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package limmen.controllers;

import limmen.business.representations.array_representations.GenresArrayRepresentation;
import limmen.business.representations.entity_representation.GenreRepresentation;
import limmen.business.services.GenreService;
import limmen.business.services.exceptions.SortException;
import limmen.business.services.filters.GenreFilter;
import limmen.integration.entities.Genre;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;

import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import static org.springframework.hateoas.mvc.ControllerLinkBuilder.linkTo;
import static org.springframework.hateoas.mvc.ControllerLinkBuilder.methodOn;

/**
 * RestController for the resource pointed by the url: /resources/genres*
 *
 * @author Kim Hammar on 2016-03-22.
 */
@RestController
@CrossOrigin
@RequestMapping("/resources/genres")
public class GenreController {
    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());
    private final GenreService genreService;

    /**
     * Method to be injected by the Spring container. Initializes the service.
     *
     * @param genreService service that handles genre-data.
     */
    @Inject
    public GenreController(final GenreService genreService) {
        this.genreService = genreService;
    }

    /**
     * Method to handle HTTP GET-requests for /resources/genres
     *
     * @return HTTP-response, JSON array of genres
     */
    @CrossOrigin
    @RequestMapping(value = "", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
    public HttpEntity<GenresArrayRepresentation> getAllGenres(@RequestParam(name = "genreId", required = false) String genreId,
                                                              @RequestParam(name = "name", required = false) String name,
                                                              @RequestParam(name = "sort", required = false) String sort)
            throws SortException {
        log.debug("HTTP GET-request /resources/genres");
        GenreFilter genreFilter = new GenreFilter();
        genreFilter.setGenreId(genreId);
        genreFilter.setName(name);
        genreFilter.setSort(sort);
        List<GenreRepresentation> genreRepresentations = new ArrayList();
        List<Genre> genres = genreService.getAllGenres(genreFilter);
        genres.forEach((genre) -> {
            GenreRepresentation genreRepresentation = new GenreRepresentation(genre);
            genreRepresentation.add(linkTo(methodOn(GenreController.class).getGenre(genre.getGenreId())).withSelfRel());
            genreRepresentations.add(genreRepresentation);
        });
        GenresArrayRepresentation arrayRepresentation = new GenresArrayRepresentation(genreRepresentations);
        return new ResponseEntity<GenresArrayRepresentation>(arrayRepresentation, HttpStatus.OK);
    }

    /**
     * Method to handle HTTP GET-requests for /resources/genres/{genreId}
     *
     * @param genreId id of the genre.
     * @return HTTP-response, JSON representation of the genre
     */
    @CrossOrigin
    @RequestMapping(value = "/{genreId}", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
    public HttpEntity<GenreRepresentation> getGenre(@PathVariable int genreId) {
        log.debug("HTTP GET-request /resources/genres/{}", genreId);
        GenreRepresentation genreRepresentation = new GenreRepresentation(genreService.getGenre(genreId));
        genreRepresentation.add(linkTo(methodOn(GenreController.class).getGenre(genreId)).withSelfRel());
        return new ResponseEntity<GenreRepresentation>(genreRepresentation, HttpStatus.OK);
    }

    /**
     * Method to handle HTTP POST-requests for /resources/genres
     *
     * @param genre posted genre data
     * @return HTTP-response, JSON representation of the created genre
     */
    @CrossOrigin
    @RequestMapping(value = "", method = RequestMethod.POST, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, consumes = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
    public HttpEntity<GenreRepresentation> createNewGenre(@RequestBody Genre genre) {
        log.debug("HTTP POST-request /resources/genres");
        GenreRepresentation genreRepresentation = new GenreRepresentation(genreService.createNewGenre(genre));
        genreRepresentation.add(linkTo(methodOn(GenreController.class).getGenre(genre.getGenreId())).withSelfRel());
        return new ResponseEntity<GenreRepresentation>(genreRepresentation, HttpStatus.CREATED);
    }

    /**
     * Method to handle HTTP PUT-requests for /resources/genres/{genreId}
     *
     * @param genreId id of the genre
     * @param genre   put genre data
     * @return HTTP-Response, JSON representation of the updated genre representation
     */
    @CrossOrigin
    @RequestMapping(value = "/{genreId}", method = RequestMethod.PUT, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, consumes = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
    public HttpEntity<GenreRepresentation> updateGenre(@PathVariable int genreId, @RequestBody Genre genre) {
        log.debug("HTTP PUT-request /resources/genres/{}", genreId);
        genre.setGenreId(genreId);
        GenreRepresentation genreRepresentation = new GenreRepresentation(genreService.updateGenre(genre));
        genreRepresentation.add(linkTo(methodOn(GenreController.class).getGenre(genre.getGenreId())).withSelfRel());
        return new ResponseEntity<GenreRepresentation>(genreRepresentation, HttpStatus.OK);
    }

    /**
     * Method to handle PUT-requests for /resources/genres
     *
     * @param putGenres
     * @return HTTP-Response, JSON representation of the updated genres resource
     */
    @CrossOrigin
    @RequestMapping(value = "", method = RequestMethod.PUT, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, consumes = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
    public HttpEntity<GenresArrayRepresentation> updateGenres(@RequestBody List<Genre> putGenres) {
        log.debug("HTTP PUT-request /resources/genres");
        List<GenreRepresentation> genreRepresentations = new ArrayList();
        List<Genre> genres = genreService.updateGenres(putGenres);
        genres.forEach((genre) -> {
            GenreRepresentation genreRepresentation = new GenreRepresentation(genre);
            genreRepresentation.add(linkTo(methodOn(GenreController.class).getGenre(genre.getGenreId())).withSelfRel());
            genreRepresentations.add(genreRepresentation);
        });
        GenresArrayRepresentation arrayRepresentation = new GenresArrayRepresentation(genreRepresentations);
        return new ResponseEntity<GenresArrayRepresentation>(arrayRepresentation, HttpStatus.OK);
    }

    /**
     * Method to handle HTTP DELETE-requests for /resources/genres/{genreId}
     *
     * @param genreId id of the genre
     * @return HTTP-Response, JSON representation of the deleted genre.
     */
    @CrossOrigin
    @RequestMapping(value = "/{genreId}", method = RequestMethod.DELETE, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
    public HttpEntity<GenreRepresentation> deleteGenre(@PathVariable int genreId) {
        log.debug("HTTP DELETE-request /resources/genres/{}", genreId);
        GenreRepresentation genreRepresentation = new GenreRepresentation(genreService.deleteGenre(genreId));
        genreRepresentation.add(linkTo(methodOn(GenreController.class).getGenre(genreId)).withSelfRel());
        return new ResponseEntity<GenreRepresentation>(genreRepresentation, HttpStatus.OK);
    }

    /**
     * ExceptionHandler for when a requested resource was not found.
     *
     * @param response HTTP response to send back to client
     * @throws IOException
     */
    @ExceptionHandler(org.springframework.dao.EmptyResultDataAccessException.class)
    void notFound(HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
        log.debug("org.springframework.dao.EmptyResultDataAccessException.class exception caught");
        response.sendError(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND.value(), "Resource not Found");
    }

    /**
     * ExceptionHandler for when query string was invalid.
     *
     * @param response HTTP response to send back to client
     * @throws IOException
     */
    @ExceptionHandler(SortException.class)
    void invalidQueryString(HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
        log.debug("invalid query string exception caught");
        response.sendError(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST.value(), "Invalid Query String");
    }
}

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Kam Hwy. Rehabilitation Through Spring 2023
6 months ago 6 months ago Linda Hohnholz - editor
The Hawai'i Department of Transportation (HDOT) will begin the needed repair of three state routes in central O'ahu under the Kamehameha Highway, Kamananui Road, and Wilikina Drive Rehabilitation, Vicinity of Weed Circle to H-2 project. The project, which was initially scheduled to begin in early 2021, was delayed by multiple bid protests.
The project was awarded for $23.2 million and will involve the reconstruction of the deeper layers of the pavement (i.e., down to four inches) to create a longer lasting road. Typical repaving replaces the top two inches of pavement.
Construction is planned to begin in August and HDOT will notify the public once an exact start date is confirmed.
Estimated completion for the rehabilitation is expected in Spring 2023.
Hawaii hotels revenue up substantially in June 2021
No In-Person License and ID Renewal This Saturday

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[ Editor's Note: It is a pity that Argentina does not have the death penalty, or even better, executing convicted perpetrators in the manner they used with their victims. Then we would have the videos of the cringing perps in their last few moments before being thrown out of the plane into the ocean.
No, I am not a meanie. I just believe in compensatory justice, that the guilty should be punished in a manner that fits their crime(s), as a deterrent. I would make watching the videos part of all cadet training, about the obligation of not having to obey an illegal order, when the person issuing it should be taken into custody.
Do the families feel better about the trauma they suffered? Not all, but I think most of them would. And they are owed that, and also some serious financial compensation.
The US was chummy with Argentina during this time, and was aware of this official murder capaign. It was still the Cold War days where all kinds of "illegal killings" went on. And this would include the US getting its hand wet.
VT knows someone who was offered heading up the Central American death squads as a promotion during those turbulent years. He quit on the spot, literally walking out of the meeting. He became an instant outcast, but later on morphed into a silent hero as the story became known within a small circle as someone who stood up for refusing an illegal order, or promotion in this case.
Unfortunately a certain US ambassador was offered and took the job. He went on to having a "successful" career, with this nasty part of his resume airbrushed out.
Judges in Argentina have given life sentences to the former 'death flights' pilots after hundreds of people opposing the country's 1976-83 military junta – including a close friend of Pope Francis – were thrown into the ocean.
A major ruling on Wednesday marked the "first" such Argentinian judgment against pilots involved in the notorious 'death flights,' local media reports. During the operations, opponents of Argentina's military regime that ruled the country from 1976 until 1983 were thrown into the waters of the Atlantic.
According to the verdict, the announcement of which lasted almost four hours, 29 former service members were sentenced to life imprisonment, 19 were sentenced to eight to 25 years, and six were acquitted, local media report.
There are 54 defendants in the major trial. It also involves cases of 789 victims of a secret detention center – known as the Navy Mechanics Higher School (ESMA) – where up to 5,000 people opposing the repressive junta regime are believed to have been vanished.
The five-year trial – called the 'mega cause' in Argentina – exposed the chilling practices of systematic torture and the killing of thousands of people, including left-wing opponents of the regime and members of Argentina's urban guerrilla groups, but also human rights activists and relatives of those forcibly disappeared by junta forces.
In a series of hearings, it emerged that numerous victims were drugged, loaded onto 'death flight' aircraft, and thrown into the freezing waters of the southern Atlantic Ocean.
Among ESMA victims was Esther Careaga, a close friend of Jorge Bergoglio, who later became Pope Francis. She was thrown to her death from a plane one night in December 1977, along with two French nuns and nine others.
"Careaga was a good friend and a great woman," Beroglio said when the body was identified in 2003. The future pontiff met Careaga, a biochemist and his boss at the time, when he worked as an apprentice at a pharmaceutical laboratory in Buenos Aires in the early 1950s.
in the rest of the western world the death penalty is considered uncivilized and cruel torture, as well as not of any use considering future crimes. Several researches have proved that rehabilitation, better prison systems work. I suggest to watch the docu Hellstorm, proving the involvement of americans in creating WW II,the docu Operation Gladio, the docu Ringworm Children, proving american radiation equipment was used to murder palestinian sephardic jewish children with dark complexions, resulting in the dominance of Ashkenazi jews in Israel, Juri Lina and the days of the Serpent, proving those creating the Bolsjewik revolution in Russia were trained in the USA, and the moviedocu Dirty Wars, proving Obama's JSOC with their killlist of some 3000 people a day. As for the pope Francis. His role during the argentinian Videla system is not undisputed as is the role of our dutch Queen Maxima's father during the same government.
It was not done to murder them. They were just used as testing subjects versus using European Jews. The con was they were using it to kill head lice. Rabbi Weiss of Neturie Karta went over this during two hours of studio interviews ten years ago.
There but for them go we.
Well, at least there is some sort of justice being served. If these criminals were tried in the U.S. they would have been given probation and appearances on Infowars. Or made into heroes on Breitbart.
This reflects very badly on the U.S. and once again adds to the distrust and loathing the rest of the world has for America.
The operations by the CIA, the School Of Americas, along with the clandestine operations America was involved in throughout Latin America. This is the ugly truth about America: that it has aided and abetted the worst of the worst throughout that region, that it has toppled legally elected governments and replaced them easily corrupted and cruel psychopaths, that it has created situations that has led to the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of innocent people, that it has supplied the military training and hardware as well as political support for these tin pot dictators.
It was more than 'chummy'.
But, as always, a covert one, a clandestine one ; so the description of the US as 'chummy'- in any case, ironical – is not so inappropriate.
Well, the Junta, in the context of Argentina.
Yep, Russell (FB). And Milton Friedman and the Chicago boys should have been at the head of the queue. Well, perhaps after Pinochet.


A week and a half ago, I turned 27 years old. A year ago, I put on my big girl pants and started paying for my own car insurance, health insurance, and cell phone. I guess you could say I'm a grown up.
Growing up seems to have this dread attached to it that suggests your life becomes mundane and boring. It's laced with fear of being trapped, lost and living a life void of any adventure.
My very short grown up experience so far has been anything but that.
I live around the kind of people who bring their 6 week old baby out camping in the woods. I watch married couples who not only dream up crazy adventures but actually live out those dreams together. I learn from parents and grandparents who travel the world, own businesses, and pursue God with contagious passion. When that's what growing up looks like, I'm excited and hopeful!
Today our house celebrated Christmas together. I felt very grown up. We made breakfast and exchanged Secret Santa gifts. Then we had some real heart to heart conversations. We were vulnerable with each other and we were reminded again that community isn't always easy. It calls for maturity, higher standards, and sacrifice…but it's worth it.
So I'm thinking that being a grown up isn't so bad. It's actually full of adventure, risk, and reward.
I love doing life with you…even when it's hard.


Canal Station is a multi-phased condominium project in the Ballard neighborhood north of Seattle. Phase I is 169 units and Phase II is 109 units (plus 3,750 sq. ft. of retail). Amenities include a business and conference center, fitness center, outdoor jacuzzi and barbecue area and a common community lounge and kitchen. 50 of the 109 homes were sold on opening day in October 2006.


I wear contact lenses because I am worse than a bat.
I'm the fourth male directly in my line with this exact name, hence the "IV" after my name. Please bow before me. Just teasing. A curtsy is sufficient.
I prefer spelling things the British way. I'm American. They seem better lately.
I have been to Cambodia. I saw the best life has to offer. I saw the worst life has to offer. Don't ask for details. I am not at liberty to reveal due to a… never mind.
I am a reader and writer, yet I always test nearly perfect on mathematics. Took so many advanced calculus courses, I think I plotted every angle possible. I know the exact angle to send a sling shot towards… whomever deserves it.
The calla lily is my favorite flower. I'd like them at my funeral please. You're all tasked with making sure this happens or I'll haunt you.
I was a good gymnast as a kid. I could climb to the top of the rope, walk the balance beam, jump the horse and use the rings to turn myself in every direction. After puberty hit, my balance was so off, I could barely walk a straight line. A few drinks make it much better now.
I used to ride horses, but it's been almost two decades since I've been on one. I love it, but I see no reason to feel like I'm constantly vibrating (in a bad way, to clarify) while the wind is whipping in my face.
My nickname in high school was Tooshie. You can decide why or what it means.
I can't smell tequila anymore or it will make me sick. Bad college incident. It's okay in a mixed drink, but a shot will induce projectile, something fierce along the lines of what happened to me in question #8 below (you're in for a treat!).
I have no self control when it comes to dark chocolate or champagne. None. I will do anything for it.
Is there a sound or a word you absolutely cannot stand?
Would you rather have to say every thought out loud or hear everyone else's thoughts?
Say every thought out loud. I already have too many people's voices in my heads. Characters just won't behave anymore.
What household chore do you actually kind of enjoy doing?
What are you reading right now? Are you enjoying it?
Ken Follett's A Column of Fire. And YES!
Harry Potter all the way.
What is the number one book on your TBR now?
Formatting posts… it takes forever!
Do you consider blogging a hobby, a marketing tool, or a way to make a living?
It could be anything. For me, it's both a hobby and a marketing tool.
What's the first thing that comes to mind when I say "bite me" ? Good or bad, let it rip.
For those new to me or my reviews… here's the scoop: I'm Jay, an author who lives in NYC. My debut novel, Watching Glass Shatter, can be purchased on Amazon. I write A LOT. I read A LOT. And now I blog A LOT. First the book review goes on Goodreads, and then I send it on over to my WordPress blog at https://thisismytruthnow.com, where you'll find the revealing and introspective 365 Daily Challenge – words and humor. You can also find all my social media profiles to get the details on the who/what/when/where and my pictures. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. Thanks for stopping by. Note: All written content is my original creation and copyrighted to me, but the graphics and images were linked from other sites and belong to them. Many thanks to their original creators. Follow my blog with Bloglovin.
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10. Flavored vodka for me. Or Fireball.
Ha! Thank you. 🙂 Good choice.
OMG loving these posts Jay! We really have to meet one day and enjoy our dark chocolate and champagne!!!
That would be fun. Bad for dieting. Good for friendship.
I'm all about the friendship! To heck with dieting LOL!
Thanks so much for the tag Jay. I look forward to answering your questions as soon as I can.
Hehe. Usually a few drinks makes walking straight harder.
I veto its usage in May.
Yep. That's what I'm known for. Devilish.
I agree! And not worth being haunted over 😉 A girl has enough problems.. although a visit would be nice haha.
Thanks for thinking of me. I'll make sure to learn a proper curtsy in case our paths ever cross in person, lol. I like calla lilies too. I'm all about unique, colorful flowers when most people like red roses.
😀 you're welcome. Xoxo. I agree!!! Haha. Curtsy. I'll bow to you too.
I'm sure you will! 🙂 Any way you like should be fun. Congrats! You're welcome.
Such fun to learn more about you, Jay. Thank you for the nomination.
You're welcome! I look forward to seeing your post. But no pressure if you don't do tags or awards!
I am loving these posts Jay. Lol.
Gifts: Champagne, yes; Tequila, No. Will remember.
I love your answers! I have a weak spot for dark chocolate too!
Thank you for the nomination. Now to craft the post ….
You're welcome. Enjoy. I will be. Plus I made mini coconut cakes for dessert!
I'm totally having fun with reading these awards/tags you've been replying.


1. I am loving my Kindness is Magic tank from Be Love Apparel. ***P.S. They donate $5 from every order to their current service project. Right now, it's Alexandria House for homeless women and their children.
2. The Dalai Lama celebrated his 80th birthday!! Click HERE to read 17 of his most famous quotes. My favorite is "My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness." Just another reason to love the above tank!
3. I posted last weekend about my new Yeti Rambler. It lives up to the hype!! I've used it for smoothies and coffee and it really keeps them cold and hot. Thanks to Sam for the recommendation!!!
4. I have been wearing my Ocean Turquoise Mala Beads almost every day since I bought them. They're made in Bali by Aum Rudraksha Designs. Their jewelry is sustainably harvested, fairly traded, and ethically produced. Click HERE to read more about Mala jewelry.
5. My friends and I all had a good time taking this How Fit Are You, Really? quiz. I got 'under 20' which totally made my day! If you take the quiz, share your fitness age in the comments!
Happy Friday and Chose Joy!
Monday: Fact…we meet to run at 5:30am on Mondays. Fact…we start and finish at Starbucks.
I joined friends for 6 miles and added 3 more solo miles.
I had the yummiest post-run apricot!
Caroline thought I should be rubbing her belly instead of folding laundry. She couldn't be bothered to put her tongue in her mouth for her picture.
You guys!!! I made a new chocolate banana nice cream. It rocks my socks! I'll post the recipe soon!! P.S. I ate the entire batch and called it dinner.
I went to Fleet Feet for the Zooma Nashville course reveal run and party!
I joined these ladies for 3 miles, cupcakes, and champagne! Use discount code: EMILY15 when you register HERE!!
I made sure to do my track prep before I went to bed. Picky Bar, Gu, Cocogo (discount code: JENCHOOSESJOY all caps),and my splits.
My legs were super heavy. I could really tell that I ran a 50k 10 days ago. I managed to hit most of my splits, but it was a LOT harder than it should have been.
I couldn't wait to shower and put on my Pro Compression socks!!!! I don't run in compression socks, but I LOVE them for recovery! They're like a hug for tired, sore legs.
I used to wear compression sleeves for recovery. Pro Compression helped me to understand why compression socks are the better option for recovery. Read about it HERE!
Because Tuesdays are for Tacos!
We opted for vegan taco salads for dinner. We even used Tofutti "sour cream" and liked it!!!
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This giveaway is sponsored by Pro Compression. I was given product in exchange for this giveaway. All opinions are my own.
Anyone else celebrate have tacos for Taco Tuesday? What are your favorite toppings? I love beans, corn, mushrooms, and tofu.
Have you tried Tofutti sour cream? Thoughts? We're slowly tried to sub dairy products for vegan alternatives.
Do you run in compression socks or sleeves? Do you use them for recovery?
I was up way too early. This seemed fitting.
We had an awesome group for the Brentwood Breakfast Club run!!!!
I think everyone was happy because of the upcoming long weekend for the 4th of July!
I was super excited to wear my new Colorado tank! We had the best trip!!
I made another Pitaya (dragonfruit) bowl. I am addicted!
Corrie sent me this pic…yet another reason why we're friends!
Our Dirtbags trail mixer was cancelled because of storms, so we decided to take an Orange Theory Fitness class. It kicked my arse (11% incline at 9mph!!!), but I had a blast!
I met Jason for a dinner of avocado rolls and tofu.
And came home to a fun mail day!
I went to the gym and ran 9 miles at 8:41 pace followed by crepes and coffee at the Perch. BIG CONGRATS to the Nolensville Running Club for their awesome Nashville Scene cover photo!!!!
I picked up a smoothie for lunch…love this!
A little more Colorado love…How awesome is this Rocky Mountain necklace?!!!
I visited the Little Gourmand. It's the cutest French market…aka heaven for me!
Jason and I tried out the new "cool kids" coffee shop in Germantown…Steadfast Coffee. I loved their homemade almond milk!
Loved this post from Amber Dodzweit!!! Substance over superficial!!!
Cocogo is having a July 4th Sale! Save 20% + an additional 10% off with discount code: JENCHOOSESJOY (all caps)!
Charlotte update: Thanks to everyone for your kind words and prayers!! Charlotte has been suffering from facial paralysis. She had an MRI this week and we discovered that she has an inner ear disorder that has caused fluid build-up and nerve damage. We can't correct the paralysis, but we can drain the fluid and prevent any further damage. It's great news!!
Any exciting 4th of July plans?
Who's racing this weekend or running long? I start training for NYC marathon this weekend!
Do you love smoothie bowls? Acai bowls? What are your favorite toppings?


text:
\section{Introduction}

After the discovery~\cite{ATLASHiggs, CMSHiggs} of a Higgs boson at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), it is now time to
confront possible extensions of the Standard Model (SM) with LHC data. One of the
simplest ways to extend the scalar sector of the SM is to add one more complex doublet to the model.
The resulting two Higgs doublet models (2HDMs) can provide additional CP-violation
coming from the scalar sector and can easily originate dark matter candidates. More evolved
models with additional field content have a 2HDM like scalar sector - as in the case, for instance,
of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model.
2HDMs have a richer particle spectrum with one charged and three neutral
scalars. All neutral scalars could in principle be the scalar discovered at the
LHC~\cite{Ferreira:2011aa, Ferreira:2012my, Burdman:2011ki}. However, data
gathered so far allow us to rule out the 125 GeV particle as being a pure pseudoscalar state. Hence,
we are left with either one of the CP-even states of a CP-conserving model or a neutral
state from a CP-violating model~\cite{Barroso:2012wz}. In the next section we will present the
2HDM models
and in the following sections we discuss in turn how well  2HDMs can
accommodate   LHC data for the CP-conserving and for the CP-violating case.

\section{The Models}
\label{sec:models}

In this section we present the two versions of the 2HDM to be discussed, one CP-conserving
and the other explicitly CP-violating. The most general 2HDMs' Yukawa Lagrangian
gives rise to scalar exchange flavour changing neutral currents (FCNCs)
which are strongly constrained by experiment. A simple and natural way to
avoid those dangerous FCNCs is to impose a $Z_2$ symmetry on the
scalar doublets, $\Phi_1 \rightarrow \Phi_1$,
$\Phi_2 \rightarrow - \Phi_2$,  and a corresponding symmetry to the
quark fields. This leads to the well known four Yukawa model types I, II, Y (III, Flipped)
and X (IV, Lepton Specific)~\cite{barger, KY}. The different Yukawa types are built such that
only $\phi_2$ couples to all fermions (type I), or $\phi_2$ couples to up-type quarks and $\phi_1$ couples to
down-type quarks and leptons (type II), or $\phi_2$ couples to up-type quarks and
to leptons and $\phi_1$ couples to down-type quarks (type Y) or finally $\phi_2$ couples to all quarks and $\phi_1$ couples to leptons (type X).

The scalar potential in a softly broken $Z_2$ symmetric 2HDM can be written as
\begin{align*}
V(\Phi_1,\Phi_2) =& m^2_1 \Phi^{\dagger}_1\Phi_1+m^2_2
\Phi^{\dagger}_2\Phi_2 + (m^2_{12} \Phi^{\dagger}_1\Phi_2+{\mathrm{h.c.}
}) +\frac{1}{2} \lambda_1 (\Phi^{\dagger}_1\Phi_1)^2 +\frac{1}{2}
\lambda_2 (\Phi^{\dagger}_2\Phi_2)^2\nonumber \\
+& \lambda_3
(\Phi^{\dagger}_1\Phi_1)(\Phi^{\dagger}_2\Phi_2) + \lambda_4
(\Phi^{\dagger}_1\Phi_2)(\Phi^{\dagger}_2\Phi_1) + \frac{1}{2}
\lambda_5[(\Phi^{\dagger}_1\Phi_2)^2+{\mathrm{h.c.}}] ~, \label{higgspot}
\end{align*}
where $\Phi_i$, $i=1,2$ are complex SU(2) doublets. All parameters except for
$m_{12}^2$ and $\lambda_5$ are real as a consequence of the hermiticity
of the potential. The phases of $m_{12}^2$ and $\lambda_5$ together with
the ones in the vacuum expectation values (VEVs) will determine the CP nature
of the model (see~\cite{Branco:2011iw} for a review). A CP-violating model
has three spin 0 neutral states usually denoted by $h_1$,  $h_2$ and $h_3$
while in the CP-conserving case the three CP-eigenstates are usually denoted
by $h$ and $H$ (CP-even) and $A$ (CP-odd).
As shown in~\cite{vacstab1, vacstab2}, once either a CP-conserving or a CP-violating
vacuum configuration is chosen, all charge breaking stationary points are saddle
points with higher energy.  Hence, the 2HDM is stable at tree-level against charge
breaking and once a non-charge breaking vacuum is chosen both models
have two charged Higgs bosons that
complete the 2HDM particle spectrum.

We will focus on two specific realisations of 2HDMs. One is the usual 7-parameter
CP-conserving potential where $m_{12}^2$, $\lambda_5$ and the VEVs are all real.
In this model we choose as free parameters, the four masses, the rotation
angle in the CP-even sector, $\alpha$, the ratio of the vacuum expectation
values,  $\tan\beta=v_2/v_1$, and the soft breaking parameter redefined as $M^2=m_{12}^2/(\sin \beta \, \cos \beta)$.
The other is an explicit CP-violating model~\cite{Ginzburg:2002wt,ElKaffas:2006nt, Arhrib:2010ju}.
In the CP-violating version $m_{12}^2$ and $\lambda_5$ are complex and
the fields' VEVs are real. Existence of a stationary point
requires $Im (m_{12}^2) = v_1 \, v_2 \, Im ( \lambda_5)$. Because the VEVs
are real in both models, a common definition for the rotation angle
in the charged sector $\tan\beta=v_2/v_1$ can be used.
In this model, besides $m_{H^\pm}$ and $\tan \beta$, we take as free parameters
the masses of the lightest scalars $m_{h1}$ and $m_{h2}$ the three rotation
angles in the neutral sector $\alpha_1$, $\alpha_2$ and $\alpha_3$
and $Re(m_{12}^2)$.
Details of the
model can be found in~\cite{Ginzburg:2002wt,ElKaffas:2006nt, Arhrib:2010ju}.

\subsection{Constraints on the models}

We have imposed the following theoretical bounds on both models: we require that the potential is bounded
from below~\cite{vac1} and we impose unitarity limits on the quartic Higgs couplings~\cite{unitarity}.
We have also taken into account the precision electroweak constraints~\cite{Peskin:1991sw, STHiggs}.
Furthermore, we discuss the scenarios in which two normal minima coexist in the CP-conserving potential. In
those scenarios it could happen that we are living in a local minimum and tunnelling to a
global deeper minimum could occur. This deeper minimum would have a different $v^2$ and therefore
different masses for the elementary particles. We call this a panic vacuum~\cite{vacstab2, IvanonPRE, Barroso:2012mj}.
The experimental bounds pertaining to the charged sector apply to both models since the charged
Higgs Yukawa couplings have exactly the same form. Except for the LEP bounds they all
constrain regions of the $(\tan \beta, m_{H^\pm}) $ plane. The LEP experiments have set a lower
limit on the mass of the charged Higgs boson of 80 GeV  at 95\% C.L., assuming
$BR(H^+ \to \tau^+ \nu) + BR(H^+ \to c \bar s) +  BR(H^+ \to A W^+) =1$~\cite{LEP2013}
with the process $e^+ e^- \to H^+ H^-$. The bound
on the mass is 94 GeV if $BR(H^+ \to \tau^+ \nu)  =1$~\cite{LEP2013}.
These are model independent bounds as long as the above mentioned sum
of BRs is one. Values of $\tan \beta$ smaller than $O (1)$ together with
a charged Higgs with a mass below $O (100$ GeV$)$ are both disallowed by the constraints~\cite{BB} coming from
$R_b$, from $B_q \bar{B_q}$
mixing and  from $B\to X_s \gamma$~\cite{BB2} for all models. Furthermore, data from $B\to X_s \gamma$~\cite{BB2}
 imposes a lower limit of $m_{H^\pm}  \mathrel{\raise.3ex\hbox{$>$\kern-.75em\lower1ex\hbox{$\sim$}}} 360$ GeV, but only for models type II and type Y.
We have also considered the most recent bounds from the ATLAS~\cite{ATLASICHEP} and CMS~\cite{CMSICHEP} collaborations
on the $(\tan \beta, m_{H^\pm}) $ plane coming from $pp \to t \bar{t} \to b \bar{b} W^\mp H^\pm (\to \tau \nu)$.
Finally, we have considered the LEP bounds on the neutral Higgs~\cite{mssmhiggs}.

Combining it all,
our scans will be performed taking  $m_{H^\pm} \geq 90$ GeV and $\tan \beta \geq 1$ for type I
while  $m_{H^\pm} > 360$ GeV for type II. For the CP-conserving case we also take $m_A \geq 90$ GeV, $m_h = 125$ GeV and
$m_H > m_h$ while $\alpha$ is free to vary in its allowed range although subject to the above constraints.
For the CP-violating model we take $m_{h1} = 125$ GeV and
$m_{h2} > m_{h1}$ while $\alpha_i$ ($i=1,2,3$) are again free to vary in their allowed
ranges, subject to the above constraints.
Finally,
we note that we do not include the constraint that would result
from the anomaly observed by the BaBar collaboration
in the rates $R (D)$ and $R(D^*)$,
with $R(D) = (\overline{B}\to D \tau^-\overline{\nu}_\tau)/(\overline{B}\to D l^-\overline{\nu}_l)$,
which deviates by 3.4~$\sigma$ (when $D$ and $D^*$ final states are
combined) from the SM prediction~\cite{Lees:2012xj}.
It is clear that the deviation cannot be explained by a charged Higgs boson
from either of the four FCNC conserving Yukawa types. Therefore, if this observation is independently confirmed
by the BELLE collaboration not only the SM will be excluded at 3.4~$\sigma$ but all
2HDMs Yukawa types will also be excluded with a very similar significance.

We should point out that there will never be an exclusion of the
2HDM in favor of the SM.
Indeed,
the models discussed here include the SM as a specific (decoupling)
region of parameter space.
As a result,
experiments may exclude the SM in favor of the 2HDM;
they may exclude both;
or they may be compatible with SM,
thus restricting the 2HDM extension into a particular
(eventually, small) region of the parameter space.

\section{CP-conserving model}

We start with the CP-conserving model and randomly generate points in the
parameter space such that $m_h = 125$ GeV, 90 GeV   $ \leq m_A \leq$ 900 GeV,
$m_h < m_H \leq$ 900 GeV, $1 \leq \tan \beta \leq 40$, $- (900)^2$ GeV$^2$
$ \leq m_{12}^2 \leq 900^2$ GeV$^2$ and $-\pi/2 \leq \alpha \leq \pi/2$.
Further, for type I we take 90 GeV $ \leq m_{H^\pm} \leq$ 900 GeV while
for type II the allowed range is 360 GeV $ \leq m_{H^\pm} \leq$ 900 GeV.
In order to use the LHC data we define the quantities $R_f$ as the ratio of the number of events
predicted in the 2HDM to that obtained in the SM for a given final state $f$.
\begin{equation} \label{Sratio}
R_f =
\frac{\sigma(pp \to h)_{\textrm{2HDM}}\
\textrm{BR}(h \to f)_{\textrm{2HDM}}}{
\sigma(pp \to h_{\textrm{SM}})\ \textrm{BR}(h_{\textrm{SM}} \to f)},
\end{equation}
where $h$ is the lightest CP-even Higgs (125 GeV), $\sigma$ is the Higgs production
cross section, BR the branching ratio,
and $h_{\textrm{SM}}$ is the SM Higgs boson.
In our analysis,
we include all Higgs production mechanisms,
namely,
gluon-gluon fusion using HIGLU at NLO~\cite{Spira:1995mt},
vector boson fusion (VBF)~\cite{LHCHiggs}, Higgs production in
association with either $W$, $Z$  or
$t\bar{t}$~\cite{LHCHiggs},
and  $b \bar{b}$ fusion~\cite{Harlander:2003ai}. A different approach
was recently followed in~\cite{Chiang:2013ixa} where they have looked for the best fit point
in parameter space for the four Yukawa types
of the same CP-conserving 2HDM.

\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=3.3in,angle=0]{tbsaI.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=3.3in,angle=0]{tbsaII.pdf}
\vspace{-0.3cm}
\caption{Points in the  ($\sin \alpha$, $\tan \beta$)  plane that passed all
 the constraints in type I (left) and in type II (right) at 1$\sigma$ in green (light grey) and 2$\sigma$ in blue (dark grey).
Also shown are the
lines for the SM-like limit, that is $\sin(\beta - \alpha) =1$ (negative $\sin \alpha$) and for the limit
$\sin(\beta + \alpha) =1$ (positive $\sin \alpha$).}
\label{fig1}
\end{figure}

The points
generated have then to pass all the constraints previously described plus
the combined~\cite{Arbey:2012bp} ATLAS and CMS strengths $R_{\gamma \gamma} = 1.66 \pm 0.33$,
$R_{ZZ} = 0.93 \pm 0.28$ and  $R_{ \tau \tau} = 0.71 \pm 0.42$.    It is important to point out that this talk was given in February, 2013, prior to the updates from Moriond.   We have added a subsection regarding the Moriond updates below.
In figure~\ref{fig1} we present the points in the   ($\sin \alpha$, $\tan \beta$)  plane that pass
all the constraints in type I (left) and in type II (right) at 1$\sigma$ in green and at 2$\sigma$ in blue.
Also shown are the lines for the SM-like limit, that is $\sin(\beta - \alpha) =1$ (negative $\sin \alpha$) and for the limit
$\sin(\beta + \alpha) =1$ (positive $\sin \alpha$).

To better understand these results we approximate
$R_{ZZ}$ in the case where Higgs production is due exclusively to gluon-gluon fusion
via the top quark loop,
and the total Higgs width is well approximated by $\Gamma(h \to b \bar{b})$.
This is a very good approximation for most of the parameter space and it yields
\begin{equation}
R^{I, approx}_{ZZ} =
\frac{\cos^2{\alpha}}{\sin^2{\beta}}
\sin^2{(\alpha - \beta)} \frac{\sin^2{\beta}}{\cos^2{\alpha}}
=
\sin^2{(\alpha - \beta)}.
\label{RZZ_I_simplified}
\end{equation}
By setting $R^{I, approx}_{ZZ} = 1$ one obtains the SM-like limit line
shown in the picture for negative $\alpha$.
Applying the same simplified scenario we obtain for type II
\begin{equation}
R^{II, approx}_{ZZ} =
\sin^2{(\alpha - \beta)} \frac{1}{\tan^2{\alpha} \, \tan^2{\beta}}.
\label{RZZ_II_simplified}
\end{equation}
Now, when $R^{II, approx}_{ZZ} = 1$ we obtain not one but two lines, the red lines
shown in figure~\ref{fig1}. The  approximate scenarios lead us to the following
conclusions. First, it is very hard in type I to have $R_{ZZ}$ above 1. Further,
the function $\sin^2{(\alpha - \beta)}$ is very sensitive to deviations from 1. This leads
to a larger dispersion of points around the SM-like limit line. Regarding type II, not only do
we get two lines instead of one but the function  $R^{II, approx}_{ZZ}$ is now very
insensitive to deviations from 1 and that is why the points are all in a narrow band
close to each line. It is interesting to note that while the tension between $R_{ZZ}$
and $R_{\gamma \gamma}$ excludes all points at 1$\sigma$ in type II, there is still
a band in type I close to $\sin \alpha =0$ where $R_{ZZ}$ is below 1 while $R_{\gamma \gamma}$
can be large. The 1$\sigma$ points in type I all have a charged Higgs mass below 130 GeV.

\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=3.2in,angle=0]{MII_exactZ2.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=3.2in,angle=0]{MIIpanic.pdf}
\vspace{-0.3cm}
\caption{In the left panel we show the points in the  ($\sin \alpha$, $\tan \beta$) plane that have passed all
 the constraints in type II with an exact $Z_2$ symmetry. In the right panel we show type II with the broken $Z_2$
 symmetry where we have plotted the panic points in red.
No points survive at 1$\sigma$ and the 2$\sigma$ points are shown in blue.}
\label{fig2}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=3.3in,angle=0]{DecMI.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=3.3in,angle=0]{DecMII.pdf}
\vspace{-0.3cm}
\caption{Points in the  ($\sin \alpha$, $\tan \beta$) plane that passed all
 the constraints in type I (left) and in type II (right) at 2$\sigma$ in blue. We have
 taken all masses except $m_h =125$ GeV to be above 600 GeV.}
\label{fig3}
\end{figure}

In the left panel of figure~\ref{fig2} we present the points that have passed all the constraints in type II
with an exact $Z_2$ symmetry ($m_{12}^2 =0$). It was recently shown~\cite{Gorczyca:2011he} that if $m_h =125$ GeV, then $\tan \beta$
has to be below approximately 6 .  This is confirmed in the plot. Apart from the limit on $\tan \beta$, the plot
does not differ much from the softly broken $Z_2$ case except that
there are fewer points and that they move slightly
away from the red lines when compared with the soft breaking scenario.
We note that in type I no points survive at 1$\sigma$ in the
exact $Z_2$ symmetric case.
In the right panel of  figure~\ref{fig2}
we show the panic points (in red) for the soft breaking type II model.  Panic points are easily found by
using the following discriminant~\cite{Barroso:2012mj}
\begin{equation}
D =
\left( m_{11}^2 - k^2 m_{22}^2 \right)
(\tan{\beta} - k).
\label{D}
\end{equation}
where $k=\sqrt[4]{\lambda_1/\lambda_2}$. If $D<0$ we live in a metastable state and  our current $(v_1, v_2)$
solution is the panic vacuum.
We found panic points distributed all over
the 2$\sigma$ allowed region. We should note however that as shown in~\cite{Barroso:2012mj}, the panic points are further away
from the SM-like limit than the non-panic points.

In figure~\ref{fig3} we present similar plots to the ones shown in figure~\ref{fig1} the only difference being that
all masses except for the lightest Higgs one are taken to be above 600 GeV. This plot is representative of the decoupling limit
of the 2HDM - if all particles except $h$ are too heavy to be detected at the LHC this is how the plot would look
after the bounds on those masses are considered.

We finish this section with a comment on the values of $M^2$ and the values of the remaining masses that are still allowed by data.
We had already noted that the points with $M^2=0$ are disallowed at 2$\sigma$ in type I. We have checked that
also $M^2<0$ is excluded at 2$\sigma$ in type I. In type II all values of $M^2$ are allowed at 2$\sigma$.
Regarding the remaining masses,
 our conclusion is that the data on the 125 GeV Higgs does not provide meaningful
constraints on the masses of the remaining scalars.

\subsection{Update after Moriond 2013}

In this section we present updated plots after Moriond 2013. We use the latest updates from
from ATLAS~\cite{ATLASnotes} and from CMS~\cite{CMSnotes}  for the 7 and 8 TeV runs.
Regarding the CMS results for $h \to \gamma \gamma$ we use the result from the Multivariate
analysis.

\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=3.2in,angle=0]{tbsaI_ATLAS.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=3.4in,angle=0]{tbsaI_CMS.pdf}
\vspace{-0.3cm}
\caption{Points in the  ($\sin \alpha$, $\tan \beta$)  plane that passed all
 the constraints in type I using the ATLAS data (left) and using the CMS data (right) at 1$\sigma$ in green (light grey) and 2$\sigma$ in blue (dark grey).
Also shown is the
line for the SM-like limit, $\sin(\beta - \alpha) =1$.}
\label{fig4}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=3.3in,angle=0]{tbsaII_ATLAS.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=3.3in,angle=0]{tbsaII_CMS.pdf}
\vspace{-0.3cm}
\caption{Points in the  ($\sin \alpha$, $\tan \beta$)  plane that passed all
 the constraints in type II using the ATLAS data (left) and using the CMS data (right) at 1$\sigma$ in green (light grey) and 2$\sigma$ in blue (dark grey).
 Also shown are the
lines for the SM-like limit, that is $\sin(\beta - \alpha) =1$ (negative $\sin \alpha$) and for the limit
$\sin(\beta + \alpha) =1$ (positive $\sin \alpha$).}
\label{fig5}
\end{figure}

In figure~\ref{fig4} we present the results for the type I model  in the ($\sin \alpha$, $\tan \beta$)  plane
using the ATLAS data (left) and the CMS data (right).
The differences between the two plots are easy to understand. The ATLAS data forces $R_{ZZ}$ to be large
but as we have previously shown (equation~\ref{RZZ_I_simplified})  $R_{ZZ}$ can never be above one in type I. Consequently,
no points survive at 1$\sigma$. With the CMS data plenty of 1$\sigma$ points survive because all $R_{VV}$ are below one.
As expected,
the 1$\sigma$ region is slightly away from the SM-like limit because,
on one hand,
the central values of $R_{VV}$ are below one,
and,
on the other hand,
we already saw that $R_{VV}$ are very sensitive quantities in type I.

In figure~\ref{fig5} we now show similar plots for the type II model. In type II $R_{VV}$ is not a sensitive quantity. Therefore
both the 1$\sigma$ and the 2$\sigma$ points are very close to the two limiting lines (in red). The difference between the two plots
is that the points tend to concentrate below the limiting lines for ATLAS and above the same lines for CMS. This is of course
a consequence of the central values of the ATLAS $R_{VV}$ being above the SM while the CMS ones are below the SM expectation.
Finally we present in figure~\ref{fig6} plots similar to the ones in figure~\ref{fig5} but now in the ($\cos (\beta - \alpha)$, $\tan \beta$)
plane. Again we see the same trend with the allowed points on opposite sides of the limiting lines, $\cos (\beta - \alpha) =0$ and
$\cos(\beta + \alpha) =0$.

\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=3.3in,angle=0]{tbcbaII_ATLAS.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=3.3in,angle=0]{tbcbaII_CMS.pdf}
\vspace{-0.3cm}
\caption{Points in the  ($\cos (\beta - \alpha)$, $\tan \beta$)  plane that passed all
 the constraints in type II using the ATLAS data (left) and using the CMS data (right) at 1$\sigma$ in green (light grey) and 2$\sigma$ in blue (dark grey).
 Also shown are the
lines for the SM-like limit, that is $\cos (\beta - \alpha) =0$ and for the limit
$\cos(\beta + \alpha) =0$.}
\label{fig6}
\end{figure}

\section{CP-violating model}

In this section we discuss the CP-violating model 2HDM presented in section~\ref{sec:models}.
The lightest neutral particle of the model $h_1$ is considered to be the one discovered
at the LHC. This particle can be seen as being composed by a CP-even and a CP-odd
component. The amount of mixing is controlled
by $s_2 = \sin{\alpha_2}$
(one of the three rotation angles in the neutral sector - see~\cite{Barroso:2012wz} for details).
When $s_2 = 0$, $h_1$ is a pure CP-even state and when $s_2 = 1$, $h_1$ is a pure CP-odd state. Our goal
is to constrain the amount of mixing using LHC data.
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=3.3in,angle=0]{CPV1.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=3.3in,angle=0]{CPV2.pdf}
\vspace{-0.3cm}
\caption{In the left panel we show $R_{ZZ}$ versus $R_{\gamma \gamma}$ for type I
and for three regions of the parameter $s_2$: $|s_2| < 0.1$ in green
(light grey), $0.45 < |s_2| < 0.55$ in blue (black)
and $|s_2| > 0.83$ in red (dark grey). In the right panel we present a similar plot
for type II.
We show in both plots the combined ATLAS and CMS results at 1$\sigma$ (yellow line) and at 2$\sigma$ in blue and the
2$\sigma$ updated lines after Moriond 2013 (solid black - CMS and dashed black - ATLAS). }
\label{fig7}
\end{figure}
In the left panel of figure~\ref{fig7} we show $R_{ZZ}$ versus $R_{\gamma \gamma}$ for type I
and for three regions of the parameter $s_2$: $|s_2| < 0.1$ in green (light grey),
$0.45 < |s_2| < 0.55$ in blue (black),
and $|s_2| > 0.83$ in red (dark grey).
In the right panel we present a similar plot
for type II.
We also show in both plots the combined ATLAS and CMS results at 1$\sigma$ (yellow line) and at 2$\sigma$ in blue.
We conclude that the red points are excluded
at 2$\sigma$ when the combined results~\cite{Arbey:2012bp} from ATLAS and CMS are considered.

The results of the Moriond updates are shown as 2$\sigma$
solid (CMS) and dashed (ATLAS) lines in figure~\ref{fig7}.
We see that $|s_2| > 0.83$ is still excluded at 2$\sigma$
by the ATLAS data, but that it is allowed by the new CMS data.

\section{Conclusions}

We have considered the most common CP-conserving 2HDMs and a CP-violating 2HDM in light of the recent data from the LHC.   For the CP conserving case,
there are 4 different models, corresponding to the transformation properties of the quarks, leptons and Higgs bosons under a $Z_2$ symmetry.
 We include constraints from vacuum stability, unitarity, precision electroweak constraints, LEP experimental bounds, bounds from b decays as
 well as LHC bounds on top decays.   The full parameter space is scanned, subject to these constraints, and allowed points are plotted in
 the $(\sin\alpha,\tan\beta)$ plane and in the $(\sin\alpha,\cos (\beta - \alpha))$ plane.   This talk was presented before the Moriond 2013 meeting, at which time the Standard Model
 branching ratios disagreed by more than one sigma with the combined data from ATLAS and CMS, and thus the plots show no points within  one sigma of the
 Standard Model curves.   However, we have updated the plots since Moriond, and find that in type I CMS data does allow points within one
 sigma of the Standard Model.  In type II both ATLAS and CMS now allow points within one sigma of the SM.
  In the next run, these experimental bounds will tighten considerably, providing a strong test of the models.

In the CP violating case, the key parameter is $s_2$, which controls the amount by which the observed $125$ GeV state is CP-even vs. CP-odd.
We have shown that some regions of relatively large $s_2$ can be excluded, but a wide range of values remains.
Over the next few years, the rectangles shown in figure~\ref{fig7}  will shrink considerably, providing a much stronger bound
on the amount of the scalar's CP-odd component.

\begin{acknowledgments}
RS is grateful to the workshop organisation for financial support and for providing the
opportunity for very stimulating discussions.
The work of AB, PMF and RS is supported in part by the Portuguese
\textit{Funda\c{c}\~{a}o para a Ci\^{e}ncia e a Tecnologia} (FCT)
under contract PTDC/FIS/117951/2010, by FP7 Reintegration Grant, number PERG08-GA-2010-277025,
and by PEst-OE/FIS/UI0618/2011.
The work of JPS is funded by FCT through the projects
CERN/FP/109305/2009 and  U777-Plurianual,
and by the EU RTN project Marie Curie: PITN-GA-2009-237920.  The work of MS is supported by the NSF under Grant No.~PHY-1068008.

\end{acknowledgments}

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In the afternoon, Grant Montgomery, Production Designer for film and television, gave us a tantalising glimpse of the set models constructed for the ITV/Red Planet adaptation of Sanditon, currently in development, as well as a fascinating insight into his take on the Bronte Parsonage which he recreated for To Walk Invisible.
We ended the day with David Milne, Curator at Dennis Severs' House, who described a visitors' journey through the house, and the way in which had been created – the interior of each room designed to be experienced like stepping into a painting, exploring with your senses and imagination a meticulously crafted 18th Century world.
What an inspiring day! As our visitors departed into the Sussex countryside, we packed up and headed back to Chawton full of ideas and keen to visit the many houses that had been discussed throughout the day.
Sophie Reynolds, Collections and Interpretation Manager
This event was supported by a generous grant received by Jane Austen's House Museum under the Heritage Lottery Fund's Collecting Cultures scheme.


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Beast Fable indeed...
Maus is the signature work of Art Spiegelman, a pioneer of the underground comics movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The work is a memoir of Spiegelman's parents, Holocaust survivors, and is interspersed throughout with images of Spiegelman and the strained relationship he has with his father in the present day. The interviews Spiegelman conducted with his father during this time make up the bulk of the book.
The work has all the basic underpinnings of a Holocaust memoir, portrayed in the comic book style. If you had seen it before, you would have recognized it: As a Mature Animal Story, World War II-era nationalities and people are all portrayed as Funny Animals.
Maus is in two parts, both released to heavy critical acclaim: "Part I (My Father Bleeds History)" in 1986 and "Part II (And Here My Troubles Began)" in 1991. It is probably one the best arguments in western discourse that comic books could be a legitimate art form, and was treated as such when it was first released. In 1992, it received a special Pulitzer prize as an acknowledgment of all this.
Anyone who thinks comics don't get respect simply must read this. This is the kind of thing you would read for your literature class, if it weren't a comic book — and, indeed, some literature classes have started using it anyway. So has the German government's BPB or Federal Agency for Civic Education.
A CD-ROM version was released for Windows and Macintosh computers as The Complete Maus in 1994, containing both parts in a movie format. A book about the creation of Maus titled MetaMaus was released in 2011, including images of Vladek and interviews with Spiegelman and his family, along with a DVD-ROM with video and the Complete Maus.
This work provides examples of (many of them Truth in Television as it is Based on a True Story):
All Jews Are Cheapskates: Vladek is extremely frugal, which helped him survive the Holocaust. Art worries that in portraying his father honestly, he'll come across as an ugly stereotype.
Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: When Vladek goes to the grocery store (in 1980's America) demanding to return a half-eaten box of cereal. He succeeds by regaling the manager with his Holocaust hardships. Art just facepalms and wishes for a quick death.
Art Shift:
The prologue taking place in Art's childhood is in a more three-dimensional and detailed style. Of note is that Vladek's mouse head includes whiskers and a mouth, while later illustrations of the mouse heads are little more than cones with eyes and ears.
The Rabbi in Vladek's dream in the war prison is a giant yet realistic mouse.
Spiegelman reprints, in its entirety, Prisoner on the Hell Planet - a comic he drew in college and appeared in his famed comix magazine Raw - on the subject of his mother's death, about which he felt considerable angst at the time (not to mention uncontrollable blind hostility). Everyone is depicted as human, although the author draws himself wearing his father's concentration-camp uniform.
There's another one - though not as drastic - in the chapter where Art draws himself in the present and goes to talk with his psychiatrist. Everyone has a human body but is wearing animal masks. Later we see the psychiatrist's mantle, with a picture of a cat on it. In recognition of our mental gear-shift, there's a note saying "Framed photo of pet cat - really!"
A more shocking one when Anja is presented of a photo of Vladek for the first time since exiting the camps, proving he's alive. When the photo is shown to the reader, it's the actual (human) Vladek (who was right: he was pretty handsome). The photo was taken at a place that had gotten hold of some concentration camp uniforms, and offered souvenir photos from the person's time in the camps. The fact that the only photo of Vladek from the camps is a staged facsimile also ties in with Art's repeatedly expressed difficulties in trying to represent the Holocaust.
Art-Style Dissonance: Deliberate.
Ass in a Lion Skin: The mice wear pig masks to pass among the general population of pigs. When Vladek mentions that Anja had difficulty disguising herself as a Pole, we see her mouse tail sticking out from under her coat.
Asshole Victim: Not all the characters are sympathetic or nice people, especially the members of the Jewish Ghetto Police. In the words of Vladek:
Vladek Spiegelman:: Some Jews thought in this way: if they gave to the Germans a few Jews, they could save the rest. And at least they could save themselves.
Awful Wedded Life: From the outset Mala and Vladek's marriage is incredibly dysfunctional, to the point that Mala temporarily leaves Vladek during the second book, taking half their assets with her. Nevertheless they still get back together by the end, with Mala taking care of Vladek as he slips into increasingly worse physical health and dementia.
Ax-Crazy: One SS guard called "the shooter", who takes pleasure in summarily executing one unlucky Jew every night for the offense of stumbling across him on patrol. Vladek is lucky enough to have a cousin that's well-liked by the guards and avoid this fate.
Better to Die than Be Killed: In fear of having the children be forced into the gas chambers, Anja's sister Tosha poisoned herself, Anja's son Richieu, and her own daughter and niece.
Bilingual Backfire:
Vladek's cousin and Anja talk about him in front of him in English, not knowing that he studied English before he dropped out of school. He calls Anja out on it later.
Vladek and his cousin have a debate in Yiddish over whether or not to trust a pair of Polish smugglers and how to make sure they're trustworthy by having the cousin go ahead and send a letter with an all-clear. The smugglers turn out to know Yiddish and be German collaborators to boot, which leads to the plan being foiled and Vladek ending up in Auschwitz as a result.
Black Market: One existed in Auschwitz where cigarettes were the de facto currency, as described by Vladek. Prisoners who didn't smoke would exchange their issued cigarettes for bread, or save them up as bribes for liquor or to "arrange" the transfer of a loved one to a closer cellblock.
Bookworm: Lolek Spiegelman. He is scolded for reading over dinner and when he couldn't search for enough food, he fills his sack with books (much to the displeasure of the starving family).
Bowdlerise: In one reprinting, a member of the Jewish Police had his hat replaced with a fedora after someone threatened to sue for libel.
Breaking the Fourth Wall:
At the end of a long monologue to Françoise, Art admits that the whole conversation never happened the way he's shown it — "See, in real life, you would never have let me talk this long without interrupting."
During his visit to Dr. Pavel he wonders if mentioning the doctor's love of dogs and cats will mess up the comic's symbolism.
Bribe Backfire: During the Auschwitz death march, one of Vladek's friends attempts to bribe two SS guards with gold he had looted from dead prisoners. The guards promise to give him an opening to escape later that night, but when he tries to make a run for it, they shoot him anyway.
Can't Kill You, Still Need You: In Auschwitz, a Polish kapo gives special privileges to Vladek and keeps him from being selected for slave labor and/or certain death, as Vladek is able to speak Polish, German, and English. Seeing the approaching defeat of Nazi Germany, the kapo wants to learn English to increase his own chances of survival post-war.
Cats Are Mean: Perfectly fits in with the mice-as-Jews and cats-as-Nazis system.
Chekhov's Skill: At one point, Vladek rambles about how his father used to starve him just to keep him out of the army. This serves some explanation as to why Vladek has some experience with being starved. His knowledge of English (rare for a Polish Jew) comes in handy at a few points and probably saved his life.
Corporal Punishment: Vladek was on the receiving end of this at Auschwitz when a guard spotted him trying to talk to several prisoners from the women's section and took him into a shed to hit his behind with a daystick and telling him to keep score.
Deliberate Values Dissonance: Despite having been a victim of what was probably the worst case of institutionalized racism in the history of mankind, Vladek has a few old-fashioned ideas about race and class.
Determinator: Vladek is committed to surviving the war through all hardships and is occasionally called upon to inspire his wife to continue struggling.
Deus ex Machina: Arguably, one of the more disturbing elements of the Holocaust that the book depicts is how often Vladek managed to survive by sheer luck.
Dirty Communists: Anja and her friends from her student days, before she got married to Vladek. Also, Yidl, the chief tinman in Auschwitz: he's unpleasant to Vladek personally for being rich, but isn't remarkably immoral. Nonetheless, Vladek says he's always shunned reds.
Dramatic Irony: Art promises his father he won't include the mildly embarrassing events of Chapter One. Which, obviously, the reader just finished.
Dreaming of Things to Come: Vladek, the father of Art Spiegelman, was forced to work in a prisoner of war camp before World War II. While he was there he dreamed his dead grandfather told him he would be free on the Jewish holiday "parshas truma". As it turned out, months later, he was indeed allowed to leave the camp on that very day!
Establishing Character Moment:
The first thing Vladek does when Art first visits his home is to yell at Mala for using a wire coathanger to hang up Art's coat rather than a nice wooden one. This establishes Vladek's merciless complaining, his rocky second marriage, and his meticulous attention to detail.
In his story, Vladek begins with his courtship of Anja. During his first visit to her house, he sneaks away to inspect her housekeeping skills and go through her medicine cabinet to ensure that she's worth pursuing. This shows Vladek's rather callous practicality and attention to detail that would serve him well through his trials.
Everybody's Dead, Dave: Lolek was the only member of the Spiegelman clan besides Anja and Vladek to come out of Auschwitz alive, and he was notably consulted by Art in the making of Maus.
Food as Bribe: Vladek's cautious and stingy nature helps him to always save food to use as bribes, which saves his life multiple times.
For the Evulz: Some Nazis are cruel simply because it amuses them. One example is "the shooter," who kills one Jew a day, selected at random.
Fortune Teller: Anja visits a Roma fortuneteller with a Crystal Ball who tells her an accurate account of her future. This is probably an invention of Vladek's.
Framing Device: Vladek telling the story to Art.
Freudian Excuse: Discussed. Vladek blames his stingy nature on the Holocaust, but other characters note that other Holocaust survivors don't have the same faults. He was already stingy before, and it helped him to survive.
Funny Animal: Aside from a re-published comic from real-life and a chapter from part two where everyone just wears animal masks, this is how the characters are represented.
Funny Background Event:
In Chapter 4 of Part I, while Anja's family is having a conversation with Vladek during dinner, little Richieu makes a mess by spilling the food on the table, angering his mother Anja, who scolds him and cleans the table with a napkin while he cries, and she has to hug him. Awww...
In the same panels, their nephew Lolek (who is about 10 or 11 at the time) is reading a book at the table; his grandmother snatches it away from him, and he pouts indignantly over his dinner.
The very first panel of that chapter: Mala is putting away Art's outerwear. It's noted that she put it on a wooden hanger... and it's a new trench coat. Vladek groused about wire versus wooden hanger in the first panels of Chapter 1, and the last panel of Chapter 3 was Art thinking that he couldn't believe his father threw away his old coat.
And then horribly subverted later, where a panel shows Richieu playing happily with another child. They're playing with a train...
Furry Confusion: Lampshaded and even occasionally Played for Laughs.
At one point, Vladek and Anja are hiding in a cellar, and Anja panics when a (non-anthropomorphic) rat runs over her hand. Vladek tries to comfort her by telling her it was just a mouse. Later, Art (drawing himself as a man in a mouse-mask) says that his shrink's apartment is overrun with stray dogs and cats, and muses "Can I mention this, or does it completely louse up my metaphor?"
And shortly after that, and shortly after hearing his father talk about gas chambers for a whole day, making sure to notice that Zyklon-B is an insecticide, Art himself sprays a bunch of mosquitoes without thinking twice about it.
And while visiting the shrink's apartment, there's a panel with a picture of a cat, and there's a box saying, "Framed picture of a pet cat—really!"
Furry Lens: All of the characters are actually humans, and see themselves as such; they are seen by the reader as animals for the sake of the metaphor. This didn't stop Art from having to explain himself a few times, such as the aforementioned incident in the shrink's office.
Gold Digger: Implied with Vladek, who leaves his pretty girlfriend Lucia Greenberg for the less attractive Anja Zylberberg, who comes from a wealthy family and can do wonders for his career. He does, however, insist that he fell in love with her through her beautiful correspondence. Much later, he accuses his second wife, Mala, of being this.
Goomba Stomp: The prisoner who claimed he was German was dispatched by a guard jumping on his neck.
Greedy Jew: invoked Art is constantly frustrated by how much Vladek conforms to the Greedy Jew stereotype and discusses it at one point with Mala, explaining that he feels awkward and very uneasy about portraying that part of his father's behavior honestly, as he fears perpetuating the trope and the inevitable Unfortunate Implications attached to it. It's implied that Anja's wealthy background was a big influence on Vladek's decision to court her, and in modern times he's an obnoxious miser who argues with cashiers over pennies.
Hero of Another Story:
To a certain degree, Anja. We never discover her version of the story and what has happened to her between leaving Auschwitz and reuniting with Vladek in Poland after the war, as Vladek has destroyed all her diaries after her suicide.
Mancie, an Hungarian Jewish woman who has been appointed as a Kapo at Birkenau uses her position to help other prisoners (risking her life in the process). She is instrumental in securing Anja's survival and is one of the very few people who help the main characters for genuinely altruistic reasons, refusing to accept Vladek offer of food to reward her. Vladek tries to find her after the war, but he never discovers what happened to her.
Hiding Behind the Language Barrier: Vladek at one point has a racist tirade (in Yiddish) about Art and his wife picking up a black hitchhiker, while the unsuspecting man is still there.
Hypocrite:
Vladek is occasionally shown to be this way. He accuses Mala of being a Gold Digger, but it's implied that he originally pursued Anja because she was from a wealthy family. Art also points out that Vladek's racism toward black people is not so different from how anti-semites regard Jews.
Yidl, a Jewish kapo in Auschwitz and a self-declared communist scolds Vladek for having been an industrialist who exploited workers before the war. But he uses his position of power to extort food from the prisoners under his supervision and is noted to be as greedy as the capitalists that he despises.
Informed Attractiveness: Vladek mentions several times how handsome he was in his youth, noting that he was often compared to a young Rudolph Valentino. A real-life picture late in the second book confirms that he was indeed a good-looking man. Vladek also notes that Lucia was more attractive than his eventual wife Anja, but he preferred her for her personality (and her money also probably helped).
I Want My Mommy!: In the opening of Maus II, Art is faced with reporters swarming him with questions and receiving constant requests from businessmen wanting to commercialize the story. Art is is shown shrinking smaller and smaller until he turns into a child and cries: "I want... I want... my mommy!"
Jerkass: Vladek-a crotchety, manipulative, stingy and racist old man.
Jewish Complaining: Vladek and Mala constantly complain about each other.
Jump Scare: Art's psychiatrist says Auschwitz was like this, only all the time.
Karmic Death: Vladek sees or finds out that several people who betrayed him to the Nazis were themselves killed by Nazis, usually because they had become useless to their benefactors at some point.
The Masochism Tango: Vladek and Mala. They fight all the time, and Vladek constantly complains about her to Art. However, when she eventually leaves Vladek, he feels even worse; Françoise comments that it was probably their fighting that kept Vladek going. Seeing his declining health, Mala eventually returns to him, because she feels sorry for him.
Mature Animal Story: Yes, it has talking animals. No, it is absolutely not for kids.
Misery Builds Character: Vladek states several times that, although his time in the concentration camps was horrific beyond measure, he learned several skills that would serve him well later in his life.
Moral Myopia: Vladek suffered great hardship for being a Jew, yet he thinks nothing of being racist toward African-Americans. Françoise calls him out on this.
Mobile Shrubbery: During the German invasion, Vladek recounts that while guarding a shallow river crossing, he shot and killed a Wehrmacht soldier wearing branches in an attempt to camouflage himself.
Money Is Not Power: A rare tragic example. Vladek's father-in-law tries to bribe himself and his wife out of the Holocaust. Unfortunately, smuggling two middle-aged Jews to safety in 1940 is simply too much risk for anyone, no matter how great the reward. In one of the saddest scenes of the story, Vladek tries to bribe one of his relatives, a Jewish ghetto policeman, into sparing his father-in-law from deportation. Unfortunately, the relative takes the bribe, and just ships the old man to his doom.
Mundane Luxury: In Auschwitz, a friend of Vladek named Mandelbaum is literally brought to tears when Vladek brings him stuff like shoes that actually fit and a belt so he doesn't have to hold up his trousers with one hand all the time, simple things which the Nazis had denied them.
National Animal Stereotypes: Every shown nationality is given its own animal.
Jews are mice no matter what nation they hail from. This is a reference to Nazi propaganda that equated Jews with mice and vermin. It also emphasizes their vulnerability to oppression.
Germans are cats, who prey on mice.
Americans are dogs, who are friendly and helpful and can drive away cats. This of course references the Americans who helped the Jews at the end of the war. Different races of Americans are given different breeds of dogs. There are also actual dogs seen at several points, such as when Vladek's family is hiding in their coal cabinet bunker.
Poles are pigs. Speigelman is ambivalent to the Poles, many of whom oppressed the Jews, but some also helped those in need. Pigs were intended to be a neutral animal, one not associated with the mouse-cat-dog hierarchy. Despite this, many Poles found the association highly offensive.
The French are frogs, referencing the national stereotype. Spiegelman is also ambivalent to the French. While they were enemies of the Nazis, he notes that France had its own history of antisemitism.
Swedes are reindeer, referencing their alpine nation.
Brits are fish, referencing the fact that they come from across the ocean.
Roma are gypsy moths for obvious reasons.
Instances where this system becomes complicated are dealt with in a variety of ways:
Art wonders how he'll portray his wife, a French woman who converted to Judaism. He suggests that he portray her as a French frog until her wedding, when she magically transforms into a beautiful mouse. She's less than enthusiastic, so she's portrayed from a mouse from the beginning.
A Jew who married a German has hybrid mouse and cat children: mice with tabby stripes.
A man among Jews who claims to be German is seen as a cat to Vladek and a mouse to the Germans.
An Israeli Jew is portrayed as a somewhat stuffy and well-fed mouse. His question to Art is how he would have portrayed an Israeli. Art quips, "I have no idea... porcupines?"
Nice Mice: The persecuted Jews are depicted as mice. Averted with some unsympathetic individuals.
Not So Different: Françoise is horrified by Vladek's prejudice toward African-Americans when she picks up a black hitchhiker, during which Vladek spends the whole time sitting in the back guarding the groceries and complaining in Polish. After they drop him off, she and Vladek argue about it and she accuses him of being no different than the Nazis. Art, who knows his father's stubbornness all too well, gets them to Agree to Disagree.
Old Shame: In-Universe, Mala comes across Prisoner on the Hell Planet, the comic Art wrote about Anja's suicide. Art is a little upset Vladek saw it, but Vladek, though upset by it, admits that he's glad that Art was able to get his feelings out.
Oppressed Minority Veteran: An Ambiguously Jewish concentration camp prisoner claims to have fought in World War I and earned "medals from the Kaiser." According to Vladek, the guards beat him to death when they got tired of his complaints.
Postmodernism: The story itself tells and deconstructs the story of how the story was made, including Spiegelman doubting his choices of how to depict the people as animal characters.
Pro Bono Barter: Vladek is truly the master of this trope, to the point where he could be the poster boy. It may also explain why he's so stingy compared to other people who went through the Holocaust: it's this skill that allowed him to survive.
Punch-Clock Villain: Several of the guards at Auschwitz. A few of them reward Vladek for favors, but have no qualms about murdering the others. There's only one among them who actually seems troubled over what he's seen. He's also the only one who's friendly and polite to prisoners.
Released to Elsewhere
"Shaggy Dog" Story: The sub-plot about Anja's diaries in the first book. Also the incident where Vladek starved himself for weeks trying to trade enough bread for cigarettes to get together a big enough bribe to transfer to a housing unit to Anja's, only for his entire haul to get stolen while he was away.
Shameful Shrinking: In the opening of Maus II, Art Spiegelman is shown shrinking smaller and smaller as reporters torment him with questions about Maus I. At the end he is a small crying child. A helpful talk with a therapist about coming to terms with his guilt gives him back his normal, adult size, but then listening to recordings of his father's speech causes him to instantly shrink back into a child.
Shoot the Shaggy Dog:
After the war is over, Vladek hears that antisemitic Poles are still killing those Jews who return to their homeland. Vladek can only note the tragedy of surviving the Holocaust only to be killed immediately afterward.
Anja's suicide many years after the Holocaust may also count, depending on what exactly triggered it.
Spell My Name with an "S":
So is it Anja, Anna, or Anya? All three spellings are used at one point or another.
Richieu's name in Polish was Rysio. Word of God says he had never seen the actual spelling until well after beginning work on Maus and was just guessing.
Stop Being Stereotypical: Art Spiegelman's character laments that his father has all of the hallmarks of a nasty, miserly old Jew and fits the stereotype very well. When challenged about it, his father says he's tight-fisted only because of the Holocaust, but Mala points out later that she and the other Holocaust survivors they know aren't like him.
Supporting Protagonist: Art himself may count, given that the book follows him but it is actually telling Vladek's story.
Survivor Guilt: While trying to understand his father Vladek's experience in the concentration camps, Art asks his own shrink (also a Holocaust survivor) if he ever experienced this. The psychiatrist replies that he never felt guilty, just sad.
These Hands Have Killed: In the Polish army, Vladek is horrified when he finds out that he killed a German soldier named Hans.
Thicker Than Water: Tragically subverted. One of Vladek's relatives, a Jewish ghetto policeman, is dragging away Vladek's father-in-law. Art asks why the relative couldn't help him as a family. Vladek replies that at that point, survival superseded family ties.
Thousand-Yard Stare: Vladek recounts one young guard in the Auschwitz work camp who was unusually friendly (most guards wouldn't even be willing to talk to the prisoners), but was gone for a few days because he pulled a few shifts in the Birkenau extermination camp. When he returned, he looked pale and kept staring into the distance because of what he had seen, while no longer being friendly.
Too Much Alike: Art mentions this off-hand to his fiance, as he once had a girlfriend who was also Jewish and middle-class, but because they were so similar it was weird to get erotic with the girl.
Two Lines, No Waiting: The narratives jumps between three timelines-Vladek's Holocaust survival, Art interviewing his father, and Art creating Maus.
The Un-Favourite: It's implied that Vladek's first family, Anja and Richieu, will always be closer to his heart than his later son and second wife. Art says that he had a sibling rivalry with his late brother, who died at a young age years ago. He worries that all of his faults are being compared to his parents' idealized memory of Richieu. The penultimate panel of the book has the tired and sick Vladek call Art "Richieu."
Unreliable Narrator: In the end, the tired, sick and depressed Vladek says that he and Anja lived happily ever after. However, we know that Anja suffered from mental problems and killed herself about twenty years later.
"Well Done, Son!" Guy: A very realistic, unsentimental version. The final lines show how difficult and painful this can be in life.
What the Hell, Hero?: Vladek's stingy behavior gets him this multiple times. A truly stand out case is when Art explodes at Vladek for burning Anja's memoirs, even yelling to his face that by doing so he killed her more finally than anything else ever could.
Who Would Want to Watch Us?: Invoked when Vladek tells Art not to tell the story of Lucia Greenberg because it would add nothing to the overall story of survival and Art promises that he will not... right at the end of the chapter that features it.
Women Are Delicate: Anja is emotionally fragile. It falls to Vladek to give her a reason to continue living. Even still, she kills herself years afterward.
World of Funny Animals: Though not so funny most of the time.
Yandere: Lucia Greenberg, Vladek's ex from before he met Anja, is a minor example - the worst she does is attempt to sabotage his new relationship with Anja by telling her disgusting rumors, but fails. When Vladek leaves her, she falls to his feet and begs him not to go. This may be a case of Alternative Character Interpretation, and this is how Vladek perceived her many years later.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:
Vladek notes that in Auschwitz he saw the Polish smugglers who ratted him and Anja out to the Nazis once more. The smugglers had eventually been deported to the death camp as well, because the Nazis had no use for them anymore. He never saw them again.
Earlier in the story, a Jewish informant led the Gestapo to Vladek's "bunker" in the ghetto. He was later shot dead by the Germans, eyes still open from "struggling to survive", and Vladek was the one who buried him.
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The FIRST-EVER Jem/Misfits Crossover Event takes both bands to a whole new world... like, literally!
Now a happy quintet, Jem and The Holograms are stronger than ever, which is a good thing because they're about to embark on an adventure unlike anything they'd ever imagined. After a public fight with The Misfits at a charity event, a strangely dressed Techrat shows up and takes them on a strange journey, a journey that is going to change EVERYTHING.
Collects the six issue series.
2018 Ringo Award Nominee for Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel.
Kelly Thompson has a fancy degree in Sequential Art from The Savannah College of Art & Design and has published two novels (The Girl Who Would Be King and Storykiller) and the graphic novel Heart In A Box from Dark Horse Comics. She's currently writing A-Force and Hawkeye from Marvel Comics, Jem & The Holograms and The Misfits from IDW Comics, and co-writing the Power Rangers: Pink mini-series from Boom!


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Ride with Norman Reedus Q&A — Scot Harden
Posted by Adam Bryant
Scot Harden, a hall-of-fame motorcycle racer, shares his journey to becoming a professional racer, explains how he once hit a cow on the road and compares an electric bike to a magic carpet.
Q: When did you first start riding motorcycles? Do you remember the moment you fell in love with it?
A: I started riding a minibike when I was 11-years old and they used to bring a small motorized vehicle called a Tote Gote up to our deer camp when we would go deer hunting. The first time I saw it, I knew I wanted to ride it. It got to [the point] where I didn't even want to deer hunt anymore. I just wanted to ride the darn Tote Gote all day. I begged my grandparents to get me a mini bike until they couldn't say no any longer. I grew up in Las Vegas out in the country on a farm in the dessert, so I had plenty of space to ride. I started riding minibikes and progressively larger bikes until I was a teenager, when I got my first full-sized motorcycle. From there, I got into racing.
Q: How did you decide to become a professional racer?
A: Las Vegas was famous for several long-distance, off-road races like The Mint 400. There were other races like Barstow-to-Vegas that drew as many as 4,000 riders. They started in California and the finish line was actually just a few miles from my house. As a kid, I would ride over and watch these events with all the pros. I got really excited about it and around that time, a movie came out called On Any Sunday with Steve McQueen. That movie sealed the deal for me. I knew that it was what I was going to do.
Q: You're a hall-of-famer with many racing records. Is there one specific moment in your career that stands out?
A: The first time I won the Baja 1000, which is every off-roader's dream, I was only 21-years old. Winning such a prestigious race really let me know that I had arrived. Almost 40 years later, I rode the toughest off-road race in the world, the Dakar Rally, and I finished 17th overall out of 300 of the best riders. It's three weeks long and 7,000 miles cross-county, so it's like riding back and forth across the United States twice. People died during the event, there were terrorists, there were booby-traps and incidents with animals on the trail all through North Africa. We started in Spain and crossed into Morocco, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal. It's something that will stick with me for the rest of my life.
Q: Speaking of animals, you mentioned on the show that you once hit a cow. We've got to hear the rest of that story!
A: I hit a cow in a rally in Nevada at almost 70 miles an hour. It busted me up pretty good, but I was able to continue and the cow was gone. Hitting an animal is always a fear of mine because what we think is the middle of nowhere might be somebody's backyard. I've had close calls with camels, ostriches, horses — you name it.
Q: Does that ever scare you into not riding? How have you been so lucky?
A: I've broken my wrist, my ribs, my ankles… but I've never had any major injury where you're laid up in a hospital for six months. Because of that, I was able to compete year round and I never missed a whole season because of devastating injuries. I tried to minimize the risk where I could.
Q: What was it like meeting Norman and showing him a type of motorcycle he'd never experienced before?
A: Meeting Norman was just a really cool experience. The fact that Norman is doing this show is even cooler. As a lifelong motorcyclist, there's not enough cool programming on TV about motorcycles… Norman said he had an idea of what [riding an electric bike] would be like in his mind, but he was open-minded and it was so much fun… At the end of the day, he's a guy that loves riding two wheels. He likes the freedom, the adventure, the thrill, meeting new people and getting fresh air. That's something that all of us share.
Q: What are the advantages of the electric bike beyond being better for the environment? Norman said they'd be nice and quiet in a zombie apocalypse…
A: He should be on an electric bike on that show. He could just ride up on a guy and blast him. It would be perfect for that. It's almost like riding a magic carpet when you get on it. You're just magically flying on the road. They have so much torque and acceleration because of the electric motor that they're really exhilarating to ride. They've got great response, no vibration, no heat, no fumes and no sound. You get the adventure, thrill and excitement of a normal bike, but none of the downsides. I'm now the CFO for a new manufacturer, Torrot, which makes electric vehicles and off-road competition bikes. They also make a line of scooters and trial bikes for kids.
Q: Are electric motorcycles starting to pop up more during races?
A: It's growing, but it's taking time to develop. It's hard to get people to give it a chance. Everybody has preconceptions and biases, but it immediately disappears the first time they ride it. It's just getting them over that hump… I get all of the stuff I want out of a bike when I go riding and there are some things it doesn't do that I don't miss.
Q: Why do you think it's important to keep innovating and creating new types of bikes? Is it possible to get the traditional generation to become attracted to a different experience?
A: Absolutely. It's just a matter of time. I'm as old school as you get and even I can appreciate it. I believe it's going to be a big part of the future and I think the fact that Norman is going to be sharing the experience with everybody on his show is going to really help.
Q: What do you hope casual, non-motorcycle-loving viewers take away from this show?
A: I hope the traditional motorcyclists out there open their mind about the potential for electric and I hope the average person out there sees what Norman is doing and gets excited about giving motorcycling a try – especially the younger generation. Right now, the younger generation is too engrossed in virtual reality and they're living life through their phones. Motorcycles are a great tool to get out there and experience life and I hope Norman inspires younger people to pick it up.
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Anthony R. Coscia's practice at Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf focuses on corporate, commercial, and real estate matters, with a concentration on the financial elements of these transactions. He represents financial institutions, investors and major corporations on whose behalf he has handled a broad variety of matters. Mr. Coscia regularly advises infrastructure funds, private equity firms, technology companies, not-for-profit organizations and investor-owned utilities. He has specific experience in redevelopment finance, and has worked extensively on infrastructure development projects.
In addition to his private practice, Mr. Coscia serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), a Trustee of the Gateway Development Program Corp. (the nonprofit organization managing the railroad bridge and tunnel projects), and Chairman of Suez North America Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Suez Environnement SAS. He served as Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for over eight years, under four New Jersey Governors and three New York Governors. He oversaw the restoration of the agency after 9/11 as a key player in the region through development of a long term capital program, assuming the lead role in the redevelopment of the WTC site rebuilding, spearheading multi-billion dollar mass transit improvements, port expansion, modernization of aviation facilities and the most significant corporate governance and financial management reforms adopted by the Port Authority in over two decades. From February 1992 to March 2003, Mr. Coscia served as Chair of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, one of the largest state-sponsored development banks in the United States.
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How are you coming on your goals? Would you like a way to take your goals to the next level? You may find that even your goals are holding you back a bit and that negative self talk always seems to creep into your thinking. One way to combat this thinking and to take your goals to the next level is what I call probability vs. possibility.
Probability bases your results on your past experience. When you are thinking in probabilities, your past successes or failures seem to direct the path toward your goals. Take for instance, something simple as running a mile. In the past, when you ran a mile you remember and envision your muscles aching, your breathing being uneven, and you feeling like your heart would pump straight out of your chest. You vow to never do that again! You are thinking in probabilities. The probability of the same outcome hold you back from running another mile.
Possibility bases results on stretching toward the future, and sometimes beyond the current reality. Let's take another look at this run. In the future, you envision yourself running a mile with some strain, but at the end of the run you are exhilarated and feel like you can tackle the World. In fact, you have lost some weight just by running more often, and your muscles are becoming used to running. You are thinking in possibilities.
Can you see the difference in the two ways of thinking? Probability vs. Possibility. Here is something else to think about in going back to your "Why". In the majority of people who believe in their potential to succeed and have a strong desire to succeed, the experience leading up to the desired effect is not as important. What this means is no matter how unpleasant the steps on the way to meeting your goal are, if your desire is stronger, you will succeed. This is why you hear sayings like "dream big".
Imagine you have accomplished your big, significant vision, or your "why". Close your eyes and imagine you are celebrating your success. Next answer these questions while envisioning your success.
Where are you celebrating your success?
Now, get to planning your vision. Decide what it will take to achieve. Decide how you can map out the steps. Decide what you will do now.