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SAR of cell phone : France files a formal objection to the EU Commission
by Equipe Phonegate | 28 Nov 2021 | Legal, News, Press release
The SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) of cell phones is supposed to protect the health of users. This is still not the case! Also, on the recommendations of the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), France has therefore referred to the European Commission to propose a measurement of SAR in direct contact with the body. But, two years after the announcement of the Government, nothing has changed yet.
For our part, we denounce since 2016, a European regulation that allows manufacturers to put in the hands of their customers, cell phones dangerous for their health. Thus, the SAR of cell phones was measured, until June 2017, at a unrealistic distance from the body with its use and can go up to 2.5 centimeters from the skin. Yet today, SAR is still measured at 5 millimeters from the trunk.
SAR cell phone tests, each millimeter counts
However, each millimeter of distance between the cell phone and the body will increase the SAR level. This is shown by the tests conducted in 2019 by the Chicago Tribune on the Apple iPhone 7.
For example, when the accredited lab places the smartphone 2 mm from the skin instead of 5 mm, as in a pocket, the SAR of the iPhone 7 reaches 7.15 W/kg. The regulatory limit is 1.6 W/kg in the USA and 2 W/kg in Europe for SAR head and trunk.
So for a difference of 3 mm, the SAR is multiplied by 4. It would be even higher measured in direct contact with the body!
In this regard, the table below from the investigative work of journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Roe is eloquent:
SAR tests Chicago Tribune
Moreover, the action of Dr. Arazi before the Administrative Court has revealed similar SAR results for hundreds of controls of cell phones conducted, between 2012 and 2017, by the National Frequency Agency (ANFR) .
For its part, ANSES published in October 2019, a report entitled "Exposure to mobile telephones carried close to the body" . The agency recommends measuring the SAR trunk at zero millimeters from the skin. Subsequently, the Government has committed to it by way of a press release.
France files a formal objection to the European Commission
Thus, having no news of the progress of this governmental promise, Phonegate Alert wrote to Mr. Gilles Brégant, Director General of the ANFR to obtain it. Here is the formal objection made by France to the European Commission.
Formal objection from France
However, the official application was only filed in September 2020…. , almost a year after the ministerial announcement. This delay, in view of the public health issue at stake, deserves some explanations. Even more seriously, the application appears on the Commission's website with the mention "deadline exceeded"…
For Dr. Marc Arazi who launched the Phonegate alert in July 2016:
"We are satisfied that the government has respected this commitment. However, nothing has yet been put in place to change the regulation of SAR measurements. The time to protect the health of millions of cell phone users is now. The French government and the European Commission must act as soon as possible. We will see to it!
On the same subject :
Phonegate: Dr Arazi's alert launched at the European Parliament


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Members of the community are being invited to participate in an important Asset Management Study which will help Council to understand how we should prioritise expenditure on our different asset types.
Following on from the recent telephone survey undertaken by Micromex Research on behalf of Council, the survey is now available for interested members of the community to complete on the Have Your Say website.
"We need a clear mandate for future spending, based on the community's views on acceptable asset conditions. This is why Council wants your thoughts on its proposal to invest in the maintenance and renewal of our community assets and how this should be funded" said the General Manager, Graeme Faulkner.
The only alternative to a Special Rate Variation is to make further cuts to services to deliver a balanced budget, consistent with 'Fit for the Future' requirements.
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Rob Conway (NWA/NJPW)
Posted by Rich Kraetsch | May 5, 2014 | Featured, Interviews, Podcasts
We're excited to be joined on the podcast by former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and World Tag Team Champion in both WWE and NWA — Rob Conway!
We cover a multitude of topics including Rob's work in New Japan Pro Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance, adapting to the Japanese style, the awesomeness of Bruce Tharpe, what it's like to wrestle at the Tokyo Dome and much more. We also discuss his beginnings in the wrestling business, his run in Ohio Valley Wrestling, his debut in World Wrestling Entertainment, "The Con-Man" and so much more.
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£4,000 of legal highs handed in to police
Credit: PA
More than £4,000 of so-called legal highs have been handed to police hours after a new law surrounding their supply came into force.
An unnamed head shop in Leicester city centre surrendered the substances to officers on Thursday morning, Leicestershire Police said.
The blanket ban on supplying new psychoactive substances (NPS), which recreate the effects of illegal drugs, came into effect at midnight with punishments of up to seven years in prison for those flouting the new legislation.
Leicestershire Police said officers will monitor all business premises to ensure the substances have been removed from sale.
This is a great step forward in our bid to get NPS off our streets. The term legal high could give the impression that these substances are not as dangerous as controlled drugs. Users never really know exactly what is in the drugs that they are taking and the effects can be life changing.
– Pc Matt Rowlatt, Leicestershire Police
Watch: Sister of drug death bricklayer welcomes 'legal highs' ban
Police issue warning as legal highs misuse increases
Staffordshire Police have issued a health warning after an increase in reports of people falling ill after taking so-called 'legal highs.'
Police warning over legal high use at V Festival this weekend
Those found with legal highs will be ejected from the site Credit: ITV Central
Officers are reminding people going to this year's V Festival at Weston Park in Staffordshire to travel safe and not to bring drugs or so-called legal highs.
Everyone must allow themselves to be searched by police or security staff upon arrival at Weston Park. Police have warned that anyone found with drugs will be arrested and face prosecution.
Those caught with so-called legal highs, including nitrous oxide commonly known as 'laughing gas' will have their ticket seized and will be ejected from site.
Staffordshire Police have said that extensive CCTV coverage will be used to target offenders across the whole site, including car parks.
Festival-goers are also encouraged to follow the @VFestPolice Twitter account to receive the latest safety messages and advice.
Thousands expected as V Festival comes to Staffordshire
Plan for blanket ban on 'legal highs' welcomed
Plans for a blanket ban on so-called legal highs outlined in the Queen's speech have been welcomed by Nottinghamshire County Council.
Plans for a blanket ban on 'legal highs' have been unveiled Credit: PA
It would be an offence to produce, supply, offer to supply, possess with intent to supply, import or export psychoactive substances under proposals outlined yesterday, with the possibility of a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment.
A total of 900 packs of untested drugs have been seized by Nottinghamshire County Council Trading Standards team over the last year labelled such as 'Herbal Haze', 'Pandora's Box', and 'Happy Joker'. New psychoactive substances (NPS) have been associated with seizures, kidney damage and death.
Councillor Glynn Gilfoyle, Chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council's Community Safety Committee, said:
We welcome this announcement in the Queen's Speech.
Nottinghamshire County Council Trading Standards team is working with Nottinghamshire Police and other local partners to use the legislation currently in place to tackle the sale of NPS.
We are concerned that people are putting their lives at risk by consuming these untested chemicals, that unscrupulous traders continue to sell.
– Councillor Glynn Gilfoyle, Nottinghamshire County Council
Charity given £250k to raise awareness of legal highs
A charity in Kettering is raising awareness of legal highs Credit: Andreas Gebert/DPA/Press Association Images
A charity in Kettering has been given £250,000 in funding to raise awareness of legal highs.
Solve It will use the money to make people more aware of the potential dangers.
Last month, Lincoln became the first city in the country to introduce a ban on taking the substances.
Northamptonshire charity given funding to help crackdown on 'legal highs'
Northamptonshire charity handed funding to help crackdown on "legal highs"
Northamptonshire's Police and Crime Commissioner has told ITV News that the sale of the drugs is a big problem, the true scale of which is unknown.
Now a quarter of a million pounds is being given to a charity in the county working to make people more aware of the dangers of using so called legal highs.
Click below to watch a report from ITV News Anglia's Elodie Harper
Legal highs ban comes into force in Lincoln
From today it is illegal to take legal highs in Lincoln. Councillors say it will reduce antisocial behaviour but some say it will not work.
Record number of legal highs in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Police has dealt with the highest recorded number of incidents involving legal highs in England.
A scientist showing a legal high Credit: Press Association
In the last year the force had to deal with more than 800 cases involving the drug, a rise well over double the figures in 2013.
Council bosses discuss 'legal highs' ban in Lincoln
A group of councillors have recommended a ban on so-called legal highs in the centre of Lincoln. If approved next year - it'd be the first place in the country to bring in the ban.
"We are grateful to everyone who took part in the consultation and to the representatives who spoke at committee, highlighting the issues that these new psychoactive substances can cause."
"It's clear there is a significant problem we need to address in order to ensure this problem is not allowed to grow. We have recommended to the council's Executive that the proposed PSPO be introduced and reviewed after six months."
– Councillor Chris Burke, Chair of the Policy Scrutiny Committee
The proposed ban will go before the Executive on January 19.
Leicestershire Police launch crackdown on 'Legal Highs'
Experts says legal highs can be just as dangerous as banned drugs Credit: PA
Leicestershire Police are launching a crackdown on the sale of so-called 'Legal Highs'.
Officially they are called 'New Psychoactive Substances' (NPS) and are often sold as 'research chemicals' or 'herbal incense'. When tested many have been found to contain illegal and dangerous chemicals.
Deaths from using 'Legal Highs' are increasing and Operation Nitrox aims to tackle the growing threat they pose.
Leicestershire Police, in partnership with Trading Standards, hope Operation Nitrox will raise awareness and crack-down on retailers.


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Although I did not think much about the existence of a personal God until a considerably later period of my life, I will here give the vague conclusions to which I have been driven. The old argument from design in Nature, as given by Paley, which formerly seemed to me so conclusive, fails, now that the law of natural selection has been discovered. We can no longer argue that, for instance, the beautiful hinge of a bivalve shell must have been made by an intelligent being. like the hinge of a door by man. There seems to be no more design in the variability of organic beings, and in the action of natural selection, than in the course which the wind blows. Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws. But I have discussed this subject at the end of my book on the 'Variations of Domesticated Animals and Plants,' and the argument there given has never, as far as I can see, been answered.
Formerly I was led by feelings such as those just referred to (although I do not think that the religious sentiment was ever very strongly developed in me), to the firm conviction of the existence of God, and of the immortality of the soul. In my Journal I wrote that whilst standing in the midst of the grandeur of a Brazilian forest, "it is not possible to give an adequate idea of the higher feelings of wonder, admiration, and devotion, which fill and elevate the mind." I well remember my conviction that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body. But now the grandest scenes would not cause any such convictions and feelings to rise in my mind. It may be truly said that I am like a man who has become colour-blind, and the universal belief by men of the existence of redness makes my present loss of perception of not the least value as evidence. This argument would be a valid one if all men of all races had the same inward conviction of the existence of one God; but we know that this is very far from being the case. Therefore I cannot see that such inward convictions and feelings are of any weight as evidence of what really exists. The state of mind which grand scenes formerly excited in me. and which was intimately connected with a belief in God, did not essentially differ from that which is often called the sense of sublimity; and however difficult it may be to explain the genesis of this sense, it can hardly be advanced as an argument for the existence of God, any more than the powerful though vague and similar feelings excited by music.
Another source of conviction in the existence of God, connected with the reason, and not with the feelings, impresses me as having much more weight. This follows from the extreme difficulty or rather impossibility of conceiving this immense and wonderful universe, including man with his capacity of looking far backwards and far into futurity, as the result of blind chance or necessity. When thus reflecting I feel compelled to look to a First Cause having an intelligent mind in some degree analogous to that of man; and I deserve to be called a Theist. This conclusion was strong in my mind about the time, as far as I can remember, when I wrote the 'Origin of Species;' and it is since that time that it has very gradually, with many fluctuations, become weaker. But then arises the doubt;-- can the mind of man, which has, as I fully believe, been developed from a mind as low as that possessed by the lowest animals, be trusted when it draws such grand conclusions? May not these be the result of the connection between cause and effect which strikes us as a necessary one, but probably depends merely on inherited experience? Nor must we overlook the probability of the constant inculcation in a belief in God on the minds of children producing so strong and perhaps an inherited effect on their brains not fully developed, that it would be as difficult for them to throw off their belief in God, as for the monkey to throw off its instinctive fear and hatred of a snake.


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20 days in Yosemite National Park & Los Angeles Itinerary
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Massive granite mountains, towering waterfalls, groves of Giant Sequoia trees, and wilderness as far as the eye can see distinguish the landscape of Yosemite National Park.
Kick off your visit on the 24th (Sun): admire the masterpieces at Yosemite Museum Gallery, then appreciate the extensive heritage of Big Trees Lodge, National Historic Landmark, and then take in the dramatic natural features at El Capitan. Here are some ideas for day two: identify plant and animal life at Nature Center at Happy Isles, don't miss a visit to Olmsted Point, and then hike along May Lake Trailhead.
For photos, more things to do, reviews, and more tourist information, read Yosemite National Park online trip planner .
Los Angeles to Yosemite National Park is an approximately 6.5-hour car ride. You can also do a combination of flight, bus, and taxi; or do a combination of bus and taxi. Traveling from Los Angeles in June, Yosemite National Park is much colder at night with lows of 5°C. Finish your sightseeing early on the 26th (Tue) so you can drive to Los Angeles.
Things to do in Yosemite National Park
Parks Wildlife Outdoors
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Olmsted Point
1:30pm, Mon Jun 25
Nature Center at Happy Isles
10:00am, Mon Jun 25
Surrounded by mountain ranges, forests, valleys, beaches, and deserts, the metropolitan area of Los Angeles is home to over 17 million people.
Escape the urban bustle at Venice Beach and Boardwalk and Big Bear Lake. Your inner history buff will appreciate Santa Monica Pier and Venice Canals Walkway. You'll find plenty of places to visit near Los Angeles: Anaheim (Disneyland Park & Disney California Adventure Park), Mission San Juan Capistrano (in San Juan Capistrano) and Santa Monica Mountains (in Santa Monica). Pack the 5th (Thu) with family-friendly diversions at Universal Studios Hollywood. And it doesn't end there: see the interesting displays at Getty Center The Publications, see the sky in a new way at Griffith Observatory, appreciate the extensive heritage of Hollywood Walk of Fame, and get a new perspective on nature at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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Getting from Yosemite National Park to Los Angeles by car takes about 6.5 hours. Other options: do a combination of taxi, bus, and flight; or do a combination of taxi and bus. Plan for warmer nights when traveling from Yosemite National Park in June since evenings lows in Los Angeles dip to 19°C. Cap off your sightseeing on the 13th (Fri) early enough to travel back home.
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Procol's Ninth ist das achte Studioalbum der britischen Progressive-Rock-Band Procol Harum (das neunte insgesamt). Es erschien im September 1975. Das Album enthält neben Eigenkompositionen auch zwei Coverversionen, I Keep Forgetting von Chuck Jackson und Eight Days a Week von den Beatles. Es existiert eine unbekannte Anzahl von der Band signierter Exemplare.

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Musik: Gary Brooker, Texte: Keith Reid, wenn nicht anders angegeben

Seite 1
 Pandora's Box – 3:39
 Fool's Gold – 3:59
 Taking the Time – 3:39
 The Unquiet Zone – 3:39
 The Final Thrust – 4:41

Seite 2
 I Keep Forgetting – 3:27 (Leiber/Stoller)
 Without a Doubt – 4:30
 The Piper's Tune – 4:26
 Typewriter Torment – 4:29
 Eight Days a Week – 2:55 (Lennon/McCartney)

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As the end of another tax year approaches, now is a good time to consider your financial position and check whether you have taken full advantage of the tax reliefs and exemptions that are available, as well as prepare for the new tax year. The end of this tax year also brings in a major tax change for residential landlords, therefore action taken in thecurrent year, will save you tax.
We have listed some planning points to consider which may help reduce your taxes for next year if implemented now. The impact of taxation is only one element in establishing your financial position – you should also be considering such issues as your savings, investments and succession planning.
The following guide is not an exhaustive list of ideas. Always take professional advice when deciding your tax planning orinvestment strategy.
The tax rate on dividends increased from 6 April 2016 and this is a particular issue for business owners. As from 6 April 2016, the first £5,000 of dividend income for individuals will be charged at 0% (however this £5,000 uses part of your basic rate band, pushing more income in to the higher rate band), and any dividend income over and above this limit will be taxed at 7.5%, 32.5% or 38.1% depending on the band or bands it falls into.
This increase in dividend tax rates, will result in those individuals with dividend income having higher tax bills for this tax year. Clients with investment portfolios may wish to investigate whether changes can be made to the structure of the portfolio and whether transfers of assets between husband and wife may make better use of the £5,000 tax free allowance.
Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) on the acquisition of a second property will attract an additional 3% stamp duty after 31 March. This will affect buy to let landlords and the purchase of holiday homes. It is necessary to complete the transaction by 31 March 2016 if contracts were exchanged after 25 November 2015. This will also affect transfers of residential property to a company where, for example, it has been decided to incorporate a buy to let business. It is therefore important to ensure that any such transactions are dealt with as soon as possible, and certainly before the end of March. Note that this was subject to consultation, with the final rules to be announced in the Budget on 16 March.
If you are running your own company, you should consider drawing a combination of salary, dividends and pension contributions to limit the overall rate of tax, particularly with the increase in dividend income tax rates from 6 April 2016, as explained above.
If you have received funds by way of a loan from a close company of which you are a shareholder, the company will face a 32.5% tax charge if the loan is not repaid within nine months following the end of the company's accounting period. Repaying the loan within the nine month period is simplest, but if it is repaid later, the tax charge that the company will have had to pay can be reclaimed. Funding the loan repayment by way of a dividend from the company is a common solution, as is repaying one loan but taking out a new one for a similar amount. However, since 20th March 2013, 'bed and breakfast' loans are not permitted and any new loan made by the company to a shareholder within 30 days is effectively treated as a continuation of the original loan. There are further anti-avoidance rules to catch situations where there is an intention to re-draw the loan outside of the 30-day limit.
Pension contributions up to a certain limit are free from tax. As of 6 April 2014, it is only possible to make a qualifying annual contribution up to a maximum of £40,000 (reduced from £50,000 in 2013/14). It may be possible to bring forward any unused allowances from the previous three years, enabling a maximum contribution of up to £170,000. 'Salary sacrifice' (giving up salary or bonuses in return for pension contributions can also save National Insurance).
Additional rate taxpayers are now significantly restricted, as from 6th April 2016 the tax relief they can claim on pension contributions is restricted by £1 for every £2 over £150,000 restricted to a maximum allowance of £10,000.
From 6th April 2016, a basic rate taxpayer has a new £1,000 personal savings allowance and banks/building societies will no longer deduct tax at source so that the election will no longer be required. For higher taxpayers the allowance is £500, with additional rate taxpayers having no allowance. As with dividends, if a spouse is a low earner, consider diverting interest income.
Your spouse, civil partner or family dependant may inadvertently be paying tax on savings income or income from a trust even though their total income is below the tax threshold. Request and complete a tax refund claim form from HMRC for 2016/17.
If you have let property where the mortgage is currently below the market value of the property at the time you acquired it for rental, e.g. you have paid off part of the original debt or the property was once your main home, or the property has received capital improvements, it may be possible to release that capital for personal use through a re-mortgage and still claim the related interest as a deduction against rental income.
With the property market on the up and the economy improving, consider whether current mortgage deals will last beyond 2017 and whether any restructuring is required with the restrictions on the allowability of mortgage interest being introduced from April 2017.
Every year the taxable benefit on company cars is increased by reducing the level of CO2 emissions that trigger an increase in car benefit. Over the next two tax years the increase will be 2% per year so for example a car with emissions of 180 gm/km will trigger a benefit in kind of 35% of the cost of the car in 2017/18 and 37% in 2018/19 compared to 33% in the current year. Review your company car situation as it is now rare for use of a company car to be tax-effective.
We reported previously on the number of PAYE coding notices that have been issued incorrectly and resulted in taxpayers receiving tax demands for underpayments. When you receive your coding notice (accountants/agents no longer receive copies), make sure it is correct. If not a quick call to HMRC can get your coding notice changed.
Make the most of individual savings account (ISA) maximum annual contribution for the tax year of £15,240, (all of which can be put into a 'cash ISA' if preferred). This allowance will increase in the next tax year to £20,000. This provides an income tax free return and gains are exempt from capital gains tax.
Help to Buy ISA – Maximum contribution per year £3,000, with a Government matched top up of 25% to a maximum of £3,000.
Lifetime ISA – From April 2017 maximum contribution per year £4,000 with a 25% per annum Government top up.
Look for losses and consider carefully the year in which they are claimed – losses on subscriber shares in EIS-qualified companies and certain other unquoted companies can be claimed against income tax and are not affected by the cap. If a loss has arisen but not yet been claimed, consider claiming the loss in a year when you are likely to be a higher rate or additional rate taxpayer.
Whilst these products may allow a withdrawal of 5% tax free each year, on maturity or in the event of a full or partial early surrender the profits are subject to income tax. It may be possible to surrender these policies before 6 April 2017 so as to make full use of any surplus basic rate band that you have available. Please note that gains on some events are calculated by reference to the policy year rather than the tax year.
If you or your partner's taxable income exceeds £50,000, child benefit is clawed back. The claw-back (officially referred to as the high income child benefit charge) is at 1% of the benefit for every £100 of income over £50,000. Therefore, when income reaches £60,000, the financial benefit of the claim is lost. It is individual income, rather than family income, that is the key factor.
Claim child benefit as normal, then your partner pays tax on it.
Claim child benefit, but at a 'zero rate'. You won't actually receive any child benefit but, you will get NI credits. To apply for this zero rate child benefit, tick a box on the child benefit application form.
Leaving the UK can be an effective way to save tax in the right circumstances, but it is vital to plan the departure date. For example, if you intend to be non-UK resident for 2017/18, now is the time to start planning.
If you are not domiciled in the UK, review your remittances for the 2016/17 tax year well before 5 April. There may be scope for further remittances to the UK or it may be appropriate to take remedial action to reduce future liabilities. For example, individuals who bring or transfer foreign funds to the UK to invest in certain qualifying companies have been able to do so without incurring UK tax charges regardless of the source of the funds remitted. Investments can either be by way of loans to or the acquisition of shares in an unconnected company.
Those who are currently claiming to be non-UK domiciled, as of 6th April 2017 if you have lived in the UK for 15 years, you will automatically become UK domiciled for all UK taxes.
With the rate of CGT dependent on your total taxable income, it may be worth considering reducing your income potentially resulting in a lower CGT rate being applied to any gains (basic rate taxpayers pay CGT at 10%). Higher rate relief on pension contributions will extend the basic rate band and is a method of providing an indirect CGT saving.
CGT rates for individuals dropped from 28%/18% to 20%/10% and dropped for trustees from 28% to 20% from 2016/17 which represents an historic low. Individuals and trusts holding investments at a long standing gain should consider realising these assets and paying CGT now at this lower rate.
Trustees should also consider distributing stockpiled gains to beneficiaries of offshore trusts. At the current low rate of CGT, the maximum uplifted rate of tax that is payable under the supplementary charge provisions applied to delayed distributions is now 32% (reduced from 44.8% in 2015/16).
If you have stocks and shares that have yielded gains that are unrealised, consider selling shares to utilise your personal CGT Annual Exemption (£11,100). If you have already realised gains and have some investments standing at a loss, consider selling the ones at a loss which should reduce your tax bill. You can also gift assets subject to CGT to your spouse, allowing him or her to use their own CGT exemption. Beware, there is anti-avoidance in place to catch re-purchases of shares shortly after they have been sold – the triggered gain/loss on the sale is ignored.
Whilst 'bed and breakfasting' of shares is, in general, not effective for tax purposes, where your rate of CGT is unlikely to vary in future years, it may still be possible to crystallise gains to mop up losses. This could be achieved by a sale followed by a repurchase after 30 days or immediately by an individual's spouse or civil partner, or within an ISA or trust.
Alternatively, the balance of a portfolio of quoted shares can be maintained by selling shares in one company, crystallising either a gain or loss, and reinvesting in another company in the same sector.
Consider transferring some your investment and commercial property portfolios into a pension, particularly if standing at a loss. You will effectively negate the impact of any 20% CGT liability if there is a gain and make an immediate profit of up to 17% as a result of the income tax relief on pension contributions. A transfer of shares will attract a stamp duty charge at 0.5%. A transfer of property will be liable to SDLT at up to 4% and so transferring a part interest in the property might reduce the liability. Note that pension contributions are now subject to annual restriction as explained above.
Consideration will need to be given to the new pension lifetime allowance of £1 million.
If you have realised a capital gain, the tax on the gain can be deferred via an EIS qualifying investment. If you sold an asset during 2016/17 that had been used in your business and you realised a capital gain, the gain can be rolled over if you buy another qualifying business asset within three years. Alternatively, if a qualifying investment was acquired in 2016/17, you can match this with a gain on disposal of another qualifying business asset within 12 months to roll over the gain that would otherwise be taxed in 2017/18.
The CGT rate of 20% applies to gains in excess of the basic rate income tax band (10% for those individuals whose taxable gains fall into the basic rate band). If a spouse or civil partner is not fully utilising their basic rate income tax band, then consider transferring capital assets prior to sale so that part of the gain is taxed at 10%. Even if either spouses or civil partners are taxed at the same rate there may still be an opportunity to use both individuals' annual exemptions of £11,100 rather than one.
Qualifying SEIS investments made in 2016/17 can be used to reduce capital gains tax charges arising in the tax year and in 2015/16 (the previous tax year) by 50%.
A review is due if there has been: a birth or a death; a marriage or a divorce; a move abroad; a significant change in the value of your estate; a new business or the disposal of a previous business; a retirement; or a relevant change in tax law.
From 2017/18, an additional inheritance tax (IHT) nil rate band of £100,000 (the residence nil rate band, RNRB) is available on death where a residence is passed on to a direct descendant (including adopted, step and foster children). The RNRB is tapered away for estates with a net value of more than £2m (before reliefs and exemptions). The RNRB will increase by £25,000 each year reaching the maximum amount of £175,000 by 2020/21.
Any unused RNRB can be transferred to a spouse or civil partner in a similar way to the transfer of any unused main nil rate band. If the first spouse or civil partner dies before 6 April 2017, when the new RNRB comes into effect, there are provisions for a carried forward amount of RNRB to be transferred to the survivor.
This relief is not being introduced to deter individuals downsizing or selling their properties. The Government has confirmed that where part or all of the RNRB might be lost because individuals ceased to own a residence (or downsized to a less valuable residence) the lost RNRB will still be available. This is provided the individuals' residence is sold (or no longer owned) after 8 July 2015 and certain qualifying conditions are met.
Rules introduced from 17 July 2013 changed the way that some debts are treated when an individual dies. Previously, most loans outstanding at death were simply deducted from the value of an individual's total estate before IHT was calculated; now there are restrictions.
Under the prior rules, it was possible to borrow funds and use them to buy an asset that was either covered by 100% IHT relief (i.e. a business or shares in a business, an agricultural asset or woodlands) or was excluded from IHT (i.e. an overseas asset held by a non-UK domiciled individual).
On death, the value of the asset was not taxed but the loan reduced the taxable value of the individual's estate. Under the new rules, the value of the loan must be deducted from the asset it was used to buy, repair or maintain. In many cases where this is a relievable or exempt asset, there will no longer be any IHT saving from such planning. Loans made before 6 April 2013 are not affected by these rules.


This year's International Women's Day campaign is #BalanceforBetter – calling us all to action to continue driving gender balance across the world. No doubt we are off to a good start, women everywhere – whether athletes or businesswomen – are making waves in the outdoor industry. But there is always more to be done.
At Outward Bound, 20% of our instructional staff are female. This mightn't sound so high, but it's actually pretty representative when put in the broader context of outdoor industry demographics. We're currently undertaking a project to explore our instructor diversity, and initial findings show that unsurprisingly, females are significantly under-represented across the board.
There have been some really impressive women in the news of late – British fell runner Jasmin Paris recently broke the Spine Race record and won the race outright. Jenny Graham set the record for the fastest woman to cycle around the world. And in our staff team we've also got a wealth of talent, including the first person to solo kayak the 2,700m trip around Britain and Ireland. What's more, their presence is such that you'd never believe they only made up 20%.
Of course, countless others slip under the radar unnoticed. So we thought there was no better opportunity than IWD 2019 to shout about one particularly amazing but little known outdoor woman, who is very close to our hearts here at Outward Bound. So exactly who was Marina Ewald?
Anyone who thinks they know the history of Outward Bound, but hasn't heard of Marina Ewald, should think again. It almost seems surprising that, given her founding role in the origin story of experiential learning, she isn't a household name. Or maybe it doesn't – after all, we're still fighting #BalanceforBetter 95 years after some of her defining contributions.
Marina was a childhood friend of Kurt Hahn, co-founder of the original Outward Bound Sea School in Aberdovey in 1941. Hahn was an educationalist who also founded the Salem School in Germany in 1920 and the Gordonstoun School in Scotland in 1934. At both of these schools' expeditions played a prominent role in the education of the students. Both Hahn and Ewald were proponents of the Lietz Country Boarding Schools, founded between 1898 and 1904 and based on a new philosophy of education, orientated towards sociological principles – principles that both Hahn and Ewald took forward in their work.
The Outward Bound Skills for Life course met our expectations. Jasper started off the few days in a negative way not really knowing what was to be expected of him nor wanting to engage. Phone calls home were not the friendliest of calls. But we continued to stay strong. Jasper then began to make friends, started to show interest in the expedition.
One of Marina's most notable gifts to the future of Outward Bound came in 1925. Along with another teacher from Salem, she took 20 students on a 4-week expedition to Finland. The idea for the expedition came from Ewald – she was the leader and only woman on the trip, which was a long and hazardous one. It involved travelling by steamer to Finland, and from there buying boats (barges) that could be tied together. The trip started on Lake Saimaa and involved travelling overland by truck and then putting the boats back onto the water on Lake Paijann and sailing down to Lahti in the south. The party camped on remote islands and lived partly by shooting and fishing.
…like a voyage of discovery. For all the participants it was one of the happiest experiences of those years. Because of its success, Kurt Hahn therefore attached the greatest importance to expeditions carefully planned beforehand and carried out with endurance. They have become an essential part of his educational programme.
The success of the Finnish expedition was a key factor behind Hahn's adoption of strenuous expeditions as an essential part of his educational philosophy. It is perhaps curious, given Hahn's focus on the development of character in young men as opposed to women, that he didn't publicly revere Ewald for possessing what might well have been perceived as a quite extraordinary spirit.
Hahn was Jewish, and his fierce public opposition to the Nazi regime meant he was forced to leave Germany in 1933 and move to Britain. Ewald kept in touch with Hahn and visited him until the outbreak of World War II. Ewald continued to be the driving force at Salem during this time, but in the years of the Nazi regime the school went through the most difficult period in its history.
In 1941 the Nazis took control of the school and eventually shut it down in July of 1945. However, just a few months later, Ewald reopened the school free from Nazi influence. Salem was able to pick up where it left off and thanks to her leadership, the school is still thriving today.
So there you have it. The next time you find yourself talking about the history of outdoor education and the inception of the 'Outward-Bound style expedition' (and let's face it – there's no better dinnertime conversation), you should probably include that the first trip was led by a woman named Marina Ewald. Of those closest to Hahn who had a strong influence on the development of outdoor experiential learning, we're not sure any can match Marina in having such a defining role. And by the way – all the others were men.
But the fact that Marina's story is so little known is sadly, not a shock. We know that we still have a long way to go before we have an industry that values and promotes the skills and successes of women as much as men.
Some 2018 research by Land & Wave Adventure shows that in the UK, only 28% of permanent and full-time seasonal staff within the sector are female, and 33% of managers are female. A 2017 study by Camber Outdoors looking at gender equity in outdoor industries shows that there is also still a significant gap between women's and men's views of gender discrimination. The study focused specifically on five areas that represent potential hurdles with respect to gender equity and women's leadership: workplace values; leadership and advancement opportunities; balancing family and career; equity in compensation; and discrimination and sexual harassment. The findings indicate an urgent need for companies to model inclusive behaviour and foster an environment where all employees feel included and respected.
Fortunately, there is some great stuff going on too. Sport England's #ThisGirlCan nationwide campaign has been getting women moving since 2015. And they've just launched their latest initiative – Fit Got Real. Last year, we joined forces with The North Face as part of their #SheMovesMountainscampaign which celebrates a new generation of female explorers. As part of this, The North Face pledged to make changes within their company - starting with equal representation of women in all marketing and content. And they continue to support us in 2019, helping more young women aged 13-19 to take part in summer adventures with Outward Bound.
Hahn, K. (1968). Letter to Skidelsky, from 7777 Salem, Baden. Dated 14th August 1968. Available from Gordonstoun School Archive, Gordonstoun School, Elgin, Moray, Scotland.


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SeanDelahanty.com remains the campaign site with news, video blog entries and voter information. Judge Delahanty has served as District Court Judge for Division Six since 1989 and was Chief Judge of District Court for four years. He's been endorsed by the Sheriff's Deputies FOP, CFair, BSK of JCPS, Citizens for Better Judges, UAW CAP, IBEW, Louisville Women's Political Caucus and many other organizations. The election is only 69 days away on November 6,2018. For voter eligibility and registration or polling location questions voters can visit Judge Sean Delahanty's Election FAQs and the site's Voter Information sections.
The state also has GoVoteKY.com. The election is just around the corner now is the time to get involvedand become informed about the candidates on your election ballot.


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Three grantees have been awarded funds from Linde Healthcare to continue innovative research
By Rhea Healy2016-02-25T12:52:00+00:00
Linde Healthcare, a global business of the Linde Group, has announced the three grantees of its REALfund initiative, who will receive funds to support their innovative research in the healthcare sector.
Although the amounts of the funds were not disclosed, the REALfund initiative supports ideas and projects with the potential to improve patient outcomes and health economics across the respiratory medicine sector.
The first of the three beneficiaries are PD Johannes Bickenbach MD and Prof. Michael Dreher MD from Germany, who are investigating exacerbations of invasively mechanically ventilated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.
The second grantee, Thomas Bitter MD, will use the funds to study if high flow oxygen (O2) therapy can serve as a therapeutic approach to patients suffering from Cheyne-Stokes respiration, also based in Germany.
And the third recipient, Prof. Christopher H. Fanta MD in the US, plans to develop a smartphone app which is able to alert COPD patients about deterioration in their breathing and provide recommendations to prevent serious exacerbations of their conditions.
Dr. Konstantin Fiedler, Head of Innovation at Linde Healthcare, explained, "The aim of Linde Healthcare's REALfund initiative is to seek and reward ideas that have real potential to be developed into better respiratory care solutions for patients."
While Dr. Christian Wojczewski, Head of Linde Healthcare, enthused, "The newly awarded REALfund grants fit very well into Linde Healthcare's footprint as global healthcare organisation specialising along an integrated respiratory care path. The work of these researchers will help healthcare professionals, support healthcare systems and further improve the quality of care and life for patients."
Linde continues to grow homecare market
The Linde Group continues to invest in the growing homecare market through a recently announced agreement to acquire US company American HomePatient, Inc., based in Brentwood, Tennessee.
Linde US relocates to new headquarters
Linde Americas, a member of the industrial gas and engineering company The Linde Group, has announced it is moving its US headquarters for North and South America.
Linde collaborates to grow Malaysian healthcare industry
Linde EOX Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Linde Malaysia Sdn Bhd and a member of The Linde Group, is collaborating with Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Sarawak (JKNS) to provide medical gases and upgrade related facilities to all public hospitals in the state of Sarawak.


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Q: Is reconnection of mysql database possible in node.js I am very new in node.js. I just want to know that database(mysql) reconnection is possible in node.js?
I wrote the following code to establish the connection when database was down for a fraction of second:
var http = require("http");
var mysql = require('mysql');
var trn_nbr="";
var amount1="";
var db_config = {
    host : 'localhost',
    user : 'root',
    password : '',
    database: 'realmoney'
};

var connection;

function handleDisconnect() {
  connection = mysql.createConnection(db_config);
  connection.connect(function(err)
  {
    if(err)
    {
      console.log('error when connecting to db:', err);
      //setTimeout(handleDisconnect, 10000);
      handleDisconnect();
    }
    else
    {
        console.log("Now Connected");
        connection = mysql.createConnection(db_config);
        for (var i=0; i<1000; i++)
        {
            connection.query("select tran_nbr,tran_amount from tranlog",  function(err, rows)
            {
                if(err)
                {
                    if (err.code !== "PROTOCOL_CONNECTION_LOST")
                        throw err;
                    else
                    {
                        console.log('query error when connecting to db:', err);
                        //setTimeout(handleDisconnect, 10000);
                        handleDisconnect();
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    tran_nbr = rows[0].tran_nbr;
                    amount1 = rows[0].tran_amount;
                    console.log("tran_nbr:",tran_nbr);
                    console.log("Amount:",amount1);
                    //sleep.sleep(5);//sleep for 5 seconds
                }
            })
        }
    }
  });

  connection.on('error', function(err) {
    console.log('db error', err);
    if(err.code === 'PROTOCOL_CONNECTION_LOST')
    {
      handleDisconnect();
    }
    else
    {
      throw err;
    }
  });
}

handleDisconnect();

You can also tell what is wrong in the code to help me.
I used the following code to implement connectionpool but the piece of code is not working:
var mysql = require('mysql');
var pool  = mysql.createPool({
    host : 'localhost',
    user : 'root',
    password : '',
    database: 'realmoney'
});

exports.getUsers = function(callback) {
  pool.getConnection(function(err, connection) {
    if(err) { console.log(err); callback(true); return; }
    var sql = "SELECT id,name FROM users";
    connection.query(sql, [], function(err, results) {
      connection.release(); // always put connection back in pool after last query
      if(err) { console.log(err); callback(true); return; }
      callback(false, results);
    });
  });
});

I have already install connectionpool module on my server. I am running node.js code on the Linux server.
Can I reconnect the mysql database again when it was down for some seconds and up again without restarting the application in node.js

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Q: Adding compiled FreeRADIUS to systemd Working on getting FreeRADIUS up and running and having issues adding to systemd.
Running standalone via radiusd -X works expected and all of the custom configurations are intact. Using freetds module to connect to MS SQL backend...
During compilation I set it to use "--with-systemd" but it  did not add a service entry automatically or create a *.service file that I can find.
I tried using one found online without success. This results in a timeout error.
[Unit]
Description=FreeRADIUS high performance RADIUS server.
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/var/run/radiusd/radiusd.pid
ExecStartPre=-/bin/chown -R freerad:freerad /var/run/radiusd
ExecStartPre=/usr/local/sbin/radiusd -C
ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/radiusd -d /usr/local/etc/raddb
ExecReload=/usr/local/sbin/radiusd -C
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Has anyone successfully added a compiled version of FreeRADIUS (3.0) to systemd? If so, can you give some guidance on how to get this working?
Thanks.

A: *

*The configure option "with-systemd" adds support of the systemd watch dog, but not includes the systemd unit file. If you don't sure, what you need it, don't enable this option.

*Try to diagnostize what happens. Start from systemctl status freeradius. What has it shown?

*Here is standard the systemd unit file from the freeradius package. Copy it into /etc/systemd/system/freeradius.service and change the pathes. It will the start point.

# /lib/systemd/system/freeradius.service
[Unit]
Description=FreeRADIUS multi-protocol policy server
After=network.target
Documentation=man:radiusd(8) man:radiusd.conf(5) http://wiki.freeradius.org/ http://networkradius.com/doc/

[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/run/freeradius/freeradius.pid
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/freeradius
ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/freeradius $FREERADIUS_OPTIONS -Cxm -lstdout
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/freeradius $FREERADIUS_OPTIONS
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Update from comments

*

*The systemd support in the freeradius includes some features:

*

*Notification about completion of start-up

*The systemd watchdog support to prevent the hunging up.

*The best aproach is:

*

*Use this hardened service unit for freeradius. Change the pathes to yours.

*Pass the -f option to the freeradius to prevent forking. If you use the service unit flle from link above, you should add -f into /etc/sysconfig/radiusd. Some discussion about it you can read here. The forking is the legacy way to deamonize. Today a demonization at start of program can be delegate to special programs like systemd or start-stop-daemon.

*Use Type=notify in the service section of the unit file.


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Resource - More About Quantum Computers
At Qfinity Labs, we are committed to developing the greatest Quantum Algorithms for our clients and business partners.
Quantum F1 Qfinity Labs
Basics of quantum computing
Interview with Dr. David Moche
An interview with Dr. David Moche by Scitech Daily
Interview with Vice President Emilio Rossi
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Applications of Quantum Computing in Finance
by Dr David Moche
"This book gently eases computer scientists into the hybrid world of continuous qubits and discrete measurements from the ground up, covering all the essential mathematical prerequisites before diving into everything quantum in Finance: from algorithms and programming languages to protocols and hardware."
Vaughan Pratt, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University
Qubits - From 2 dimensions to 3 dimensions
At Qfinity Labs, we are committed to developing the very best Quantum Algorithms for our clients and business partners.
All computing systems rely on a fundamental ability to store and manipulate information. Current computers manipulate individual bits, which store information as binary 0 and 1 states. Quantum computers leverage quantum mechanical phenomena to manipulate information. To do this, they rely on quantum bits, or qubits.
Learn here about the quantum properties leveraged by qubits, how they're used to compute, and how quantum systems scale.
At the heart of our Quantum System is the transmon qubit. Successive generations of our Quantum processors have demonstrated the potential of superconducting transmon qubits as the basis for electrically controlled solid-state quantum computers. With a scalable approach to chip architecture and research into error correction and mitigation, Qfinity Labs is at the forefront of developing systems which gives us an edge in real world applications.
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The FBI likely exploited sloppy password storage to seize Colonial Pipeline bitcoin ransom
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Novel method for easier scaling of quantum devices
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Digital circuit design inspired by quantum phenomena 8192-bit full connectivity, allowing all bits to freely exchange signals, in order to solve large-scale problems Inter-bit coupling, providing 64-bit(264) gradations and extreme accuracy in comparison to all traditional quantum technology in the market today operates at room temperature versus absolute zero(-273.15°C) which is typically required for quantum computing solutions that integrates seamlessly into standard data center operating environments without the need for specific expertise or complex infrastructure.
Combinatorial Optimization Problems?
Combinatorial optimization refers to finding the optimal solution from a finite set of options. However, as the finite set of options increases, the computational power and the time needed to find the solution increases exponentially. For example, in the case of the 'traveling salesman problem' if the salesman must travel to 30 cities, then it will take the most powerful classical computer on the market today approximately 800 million years to find the shortest possible route. Using Digital Annealer, these types of problems can now be solved in less than a second. It is an extraordinary opportunity to optimize and innovate within your business environment.
Do business leaders believe the Digital Annealer has the potential to accelerate their journey to a Q-future?
When will Quantum Computing become a reality?
Technology companies and academia have spent the last decade laying the groundwork through research initiatives, which are now resulting in successful lab demonstrations of systems and simulations involving multiple Qubits. However, there is still some way to go before these evolve into commercially ready solutions.
When do business executives expect Quantum Computing to be ready for business use?
The majority of participants in the study believe that quantum computing won't become a force in the business world for several years or even decades. A quarter expect it to come into play between five to 10 years, with 50% looking at a window of opportunity of between 10 and 20 years. It is executives in the transport sector who are most optimistic about a shorter-term impact, with 22% of business leaders anticipating qauantum to be business ready within five years. The study also explored how quickly business leaders expected to be actively using Quantum Computing. As we saw earlier, a relatively small proportion is currently considering whether Quantum can add value for them, and an even smaller group (17%) believes it will have live engagements running by 2025
How many business leaders expect to be using Quantum Computing in their business within five years?
Amplitudes are complex numbers, and each possible outcome has a corresponding amplitude. Amplitudes are analogous to conventional probabilities, as the magnitude of the amplitude is correlated to the chance of measuring that outcome. Unlike conventional probabilities, amplitudes have phase and can interfere with each other.
Auxiliary qubit
Certain quantum operations require, or can be made more efficient using, extra qubits that do not store the inputs or outputs of the operation. Since these extra qubits do not contain useful information before or after the operation, their role is auxiliary. If the state of the auxiliary qubits is known before the operation, they are known as 'clean' qubits (and are usually set to ). If the state is unknown, they are referred to as 'dirty' qubits.
The term backend can refer to either a quantum system or a high-performance classical simulator of a quantum system.
Bloch sphere
The Bloch sphere (named after Felix Bloch) is a visual representation of the state of a qubit. Note that the Bloch sphere is different from the q-sphere. Multiple states can also be simultaneously displayed (see below). The components of the Bloch representation of the qubit state are found from the expectation values of the , , and gates. A qubit described by a statevector has unit length and is found on the surface of the Bloch sphere. Qubits characterized by a density matrix will in general have length less than one, as determined by the purity of the state, and lie within the Bloch sphere.
Evolution of a qubit statevector after applying a series of gates.
The coherence of a qubit, roughly speaking, is its ability to maintain superposition over time. It is therefore the absence of "decoherence", which is any process that collapses the quantum state into a classical state, for instance by interaction with an environment.
DiVincenzo Criteria
The DiVincenzo criteria are a list of conditions that are necessary to construct a quantum computer, and they were first proposed by the theoretical physicist David P. DiVincenzo in his 2000 paper "The Physical Implementation of Quantum Computation". The DiVincenzo criteria consist of 5+2 conditions that an experimental setup must satisfy in order to successfully implement quantum algorithms, such as Grover's search algorithm, or Shor factorisation. The two additional conditions are necessary to implement quantum communication, such as that used in the quantum key distribution.
1 – A scalable physical system with well characterized qubits.
2 – The ability to initialize the state of the qubits to a simple fiducial state.
3 – Long relevant decoherence times.
4 – A "universal" set of quantum gates.
5 – A qubit-specific measurement capability.
6 – The ability to interconvert stationary and flying qubits.
7 – The ability to faithfully transmit flying qubits between specified locations.
Entanglement is a property of quantum systems comprised of more than one subsystem (i.e., qubits), where the quantum state of any one subsystem cannot be uniquely described independently of the remaining subsystems. Mathematically an entangled state is one that can not be written as as product of subsystem states. Subsystems of entangled states are mixed states requiring a density matrix representation. For a bipartite quantum system, the entanglement is equal to the entropy of the subsystems.
Fair-share queue
Fair-share queuing executes jobs on a quantum system in a dynamic order so that no provider can monopolize the system. The shares in fair-share queuing represent the fraction of system time that is allocated to a given provider. Providers with the most device time have the highest priority in the fair-share algorithm. A provider's dynamic priority depends on how much of the provider's allotted system time has been consumed over a given floating window of time. When you send a job, it will be executed by the provider with the highest dynamic priority (or lowest fraction of allotted time used) at that moment. For more information, see the Fair-share queuing section.
Global phase
A phase applied to a statevector as a whole, . States related by a global phase are equivalent in quantum mechanics; global phases can be ignored. This is a consequence of the fact that only energy differences, as opposed to absolute values, matter in determining the dynamics of physical systems. See An aside on global phase.
A job ties together all of the relevant information about a computation on QFinity Labs: a quantum circuit, choice of backend, the choice of how many shots to execute on the backend, and the results upon executing the quantum circuit on the backend.
Majorana Fermions
Elementary particles, (the "fermions") which form the matter, are described by an equation formulated in 1928 by Paul Dirac, the Dirac Equation. It implies that every fundamental particle in the universe has an antiparticle, which has the same mass but the opposite charge. In 1932 was found the first antiparticle: the positron, associated with the electron.
The electron and the other elementary particles have distinct antiparticles and they acquire mass through Higgs mechanism: in physics they are called "Dirac fermions".
In 1937, the Italian physicist Ettore Majorana found out a more general equation (Majorana Equation) that predicts the existence of neutral fermions (without electric charge) that are their own antiparticles. Majorana fermions are exotic particles because they acquire the mass, not through Higgs mechanism, but interacting with themselves, because they are their own antiparticles.
This kind of interaction happens without annihilation, because Majorana fermions are very stable and interact very little with "ordinary" matter.
Measurement is the act of observing a quantum state. This observation will yield classical information, such as a bit. It is important to note that this measurement process will change the quantum state. For instance, if the state is in superposition, this measurement will 'collapse' it into a classical state: zero or one. This collapse process takes place randomly. Before a measurement is done, there is no way of knowing what the outcome will be. However, it is possible to calculate the probability of each outcome. This probability is a prediction about the quantum state, a prediction that we can test by preparing the state several times, measuring it and then counting the fraction of each outcome.
No Cloning Theorem
The no-cloning principle is a fundamental property of quantum mechanics which states that, given an unknown quantum state, there is no reliable way of producing extra copies of that state. This means that information encoded in quantum states is essentially unique. This is sometimes very annoying, such as when you want to protect quantum information from outside influences, but it is also sometimes very useful, such as when you want to communicate securely with someone else.
OpenQASM
A quantum assembly language dialect (see QASM). For more information, see the OpenQASM code topic.
Access to the various services offered by QFinity Labs is controlled by the providers to which you are assigned. A provider is defined by a hierarchical organization of hub, group, and project. A hub is the top level of a given hierarchy (organization) and contains within it one or more groups. These groups are in turn populated with projects. The combination of hub/group/project is called a provider. Users can belong to more than one provider at any given time.
QASM
QASM is an abbreviation for quantum assembly language. It is a set of text-based instructions to describe and visualize quantum circuits. QFinity Labs uses a dialect called OpenQASM; see more in the OpenQASM code topic.
Quantum Advantage
For a given problem, the improvement in run time for a quantum computer versus a conventional computer running the best known conventional algorithm.
Quantum Algorithm
An algorithm is a collection of instructions that allows you to compute a function, for instance the square of a number. A quantum algorithm is exactly the same thing, but the instructions also allow superpositions to be made and entanglement to be created. This allows quantum algorithms to do certain things that cannot be done efficiently with regular algorithms.
A quantum circuit is a computational routine consisting of coherent quantum operations on quantum data, such as qubits, and concurrent real-time classical computation. It is an ordered sequence of quantum gates, measurements, and resets, which may be conditioned on and use data from the real-time classical computation. A set of quantum gates is said to be universal if any unitary transformation of the quantum data can be efficiently approximated arbitrarily well as a sequence of gates in the set. Any quantum program can be represented by a sequence of quantum circuits and non-concurrent classical computation.
Quantum Computer
A quantum computer is a device capable of executing coherent controlled quantum dynamics.
Quantum dots are effectively "artificial atoms." They are nanocrystals of semiconductor wherein an electron-hole pair can be trapped. The nanometer size is comparable to the wavelength of light and so, just like in an atom, the electron can occupy discrete energy levels. The dots can be confined in a photonic crystal cavity, where they can be probed with laser light.
Quantum computers are always in contact with the environment. This environment can disturb the computational state of the system, thereby causing information loss. Quantum error correction combats this loss by taking the computational state of the system and spreading it out over an entangled state over many qubits. This entanglement allows outside classical observers to observe and remedy disturbances
without observing the computational state itself, which would collapse it.
Quantum Internet
Researchers at QFinity Labs are trying to build the world's first quantum internet. Quantum Internet is like the regular Internet but it can send quantum states and establish entanglement. Building a full-scale quantum internet is of course very hard. So they will begin by establishing a small four-node network by 2020. This four-node network would serve as a testbed for the larger network.
Quantum Gate
A quantum gate is a reversible (unitary) operation applied to one or more qubits.
Quantum Logic Gates
Quantum Logic Gates are analogous to conventional electronic logic gates in conventional computers but different in that the system follows the strange rules of quantum mechanics. An early realization of a quantum logic gate used a single trapped beryllium ion to demonstrate a two-bit quantum logic gate. One qubit, the control qubit, is specified by the (quantized) external vibrations of the ion in the atom trap; the two lowest vibrational levels correspond to values of 0 and 1. The other qubit (the target qubit) is specified by an internal state of one of the ion's electrons; it has a "spin-down" state (0) and a "spin-up" state (1). Shooting laser pulses at a single ion causes it to act as a two-bit "controlled NOT" gate. If the control qubit is 0, the target bit is left alone. If the control qubit is 1, the target bit flips its spin.
Quantum Indeterminacy
The fundamental condition of existence, supported by all empirical evidence, in which an isolated quantum system, such as a free electron, does not possess fixed properties until observed in experiments designed to measure those properties. That is, a particle does not have a specific mass, or position, or velocity, or spin, until those properties are measured. Indeed, in a strict sense the particle does not exist until observed.
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a method that leverages the properties of quantum mechanics, such as the no cloning theorem, to allow two people to securely agree on a key (OTP – One Time Pad). A key in this context is a secret code-word that is shared only between you and the person you are trying to communicate with. This secret code-word can then be used to encrypt messages such that they can be transmitted without being read by a malicious third party.
Quantum Repeater
Quantum repeaters enable long distance communication over a quantum network. An optical fiber can transmit a qubit over roughly 100 kilometers. If you want to send a quantum information over an very long distance just a fiber is not good enough. To send information over this long distances we need quantum repeaters. Quantum repeaters can be thought of as a series of short entangled links connecting the two points. The quantum information can then be teleported through these links and arrive safely at its destination.
Quantum Sensors
A quantum sensor is a device that exploits quantum correlations, such as quantum entanglement, to achieve a sensitivity or resolution that is better than can be achieved using only classical systems. A quantum sensor can measure the effect of the quantum state of another system on itself. The mere act of measurement influences the quantum state and alters the probability and uncertainty associated with its state during measurement. Quantum sensor is also a term used in other settings where entangled quantum systems are exploited to make better atomic clocks or more sensitive magnetometers. If you have a super sensitive detector, its killer app is surely in measuring the smallest effects you could possibly imagine. This might mean be the tiny disturbances in space as a gravitational wave goes by; or a small change in a magnetic field, perhaps that of the Earth itself; or even overcoming the shortcomings of conventional radar systems, to build a quantum radar for detecting stealth planes.
Quantum Tunneling
Quantum Tunnelling is the quantum mechanical effect in which particles have a finite probability of crossing an energy barrier, or transitioning through an energy state normally forbidden to them by classical physics, due to the wave-like aspect of particles. The probability wave of a particle represents the probability of finding the particle in a certain location, and there is a finite probability that the par
Quantum Simulators
Quantum simulation, which originated to a great extent with Richard Feynman's 1982 proposal, has evolved into a field where scientists use a controllable quantum system to study a second, less experimentally feasible quantum phenomenon. In short, a full-scale quantum computer does not yet exist, and classical computers often cannot solve quantum problems, thus a "quantum simulator" presents an attractive alternative to gain insight into, for example, complex material properties.ticle is located on the other side of the barrier.
Quantum Supremacy
A calculation on a quantum computer that cannot be in practice be performed on any foreseeable conventional computer. Either the number of CPU steps required or the necessary computer memory increases exponentially with the size of the input. This means that for all but the simplest cases, the calculation becomes unfeasible on a real machine using only conventional digital hardware.
A qubit (pronounced "cue-bit" and short for quantum bit) is the basic unit of quantum information. A qubit consists of two-levels that can be expressed using the "computational basis" states , and . Unlike a classical bit, the state of a qubit can be a linear combination (superposition) of both computational states.
A quantum register is a collection of qubits on which gates and other operations act. A classical register consists of bits that can be written to and read within the coherence time of the quantum circuit.
Relative phase
A phase difference between components of a superposition state. By convention, the first term in a superposition is made to be real, and the remaining states have phase values relative to this, e.g., .
Because the measurement of a qubit in a superposition state is random — the outcome is sometimes 0 and sometimes 1 — you must repeat the measurement multiple times to determine the likelihood that a qubit is in a particular state. When performing the experiment, you will be asked how many shots, or executions, to run in order to determine the qubit state probabilities.
For a quantum computer comprised of a small number of qubits , we can simulate its behavior on a classical computer. In general such a computation requires storing complex numbers, where is the number of qubits. For circuits composed solely of Clifford gates, or circuits generating quantum states that are weakly entangled, special simulation techniques allow for simulating a greater number of qubits.
Statevector
Any single realization of a quantum system can be described through a complex vector known as its statevector. In a gate-based quantum computer the state of qubits has elements; the dimension of the statevector grows exponentially with.
Superconducting Quantum Computing
Superconducting quantum computing is an implementation of a quantum computer in superconducting electronic circuits. Research in superconducting quantum computing is conducted by IBM, Google, Rigetti Computing, Microsoft and Intel. The devices are typically designed in the radio-frequency spectrum, cooled down in dilution refrigerators below 100mK and addressed with conventional electronic instruments, e.g. frequency synthesizers and spectrum analyzers. The typical dimensions, of a scale of micrometers, with sub-micrometer resolution, allow a convenient design of a quantum Hamiltonian with the well-established integrated circuit technology.
A superposition in quantum mechanics is a weighted sum, or linear combination, of two or more quantum states. A quantum computer with qubits can exist in a superposition of all of its computational basis states , through . Exploiting this ability is fundamental to most quantum algorithms.
Transpilation
Transpilation is the process where a quantum circuit is transformed into a new quantum circuit that performs the same task, but is restructured to be compatible with the physical layout of a particular quantum system and, where possible, optimize its performance.
Quantum teleportation is a method to send qubits using entanglement. Teleportation works as follows: first Alice and Bob need to establish an entangled pair of qubits between them. Alice then takes the qubit that she wants to send and the qubit that is entangled with Bob's qubit and performs a measurement on them. This measurement collapses the qubits and destroys the entanglement, but gives her two classical outcomes in the form of two classical bits. Alice takes this two classical bits and sends them over the classical Internet to Bob. Bob then applies a correction operation that depends on these two classical bits to his qubit. This allows him to recover the qubit that was originally in Alice's possession. Note that we have now transmitted a qubit without really using a physical carrier
that is capable of transmitting qubits. But of course you already need entanglement to do this. It is also important to note that quantum teleportation does not allow for faster than light communication. This is so because Bob cannot make sense of the qubit in her possession before he gets the classical measurement outcomes from Alice. These classical measurement outcomes must take a certain amount of time to be transmitted. And this time is lower bounded by the speed of light.
Topological Quantum Computing
A topological quantum computer is a theoretical quantum computer that employs two-dimensional quasiparticles called anyons, whose world lines pass around one another to form braids in a three-dimensional spacetime (i.e., one temporal plus two spatial dimensions). These braids form the logic gates that make up the computer. The advantage of a quantum computer based on quantum braids over using trapped quantum particles is that the former is much more stable. Small, cumulative perturbations can cause quantum states to decohere and introduce errors in the computation, but such small perturbations do not change the braids' topological properties. This is like the effort required to cut a string and reattach the ends to form a different braid, as opposed to a ball (representing an ordinary quantum particle in four-dimensional spacetime) bumping into a wall. Alexei Kitaev proposed topological quantum computation in 1997.
Uncertainty principle
In quantum physics, we cannot simultaneously know two non-commuting variables (like the position and momentum of a particle). This implies that a quantum system in a perfectly definite state can be certain under one measurement and completely random under another. Moreover, if a quantum system starts out in an arbitrary unknown state, no measurement can reveal complete information about that state; the more information the measurement reveals, the more the state is disturbed. This is a underlying principle of quantum cryptography.
Universal fault-tolerant quantum computer
A universal fault-tolerant quantum computer is the grand challenge of quantum computing. It is a device that can properly perform universal quantum operations using unreliable components. See also universal quantum computer.
Universal Quantum Computer
A Quantum Turing machine (QTM), also a universal quantum computer, is an abstract machine used to model the effect of a quantum computer. It provides a very simple model which captures all of the power of quantum computation. Any quantum algorithm can be expressed formally as a particular quantum Turing machine. Such Turing machines were first proposed in a 1985 article written by Oxford University physicist David Deutsch suggesting quantum gates could function in a similar fashion to traditional digital computing binary logic gates. Quantum Turing machines are not always used for analyzing quantum computation; the quantum circuit is a more common model. These models are computationally equivalent.
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Broadcom Inc. Highlights Broadcom Software's Strategy and Solutions at Investor Day
Broadcom Inc | November 10, 2021
Broadcom Inc. a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, today held a Broadcom Software Investor Day, providing an in-depth overview of its infrastructure software and security software solutions.
"Broadcom is continuing to build one of the world's leading enterprise software businesses committed to customer success," . "We continue to invest in our targeted model of partnering with the largest multinational customers to provide a comprehensive portfolio of industry-leading solutions and generate sustainable revenue. With an addressable market today of more than $100 billion, Broadcom Software has significant opportunities to capitalize on a clear customer need for scalability, agility and security to power their most complex hybrid IT environments and accelerate our long-term growth."
Tom Krause, President, Broadcom Software Group
At today's event, Broadcom Software highlighted its:
Business model highly focused on strategic customers leveraging multiple solutions to drive revenue sustainability and growth: Complimentary product portfolio across infrastructure and security software serving 80% of the Fortune 500 and maximizing partnerships with strategic customers, who represent more than 70%1 of annual recurring revenue and approximately 80%2 of whom are licensed to five or more software solutions.
Strong recurring revenue base: Broadcom Software generates approximately $5.2 billion3 in annual recurring revenue, of which more than half4 is subscription and has increased more than 25% over the last three quarters. To drive improved visibility, Broadcom Software has grown both average deal duration by increasing multiyear bookings as well as the number of deals that represent more than $1 million of annualized booking value5.
Successful history of integrating acquired companies and businesses with mission-critical products: Broadcom Software has a successful history of integrating acquired companies and businesses with mission-critical products toward Broadcom's goal of building one of the world's leading enterprise software businesses.
About Broadcom Inc.
Broadcom Inc. is a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies a broad range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. Broadcom's category-leading product portfolio serves critical markets including data center, networking, enterprise software, broadband, wireless, storage and industrial. Our solutions include data center networking and storage, enterprise, mainframe and cyber security software focused on automation, monitoring and security, smartphone components, telecoms and factory automation.
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Many companies want to take advantage of public cloud features, but aren't willing to compromise on the performance, security and control that they require for their business applications and data. Public clouds have the potential to introduce performance issues caused by "noisy neighbors," security concerns associated with placing sensitive data in a shared infrastructure environment, and a lack of control driven by the inability to customize and fine-tune cloud resources to meet the needs of a given application.
Zoox Smart Data and Kubient launch strategic partnership to provide premium audiences with vetted first-party data to advertisers
Kubient, an open marketplace that enables advertisers and publishers to reach, monetize and connect their audiences efficiently and effectively and Zoox Smart Data, a solution in applying Big Data and artificial intelligence, have launched a strategic partnership to allow advertisers to buy with vetted first party, consumer provided audience data, resulting in more efficient spends and maximum value connecting with premium audiences. This is the first adtech infrastructure and marketplace partnership that enables real time bidding programmatic access to and from demand platforms, brands and agencies. The close strategic partnership will grow an existing audience of over 100 million Wi-Fi users a year, to almost to a billion users in the next 18 months.
Hyve Solutions Announces OAI System for Hyperscale Infrastructure Companies
Hyve Solutions | May 13, 2020
Hyperscale digital infrastructures, today announced the development of an Open Accelerator Infrastructure (OAI) system through a joint development . It is also the first OAI system to power on with PCIe Gen4 re-timers and offers the largest PCIe expansion capability among OAI systems . Hyve Solutions is a leader in the design to worldwide deployment of hyperscale digital infrastructures. Hyve Solutions Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX) and a leading provider of hyperscale digital infrastructures, today announced the development of an Open Accelerator Infrastructure (OAI) system through a joint development agreement with Open Compute Project (OCP). Designed by Hyve's engineering team, the OAI system simplifies adoption of different deep learning accelerator technologies by providing one system that can host any accelerator designed to industry standard Open Accelerator Module (OAM) specifications. Our team is excited to be pioneers for this project as new technologies continue to shape the industry and systems requirements evolve."Hyve's OAI system is critical for hyperscale infrastructure companies, as well as adopters of OAI systems in adjacent markets. It implements the combined Fully Connected/Hybrid Cube Mesh interconnect topology for higher versatility. It is also the first OAI system to power on with PCIe Gen4 re-timers and offers the largest PCIe expansion capability among OAI systems. In addition, it supports the entire range of thermal power envelope of OAM modules. All of these features combine to make Hyve's OAI system the most versatile implementation, in addition to being one of the first. Learn more: ARE COMPANIES INVESTING TOO MUCH IN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE? . "We are pleased to be one of the first systems vendors to work on filling this critical market gap with OCP." ~ Steve Ichinaga, President, Hyve Solutions . "The OAI project is a great example of how feature requirements from many hyperscalers are being coalesced, allowing the supply channel to focus their resources and accelerate this new technology. By aligning with the broad set of OAI specifications, the Hyve Solutions system will be able to host accelerators and address a wide variety of usages and markets. Hyve Solutions is a very important partner in the open source supply chain, and this is another great example," stated Bill Carter, Chief Technology Officer for the Open Compute Project Foundation. "As hyperscale technology evolves, developing streamlined OAI systems is essential for many of our customers as well as the greater OCP community. Our team is excited to be pioneers for this project as new technologies continue to shape the industry and systems requirements evolve." Hyve Solutions is a leader in the design to worldwide deployment of hyperscale digital infrastructures. In partnership with customers, Hyve leverages deep-seated industry experience and strong vendor partnerships to design and deliver purpose-built server, storage, and networking solutions to meet datacenter demands for today and beyond. Hyve Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of SYNNEX Corporation For more information about Hyve Solutions. Statements in this news release that are forward-looking, such as features and capabilities of products and services, security product offering expansion, technology trends, and general success of collaborations, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the Company's actual results in future periods to be materially different from any future performance that may be suggested in this release. SYNNEX Corporation is a Fortune 200 corporation and a leading business process services company, providing a comprehensive range of distribution, logistics and integration services for the technology industry and providing outsourced services focused on customer engagement to a broad range of enterprises. SYNNEX distributes a broad range of information technology systems and products, and also provides systems design and integration solutions. Founded in 1980, SYNNEX Corporation operates in numerous countries throughout North and South America, Asia-Pacific and Europe. Learn more: CARTESI CREATES LINUX INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BLOCKCHAIN DAPPS .


Apple is a processor driven company.
The well-known abbreviation CPU which means Central Processing Unit in this case turns into Cupertino Processing Unit when looking on the leaders. Beside some iOS and OSX updates Apple also released a couple of human updates last year.
Responsibilities of Peter Oppenheimer, Chief Financial Officer, moved over to Luca Maestri. Within the CPU he now is the responsible Floating Point Unit.
Angela Ahrendts is the second new face joining the executive board in 2014. Sadly Lisa P. Jackson, Vice President for Environmental Initiatives, still isn't part of the Executive board.
"Music is such an important part of Apple's DNA and always will be.
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine joined Apple but nobody knows what their duties are.
The Q1 results (Oct-Dec 2014, fiscal year ends September 30) of the company surpassed those of all times and all other companies in the world.
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus primarily made this possible.
Cook already predicted the mother of all upgrades shortly after the iPhone event in September 2014. This is particularly true in China, where Apple reportedly sold more smartphones in the country than any other company in the last quarter.
It looks like Apple will be able to sustain this amazing growth.
It's widely expected that there are also delightful updates of the product line-up this year starting in April with the Apple Watch.
In September 2014 Apple won the Coolest Brand Award in the UK for the third consecutive year with Aston Martin and Nike in 2nd and 3rd place.
What makes this company successful?
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Nagawa Memorial Primary School is one of the few private schools we have worked at. The projects at this school were in partnership with a fantastic group of Scouts from the UK. They fundraised a huge amount of money to uplift this school.
During a visit in 2011, we visited several schools with the leaders of the group looking for the perfect project. At Nagawa Memorial School, we found a huge number of children crammed into several wooden structures but we also found that the school had raised enough themselves to start building a permanent block.
The Scouts raised enough to build a brand new 3 classroom block (below left), a 5 stance pit latrine and enough to render the building the school had built (below right).
What a transformation!
A massive thank you and well done to all of the Scouts and we look forward to the next project!
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Nebraska coach Tim Miles has repeatedly said he doesn't want his name associated with anything that has or hasn't happened before his arrival last year. The Huskers' 0-6 NCAA record might not be an albatross to him, but he does feel the fans' pain and likened the situation to that of two Major League Baseball teams.
The Huskers' first NCAA appearance came in 1986. They lost 67-59 to Western Kentucky after cutting an 18-point deficit to four points late in the game. Minutes afterward, coach Moe Iba resigned to pursue other opportunities.
"We had to raise the level of the product on the court," said executive associate athletic director Marc Boehm, who oversees the basketball program.
"It's a small step in the big picture of where we want to be and what we want to do," Shields said. "We kind of underachieved in the Big Ten tournament, and I think we're ready to bounce back in the NCAA."
"Let's say we win and make a run. Is that good enough? No, it's not good enough," he said. "Now you want to be a team that can do that every year. There is always going to be the next step to take for this program.
"In this business you can be a flash in the pan -- hot one day, cooked the next. That's not what we want to be. We don't want to be a one-hit wonder."
"We've never won a game in the NCAA tournament," he said. "It's going to be easy to concentrate on the first one."