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\section{Intoduction}

If we assume the correctness of the standard Friedmann equation
evolution, the existence of dark energy engenders two profound dilemmas.
The first is the cosmological constant problem, and the second is the
``why now?''\ problem. Quintessence models attempt to address the
second problem by introducing a very weakly coupled scalar field
whose potential and/or kinetic function have special properties.
One of the most successful approaches to
quintessence \cite{Dodelson:2001fq,tracker}
is to combine tracking with an oscillating behavior in the quintessence
potential. In such models the equation of state parameter $w(z)$ has
a periodic component, leading to occasional periods of accelerated
expansion during epochs where $w(z)\simeq -1$.

It is natural in this context to ask whether the quintessence scalar
could replace the inflaton. The idea of quintessential
inflation has been examined by a number of
authors \cite{Peebles:1998qn}-\cite{Sami:2004xk}.
The straightforward approach is to cobble together a
scalar potential which has both a flat, large vev portion
(for inflation) and a flat, small vev portion (for quintessence).
These features are connected by a steep step which corresponds
to a period of cosmic kination. As discussed
in \cite{Dimopoulos:2001ix,Sami:2004xk}, such models suffer
from generic problems. First, they require significant
\textit{ad hoc} tuning to simultaneously produce the features
of inflation and quintessence. Second, they require a ``sterile''
inflaton, in order to avoid the decay of the putative
quintessence scalar at the end of
inflation. This in turn requires new mechanisms for reheating, such as
gravitational de Sitter phase particle production, leading
to difficulties in satisfying the constraints of CMB anisotropies
and of primordial nucleosynthesis.

\begin{figure}
   \hspace{4cm} \includegraphics[width=7cm]{slinky.eps
\newline

\vspace{1cm}

\hspace{4cm}\includegraphics[width=7cm]{pot.eps}
\caption{The upper (lower) panel shows the
scalar potential $V(\theta )$ ($V(\phi )$) for $b=1$, plotted
on a logarithmic scale.}
\label{fig:slinky}
\end{figure}

Our approach to quintessential inflation
\cite{Barenboim:2005np,Barenboim:2006rx}
is to take advantage
of the tracking and oscillatory potential features that work
so well in addressing the ``why now'' problem of quintessence alone
\cite{Felder:1999pv}.
We will describe a model with a simple scalar lagrangian with exponential
and oscillatory features.
The model uses the conventional reheating
mechanism of new inflation \cite{Abbott:1982hn}, in which the
scalar decays to light fermions with a decay width that is
proportional to the scalar mass. We show that the scalar mass
is proportional to the Hubble rate. As a result, the model has
adequate reheating at early times while naturally shutting off at later
times.

We present a successful model with only three adjustable
parameters. One parameter controls the period between
inflationary epochs, a second controls the overall decay width,
and the third parametrizes our ignorance about the relative
fraction of matter versus radiation produced by reheating.
These three parameters are adjusted to produce sufficient
inflation along with the correct fractions
$\Omega_r/\Omega_{\Lambda}$, $\Omega_m/\Omega_{\Lambda}$ of
radiation, matter, and dark energy, as measured today.
Having thus fixed the model we find that we automatically
satisfy all constraints of primordial nucleosynthesis, CMB,
and large-scale structure.

\section{An oscillatory potential}
We start with a simple model with a single real
scalar quintessence field $\theta$. The action is
\begin{eqnarray}
\int d^4x \sqrt{-g} \left[
\frac{1}{2}f(\theta )g^{\mu\nu}\partial_{\mu}\theta
\partial_{\nu}\theta - V(\theta ) \right] \; ,
\label{eqn:piaction}
\end{eqnarray}
where the kinetic function $f(\theta )$ and potential
$V(\theta )$ are given by:
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eqn:ourkin}
f(\theta ) &=& {3M_{\rm P}^2\over\pi b^2}\, {\rm sin}^2\,\theta\; ;\\
V(\theta ) &=& \rho_0\, {\rm cos}^2\,\theta\, {\rm exp}\left[{3\over b}\left(
2\theta - {\rm sin}\,2\theta \right) \right] \; ,
\label{eqn:ourpot}
\end{eqnarray}
where $M_{\rm P}$ is the Planck mass:
1.22 $\times 10^{19}$ GeV; $\rho_0$ is the dark energy
density observed today: $\simeq$ ($10^{-4}$ eV)$^4$; $b$ is a
dimensionless parameter which controls the periodic behavior.
A canonical kinetic term can be restored via a field redefinition
$\theta (x) \to \phi (x)$, where
\begin{eqnarray}
\phi (x) = \phi_0\, {\rm cos}\,\theta \; ,
\label{eqn:canonical}
\end{eqnarray}
with $\phi_0\equiv \sqrt{3M_{\rm P}^2/\pi b^2}$.

In the approximation where we ignore the energy density
of radiation and matter,
and where the only friction is from the metric expansion,
the evolution of the model can be solved
analytically. Energy conservation requires:
\begin{eqnarray}
\dot{\rho}_{\theta} = -3H(1+w)\rho_{\theta} \; ,
\end{eqnarray}
where $H$ is the Hubble rate, $w$ is the equation of state
parameter, and $\rho_{\theta}$ is the dark energy density.
The solution to this equation as a function of
the scale factor $a(t)$ is:
\begin{eqnarray}
\rho_{\theta}(a) = \rho_0 \, {\rm exp}\left[
-3\int_1^a {da\over a}(1+w(a)) \right] \; ,
\label{eqn:rhorel}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\rho_0$ is the dark energy density at $a=1$ (today).

We also know that
\begin{eqnarray}
V(\theta) = \frac{1}{2}(1-w)\rho_{\theta} \; .
\label{eqn:vrhorel}
\end{eqnarray}
Making the Ansatz
\begin{eqnarray}
w(a) = -{\rm cos}\,2\theta (a) \; ,
\end{eqnarray}
one immediately gets a solution to the
(flat) Friedmann
equation combined with the
relations (\ref{eqn:rhorel}-\ref{eqn:vrhorel}):
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eqn:ourtheta}
\theta (a) &=& -{b\over 2}\,{\rm ln}\,a \; ;\\
w(a) &=& -{\rm cos}\,[b\,{\rm ln}\,a] \; .
\label{eqn:ourw}
\end{eqnarray}

The expectation value
of the quintessence field $\theta$ evolves logarithmically with scale
factor from a positive initial value to zero today.
Accelerated expansion
corresponds to epochs (such as today)
where $\theta$ is evolving through one of the
flat ``steps'' of the potential. From (\ref{eqn:ourkin}) we
see that the kinetic function is simultaneously suppressed
in this epochs, slowing the roll of the scalar field evolution.

The equation of state parameter $w(a)$ has the
same periodic form assumed in  recent phenomenological
analyses \cite{Barenboim:2004kz,Barenboim:2005wx,Feng:2004ff}. The analysis
in \cite{Barenboim:2004kz}
showed that, for $b=1$, $w(a)$
is consistent with all current data from observations of
the CMB,
Type IA supernovae, and large scale structure.
It follows \textit{a fortiori} that our model with any choice
of $b$ less than one also agrees with this data.

To complete the model, we will assume that the quintessence
field $\phi$ has a weak perturbative coupling to light fermions.
This is the standard reheating mechanism of new
inflation \cite{Abbott:1982hn}.
To avoid the strong constraints on long-range forces mediated
by quintessence scalars \cite{Carroll:1998zi},
it is simplest to imagine that our
scalar only has a direct coupling to a sterile neutrino.
This is sufficient to hide the quintessence force from
Standard Model nonsinglet particles \cite{Fardon:2003eh},
while still allowing the
generation of a radiative thermal bath of Standard Model
particles from quintessence decay.

With this assumption for reheating the evolution equations
for quintessence, radiation, and matter become:
\begin{eqnarray}
\dot{\rho}_{\theta} &=& -3H (1+w) \rho_{\theta}
-k_0m_{\phi}(1+w)\rho_{\theta}
\; ;\nonumber\\
\dot{\rho}_r &=& -4H \rho_r
+(1\hspace*{-2pt}-\hspace*{-2pt}f_m)k_0m_{\phi}(1+w)\rho_{\theta}
\; ; \\
\dot{\rho}_m &=& -3H \rho_m +f_mk_0m_{\phi}(1+w)\rho_{\theta}
\; ;\nonumber
\label{eqn:coupled}
\end{eqnarray}
where $k_0$ and $f_m$ are small dimensionless constants.
As long as $\theta$ is not near
a multiple of $\pi/2$, it is a reasonable approximation to make
the replacement $ k_0m_{\phi} \to kH \; $
where $k$ is another small dimensionless parameter.
This replacement decouples the $\theta$ evolution equation
from the Friedmann equation, giving an immediate analytic
solution:
\begin{eqnarray}
\rho_{\theta}(a) = \rho_0 \,
{\rm exp}\left[{1\over b}(3+k)\left(
2\theta - {\rm sin}\,2\theta \right) \right]
\; ,
\label{eqn:rhonew}
\end{eqnarray}
We have used this approximation in the solutions quoted
below.

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
    \includegraphics[width=8cm]{history.eps
\vspace*{-2pt}
\end{center}
\caption{History of a slinky
universe. Shown are the relative energy density
fractions in radiation (green), matter (blue), and
dark energy (red), as a function of the logarithm
of the scale factor $a(t)$.}
\label{fig:history}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline\hline
log$_{10}$ $a $ & -42 & -40 & -38 & -36 & -34 & -32 \\ [0.5 ex]
\hline
$w(a)$ & -0.32 & -0.83 & -1 & -0.75 & -0.19 & 0.45 \\ \hline
$T$ & 0 & 2 10$^{17}$ & 3 10$^{16}$ & 10$^{17}$ & 2 10$^{16}$ & 8 10$^{14}$ \\ \hline
$\Omega_\Lambda$ & 1 & 0.997 & 0.99998 & 0.996 &
0.976 & 0.79 \\ \hline
$\Omega_r$ & 0 & 0.003 & 2 10$^{-5}$ & 0.004 & 0.024 & 0.21 \\ \hline
$\Omega_m$ & 0 & 5 10$^{-14}$ & 3 10$^{-16}$ & 5 10$^{-14}$
& 4 10$^{-13}$ & 2 10$^{-11}$   \\\hline
log$_{10}$ $a $ & -30 & -28 & -26 & -24 & -22 & -20 \\\hline
$w(a)$ & 0.90 & 0.98 & 0.64 & 0.04 & -0.58 & -0.96 \\ \hline
$T$ & 9 10$^{12}$ & 9 10$^{10}$ & 9 10$^8$ & 9 10$^{6}$ & 9 10$^{4}$ & 900  \\ \hline
$\Omega_\Lambda$ & 0.01 & 8 10$^{-7}$ & 5 10$^{-10}$ &
2 10$^{-10}$ & 5 10$^{-7}$ & 0.07 \\\hline
$\Omega_r$ & 0.99 & 0.999998 & 0.99993 & 0.993 & 0.59 & 0.01 \\\hline
$\Omega_m$ & 7 10$^{-9}$ & 7 10$^{-7}$ & 7 10$^{-5}$
& 0.007 & 0.41 & 0.92   \\\hline
log$_{10}$ $a $ & -18 & -16 & -14 & -12 & -10 & -8 \\\hline
$w(a)$ & -0.94 & -0.52 & 0.11 & 0.69 & 0.99 & 0.87 \\ \hline
$T$ & 220 & 170 & 17 & 0.3 & 3 10$^{-3}$ & 3 10$^{-5}$  \\ \hline
$\Omega_\Lambda$ & 0.9992 & 0.99 & 0.94 & 0.33 & 0.0002
& 2 10$^{-8}$ \\\hline
$\Omega_r$ & 0.0008 & 0.01 & 0.06 & 0.67 & 0.9998 & 0.9999  \\\hline
$\Omega_m$ & 2 10$^{-5}$ & 5 10$^{-10}$ & 3 10$^{-11}$
& 5 10$^{-9}$ & 8 10$^{-7}$ &  10$^{-4}$ \\\hline
log$_{10}$ $a $ & -6 & -4 & -2 & 0 &  &  \\\hline
$w(a)$ & 0.39 & -0.25 & -0.79 & -1.0 &  &  \\ \hline
$T$ & 3 10$^{-7}$ & 3 10$^{-9}$ & 3 10$^{-11}$ & 3 10$^{-13}$ &  &   \\ \hline
$\Omega_\Lambda$ & 10$^{-10}$ & 2 10$^{-9}$ &
7 10$^{-6}$ & 0.71 &  &   \\\hline
$\Omega_r$ & 0.992 & 0.56 & 0.01 & 0.00005 &  &  \\\hline
$\Omega_m$ & 0.008 & 0.44 & 0.99 & 0.29 &  &  \\[1ex]
\hline\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Relative density fractions of dark energy, radiation,
and matter, as a function of the scale factor. Also shown are the
temperature $T$ in GeV, and the equation of state parameter $w(a)$.}
\end{table}

\section{Results}

Figure \ref{fig:history} shows the results obtained
from our model with $b=1/7$, $k=0.06$, and
$f_m = 10^{-11}$. Shown are the relative energy density
fractions in dark energy, radiation, and matter, as a function
of ${\rm log}\,a$. We have chosen to integrate the
evolution equations starting from $a= 10^{-42}$, which in
our model corresponds to a temperature of slightly
less than  $10^{16}$ GeV, and an initial comoving Hubble
radius of about 100 Planck lengths.
For simplicity we
have also chosen the value of $w(a)$ now to be exactly $-1$.
Neither of these choices corresponds to a necessary tuning.

Our three adjustable parameters have been chosen such
that the values of
$\Omega_r/\Omega_{\Lambda}$, $\Omega_m/\Omega_{\Lambda}$
come out to their measured values at $a=1$, and such that
we have sufficient inflation. The latter is checked by
computing the ratio of the fully inflated size of the
intitial comoving Hubble radius to the current comoving
Hubble radius. This ratio is about 3 in our model, indicating
that the total amount of inflation is indeed enough to solve
the horizon problem. The flatness problem is solved because
the total $\Omega_r+\Omega_m+\Omega_{\Lambda} =1$ within
errors.

From Figure (\ref{fig:history}) we see that we are currently
beginning the third epoch of accelerated expansion. The first
epoch of inflation accumulated about 18 $e$-foldings. Quantum
fluctuations during this epoch produced the spatial inhomogeneities
responsible for large scale structure and CMB anisotropies
observed today.
Constraints on the physics responsible for the primodial power spectrum
of these density fluctuations can be set with WMAP and 2dF data,
under the assumption that the Hubble rate is dominated by the
contribution from $\rho_{\phi}$
during the observable part of inflation \cite{Schwarz:2004tz}.
As can be seen from the figure a
second period of accelerated expansion began just before
the electroweak phase transition, and ended well before BBN.
The temperature history near the EWPT is shown in Figure \ref{fig:modeltwotemp}.

Also shown is the Hubble parameter $H$ of the model normalized to
the expansion rate $H_{rad}$ for pure radiation. $H_{rad}$ corresponds
to what is assumed in the standard paradigm. Notice that for temperatures
of a few GeV the expansion rate is actually somewhat larger than normal,
but at higher temperatures it is much less than normal.

Such a nonstandard thermal history will impact on electroweak baryogenesis.
For a Higgs sector such that the EWPT is first order, the change in the net
baryon asymmetry is proportional to -log$(H/H_{rad})$, where $H$
is the expansion rate during the phase transition, and $H_{rad}$ is
the corresponding expansion rate for pure radiation \cite{Joyce:1997fc}.
If the Higgs sector is such that the EWPT is second order, the
baryon asymmetry is proportional to the expansion rate \cite{Joyce:1997fc}.
Clearly one should revaluate the popular scenarios
for electroweak baryogenesis in this light.

Such a model will have major implications for
predictions of the relic abundance of dark matter particles with Terascale
masses. The dominant production mechanism for such particles may
be scalar decays, as suggested by Figure \ref{fig:history}. Even if the
dark matter particles are thermal relics, their abundance now will be
affected by the nonstandard expansion rates at
earlier times.

\begin{figure}
\centerline{\epsfxsize 5.5 truein \epsfbox {modeltwotemp.eps}}
\caption{\label{fig:modeltwotemp} The temperature history of
Model 2 (red/solid) near the electroweak phase transition. Shown in
green/dashed is the Hubble parameter $H$ of Model 2 normalized to
the expansion rate $H_{rad}$ for pure radiation.
\hbox to170pt{}}
\end{figure}

To compare with contraints from primordial nucleosynthesis
\cite{Bean:2002sm},
we note that the second epoch of dark energy domination
ended well before $a \simeq 10^{-10}$, the time at which
nucleosynthesis occured. Indeed dark energy reheating effects
are completely negligible from $a \simeq 10^{-10}$ until today.

Figure (\ref{fig:history}) also shows one (very brief)
prior epoch of matter domination. This only occurs if there
is some suitably heavy and long-lived matter around to
go out of thermal equilibrium when $a \sim 10^{-22}$,
\textit{e.g.} a superheavy neutrino.

It is difficult to extract a precise prediction for
the spectral indices of this model,
since we are never strictly in the slow roll regime.
We will be content here with a rough estimate.
This is obtained starting from a canonical field
redefinition:
\begin{eqnarray}
\phi (x) = 2\sqrt{3}\; \frac{k}{b}\,{\rm cos}\,\theta \; .
\end{eqnarray}
In terms of the canonical scalar $\phi$, the potential
\ref{eqn:ourpot} can be written:
\begin{eqnarray}
V(\phi ) &\propto&  \phi^2 \;  H^2 (\phi ) \; ,
\end{eqnarray}
where $H(\phi )$ is the Hubble rate we would get
ignoring radiation and matter.
During inflation, $H$ is approximately constant,
but this is not an especially good approximation since
we are not in a slow roll regime. This is similar to
the oscillatory models of quintessential inflation
discussed in \cite{Nunes:2002wz}. Taking the potential
in the inflationary phase to be approximated by
$V \propto \phi^2$, we can estimate the
scalar spectral index $n_s$:
\begin{eqnarray}
n_s  \simeq 1 -\frac{2}{N}
\end{eqnarray}
with $N$ the number of e-folds between the Hubble radius exit and
the end of the second inflationary period.
For our model $ N = 29$, giving $n_s = .93$, in good agreement with
recent observations.

It is fair to say that, compared to the simple model
presented above, the standard new inflation scenario looks
rather extreme. In the evolution history
portrayed in Figure \ref{fig:history}, the interplay between
inflationary expansion and reheating is much milder. In fact,
apart from a few very brief periods, reheating effects in
our model do not actually increase the temperature of the
thermal radiation bath. Instead, the temperature is almost
always decreasing, but it decreases more slowly than in
the standard $\Lambda$CDM evolution.

Our particular realization of Slinky inflation must
be regarded with some care,
since $\phi_0 > M_{\rm P}$ (as in all models of chaotic
inflation) and
we have not invoked any consistent Planck scale framework
such as string theory. However the model itself
is surprisingly simple, and the physical picture
which emerges from it has some compelling features.
These are worthy of further investigation. Also,
since the target space parametrized
by our scalar is $\mathbf{S^1}$, it would be
interesting to extend this scenario to a class of nonlinear
sigma models with other compact target spaces.

\section*{Acknowledgments}
It is a pleasure to thank Joe Lykken in collaboration with whom,
the work reported here has been done.
GB is grateful for support from the Spanish MEC and FEDER under
Contract FPA 2005/1678,
and to the Generalitat Valenciana under Contract GV05/267.

\section*{References}

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text:
Gender and Religiosity in Adolescent Sexual Self-Efficacy
Time: Tue Nov 14, 2017, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: 339 O'Shaughnessy
Religion and sexuality are two spheres of the social world which are highly gendered. Gendered narratives can strongly influence both religious and sexual identities, particularly in adolescence when interpersonal scripts are becoming crystallized. When exploring adolescence, previous research has found religion to have a protective effect decreasing their risk behaviors, particularly sexual risk behaviors. Religion is also positively associated with self-esteem and self-efficacy. However, if the domain of self-efficacy is sexual practices, does religion, an institution traditionally prohibitive of adolescent sexual activity, still have an empowering effect? Does the impact of religion differ based on gender? Using a nationally representative sample of American adolescents, this paper explores the questions.
I find that sexual self-efficacy is strongly influenced by gender and religiosity, though different dimensions of sexual self-efficacy are differentially impacted. Generally women report higher levels of efficacy, but this varies by type of religiosity. Private religiosity is more helpful for adolescent women's sexual self-efficacy than public religiosity. Understanding which pieces of being religious help or hinder sexual self-efficacy, and by extension sexual health practices, education and intervention efforts by health professionals can be improved and created in a way respectful of religious traditions.
Research Workshop Presenter: Brianna McCaslin
339 O'Shaughnessy
Brianna McCaslin is a third-year PhD student in the department of Sociology, a Gender Studies minor, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society, and a Notebaert Fellow at the University of Notre Dame. Her research interests are at the intersections of gender, religion, sexuality and culture at both individual and organizational levels. Some of her current research topics include religious identity negotiation around contraceptive decision making of practicing Catholic women and concepts of self and stigma through representations of women's bodies in the online body positivity movement.
In order to advance the program's commitment to inter-disciplinary research and inquiry into the subject of gender, the Gender Studies Program is pleased to announce an upcoming series of research workshops. The events will include presentations by advanced undergraduates majoring in Gender Studies as well as graduate students and faculty members from a variety of departments who work in the area of gender and sexuality. The workshop will begin with the week's presenter giving a brief lecture on his or her current research in the field, followed by a seminar-style discussion.
Workshops are held on Tuesdays from 3:00pm-4:00pm and Thursdays from 5:00pm – 6:00 pm in 339 O'Shaughnessy unless otherwise specified below. The Joint Panels will be held on Fridays from 4:00pm-6:00pm in 119 O'Shaughnessy.
If you would like to reserve a date for a presentation at one of the Research Workshops please contact one of our Research Workshop coordinators: Stacy Sivinski or Dominique Vargas.
Sponsored by the Marian Mullin Hancock Gender Studies Fund.
Additional Research Workshops information
Sponsored by the Marian Mullin Hancock Gender Studies Fund

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text:
BCC partners with Amazon to help companies get back to business safely
June 5, 2020 @ 14:12 by Richard Dawson
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has launched a partnership with Amazon to help businesses get back to work as lockdown restrictions ease.
Up to 1000 businesses from across the UK will be able to visit Amazon fulfilment centre to see how the company has implemented a range of measures to keep staff safe during the coronavirus crisis.
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Dave Grohl featured in Super Bowl commercial for Crown Royal
Monday, January 30 by ABC News
Dave Grohl is starring in a Super Bowl commercial for whisky brand Crown Royal. Ahead of the big game, Crown Royal has shared two teaser videos for the ad. One features the Foo Fighters frontman repeating the words "thank you" into... Read More.
New cover of "We Will Rock You" by rock band Tempt to benefit Brian May charity
The New York rock band Tempt recently released a cover of the Queen classic "We Will Rock You," and now they are using it to raise money for one of Brian May's favorite charities. May gave his blessing to the cover, saying in a press release, "I'm very honored that... Read More.
U2 Drops New Version Of 'With Or Without You'
Monday, January 30 by Pulse of Radio
U2 has released a 2023 remake of their 1987 chart-topper, "With Or Without You." The song is one of 40 reimagined versions of the band's classics re-recorded for their new album, Songs Of Surrender, which drops on St. Patrick's Day -- March 17th. The... Read More.
45 Years Ago Today: Journey Joins Forces With Steve Perry For 'Infinity'
It was 45 years ago today (January 30th, 1978) that Journey released Infinity -- its first album with frontman Steve Perry. The band had released three albums since its formation in 1973 by two former members of Santana -- co-founding keyboardist Gregg Rolie and... Read More.
In Memoriam: Television's Tom Verlaine, Motown's Barrett Strong, And Three Dog Night's Floyd Sneed
R.I.P. - TELEVISION'S TOM VERLAINE Punk icon Tom Verlaine, the guitarist and songwriter for the highly influential band Television, died on January 28th at the age of 73 following a brief illness. Jesse Paris Smith, the daughter of Patti Smith, told... Read More.
Kiss Releasing Rare Mark St. John-Era Archival Concert
Coming on April 7th in Kiss' ongoing "Off The Soundboard" archival series is Live In Poughkeepsie 1984. The custom, mustard yellow double-LP set features one of only two full concerts guitarist Mark St. John ever played with the band. The November 28th, 1984 Animalize... Read More.
The Beach Boys' Grammy Tribute Showcasing A Wide Range Of Artists
The full lineup to CBS' A Grammy Salute To The Beach Boys has been rolled out. Appearing at the February 8th event are Grammy-winning artists and past and current Grammy nominees including Weezer, Beck, Brandi Carlile, Michael McDonald, St. Vincent, Fall Out Boy, Hanson,... Read More.
Flashback: The Beatles' Final Performance On The Apple Rooftop
It was 54 years ago today (January 30th, 1969) that the Beatles performed for the last time in public, on the roof of their Apple headquarters building in London. For the better part of that January, the group had been filming their rehearsals for... Read More.
Television frontman Tom Verlaine dead at 73
Saturday, January 28 by ABC News
Television frontman Tom Verlaine has died at age 73, The New York Times reports. Jesse Paris Smith, daughter of Verlaine's contemporary and onetime partner Patti Smith, tells the Times that Verlaine passed away following a "brief illness." In an
The Rolling Stones drop "Doom and Gloom" from 'GRRR Live!'
Friday, January 27 by ABC News
It's only two weeks until The Rolling Stones drop their new live album, GRRR Live!, and they're sharing yet another track from it. The band just dropped the live performance of "Doom and Gloom" to streaming services. "Doom and Gloom" was the lead single from the band's 2012... Read More.
Elton John fans upset at last-minute New Zealand show cancelation due to flooding
Elton John was forced to cancel his Farewell Yellow Brick Road show in Auckland, New Zealand, Friday after heavy rains caused flooding in the city. Elton's concert at Mt Smart Stadium was called off only 15 minutes before the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer was set to hit... Read More.
Tommy Lee unites with new group GXTP for "Contraband" song
Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee has linked up with the new band GXTP for a song called "Contraband." GXTP, which stands for "guns and toilet paper," features songwriter and producer Poo Bear, who's often worked with Justin Bieber, as well as Triple Sixx and Sasha... Read More.
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1OAK LAWSUIT- TARALE WULFF
Posted by: Brian Schaffer
Fitapelli & Schaffer have filed a class action lawsuit against 1Oak, a popular nightclub in Manhattan. We allege the club misappropriated a percentage of the mandatory service charge to employees that are not tip-eligible, such as doormen. Apparently, this practice is standard in the nightclub industry, even though we believe it violates the law. If you work at a bar or nightclub, please call us for a free consultation.
PENTHOUSE LAWSUIT- RUSSELL WHELCHEL
Fitapelli & Schaffer filed a lawsuit on behalf of Russell Whelchel, a former employee of Penthouse and Scores, two of the largest strip clubs in New York City. We allege that our client was denied lawfully earned wages by having to pay a "house fee" every night and then having his pay reduced by 10% when he traded his "funny money" for actual currency. Strip Clubs are notorious for cheating their workers like this- entertainers and cocktail waitresses are frequently ...
SOMBRERO RESTAURANT LAWSUIT
Fitapelli & Schaffer has filed a lawsuit against Sombrero Restaurant, located in Times Square. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of two former waiters, who allege they were not paid minimum wage, overtime or spread of hours (one extra hour of pay per ten hour shift). In addition, our client claims he was fired after refusing to pay for a missing bottle of champagne. It is against the law to require an employee to pay for missing inventory, customer walkouts ...
MAJOR WORLD CLASS ACTION
Fitapelli & Schaffer has filed a class action against Major World, one of the largest car dealerships in the United States. The lawsuit is brought on behalf of salespeople who allege the company engaged in a pattern and practice of deducting wages from earned commissions and failing to pay minimum wage. If you are a commissioned salesperson, and your employer has unlawfully deducted from your wages, please call our firm for a free consultation.
Yakiniku West Lawsuit
On December 11, 2009, Fitapelli and Schaffer filed a collective action lawsuit against Yakiniku West, an upscale Japanese restaurant in Greenwich Village. The lawsuit alleges failure to pay minimum wages, overtime and misappropriating gratuities to back of the house employees. If you work in a restaurant, you may be experiencing similar violations. Stand up for your rights and call us for a free consultation.
Cash Ready Lawsuit
Fitapelli and Schaffer has filed a Federal Class Action against Cash Ready, LLC and Creative Merchant Funding for failing to pay their sales executives minimum wage and overtime for the many hours they worked. Inside Sales employees must be paid minimum wages and overtime and under many circumstances cannot be paid on a 100% commission basis. If you worked for either of these companies, please call us to join this lawsuit.
SECOND LAWSUIT AGAINST MAMA MEXICO
A lawsuit filed Wednesday against the "five star" Mama Mexico restaurants in New York and New Jersey alleges that the restaurants failed to pay kitchen workers minimum wages and overtime compensation, according to Outten & Golden LLP and Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP.
The suit, which alleges violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the New York Labor Law (NYLL), and the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law (NJWL), was filed as a class and collective action on behalf ...
Fornos Restaurant lawsuit
Fitapelli & Schaffer recently filed a lawsuit against Fornos Restaurant in Newark, New Jersey. The lawsuit alleges that waiters, bussers and bartenders are not paid minimum wage and overtime. We will seek to have the lawsuit certified as a class and collective action under State and Federal Law.
Las Brisas Lawsuit
Fitapelli & Schaffer recently filed a federal lawsuit against Las Brisas Cafe, a Cuban restaurant in Union City, New Jersey. We will seek to have the lawsuit certified as a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Kings Bay Yeshiva Lawsuit #2
Fitapelli & Schaffer has filed another lawsuit against Yeshiva of Kings Bay in Brooklyn, New York for failing to pay a teacher any wages for eleven months. Regardless of the economy, workers must be paid for all work they perform. If your Company has failed to pay you wages, for any reason, call our firm for a consultation.
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Lattice dynamics and Raman spectrum of supertetragonal PbVO3
Bouvier, Pierre; Sasani, Alireza; Bousquet, Eric et al
in Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (2023), 173(111092), 111092
Lead vanadate PbVO3 is a polar crystal with a P4mm space group under ambient conditions. PbVO3 is isostructural with the model soft mode-driven ferroelectric PbTiO3, but it differs due to the so-called ... [more ▼]
Lead vanadate PbVO3 is a polar crystal with a P4mm space group under ambient conditions. PbVO3 is isostructural with the model soft mode-driven ferroelectric PbTiO3, but it differs due to the so-called "supertetragonal" elongation of its unit cell. In this study, we investigated the lattice dynamics of PbVO3 based on Raman spectroscopy at room temperature and first-principle calculations. All zone-center transverse optical phonon modes were identified by polarized, angle-dependent Raman spectroscopy and assigned as follows: E modes at 136, 269, 374, and 508 cm−1; A1 modes at 188, 429, and 874 cm−1, and B1 mode at 319 cm−1. The calculations confirmed the experimental symmetry assignment and allowed us to obtain the longitudinal optical phonon wavenumbers. In addition, we analyzed the mode eigenvectors in detail in order to identify the atomic displacements associated with each mode and compare them with PbTiO3. Despite differences in chemistry and strain, the phonon eigenvectors were found to be highly comparable in both compounds. We investigated the position of the ferroelectric soft mode in PbVO3 compared with PbTiO3. Sizeable splitting of the B1+E modes appeared as a characteristic feature of supertetragonal phases. The peculiarity of the vanadyl V–O bond frequency in PbVO3 was also addressed. [less ▲]
Crossover in the pressure evolution of elementary distortions in RFeO3 perovskites and its impact on their phase transition
Vilarinho, Rui; Bouvier, Pierre; Guennou, Mael et al
in Physical Review. B (2019), 99
This work reports on the pressure dependence of the octahedral tilts and mean Fe-O bond lengths in RFeO3 (R = Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, and Dy), determined through synchrotron x-ray diffraction and Raman ... [more ▼]
This work reports on the pressure dependence of the octahedral tilts and mean Fe-O bond lengths in RFeO3 (R = Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, and Dy), determined through synchrotron x-ray diffraction and Raman scattering, and their role on the pressure-induced phase transition displayed by all of these compounds. For larger rare-earth cations (Nd-Sm), both anti- and in-phase octahedral tilting decrease as pressure increases, whereas the reverse behavior is observed for smaller ones (Gd-Dy). EuFeO3 stands at the borderline, with nearly pressure-independent tilt angles. For the compounds where the tilts increase with pressure, the FeO6 octahedra are compressed at lower rates than for those ones exhibiting opposite pressure tilt dependence. The crossover between the two opposite pressure behaviors is discussed in relation to the general rules proposed from different theoretical approaches. The similarity of the pressure-induced isostructural insulator-to-metal phase transition, observed in the whole series, points out that the tilts play a minor role in its driving mechanisms. A clear relationship between octahedral compressibility and critical pressure is ascertained. [less ▲]
Jahn-Teller, Polarity, and Insulator-to-Metal Transition in BiMnO3 at High Pressure
Guennou, Mael; Bouvier, Pierre; Toulemonde, Pierre et al
in Physical Review Letters (2014), 112
The interaction of coexisting structural instabilities in multiferroic materials gives rise to intriguing coupling phenomena and extraordinarily rich phase diagrams, both in bulk materials and strained ... [more ▼]
The interaction of coexisting structural instabilities in multiferroic materials gives rise to intriguing coupling phenomena and extraordinarily rich phase diagrams, both in bulk materials and strained thin films. Here we investigate the multiferroic BiMnO3 with its peculiar 6s2 electrons and four interacting mechanisms: electric polarity, octahedra tilts, magnetism, and cooperative Jahn-Teller distortion. We have probed structural transitions under high pressure by synchrotron x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy up to 60 GPa. We show that BiMnO3 displays under pressure a rich sequence of five phases with a great variety of structures and properties, including a metallic phase above 53 GPa and, between 37 and 53 GPa, a strongly elongated monoclinic phase that allows ferroelectricity, which contradicts the traditional expectation that ferroelectricity vanishes under pressure. Between 7 and 37 GPa, the Pnma structure remains remarkably stable but shows a reduction of the Jahn-Teller distortion in a way that differs from the behavior observed in the archetypal orthorhombic Jahn-Teller distorted perovskite LaMnO3. [less ▲]


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How far will I go to be the best cat parent I can be? Pretty far. This desire was the inspiration behind the world's newest (and strangest) cat grooming invention: The LICKI Brush.
According to their website, "Licking your cat with LICKI is an oddly meditative practice, soothing for both you and your cat." Sounds weird but promising.
Its creators, Jason and Tara O'Mara, are the co-founders of PDX Pet Design, out of Portland, OR. A video of their feline-in-mind invention, the LICKI Brush, was leaked onto Reddit just a few days ago, and meowbox was the first to share it with the cat world. For lack of a better phrase, it's now gone viral.
I asked Tara what prompted the creation of this unusual device. In the words of a true cat-loving entrepreneur she admitted, "…we were looking for the next big thing that would shake up the kitty-sphere. Grooming seemed obvious to us. Cats spend so much of their time grooming themselves and other cats and it seemed sad humans can't groom their kitties back." This was the first time I realized that reciprocal cat licking was even on the table for consideration.
The buzz over Licki Brush has been intensified by some of the world's biggest digital media outlets and even TV network ABC's Kelly Live is wanting in on the action. They have requested that the one and only existing Licki Brush prototype be shipped to their studio!
Lucky for us mere mortals, the Licki Brush Kickstarter campaign launched late last night. The initial tier offering of one brush for $15 has already completely sold out, but the $19 option was still available last time I checked. It's tough to determine whether folks are buying these as a gag gift or as a way to get in their cats' good books.
The O'Mara's are no rookies when it comes to how to run a successful Kickstarter campaign. In 2013, they created an intelligent electronic cat toy called Shru, and were able to secure 1000% of their desired funding.
I have no doubt that the Licki Brush campaign will see the same success. My advice is to jump on that train and avoid your cats' savage death stares. As bizarre as this fur-licking device may seem, just remember, it's all about the cats.


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Mixed reactions trail President's Economic team
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Key players in the economy on Tuesday x-rayed Monday's decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to replace the Economic Management Team (EMT) headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo with the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) that will report directly to him.
The Manufacturer Association of Nigeria (MAN) and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) praised the President for taking the decision on the economy.
But a former Executive Director at Keystone Bank Limited, Richard Obire differed, saying it was strange not to have the Vice President on the economic management team.
Former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, said nothing has changed with the dissolution of the old team and the constitution of the Doyin Salami-led EAC.
According to her, the President has always been in charge of the economy.
The Director-General of the LCCI, Muda Yusuf, who hailed the setting up of the EAC, said it will help to give the desired direction to the nation's economic management. The stature, pedigree and the independence of the members of the council are clearly not in doubt, adding that they are tested technocrats.
He said: "At a time like this, the economy needs such a team to pull the economy back from the brink. The management of the Nigerian Economy needs to be anchored on tested economic principles that will propel sustainable growth and development. The economy craves a critical mass of private sector investment to stem the current slide and declines in the economy. We need to boost the confidence of investors for such private capital flows to happen. The economy desires policies that are coherent, consistent, coordinated, synchronised and transparent".
He advised that the economy should be managed in such a way to harness the bountiful entrepreneurial energies and resourcefulness of the Nigerian people.
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According to him, hard choices are inevitable to ensure that we build an economy that is sustainable, diversified and inclusive. He appealed to the President to give the Advisory Council ample scope, responsibility and authority to provide the much needed guidance and advice on policy choices.
To the MAN, the formation of an EAC was both timely and commendable.
The association said it was by far, a clear demonstration of the determination of Mr. President to re-energise the management of the economy in his second term.
Its Director-General, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, said Nigerians and indeed, the private sector, were highly desirous of an effective and knowledge-driven team that will lead on the economic front.
He said the beauty of this team, apart from their pedigree, was its composition of private sector citizens who "We believe will operate independently and effectively."
"The team, we believe, will not be shackled with the bureaucracy of government and hopefully, the political interference and correctness of our clime. They are more likely to be receptive to a wide range of opinions and innovations, even if deferring from the norm."
MAN, therefore, proposed that the team in partnership with the private sector should carry out a critical and comprehensive review of the current policy initiatives that drive the actions of government and urgently harmonize the outcomes.
According to the Association, this will help to craft an agenda that will guide the management of the economy going forward.
"Already on ground are policy initiatives such as the Nigerian Industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP), Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), the 2020-2022 Medium Term Fiscal Framework and Fiscal Strategy," MAN pointed out.
It added that it behoves the Council to recommend pragmatic programmes that will improve upon the achievements already made in some areas such as Ease of Doing Business in the country.
"The EAC is coming on the heels of the promised National Action Committee on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The AfCFTA is unarguably, the most pressing preoccupation of continental economic actors in Africa today.
"The right composition of the Committee will augur well for the needed synergy with the Council to boost our chances of being net gainers in the continental free trade area. We eagerly look forward to this prospect," MAN said.
The Association also said the fact that the EAC will have monthly technical sessions as well as scheduled quarterly meetings with the President may guarantee the attention of government and implementation of their advice.
"The Organised Private Sector (OPS), particularly MAN, is adequately prepared and eager to engage the Advisory Council in a bid to achieve the desired growth and development of the nation's economy," the statement concluded.
Obire said he had never seen a thing like that "in my knowledge about politics where the number two man seems not to count".
He said: "There is need to treat the number two person with dignity and support. The number two person is the next after the President. If the president is not available, the Vice President takes charge. In this case, the number two person has been cooperative."
The former bank chief cited a case where a sitting minister was reassigned while she was away meeting with foreign investors, and she immediately resigned her appointment. The former bank director said such practices are not proper and do not promote trust in government.
He said what is happening now, could be a way to clip the wings of political gladiators ahead of the 2023 elections.
On the EAC, he said some members of the team are well known and have deep knowledge of the economy.
"Doyin Salami, Chukwuma Soludo, Bismark Rewane are personally known to me. They have the experience and I am confident that they will do the job well. But remember that their role is advisory and when they advise the President, he may or may not take their advice," Obire said.
Continuing, he said even where the President takes the EAC advice, the next phase which is implementation goes to the bureaucrats who may not give it the best shot.
Obire said the EAC should focus on subsidy removal, reform of the civil service, decongestion of the ports and unifying the exchange rates.
He said that removal of petrol subsidy and reform of the civil service will save huge funds needed to provide key infrastructure and support the economy.
"We need to make investments in the ports, railways. We need to decongest Lagos ports to reduce cost of operation for companies. All these are areas the team should focus on. Also, exchange rate should be transparent. We do not need exchange rate that gives room for round-tripping."
Mrs. Ezekwesili said the setting up of council of economic advisors is in itself one of the features of the American Presidential system which we copied.
"Strong membership and that's really great. I hope the first thing they do is tell the President how he mismanaged the economy in the last four years. For those who will jump on this timeline to say, 'it was not the President that was in charge of the Economy. It was the VP chairing the Economic Team" please don't bother. The President was managing the Economy. All those bad Monetary Policy decisions were made by him," she twitted.
According to her, the President was managing the economy, adding that all those strange Fiscal Policy decisions were made by him.
"Both the CBN Governor and the Minister of Finance were not acting based on any Economic Management Team decisions.
Now at least the pretense is over about Economy,"she twitted.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sofunix Investment and Communications, Sola Oni, described every member of the team as a game changer, saying that the team's pre-occupation would be to offer the Federal Government realistic measures to revive an ailing economy.
He said: "The team should come up with appropriate policy framework to align fiscal and monetary policies, especially, where there are disconnects. The members should address the issue of domestic fund mobilisation through measures such as realistic interest rates on domestic savings, wholistic integration of informal activities into formal sector and more efficient banking and insurance sectors.
"The team should also propose strategy for easy access to domestic credits by investors while provision of relevant incentives for domestic and foreign investors should be addressed. The members should conduct impact analysis on Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) for enhanced implementation. They need to engage with the capital regulators and operators to identify measures to leverage the capital market to boost economic growth and development,"
The team should reverse the recent increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) without further delay as it will do more harm than good in the present circumstance. In advanced economies, people pay tax with ease because infrastructures are provided to aid economic and entrepreneurial activities. But it is a reverse logic in Nigeria where majority of private sector operators are struggling to survive and purchasing power of consumers is shrinking by the day. The whole situation makes tax issues appear punitive.
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For 2nd time, Pierre joins race for Brockton councilor at-large
Marc Larocque Enterprise Staff Writer @Enterprise_Marc
Apr 25, 2019 at 9:52 AM Apr 25, 2019 at 1:15 PM
A Haitian-American is hoping to add some diversity to the Brockton City Council, planning to use the position to encourage more diversity and community outreach at the Brockton Police Department.
BROCKTON – A towering Haitian-American man who came to the U.S. 25 years ago and has been living in Brockton ever since, Adius Pierre said he wants to increase the diversity on City Council, but also decrease the division.
Pierre, 47, who lives on the west side of the city with his wife and four children, is running his second campaign to become one of four councilors at-large on the 11-person Brockton City Council. Pierre first ran in 2015, picking up 1,458 votes in the preliminaries, before failing to make the final cut in the general election held that year.
"When I ran for the first time, I was new. But I learned a lot," said Pierre, speaking from his Belmont Street office in downtown Brockton, where he does translation services and works as a notary public, aside from his job as clerk for the Plymouth County Sheriff's Department. "I realized that Brockton needed to make a change. When I look at the City Council, it's not really united behind one thing. I will be the one to try to unify people, to realize exactly what they want to do. In other words, it's compromising. I may have a good idea, but if i don't have good people working with me, I may be alone and my dream will never come true. The goal will never be realized. I think I'm the man who can make it happen."
Pierre, whose slogan is "The Change We Need, the Voice We Deserve," said part of the reason he is running is because he wanted to see more racial diversity on the City Council, while also noting that a "language barrier" is causing problems in the city. Pierre comes from Trou-du-Nord in the north-east part of Haiti, speaking Haitian-Creole, and he is a co-founder of Haitian Community Partners, a nonprofit group of local professionals dedicated to improving conditions and providing access to services in the community.
"I'm the right person to be elected city councilor because I'm one of them," Pierre said. "I know their struggle. I've been there. So I'm here to make a difference. ... We need to make Brockton open for everyone as a diverse city."
Pierre said he wants to see more diverse staffing throughout school district and city government, including at the police department, which he hopes will engage in more "community policing," involving officers getting into the neighborhoods, outside of their cruisers and talking to people.
"Their job is to serve and protect, but you need to know the people you serve and protect," said Pierre, explaining that he would work with the mayor to accomplish this. "When something happens, they will be more comfortable approaching police. When they see something, they'll say something."
Asked about the Brockton United ordinance, a City Council proposal criticized by Mayor Bill Carpenter as a "sanctuary city" policy," Pierre said he would support it. The proposed ordinance would restrict Brockton police from turning info on people they encounter or arrest over to federal immigration authorities, although the police chief said that's not department practice, anyways.
"I'm a son of immigrants, I'm from Haiti, and I believe everyone should be able to go to work, and come back home safe to their family," said Pierre, adding that he is a Christian, attending a Seventh-day Adventist church in Brockton. "If you're a criminal, that's a different issue."
Pierre also said he wants to devote more resources from the city and state to Brockton's public schools. While he admits it's not a new idea, Pierre said he wants Brockton to become more business friendly in order to attract new companies to the city, thus increasing the tax base and offsetting increased educational costs.
"We need to look for the money, knock on the right door and bring to the state a good plan," he said. "My goal is to make a difference. Like I said before, I can't do it by myself."


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2021 Tata Tigor EV Reaches Dealerships – Walkaround Video
2021 Tata Tigor EV is expected to have a driving range in excess of 300 km on a single charge; 0-80 per cent in just 60 minutes using a fast charger
A few weeks ago, the Tata Tigor EV for the fleet market dubbed the Xpres-T EV was launched in India and now for the personal space, the updated Tigor EV will go on sale on August 31. It will slot below the best-selling Nexon EV in the brand's zero-emission lineup and it won't have a direct rival. Expect the price range to hover around Rs. 10 lakh (ex-showroom).
Ahead of its launch, here we have a walkaround video of the 2021 Tata Tigor EV giving you the necessary information, and compared to the previous version, it gets a host of cosmetic changes. The exterior stays in line with the facelifted Tigor introduced early last year and it does bring a modern vibe while the blue accents accentuate its EV appeal.
The 2021 Tata Tigor EV comes with a glossy black panel in place of the signature tri-arrow pattern with blue EV and Tata badges mounted on it and a blue strip covers the width of the vehicle underneath. The updated projector LED headlamp cluster is accompanied by a revised bumper with tri-arrow pattern in the middle for large air inlets.
The fog lamps housing with integrated L-shaped LED Daytime Running Lights add to the modernity of the compact sedan and the splash of blue highlights enhances the overall appeal. The EV badge can also be found on the bootlid and the sedan is shod on newly designed 15-inch alloy wheels with blue inserts. The rear gets a thick chrome strip connecting the tail lamps as well.
You could also see the Tigor and Ziptron badges on the bootlid of the upcoming Tata Tigor EV. On the inside, the compact electric sedan gains blue highlights, and the rest of the design and functional elements are carried over from the regular IC-engined version. The new instrument cluster shows charge and range information.
The equipment list comprises a seven-inch Harman touchscreen infotainment system with iRA connectivity, Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto, four-speaker audio, steering wheel with mounted controls, etc. As for the performance, a 26 kWh Li-ion battery pack could deliver in excess of 300 km on a single charge, and the 0-60 kmph is done in 5.7 seconds. Using a fast charger, it can replenish from zero to 80 per cent in just an hour.


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Q: Button in my Google Maps application is accidentally triggering my save form Thanks for any help you can provide! I have a Ruby on Rails and Google Maps API V3 mapping application where people can use a form to enter a starting address, waypoints, and an ending address. They click Submit, and the form is hidden by jQuery. In its place appears a Google Map with the driving route and directions. On this same view, the user can enter a name for the map.
My next goal is to save the map information to a database. I've already gotten most of the way there, but I've run into a problem. I want to save the name of the map and the starting, ending, and waypoint entries from the form. However, when I wrap the form around the entire page, users who click "Submit" to view their map automatically save their form to the database. This is a problem because they don't have a chance to name or view their map before saving.
How should I structure the form so that the Google Map submit button doesn't save the form but I can still capture information from the start, waypoints, and end?
CODE FOR MY PAGE:

    <form id="createaMap" action="/newsavedmaps" method="post">
    <input id="savemap_name" name="newsavedmapname" size="30" type="text" value="New Map">

    <input type="submit" id="savethismap" value="Save Map">

            Start
            <input id="startinput" type="text" name="starthere" size="56" value="500 Main Street, CITY, STATE, ZIP">

                <select multiple id="select1">
                    <option value="500 Main Street, CITY, STATE, ZIP">Address1</option>
                    <option value="500 Main Street, CITY, STATE, ZIP">Address2</option>
                    <option value="500 Main Street, CITY, STATE, ZIP">Address3</option>
                </select>

            End
            <input id="endinput" type="text" name="endhere" size="56" value="500 Main Street, CITY, STATE, ZIP">

        <input type="submit" onclick="calcRoute();" id="showmapview" value="Show Map">

    </form>

A: You shouldn't be using a submit button for your google maps function. Because the button is sitting within a <form> it's trigger the call to the server. Strip off type="submit".
It's also looks like you're trying to do two forms, the first for submission to the server, the second for google maps function. If that's the case, I'd move the </form> tag above the  comment.


Marcos Alonso's late header was enough to give Chelsea a 1-0 win at Slavia Prague in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final on Thursday night.
The Blues put in an underwhelming performance on the night, with several squad players failing to take advantage of the playing time opportunity gifted to them by Maurizio Sarri.
The Czech league leaders, who knocked out Sevilla in the last round, were impressive in their commitment levels, and pressed Chelsea high up the pitch from the start, something which Sarri's side found difficult to adapt to.
Slavia may have shown that they deserve to be at this stage of the competition, but the Blues' quality eventually showed.
The Premier League side can take some confidence into the second leg knowing that they have never lost a European knockout tie having won the first leg away from home, progressing on all of the previous 10 occasions.
Their Europa League record this season is extremely impressive, winning ten out of the 11 matches they've played so far, including a 100% home record in the competition with an aggregate score of 14-1 over five games at the Bridge this campaign.
Even more ominous for the Czech side is that Chelsea's only home defeat in Europe since 2014 was against Paris Saint-Germain, making it just one defeat in 17 contests.
Finally, Chelsea have never lost a home match in the Europa League or the UEFA Cup in the club's 59-year history in European history.
Long story short, Slavia Prague are going to have to create history to progress to their first ever semi-final, but with all of Chelsea's experience and European pedigree, it looks likely that the Blues will progress to the last four.


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Thank you so much Jackie, Karen and the nurse for your caring and compassionate care to my daughter and me last week. Offers of tissues, cups of tea and hugs are above and beyond and much appreciated. Our much loved cat, Mousse, had to be put to sleep after being unwell for a number of weeks. Both Jackie and Andrew tried everything they could to keep him going but the decision was clear cut in the end. Thank you from the Tye family.
I would like to say a huge thank you to all at Ambleside Veterinary Centre, Walton-on-Thames. Now leaving the practice due to house move, I have been so happy for some years with Ambleside. My dogs have been looked after to the enth degree and have come through so much over the years with the wonderful and caring assistance of all at Ambleside.
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Had not heard anything about the transportation meetings below until this week; you?
Village Meeting Tonight, 7:30 PM in the cafeteria at Rolling Valley Elementary School. We vote to ratify the FY18 audit report, pass a FY19 budget proposal with markups as determined during the meeting and elect a new Board of Directors (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer). The 5th member of the Board is the Past President, a position that Kirby Myers is filling for us. The Executive Committee (Membership Chair, Directory Editor, Neighborhood Watch Coordinator and WebMaster) are appointed by the Board of Directors (BOD) and do not require a membership vote. Come join us and voice your opinion.
Pohick Stream Park Cleanup – 9:00 AM – 12:00 noon, this Saturday, 13 October. This is a great service project for scout troops, school or church groups and for each of us. We'll meet at the end of Smyth Street to provide water and collection bags and then hit the woods down to the stream. Gloves, long pants and long-sleeve shirts are recommended. Collected trash will be left at our assembly point for county to pick up. This has been a good family outing doing something meaningful for our environment. Last time we cleaned – my 3 grandchildren (ages 5, 8 and 10) were on my team. Would love to have other kids and their parents. Interested?
From Delegate Kathy Tran - Hope you are doing well - I wanted to make sure that you and neighbors in CAWSV know about the Town Hall that Senator Scott Surovell and I are hosting with Dominion Energy on tonight (10/11) at 6:30 PM at South County High School Cafeteria.
Fairfax County & Franconia-Springfield Parkways Alternatives Analysis and Long Term Planning Study - FCDOT, in coordination with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), is conducting a multimodal corridor study for the Fairfax County Parkway (Route 286) from Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) to Route 1 (Richmond Highway). The study corridor is approximately 31 miles in length and consists of 83 intersections and 17 interchanges.
There is a short-term and a long-term component of the study.
The Long-Range Planning Study, led by FCDOT and in collaboration with VDOT, will provide recommendations for 2040 and beyond for the FCP/FSP corridor. It will consider whether changes should be made to the county's current Transportation Plan. Intensive analysis using the County's Traffic Forecasting Model will be used to determine future network deficiencies. Alternatives to remedy those deficiencies will be developed, and public input will be sought on those alternatives. Final recommendations will be considered for incorporation into the county's Transportation Plan.
Further input and direction from the public will help develop these preliminary alternatives and lead to an FCDOT / VDOT final recommendation in identifying a preferred alternative concept plan.
Fleet Vehicle Parking – Board of Supervisors will vote next week to restrict fleet vehicle parking on state maintained streets. Such restrictions do not apply to a single, company vehicle assigned to an individual employee for take home use, provided, however, that the parking of such vehicle is otherwise permitted by law.
Their goal is to stop the companies that use public roads as their private parking lot—storing many vehicles at one location, not the single person who has take-home vehicle. More details are available at: http://bit.ly/2MI5hIR.
Where's Your Bike? Someone left a kids bike left in the front yard at 6917 Barnack Drive. Homeowner is hoping the rightful owner comes to pick up the bike.
Missing Mail - Dan & Gloria Emrick recently had some items expected in the mail that were never delivered. We've contacted the senders who have assured us that they were sent. If you receive USPS mail that is not for you check to see if it is for a neighbor and deliver to them. If that is not possible or if it is for an unknown address, mark the envelope "Not At This Address" or "Wrong Address" or something similar and put it back into your mail box for re-delivery by the Post Office.
"I am continuing the efforts of my Cadette Troop 5727 with the food drive to assist the families in our community who are short on food. I am also pursuing my Girl Scout Silver award and need your help! I am working with Abiding Presence Lutheran Church located on Lee Chapel Road. I am collecting the items listed below for the next delivery on October 18th.
I can come by your home and pick up any items or if you pass my house they can be dropped off at the Hamiltons 6826 Barnack Drive home. Our phone number is 703/913-8017 if you want to call us for a pick up at your home. A huge THANK YOU for helping me achieve my Silver Award and the continuing efforts of my Cadette troop. Items needed are: 16 ounce jars of peanut butter, jelly in plastic bottles, individual serving size of cereal, oatmeal packets, individual serving size pretzels and Rice Krispy treats".
Smyth Street for bags, etc.
Hope to see you at upcoming community events. Stay safe.


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Here is a bit of trivia that most people don't know. The hula hoop was actually invented to make giant wreath forms.
When shopping for a three foot wreath form and seeing the three foot high price tags, you quickly come to realize the logic in my first sentence!
I used two hula hoops. The first one, is left intact. The second one was taken apart at the joint, cut to the desired length, and joined with a bit of "Tuck Tape"....my new friend! I used wire to secure the two together. I also added a hanger at this point.
I wrapped the form in tulle.
Decided tulle wouldn't be enough so it was wrapped in burlap.
I cut a long piece of burlap in half and sewed it into a long tube.
I ran a length of wire pre-measured to the diameter of the wreath.
Using butchers twine, I secured the burlap at one end, to the back of the form, in the center of the wreath.
It was secured every 8 inches or so, and gathered evenly around the wreath.
Next step is to pull the burlap apart and center it over the two sides of the form. I flipped it over and secured the tube of burlap catching each side as I went around the back.
Added ribbon and a bow.
And hung it above my stairs!
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Attending a social gathering of the School of Mathematics at the home of Louise and Marston Morse are (l. to r., back row): Stephen J. Haris, Stuart Turner, and John David Fay. Standing in the front are (l. to r.): Mrs. Stephen J. Haris, and Professor and Mrs. Robert H. Szczarba. Louise Morse notes that this is "party # IV" with other text following that is unknown due to paper loss at the corner of the page. From other Louise Morse notations, though, this would seem to reference the fourth party of the academic year hosted by the Morses.


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49ers' Davis Disses Bears
Niners tight end thinks his team will "destroy" the Bears' d-line
By Eamonn Brennan
Published Nov 11, 2009 at 10:55 AM | Updated at 2:12 PM CST on Nov 12, 2009
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Tight end Vernon Davis #85 of the San Francisco 49ers poses for a portrait session.
Thursday night, the Bears will play a short-week rebound game against the San Fransisco 49ers. It seems the 49ers are more excited about this prospect than the Bears.
49ers tight end Vernon Davis, a likely Pro Bowl selection for 2009, isn't all that concerned with the Bears defense -- and he didn't mind telling Bay Area reporters exactly how he felt:
''We can destroy their guys up front,'' Davis told Bay Area reporters. ''I don't see anything spectacular about their front line. We can handle [their linebackers] pretty well. I like [defensive end] Adewale Ogunluye -- he's performing well, but he's the only guy I like in their line.''
''[The Bears] have given up a lot of points,'' Davis said. ''There's an opportunity for us, especially there in their secondary, for us to make plays. We just have to go out and do it. Enough talking -- go do it.''
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Always a big fan of the guy who starts the talking portion of the mid-week drama and then ends said talking by saying "enough talking." I get the last word! No one retort!
But if given the chance, what retort would the Bears even have? They have been pantsed in two straight blowout losses. Their linebackers have been easy to handle in the run game. Their secondary has been shredded faster and more comprehensively than anything in Goldman Sachs' offices.
The 49ers are not the most complete offense in the league, but they have the ability to recreate the Bears' failures Thursday night. If Davis was making a prediction, it'd be a sage one.
In the meantime, it's up to the Bears. When was the last time someone so blatantly called out the Bears' defense? If that doesn't motivate you not to punch people in the face in the first minute of a football game, what will?
Eamonn Brennan is a Chicago-based writer, editor and blogger. He is the editor of Yahoo! Sports's college basketball blog The Dagger and a contributor to Inside The Hall. Follow him at his personal site, eamonnbrennan.com, or on Twitter.


© 2016, Springer International Publishing. In 1967, J. Edmonds introduced the problem of computing the rank over the rational function field of an n× n matrix T with integral homogeneous linear polynomials. In this paper, we consider the non-commutative version of Edmonds' problem: compute the rank of T over the free skew field. This problem has been proposed, sometimes in disguise, from several different perspectives in the study of, for example, the free skew field itself (Cohn in J Symbol Log 38(2):309–314, 1973), matrix spaces of low rank (Fortin-Reutenauer in Sémin Lothar Comb 52:B52f 2004), Edmonds' original problem (Gurvits in J Comput Syst Sci 69(3):448–484, 2004), and more recently, non-commutative arithmetic circuits with divisions (Hrubeš and Wigderson in Theory Comput 11:357-393, 2015. doi:10.4086/toc.2015.v011a014). It is known that this problem relates to the following invariant ring, which we call the F-algebra of matrix semi-invariants, denoted as R(n, m). For a field F, it is the ring of invariant polynomials for the action of SL (n, F) × SL (n, F) on tuples of matrices—(A, C) ∈ SL (n, F) × SL (n, F) sends (B1, … , Bm) ∈ M(n, F)⊕mto (AB1CT, … , ABmCT). Then those T with non-commutative rank < n correspond to those points in the nullcone of R(n, m). In particular, if the nullcone of R(n, m) is defined by elements of degree ≤ σ, then there follows a poly (n, σ) -time randomized algorithm to decide whether the non-commutative rank of T is full. To our knowledge, previously the best bound for σ was O(n2·4n2) over algebraically closed fields of characteristic 0 (Derksen in Proc Am Math Soc 129(4):955–964, 2001). We now state the main contributions of this paper:We observe that by using an algorithm of Gurvits, and assuming the above bound σ for R(n, m) over Q, deciding whether or not T has non-commutative rank < n over Q can be done deterministically in time polynomial in the input size and σ.When F is large enough, we devise an algorithm for the non-commutative Edmonds problem which runs in time polynomial in (n + 1)!. Furthermore, due to the structure of this algorithm, we also have the following results.If the commutative rank and the non-commutative rank of T differ by a constant there exists a randomized efficient algorithm to compute the non-commutative rank of T. This improves upon a result of Fortin and Reutenauer, who gave a randomized efficient algorithm to decide whether the commutative and non-commutative ranks are equal.We show that σ≤ (n+ 1) !. This not only improves the bound obtained from Derksen's work over algebraically closed field of characteristic 0 but, more importantly, also provides for the first time an explicit bound on σ for matrix semi-invariants over fields of positive characteristics. Furthermore, this does not require F to be algebraically closed.


Sarah, 17, of Algerian origin, lives alone with her father Karim. For the past couple of months, she has had a secret love affair with her best friend's brother, Mashir, 22, of Pakistani origin. Following a work accident, Mashir's uncle comes to live in the neighbourhood with his wife and his daughter, which he now wants to marry off. Barely arrived, he sees Mashir as the ideal son-in-law. And faced with the determination of this fragile man, nobody dares criticise his idea. Despite the love he has for Sarah, Mashir is unable to openly oppose his uncle and risk disappointing his family. The noose is tightening around their relationship and Mashir's fate seems sealed. Sarah, in a last-ditch attempt to save the one she loves, will break taboos and violently disrupt the lives of those around her.
In the jungle of Kivu in Congo, Sargent Xavier, a Rwandan war hero, and the young and inexperienced soldier Faustin are in enemy territory where they fight in an unclear war. When the two men lose their battalion, they end up alone and without the resources to face the inextricable Congolese jungle known to be the vastest, densest and most hostile on the continent. Squeezed by the fighting raging around them and where one no longer distinguishes enemies from allies, they do not any choice but to enter into the green hell.Looking for water, food and always looking for a way out, they are exposed to an omnipresent hostility. Alone, they must also confront their own demons.
This film is about war with an antimilitarist discourse, the mercy of the jungle that exposes the gaping wounds left by the confrontations and questions the place of humanity in conflicts.
During the last attack of the Brabant killers at the Delhaize supermarket in Aalst on 9 November 1985, the young David Van de Steen, 9, watched his parents and his sister get killed in front of him. He was also badly injured and orphaned. His grandparents, Albert and Metje, welcomed their grandson and had the hard task of offering him a future, despite all this loss and grief and many unanswered questions.
The summer of 2017. Musso, a small village in the Ardennes surrounded by forest, not far from Heiderfeld. The psychiatrist has a new patient: Dany Bastin, a 29-year-old man, broken by 11 years in prison. Therapy continues when in the village where Dany lives, a disembowelled body is found, that of Astrid Du Tilleul, a rich woman Dany has been working for as a gardener the past few weeks. The police are convinced the man has reoffended. However, the psychiatrist is not convinced. She believes Dany is innocent. She is convinced he has been a victim of a miscarriage of justice 11 years ago, that he does not have the profile of a killer, and that a new miscarriage of justice is about to happen. Alone facing the certainty of the cops and the rigidity of the system, she asks Yoann Peeters to help her. Peeters is reluctant, as he is no longer a cop, but finally accepts out of loyalty. While he discovers elements proving Dany is innocent, Dany admits to murdering Du Tilleul when the police press him for a confession..