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South Korea's Plan to Vault from Pandemic Recession into Accelerating an Advanced Economy
By Daniel Browning
COVID-19 Outbreak and Mitigation in South Korea
After reaching 7,362 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the highest point of its fight with the virus on March 21st, South Korea is now reporting infection rates of 15-20 new cases per day, and 987 cases are open as of May 21, 2020. A quick response was needed, and delivered, following the virus outbreak starting around February 21st. Through close monitoring and tracing of illness and concerted efforts to expand testing availability and capacity, the nation has come back to a new 'normal life' relatively quickly.
Despite effective management and mitigation of COVID-19 infection, unemployment has hit the South Korean population hard. According to the Financial Times, April left the country with 476,000 fewer jobs, a single month drop not seen since the Asian financial crisis of the late '90s. So far, South Korea has taken several steps to hedge the impact of the public health emergency. The government's key effort to date has included $200bn in direct economic relief. Beyond the sort of economic security stimulus seen elsewhere, their efficacy in reducing infection has brought day-to-day activity back to relative normalcy, while many Western countries are just beginning to do the same.
International Responses to COVID's Economic Impact
Around the world, nations are having to weigh their tolerance for public debt in their response to the global pandemic. Similarly sized economies on a per-capita GDP basis have taken a wide range of approaches to hedge against unemployment and productivity stagnation during this time.
Czechia has provisioned interest free loans and direct aid of approximately $40.2bn, equivalent to 18% of its GDP.
Spain's $218.45bn stimulus plan, worth 20% of its GDP, similarly provides for short-term social services and direct aid needs.
Japan's stimulus of $1,086.61bn represents approximately 20% of its GDP, delivered primarily as direct payments to each person in the country.
France, in particular, is responding with significant stimulus funding of $120bn, but, in doing so, anticipates exceeding 115% of its GDP in national debt this year.
By contrast, South Korea's initial outlay in support of its immediate economic challenges is a bit lower than these similar economies, amounting to 13% of its GDP.
The approach to tiding short term economic stoppage seen across these countries brings to light the sentiments shared by each of their governments. Few have shown concern about economic turmoil beyond the immediate impacts of quarantine efforts, and few think the solution must be greater than bridging a gap of temporary inactivity.
In contrast, South Korea's response has been measured and influenced by a pragmatic view of its resources, but the country is preparing for something more transformative in the aftermath of COVID-19. Though neighboring states such as China could soon follow, the strategic pivot from economic stabilization to 'big bet' investment by the nation is, for now, unmatched.
South Korea's "New Deal"
Korea's big bet comes in the form of a recently announced plan to create a "New Deal" inspired initiative of public investments targeted to bolster cutting-edge industries and build employment security for people increasingly feeling the risks of a Pandemic-induced recession. This move, while not planned before the spread of the virus, is in line with other actions taken by South Korea's recently elected Democratic legislature.
As the leading member of the party, the President, Moon Jae-in, has encouraged significant reform and investment over the past several months. In the lead up to April's election, the Democratic Party positioned a "Green New Deal" as a cornerstone of its platform for the coming term. The government has announced the pursuit of considerable technology investment in parallel with a climate agenda that will force a profound shift in the nation's power infrastructure over the next several decades.
Impacts of New Deal Investment in South Korea
The proposed "New Deal" requires financial accommodation over the next three years and will provide developmental support for work in Artificial Intelligence (AI), 5G wireless adoption, and Data Infrastructure throughout the country. In each of these domains, South Korea is already a major player on the world stage. However, its decision to jump-start progress in these sectors could pay off to great effect.
Improving Virus Response with South Korea's Most Recent Artificial Intelligence Innovations
Consumer applications within Korea for AI have trended recently towards health and medicine, with telecommunications providers creating tools specifically for Seniors, and startups applying AI in diagnostics and treatment for illnesses via x-ray interpretation. This has led to immediate health benefits during the pandemic, which may also provide a platform for even further accelerated progress in health applications when compared to other countries developing this technology. While there is clear value to South Korea in AI applications for healthcare and social wellbeing, there are many more being discussed.
5G Quickly Becomes a New Platform for Both Communications and Computing
The second of the three key pillars called out in South Korea's New Deal, 5G adoption, is already a priority for the country. 5G on its own has massive implications for both Consumer and Enterprise applications. One nascent area for telecommunications operators, and what some experts say is a key value driver for 5G, is smart networking functionalities akin to the advanced computing management enabled by cloud virtualization on Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and similar platforms. One industry expert, Kamal Bhadada of Tata Consultancy Services, sees the ability to provide automatic, on demand provisioning and management of networking services as the next evolutionary step forward for 5G.
Development of rapid provisioning at scale could create its own value chain and is already being planned and built by the main communications providers in Korea to enable smart factory and plant management. 5G investment then, is not constrained to building networks; it enables these new value chains, through novel concepts like Multi-Access Edge Computing.
Korea is poised to become a world leader in its 5G adoption, permitting greater use than the United States of mid-band spectrum blocks that balance range with speed. Further acceleration enabled by this new investment could position the country as a leader in the next generation of intersected communications and computing.
Analytics Adoption Enables Korea to Get Back to Work Quickly
On the big data front, South Korea has made extensive use of analytics in planning and responding to COVID-19. Drawing from other public health emergency experiences in recent years, the nation has been able to leverage combined transactional telephone, payment card, and other location data as a mechanism for contact tracing during the current pandemic.
These advanced approaches to monitoring disease spread and understanding social behavior have helped the country respond to the current crisis and has likely generated many nuanced concepts for further big data applications. Investment added to projects in public health, along with the myriad of other projects the country is undertaking, could soon position Korea as a leader in big data.
Daniel Browning is the Business Development Coordinator at Automation Webstore. In his spare time, he writes about automation, AI, technology, and the IoT.
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Years ago, when I was still a junior professor, I had the pleasure to live for a year in Japan, working as a research fellow at Kobe University. During that formative year, I recorded brief moments of my Japanese experience, and every two weeks or so—this was well before the current blogging era—I sent my descriptive missives by email to friends back home. I have now collected together those vignettes of my life in Japan, each a morsel of my experience. The book is now out!
Glimpse into the life of a professor of logic as he fumbles his way through Japan.
A Mathematician's Year in Japan is a lighthearted, though at times emotional account of how one mathematician finds himself in a place where everything seems unfamiliar, except his beloved research on the nature of infinity, yet even with that he experiences a crisis.
Please be so kind as to write a review there.
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The book is currently #6 on Amazon best-sellers in the Japan category, and #43 in mathematics.
Publishing this book reminded me one of my discussions with some of my logician colleagues about the necessity of publishing a "new generation of set theory textbooks".
As a matter of fact any nice and comprehensive textbook will become out of date and will lose its completeness by recent developments of the field when some time passes.
For example in set theory many new facts about large cardinal axioms are found and many useful and widely used forcing techniques which were a part of frontier research trends at their time are now just a part of folklore facts that any student have to be familiar with them.
Of course Jech, Kunen and Kanamori's books are still good references but they really need some completion and addendum. Set theory lacks a nice and comprehensive book entirely dedicated to introducing different forcing techniques together with some examples of their application. A kind of "forcing encyclopedia" which contains an interesting entry/chapter on each important and widely used forcing notion.
There is also no graduate textbook about the "interactions of forcing and large cardinals", a topic that is not covered by the exiting books properly and definitely is the backbone of many new consistency proofs via large cardinal axioms.
Also I usually discuss with my friends about those who are possibly the right persons for writing this new generation of set theory textbooks and almost every time we conclude that no one could do the job better than you because you write simply with a special style (possibly developed during your contribution to MathOverflow) which allows the reader to get a deep and clear intuition about the central concepts before falling into complicated technicalities.


This is one of the only vegan restaurant on the island… Not vegetarian, vegan. No feta in that salad! But they do serve the staple alcohols so all is not lost. In fact they have one of the best smoothies in Barbados and they do a pretty good Sunday brunch too.
Their salads are amazing and their wraps and sandwiches are perfect and really hit the spot. They use a lot of garlic so do beware. That said, if you order their 2mm-Lavazza espresso you can easily replace that garlic with coffee. If you're not a vegan then you'll want to aim for their rice dishes which let you forget there's no meat but don't fall into the trap of ordering their 'chickin'… Like chicken… just not chicken. It's not the best we've tasted and with such a solid menu there's no point trying to look for substitutes. Embrace the vegan revolution and let it guide you through its own palette of wooing. The Good Life is synonymous with vegan restaurants in Barbados.


Those looking for a cozy home with lots of living and storage space and a backyard, and also like the freedom of renting, rental homes can offer the best of both worlds. This segment of the rental market has become very popular and the selection is better than ever. In Wesley Chapel, FL there are 11 homes for rent including duplexes, townhomes and single family homes for rent. To find the right house that fits your criteria, filter by price, number of bedrooms, number of bathrooms or amenities. It may also be useful to know that the average cost to rent a single family home in Wesley Chapel, FL is .


Image: Catalogue cover, 'Feminist Narratives', 4 June 1987-24 June 1987. Curator: Juliana Engberg. Published by the George Paton Gallery, 1987. University of Melbourne Archives, George Paton Gallery Collection 1990.0144, Unit 31.
Currently exhibiting at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne, is a survey of one of Australia's most important and influential photo-based artists, Pat Brassington.
The George Paton Gallery Collection at the University of Melbourne Archives contains records from both of these exhibitions including correspondence, exhibition catalogues, essays, invitations, reviews, photographs and slides. Brassington's work is a playful manipulation of imagery, predominantly bodily, altering reality to create a world more interesting, one that is at once eerily dark and mysterious, and pure and beautiful. No matter the technique, using analogue photography and collage in the 1980′s and now digitally aided manipulation, she is a master of her tool creating seamless juxtapositions and mutations, their illusionary magnificence evoking a state of unconsciousness.
Artistic director for Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Juliana Engberg, was director of the George Paton Gallery at the time of these exhibitions and curated both. Fabrications: Recent Contemporary Art From Tasmania was curated as part of the Chameleon Galleries, Hobart, Curator in Residence Program where Engberg presumably began her artistic relationship with Brassington. Engberg was Assistant Director of the George Paton Gallery from 1984 to 1985, then Director from 1986 until the beginning of 1990. During this time she curated many exhibitions, coordinated lecture series and presentations from local and international speakers, and started the art magazine, 'Agenda: Contemporary Art'.
Twenty five years after Brassington's and Engberg's first project together Pat Brassington's wonderful exhibition at ACCA can be viewed as a celebration of both women's careers and achievements and their outstanding contribution to the Arts in Melbourne and Australia.
Pat Brassington, A Rebours currently showing at ACCA, running until 23 September 2012.


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Little Chute scores 33 unanswered points in big win over Luxemburg-Casco
Little Chute Mustangs score 33 unanswered points to roll to high school football win over Luxemburg-Casco.
Little Chute scores 33 unanswered points in big win over Luxemburg-Casco Little Chute Mustangs score 33 unanswered points to roll to high school football win over Luxemburg-Casco. Check out this story on postcrescent.com: https://post.cr/2LMk6tj
Joe Matzek, For USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 1:21 a.m. CT Sept. 1, 2018 | Updated 7:04 a.m. CT Sept. 1, 2018
A recap of high school football action around the Post-Crescent coverage area this past Friday Wochit
Collegiate Football on the Field with room for copy(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
LITTLE CHUTE – Consider the last 20 minutes of Friday night's game at Fitzpatrick Field as one big Mustang party.
After spotting the first touchdown of the second half to Luxemburg-Casco, Little Chute exploded for 33 unanswered points to cruise to a 47-21 victory and claim not only the LC sign as part of the teams' matchup, but also the top spot in the North Eastern Conference.
Little Chute leads the conference at 3-0, a half-game ahead of Wrightstown, which beat Seymour 13-10 in a nonconference game Friday.
The Spartans (2-1 overall, 2-1 conference) took a 21-14 lead early in the second half with the help of some big plays, a pair of 37-yard touchdown passes by Garrit Aissen and a 90-yard kickoff return by Lance Tebon. But the Mustangs (3-0, 3-0) scored with great efficiency in the second half: On five possessions, they scored five touchdowns on just 21 plays to run away from a very good Spartans team.
A big part of Little Chute's offensive mastery was the running of Isaac Van Deurzen, who gained 156 second-half yards on just 14 attempts and scored on touchdowns of 25 and 37 yards.
Van Deurzen was bottled up in the first half, gaining just one yard on four carries.
"The first half it was a little rough," Van Deurzen said. "They were doing a lot of blitzing inside. At halftime, we talked about what we had to do to get some yards. We game planned hard at halftime and it opened up. I have to get the line credit for that."
On his second touchdown, the shifty senior juked several defenders while weaving an improbable path to the end zone.
Bryce Schumacher, more of a bruising back than Van Deurzen, also ran for two touchdowns for Little Chute and gained 65 yards on 10 carries.
The Mustangs committed to the inside run game in the second half, throwing only three passes while rushing for 177 yards on their five touchdown possessions. With an offensive line averaging 255 pounds, they enjoyed a nice size advantage over the Spartans' defensive front.
"(Van Deurzen and Schumacher) have different styles of running," Little Chute coach Brian Ryczkowski said. "They complement each other very well. But their lives are a lot easier when the five guys up front are doing their jobs, especially in the second half when we're trying to run the ball to run out the clock. I was excited about the way we were able to run the ball and hopefully we can continue to do that the rest of the season."
Little Chute's defense played its part in stopping a potent Luxemburg-Casco passing attack. After Aissen completed 13 of his first 19 passes for 183 yards, he was only 3-of-10 for 17 yards with two interceptions – by Little Chute's Jacob Lillge and David Peeters - to finish the game.
"They have some really good skill players and their quarterback does a nice job throwing the ball," Ryczkowski said. "I'm just proud of our guys in the secondary hanging on as long as they did with the routes downfield and making some plays."
Lillge's pick came on a critical fourth-and-goal play from the Little Chute 4-yard line with the Mustangs clinging to a 28-21 lead late in the third quarter. Lillge jumped a route and returned the interception 70 yards.
"The coaches put us in super good spots all week," Lillge said. "We had a ton of film on them. We knew they had a couple of good receivers, 2 (Anthony Otradovec) and 17 (Ian Doell), and we game planned for them all week."
Little Chute's comeback came two weeks after spotting Freedom 13 points before scoring 27 unanswered points to win.
"I think every coach would like a composed team that battles back," Ryczkowski said. "I thought that's just the makeup of our team. They don't get down. We talk about how you're going to be losing or give up a turnover or a big play, and how do you respond? Sometimes you don't know until it happens. Those guys did a nice job, and it's going to happen again this year, so you have to find enough ways to make a play."
Luxemburg-Casco 7 7 7 0 - 21
Little Chute 7 7 14 19 - 47
LTC – Bryce Schumacher 4 run (Zachary Schmitz kick)
LXC – Nthan Coisman 37 pass from Garrit Aissen (John Larson kick)
Second Quarter
LTC – Jacob Lillge 13 run (Schmitz kick)
LXC – Lance Tebon 90 kickoff return (Larson kick)
LXC – Ian Doell 37 pass from Aissen (Larson kick)
LTC – Isaac Van Deurzen 25 run (Schmitz kick)
LTC – Schumacher 4 run (Schmitz kick)
LTC – Van Deurzen 37 run (run failed)
LTC – Mitch Van Gompel 12 pass from Noah Mueller (run failed)
LTC – Mueller 5 run (Schmitz kick)
Rushing: Luxemburg-Casco – Tebon 1-29. Little Chute – Van Deurzen 18-157, Schumacher 10-65.
Passing: Luxemburg-Casco – Aissen 16-29-2-200. Little Chute – Mueller 11-20-0-120.
Receiving: Luxemburg-Casco – Anthony Otradovec 2-57, Coisman 2-51, Doell 4-20. Little Chute – Adam Hietpas 2-29, Isaac Boe 2-28.
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Thalamocortical projections convey visual, somatosensory and auditory information to the cerebral cortex. A recent report in Neural Development shows how a forward genetic screen has enabled the identification of novel mutations affecting specific decision points of thalamocortical axon pathfinding.
Understanding how the brain becomes wired-up during development is essential not only to gain insight into its normal functioning, but also to progress in the comprehension of neurological and psychiatric disease. Indeed, there is increasing evidence that defects occurring during embryonic development lead to impaired functioning of the cerebral cortex, and that such defects may underlie the etiology of several human pathologies, including schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders. Genetic studies in both humans and mice have enabled clinicians and neurobiologists to dissect molecular cascades that govern the formation of the cerebral cortex, in particular those directing the generation and migration of different populations of cortical neurons. However, similar large-scale unbiased studies have yet to be developed to study the formation of the major axonal tracts that wire the cerebral cortex.
The dorsal thalamus is a sensory gateway of the brain that receives visual, somatosensory and auditory information. Thalamocortical axons convey this sensory information from the dorsal thalamus to the cerebral cortex and hence are essential to brain function. They follow a long and complex path to reach their final cortical targets, making successive changes in direction as they navigate from one intermediate target to another (Figure 1). Indeed, from embryonic day 13 (E13) in mice, dorsal thalamus axons extend ventrally, turn laterally close to the hypothalamus to cross the boundary between embryonic diencephalon and telencephalon, enter the ventral telencephalon, grow in the internal capsule, and fan out into smaller axonal bundles before crossing the cortico-striatal boundary at E15. The axons then turn dorsally into the intermediate zone of the cerebral cortex, where they interact with cells of the cortical subplate before extending collateral branches to reach their final target in layer IV of the cerebral cortex .
The paths of thalamocortical axons in wild-type and mutant embryos. Schematic representations of coronal sections of one side of the mouse brain at embryonic day 16.5 (E16.5). In wild-type embryos, the thalamocortical axons (TCA) extend ventrally from the dorsal thalamus (dTh), turn and cross the diencephalon-telencephalon boundary (DTB), enter the ventral telencephalon (vTel) and grow into the internal capsule (IC) where they separate into distinct fascicules. They then cross the cortico-striatal boundary (CSB) and turn dorsally into the cortex. In fuddle, magoo and wanderer mutants the axons are partially misrouted ventrally at the DTB. In sprawl and baffled mutants the axons are overfasciculated and are stalled at the CSB. In the bumpy mutant some axons aberrantly invade the marginal zone to innervate ectopic clusters of cells. HT, hypothalamus; vTh, ventral thalamus.
The cellular and molecular mechanisms that control this long axonal journey have been a puzzle for many years. Analyses of several mutant mouse lines have revealed that transcription factors, guidance cues, adhesion molecules and guidepost cells control the navigation of thalamocortical axons at specific decision points within their intermediate targets [1–5]. For instance, expression of the neuronal guidance protein Slit2 in the hypothalamus is required to prevent the thalamocortical axons from entering this structure and promotes their turning into the ventral telencephalon [2, 3]. In parallel, guidepost cells in the ventral thalamus and telencephalon that extend transient projections have also been proposed to guide the axons along their journey [4, 6]. In the ventral telencephalon, tangential neuronal migration allows the formation of a permissive corridor required for the thalamocortical pathfinding within this structure . However, the precise molecular and cellular mechanisms controlling the successive steps of thalamocortical axon pathfinding are still not fully understood.
In a paper published recently in Neural Development, Dwyer et al.  report the results of an unbiased forward genetic screen for thalamocortical axon pathfinding mutants using a transgenic reporter line of mice that they generated - ThalamoCortical Axon-tau-LacZ (TCA-TLZ). In these mice, the reporter protein beta-galactosidase is expressed strongly and reliably from E13.5 onward in dorsal thalamus neuronal cell bodies as well as in their axons . The TCA-TLZ line therefore allows the visualization of the entire population of thalamocortical axons, thereby providing an elegant genetic tool to examine the global navigation and connectivity of the thalamocortical system. Dwyer et al. subjected mice of the TCA-TLZ line to random mutagenesis with N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU), followed by a breeding strategy of two intercrosses and one backcross, in order to identify thalamocortical axon phenotypes in homozygote mutant embryos at E18.5. Indeed, this experimental approach had the unique advantage of making it possible to screen for the effects of recessive mutations, including potentially lethal ones, on the whole brain .
Amongst 57 lines screened for an abnormal pattern of TCA-TLZ expression, the authors isolated 6 independent recessive mutant lines whose mutations were mapped using an experimental procedure previously developed to identify mouse models of human pathologies. Interestingly, the high proportion of mutant lines identified (6 out of 57) indicates that thalamocortical axon navigation is a very sensitive process, most probably due to the fact that these axons cross several intermediate targets. Therefore, the analysis of defects in this system not only provides essential knowledge about novel genes controlling the formation of these particular projections, but also constitutes a selective read-out of abnormal forebrain morphogenesis.
Remarkably, out of the six mutant lines identified, five carried mutations that mapped to chromosomal regions not previously known to contain genes involved in thalamocortical axon development. Dwyer et al. found that these six mutations lead to defects in several critical decision points (Figure 1). In fuddle and magoo mutants, the axons were partially misrouted ventrally in the ventral telencephalon just after crossing the diencephalon-telencephalon border. In sprawl and baffled mutants, the axons were overfasciculated and disorganized in the internal capsule, and they also stalled at the cortico-striatal boundary. In bumpy mutants, thalamocortical axons abnormally innervated ectopic clusters of cells in the marginal zone of the cerebral cortex. In addition, Dwyer et al. found a sixth mutant, wanderer, with thalamocortical pathfinding defects, in which a subset of axons was misrouted ventrally in the ventral telencephalon (Figure 1). The genetic mapping of wanderer revealed that the phenotype is caused by a novel mutation in the Emx2 gene, which encodes a transcription factor already known to control cortical development and thalamocortical axon guidance in mice . Using the TCA-TLZ reporter line, the authors observed that in this Emx2 mutant the ventrally misrouted axons grew rostrally along the lateral olfactory tract, a behavior that had not been visualized before . Indeed, thalamocortical axon pathfinding has so far been mostly examined by either axonal tracing using lipophilic tracers or immunostaining, neither of which enable a specific labeling of the entire axonal projection. This novel analysis of wanderer/Emx2 mutants highlights the fact that the robustness of the TCA-TLZ reporter allows the visualization of phenotypes that could not be detected otherwise, and that ventrally misrouted thalamocortical axons can aberrantly join another large axonal tract when they encounter it. Moreover, heterozygous mutations of EMX2 in humans have been implicated in some cases of a rare developmental disorder, schizencephaly, characterized by different clinical features, including mental retardation, hypotonia, epilepsy and spasticity [11, 12]. Thus, the identification of another mutation in the Emx2 gene validates the forward genetic screen as an efficient way of identifying genes controlling forebrain development in the mouse and those with a potential involvement in human pathologies.
Identifying the genes mutated in magoo, fuddle, sprawl, baffled and bumpy and understanding their function is the next challenge. In the meantime, the work of Dwyer et al. highlights the feasibility and major importance of forward genetics in mice to identify novel genes involved in thalamocortical axon and forebrain development and opens the way for future screens to unravel the molecular mechanisms controlling brain wiring.
LL is supported by a fellowship from the ARC. SG thanks the EURYI program, the Avenir INSERM program and the City of Paris for financial support.


BIG DAY: our new website/digital storefront goes live TONIGHT - MONDAY!
At the second San Francisco performance of "Out of this World" yesterday, Matt talked to the audience about all the music we'll be making newly available on our new digital storefront by the end of this month. Singles of "Cells Planets," "Observer in the Magellanic Cloud" and "Sirens," whole live concerts from the past ( Comedian Harmonists from 2002, this year's National Youth Choral Festival and "For Thy Soul's Salvation,"just for starters) our brand new Christmas recording "A Chanticleer Christmas" AND pretty soon, highlights from "Out of this World." Come visit us on the website; your patronage of our store is a big help to us!
and now there's also Casey (soloist in "Cells Planets") who was a member of the Duke's Men at Yale University, just like Sophia's father.
and Sunday at St. Francis of Assissi in Sacramento. Hope to see you.


Being by the sea, it's no wonder Norfolk has some amazing fish and chip shops; here is a pick of some of the best in the county.
Right in the centre of Norwich, Grosvenor Fish Bar takes some beating. Its underground bunker experience for those who eat in is very memorable and so is their menu. Offering a twist on traditional afternoon tea, their 'High Sea' is a combination of battered fish, seafood, chips and dips.
Established in 1953, Ron's is today run by the third generation of the family and is located on Norwich Market, row D, stalls 94 and 95. Serving hand cut chips with cod and sausages coated in their own homemade batter, all at very reasonable prices.
The Rembrandt is a takeaway and restaurant serving locally sourced produce, whenever possible. With a very extensive menu, The Rembrandt offers its customers traditional fish and chips as well as a range of other dishes. Gluten free is available on request.
A family owned fish and chip shop and restaurant serving traditional food using the finest ingredients.
Owned by Michelin starred chef Galton Blackiston, No1 in Cromer is always busy. Serving traditional favourites, you can also order battered brie and battered chicken strips, if you are looking for something a bit different.
Located on Sheringham High Street, Straits Fish and Chips offer high quality fresh fish and other standard fare such as sausages, fish cakes and mushy peas.
Customers of Holt Fish Bar can eat in or takeaway. This traditional fish and chip shop in the centre of Holt always serves great food with a smile.
This award-winning family owned fish and chip shop has been serving the local community for over 90 years. With a restaurant and take-away, French's overlooks the famous quay in Wells-next-the-Sea and offers daily specials, depending on what fish has been freshly caught.
Choose from a menu that combines traditional fish and chip fare with more modern and unusual European influenced foods. Gluten free is available on request.
You can't go to Great Yarmouth without a visit to the market for some chips. Find great chips and an array of different toppings at Dearnos Market Chips stall, at very reasonable prices.
Located in the beautiful Norfolk village of Ormesby Saint Margaret, by the village green, this traditional fish and chip shop serves quality locally sourced fish and chips, cooked in beef dripping.
A family-run fish and chip restaurant in the heart of Hunstanton. Serving traditional fish and chips at reasonable prices.


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Island Counselling, Victoria BC
Psychotherapy on Vancouver Island
Spiritual "Emergency" or Emergence
– William Blake, highlight from "The Reunion of the Soul and the Body"
Sometimes what brings people to counselling is not something that is easily found in medical journals. Even though people may suffer from terrible symptoms such as insomnia, anxiety, and depression, it isn't always because something is necessarily "wrong" with them. It is sometimes more the case that something is wrong with the lives that they are living.
They may be doing all the "right" things. They may have the career, home, and family that they have always wanted. They may have friends, hobbies, and a retirement plan. But somehow it all fails to satisfy them. Somewhere along the line their interest slowly faded, and it all began to feel old and worn and tired.
"My life isn't working" is always a challenging discovery. Seeking to know why it doesn't work is always difficult and painful psychological work, for it often requires grieving all that has already seemingly "died" to us. But it also brings a potential for discoveries, especially self discovery. No matter how uncomfortable the work makes us, it's a chance to begin to find a new way to live, and a life that is more worth living. Jung called this work individuation, for by doing it one becomes the individual one was always meant to be.
A spiritual crisis is a crisis of meaning. Traditionally religions have always played the role establishing meaning and values and for both individuals and communities. But if one stops believing in these external systems and institutions, the task before them is to start to listen to the part of themselves that is causing the exodus. A term for this inner locus of identity is "soul." Our souls do not want us to only lives of adaption. They also want us to become and be more of who we truly are.
Becoming who we are requires us to begin listening to our "gut," and not only to our minds and its so called "reason." It often entails seeking to know what still holds energy for us, and to try to discover where all our passion went. This always feels like a "crisis" because it asks us to trade the safety and surety of what's known for something unknown.
The term "spiritual emergency" is more often used when a spiritual crisis is of truly epic proportions. It can include occurrences knows as "Kundalini awakenings" that do not only bring intense psychological challenges, but also difficult and painful physical symptoms and changes as well. Spiritual emergency is a fitting term because it captures something of the radical life changing nature and the deep anxiety and fear that an individual experiences when she is going through one.
Yet no matter how difficult a spiritual emergency may be, it also always comes with change for a spiritual "emergence." It indicates that a major transformation is occurring within one's psyche —that a true, and a completely natural, metamorphosis is already underway. For those who find themselves in this position, part of their task is to get their ego, the center of their conscious awareness, to ally itself with the changes that are happening within, rather than to fight against them. Any fighting is only a war with oneself.
In either spiritual crises or emergencies, counsellors and psychotherapists who are able to accept and understand what is occurring, and who have the capacity to follow the specific cues from the client's experience, can often provide a great deal of support. They can also help with the additional problem of social isolation that can always, unfortunately, attend these occurrences. A good enough counsellor should not only be a supportive guide throughout the process, but also a companion and ally within it.
Derek Martin, PhD
Canadian Certified Counsellor
Suite 301, 284 Helmcken Rd, Victoria, BC V9B 1T2
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In the late 80's, a beautiful, hard-working, family-oriented Michelle Robinson told her mother she was going to concentrate on her law career and not worry about dating. She was 25 and had just finished her first year as an associate at Sidley & Austin, a corporate law firm in her home town of Chicago. Not long after, the firm assigned her to mentor a summer associate named Barack Obama.
Barack O-what? At least that's what many people thought when they first heard his name. Now, you can't go anywhere in the world without knowing the leader of the Free World's name and his wife's: Barack and Michelle Obama. Now, there's even a movie about the First couple and how they met called, "Southside With You" which hits theaters on Friday, August 26th.
The backstory surrounding their courtship is that the President and First Lady had one of the longest first dates ever, which set the backdrop for the beautiful First Family we see today. But truth be told, it was NOT love at first sight.
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During the summer of 1988, there was a lot of buzz about this 27-year-old prodigy from Harvard Law School. Sidley & Austin Law didn't usually hire first-year law students as summer associates, so Barack's arrival was pretty noteworthy. Martha Minow, a law professor at Harvard, told her father, Newton Minow, a high-ranking partner at Sidley, that Barack was possibly the most gifted student that she had ever taught. Michelle, who'd graduated from Harvard Law herself in 1988, felt annoyed by all the talk about this new associate. Why were people surprised that a black man might be smart, articulate and capable?
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His name struck her as odd too, as did the fact that he had grown up in Hawaii. She assumed a few things about the future president based on these rare facts.
"He sounded too good to be true," she told David Mendell, author of "Obama: From Promise to Power." "I had dated a lot of brothers who had this kind of reputation coming in, so I figured he was one of these smooth brothers who could talk straight and impress people. So we had lunch, and he had this bad sport jacket and a cigarette dangling from his mouth, and I thought: 'Oh, here you go. Here's this good-looking, smooth-talking guy. I've been down this road before.'"
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But when Barack met Michelle, he didn't assume anything — except that he would get a first date. In his own words, here's what President Obama told Oprah about their first date:
"I met Michelle in 1988, after my first year of law school, when I took a summer job at Sidley & Austin, a law firm in Chicago. A year earlier I had been working as a community organizer in some of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods, and I struggled with the decision to go to a large firm. But with student loans mounting, the three months of salary they offered wasn't something I could pass up."
"Michelle worked at Sidley, too, and, in the luckiest break of my life, was assigned to be my adviser, charged with helping me learn the ropes. I remember being struck by how tall and beautiful she was. She, I have since learned, was pleasantly surprised to see that my nose and ears weren't quite as enormous as they looked in the photo I'd submitted for the firm directory."
"Over the next several weeks, we saw a lot of each other at work. She was kind enough to take me to a few parties, and never once commented on my mismatched and decidedly unstylish wardrobe."
"I asked her out. She refused. I kept asking. She kept refusing."
"'I'm your adviser,'"she said. 'It's not appropriate.' Finally, I offered to quit my job, and at last she relented. On our first date, I treated her to the finest ice cream Baskin-Robbins had to offer, our dinner table doubling as the curb. I kissed her, and it tasted like chocolate."
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When silence means the most
Students share their LGBTQ+ experiences in honor of the National Day of Silence
Linda Ramirez, page editor
"I quickly became the outcast, people would make comments towards me almost every day. I think that's a big reason why I've suppressed that part of myself for so long." Genavive Bacino, senior, said.
While many students believe that homophobia isn't an issue anymore, that's very much untrue.
In the late 1990s, the National Day of Silence was created to help draw attention to the suppression of queer voices. On the Day of Silence, which takes place tomorrow, participants take a vow of silence. This vow is one of the ways they are able to show their support and pride for the LGBTQ+ community
For some people, this vow is one of the ways they feel able to show both their support and pide.
"Participating in events like this is always personally very freeing," Genavive said. "I guess I'm not the most vocal person about my sexuality, but being able to support in little ways like this makes me happy."
As much as this day is for silence and remembrance, it is also to share stories and spread awareness and educate others. Olivia Quinones, senior, and president of the Gay Straight Alliance, is often a source of information and comfort to young queer people.
"I'm really happy for GSA," Olivia said. "It's just crazy when people come up and hit me with all these questions. It's like 'wow, you really don't know, don't have anyone to tell you and educate you about your sexuality or your future with it', and it shocks me every day."
However, as people rely on her for guidance, Olivia often concerns herself if she's truly helping them.
"When I'm giving advice, I really don't know what they're going to take away from it," she said. "I think, 'am I really making them aware enough about what this world can truly be like, what it means to really be part of this community'. I really hope that I do my best as a person, and as a part of this community."'
Support can come from home though, and it's considered a blessing when it does.
"I'm so fortunate to have a parent so accepting and understanding," she said. "But even then it's hard to come to terms with being different. I still struggled with accepting myself, and being ashamed of myself in a way. I wouldn't really wish it on anyone."
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Here are some great ideas for holiday dinners including: Christmas main courses, Christmas desserts and Christmas cocktails.
A wine and cheese party is a great way to entertain without doing any cooking. Here is a step-by-step guide to hosting a wine and cheese party.
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This year we are holding a turkey photo contest. The deadline to get your masterpiece in is December 3rd, 2014.
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Here is a great video that will help you keep the chaos of cooking Thanksgiving dinner in perspective.
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This easy and gorgeous seasonal Fall fruit salad contrasts sweet persimmons and grapes with acidic tomatoes and crunchy pecans on a bed of creamy burrata.


One of my jobs as a lawyer is to be persuasive. Sometimes I fail, sometimes I succeed. That said, I have become much more effective recently with my persuasion abilities than I was when I first started as a lawyer. That's because I've spent a lot of time studying cognitive psychology and the latest science as it relates to how the human mind works.
Here's a nice tip that I recently read that I thought you may be able to use in your own life. If you want to win an argument, don't argue. As soon as you start arguing with someone, their brain puts up defensive mechanisms. If you start your "argument" by arguing, people will start to immediately think about all the reasons that you're wrong and they are right. It's next to impossible to convince someone that you are right and they are wrong by arguing your position first.
The most effective way to persuade people to see your position is to start by asking questions. Question the other person about why they feel the way they feel and ask them to support their position with facts and information. Inquire how strongly they feel about their position and whether they would ever be willing to change it.
When you argue with somebody their brain goes into "fight or flight mode." They want to protect their ideas like they are some sort of expensive jewelry. On the other hand, when you ask people questions, they don't go into fight or flight mode. Instead they automatically start thinking about why they believe the way they believe.
Most people don't spend any time at all actually trying to determine whether their thoughts and ideas are correct or incorrect. They would rather come up with conclusions based on what they want to be true, and then, after the fact, look for reasons to support the position they already hold. This is called "confirmation bias in cognitive psychology.
When you ask people to support the positions they hold with actual facts, you'll discover that most people's thoughts and opinions are based on nothing but thin air, tradition, conventional wisdom, the way they grew up, what their parents told them, what some influential teacher told them, what they read on the Internet, or some other less than fact-based reason.
You have to let people convince themselves that they figured all this out on their own. You have to let people learn for themselves why they may be incorrect in the way they think about certain things. And the only way to do that is to ask them questions and let them figure it out.
So if you want to be more persuasive, if you want to "win" more arguments with your spouse, your boss, your coworkers, or your kids, stop arguing with them. Instead, be genuinely and openly curious and ask them questions about why they think the way they think and feel the way they feel.


Let's face it…we ALL collect junk. That kitchen gadget your great-aunt Tilda gave you for Christmas 10 years ago that she asks about every year, that super cool "As Seen On TV" product that looked so amazing on the television, but wasn't worth a penny when it came to doing what it was supposed to, and all those things that you "might" use someday are all in our junk collections. WE ALL HAVE IT. Junk, junk, junk. Ugh. I hate junk.
And THAT is a bad day. Not to mention is makes it hard to find things. So the purge begins.
Everyone has their area that gets out of control easily or the area of things that they just can't let go of. I know several women that have wardrobes completely packed full that are as large as my entire bedroom. I'm not one of them. However, I have an affinity for keeping things that "might" someday have a purpose. Toilet paper rolls, shredded paper, plastic trays, the list can be endless….but the good news for me is that I have no emotional attachment to them. That lack of attachment makes purging much, much easier.
So Step 1 is to do what you can to remove the emotional attachment that you have to "things". They are just things. They don't actually hold any emotional value. It is us as emotional humans that attach that value to objects. If you absolutely need that item to maintain a memory, take several pictures of the item, and store those pictures in several safe places. Then GET RID of the item, especially if its only purpose is a nostalgic one. Granted, I have a box with my father's ashes that is still on top of my refrigerator, so my sway only goes so far. But overall, getting rid of junk gets easier when we can distance ourselves from that junk and view it objectively. When you can clearly determine whether or not you use something, or genuinely need something, without having to try and battle an emotional connection to the same object, the purge will go smoother.
Step 2 is to have a clear plan for where the purged object will go. Do you have a consignment shop nearby? Are you going to have a yard sale? Will your local charity take donations? It is important to do your research before you begin and have a clear plan for where your junk will go, and how it will be rehomed. Granted, a large roll-off dumpster would work just as well, but I don't recommend it, as it is about as far from recycling as you can get. Get your plan in place, and your rehoming list ready, and if you live near someone who runs a resale shop you might get some change for it.
Wardrobes are the trickiest for most women, and I found this amazing video from Allison Anderson that gives great tips on how to pare that down to just the things that you LOVE plus the basics to go with those items.
You can check it out below if you need a little extra motivation and tips to help you get through that ginormous closet.
Alright, so hopefully by now you've got your plan for each pile mapped, that piles have grown, and you are ready to start getting rid of stuff and filling your RV. Great! But guess what…..chances are…you will need to do the whole process AGAIN at least two or three times before you pare down enough to fit yourself comfortably in your RV. Don't be discouraged! We live in a commercial society that forces the ideas of purchasing junk on us constantly, and therefore we are continously battling the junk bulge. Just keep purging away, and make sure everything you keep will further your adventures.


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Lights, Camera, Ass Kicking: The Best Cult Martial Arts Films
The Man With The Iron Fists pays respect to his elders.
It's not everyday that Hollywood throws a bone to diehard martial arts movie fans, so you can understand our excitement for the cult-film-in-the-making goodness of RZA's The Man With The Iron Fists, which comes out this Friday. Equal parts Shaw Brothers kitsch, Tarantino-style editing and Wu-Tang Clan braggadocio, the film looks to celebrate the seemingly forgotten genre of underground martial arts movies.To celebrate, we're taking a walk down memory lane to shine a light on five of the genre's best. Although these films have very different concepts, they all have the same message: don't ever mess with a martial arts master.
The Street Fighter (1974) – Trying to read the description for this movie is dizzying. Pretty much every scene seems to follow the same formula: "Someone says something to person A. Person A refuses. Ass-kicking ensues." It ensues so much that it was the first film to receive an X-rating for violence in the United State. Ah, pointless violence – the staple of every good martial arts film. But when Sonny Chiba is such a certified badass, it doesn't matter what letter of the alphabet is next to the film.
Iron Monkey (1993) – This remake of a '70s hit was backed by legendary director (and noted genre fan) Quentin Tarantino and also featured the choreography of Yuen Woo-ping, who appears on this list more than once. Critically acclaimed in the states, it's the 11th highest-grossing foreign film of all time and it features Donnie Yen – who kicks ass more than once on this list. Side note: never mess with Donnie Yen. EVER.
Drunken Master (1978) – Drunken Master isn't just chock-full of just amazing martial arts choreography (which, by the way, was done by Yuen Woo-ping!) it all features one of the greatest living martial arts masters: Jackie Chan! That's right. Before he was staring in such cinematic masterpieces as The Tuxedo, he was boozin' it up, kicking butt and taking names. Maybe he was still a little tipsy when he accepted that new Karate Kid movie.
Ip Man (2008) – Starring our old friend (and dude we will never EVER make the mistake of messing with) Donnie Yen, Ip Man is based loosely on the life of Yip Man, who trained a fella you may have heard of: Bruce Lee. That's right. Bruce Freakin' Lee learned from this dude, so you know he's pretty good.
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) – Widely regarded as one of the best martial arts movies most people haven't heard of, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin is based loosely on the life of San Te, a man who kicked so much ass that people had to make movies about it. Here's a sample of how amazing he is: he meets a group of menacing monks and then invents a whole new chamber of beatdown for them. Money, meet mouth.
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The Bonneville T100 is $11,350 in Jet Black, with the Aegean Blue/Fusion White and New England White/Intense Orange versions cost another $500. There's also the Bonneville T100 Black for $11,350, and the Matte Black version is $11,600.
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Joseph ("Joe") Tuccillo is a Northeast Regional Vice President responsible for recruitment, training and development of advisors at AXA Advisors, LLC. A second-generation Financial Professional, he was exposed to the business through his father while he was growing up.
After graduating from college, he entered the financial services business, and found financial planning to be an area that fulfilled him. He found he enjoyed helping people. By building long-term relationships with his clients, he could address the gaps in their financial picture.
Joe moved into management after discovering that he truly enjoyed coaching others. "Management is just another path to helping people," he says. "Let's say, as a Financial Professional, in any given year, I touch many people; as a manager if I have ten people on my team, I get to impact that number of lives tenfold," he continues to explain. "It just made sense to devote my career to helping others succeed."
As an American of Italian descent, Joe is particularly passionate about people who have come to the United States to make a better life for themselves and their families. "Like any other country, we face challenges… even so, I'm reminded every day of what amazing opportunities we have in shaping our future, especially through this industry," he says.
Committed to living his life to the fullest, Joe spends his time outside of work with his family, preferably close to the calm and quiet of a body of water where he can also pursue his love of fishing, snorkeling, golf and soccer. He supports many causes, including breast cancer research and the Bulldog Rescue Foundation.
Joe earned his degree in Business Management from SUNY Stony Brook. He has earned the Life Underwriter Training Council Fellowship (LUTCF) and the Chartered Leadership Fellow (CLF) designations from the American College.
He is married and has two young children.
E-mail joseph.tuccillo@axa-advisors.com


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Q: In Quantum Mechanics is it possible to apply time evolution operator to wavefunction? If I consider a wavefunction that is the superposition of Hamiltonian eigenfunctions, for example like: $$\psi(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\psi_1(x)+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\psi_2(x)$$ with $\hat{H}\psi_1(x)=E_1\psi_1(x)$ and $\hat{H}\psi_2(x)=E_2\psi_2(x)$ and I want to know the time evolution of the state $\psi(x)$, can I apply the time evolution op. $e^{-i\frac{\hat{H}}{\hbar}t}$ directly to $\psi(x)$ so that $\psi(x,t)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}e^{-i\frac{E_1}{\hbar}t}\psi_1(x)+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}e^{-i\frac{E_2}{\hbar}t}\psi_2(x)$?
I have this doubt 'cause usually I apply the time evolution op. only on the kets. In the case of eigenfunctions instead of eigenkets what I need to do is "apply" the Hamiltonian in Schroedinger representation to $\psi_1(x)$ and $\psi_2(x)$.
Is this right?

A: Using kets, because the evolution operator is linear, we can write :
$$|\psi(t) \rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt 2}\left(e^{-iHt/\hbar} |\psi_1\rangle + e^{-iHt/\hbar}|\psi_2\rangle\right) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \left(e^{-iE_1t/\hbar} |\psi_1\rangle + e^{-iE_2t/\hbar}|\psi_2\rangle\right) $$
Taking the product of this equation with $\langle x|$, we get (usingsince $\psi(x,t) = \langle x|\psi(t)\rangle$ and linearity) :
$$\psi(x,t) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left(e^{-iE_1t/\hbar} \psi_1(x)+ e^{-iE_2t/\hbar}\psi_2(x)\right)$$

A: This is correct. You can easily derive it from bra-ket notation by projection unto a position state, let
$$
|\psi(t_0) \rangle = c_1|\psi_1\rangle + c_2 |\psi_2\rangle
$$
We have $\hat U(t)|\psi_n\rangle = \exp \left (-\frac{i}{\hbar }E_nt \right )|\psi_n\rangle$,  so
$$\begin{aligned}
\hat U(t) |\psi(t_0) \rangle &= \hat U(t)(c_1|\psi_1\rangle + c_2 |\psi_2\rangle )\\
&= c_1\hat U(t)|\psi_1\rangle + c_2 \hat U(t)|\psi_2\rangle \\
&= c_1 \exp \left (-\frac{i}{\hbar }E_1t \right )|\psi_1\rangle + c_2 \exp \left (-\frac{i}{\hbar }E_2t \right )|\psi_2\rangle \\
\end{aligned}$$
Now project unto the position basis,
$$\begin{aligned}
\langle x|\hat U(t) |\psi(t_0) \rangle & = c_1 \exp \left (-\frac{i}{\hbar }E_1t \right )\langle x|\psi_1\rangle + c_2 \exp \left (-\frac{i}{\hbar }E_2t \right )\langle x|\psi_2\rangle \\
\langle x|\psi(t)\rangle = \psi(x,t) &= c_1 \exp \left (-\frac{i}{\hbar }E_1t \right )\psi_2(x) + c_2 \exp \left (-\frac{i}{\hbar }E_2t \right ) \psi_2(x) \\
\end{aligned}$$
Answer to question in comments:
Lets look at the case where the ket is not an eigenstate of the Hamilton operator, we have
$$
\hat U(t)|\psi\rangle = \exp(-\frac{i}{\hbar}\hat H t)|\psi\rangle
$$
You can derive the expression in position basis by insertion of a resolution of the identity $\hat 1 = \int dx'|x'\rangle \langle x'| $ and projection,
$$
\langle x|\hat U \hat 1|\psi\rangle =\int dx' \langle x|\hat U|x'\rangle \langle x'|\psi\rangle
$$
we can simplify the expression once by inserting the matrix elements of the time evolution operator $\langle x|\hat U|x'\rangle $ with respect to the position basis. The matrix elements are
$$
\langle x|\hat U|x'\rangle = \exp\left(-\frac{i}{\hbar}H(x)t\right)\delta(x-x')
$$
with $H(x)= \frac{-\hbar^2}{2m}\nabla^2_x +V(x)$. Inserting this into our former expression yields
$$\begin{aligned}
\int dx' \langle x|\hat U|x'\rangle \langle x'|\psi\rangle &= \int dx'  \exp\left(-\frac{i}{\hbar}H(x)t\right)\delta(x-x')\psi(x') \\
\langle x |\hat U(t)|\psi\rangle&=\exp\left(-\frac{i}{\hbar}H(x)t\right)\psi(x)
\end{aligned}$$
Everything is still linear, but you cannot replace the Hamiltonian with the energy if your states aren't eigenfunctions. So a sum of states would look like this,
$$
\psi(x, t) = c_1\exp\left(-\frac{i}{\hbar}H(x)t\right)\psi_1(x) + c_2\exp\left(-\frac{i}{\hbar}H(x)t\right)\psi_2(x)
$$

Typically you can replace your propagator by $\exp\left(-\frac{i}{\hbar}H(x)t\right)$ in expressions like $\langle x |\hat U|\psi\rangle$ as long as your Hamilton operator is diagonal with respect to the position basis and time independent.

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Very interesting. About a year ago, we stumbled upon a Korean Baptist Church here in Ocala along a back road. I can't imagine there are enough Koreans, much less Korean Baptists to make up a church, but I am obviously wrong!
Re the rock: It is limestone (actually, coquina). Eons ago these rocks were formed of limestone and various seashells, dirt and other earthy materials. It is quarried here and used extensively in building and for decoration.
The same is done here- churches catering to more than one congregation, particularly if a language group is involved.


Katherine Mansfield is New Zealand's most famous author, and was born and raised in Wellington.
Her childhood home still stands in Tinakori Road, and today is maintained as a museum exploring her life and work. The house was restored in the 1980s and was first opened to the public in 1988 on what would have been Katherine Mansfield's 100th birthday.
Exhibitions offer visitors the chance to find out more about life in Wellington in the 1800s, and how it influenced her work.
The garden has also been replanted in a style similar to when Mansfield's family would have lived in the house.
The venue is also available for weddings, garden parties, and small functions such as book launches. The house is closed on Mondays.


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Shein, Zara, and ASOS: Gen Z does not know a globe without having rapidly fashion
Hundreds of thousands of Individuals, exclusively people born about or following the year 2000, have in no way inhabited a earth without the need of fast fashion. They turned customers at the top of its growth: Shops like ASOS drop at the very least 5,000 new models a 7 days, and Shein offers 700 to 1,000 new kinds every day. And whilst these younger consumers are significantly cautious of the evils of quick vogue, they have minor area to protest. They get what is accessible, and what is available is commonly quickly.
This pace is a comparatively modern-day innovation. Garment production has quietly accelerated to breakneck speeds about the previous a few many years, easing youthful and previous customers into considering of their clothes as disposable. It began in the 1990s, so the tale goes, when the founder of Zara spun the speedy manner wheel into motion. Zara abandoned the concept of vogue seasons for the thrill of regular novelty.
A confluence of variables prompted Western designers and vendors — H&M, For good 21, Hole, to name a handful of — to abide by Zara's direct in the upcoming 10 years. Merchants migrated their manufacturing method overseas, wherever labor was much less expensive. Much less expensive was greater, of program, from a company point of view. It was a time period of surplus for equally consumers and suppliers. Earnings soared, and the range of garments created from 2000 to 2014 doubled to 100 billion a calendar year. The desire of "instant fashion" pioneered by Zara grew to become a actuality, and things had been only about to get more quickly.
Towards the tail end of the 2010s, "ultra-fast" style brand names emerged as practical rivals to the dominant manner empires of the past decade. They have names like Boohoo, Style Nova, Shein, and Princess Polly, and attained millions of younger purchasers by means of social media, whilst quick fashion's old guard resided in brick-and-mortar outlets.
These suppliers have now turned their focus towards Technology Z — the new children on the block who've not long ago appear of expending age. In accordance to Pew Analysis, customers of this demographic were being born amongst the yrs 1997 and 2010, and grew up below the looming menace of local climate change. Gen Z can't imagine a earth without having quickly vogue due to the fact they ended up born into its heyday. From 2000 to 2014, the common value of apparel declined in spite of inflation. Young persons are conditioned to acknowledge reduced charges as the norm some even depend on these frustrated charges to accessibility trendy dresses. Why fork out much more when you can buy a brand name new T-shirt for $5, a dress for $20, or a pair of jeans for $30?
Still, advertising and marketing study and surveys have located that most youthful individuals treatment about sustainability. They are avid thrift store-goers and secondhand purchasers. Gen Z wants comparable commitments from the providers they get from and aren't fearful to desire it. This has fueled an oft-repeated narrative that Gen Z's environmentally friendly patterns have "killed" or substantially slowed down rapid fashion's international expansion. Though speedy style is a fairly youthful phenomenon, it's element of a hundreds of years-outdated business that has altered to its existing tempo of expansion.
Main shops are investing in sustainable technologies to bulk up their enterprise portfolios. They've pledged to be extra sustainable and resourceful in general public strategies. They have not, nevertheless, pledged to make fewer. Even if the components and labor applied to make vogue are marginally far better, it does small to offset the garments use cycle Gen Z was born into. In truth, the company vice-grip of rapidly trend is tricky to escape, even for a era made keenly aware of its environmental implications.
Gen Z surely isn't the only group acquiring from these firms or dependable for their ongoing achievement ("Most individuals in the International North have worn fast trend in some ability in the very last two decades," stated Aja Barber, a sustainable vogue author and critic). They are, nonetheless, the initial to do so during adolescence as a subject of course. They have to navigate a earth in which tendencies are a lot more obtainable than at any time. And these inquiries they encounter of personalized accountability and overconsumption have remained unanswered and unsolved by more mature generations.
Sixteen-calendar year-previous Maddie Bialek does her most effective to steer clear of fast manner, but she just cannot don't forget a time with no plentiful, cheaply created dresses. When Bialek was born in 2005, the likes of Zara, Permanently 21, and H&M had been annually raking in billions of dollars in gross sales, and proliferating in malls across America and the world. The ultra-speedy manner manufacturers most shoppers Bialek's age would figure out either ended up in their toddler times or experienced however to exist at all. But the fast groundwork for their afterwards achievement was firmly founded in the aughts.
Bialek is, in lots of techniques, not your normal teenage shopper. She doesn't invest in from resale websites like Depop or Poshmark, and in its place mends and crafts her personal dresses, generally from secondhand materials sourced from neighborhood thrift retailers. She will come from a family of artists, who instilled inside her a do-it-oneself attitude that in the end led her to reject the premise of speedy style: that clothes are inherently disposable. "Ever considering the fact that I've started to make and offer my personal clothes, I have commenced seeking at charges more critically," Bialek advised me. "If I see a new costume for $16, that will make me believe an individual along that offer chain who built it or transported it could possibly not be paid out nicely or addressed pretty."
Maddie Bialek began crafting most of her dresses as a teen, a hobby that has helped her assess firsthand clothing price ranges far more critically.
Maddie Bialek
She included that she "isn't normally great," and could make improvements in other features of her lifetime, this sort of as cutting down plastic waste. But as a significant schooler, it necessitates a acutely aware work on Bialek's section to resist buying what all people else is carrying. Social media may be a democratizing power for fashion, but it is also an accelerator. Teenagers are a prime consumer market for brands, which are capable to focus on age demographics in social media adverts. As well as, the integration of "social commerce" on to platforms like Instagram and TikTok further blurs the strains in between scrolling and purchasing: Customers don't have to head to a retail website to deliberately browse. Their social media feeds are routinely encouraging them to acquire through immediate commercials, influencers, or even their friends.
That is how Shein, the Chinese ultra-quickly trend retailer, grew to become a single of the most recognizable merchants for young female consumers. The US is the brand's biggest client market, thanks to a successful blend of Instagram and TikTok advertising, small selling prices, and a craze-forward tactic. "Most of my pals purchase from Shein," claimed Chelsea, a 17-12 months-outdated from California, who questioned to withhold her last identify for privateness good reasons. "It's not my favourite put to shop, but their range is extremely fashionable and reasonably priced, so if I at any time will need an outfit for a special function, I are likely to look for it there."
Shein's promoting technique is notoriously persistent and ubiquitous throughout all social platforms. There was a transient interval when Chelsea would encounter Shein articles anywhere she went on the web. It became not possible to stay clear of the business. On TikTok, the hashtags #Shein and #SheinHaul boast billions of views, with potential buyers frequently displaying off hundreds of bucks worth of dresses in consider-on hauls, basically serving as totally free promoting for the brand.
Chelsea at times outlets secondhand, but she turns to fast fashion web-sites when she requires a specific merchandise of clothing, like a graduation dress or a halter leading. "When you go to a thrift store, you never usually know what you're going to uncover, which can be exciting," she stated. "It's a whole lot harder to obtain a certain fashion you want in a thrift store, especially all through the pandemic."
Resale applications like Depop and Poshmark have popularized secondhand or vintage acquiring and promoting. However, their existence is not ample to curtail Gen Z's enthusiasm toward properly-regarded brand names — even all those with sustainable shortcomings. In accordance to a survey of 7,000 teens by the investment decision company Piper Sandler, Amazon is one particular of the most common on the internet shopping websites teens convert to for dresses and other miscellaneous items. A couple ultra-fast manner retailers like Shein and Princess Polly ended up also labeled as Gen Z favorites on the study, competing with established brands like Nike, American Eagle, and Lululemon.
Like quite a few strategies on the online, the phrase, "There is no moral use less than capitalism," has been boiled into a pithy punchline, stripped of its authentic anti-capitalist indicating. "People are justifying why they used hundreds of bucks on new outfits with this phrase they really really do not fully grasp," described Shreya Karnik, the 16-calendar year-old co-founder of the publication Voices of Gen Z. "Well, yes, ethical intake is tough, but that does not suggest you should really just drop $500 on rapid manner." For Karnik and her co-founder Saanvi Shetty, the aim is to shop far more intentionally, even though they are mindful their private models might evolve as they develop more mature.
While the statement's that means has been defanged by TikTok teens, it is rooted in a typical real truth, especially when it will come to manner. Rapid vogue is, to set it bluntly, the products of a method that prizes earnings about workers' rights and environmental effects. To be crystal clear, most luxury and shopping mall model firms are no greater than speedy manner when it arrives to this. (Through the onset of the pandemic final spring, retailers like American Eagle and Urban Outfitters cancelled garment orders past-minute and refused to pay out employees for their concluded labor.)
To be a consumer calls for some amount of psychological separation from the outfits generation method. Executives know that sustainability doesn't scale, at least not promptly enough or to reach a billion-dollar business enterprise design. As a end result, garments offer chains have come to be so opaque to enable stores to increase financial gain, and it has been a long time considering the fact that a greater part of American-created outfits had been in fact created in The us. Moral usage only is not a facet of the modern-day manner ecosystem.
'no ethical use less than capitalism' isn't an justification for £100+ value of shein hauls bestie <3
— kim (@kimchrstina) March 27, 2021
Last May, two researchers from Denmark, Nikolas Ronholt and Malthe Overgaard, published a study titled "The Fast Fashion Paradox." The pair surveyed consumers between the ages of 22 and 25, and completed one-on-one interviews with respondents to understand why the participants kept purchasing fast fashion despite their own desires to be more sustainable.
"What intrigued us was how the consumers said they cared about sustainability, but that care did not translate into their actual purchasing behavior," Overgaard told me. "There was a major gap there. It's become trendy to label yourself as a sustainable consumer, but it's another thing to see it reflected in your behavior."
This paradox is particularly evident in the comments section of clothing hauls on TikTok, where a few commenters would urge haulers to shop more sustainably, only for others to defend the purchase. In one Shein haul video with 500,000 "Likes," a user commented that they were bothered by how Shein packages each item in individual plastic bags. The creator of the video responded in agreement saying, "It is such a waste, I wish they wouldn't :(" The response set off a series of comments asking why she bought from Shein if she cared about packaging waste.
Ronholt and Overgaard's research gets at the heart of this responsibility paradox. Who is to blame in this transaction: the lone shopper who purchased hundreds of dollars worth of clothes, or the billion-dollar retailer? Should social media platforms also be held liable? A majority of consumers surveyed expect the retailers to take more sustainable steps, but history has proven that, unless pushed to do so by shoppers, brands are usually slow to act.
Plus, most corporate brands tend to greenwash their efforts with buzzy branding words like "conscious" or "ethical," while failing to be specific about their goals. In 2018, for example, H&M was criticized by the Norwegian Consumer Authority for "misleading" marketing of its Conscious Collection the retailer wasn't specific about what types of "sustainable" materials its clothes were sourced from or what its clear goals were.
"The current situation looks like a deadlock," said Ronholt. "There's this duality in response from consumers who felt they could do better, but still wanted more transparency from retailers. Some even suggested political intervention to solve this, like a tax on things that aren't sustainably produced."
But even with sustainability hanging in the back of people's minds, Ronholt added that young consumers have developed a, "I like it, I buy it," mentality that does little to offset how often they shop. This, of course, is exacerbated by social media's effects on trend cycles and clothing seasonality: Fast fashion and major retailers no longer rely on the traditional fashion calendar, and instead operate on the premise of "faster is better" to drive sales based on novelty.
Karnik, the co-founder of Voices of Gen Z, admits she likes to browse Shein, even if she's not planning to buy, in order to stay up to date on trends. As a teenager, Karnik's clothing purchases are usually made under financial constraints. Price, as well as sizing availability, is a major fast fashion appeal for shoppers with budgets or other limitations.
"I'm guilty of looking, and I have like 98 items saved in my cart, although I haven't bought anything in the past year," she told me. "I've become aware that fast fashion is all about trends, though, so I'm trying to look for staple pieces that will stick with me for a couple of years."
The most sustainable thing consumers can do, according to fashion critic Barber, is to buy less overall. Her proposed solution doesn't require everyone to be perfect it depends on individual efforts to resist novelty and trend cycles, ideally at a large scale.
"There's a significant correlation between fast fashion, the way we consume clothing, and the rise of social media," Barber told me. "You have teens saying they don't want to wear the same outfit twice on social media, and to be honest, that makes me a bit sad."
"You have teens saying they don't want to wear the same outfit twice on social media"
The challenge for sustainability advocates is, in Barber's opinion, education. The number of people working in apparel manufacturing in the US has steadily declined since the 1980s, and fewer people know firsthand the workers who craft their clothes. As a result, it's become easy to turn a blind eye to how clothes are constructed and to accept the unsustainable status quo. "In general, we're losing tradespeople in our society," Barber said. "If more people knew how much time went into sewing a pin cushion, they could recognize exploitation in a $3 shirt and become better, more informed consumers."
The core of Barber's work is deconstructing corporate-driven sustainability and the bevy of products that are marketed to middle- and upper-class people, items that theoretically make them feel better about buying. Most young shoppers can't afford, for example, handmade clothes. Some proclaim that a sustainable lifestyle feels out of reach because the products are too expensive or don't come in their sizes.
But according to Barber, sustainability isn't a product, but a mindset that's often established out of scarcity and championed by marginalized people, like her mother, who reused almost every plastic container she came across. Low-income people aren't the consumers keeping fashion corporations afloat. "The most sustainable thing you can do is wear what's in your closet," Barber said. "And keep wearing it. When you need to replace something, do so with options that are secondhand."
As the youngest demographic of consumers, there is an expectation foisted upon Gen Z to reform their shopping habits, sometimes by their peers. And, as Shetty of Voices of Gen Z pointed out, the sustainability movement feels very gendered. Young people's consumerist tendencies, it seems, are still malleable, and their politics largely progressive. Yet, the task of undoing decades of marketing strategy and environmental degradation shouldn't solely fall on a generation born within these circumstances. Significant change requires action from a cohort of policymakers, marketers, and retailers — in addition to shoppers, especially those with disposable income.
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Press Releases Airborne Concept and Egis are Developing a Solution that Enables Visualisation of Certain Drones on Air Traffic Control Radar Screens
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Airborne Concept and Egis are Developing a Solution that Enables Visualisation of Certain Drones on Air Traffic Control Radar Screens
Visualisation of a mini-drone on the screens of the air traffic control system of the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) is an unprecedented event. This technological advance is the result of a team work between the Airborne Concept company and the Egis Group, based on the development of an automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast (ADS-B) transceiver mounted on a mini-drone.
On Wednesday 7 September, the two companies Airborne Concept and Egis ran a demonstration before representatives from the Technical and Innovation Directorate (DTI) of the Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) and officials from other organisations who have an interest in this initiative.
The purpose was on demonstrating the effectiveness of their solution as a potential means of identifying and localising a certain type of drones.
The project was first presented to the different stakeholders, then a first flight of a multirotor mini-drone fitted with an ADS-B transceiver took place at Toulouse-Francazal airport, with participants visualising the position of the drone on a tablet computer.
Teams working at DTI's premises at a distance of around 10km were then able to detect the drone during its second flight by means of an experimental ADS-B station. It is the ADS-B transceiver fitted on the mini-drone which enabled DGAC operators to visualise the drone in real time on an air traffic control screen, similarly to aircraft.
Screenshot from DGAC's IRMA system displaying a 'DRONE' tag (visualisation screen used by air traffic controllers during flight approach)
The ADS-B transceiver developed by Airborne Concept and Egis is mounted on a drone and it automatically broadcasts messages, with position and identification data, on a radio frequency that is traditionally used in the aeronautics industry. It is obviously a means of monitoring and detecting drones in real time.
The technology is interoperable with air traffic control systems and it is potentially an effective solution to ease public fear of an increasing number of drones taking to the sky.
Cooperation between the two companies is a first step to provide a solution which could comply with proposed legislation calling for a compulsory electronic reporting device on all drones. This would contribute to reassure public authorities who are concerned about illegal drone flights over safety critical sites.
A few months ago the two companies have registered a patent with the objective to industrialise this proof of concept in the near future.
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It's been fascinating enough to watch Lady Gaga from afar, knocking out Bad Romance in a 20ft bathtub on The X Factor or appearing at a rally to lobby Congress on homophobic laws on gays in the US military.
It's a whole different level of extraordinary to actually meet Gaga, as this Stylist correspondent has on various occasions over the last few years. The first time we spoke was near the end of 2008; she was 22, Just Dance was a few months away from release. The single was about getting drunk in clubs, but it was instantly clear that Gaga was unusually thoughtful. She explained that her Lady Gaga persona was born when she realised that the weird girl named Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta from New York who everyone made fun of at school was the most interesting part of her personality. "I've always felt famous," she added. "You can create your own fame if you're committed to your work".
Two years on, this commitment is already legendary, and her unique spirit is unwavering. Sometimes when you're with her she will behave like an excited, wide-eyed kid then, in a split second, will switch personalities and speak with the authority and knowledge of a woman twice her age.
One woman twice Gaga's age is, of course, Madonna, the last singer to have captivated the planet in this way while remaining firmly in the driving seat. But by the end of 2008, pop was crying out for someone who would shove a rocket up it, and as it turned out pop's saviour came in the form of someone with rockets blasting out of her bra.
That interview is online, as it happens. Search 'gaga marina' on YouTube and it'll pop up – Gaga, overwhelmed by her passion for Abramavic's "limitless" approach to art and life. While studying at New York University's Tisch School Of The Arts, meanwhile, she wrote an 80-page thesis on Damien Hirst and installation artist Spencer Tunick.
She has, in fact, established a subculture of her own: her beloved Little Monsters, the community of superfans who hang on her every word. Naturally any pop phenomenon to arrive in the last three years would have broken social media boundaries, but Gaga's engagement with her fans and her passion for digital media have nurtured a fascinating cross section of obsessives. Go backstage with enough bands and a sad truth tends to emerge: they hate their fans, and take those fans for granted. Gifts from fans are ridiculed, fan letters read out in stupid voices. Sit backstage with Gaga as she breathlessly reads out a fan letter and the experience is turned on its head: she has a strange awe of these people.
During her live shows, Gaga pauses to explain to the assembled audience that despite all the exclusion and name-calling they might have to put up with in life, tonight, "the freaks are on the outside". The crowd tends to go a bit mad at this point. Then Gaga screams "AND I LOCKED THE F***IN' DOORS!" and the place explodes.


This lease is designed for a bank that occupies a portion of the ground floor of a suburban office building or complex. The bank also leases a separate area for its ATM machine on the first floor lobby of the building. The lease gives the tenant protection that there will be no other banks in the complex containing the premises.
If the landlord leases space to another bank, this tenant's minimum rent drops to half of the minimum rent specified in the lease. The tenant also has a rental abatement for a portion of the rent for a specified number of months following its occupancy of the premises. Exhibits included: Rules and Regulations, Work Letter, Schedule of Removable Property.
Landlord and Tenant acknowledge the existence of a banking driveway for the purpose of permitting vehicular access by Tenant's banking customers to the exterior banking teller window along the westerly exterior façade of the building together with a canopy over the teller window area. Tenant shall have the right, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, to install new directional signage for the banking driveway provided that any such signage shall be subject to the review and approval of Landlord and local governing authority. The costs of maintaining and repairing the banking driveway and the landscaping adjoining same shall be included in Expenses under this Lease except that Tenant shall be responsible for the cost of any seal coating applied to the banking driveway. Any electric current consumed in connection with the lighting of the banking driveway and the operation of any equipment shall, for purposes of the reimbursement provisions of this Lease, be deemed to be consumed by Tenant in the Premises. Tenant shall be solely responsible for the costs of maintaining and repairing the canopy. The banking driveway shall be deemed a part of the Premises. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event Tenant ceases to operate a banking institution in the Premises for a period of three consecutive months or more (other than a closure due to repairs, remodeling or fire or other casualty), Tenant shall remove the drive-through window and bay equipment to the reasonable satisfaction of Landlord.
A. Landlord leases to Tenant and Tenant accepts the space located in the Building lobby as depicted on Exhibit A-1 (the "ATM Space") for Tenant's operation of an ATM (as defined below) during the Term of this Lease. Landlord (as part of the Landlord Work as defined in Exhibit D attached hereto) shall remove and dispose of Tenant's ATM existing in the exterior of the Building as of the date hereof. Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall purchase and install a new ATM in the Building lobby in the ATM Space.
B. "Permitted Use": The ATM Space shall be used only for the operation of one automatic teller machine ("ATM") for dispensing cash; processing withdrawals, deposits, transfers and advances; facilitating inquiries and requests about a user's account; and such other transactions as are normally conducted by ATMs that are (i) located in the lobbies of office buildings comparable to the Building in the ____________ area and (ii) owned by other national banking institutions; provided such other transactions do not conflict with any exclusive use covenant granted by Landlord to any other tenant or occupant of the Building and do not constitute a disturbance to other tenants in the Building or injure the reputation of the Building, as determined by Landlord in its reasonable discretion. The ATM Space shall be used for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
C. The ATM to be installed by Tenant in the ATM Space shall be subject to Landlord's reasonable approval and Tenant, at its expense, shall prepare and deliver to Landlord for Landlord's approval a set of final plans and specifications for such ATM. Tenant's construction and installation of the ATM or any improvements in the surrounding area shall be performed in accordance with Laws and shall otherwise be in accordance with the terms of Section IX.C. of the Lease.
D. Landlord agrees to furnish Tenant electricity to the ATM Space only in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions in this Lease. Landlord's failure to furnish, or any interruption or termination of electrical services due to the application of Laws, the failure of any equipment, the performance of repairs, improvements or alterations, or the occurrence of any other event or cause shall not render Landlord liable to Tenant, constitute a constructive eviction of Tenant, give rise to an abatement of Rent nor relieve Tenant from the obligation to fulfill any covenant or agreement under this Lease. Any electric current consumed in connection with the operation of the ATM and related equipment shall, for purposes of the reimbursement provisions of this Lease, be deemed to be consumed by Tenant in the Premises. Tenant's use of electrical service in connection with the ATM or the ATM Space shall not exceed, either in voltage, rated capacity, or overall load, that which Landlord deems to be standard for the Building, although it is understood that electricity shall be supplied to the ATM 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, subject to the other terms and provisions of this Lease.
E. The ATM shall be owned by Tenant. At all times during the Term, as same may be extended, Tenant, at its cost, shall maintain in good, clean, safe and working condition, the ATM, the ATM Space and the areas surrounding the ATM Space, including, without limitation, all equipment and fixtures installed which exclusively serve the ATM or the ATM Space. All such repairs and maintenance shall be performed in accordance with the terms of Section IX.A. of the Lease. Tenant shall not make alterations, additions or improvements to the ATM, ATM Space or other portions of the Building affecting the ATM without first obtaining the written consent of Landlord in each instance, which consent may be withheld at Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Tenant shall keep the ATM in operation at least during Normal Business Hours.
F. All terms and provisions of the Lease shall be applicable to the ATM and the ATM Space, including, without limitation, Article XII (Assignment and Subletting), Article XIV (Indemnity and Waiver of Claims) and Article XV (Tenant's Insurance), except as specifically described otherwise herein and except that Landlord shall not supply air-cooling, heat, water, janitorial service, cleaning, passenger or freight elevator service or window washing to the ATM or the ATM Space and Tenant shall not be entitled to any work allowances, rent credits, expansion rights or renewal rights with respect to the ATM unless such concessions or rights are specifically provided for herein with respect to the ATM. Landlord shall not be liable for any theft or damage to the ATM or any items or materials with respect to the ATM.
G. Tenant, at its expense, shall maintain all permits and licenses and observe and comply with all Laws relating to the ATM. Tenant shall provide all security measures for the ATM which are customary for an automatic teller machine similar to the ATM described herein, including without limitation, adequate lighting. Tenant shall comply with all Laws and regulations as they pertain to safety for operation of ATM facilities, to the extent applicable, and any other applicable statutes, laws or regulations, including governmental restrictions.
H. Upon expiration or sooner termination of the Term, Tenant agrees to remove the ATM and related improvements and restore the affected area to the condition prior to installation of the ATM, reasonable wear and tear excepted, at Tenant's expense, and the terms and provisions of Article VIII of this Lease shall apply with respect to Tenant's removal, repair and restoration obligations described in this Section H.


Discussion in 'Feedback and Suggestions' started by jeffseverson, Jan 2, 2012.
Under the Magnetic units of measurement section a list of measurements appears to be referring to capacitance and the surrounding text doesn't relate to that list of measurements. It made my brain misfire.
It always helps when you provide a link to the location you're talking about. I have no clue where it is and don't really have the time to search. A little more information please?
yeah what's the capacitor breakdown doing there? wierd.
You are probably referring to the image of the capacitor and its dimensions. Yes, that image is out of place.
The correction might take a while. In the mean time, the pdf version has the correct picture.


Call it whatever you want, pencil or graphite pencil. The tool for those who want to create, yes, almost anything! Pencils is a incredibly good tool to use for all types of projects that require a sketch. It is also a good tool for shade and design workers. The hardness of the pen is determined on an HB scale, from 9B to 9H, where 9B is softest and 9H is hardest. If you want black and dark lines, look at pencils of the softer stroke and harder if you want brighter lines.


Nong Tang is a large picturesque natural lake flanked by high limestone cliffs. Locals use it for fishing and it is a favorite picnic site. Enjoy the peaceful setting in the local restaurant. Around Nong Tang there are several temple ruins of Wat Pong, Wat Xiengna and Mang Stupa. All date from the Phuan Kingdom. The Tham Pa Buddha cave is also located nearby. Overnight stay is available in a guesthouse along the shore. Nongtang is located 48 km from Phonsavan on Route 7 going to Phou Khoun.