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Q: Reduce Required Root Certificate List For Constrained Devices I'm developing a memory constrained IoT device and would like to connect it to Google IoT Core via MQTT. The list of required root certificates that must be trusted to allow for server TLS certificate validation is very long. I am seeking a smaller list that is appropriate for limited-resource IoT devices but won't suddenly stop working. Is there a way to safely reduce this list of required certificates?
From the online documentation (https://cloud.google.com/iot/docs/concepts/device-security) under the Device Security Recommendations section it states:
'Use TLS 1.2 when communicating with mqtt.googleapis.com:8883 (or :443), and verify that the server certificate is valid using root certificate authorities. Read this security note for detailed TLS requirements and future compatibility.'
From the security note (https://security.googleblog.com/2015/09/disabling-sslv3-and-rc4.html) it states:
'At least the certificates in https://pki.google.com/roots.pem must be trusted.'
I can clearly see that the documentation states the full list is required but this doesn't seem acceptable for memory constrained IoT devices. As an example AWS requires only a single certificate - depending on the TLS cipher selected. See the AWS documentation under Server Authentication (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/managing-device-certs.html)
Any help on understanding ways that the list of root certificates can be reduced - such as elemination based on ECC-based validation vs RSA-based validation - would be helpful.

A: Thanks to a helpful Google engineer on Github who answered the Issue Clarify how trusted_RootCA_certs were chosen in the Google provided iot-device-sdk-embedded-c project, the solution is to use a long-term support (LTS) domain.
From the documentation, the special domain "mqtt.2030.ltsapis.goog" can be used instead of "mqtt.googleapis.com" allowing the need of only two root CA certs w/ small ECC 256 public keys instead of the entire root.pem package (128KB).
These root CA certs are fixed through year 2030.
The required root CAs are:

*

*GTS LTSR as primary

*GS Root R4 as backup

Note other requirement and features for embedded devices in the long-term support (LTS) domain documentation.


On January 28, 2015, sophomore Billy Gonzales was found disoriented at Hilltop Park, shouting nonsense about obscure sports, mediocre actors, and ancient history.
He was immediately taken to the hospital, where he was identified as suffering from a very peculiar form of overdose, and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
Though this was his first trip to the hospital, Gonzales had long been showing signs of struggling with an addiction.
The change began when Gonzalez began playing what seemed like an innocuous iPhone app. Little did he know, the app was actually a deadly and dangerous drug: Triva Crack.
All over the nation, innocent children and teenagers are falling victim to the app, which is believed to have been created by Latin American drug cartels.
Once they begin playing, people find themselves incapable of stopping. They do the unthinkable and continue to play in secret, during class, at work, and while eating dinner.
Addicts will often starve themselves of essential nutrients to continue playing.
Many addicts show an extreme anger following a loss in the game, according to Alex Jones, a professor of digital narcotics at Lesley University.
For some, as in the case of Gonzales, the addiction worsens to the point that overdose occurs and hospitalization is necessary.
Though treatment can save victims from the devastating effects, parents should pay attention to their children for signs of addiction. Early detection is key.
Gonzalez was lucky enough to survive, but all of America must be cautious to the dangers of Trivia Crack's colorful quiz questions.


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Raising children with another person can be unbelievably stressful. Despite our best efforts to be sensitive to another person's parenting style or preferred method of discipline, aligning one's values with the other parent when both parents have strong opinions of the "right" or "wrong" way to rear children can be tricky.
While parties who don't have children together can effectively sever ties (absent a financial obligation to the other party), this is an impossibility for parents. What was once a "bundle of joy" may now be a ball of stress, especially if decisions cannot be made for the best interest of their child.
In Illinois, parents are presumed to be fit to co-parent absent the existence of an impediment to this presumption. I have many clients who complain that their former partner is "impossible" to co-parent with, that co-parenting with a difficult partner seems like an oxymoron, and that seeking sole decision making on behalf of the child or children is the only option.
Is all lost in the face of a difficult parent? If conflict has abounded during the period of separation or thereafter, is sole decision-making the only option? I do not believe so. In fact, through a plethora of tools and approaches, co-parenting with the difficult parent can happen. It is not without tension and the need for taking (many) deep breaths, but it is feasible with the help of a few tools.
1. Centralize. While texting is quick and efficient, tone often gets lost over text. How many times have we interpreted a perfectly benign comment as an insult? Texting between separated parents, though perhaps necessary in the event of an emergency, begs for conflict.
Luckily, a number of online tools are available for separated parents where communication can be centralized and monitored. I encourage parents to use websites like OurFamilyWizard.com and Talkingparents.com, where messages are stored and it is possible to see if a parent has viewed a message and when. On top of this, OurFamilyWizard.com can analyze messages before they are sent to identify inflammatory language and suggest alternative words that will diffuse a message.
2. Organize. In addition to using centralized communication portals, where parents can share a calendar and even upload receipts for reimbursement of expenses, parents can avoid conflict by being organized in what they communicate with one another. When sending an email, stick to one topic per thread to ensure matters are addressed separately. While it may seem cumbersome to break down subjects into several emails each, there is less of a risk of misinterpretation or finger pointing when decisions need to be made.
3. Diffuse. Parenting coordinators are professionals who assist parents with resolving disputes without the need to go to court, unless a party disagrees with the parenting coordinator's suggested resolution and needs a judge to weigh in. Considered a "mediator with teeth," parenting coordinators are governed by circuit court rules and appointed by court order that includes very specific terms regarding the types of decisions he or she will make for the parties. In addition to immediate resolution of conflict when a decision has to be made (versus litigation, which can take months to resolve with the courts' full calendars), the cost savings can be significant.
Whether parents to toddlers or teens, separated parties can raise children together in a less conflict-ridden manner than one might think, provided there is a commitment to working through differences and taking advantage of the tools out there to do so.
Katy Mickelson, a partner at Beermann LLP and a certified mediator, lives with her husband, Kory, and their two children, Luke (age 8) and Adelyn (age 5) in Roscoe Village. Katy and her family love to cook, travel to their lake house in Michigan and spend what precious time they have together exploring Chicago.


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CB2 and West Elm even got me noodling on Thanksgiving decor already! I mean who doesn't need a poultry shaped tealight holder at their table?! I also loved their table by number place card holders.
Over at West Elm there were more traditional, yet still fresh and modern Thanksgiving decor ideas. I loved the Wheat Bunches and the Painted Metallic Table Runner. Hmmm, another DIY idea maybe?
They also had a really fresh sophisticated take on Halloween decor. I loved their decorative Apple Box, Snake shaped candle holders, and those studded-pyramid shaped candles.
I think these would ruin my appetite? That snake head one especially seems kind of icky! Would you be able to eat off of them???
All of it got me noodling on what to buy or DIY to bring some fall decor into our home!
I didn't purchase anything just yet but I know I need to change couple things up to get that fall kind of feel- and I have to do something to get rid of my fall fever!
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Гумдаг () — посёлок в Балканском велаяте на западе Туркмении.

История
С 1951 по 1956 год был центром Кум-Дагского района Ашхабадской области. В 1992 году пгт Гумдаг был преобразован в город. 9 ноября 2022 года город Гумдаг был преобразован в посёлок.

География
Расположен южнее города Балканабад на одноимённой возвышенности прикаспийской низменной равнины. Западнее города находится нефтегазовое месторождение Кумдаг.

Население
Население Гумдага составляло 16 529 человек (1989 год) и 26 238 человек (2008 год).

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Населённые пункты Туркменистана


A medieval themed beat 'em up game. Instead of fighting in an arena, in this game you'll romp across the countryside cracking skulls. Sounds great, but the game is pretty poorly implemented and suffers from clumsy controls and a terrible camera.
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I seriously suffer from wanderlust. Summer comes and I want nothing more than to shunpike — make my way cross-country taking back roads. Can't do that this summer, sadly. But, fortunately, I have John Biewen's latest documentary to satisfy some of my road trip ya-yas.
In 1960, John Steinbeck made his way coast to coast along with his dog, Charley. Their trip was immortalized in the book Travels With Charley: In Search for America. Fifty years later, John Biewen traced Steinbeck's journey — with his microphone. John's story is immortalized in "Travels With Mike: In Search of America 50 Years After Steinbeck" and presented on this edition of the Saltcast.
By the way, I'm huge fan of books about cross-country sojourns. Here are links to a few.
Also, for more about John Biewen's journey, check out his "Travels With Mike" website.
Okay. There. That should keep you busy!


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Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza are taken into custody after celebrating their engagement
Lawyers for Malawi?s convicted first openly gay couple and human rights groups said they plan to appeal to the country?s high court against the harsh sentence handed the couple.
Malawi Chief Resident Magistrate Nyakwawa Usiwa-Usiwa Thursday sentenced Steven Monjeza and his partner Tiwonge Chimbalanga to 14 years in jail with hard labor after they were convicted for what the judge reportedly called having sex against the order of nature and gross indecency.
In Washington, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the United States was appalled by the sentence and called on the Malawian government to respect the human rights of all its citizens.
Undule Mwakasungura, executive director of the Malawi Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation, who was in the courtroom when the sentence was delivered, said the gay couple?s human rights were violated.
?We are disappointed with the ruling today by the magistrate because we feel the sentence is too harsh and unacceptable in two ways. We believe the gay couple should not have been given a maximum of 14 years because this is not a serious offense. We feel the whole process has not been fair to them in terms of their human rights,? he said
Mwakasungura also cited the fact that the couple was denied bail even though he said Malawian courts had been granting bail in more serious cases like murder and treason.
?What we are saying is that this is not a serious offense. Why were they being denied bail? Bail is a constitutional right. And we are saying the same court had been giving bail to criminals, those with murder charges, some cases which are not even supposed to be given bail. For example, the treason case was given bail. So, why not them actually? Why were they being kept in custody when they should have been given bail? Mwakasungura said.
He said the gay couple are Malawians and human beings and should be accorded the same human rights like every other Malawian,?
Mwakasungura said the case was influenced and politicized by Malawian government authorities.
?The whole trial had been politicized by the higher authorities because the whole government was not for the gay couple to be released. Even the judiciary was playing in the hands of the authorities,? he said.
Mwakasungura said repeated comments by Malawian government officials against homosexuality, even while the case was being tried, might have influenced the judge to give the maximum sentence of 14 years in prison with hard labor.
He said his organization and other human rights groups plan to appeal the sentencing to the Malawi high court.
?Our organization, the Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation, and our partner, the Center for the Development of People, we will be meeting with our lawyers today to see how we can put forward an appeal. We have agreed already that we will be appealing to the high court. We pray that the high court might decide to lessen the sentence or even completely release them from jail,? Mwakasungura said.
Mwakasungura disagreed with Magistrate Usiwa-Usiwa who reportedly said during the sentencing that the Malawian society did not want to see its sons getting married to other sons.
Mwakasungura said sending the gay couple to jail for 14 years would not change their sexual orientation. Instead, he said the solution is for Malawi to stop the hatred toward gay people.
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A Zimbabwean court has freed two gay activists on bail after they were arrested on allegations of possessing indecent material and writings seen as insulting to President Robert Mugabe. A judge released Ellen Chademana and Ignatius Muhambi Thursday on $200 bail. The two are employees of the country's gay rights group Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe. President Mugabe has been an outspoken critic of homosexuality. He was once quoted as saying gay people are …
Study Identifies 17 Countries, Territories as World's Worst Human Rights Abusers
A report by the Washington-based, Freedom House cites 17 countries and three territories as the World's Worst Human Rights Abusers. The report says citizens in these countries live in extremely oppressive environments. They have few basic rights and suffer persistent human rights violations. The report identifies nine of the countries as the worst among the 20 countries and territories judged to be the world's worst human rights abusers. Director of advocacy at…
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Brother Wingo serves as host of ESPN's NFL Live, the network's five-night-per-week NFL news and information program, and is heavily involved with ESPN's NFL Draft coverage. Besides his NFL duties, Wingo is also host of the network's NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament and serves as anchor for SportsCenter, ESPN's flagship sports-news program and also contributes commentaries for ESPN Radio.
Brother Wingo has "Gone Far" with the ESPN family for over ten years, joining the network in November 1997 as an ESPNEWS anchor. He has served as primary anchor of the 6 p.m. edition of SportsCenter and has been featured regularly on the 1 and 2 a.m. overnight editions of the program.
He has also hosted ESPN's Baseball Tonight and ESPN2's NFL 2Night and NBA 2Night shows. Brother Wingo has been involved in the NFL Draft, hosting a six-hour chat on ESPN.com during the 2000 Draft and hosting ESPN Radio's coverage. He has also been a regular contributor on ESPN Radio with weekly commentaries and periodic work on the GameNight and GameDay shows.
A native of Greenwich, Connecticut, Brother Wingo graduated from Baylor University with a bachelor's degree in communications. Before arriving at ESPN, he was a sports anchor at KSDK-TV in St. Louis, Missouri from 1991-1997. Prior to his time in St. Louis, Brother Wingo served in various sports broadcasting capacities at stations in Allentown, Binghamton, and New York City.
Brother Wingo has won six Mid-America regional Emmy awards for reporting, including three straight years for outstanding sports reporting.


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Ava, a pregnant Chow mix, was slated for euthanasia at a shelter to make more space for incoming dogs; and to make matters worse, she was pregnant.
Luckily, a kind-hearted woman named Ashlee Holland came across Ava and knew she was her only hope of surviving, so she decided to adopt her. Holland was also a mother, so she felt a connection with Ava.
Holland brought Ava to the vet for a health check and an x-ray, but it didn't reveal exactly how many puppies Ava would have. Less than two weeks later, Ava went into labor during one evening.
She had her first puppy a few hours later. She had another four puppies within the next hour, and took a break, and then had another two an hour after that. Her contractions had stopped, so her human changed her bedding and got her cleaned up while she cared for her seven pups.
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Holland saved not only Ava's life, but the lives of 18 little pups as well!
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I signed up last year and was so disappointed when it was called off. Not sure if I can make it this year but glad to hear you'll be on board!
Nick, that's very exciting news – I look forward to meeting you at last.
This is not at all definite, but Marcus Trimble, Dan Hill, and I have been discussing the possibility of a Postopolis! Sydney immediately following Urban Islands, and it would be fantastic to get you to present your work there, if that would interest you. We can discuss over email – first, though, we actually have to confirm a venue and such like, so it's not guaranteed to happen. But, either way, I'm looking forward to seeing you there.
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Really excited about this in general, actually. I can't wait to spend more time in Sydney than merely sitting in the airport.


Today we hit 107 again, but just wait until this weekend, when we go from hot to (eexpletive deleted) hot.
* I know she's just a girl, and peace logo T-shirts are not uncommon for girls her age to wear, but for some reason the Presiden't daughter wearing one in public during a world leaders summit doesn't sit right with me. Don't know why, it just doesn't.
* Light dawns over Marblehead. Like Captain Ed I'd ask the AP where they've been, but that would be a rhetorical question, since it's obvious their lips have been firmly planted on President Obama's posterior for the past year.
* Are Democrats starting to get nervous? They ought to – I've been talking to some friends of mine with impressive knowledge of the country's financial system and they're shaking in their boots right now. This country is closer to a financial meltdown – perhaps even civil unrest unlike anything seen since the late '60s – than anyone thinks, and the people who are truly 'in the know', know its amateur hour at the White House. believe me, there's real fear out there.
* Mark my words, the Obama house of cards is not far from tumbling. Investor confidence is dropping by the day, and his approval numbers are starting to reflect that. I don't know whom the country thought they were electing, but they didn't think it was a radical socialist from Chicago who was going to, with the help of a Democratic Congress, spend this country into the toilet.
* Why Red Sox fans are concerned about Toronto hurler Roy Halladay going to the Yankees baffles me. Why on earth would Toronto would trade one of baseball's best pitchers to another team in their very own division? Makes absolutely no sense.
* What a freakin' waste of money. This at a time when California can't pay it's own bills and is passing out IOUs? Seems to me somebody's priorities are out of whack.


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In Istanbul in 1939, Okay Temiz's mother not only gave him the gift of life, but the gift of music. He has since dedicated his life to sharing that gift with the world. Music has been playing in his DNA since birth, being inspired as a child by his mother, Naciye Temiz, who was classically trained in Turkish music. With her encouragement, he studied percussion and tympani at the State Conservatoire of Classical Music in Ankara. On launching his professional musical career in 1955, Okay continued his studies at the Tophane Art Institute. where he acquired the musical knowledge and skills that enabled him to create his own drums and percussion instruments with unique sounds and features. He now has a wide collection of self-made ethnic and electronic instruments, including a hand-made copper drum kit, the Magic Pyramid and Artemiz, which he constructed using camel and sheep bells. These add a unique and transformative quality to his accomplished musicianship and distinctive style.
Between 1959 and 1967, Temiz performed in several programmes and shows, accompanying dance music groups in Turkey. In 1967, he joined Ulvi Temel's group and performed in some of the most prestigious music halls in Europe. This led to a move to Sweden where he met trumpeter Maffy Falay whose artistry in improvised music had a strong impact on Okay. The duo formed the group Sevda, their fascinating pulsating fusion of the striking melodies and rhythms of Turkish folk music with western jazz winning great acclaim. In the following years, Temiz provided a clear and bright musical palette for Stockholm radio stations, not to mention the Symphonic Orchestra, to which he added new sonic and percussive elements. While in both Sweden and Denmark, Temiz collaborated with highly esteemed names of the jazz scene, such as Dexter Gordon, George Russell and Clark Teery during a period full of rich musical experiences.
During that time, he met the American trumpet master Don Cherry, who was then settled in Sweden and renowned for being one of the pioneers of world music. This became a long-lasting partnership, with them performing together for years at festivals, concerts and on recordings. With the addition of the African bassist Johnny Dyani in 1971, the trio began facilitating courses at New Hampshire College, one of the leading popular music schools in the USA. That same year, they recorded a concert in Ankara for the Sonet Records label.
A year later, Temiz, together with the accomplished musicians, bassist Dyani and South African trumpeter Mongezi Feza, formed the group Xaba. This formed a significant stage in his musical career, as they rapidly gained considerable attention via three albums that could be described as an individual style of avant-garde jazz, effectively securing the group's place in the history of jazz. Okay greatly appreciated the musicianship of his two collaborators and there was a palpable telepathic connection between them all. He has stated that these were amongst the best times of his career. The albums were released by the UK label Sonet Records in Scandinavia, the USA and the UK.
In 1974, Okay formed his Swedish-Turkish jazz group Oriental Wind, originally consisting of renowned musicians such as pianist Bobo Stensson, bassist Palle Danielson, saxophonist Lennart Aberg and the master of ney and gayda, Hacı Tekbilek. A deeper dive into multi-cultural music resulted in a particularly successful sonic fusion of European musical instruments such as violin, saxophone, flute, clarinet, bass and piano with Turkish instruments such as zurna, ney, kaval, ud, saz, gayda and sipsi. For a short time, his mother, Naciye, joined the group, participating in their performances in Sweden.
Temiz continued his cultural activities in Sweden until 1990. During his work applying classical Turkish makam music to jazz, he discovered various Turkish musicians and helped them gain universal musical recognition. Tours in Europe, India and the USA were followed by numerous concerts, recordings and seminars. His album Fis Fis Tziganes, amidst the competition of 3000 other albums, reached Number 3 in the French music charts in 1991. Green Wave, recorded in Turkey in 1992, remained for years in world music DJs' annual top ten albums.
Post 1993, Temiz continued his career in Finland where he met his then future wife, Anna. Marriage and the birth of their son, Tomi, brought a new perspective to both his personal life and musical career. This was reflected by his album Magnetic Band, on which he embraced the improvisational spirit of jazz with its African and South American rhythms and fused this feel with traditional Turkish melodies. The CD of the album was released in Greece to high critical acclaim and was named album of the month with a five-star rating by Down Beat jazz magazine.
Supported by Sweden's Ministry of Culture, Temiz expanded his thirty years of creativity in Scandinavia to a worldwide platform on which he exposed his collaborations with other world musicians to wider audiences. Their music, which excitingly fused previously unexplored Turkish motifs with the sound of jazz, quickly gained recognition in Scandinavia, with a following quickly growing via festivals, recordings and concerts. In order to collaborate with more Turkish musicians and promote their music globally, Temiz returned to his homeland in 1998.
Okay's insatiable energy and passion for exploring the unknown have continued to lead him to engage in numerous musical projects in a variety of contexts. Among these, an album sponsored by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Banvit, entitled Kuzeyden Güneye Yansımalar (Reflections from North to South) included his compositions and was recorded with Izmir State Symphonic Orchestra. Also, a CD entitled Kutlama (Celebration) was produced for the ADA Music label. Temiz's compositions were compiled on five CDs as part of Başarı Eletronik company's 2000 cultural activities: Fifth Anniversary of the Turkish Republic. Another CD entitled Yaşamın Ritmi (The Rhythm of Life) was produced in celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the company Banvit.
Temiz and his groups have organized seminars for the promotion of both Turkish and world music in European cities such as Athens, Thessaloniki, Barcelona, Budapest, Zurich, Ljubliana, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Lisbon. He has also performed in concerts in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir as a member of the Ministry of Culture Turkish Music Ensemble. He has appeared in more than three hundred and fifty festivals and performed in circa three thousand concerts in Europe, the USA and India. He has acquainted, studied and collaborated with top musicians and masters of African, South American and Indian rhythms, while also learning how to make and play their instruments, such as quicca, berimbau, finger piano and talking drum. His recent (at the time of writing) contemporary work, made in collaboration with the accomplished Greek musicians, guitarist Nicky Skopelitis and jazz saxophonist and clarinetist Floros Florides, was released on CD in winter 2021 on the US label Be Last World Action.
Okay Temiz continues his lifelong mission of promoting multi-cultural music to a global audience via the rich and varied musical experience he has gained over the course of his life.
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Sie hat sich entschieden: Isabell Werth teilte mit, dass sie erneut ihr "Gold-Pferd" Weihegold beim Worldcup-Finale in Göteborg reiten wird. Die deutsche Dressur-Queen hatte auch Emilio fürs Finale qualifiziert. She took her decision: Isabell Werth has announced, that again has chosen her "golden mount" Weihegold to be her four-legged partner at the world cup finals in Gothenburg. The German dressage queen had also qualified Emilio for the final.
Gelingt ihr in Göteborg das Triple? Isabell Werth und Weihegold sind nach 2017 und 2018 einmal mehr heiße Favoriten auf den Sieg im Worldcup-Finale. In Omaha siegte Isabell Werth im Sattel von Weihegold mit 90,704% vor Laura Graves / Verdades und Carl Hester / Nip Tuck.
Im letzten Jahr in Paris war der Gewinnscore für Isabell Werth und Weihegold fast gleich, nämlich 90,657%; das Gold-Duo verwies erneut die US-Amerikanerin Laura Graves mit Verdades auf den zweiten Rang, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl und Unee wurden Dritte.
Das Worldcup-Finale findet vom 3. - 7. April 2019 im Rahmen der Gothenburg Horse Show statt.
Will she be able to claim the triple? After 2017 and 2018, Isabell Werth and Weihegold are again the high favourites for the victory in the world cup final. In Omaha, Isabell Werth and Weihegold claimed the victory with a final score of 90,704% ahead of Laura Graves / Verdades and Carl Hester / Nip Tuck.
Last year in Paris, the winning score for Isabell Werth and Weihegold was nearly the same, it was 90,657. The golden duo again relegated US-rider Laura Graves with Verdades to the runner-up spot, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and Unee finished third.
The world cup final will take place during the Gothenburg Horse Show April 3rd - 7th.


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\section{Introduction}

In quantum information science, quantum state transfer (QST), as the name
suggests, refers to the transfer of an arbitrary quantum state from one
qubit to another. Recently, there are two major mechanisms for QST. The
first approaches are usually characterized by preparing the quantum channel
with an \textit{always-on} interaction where QST is equivalent to the time
evolution of the quantum state in data bus~\cite{Bose1,Song,Christandle1}.
However, these approaches require precise control of distance and timing.
Any deviation may leads to significant errors. The other approaches have
paid much attention to adiabatic passage for coherent QST in time-evolving
quantum systems. The most well known example of these is the so-called
Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage (STIRAP) technique, which is used to
produce a complete population transfer between two internal quantum states
of an atom or molecule~\cite{Shore}. Such methods are relatively insensitive
to gate errors and other external noises and do not require an accurate
control of the system parameters, thus can realize high-fidelity QST.

Due to the potential scalability and long decoherence times, the
applications of adiabatic passage have been widely investigated in
solid-state systems~\cit
{Vitanov,TB,Eckert,Zhang,GT1,GT2,GT3,BEC1,BEC2,BEC4,DAS,McE}. Eckert et al.
\cite{Eckert} have introduced an implementation of the STIRAP in the
three-trap potential array. By coherently manipulating the trap separation
between each two traps, the neutral atoms can be transferred in the
millisecond range. Zhang et al.~\cite{Zhang} have describe a scheme for
using an all-electrical, adiabatic population transfer between two spatially
separated dots in a triple-quantum-dot (TQD) system by adiabatically
engineering external gate voltage. In ref.~\cite{GT1}, A. D. Greentree et
al. have described a method of coherent electronic transport through a
triple-well system by adiabatically following a particular energy eigenstate
of the system. By adiabatically modulating coherent tunneling rates between
nearest neighbor dots, it can realize a high fidelity transfer. This method
was termed Coherent Tunneling by Adiabatic Passage (CTAP) which was
demonstrated experimentally very recently via optical waveguide~\cite{Longhi
. Since then, adiabatic passage has also been used to transport quantum
information from a single sender to multiple receivers, which relates to a
quantum wire or fan-out~\cite{GT3}. Following a different perspective, there
have been several recent proposals to coherently manipulate BECs~\cit
{BEC1,BEC2,BEC4} in triple-well potentials. Ref.~\cite{DAS} has analytically
derived the condition for coherent tunneling via adiabatic passage in a
triple-well system with negligible central-well population at all times
during the transfer.

In CTAP technique~\cite{GT1}, the basic idea is to use the existence of a
spatial dark state which is a coherent superposition state of two
\textquotedblleft distant\textquotedblright\ spatial trapping sites,
\begin{equation*}
\left\vert D_{0}\right\rangle =\cos \theta _{1}\left\vert L\right\rangle
+0\left\vert M\right\rangle -\sin \theta _{1}\left\vert R\right\rangle ,
\end{equation*
where the mixing angle $\theta _{1}$ is defined as $\tan \theta _{1}=\Omega
^{LM}/\Omega ^{MR}$ with $\Omega ^{LM}$ ($\Omega ^{MR}$) denoting the
tunneling rate between nearest-neighbor dots. By maintaining the system in
state $\left\vert D_{0}\right\rangle $ and adiabatically manipulating the
tunneling rates, it is possible to achieve coherent population transfer
from site $\left\vert L\right\rangle $ to $\left\vert R\right\rangle $\
without any probability being in the state $\left\vert M\right\rangle $. In
this paper we consider a different adiabatic protocol to achieve population
transfer between two spatially separated dots. We introduce a non-uniform
coupled triple-quantum-dot array which can be manipulated by external gate
voltage applied on the two external dots (sender and receiver). Through
maintaining the system in the ground state we show that the electron
initially in the left dot can be transferred to the right dot occupation
with high fidelity. Furthermore, we study in details the dynamic competition
between the adiabatic QST and the decoherence. There are two time scales
T_{1}$ and $T_{2}$ depicting such competition, where $T_{1}$ represents the
adiabatic time limited by the adiabatic conditions and $T_{2}$ represents
the decoherence time.

The paper is organized as follows. In Sec. II we setup the model and we
describe the adiabatic transfer of an electron between quantum dots. We also
derive a perturbative, analytical expression of fidelity. In Sec. III we
show numerical results that substantiate the analytical results. The last
section is the summary and discussion of this paper.

\section{Model setup}

\begin{figure}[tbp]
\includegraphics[ bb=188 384 450 524, width=6 cm, clip]{fig1a.eps}
\includegraphics[ bb=175 336 442 555, width=6 cm, clip]{fig1b.eps}
\caption{(Color online) Schematic illustrations of quantum state transfer in
non-uniform triple-dot system: (a) the system is controlled by gates voltage
$\protect\mu _{\protect\alpha }(t)$ $(\protect\alpha =L,$ $R)$; (b) by
adiabatically change the $\protect\mu _{\protect\alpha }(t)$ $(\protec
\alpha =L,$ $R)$ one can achieve QST from $\left\vert L\right\rangle $ to
\left\vert R\right\rangle $.}
\label{fig1}
\end{figure}

In this section, we first introduce the isolated (no coupling to the leads)
TQD array $\left\vert L,\sigma \right\rangle $, $\left\vert M,\sigma
\right\rangle $, $\left\vert R,\sigma \right\rangle $ ($\sigma =\uparrow
,\downarrow $), where $\left\vert L,\sigma \right\rangle =c_{L,\sigma
}^{\dag }\left\vert \text{vac}\right\rangle $ ($\left\vert M\right\rangle
=c_{M,\sigma }^{\dag }\left\vert \text{vac}\right\rangle $, $\left\vert
R\right\rangle =c_{R,\sigma }^{\dag }\left\vert \text{vac}\right\rangle $)
corresponds to an electron in the left (center, right) dot with spin $\sigma
$. The scheme is schematically shown in Fig.~\ref{fig1}(a). Specifically, we
consider the interactions between nearest-neighbor quantum dots are timeless
and slightly different. We term this model non-uniform triple-quantum-dot
(NUTQD) system. The system are controlled by external time-varying gates
voltage $\mu _{\alpha }(t)$ $(\alpha =L,$ $R)$, which control the site
energies of two end of the array. In this proposal we will show that the
information encoded in electronic spin\ can\ be transported from $\cos
\theta \left\vert L,\uparrow \right\rangle +\sin \theta \left\vert
L,\downarrow \right\rangle $ to $\cos \theta \left\vert R,\uparrow
\right\rangle +\sin \theta \left\vert R,\downarrow \right\rangle $. Notice
that the polarization of the spin of an electron is not changed as time
evolves. Then the problem about the quantum information transfer (QIT) can
be reduced to the issue of QST and a complete QST can achieve perfect QIT.
In this sense, we can ignore spin degrees of freedom to illustrate the
principles of QST from $\left\vert L\right\rangle $ to $\left\vert
R\right\rangle $.

We use $\left\{ \left\vert L\right\rangle ,\left\vert M\right\rangle
,\left\vert R\right\rangle \right\} $ as basis of the Hilbert space, the
Hamiltonian for NUTQD system in matrix form reads as
\begin{equation}
H=\left[
\begin{array}{ccc}
\mu _{L}(t) & J_{1} & 0 \\
J_{1} & 0 & J_{2} \\
0 & J_{2} & \mu _{R}(t
\end{array
\right] ,  \label{H_t}
\end{equation
where $J_{i}\ (i=1,2)$ is the fixed coupling constant between
nearest-neighbor dots, assumed to be real (negative) for the sake of
simplicity. The on-site energies $\mu _{L}(t)$ and $\mu _{R}(t)$ are
modulated in Gaussian pulses to realize the adiabatic transfer, according to
(shown in Fig.~2)

\begin{subequations}
\begin{align}
\mu _{L}(t)& =-\mu _{L}^{\max }\exp \left[ -\frac{1}{2}\alpha ^{2}t^{2
\right] ,  \label{miuL} \\
\mu _{R}(t)& =-\mu _{R}^{\max }\exp \left[ -\frac{1}{2}\alpha ^{2}\left(
t-\tau \right) ^{2}\right] ,  \label{miuR}
\end{align
where $\tau $ and $\alpha $ are the total adiabatic evolution time and
standard deviation of the control pulse modulating the chemical potential of
states $\left\vert L\right\rangle $ and $\left\vert R\right\rangle $. For
simplicity we set the peak voltage of each dot to be equal $\mu _{L}^{\max
}=\mu _{R}^{\max }=\mu _{0}$ and satisfy $\mu _{0}\gg \left\vert
J_{i}\right\vert $ $(i=1,2)$. We will see below that this simplicity has no
relevance to the problem.

\begin{figure}[tbp]
\includegraphics[ bb=180 175 585 440, width=7 cm, clip]{fig2.eps}
\caption{Gate voltages as a function of time (in units of
\protect\tau $) , $\protect\mu _{L}(t)$ is the solid line and $\protect\mu
_{R}(t)$ is the dash line.}
\end{figure}

At time $t=t_{0}$, the Hamiltonian $H(t_{0})$ has eigenvectors $\left\vert
\psi _{n}(t_{0})\right\rangle $ ($n=0,1,2$) which are superpositions of
\left\vert L\right\rangle ,$ $\left\vert M\right\rangle ,$ $\left\vert
R\right\rangle $ and the eigenvalues are denoted by $\varepsilon _{n}(t_{0})
, sorting in ascending order $\varepsilon _{0}<\varepsilon _{1}<\varepsilon
_{2}$. Under adiabatic evolution, these eigenstates evolve continuously to
\left\vert \psi _{n}(t)\right\rangle $. The instantaneous Hamiltonian's
eigen equation is

\end{subequations}
\begin{equation}
H(t)\left\vert \psi _{n}(t)\right\rangle =\varepsilon _{n}(t)\left\vert \psi
_{n}(t)\right\rangle .  \label{schrodinger}
\end{equation}

In this proposal, we use ground state $\left\vert \psi _{0}(t)\right\rangle $
of Eq.~\eqref{schrodinger} to induce population transfer from state
\left\vert L\right\rangle $ to $\left\vert R\right\rangle $ (see Fig.~\re
{fig1}(b)). One advantage of this proposal is that there can be\ no heat
dissipation during the transfer.

Starting from $t=0$, the Hamiltonian is approximate separable in the case
\mu _{0}\gg \left\vert J_{i}\right\vert $:
\begin{equation}
H(t=0)\simeq H_{L}\oplus H_{MR},
\end{equation
with
\begin{subequations}
\begin{align}
H_{L}& =-\mu _{0}\left\vert L\right\rangle \left\langle L\right\vert , \\
H_{MR}& =J_{2}\left( \left\vert M\right\rangle \left\langle R\right\vert
+\left\vert R\right\rangle \left\langle M\right\vert \right) .
\end{align
This Hamiltonian has the eigenstates

\end{subequations}
\begin{eqnarray}
\left\vert \psi _{\pm }\left( t=0\right) \right\rangle &=&\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}
\left( \left\vert M\right\rangle \pm \left\vert R\right\rangle \right) ,
\notag \\
\left\vert \psi _{0}\left( t=0\right) \right\rangle &=&\left\vert
L\right\rangle ,
\end{eqnarray
the energies of these states are

\begin{equation}
\varepsilon _{\pm }=\pm J_{2},\text{ }\varepsilon _{0}=-\mu _{0}.
\end{equation}

Our aim is to induce population transfer from state $\left\vert
L\right\rangle $ to $\left\vert R\right\rangle $ by maintaining the system
in ground state. Now we will show that an adiabatic change of $\mu _{L}(t)$
and $\mu _{R}(t)$ will realize the QST.

In the adiabatic limit, $t\rightarrow \tau $, the parameter $\mu _{L}(t)$
goes to zero and $\mu _{R}(t)$ goes to $-\mu _{0}$. The Hamiltonian
adiabatically evolves to
\begin{equation}
H(t=\tau )\simeq H_{LM}\oplus H_{R},
\end{equation
with
\begin{subequations}
\begin{align}
H_{LM}& =J_{1}\left( \left\vert L\right\rangle \left\langle M\right\vert
+\left\vert M\right\rangle \left\langle L\right\vert \right) , \\
H_{R}& =-\mu _{0}\left\vert R\right\rangle \left\langle R\right\vert ,
\end{align
the corresponding eigenstate are
\end{subequations}
\begin{eqnarray}
\left\vert \psi _{\pm }\left( t=\tau \right) \right\rangle &=&\frac{1}{\sqrt
2}}\left( \left\vert L\right\rangle \pm \left\vert M\right\rangle \right) ,
\notag \\
\left\vert \psi _{0}\left( t=\tau \right) \right\rangle &=&\left\vert
R\right\rangle .
\end{eqnarray
and then the ground state evolves to be $\left\vert R\right\rangle $.

Providing adiabaticity is satisfied~\cite{Blum}

\begin{equation}
\left\vert \varepsilon _{m}-\varepsilon _{n}\right\vert \gg |\langle \psi
_{m}|\dot{\psi}_{n}\rangle |,  \label{AC}
\end{equation
the overall system will remain in its instantaneous ground state. At $t=0$,
the system is prepared in state $\left\vert \psi _{0}\left( t=0\right)
\right\rangle =\left\vert L\right\rangle $, then the adiabatic theorem
states that the system will stay in $\left\vert \psi _{0}\left( t\right)
\right\rangle $. Note that $\left\vert L\right\rangle $ and $\left\vert
R\right\rangle $ denote the states in which the electron is on the left and
right QD, respectively. Therefore, we can see that an electron starting in
\left\vert L\right\rangle $ will end up in $\left\vert R\right\rangle $.

Providing the length of time $\tau $ is too large, that is, the
time-dependent change is introduced slowly enough, the fidelity of QST is
also determined by peak gate voltage $\mu _{0}$. Notice that the square of
the module of fidelity $\left\vert F(t)\right\vert ^{2}=\left\vert
\left\langle R\right. \left\vert \psi _{0}\left( t\right) \right\rangle
\right\vert ^{2}$ denotes the probability of finding $\left\vert
R\right\rangle $ in the ground state $\left\vert \psi _{0}\left( t\right)
\right\rangle $. Now we suppose to get analytical expression of fidelity
using first order perturbation theory. We start from Eq.~\eqref{H_t} at
t=\tau $ and consider the coupling term $J_{2}\left( \left\vert
R\right\rangle \left\langle M\right\vert +\left\vert M\right\rangle
\left\langle R\right\vert \right) $ as a weak perturbation. The Hamiltonian

\begin{equation}
H(t=\tau )=H_{0}+H_{I},
\end{equation
contains two parts
\begin{subequations}
\begin{align}
H_{0}& =J_{1}\left( \left\vert L\right\rangle \left\langle M\right\vert
+\left\vert M\right\rangle \left\langle L\right\vert \right) -\mu
_{0}\left\vert R\right\rangle \left\langle R\right\vert , \\
H_{I}& =J_{2}\left( \left\vert R\right\rangle \left\langle M\right\vert
+\left\vert M\right\rangle \left\langle R\right\vert \right) .
\end{align}

Our aim is to find the approximate expression for the ground state
\left\vert \psi _{0}\right\rangle $ of the perturbed Hamiltonian $H(t=\tau )
. The eigenfunctions of unperturbed Hamiltonian $H_{0}$ is
\end{subequations}
\begin{eqnarray}
|\psi _{0}^{(0)}\rangle &=&|R\rangle ,  \notag \\
|\psi _{\pm }^{(0)}\rangle &=&\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left( \left\vert
L\right\rangle \pm \left\vert M\right\rangle \right) .
\end{eqnarray
In the picture of $\left\{ |\psi _{-}^{(0)}\rangle ,|\psi _{+}^{(0)}\rangle
,|\psi _{0}^{(0)}\rangle \right\} $, The Hamiltonian $H_{0}$ can be
diagonalized as
\begin{equation*}
H_{0}=\left[
\begin{array}{ccc}
-J_{1} & 0 & 0 \\
0 & J_{1} & 0 \\
0 & 0 & -\mu _{0
\end{array
\right] .
\end{equation*}

As the first order perturbation, we have the corrected ground state to b
\begin{eqnarray}
\left\vert \psi _{0}\right\rangle &=&|\psi _{0}^{(0)}\rangle +\sum_{\eta
=\pm }\frac{\langle \psi _{\eta }^{(0)}|H_{I}|\psi _{0}^{(0)}\rangle }
E_{0}^{(0)}-E_{\eta }^{(0)}}|\psi _{\eta }^{(0)}\rangle  \notag \\
&=&\frac{J_{1}J_{2}}{\mu _{0}^{2}-J_{1}^{2}}|L\rangle -\frac{\mu _{0}J_{2}}
\mu _{0}^{2}-J_{1}^{2}}|M\rangle +|R\rangle .
\end{eqnarray
So the transfer fidelity of adiabatic QST at $t=\tau $\ is

\begin{eqnarray}
\left\vert F(\tau )\right\vert ^{-2} &=&1+\left( \frac{J_{1}J_{2}}{\mu
_{0}^{2}-J_{1}^{2}}\right) ^{2}+\left( \frac{\mu _{0}J_{2}}{\mu
_{0}^{2}-J_{1}^{2}}\right) ^{2}  \notag \\
&=&1+\frac{J_{2}^{2}\left( \mu _{0}^{2}+J_{1}^{2}\right) }{\left( \mu
_{0}^{2}-J_{1}^{2}\right) ^{2}},  \label{Fidelity}
\end{eqnarray
which shows that the peak voltage $\mu _{0}$ determined the fidelity of QST.
As $\mu _{0}\gg \left\vert J_{i}\right\vert $\ is satisfied, the fidelity is
near to unity.

\section{Numerical Simulations}

The analysis above is based on the assumption that the adiabaticity is
satisfied. In order to demonstrate the QST in the system~\eqref{H_t} and to
show how exact the approximation is, in this section we numerically solve
the master equation and the above central conclusion can be get confirmed.
The main goal of this section is to analyze the parameters which influence
the fidelity of adiabatic QST and find the proper matching relation between
them.

First, initialize electron in the left dot, i.e., the total initial state is
$\left\vert \Psi \left( 0\right) \right\rangle =\left\vert L\right\rangle $,
the time evolution creates a coherent superposition:
\begin{equation}
\left\vert \Psi \left( t\right) \right\rangle =c_{1}(t)\left\vert
L\right\rangle +c_{2}(t)\left\vert M\right\rangle +c_{3}(t)\left\vert
R\right\rangle .
\end{equation
with this notation we assume the initial condition $c_{1}(0)=1$, and the
other two equal zero. In order to proceed, we numerically solve the master
equations for the density matrix $\rho $. The master equation is written as
\cite{Blum} (assuming $\hbar =1$)

\begin{equation}
i\frac{d\rho \left( t\right) }{dt}=\left[ H,\rho \left( t\right) \right] ,
\end{equation
where $\rho \left( t\right) =\left\vert \Psi \left( t\right) \right\rangle
\left\langle \Psi \left( t\right) \right\vert $. With the basis state
ordering $\left\{ \left\vert L\right\rangle ,\left\vert M\right\rangle
,\left\vert R\right\rangle \right\} $, the density matrix can be written as
\begin{equation*}
\rho \left( t\right) =\left[
\begin{array}{ccc}
\left\vert c_{1}(t)\right\vert ^{2} & c_{1}(t)c_{2}^{\ast }(t) &
c_{1}(t)c_{3}^{\ast }(t) \\
c_{2}(t)c_{1}^{\ast }(t) & \left\vert c_{2}(t)\right\vert ^{2} &
c_{2}(t)c_{3}^{\ast }(t) \\
c_{3}(t)c_{1}^{\ast }(t) & c_{3}(t)c_{2}^{\ast }(t) & \left\vert
c_{3}(t)\right\vert ^{2
\end{array
\right] \;.
\end{equation*}

According to the definition of fidelity, we can see that $\left\vert
F(t)\right\vert ^{2}=\left\vert c_{3}(t)\right\vert ^{2}$. The crucial
requirement for adiabatic evolution is Eq.~\eqref{AC}. Firstly, one must to
make sure that no level crossings occur, i.e., $\varepsilon
_{0}(t)-\varepsilon _{j}(t)<0$. To calculate the energies is generally only
possible numerically. In Fig.~\ref{fig3}(a) we present the results showing
the eigenenergy gap $\Delta (t)=\varepsilon _{1}(t)-\varepsilon _{0}(t)$
between the first-excited state and ground state of the NUTQD system
undergoing evolution due to modulation of the gate voltage according to
pulse Eq.~\eqref{H_t} for $\mu _{0}=20$, $J_{1}=0.8$, $J_{2}=1.0$, $\tau
=10\mu _{0}/J_{1}^{2}$ and $\alpha =3/\tau $, $4/\tau $, $5/\tau $, $6/\tau
. It shows that for the given evolution time $\tau =400$ the minimum of the
energy gap decrease as standard deviation $\alpha $ increasing. The slower
Hamiltonian~\eqref{H_t} varies, the closer adiabatic theorem holds. In Fig.
\ref{fig3} we also show the numerically computed behavior of the populations
$|c_{1}(t)|^{2}$, $|c_{2}(t)|^{2}$ and $|c_{3}(t)|^{2}$ on the three quantum
dots as a function of time with $\alpha =4/\tau $ and $\alpha =5/\tau $.
Note that for $\alpha =4/\tau $ transfer, as illustrated in Fig.~\ref{fig3
(b), the population on state $\left\vert R\right\rangle $ is decoupled and
stays constant 0.92. The fraction of population left in states $\left\vert
L\right\rangle $ and $\left\vert M\right\rangle $ is $\left\vert c_{1}(\tau
)\right\vert ^{2}+\left\vert c_{2}(\tau )\right\vert ^{2}=0.08$ and executes
Rabi oscillations because the quantum dots $L$ and $M$ are coupled with
J_{1}=0.8$. Whereas for $\alpha =5/\tau $ case, shown in Fig.~\ref{fig3}(c),
one can see that the fidelity of adiabatic QST has been improved
considerably by this slight change. The fidelity of QST achieve 0.995 and
only 0.5\% of population remains in states $\left\vert L\right\rangle $ and
\left\vert M\right\rangle $. This is consistent with the results shown in
Fig.~\ref{fig3}(a) because the eigenenergy gap plays opposite role for
transition probability.

\begin{figure}[tbp]
\includegraphics[ bb=86 84 290 368, width=7 cm, clip]{fig3.eps}
\caption{(Color online) (a) The energy gap $\Delta (t)=\protect\varepsilon
_{1}(t)-\protect\varepsilon _{0}(t)$ between the first-excited state and
ground state of the triple-dot system undergoing evolution due to modulation
of the gate volgate according to pulse Eq. (3) for $\protect\mu _{0}=20$,
J_{1}=0.8$, $J_{2}=1.0$, $\protect\tau =10\protect\mu _{0}/J_{1}^{2}$ and
\protect\alpha =3/\protect\tau $, $4/\protect\tau $, $5/\protect\tau $, $6
\protect\tau $. The time evolution of the probabilities induced by the
pulses in Fig. 2 for (b) $\protect\alpha =4/\protect\tau $ and (c) $\protec
\alpha =5/\protect\tau $. Initially the population is on left qubit (black
line) and finally mainly on right qubit (red line). The population on the
intermediate qubit is shown as a blue line.}
\label{fig3}
\end{figure}
The fidelity of population transfer will be very high as long as the
Hamiltonian evolves sufficiently slowly in time (as determined by criteria
for the applicability of the theorem). In practice the maximum possible
transfer rates will be a few times greater than $\mu_{0}/J_{1}^{2}$ which is
illustrated in Fig.~\ref{fig4}. Note that the transfer fidelity becomes
stable when the total evolution time satisfy $\tau \geq 4\mu_{0}/J_{1}^{2}$.
\begin{figure}[tbp]
\includegraphics[ bb=11 18 490 408, width=7 cm, clip]{fig4.eps}
\caption{Fidelity as a function of total adiabatic evolution time $\protec
\tau$ (in units of $\protect\mu_{0}/J_{1}^{2}$). When $\protect\tau \geq
\protect\mu_{0}/J_{1}^{2}$, the fidelity of QST becomes stable.}
\label{fig4}
\end{figure}

The preceding discussion is based on the assumption that the system
parameters are setup with arbitrary precision that is the system is coupled
with $J_{1}=0.8$ and $J_{2}=1.0$. However, it is difficult to fabricate such
precise Hamiltonian in experiment. Next we will show that the adiabatic
passage like us is relatively insensitive to the system parameters. From the
analytical results, the fidelity of adiabatic QST depends on the contrast
ratio between peak voltage $\mu _{0}$ and coupling constants $J_{i}$. To
determine the parameter range needed to achieve high fidelity transfer, we
numerically integrate the density matrix equations of motion, with varying
the peak voltage $\mu _{0}$. In Fig.~\ref{fig5}(a) we present results
showing the square of fidelity $\left\vert F(\tau )\right\vert
^{2}=|c_{3}(\tau )|^{2}$ as a function of $\mu _{0}$ with $J_{1}=0.8$,
J_{2}=1.0$, $\tau =375$ and $\alpha =5/\tau $. We can see that the
population transfer is close to one ($\left\vert F(\tau )\right\vert
^{2}\geq 0.99$) and stable when $\mu _{0}$ is achieved for $|\mu
_{0}/J_{2}|\geq 14$. The plot in Fig.~\ref{fig5}(a) is in agreement with the
analytical results Eq.~\eqref{Fidelity} with high accuracy. On the other
hand, the difference between $J_{1}$ and $J_{2}$ has a little effect upon
transfer fidelity within certain range. We have illustrated this in Fig.~\re
{fig5}(b) where the effects of mismatch between $J_{1}\ $and $J_{2}$ have
been modeled. Here we show $\left\vert F(\tau )\right\vert ^{2}$ as a
function of $J_{1}/J_{2}$ for peak voltage $\mu _{0}=20$ to simulate the
effect of a systematic error in the coupling constants. Note that the ratio
as much as $0.35$ still permits $\left\vert F(\tau )\right\vert ^{2}\approx
0.994$.

\begin{figure}[ptb]
\begin{centering}
\includegraphics[ bb=162 160 508 418, width=7 cm, clip]{fig5a.eps}
\includegraphics[ bb=33 38 517 400, width=7 cm, clip]{fig5b.eps}
\par\end{centering}
\caption{The plot of the square of fidelity $\left\vert F(\protect\ta
)\right\vert ^{2}$ as a function of system paremeters: (a) the peak voltage
\protect\mu _{0}$ and (b) the ratio $J_{1}/J_{2}$. If the condition is
satisfied when $|\protect\mu _{0}/J_{max}|\geq 14$ and $J_{1}/J_{2}\geq 0.4
, the transfer fidelity is near to one. }
\label{fig5}
\end{figure}

\section{Summary and discussion}

In summary, we have introduced a method of coherent QST through a NUTQD
system by adiabatic passage. This scheme is realized by modulation of gate
voltage of QDs. Different from the CTAP Scheme, our method is to induce
population transfer by maintaining the system in its ground state which is
more stable than dark state. We have studied the adiabatic QST through a
NTQD system by theoretical analysis and numerical simulations of the ground
state evolution of NTQD model. The result shows that it is a high fidelity
process for a proper choose of standard deviation and peak voltage.

In order to investigate the relation between the fidelity of quantum state
transfer $\left\vert F(\tau )\right\vert ^{2}$ and peak voltage $\mu _{0}$,
we have numerically solve the master equation under different peak voltage.
The numerical result shows that if we want to achieve a high fidelity more
than 99.5\% we require the ratio of $\left\vert \mu _{0}/J_{2}\right\vert
\geq 14$. We also show that the sight difference between $J_{1}$ and $J_{2}$
does small influence on the fidelity.

It is worthwhile to discuss the applicability of the scheme presented above.
In a real system, quantum decoherence is the main obstacle to the
experimental implementation of quantum information. For coupled QDs,
experiments \cite{T1} show that the coupling strength $J$ is about 0.25 meV
while $\mu _{0}\sim 20J$. we can estimate a time of $\sim $ 50 ps required
for adiabatic operation. On the other hand, the typical decoherence time
T_{2}$ for electron-spin has been indicated experimentally \cite{T2} to be
longer than 80$\pm $9 $\mu $s at 2.5 K which is much longer than adiabatic
operation time. So our scheme has applicability in practice.

\begin{acknowledgements}
One of the authors (BC) thanks Z. Song for discussions and encouraging comments.
We also acknowledge the support of the NSF of China (Grant Nos. 10847150, 61071016) and Shandong Provincial Natural
Science Foundation, China (Grant No. ZR2009AM026).
\end{acknowledgements}

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6. Grosvenor Square
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The Song of the Butcher Bird | 6 Grosvenor Square, London
The London House
It would have taken half the time to drive straight to the family's country estate from Oxford, but early in the afternoon of his last interview with the Master of The Collage, William Saltwood motored in the opposite direction up to London.
With the encouragement of a final backhander, the head porter arranged for a carrier to transport the contents of William's rooms to Chiddington, and he despatched a college servant to retrieve the keys to the two-seater Panhard Levassor that Polly Brockenden had left at the inn where they had met for dinner the night before.
Brockenden had left Oxford in the morning with his cousin George and a disreputable friend in George's motor to shoot the few remaining pheasants the poachers had been kind enough to leave him on his own estate in Norfolk. George and the friend would do the shooting. Polly Brockenden was a traitor to his class in many ways, none worse that in his views on blood sports. He had left his Panhard for William to drive to Chiddington for the weekend, and then to return to London the following week. It was not unusual for Polly Brockenden to abandon his motorcar wherever he felt disinclined to drive it, or when a turn in the weather made open air travel uncomfortable, but in this instance it was a deliberate arrangement that suited both parties. The only drawback from William's point of view was that he was required to leave Oxford a day earlier than he had expected, and after giving it some thought he decided that a tactical diversion to London seemed a better option than heading straight into the lion's den at the Park. He knew that his parents would almost certainly leave London after lunch on a Thursday when there was an important weekend house party planned at the Park, and a night on his own in Grosvenor Square might help him prepare to face his father the following day.
Sugden, the Saltwood's London butler, greeted William's unplanned arrival at the house in Grosvenor Square with absolutely no sign of surprise, and confirmed that Lord and Lady Saltwood had indeed left town for the Park shortly after luncheon, which was a relief to their younger son. From past experience William knew that Lord Saltwood would be made aware of the latest fracas as soon as he reached the Park, and a growing realisation of just how dimly his father was going to regard this new development had taken a lot of the shine off the pleasure of driving the Panhard up to town. But an overnight stay in London would give his father twenty-four hours to cool off, and might give his mother a chance to intercede on his behalf as she had done so often in the past. He would have to take his medicine, he told himself as he swung off Park Lane and roared down Upper Brook Street into the square, and then lie low until the storm had blown over.
What he would do in the longer term was another matter. There was the hunting season to take him through the winter, but after that? The only thing he thought he could be certain of was that Lord Saltwood would not make him take a position in any of his numerous businesses. His father had made it plain that he did not want his younger son anywhere near his business interests until he could prove that he had at least the barest understanding of the meaning of the word Responsibility.
William spent the last of the afternoon on the telephone in the library as the shadows spread across the gardens in the centre of the square, trying unsuccessfully to find any of his cronies in London free to spend the evening with him. The Honourable Thomas Ashbury and Freddie de Vallain were otherwise engaged, and Bingleigh had been bundled out of the country on a chaperoned Grand Tour of Europe after their last escapade together. Two of the three other names in his notebook he might have called were still up at Oxford, and the third was in self-imposed seclusion at Cambridge, making a seriously boring effort to win the bow seat in the university rowing eight. William tossed his pocketbook onto a side-table and reconciled himself to an evening alone. He did not feel like venturing out on his own, so at six o'clock he asked Sugden to tell the cook that he would be dining at home, and as an afterthought he asked the butler to see if he could arrange for Brockenden's motor to be refuelled before he left the following morning.
"Something simple, Sugden," he called as the butler withdrew through the library door, "in here, if you wouldn't mind." The door froze for a fraction of a second as the butler registered the last part of William's request, and then closed without a sound. With no-one other than the servants in residence, William decided he could eat where he liked and he wouldn't bother to dress for dinner, no matter what Sugden might think of this multiple breach of etiquette.
He passed the time before dinner sprawled in one of the vast leather armchairs next to the library fire, with his feet on the upholstered fender, reading the afternoon edition of the newspaper that one of the footmen had been sent out to buy for him. He skipped the news pages and read every word of a glowing eulogy by the paper's sporting correspondent to the glories of Great Britain's achievements in the summer's Olympic Games. It was a fanfare of jingoistic self-congratulation that William read with a series of melodramatic groans. The London Olympics had been an overwhelming triumph for an island race that ruled the world militarily, industrially and now athletically, wrote the correspondent. No other nation could have engineered the miraculous White City Stadium into existence at such short notice. No other nation could have organised the games and made a profit out of them. No other nation had come close to winning even half of Great Britain's gold medal haul. Rule Britannia, crowed the correspondent.
And there was more to come. The Games would resume in just three weeks time, the report concluded complacently, no doubt adding considerably to Britain's overwhelming gold medal superiority. We should undoubtedly triumph in the football, in both codes, and we had a laughable advantage in the boxing arena. Why, he asked in mock bewilderment, had so few other nations put forth their pugilists to stand against Great Britain? Could it be that their courage failed them in the face of our giant fighting policeman, Constable Oldman? There was a lot more in the same vein, as heavyhanded as the heavyweight favourite, and William groaned aloud. "Silly little man," he said to the newspaper. "You try fighting Albert Oldman, you pasty blowhard." He glanced up at the sombre portrait of the first Lord Saltwood staring out belligerently across the library from the silk-covered chimney breast. "What would you give him, Grandpapa? Ten seconds?"
He trawled half-heartedly through the society columns of the paper for references to his friends and acquaintances, and a small story on the third page caught his attention briefly. He recognised the name of the Australian who would be a guest at Chiddington that weekend. Apparently the man was offering to employ London horse bus drivers on his cattle stations in Australia. William knew that his mother had inherited a large property in Australia two years earlier on the death of her uncle, Lord Teppermoor, along with twenty-eight thousand heavily mortgaged acres of midge-infested Scottish heather and the run-down Grosvenor Square house complete with its old-fashioned staff. He imagined that this must be at least one of the reasons why his father had invited the Kidmans to Chiddington. There would, inevitably, be a business angle in this somewhere as far as Lord Saltwood was concerned. Lord Saltwood did not entertain at Chiddington simply for amusement.
From the fireside comfort of his armchair in the heart of fashionable London, the notion of Australia was as remote and ephemeral to William as the dark side of the moon. "Why bus drivers?" he murmured to his grandfather's portrait as he scanned the next page. "How bizarre. Why do they call them stations? Even more bizarre." Surely they were not all connected by the railway, although that might account for his father's interest in Mr Sidney Kidman. His gaze moved idly down the crowded newsprint, and snagged briefly on a report of yet another murder of yet another prostitute in Whitechapel. There were the usual allusions to the ghost of the Ripper, but to William the main interest in her fate was that she had been strangled to death in the alley next to a public house that he and Tom Ashbury had visited to win a bet, one hot, sultry evening in July.
Sugden served dinner on a small table set close to the library fire, his disapproval under rigid control despite the casually inconsiderate demands being made on the staff. On Lord and Lady Saltwood's departure they had been expecting a long weekend of light duties, but now they must run around after young Saltwood instead.
The butler's face registered nothing but smooth aloofness, but if Master Saltwood had tried this little charade in Lord Teppermoor's day, he told himself as he spooned parsley sauce onto a beautifully cooked piece of halibut that he had been looking forward to eating himself, his feet wouldn't have touched any of the six marble steps on his way from the front door to the pavement. And good riddance to the little pillock and his grasping, stone-faced father, thought the butler. What the hell was the world coming to? To be fair, although Lord Teppermoor may have despised Lord Saltwood he had actually found his rake-hell great-nephew more of a chip off his own block. But this was taking unforgivable liberties. He wished young Saltwood had asked for soup. He would have taken a leaf out of his old lordship's book and told the cook to lace it with a dash of her thunderously explosive homemade laxative.
"Can I bring you anything else, sir?" said Sugden.
William gave it a moment's thought, glanced at his plate and the bottle of white burgundy wrapped in a napkin within easy reach, and shook his head as he resumed reading the paper. "No thank you, Sugden. I'll ring when I've finished."
The following day William notified Sugden that on second thoughts he would refuel the Panhard on the way to Chiddington himself, and if Brockenden telephoned to ask where it was, he could be told that William would be back in London on the following Tuesday. In the absence of both the Saltwood chauffeurs, the second footman had spent nearly two hours the previous evening arranging for the nearest garage to come and fill the Panhard with petroleum and oil, but the butler digested this with exactly the same absence of expression he would display when accepting a five pound tip.
He supervised William's departure, standing by the open front door as the young man adjusted his tweed cap and goggles, his long driving dustcoat and his leather gauntlets.
"I hope you have a pleasant journey, sir." Like all good butlers and sergeant majors, he could pronounce the word 'sir' in many different ways, the variation so subtle that all but the most discerning employers remained completely unaware of the distinctions. This morning, his timing and intonation stripped the word completely of any possible hint of deference or respect.
To the footman standing in the hallway waiting to close the front door it was an insult as clear as a guttersnipe's catcall, and one corner of his mouth twitched. William was thinking about what he was going to say to his father and passed through the doorway into the sunshine unaware of Sugden's opinion of him.
Even as the door closed, the butler's face remained rigidly impassive. Never, ever let them see what you think, John. Ever. His own uncle Alfred, old Teppermoor's previous butler, used to hammer the golden rule of service into the young Sugden when he had been first footman and then under-butler twenty years ago, tapping his forefinger on his nephew's starched shirtfront to drum home every word.
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Most national traditions fade with the time. But still many young ladies wish to find out their destiny by all means. You already know that Ukrainian women were keen on divination in ancient times. But it is also true that the Orthodox church considers this to be a sin. They say that through the unearthly forces one can uncover the future and change it. They say that only God knows what will be and a human is too weak to manage this.
Why do people foretell on St. Andrew day
On St. Andrew, December, 13 young men and Ukrainian ladies tried to get acquainted during the parties. After the Epiphany, the winter family creation season began. So, it was quite possible to meet your love exactly on St. Andrew. Divination on this night could answer many questions. The most popular were whether a Ukrainian lady was going to meet her destiny soon and with whom. She could also find out whether she would be happy in a family.
Who is St. Andrew
Due to the Holy Bible Andrew was the first who followed the Christ at the beginning of His Path. That is why he is called Andrew the First-Called in Russia and Ukraine. After the Christ's resurrection Andrew had to preach exactly on territories where these countries later appeared to bring Christian faith to people. He went through Ukrainian land and put a cross on one mountain. He foretold that a mighty city will stand there with lots of Orthodox churches. Now it is a place where the Ukrainian capital – Kyiv - is situated.
Divination on St. Andrew's
Most of Ukrainian traditions were similar for several winter holidays. As we have already told you about some of the divination ways, we will mention those that are the most interesting and unique on St. Andrew's night.
1. Fortune telling on dumplings. Ukrainian girls molded dumplings or pies from yeast dough. The water for the dough was carried in the girl's mouth, while the present men tried to make them laugh. Each girl made her special dumpling. After that they were put in a row and a pet was called. Whose dumpling the pet would eat, that girl had a chance to get married first. They believed that if a dog or a cat brought the dumpling into a corner, the girl would create a family and live far away from home.
2. Divination with a chain. Ukrainian lady remained alone in the room and took a golden or silver chain in her right hand. Clutching the chain in a fist, the woman had to focus on the question that interested her most. Then she had to throw a chain on the table and look at the figure that it made. There were different interpretations of the figures, the most popular of which were: a circle (an effort-consuming situation), an oval (a difficult situation, but with no losses), a straight line (the most favorable time to fulfill the dreams), a sinuous line (be cautious, do not trust people around you), a knot (beware of intrigues), a triangle (luck in business), a butterfly (dating, love, and possibly a wedding), a letter (a new romance with a person whose name begins with this letter).
3. Fortune telling on cups. Ukrainian women needed to take some opaque cups as many as the number of participants. Bread, onion, salt, sugar, a ring, a coin and water were put into the cups. Each of the participants took turn choosing an item with the eyes closed. An onion meant tears, bread - the prosperity, a ring – the upcoming nuptials, water – foretold pregnancy, salt – warned to be careful. If a lady got a cup of sugar, soon she meant to have fun while money foretold wealth.
It is only your choice whether to predict the future. However, in ancient times gatherings on St. Andrew were associated not only with this. The gathering on the night of December, 13 was a fun and bright event. Jokes and laughter united not only the youth, but also the older generation. There were pranks played by children, which were allowed only on St. Andrew's night.
Besides, before and after the divination a Ukrainian woman had to keep silence for a certain period. As there have already 2 days passed, you may freely ask your lady, what was a result of her fortune telling (if she made one). And who knows, maybe it was you whom she saw in her dream that night or whose name she guessed with a chain? ;)
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John Campbell was a quiet man who played a dark and haunting acoustic Blues, combining a unique, percussive slide-guitar style with a modern songwriting ethic. The result is an authentic kind of Texas Blues that takes a familiar form, but sounds fresh and new, even when covering the classics. John died before he gained wide acclaim, and we can only guess at where he would have taken his music.
Born in Shreveport LA, he took to playing guitar as a boy, and as a teenager in Texas he was opening gigs for Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown and Albert Collins. John was also into drag-racing, and that was his big interest for a while. He had a bad accident, which cost him an eye and broke a lot of bones, and while recovering from that he decided to get serious about the Blues. He developed a hard but melodic and intricate sound that was heavily influenced by Lightnin' Hopkins, and when John found a 1934 National Steel guitar that had been played by Lightnin', it served to focus his style. After playing around Texas and New Orleans, John headed for New York, where he found a ready audience on the club scene, and cut the album, 'A Man and his Blues' with Ronnie Earl as producer and guest player, which was issued on a small German label.
All three of John's albums are superb, but if pushed to chose just one….
John never sent a demo to a record company in his life, but Electra eventually picked up on John's obvious talent, and put out two albums, 'One Believer' and 'Howlin' Mercy'. These showed John working in a variety of moods, with mysterious, drifting numbers mixed with roadhouse rockers and downhome Blues songs that recall their origins in the Delta. John toured Europe a couple of times, with great reviews, and his gravel voice and range of virtuoso guitar playing showed a talent that was developing into something quite special.
Johnny 'Slim' Campbell died in his sleep from a heart attack at his home in New York on June 13th 1993.