \lfloor \sqrt{2} m \right \rfloor = \left \lfloor \sqrt{2} (\sqrt{2}n-\theta) \right \rfloor = \left \lfloor 2n - \sqrt{2} \theta \right \rfloor $$
but $2n$ is even and the probability for $0<\sqrt{2} \theta<1$ is $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$, so $f^{\circ 2}(n)$ is odd with probability $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$.
\end{itemize}

By combining these four cases together, we deduce that the probability for $f^{\circ 2}(n)$ to be odd is $$\frac{1}{2} \times \frac{1}{2} \times (\frac{1}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} + 0 + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}) = \frac{2\sqrt{2}+1}{8}$$

By continuing in the same way, we get that the probability for $f^{\circ 3}(n)$ to be odd is:
$$ \frac{1}{4} (\frac{1}{2}\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2}\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} + 1\frac{1}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2})  = \frac{\sqrt{2}+7}{16}$$

For $2 \le r \le 24$, we computed the probability $p_r$ for $f^{\circ r}(n)$ to be odd (see Appendix). It seems (experimentally) that $p_r$ converges to a number $\simeq 0.532288725 \simeq \frac{8+3\sqrt{2}}{23}$ by Inverse Symbolic Calculator . This leads to the following question/conjecture:
$$\lim_{r \to \infty}p_r = \frac{8+3\sqrt{2}}{23} \ \  ?$$

If so, consider the number $\alpha$ , then $$\alpha = 1-\frac{8+3\sqrt{2}}{23} = \frac{15-3\sqrt{2}}{23} \simeq 0.467711,$$ which matches with above   computation (Analysis and discussion section). And next, we would have:
$$ \delta = \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2^{\alpha}}= 2^{\frac{1}{2}-\alpha} = 2^{\frac{6\sqrt{2}-7}{46}} \simeq 1.022633$$
\end{proof}

\section{Homoclinic orbits and chaos in the un-perturbed system using Collatz problem}

Although no universally accepted mathematical definition of chaos
exists, a commonly used definition originally formulated by Robert L.
Devaney says that, to classify a dynamical system as chaotic, it must
have these properties:
\begin{itemize}
    \item 1) it must be sensitive to initial conditions
\item2) it must be topologically mixing
\item3) it must have dense periodic orbits
\end{itemize}

Firstly we may consider  the harmonically driven damped pendulum which is often used as a simple example of
a chaotic system, the equation is just
\begin{equation}
\ddot{\phi}+\frac{1}{q}\dot{\phi}+\sin \phi =A\cos (\omega t)  \label{c_1}
\end{equation}%
As long as $A$ and $\omega $ are small it behaves like a driven harmonic
oscillator, and asymptotically settles into regular oscillations with a
fixed period. However, as $A$ (or $\omega $) are increased, with the rest of
parameters fixed, the system undergoes a cascade of period doubling
bifurcations leading to chaotic behavior, which then gives way to regular
oscillations again when it is increased further. For example, when $q=2$ and
$\omega =2/3$ the first period doubling ("symmetry breaking") occurs at $%
A\approx 1.07$ and the first chaos at $A\approx 1.08$. These rigorous
results seem to be obtained by numerical simulations. One can be actually
interested in situations where chaos does not occur \cite{20}. Are there known
rigorous conditions on $A,\omega $ and $q$ that put the system below the
first period doubling? \ However this question does not belong to the aim of
this paper but it would be very interesting to conclude somethings about
chaotics behaviors of some dynamics and to discover new ways to supress
chaos in the cubic-Quintic Duffing Equation using some discrete iterated map  which it is the aim of our
research in this paper.
For the unperturbed system with fractional order displacement, when $%
\varepsilon =0$, the differential equation (\ref{c_1}) can be reformulated as For $A=0$, to%
\begin{equation}
\ddot{x}-ax+bx^{3}+cx^{5}=0.~  \label{r1}
\end{equation}%
Let
\begin{equation}
\Delta :=b^{2}+4ac.  \label{r2}
\end{equation}%
Equilibrium points for $\Delta >0$ are :
\begin{equation}
\left( x,\dot{x}\right) =\left( \pm \sqrt{\frac{-b+\sqrt{b^{2}+4ac}}{2c}}%
,0\right) \text{ : centers}  \label{r3}
\end{equation}%
Define%
\begin{equation}
x_{e}^{+}=\sqrt{\frac{-b+\sqrt{b^{2}+4ac}}{2c}}\text{ and }x_{e}^{-}=-\sqrt{%
\frac{-b+\sqrt{b^{2}+4ac}}{2c}}  \label{r3a}
\end{equation}%
The energy function for (\ref{r1}) \ is
\begin{equation}
\frac{1}{2}\dot{x}(t)^{2}-\frac{1}{2}ax(t)^{2}+\frac{1}{4}bx(t)^{4}+\frac{1}{%
6}cx(t)^{6}=K  \label{r4}
\end{equation}%
where $K$ is the energy constant dependent on the initial amplitude $%
x(0)=x_{0}$ and initial velocity $x^{\prime }(0)=\dot{x}_{0}$ :
\begin{equation}
K=\frac{1}{2}\dot{x}_{0}^{2}-\frac{1}{2}ax_{0}^{2}+\frac{1}{4}bx_{0}^{4}+%
\frac{1}{6}cx_{0}^{6}.  \label{r5}
\end{equation}%
Dependently on $K$, the level sets are different. For all of them it is
common that they form closed periodic orbits which surround the fixed points
$(\mathrm{x},\dot{\mathrm{x}})=(x_{e}^{+},\ 0)$ or $(\mathrm{x},\dot{\mathrm{%
x}})=(x_{e}^{-},\ 0)$ or all the three fixed points $(x_{e}^{\pm },\ 0)$ and
$(0,\ 0)$. The boundary between these two groups of orbits corresponds to $%
K=0$, when%
\begin{equation}
\dot{x}_{0}=\pm x_{0}\sqrt{\frac{1}{6}\left(
6a-3bx_{0}^{2}-2cx_{0}^{4}\right) }.  \label{r5a}
\end{equation}%
The level set
\begin{equation}
\frac{\dot{x}^{2}}{2}-\frac{1}{2}ax^{2}+\frac{1}{4}bx^{4}+\frac{1}{6}cx^{6}=0%
\text{ }\quad   \label{r5b}
\end{equation}%
is composed of two homoclinic orbits
\begin{equation}
\Gamma _{+}^{0}(\mathrm{t})\equiv (x_{+}^{0}(\mathrm{t}),\dot{x}_{+}^{0}(%
\mathrm{t})),\text{ }\quad   \label{r5b1}
\end{equation}%
\begin{equation}
\Gamma _{-}^{0}(\mathrm{t})\equiv (x_{-}^{0}(\mathrm{t}),\dot{x}_{-}^{0}(%
\mathrm{t})),\text{ }  \label{r5b2}
\end{equation}%
which connect the fixed hyperbolic saddle point $(0,\ 0)$ to itself and
contain the stable and unstable manifolds. The functions $x_{\pm }^{0}(%
\mathrm{t})$ may be evaluated using these two  formulas
\begin{equation}
M(t_{0})=\int_{-\infty }^{+\infty }\dot{x}^{0}(t)[\gamma \cos \omega
(t+t_{0})-\delta \dot{x}^{0}(t)]dt,\text{ }\quad   \label{M5}
\end{equation}%
with
\begin{equation}
x^{0}(t)=\frac{A\text{sech}\left( \sqrt{k}t\right) }{\sqrt{1+\lambda \cdot
\text{sech}^{2}\left( \sqrt{k}t\right) }}.  \label{D6}
\end{equation}%
. See
Figure 5
\begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{Alvaro5.PNG}
    \label{fig:Alvaro5}
\end{figure}

\bigskip The homoclinic orbit \cite{21} separates the phase plane into two areas.
Inside the separatrix curve the orbits are around one of the centers, and
outside the separatrix curve the orbits surround both the centers and the
saddle point. Physically it means that for certain initial conditions the
oscillations are around one steady-state position \cite{23}, and for others around all
the steady- state solutions (two stable and an unstable).

Now ,in the second case which uses the iterated map (Collatze like problems sequences ) as the RHS  of equation (\ref{c_1}) ,that is perturbed system, We have noted transition to chaos(sensitivity to initial condition) ,Let us consider the following IVP (intial value problem):
\begin{equation}\label{CHAOS}
\ddot{x}-ax+bx^{3}+cx^{5}=f,\dot(x(0))=0,x(0)=0
\end{equation}%
such that :

$$f: n \mapsto \left\{
    \begin{array}{ll}
         \left \lfloor{n/\sqrt{2}} \right \rfloor & \text{ if } n \text{ even,}  \\
         \left \lfloor{n\sqrt{2}} \right \rfloor & \text{ if } n \text{ odd.}
    \end{array}
\right.$$
Let $f^{\circ (r+1)}:=f \circ f^{\circ r}$, consider the orbit of $n=73$ for iterations of $f$, i.e. the sequence $f^{\circ r}(73)$:  $$73, 103, 145, 205, 289, 408, 288, 203, 287, 405, 572, 404, 285, 403, 569, 804, 568, 401, \dots$$  (see
It seems that this sequence diverges to infinity exponentially, and in particular, never reaches a cycle. Let illustrate that with the following picture of $(f^{\circ r}(73))^{1/r}$, with $200<r<20000$ , See Figure 7

\begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{up2BL.png}
    \caption{ expenential divergence for $200<r<20000$ }
    \label{fig:my_label8}
\end{figure}

And for initial sensitivity of IVP  corresponding to the system (\ref{CHAOS}) ,we have obtained the following Figure up to $r=20000$ (small perturbation),see Figure 8:

\begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{ziJBj.png}
    \caption{ Sensitivity to initial condition for small perturbation up to $r=20000$ for the Collatze sequence}
    \label{fig:my_label9}
\end{figure}
We may now show a phase space plot of the trajectory up to $r=20000$,namely, small perturbation ,See Figure9
\begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{pluxu.png}
    \caption{ transition to chaos $r=20000$ for (\ref{CHAOS}) using Collatze sequence for 73 iteration}
    \label{fig:my_labelp}
\end{figure}
This looks complicated, but in fact, most of the plot shows the initial period of time during which the motion is approaching its final behavior which is much simpler. The early behavior is called an "initial transient".

\section*{Acknowledgments}
This work is based on  work of  Sebastien Palcoux for his Arxiv research paper entitled "  unexpected behavior of some transcendental number like $\sqrt{2}$ " \cite{22}

\section{declaration statement}
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

\section{Data Availability}
The authors were unable to find a valid data repository for the data used in this study

\section{Appendix}
Computation:
\begin{verbatim}
sage: for i in range(3,26):
....:     print(sq2(i))
....:
[1/4*sqrt(2) + 1/8, 0.478553390593274]
[1/16*sqrt(2) + 7/16, 0.525888347648318]
[3/32*sqrt(2) + 13/32, 0.538832521472478]
[15/64*sqrt(2) + 13/64, 0.534581303681194]
[5/128*sqrt(2) + 61/128, 0.531805217280199]
[39/256*sqrt(2) + 81/256, 0.531852847392776]
[93/512*sqrt(2) + 141/512, 0.532269260352925]
[51/1024*sqrt(2) + 473/1024, 0.532348527032254]
[377/2048*sqrt(2) + 557/2048, 0.532303961432938]
[551/4096*sqrt(2) + 1401/4096, 0.532283123258685]
[653/8192*sqrt(2) + 3437/8192, 0.532285334012406]
[3083/16384*sqrt(2) + 4361/16384, 0.532288843554459]
[3409/32768*sqrt(2) + 12621/32768, 0.532289246647030]
[7407/65536*sqrt(2) + 24409/65536, 0.532288816169701]
[22805/131072*sqrt(2) + 37517/131072, 0.532288667983386]
[24307/262144*sqrt(2) + 105161/262144, 0.532288700334941]
[72761/524288*sqrt(2) + 176173/524288, 0.532288728736551]
[159959/1048576*sqrt(2) + 331929/1048576, 0.532288729880941]
[202621/2097152*sqrt(2) + 829741/2097152, 0.532288725958633]
[639131/4194304*sqrt(2) + 1328713/4194304, 0.532288724978704]
[1114081/8388608*sqrt(2) + 2889613/8388608, 0.532288725350163]
[1825983/16777216*sqrt(2) + 6347993/16777216, 0.532288725570602]
[5183461/33554432*sqrt(2) + 10530125/33554432, 0.532288725561857]

\end{verbatim}

\textbf{Code:}
\begin{verbatim}
def sq2(n):
    c=0
    for i in range(2^n):
        l=list(Integer(i).digits(base=2,padto=n))
        if l[-1]==1:
            cc=1/4
            for j in range(n-2):
                ll=[l[j],l[j+1],l[j+2]]
                if ll==[0,0,0]:
                    cc*=1/2
                if ll==[0,0,1]:
                    cc*=1/2
                if ll==[0,1,0]:
                    cc*=(1-sqrt(2)/2)
                if ll==[0,1,1]:
                    cc*=sqrt(2)/2
                if ll==[1,0,0]:
                    cc*=1
                if ll==[1,0,1]:
                    cc=0
                    break
                if ll==[1,1,0]:
                    cc*=(1-sqrt(2)/2)
                if ll==[1,1,1]:
                    cc*=sqrt(2)/2
            c+=cc
    return [c.expand(),c.n()]
\end{verbatim}
\begin{equation}
M(t_{0})=\int_{-\infty }^{+\infty }\dot{x}^{0}(t)[\gamma \cos \omega
(t+t_{0})-\delta \dot{x}^{0}(t)]dt,\text{ }\quad   \label{c5}
\end{equation}%
Let
\begin{equation}
x^{0}(t)=\frac{A\text{sech}\left( \sqrt{k}t\right) }{\sqrt{1+\lambda \cdot
\text{sech}^{2}\left( \sqrt{k}t\right) }}.  \label{c6}
\end{equation}%

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What is the tort threshold in Kentucky for a 3rd party claim?
Kentucky is a "choice no-fault" state. As such a KY motorist can choose to insure their vehicle under the tort system or the no fault system.
Under a tort system each driver involved in an accident is responsible for the property damage and/or bodily injury they caused. Also with a KY tort system you retain the right to sue the other driver in an accident for the cost of expenses related to injuries sustained in the accident.
Under the KY no-fault insurance system, you are required to purchase personal injury protection (PIP) coverage that helps pay the cost of injuries regardless of who was at fault in the accident. If you choose the no fault option, basic KY PIP coverage is $10,000 for medical expenses, loss of income or services, and funeral expenses.
When buying the basic personal injury protection coverage in Kentucky you forfeit your right to sue the other driver in an accident for the cost of injuries, unless the cost exceeds a certain level set by the state (threshold).
So if you pick the no-fault insurance system in Kentucky you can sue for severe injuries and for pain and suffering only if the case meets certain conditions. These conditions, known as a threshold, relate to the severity of injury. No-fault states vary in that the threshold may be expressed in verbal terms (a descriptive or verbal threshold) or in dollar amounts of medical bills, a monetary threshold. Some laws also include minimum requirements for the days of disability incurred as a result of the accident.
Kentucky, as well as Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Dakota, Utah and Hawaii use a monetary threshold. States with verbal thresholds include Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. New Jersey and Pennsylvania are also choice no-fault states just as Kentucky is.
In any action of tort brought against the owner, registrant, operator or occupant of a motor vehicle with respect to which security has been provided as required in this subtitle, or against any person or organization legally responsible for his acts or omissions, a plaintiff may recover damages in tort for pain, suffering, mental anguish and inconvenience because of bodily injury, sickness or disease arising out of the ownership, maintenance, operation or use of such motor vehicle only in the event that the benefits which are payable for such injury as "medical expense" or which would be payable but for any exclusion or deductible authorized by this subtitle exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or the injury or disease consists in whole or in part of permanent disfigurement, a fracture to a bone, a compound, comminuted, displaced or compressed fracture, loss of a body member, permanent injury within reasonable medical probability, permanent loss of bodily function or death. Any person who is entitled to receive free medical and surgical benefits shall be deemed in compliance with the requirements of this subsection upon a showing that the medical treatment received has an equivalent value of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000).
Subsection c notes that tort liability is not so limited for injury to a person who is not an owner, operator, maintainer or user of a motor vehicle within subsection (1) of this section, nor for injury to the passenger of a motorcycle arising out of the maintenance or use of such motorcycle.
So when KY drivers accept no-fault insurance on their car insurance policy then they agree to limit their ability to seek compensation for injuries caused by other drivers (a third party claim), unless they have over $1,000 in medical expenses or suffer a serious or permanent injury (as the law above gives details on) as the result of an accident.
If you instead as a Kentucky motorist reject no-fault you can expect to pay a higher premium, however you are unrestricted in their right to seek compensation for injuries caused by other drivers. By rejecting no-fault coverage you are not protected from lawsuits if you cause injuries to another party in an accident.
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Cornerstone's Bridge Tour
The Best Seat in the House
Stage Managing from Scaffolds
This past March, I found myself sitting on audience risers in Panzak Park in Fowler, California, a town near Fresno known for raisins and tree fruit. Everything about it was familiar: I could quote the play I was watching verbatim, most of the faces onstage I knew well from years before, and the tall scaffold behind me felt like home.
"Listening for the train." Rehearsal in Fowler, 2011. Photo by Nikki Hyde.
I was a stage manager before I even knew what a stage manager did. As a child, I was a planner: making lists, delegating responsibilities on school projects, organizing Earth Day festivals on Griswold Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I wanted to put events in place, and then watch them unfold.
I did not realize all of those passions and skills added up to a position in professional theatre until I interned for Cornerstone Theater Company in the summer of 2005. At that time, I considered myself a long-term visitor in California (aka an undergraduate), so when I heard I was going to work with Cornerstone in Westley and Grayson, I did not think much about it. To me, California was that vast state out west that contained Los Angeles and San Francisco. Outside of those cities, it was all a mystery. Westley-Grayson might as well have been a huge metropolis in Siberia.
It took several years to realize that my influence as a stage manager is far beyond just communicating rehearsal schedules. It is being a host into a world from which so many feel excluded, a world to which so many do not have access.
What I discovered after the five-hour drive up Interstate 5 were two tiny agricultural communities in Stanislaus County with a brand-new community center and a basketball court where Cornerstone was going to put on a play. And it was hot. Good Lord, it was hot. I spent my days assisting the production manager building sets and I spent my nights reading children's books in the elementary school library I called home for those few weeks. In the evenings, I got to observe the stage manager corralling the cast of thirty-plus community members to create a play under the massive Central Valley sky. To me, she had the best seat in the house. The command, responsibility, and artistry she had inspired me, and gave me a name for what I wanted to do with my career. I left Westley and Grayson with new sense of purpose.
CaptionView from the booth in Grayson, California: The Tempest, 2015. Photo by Nikki Hyde.
It would be six years before I would stage manage my very own summer residency in the Central Valley. This time it was in Fowler. Instead of sleeping in a classroom, I shared a house with fellow Cornerstone artists in a neighboring town. Instead of reading children's books, I drove the deserted country roads with my brightest headlights. Instead of building sets, I had to fill the shoes of a person with command, responsibility, and artistry. I had that best seat in the house, which was at the top of a tall scaffold overlooking a small paved area in Panzak Park.
There are tangible elements of my job: calling shows, writing reports, creating paperwork, communicating schedules, et cetera. But what I remember most from my travels around the agricultural communities of California are the things you cannot quantify; simple moments you witness or experience. That moment when the cast in Fowler (2011) take a collect breath, quietly listening for the train, and you get chills down your spine. That time in Arvin (2012) when a cast member gets emotional telling us that this may be their only opportunity to perform for their family in Spanish. That time in East Salinas (2013) that you decide to take away a cast member's script because they were using it as a crutch, and they are word-perfect. That moment in Fowler (2015) when a hammy ten-year-old you knew the first time around has grown into a talented, articulate fourteen-year-old. That time in East Salinas (2013) when you are concerned your cast members are getting tired from repeatedly miming cutting lettuce and you realize they cut actual lettuce in the fields from 4:00AM to 5:00PM that day before coming to rehearsal. That time in Fowler (2011) when all the high school students from your cast miss rehearsal because one of their classmates passed away in a car accident; life imitating art, imitating life. That time in Arvin (2015) when one of your cast members gives you a hug on closing night and calls you "#stagemanagerofmydreams."
Nikki in tech in Arvin/Weedpatch, California: The Tempest, September 2014. Photo by Mallory Lopez.
It took several years to realize that my influence as a stage manager is far beyond just communicating rehearsal schedules. It is being a host into a world from which so many feel excluded, a world to which so many do not have access. I am one of the first and most consistent presences for our community casts. I must set and maintain the tone of the rehearsal room and create a safe space for everyone to feel empowered to be creative, whether in a church, classroom, gymnasium, or park.
In a much larger way, the community members have influenced me. I am humbled by the Californians who work so hard to feed the rest of the country, and still find time to make art and serve their local community. I am humbled by parents who value the creative lives of their children so much, they choose to participate alongside their kids in these shows that roll into their town. I am humbled by the welcoming hugs, smiles, food, generosity, and blessings I am given whenever I return to Fowler, Arvin, and East Salinas. And after this tour, I can add four new communities to that list: communities of family, friends, hosts, and collaborators.
Nikki in "the booth" in downtown Los Angeles, California: The Tempest, June, 2015. Photo by Kevin Michael Campbell.
Although I have the same seat in most places—on a scaffold in school gymnasiums in Arvin and Lost Hills, on a scaffold on an outdoor basketball court in Grayson, on a scaffold outside of the Blue Ox Mill in Eureka, on a scaffold in Los Angeles' Grand Park—my view has changed and continues to with each community. I have the best seat in the house to all that California is and can be.
Garcés
Thoughts from the curator
A series on Cornerstone Theater's touring production of The Tempest.
Susan M Cleland
...and reading this article confirms that you have, most definitely, grown into an even more articulate, organized and sensitive woman than ever. This article made me cry. I still 'see' a young girl when I read your name, but, clearly, you are leaving your mark on the world and it on you. Congratulations, Nikki Hyde, I am proud to say I knew you when(if even in a simple way).
Neal Reynolds
Though I've been afraid of heights my entire life, this beautiful piece made me wish I could have been in the scaffold for all of those performances, and met all those wonderful people.
Elsbeth Collins
Love it, Nikki! You have captured the essence of the work of a stage manager and the bonds that we experience with our casts and the communities we serve. So proud!

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I picked up this app for my Linville Gorge trip. The app works with PDF maps and your phones GPS.
I like avenza, allows you to work off line.
I'll get to try this app out this weekend. On Thursday I'm going with one daughter to do a Linville Gorge Loop. Should only be about 30 miles. Plucking on crossing the river twice, once at the MTS trail crossing and another at the Devil's Hole trail. I have to hope for lower water at Devil's Hole.
Do you have a area map for off line use? or just using the gps feature? Maybe both?
It's a PDF map that integrates with the gps on my phone.
The app works perfectly 1000' down a river gorge.


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South Jersey restaurants: Denim BYOB joins Haddonfield scene
Tammy Paolino
The Courier-Post
Denim BYOB will open its doors at the Shops at 116 Kings Highway in Haddonfield for dinner on Tuesday evening.
A New American restaurant, the blue-jeaned themed business got its certificate of occupancy Monday and was finishing out the day in its first home on Kresson Road in Cherry Hill.
Denim launched last year in the 1859 Colonial house that was formerly home to La Campagne and The Farmhouse. The new space was most recently occupied by Braise 116, which closed earlier this year.
Chef David Murray and Stacy Murray quickly established a following, offering a cozy yet classy dining experience for brunch, lunch and dinner, as well as private events.
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Chef Murray is a graduate of the Academy of Culinary Arts in Mays Landing, while Stacy, the driving force behind the restaurant's signature look, works in the fashion industry. The couple lives in Cherry Hill with their sons, Tavit and Spencer.
The new space offers the Denim team room to stretch out, with both ground-floor and loft dining, and not one but two Anthony Bourdain-themed areas that can accommodate groups.
While the scratch kitchen will continue to prepare Denim favorites, including the Korean BBQ Short Ribs or a popular Brussels Sprouts appetizer, the menu also will evolve to incorporate lighter fare, more entree salads and more plant-based cuisine, the chef said.
Following Tuesday's dinner-only launch, Denim BYOB will be opened 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. Sundays and Mondays; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. It is a BYOB but will offer six varieties of wine by the bottle from White Horse Winery in Hammonton.
Go: 116 Kings Highway, Haddonfield. (856) 520-8114 or denimbyob.com
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What is the Tour de Corse Historique ?
The Tour de Corse Historique is an automobile rally of old vehicles over 5 days with an average of 16 special stages and 350 km covered on closed roads for a total of 900 km.
The average participation is 200 crews divided into 3 categories : VHC / VHRS / Legend.
What is VHC ?
VHC stands for Historic Competition Vehicle (Véhicules Historiques de Compétition), in this category the competitors must achieve the best time possible in the special stages. The winner is the one who has taken the least time to complete all the stages.
What is VHRS ?
VHRS stands for Historic Sports Regularity Vehicle (Véhicules Historiques de Régularité Sportive). In this category the participants choose between 4 average speeds (high, intermediate, moderate and low) at the start of the rally and then must stay as close as possible to the values indicated in the road-book. Each difference is penalized with penalty points, the winner is therefore the one who has accumulated the least points.
What is the Legend category ?
The Legend category was created in 2019 to accommodate teams wishing to participate in a large rally without worrying about the time or the classification. Those registered in Legend therefore have access to special stages on closed roads exactly like the VHC and VHRS but are not timed or classified.
How can I get involved in the Tour de Corse Historique ?
The engagement takes two steps :
1/ You must first complete the Pre-registration. This enables us to have your contact details and secure your place.
2/ You must download, complete and return us by post or email the entry file containing all the detailed information (driving license number, license plate number, etc.). The form is available in point 2 of the Registration page.
What is a period ?
The FIA (International Automobile Federation) has defined periods for classifying and grouping vehicles according to their age. These periods have been established according to technical and technological advances. A change of period is therefore theoretically at a turning point.
List of periods accepted in the Tour de Corse Historique :
- E (1947 to 1961)
- F (1962 to 1965)
- G1 (1966 to 1969)
- H1 (1972 to 1975)
- H2 to I (1976 to 1981)
- D1 (1982 to 1985)
- J2 (1986 to 1990)
What does a commitment to the Tour de Corse Historique include ?
- Administrative registration
- The logistics and security of the rally
- Rally plates, stickers, roadbook and other documents
- Lunch
- 4 tickets for the closing party
- 1 pack of clothing for pilot and co-pilot
Is a license compulsory to participate ?
In VHC the pilot must at least hold an NCC license (National Competitor Driver) or equivalent from another country issued by his federation. The co-driver must hold an RCC license (Regional Competitor Driver) or equivalent from another country issued by his federation.
In VHRS and Legend, pilot and co-pilot must have a regional minimum license. If they do not have a license, a Participation Title (a license for the event) may be issued on site on the day of the administrative checks.
If the answer to your question is not found on this page, we invite you to ask us directly.
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Yes, the New Volvo XC90 Is the Future of Luxury Transportation
Motor City Blogman
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Todd LassawriterThe Manufacturerphotographer
I don't often get the chance to drive large-capacity sport-utility vehicles as they're meant to be, but this last holiday was (sort of) an exception. I drove a 2016 Volvo XC90 AWD Inscription to metro Milwaukee and back and brought along my family. Here's where the "sort of" comes into play; my wife and I have no kids, but our three collies rode along behind the front seats. A borrowed rooftop carrier handled most of our luggage. (Note to Volvo Car USA: The Green Bay Packers "sticker" is a magnet.)
I had already come to regard the first all-new Volvo XC90 in more than a dozen years as the future of luxury transportation. Even loaded to the gills and topped with that rooftop carrier, it managed about 20 mostly freeway mpg, enough to match its city EPA number.
Actually, my first impression from a shorter drive earlier last year was that the XC90 is the future of high-capacity transportation. It's a seven-passenger, three-row model that gets plenty of power from a turbocharged and supercharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder gas, direct-injection engine powering all four wheels. It's the largest engine that any new Volvo coming in the future, including the S90 sedan, will ever have. The only upgrade will be the plug-in hybrid T8 powertrain that bumps the T6 turbo-/supercharged four from 316 horsepower to a cool 400.
Big as the XC90 is, it feels light on its feet. It's 194.8 inches long, on a 117.5-inch wheelbase. At 69.9 inches high, it doesn't feel that tall when stepping in and out. Volvo has not joined the ranks of BMW competitors that are trying to beat BMW dynamics -- at least, what BMW's dynamics used to be. This is an SUV you're supposed to forget you are driving (while still paying close attention to traffic around you). Nothing about the steering, handling, or acceleration makes you want to find a twisty mountain road. Nothing about all that makes you wish you were driving a Bimmer either; the handling is sufficiently crisp, and the steering provides decent feedback.
Like BMW and all the competitors that want to be BMW, the Volvo XC90 has adjustable dynamics. I have a tough time caring about, and trying out, these systems. (BMW used to be able to find the right chassis balance without making its drivers do the fine-tuning.) The Dynamic mode lowers the XC90 by 0.8 inch when above 84 mph. It also adapts four-corner active dampers on the air suspension (which was an $1,800 option on my $66,855 loaner) and shifts the eight-speed automatic at higher revs. I tried it just long enough to learn that I didn't need this mode for this drive. You -- and Volvo -- don't want to see what happens when collies get carsick.
I did click on the Eco mode somewhere near Ann Arbor during the return drive, to avoid having to stop for gas within 10 miles from home. In this mode, it goes into "Eco-coast" when you lift off the throttle above 40 mph, thus cutting power and saving gas. I made it. Guess Eco works.
I also tried the adaptive cruise control with Pilot Assist, but only briefly. Fact is, there isn't much to do with this system because it works only up to 30 mph, and you rely on the car in front of you, which almost always will accelerate past 30 on most any street or road. The new Pilot Assist II, to launch on the 2017 Volvo S90, does not require following another car, and it allows autonomous steering up to 80 mph. This would make the agonizing, stop-and-go drive through Chicago perhaps as easy as the rest of the trip … especially when the express lanes are open in my direction.
The future of autonomous driving has come into focus just in the first few weeks of this new year. While Cadillac has delayed introduction of its Super Cruise highway semi-autonomy until next year, Mercedes-Benz introduced its next step in the new E-Class that made its debut at the North American International Auto Show last week. Mercedes, which is Volvo's chief rival in such advances, says if you signal for it, the new E-Class will change lanes autonomously while on a highway or freeway.
Volvo plans its test of Level 4 autonomy on about 31 miles of highway in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2017 and wants to next test somewhere in the U.S. California's Department of Motor Vehicles put the kibosh on that late last year when it issued operator rules for autonomous vehicles that require human drivers to always be in control. But then last week, ahead of the president's appearance at the Detroit show, the Obama administration announced a $4 billion pilot program to study the technology, thus taking the leadership away from California.
Though I will be among the last drivers to give up a manual-equipped car -- which can't be made autonomous -- I'm growing more comfortable with the fiercely growing trajectory of autonomous driving. For a seven-hour drive on tedious interstate in a big, luxurious SUV with your family, a bit of extra comfort (and, therefore, safety) is a welcomed thing.
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As one of the UK's top Smart Cities, we're delighted to be part of the UK government's stand at the 2019 Smart City Summit and Expo in Taipei this week (26 – 29 March 2019).
Peterborough is among the UK's top 5 fastest growing cities and we're a hotbed of innovation with one of the highest business start-up rates in the country.
Our Future Peterborough team is dedicated to making sure our city works as efficiently as possible for businesses and residents. The Smart City Leadership Programme and Circular Economy initiatives are internationally respected for how they've improved Peterborough's economic resilience and sustainability. We want to share what we've learnt with other cities and regions around the world to develop more best practice examples and support more cities on their smart city and circular economy journeys.
Recognised as a leading city in the circular economy transition and invited to present at the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF)in Helsinki, alongside Vancouver, New York and Amsterdam.
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CLEVELAND, June 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innovest Global Inc. (OTC Markets:IVST) (the "Company" or "Innovest") replaced its longstanding corporate website, which regularly achieved tens of thousands of views monthly, with a second generation evolution that best represents the company's established trajectory, and introduces Innovest's "Source of Strength" philosophy for acquired entities.
The new website sets the stage for forthcoming developments, as Innovest continues to navigate an extensive acquisition pipeline, expand its leadership team, solidify corporate objectives, and strengthen operations. Management is extremely excited about the items they are wrapping up this spring. The new website and philosophies illustrate the identity Innovest has grown into since launching the acquisition strategy just nine months ago. Innovest's "Source of Strength" does not have regulatory implications or rigid requirements, it is a governing philosophy and core value of the company, designed with best-practices to focus our activities on the things management feels are most important to our long term success.


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Re: Romney & the South
by W. James Antle III
Right after Aaron Goldstein posted this, I saw the lastest Insider Advantage poll in which Mitt Romney fell to third place in South Carolina, behind Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich. Cain has been trouncing Romney in polls throughout the South, and perhaps this third place dynamic catches on. If Romney loses the nomination, the South will be a major reason, as it was in 2008.
But if Romney does win, it will be because a.) he gains considerable momentum before Southern states vote in large numbers and/or b.) he picks off Florida and through wins in the Northeast, Midwest, and West is able to isolate the Southern states that vote against him. Yet South Carolina can't be written off entirely.
Romney has led in two of the last four polls in South Carolina, albeit by very narrow margins. He led there pretty consistently between Gingrich's early slide and Rick Perry's rise. South Carolina has rescued the frontrunner in every competitive GOP race since 1980. Momentum also makes a difference, and if Romney comes in on the heels of wins in Iowa and New Hampshire — the specific hypothetical we're discussing here — he'd have lots of it.
Cain has been on the radio in South Carolina and is popular there. The state is also potential Gingrich country. I don't consider a Romney win in South Carolina likely at all — he finished fourth there last time around — but neither is it inconceivable. More importantly, if Romney wins enough other early states he could potentially absorb a Palmetto loss. That's why a Republican who wants to beat Romney will try to hold him to New Hampshire and Nevada at most.


One, two, cha-cha-cha! Music plays an important part of a child's development. It helps build their mathematical reasoning, helps build social skills through collaboration and learning to express themselves, and encourages play. This month, Kate from Parr Library showcases two free apps that help you and your child explore music.
Story interaction is a great way to boost your child's narrative skills, build vocabulary, and help increase reading comprehension. Kate from Parr Library explores different ways to encourage interaction while reading books or even a book app. Stop motion and felt apps help children actively recreate the plot or favorite scenes from a story.


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Q: How to iterate over JSValue parsed from JSON String I have a JSON String ,
val name : String = "["Client_2","tClient_1","Client_NB"]"

I have converted the Json String to JSValue as below using play
val json: JsValue  = Json.parse(cells)

Output of json : ["IotClient_NB_2","IotClient_NB_1","IotClient_NB"]
I need to iterate over above JSON String and take string each value out.

A: The simplest way json.as[List[String]] (throws exception if json is not JsArray of String)
For example
import play.api.libs.json.{JsValue, Json}

val name : String = """["Client_2","tClient_1","Client_NB"]"""
val json: JsValue  = Json.parse(name)
val list = json.as[List[String]]

import play.api.libs.json.{JsValue, Json}

scala> name: String = ["Client_2","tClient_1","Client_NB"]

scala> json: play.api.libs.json.JsValue = ["Client_2","tClient_1","Client_NB"]

scala> list: List[String] = List(Client_2, tClient_1, Client_NB)

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Anglo-Saxon Runes Ring
Home / Phrases & Runes / Anglo-Saxon Runes Ring
Runes are one of the earliest alphabets, and where used for their enchanting properties as well as communication. Beginning 1600 years ago they have been discovered on swords, stones, and in this case on ancient rings.
The Bellchamber Anglo Saxon rune ring is based on the Kingsmoor Ring, one of three similar Anglo-Saxon rings which are close to 1200 years old. The three bear the same Runic inscription of 3 words.
The gold version was found near Carlisle when York was an Anglo Saxon village in 800 AD. Each of the other 2 rings are in the museums of Copenhagen Denmark and Norway. They all bear the same runic inscriptions.
I've recently found articles that hypothesize the meaning of the words:
Interpretation Links
Birth of English – Geoffrey Sampson
Peter Bleackley – Conlanger
Phonetically the words read "ærkriuflt kriurithon glæstæpæn/tol". Mr. Bleackley's interpretation is "by conjuration I command the bleeding to stop." This leads me to believe it was worn by warriors to make them invincible or impervious to injury. Definitely a good luck charm.
The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes, formerly used to write Germanic languages, mainly in Scandinavia and the British Isles, but before Christianization also on the European Continent. The Scandinavian variants are also known as Futhark (or fuþark, derived from their first six letters: F, U, Þ, A, R, and K); the Anglo-Saxon variant as Futhorc (due to sound changes undergone in Old English by the same six letters). This ring is available in 4 widths.
R100 (7mm wide)
R652 (10mm wide)
R192 (13mm wide) note Runes are engraved into the ring.
Rings | Wedding & Engagement Bands | Phrases & Runes


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Q: What is the difference between maximally entangled and maximally mixed states? To my understanding, mixed states is composed of various states with their corresponding probabilities, but what is the actual difference between maximally mixed states and maximally entangled states?

A: Suppose we have two Hilbert spaces $\mathcal{H}_A$ and $\mathcal{H}_B$. A quantum state on $\mathcal{H}_A$ is a normalized, positive trace-class operator $\rho\in\mathcal{S}_1(\mathcal{H}_A)$. If $\mathcal{H}_A$ is finite dimensinal (i.e. $\mathbb{C}^n$), then a quantum state is just a positive semi-definite matrix with unit trace on this Hilbert space. Let's stick to finite dimensions for simplicity.
Let's now consider the idea of a pure state: A pure state is a rank-one state, i.e. a rank-one projection, or a matrix that can be written as $|\psi\rangle\langle \psi|\equiv\psi\psi^{\dagger}$ for some $\psi\in\mathcal{H}_A$ (the first being the Dirac notation, the second is the usual mathematical matrix notation - since I don't know which of the two you are more familar with, let me use both). A mixed state is now a convex combination of pure states and, by virtue of the spectral theorem, any state is a convex combination of pure states. Hence, a mixed state can be written as
$$ \rho=\sum_i \lambda_i |\psi_i\rangle \langle \psi_i|$$
for some $\lambda_i\geq 0$, $\sum_i \lambda_i=1$. In a sense, the $\lambda_i$ are a probability distribution and the state $\rho$ is a "mixture" of $|\psi\rangle\langle\psi|$ with weights $\lambda_i$. If we assume that the $\psi_i$ form an orthonormal basis, then a maximally mixed state is a state where the $\lambda_i$ are the uniform probability distribution, i.e. $\lambda_i=\frac{1}{n}$ if $n$ is the dimension of the state. In this sense, the state is maximally mixed, because it is a mixture where all states occur with the same probability. In our finite dimensional example, this is the same as saying that $\rho$ is proportional to the identity matrix.
Note that a maximally mixed state is defined for all Hilbert spaces! In order to consider maximally entangled states, we need to have a bipartition of the Hilbert space, i.e. we now consider states $\rho\in\mathcal{S}_1(\mathcal{H}_A\otimes \mathcal{H}_B)$. Let's suppose $\mathcal{H}_A=\mathcal{H}_B$ and finite dimensional. In this case, we can consider entangled state. A state is called separable, if it can be written as a mixture
$$ \rho =\sum_i \lambda_i \rho^{(1)}_i\otimes \rho^{(2)}_i $$
i.e. it is a mixture of product states $\rho^{(1)}_i$ in the space $\mathcal{H}_A$ and $\rho^{(2)}_i$ in the space $\mathcal{H}_B$. All states that are not separable are called entanglend. If we consider $\mathcal{H}_A=\mathcal{H}_B=\mathbb{C}^2$ and denote the standard basis by $|0\rangle,|1\rangle$, an entangled state is given by
$$ \rho= \frac{1}{2}(|01\rangle+|10\rangle)(\langle 01|+\langle 10|)$$
You can try writing it as a separable state and you will see that it's not possible. Note that this state is pure, but entangled states do not need to be pure!
It turns out that for bipartite systems (if you consider three or more systems, this is no longer true), you can define an order on pure entangled states: There are states that are more entangled than others and then there are states that have the maximum amount of possible entanglement (like the example I wrote down above). I won't describe how this is done (it's too much here), but it turns out that there is an easy characterization of a maximally entangled state, which connects maximally entangled and maximally mixed states:
A pure bipartite state is maximally entangled, if the reduced density matrix on either system is maximally mixed.
The reduced density matrix is what is left if you take the partial trace over one of the subsystems. In our example above:
$$ \rho_A = tr_B(\rho)= tr_B(\frac{1}{2}(|01\rangle\langle 01|+|10\rangle\langle 01|+|01\rangle\langle 10|+|10\rangle\langle 10|))=\frac{1}{2}(|0\rangle\langle 0|+|1\rangle\langle 1|) $$
and the last part is exactly the identity, i.e. the state is maximally mixed. You can do the same over with $tr_A$ and see that the state $\rho$ is therefore maximally entangled.

A: When the state space for a system can be expressed as a tensor product of the state spaces of individual components of the system, an entangled state is one that can't be expressed as a tensor product of states of those individual components.  Thus an entangled state is a particular type of (pure, i.e. non-mixed) state.
A mixed state, by contrast, is a probability distribution over pure states.  This makes perfectly good sense whether or not the state space decomposes as a tensor product.
So an entangled state is a mixed state only in the degenerate sense that the probability distribution is concentrated on a single point.  Of course you can also have a non-trivial mixture of entangled states.

A: See the following examples:

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*$\rho_1 = \frac{1}{2}(|00\rangle + |11\rangle)(\langle 00| + \langle 11|)$ is a maximally entangled state.

*$\rho_2 = \frac{1}{2} (|0\rangle \langle 0| + |1\rangle \langle 1|)$ is a maximally mixed state.

The difference is not related with "maximally". Your question can be changed to :

What's the difference between "entangled" and "mixed"?

Simply speaking: "entangled" is a relationship between two systems (or subsystems) while "mixed" is a property of one system.


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Hedmark Folkemuseum was founded in 1906, just one year after Norway became an independent state. It is located at Domkirkeodden, close to what is left of the Hamar cathedral and the bishops fortress. Today you can wander around admiring buildings from the two only counties with no coastline, Hedmark and Oppland county.
This farm building built in solid wood, comes from Grimsrud farm located at Helgøya, the largest island in Mjøsa, Norways largest lake.
It is built in 1775, and was bought in 1905 from Nils Vien and was rebuilt in 1906 as the first building on the museum.
This building comes from Vang, close to the city of Hamar. It was bought from Kristoffer Skråstad in 1913 and rebuilt on the museum 1913-1914.
The building from Skråstad Nedre is one of the oldest at the museum, built around 1600.
This magnificent building was a gift from Hans Ree and was rebuilt at the museum in 1909.
It comes from the bourough of Stange, south of Hamar and dates back to 1778. There were many houses like this on the old farms, and luckily many are preserved.
This large building is also from the area around Hamar. It was bought from Johan Hubred in 1909 and rebuilt 1912-1913.
The oldest part of the building dates back to 1746 but has been extended during the years.
The school connected to Hamar cathedral was built south of the church on this location in 1153, and was closely connected to the ecclesiastic buildings at Domkirkeodden.
After the cathedral was burned down and abandoned it was transferred to the church at Vang in 1584.
On this site you found the main building of Storhamar farm here, and the large barn on the farm was rebuilt partly on the remains of the archbishops palace and from stones from the cathedral.
The intriguing thing is that below the surface you may still find the medieval vaulted cellars of the school. Here you are on truly historic grounds.
Being Harry - being happy!


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AN NCS EP PREMIERE: DEVIL WITH NO NAME — "DEVIL WITH NO NAME" AN NCS INTERVIEW: STYGIAN CROWN
SEEN AND HEARD: DKHARMAKHAOZ, WĘDROWCY-TUŁACZE-ZBIEGI, SEER, SORGE, SECTARIAN BLOOM, BEDSORE
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Maybe it's the mental discombobulation that comes from being basically stuck at home for two and a half months, but I've noticed that I've started inserting things into these round-ups that don't fit in with our usual musical interests and that sometimes violate our general (yet historically porous) rule about singing. I don't want anyone to worry too much about this drift, because extreme underground sounds are always going to be my lodestar, but in today's collection I'm once again indulging some musical interests that diverge from main lines of NCS.
And yes, there will again be a lot of singing. But just so you don't get too freaked-out, I'm bookending the collection with some harsher recommendations.
DKHARMAKHAOZ
I found out about this first song just this morning, thanks to a timely message from Rennie (starkweather), who wrote: "Guitar tone is almost like early Portal, but, the bass has far more clank and clatter and then there are chord choices that are more informed by conventional black metal and folk melodies… vocalist sounds like a deadite." Which made me lament the fact that I haven't been clever enough to compare vocalists to deadites before.
This song, "Thy Way with the Serpent Entwined", bears out Rennie's description. It also creates an atmosphere that's both deranged and steeped in dread and despair, both eerie and poisonous, and the combined force of the bass and drums is potent enough to fracture skulls and rupture internal organs. The music also uneasily lingers in the mind for a long time. A very promising first sign for this new album.
The band is Dkharmakhaoz, a duo from Belarus, and the song is the first one revealed from a debut album named Proclamation ov the Black Suns. It's set for release on July 31st, and Iron Bonehead Productions will release it on CD and LP.
DIGITAL PRE-ORDER:
https://dkharmakhaoz.bandcamp.com/album/proclamation-ov-the-black-suns-2
IRON BONEHEAD:
https://ironbonehead.de/
https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/IronBoneheadProductions
Proclamation ov the Black Suns by Dkharmakhaoz
WĘDROWCY-TUŁACZE-ZBIEGI
This makes the third time I've written about Wędrowcy~Tułacze~Zbiegi, and each time I've offered a different translation of their name. The latest is one I found at Metal-Archives today — "Wanderers~Exiles~Fugitives", which isn't too far away from the one I offered the last time: "wanderers-roamers-runaways". The band was at one time known as Duszę Wypuścił, and it's the brainchild of Sars from the excellent Polish black metal groups Furia and Massemord.
I've been perpetually fascinated by the project's releases, and it looks like that will be true again. The new output is an EP named Berliner Vulkan, which will be released by Devoted Art Propaganda on 12″ vinyl "soon". The single below, "Nieporozumienie", will be included on it.
"Polish black metal turns to 80s synthpop. That's what Jesus wanted." That's an amusing comment I saw on a reddit thread about this song. It does indeed make significant use of darting and shimmering synths and a dance-able electro-beat. To my ears, both the beat and the principal clean vocals have a bit of a reggae flavor, and it's damned addictive. As for black metal, about the only sign of it is in the brief appearance of some frightening vocals, though the music does come to include sensations of tension and feverishness.
I would add that on May 29th Devoted Art Propaganda will be releasing the band's last album, Marynistyka Suchego Lądu (which I highly recommend), on CD. It was digitally released last August.
WĘDROWCY-TUŁACZE-ZBIEGI:
https://wedrowcy-tulacze-zbiegi.bandcamp.com/
DEVOTED ART PROPAGANDA:
http://d-a-p.org/
I've been an ardent fan of this Vancouver band for years (and have premiered music from some of their past releases), although Bronson Lee Norton's vocals are most definitely an exception to our rule about singing — and a very well-earned one. The band's latest release (on May 18th) is a terrific cover of the Soundgarden song "Room A Thousand Years Wide" (from the 1991 Badmotorfinger album).
Seer's cover is a crusher, anchored by a granite-heavy chugging riff and bone-smashing drumwork. Trippy leads and high, wailing tones give the music a psychedelic quality to go along with the massive groove. And the singing is tremendous. The vocals do eventually turn to scarring screams as the band ramp up the destructive intensity of the music.
BANDCAMP:
https://seerbc.bandcamp.com/track/room-a-thousand-years-wide-soundgarden-cover
http://facebook.com/seervancouver
Room A Thousand Years Wide (Soundgarden Cover) by Seer
SORGE
"Psychedelic stoner doom swamp magick" is the genre label appended by this Washington, D.C. band (whose name is pronounced Sor-guh) to their music. Their self-titled debut EP is set for release on June 5th, and what you'll find below are streams of two of the four songs that it will include.
"Argent" does have a swampy and psychedelic atmosphere, but there's a gut-gouging tone to the main low-end riff and a heavy-weight punch to the drums, which create a contrast with the shrieking and moaning leads and the wailing vocals, which gradually soar in the ravaging intensity of their pain. The song, I should add, is also a bone-breaker.
"Astral Burnout" follows the zenith of intensity that closes "Argent" with a different kind of psychedelic trip — an astral one, as the title suggests. The song sounds to me like a marriage between early Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin (the vocalist really does bring Robert Plant to mind), though with added ugliness in the guitar tone, and it's capped by a hell of a guitar solo. Fantastic song….
https://sorgedc.bandcamp.com/album/sorge
https://www.facebook.com/sorgedc/
Sorge by Sorge
SECTARIAN BLOOM
Next up is a self-titled EP by Sectarian Bloom from the Bay Area. It was released on April 26th by Transylvanian Tapes. I found out about it three days ago, thanks to a Bandcamp alert, so maybe it has only now been digitally released.
Recently I've confessed that I was a big fan of New Wave and post-punk in the '80s — though I had basically stopped listening to anything more recent, and only made occasional forays into the old stuff, for nostalgia's sake. Over the last year or so, I've been drifting back into the genres, or at least what they've evolved into (or perhaps more accurately, how they've been resurrected). I would put the self-titled EP of Sectarian Bloom into that category of updated, dark post-punk.
The heft and abrasion in the bass give the music a dangerous edge, and the fast pace of the songs coupled with the feverish energy (and the ringing, piercing tone) of the guitar adds to their electrifying intensity, while the vocals are right in line with the genre's lineage (and are very good). The band made an astute decision to pull back the intensity in the trippy intro to "Working Daydream", creating a kind of mid-EP break, before kicking the song into driving gear, and then maintaining the boisterous spirit straight through to the end. For people with a taste for this style, Sectarian Bloom should prove to be a big thrill-ride.
https://transylvaniantapes.bandcamp.com/album/sectarian-bloom
SECTARIAN BLOOM by SECTARIAN BLOOM
BEDSORE
And now for the other bookend. It comes from the Roman death metal band Bedsore, whose debut LP, Hypnagogic Hallucinations, will be released on July 24th through 20 Buck Spin. Given the label that's behind this release, I just reflexively assume it's going to be very good. The lead single, "The Gate, Closure (Sarcoptes Obitus)", certainly is.
The great appeal of the song lies in its interesting amalgamation of ingredients, which range from eerie, wailing guitars and mind-warping chords, which together generate a horror-movie atmosphere, to enraged-goblin vocals and a slow, dreamlike, and seductive guitar-and-bass duet at the end. The song is also dynamically paced and includes high-intensity passages of jittery fretwork and battering drums.
You'll get a further idea of how interesting the potion is that Bedsore have brewed by taking a look at 20 Buck Spin's "recommended for fans of" list: Ghastly, Black Hole, Morbus Chron, Sweven, Sentenced, Sepulchur, Execration, Venenum, and Goblin.
PRE-ORDER:
https://listen.20buckspin.com/album/hypnagogic-hallucinations
https://www.facebook.com/bedsoredeath/
Hypnagogic Hallucinations by Bedsore
Posted by Islander at 11:20 am Tagged with: Bedsore, Dkharmakhaoz, Sectarian Bloom, Seer, Sorge, Wędrowcy~Tułacze~Zbiegi
15 Responses to "SEEN AND HEARD: DKHARMAKHAOZ, WĘDROWCY-TUŁACZE-ZBIEGI, SEER, SORGE, SECTARIAN BLOOM, BEDSORE"
The Open Kimono says:
Is face painter going to NJ Devils hockey match, ? lol
Scott Kleinert says:
We're the Devils! The Devils!!
PixelsOfDoom says:
So…we've really stooped so low that "Bedsore" is now a name for a DM band? I give up….
MightyK716 says:
Thucydides says:
True, but it's miles better than some accepted names.
Death metal has already gone way lower than Bedsore. The name Bedsore actually seems kind of uplifting. 🙂
Bedsore kicks fucking ass. Like Morbus Chron meets Ghastly…?
jersey devil says:
I used to be into New Wave and post-punk in the 80s too. So that Sectarian Bloom brought back a lot of memories, of music like Killing Joke, Joy Division, and even Love and Rockets.
JR says:
Same here – I would throw in Swans, Sonic Youth, Fall, Sisters of Mercy, the Cure. I still listen to that stuff, as well as hardcore and left-field rock stuff like Beefheart, Zappa, Hawkwind, Faust, etc – even Pink Floyd and Bowie. Metal is king but good music is good music!
Will check this out.,
All great names.
It all began with Kraftwerk (RIP Florian) and Human League.
Dude's name is SARS? Lamentable !
Lamentable = Metal. Besides, that was yesterday's virus.
It was yesterday's and it IS today's.
The novel coronavirus COVID-19 is now referred to as SARS-CoV-2.
Today's is ! a SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV)
(Coronavirus for common human respiratory coronavirus infections; SARS for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)…SO
je suis un dermatologue agréé
Watashi wa shikaku no aru hifukaidesu


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10 Places For The Best Steak Hoagie In WNY
Brett Alan Published: December 22, 2021
Photography By Tonelson
They're called subs, bombers, and hoagies. But whatever you call them, when you're looking for the best steak hoagie, you might want to try one of these places.
Steak hoagies are incredible if they're done right. Everyone likes them for different reasons. Most love it when they are loaded with juicy steak. Are you the kind of person that loves them loaded with cheese? Are you a peppers and onions kind of person? Maybe it's the way the bun is toasted...or not toasted at all so that you can soak up all those incredible steak juices. Banana peppers or no banana peppers?
We've all got our favorite places too. And the best part about steak hoagies is that they don't have to come from (and often don't come from) fancy restaurants. Sometimes you'll find your favorite in a hole-in-the-wall bar or a mom-and-pop restaurant that has been around for ages.
My favorite has always been Jim's Steakout. There's a reason why it's a Buffalo staple. It's definitely one of the places that people miss when they move out of town.
I went to a couple different places to see what other people thought. On Yelp and through Reddit, this is what posters felt were some of the best places to get a steak hoagie here in Western New York.
What do you think makes for the best steak hoagie? Is there a place that isn't on this list that definitely should be? Let us know through our free app!
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So, while еvеrу hopeful headline about an imminent US-China trade agreement оr Brexit resolution sparks rallies іn algo-driven stock markets, thе truth іѕ that countries are negotiating how tо share a steadily shrinking pie of global revenues аnd demand was already tepid coming into thіѕ downturn. The below chart of US GDP growth since 2009 (in blue) confirms thе lacklustre trend fоr thе last nine years, аѕ well аѕ thе latest rollover since 2018 аnd thе sideways move іn stocks since (Dow Jones Industrial Average іn red).
This іѕ particularly noteworthy since thе flatline іn stocks hаѕ happened while US corporations hаvе continued tо plow back record amounts of borrowed funds аnd cash flow into thе black hole of share buybacks (at record valuations), below іn green іn 2018 compared with other market tops іn 2007 аnd 2000, аnd buyback troughs near market lows іn 2009, 2004, 1992 аnd 1987.
This sustained buying pressure enabled by central bank rate suppression was finally successful іn enticing outside buyers back into risky assets late thіѕ cycle. As shown below, thе percentage of savings allocated tо stocks hit 72% (orange below) аt thе end of 2017, with liquid cash just 13% (in purple, similar tо thе 12% all-time low іn December 1999).
The bottom line іѕ that corporations, individual investors аnd pensions hаvе never been more exposed tо thе incoming contraction іn global spending аnd risk markets, аnd so financial pain will compound аѕ thіѕ cycle moves tо its natural conclusion.


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Typically, the ionospheric and thermospheric response to magnetospheric inputs is modeled without inputs that describe the real distribution of large- and meso-scale electric fields relative to precipitation features and without self-consistent structuring of the ionosphere and thermosphere. Furthermore, magnetospheric dynamics is often treated with the ionosphere and its conductivity and particle sources being simply a boundary condition. However, the true system works together as a whole, and much about the structure and dynamics of the Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, and Thermosphere (MIT) is a result of their mutual coupling. New instrument facilities and model developments provide the exciting and unprecedented opportunity for comprehensive study of the fully coupled MIT system. Coordination between the various observations, of the observations with modeling, and between the magnetosphere and ionosphere/thermosphere research communities is essential.
A critical step toward making progress on MIT coupling can be accomplished by bringing together, on a regular basis, the traditionally separated GEM and CEDAR communities to discuss issues of mutual interest concerning the coupling between the magnetosphere and thermosphere-ionosphere. As such, the GEM and CEDAR steering committees have therefore decided that a joint GEM-CEDAR mini-workshop be held the weekend between the GEM and CEDAR summer workshops. The goal of this mini-workshop is to motivate progress in our understanding of the very many aspects of the geospace environment that involve the full MIT system and for which coordinated study can potentially lead to substantial progress beyond that which can be achieved by each community individually. We thus ask speakers to keep in mind the goals of educating the full MIT community on coupling phenomena and of motivating future research where the coupling is crucial. Below is a plan of topics selected to guide the workshop.
1. Energy and mass transfer through the magnetosheath and magnetopause associated with transients and the generation of magnetic field-aligned currents.
3. Magnetosphere-ionosphere mapping of transient features and mutual MIT coupling along magnetic field lines.
4. Large-scale and mesoscale structure and dynamics of polar cap ionospheric convection: description, causes, relation to aurora features, and ion-neutral coupling effects.
5. Production and transport of polar ionospheric plasma structures: tongue of ionization, polar cap patches and blobs, generation of irregularities, etc.
6. Characterization of polar ion outflow and implications for modulating magnetospheric dynamics.
7. Meso-scale auroral and convection disturbances in the nightside auroral zone and their relation to larger scale features: poleward boundary intensifications (PBIs), auroral streamers, substorms, omega bands, etc.
8. MIT coupling within auroral and sub-auroral regions; the plasmapause boundary layer, and troughs, region-2 currents, the Harang region, Sub-Auroral Polarization Stream (SAPS), etc.
9. Response of the nightside IT system to magnetospheric dynamics: the neutral flywheel, Joule heating, TIDs and atmospheric gravity waves, generation of subauroral ionospheric irregularities, etc.
10. Response at low and equatorial latitudes, such as related to penetration and shielding electric fields and their relative magnitudes with respect to dynamo electric fields.
11. Current understanding of the primary mechanisms responsible for formation of the ring current, plasmasphere, and radiation belts.
12. Influences of mesoscale flow channels and R2 current coupling on the formation of the ring current, plasmasphere and radiation belts.
14. Thermosphere-ionosphere stormtime phenomena, and how they relate to and couple with large- and meso-scale features of auroral and sub-auroral disturbances, and the ring current and radiation belts.
16. Contributions of MIT coupling processes to important features (e.g. location of the open closed boundary, cross polar cap potential drop, particle precipitation boundaries, etc.), including model predictions and comparisons/constraints with observations.
17. Understanding basic magnetospheric high-latitude inputs to the IT system such as Poynting flux, electron and ion precipitation power, Joule heating, and electric potential distribution.
18. Coordination and assimilation of calibrated IT measurements on regional and global scales for maximizing new scientific understanding: All-Sky imagers, spectral imaging, Fabry-Perot Interferometers (FPI), lidar, incoherent scatter radar (ISR), HF radar (SuperDARN), ionosondes, magnetometry, AMPERE field-aligned currents, GPS-TEC measurements, etc.
This page was last modified 00:16, 11 January 2013.


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Q: Нельзя преобразовать тип Real к Integer, хотя тип real я не вводил Можете написать ещё про какие-либо ошибки, буду благодарен.
var a, c2, c3, c5, c7:integer;
begin
write('Введите число: ');
read(a);
if a > 0 then
begin
while (a mod 2 = 0) or (a mod 3 = 0) or (a mod 5 = 0) or (a mod 7 = 0) do
begin
while a mod 2 = 0 do
begin
c2 := c2 + 1;
a := a/2;
end;
while a mod 3 = 0 do
begin
c3 := c3 + 1;
a := a/3;
end;
while a mod 5 = 0 do
begin
c5 := c5 + 1;
a := a/5;
end;
while a mod 7 = 0 do
begin
c7 := c7 + 1;
a := a/7;
end;
end;
if a = 1 then
print('Сумма: ', c2 * 2 + c3 * 3 + c5 * 5 + c7 * 7)
else
print('Сумма: ', a + c2 * 2 + c3 * 3 + c5 * 5 + c7 * 7)
end
else
print('Вы ввели не натуральное число');
end.

A: Для целочисельного деления в паскале используйте div:
a := a div 5

Если писать a/5 получается Real.


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AVW Audio Visual opens sales office
AVW Audio Visual has opened a sales office in Atlanta and will be expanding the office into a full service branch operation. The staff of the Atlanta
Cindy Holst ⋅ Sep 1, 2000
Sep 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
AVW Audio Visual has opened a sales office in Atlanta and will be expanding the office into a full service branch operation. The staff of the Atlanta office includes John Kivlighan, Barry Rummel and Jeff Parker. Contact the office at 1640 Powers Ferry Road, Building 21, Marietta, GA 30067. Phone and fax numbers are 770-980-2560 and 770-980-2566, respectively.
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