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/**
 * Файл конфигурации модуля
 *
 * @category YupeMigration
 * @package  yupe.modules.user.install
 * @author   YupeTeam <team@yupe.ru>
 * @license  BSD https://raw.github.com/yupe/yupe/master/LICENSE
 * @link     http://yupe.ru
 **/

return [
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        'application.modules.yupe.components.validators.*',
        'application.modules.yupe.components.exceptions.*',
        'application.modules.yupe.extensions.tagcache.*',
        'application.modules.yupe.helpers.*',
        'application.modules.yupe.models.*',
    ],
    'preload'   => ['log'],
    'component' => [
        // Массив компонентов, которые требует данный модуль
        // настройки кэширования, подробнее http://www.yiiframework.ru/doc/guide/ru/caching.overview
        // конфигурирование memcache в юпи http://yupe.ru/docs/memcached.html
        'cache' => [
            'class'     => 'CFileCache',
            'behaviors' => [
                'clear' => [
                    'class' => 'application.modules.yupe.extensions.tagcache.TaggingCacheBehavior',
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ],
    'rules'     => [],
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        'components'    => [
            'bootstrap' => [
                'class'            => 'vendor.clevertech.yii-booster.src.components.Booster',
                'coreCss'          => true,
                'responsiveCss'    => true,
                'yiiCss'           => true,
                'jqueryCss'        => true,
                'enableJS'         => true,
                'fontAwesomeCss'   => true,
                'enableNotifierJS' => false,
            ],
        ],
        'visualEditors' => [
            'redactor' => [
                'class' => 'yupe\widgets\editors\Redactor',
            ],
            'ckeditor' => [
                'class' => 'yupe\widgets\editors\CKEditor',
            ],
            'textarea' => [
                'class' => 'yupe\widgets\editors\Textarea',
            ],
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    ]
];

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JobStar Guide to Salaries
Over 300 free online salary surveys - General and Profession-Specific on the Web.
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Includes articles from the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Advertising, and Journal of Consumer Psychology.
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For hundred of different types of jobs, the Handbook tells you the training & education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, working conditions etc.
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Q: Why websites created in WebMatrix not visible in IIS? I have windows 7 home premium. The version of IIS is Home Premium 7.
I have created a website using DotNetNuke through WebMatrix. The files related to the website are created under the "My Documents" folder. However, when I open the IIS window, I do not see any website that I created in WebMatrix through DotNetNuke. Following are my questions:
1) I would like to understand how WebMatrix configures the website to be run without the website being visible under the IIS console?
2) Where does WebMatrix stores the configuration i.e the port assigned to Localhost (In my case it is localhost:32189)

A: WebMatrix does not create sites under the full version of IIS. It uses IIS Express. If you want your site to run under the full version of IIS, you need to configure that yourself.
You can usually find the IIS Express configuration file in C:\Users\<your-username>\Documents\IISExpress\config\. Its a file called applicationhost.config.

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Today I spent the day at the chemistry department in Edinburgh University demonstrating (at their invitation) OPUS with Ron Laird. I frequently receive these sorts of invitations, and that's nice, but it's a whole day to go there and back again.
I got home and checked my email, and saw dozens of emails about a conference in Japan. It seems the organiser thought it would be a good idea to set-up a mailing list, but hadn't configured it to be read-only. Ok, a pain, and basically spam. Now the real stupidity sets in, when several people start to mail the list to ask to be removed. Ok, more annoyance. Now we get the real fun, computer professionals sending "unsubsribe foo@bar.com" to the list (not the list server) so we all get to enjoy that.
I've noticed this cascade effect before, when people start doing this and everyone else gets fed up and starts repeating the mistake, so want off the list; a bit like a run on a bank. But, please people, email the originator of the spam, not the list and/or look in the list control lines to find out how to unsubscribe.


I recently attended the Agile Coach Camp in Atlanta, and one of the discussions there was about how to manage risks and dependencies in large agile projects. I shared some of my ah-ha's with my peers, and we've been talking more about how risks are managed and made visible in the product backlog; we're exploring the idea because in the past we've been training teams to keep a separate risk log, and we've seen mixed success with that approach.
In addition to possibly adding risk mitigation actions to the product backlog, there's been talk of "rating" the relative risk of stories; Rally's Portfolio Manager includes a "risk score" field for stories. This sparked the conversation of what types of risk should be considered in that risk score: is it just delivery/technical risk, or does it also include the business risk? And is the score determined by the development team or stakeholders?
What are your thoughts on defining a risk score and using it to help prioritize stories? Is this something that could help drive the right conversations and decisions, or is it adding too much complexity to the backlog?


What to say? We're not exactly sure how to describe the crazy 20 hour period that was the OutdoorFest 2016 Campout.
Hammocks offered relaxation at Camp Therm-a-rest. Photo by Tom O'Hare.
... or a place where you could actively participate in yoga, hiking, and running.
All of the activities we had throughout the night were thanks to our incredible local partners from Pop Up Yoga NYC who kicked everything off with Vinyasa yoga to the Staten Island Greenbelt crew who showed us 5 miles of the greenest borough.
Rhett Godfrey teaches his fire by friction class. Photo by Tom O'Hare.
Next, we discussed the topic of legalization of wingsuit flying and the ethical dilemmas connected to the sport. As dusk settled in it was time to grab our race bibs and head to the starting line for the Headlamp 5K Trail Run.
A perfect capture of the start of the 5k Headlamp Trail Race by Tom O'Hare.
Though the race started with some light in the sky, by the time even the first racers were done, darkness had fallen and only the light of our headlamps and the finish line guided us.
Upon finishing the 5K, runners had a chance to recover then were treated to beer from Sierra Nevada and food from Mi Casa. The top 3 in Mens & women's even won brand new pairs of Salomon Running shoes. Dancing and foot stomping ensued as Silver City Bound kept the energy high in the wooded amphitheater for the big finale of the night.
Silver City Bound setting up by Tom O'Hare.
With that some of us headed back to our tents and others back to the campfire for a few more minutes (or hours) of reveling in the shockingly quiet night, perfect weather and amazing people that surrounded them.
The North Face VIPeak Camping Area lit up for the night.
Thanks to all who participated and made this such a special event with a special highlight to Sorta Outdoorsy for helping to curate the activities. Shoutouts to our sponsors The North Face, Therm-a-Rest, Clif Bar, Salomon Running, and of course Sierra Nevada!


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Q: Handling multiple datatypes in mapping of single field in Elasticsearch I ran into an issue, after lot of scratching and going to and fro over lot of things I couldn't determine the solution.
So in my system where I am logging the events from different API's to my Elasticsearch cluster. I am seeing issues where for particular field I am getting two types of values
as in
Lets assume we have a field called updated_by
In some events I am getting data as
{
    "name": "event_1",
    "updated_by": "xyz@gmail.com"
}

for some events I am getting data as

{
    "name": "event_2",
    "updated_by": {
        "email_id": "xyz@gmail.com",
        "user_id" : "user_1"
     }
}

Note:- You can segregate based on name field, so event_1 will have the same type of response always and event_2 will the same kind of response always

I am indexing them under the same index therefore one of the document always errors out giving mapping mismatch exception.
What I would like to do is find a way by which I can index all the records without loosing any of the record. I am ok with loosing the ability of querying on the field.
Anyone in this community have faced similar challenges
I do have the option of indexing them as separate index based on name field, but this will cause issues of dealing with hundreds of index, which I want to avoid.
As a last option I can think of flattening out the complete json so that can be stored in a same file.


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US ties France 1-1 in Under-20 World Cup
Michael Casey
ISTANBUL - The United States improved its chances of reaching the knockout stage of the Under-20 World Cup, tying France 1-1 Monday on an 85th-minute goal by substitute Daniel Cuevas.
"I feel like they were confused," he said. "They couldn't get the ball out and luckily it took a bounce my way and I got to push it in."
With France and Spain having won their openers, the U.S. needs a victory in its final match against Ghana to advance outright. But it could still advance as one of the four best third-place teams.
"Our team is very united and we are always together and pushing forward," Cuevas said. "If things don't go our way, we keep trying and keep trying until they do. Luckily we got the tie."
Spain beat Ghana 1-0 in a lackluster match on Monday. In the other early game in Group B, Nigeria defeated Cuba 3-0, with Aminu Umar scoring twice in four minutes.
France appeared set to beat the Americans win and advance after Yaya Sanogo scored his second goal of the tournament. His penalty in the 48th minute came after Dimitri Foulquier was sideswiped by America's Javan Torre in the penalty area.
"I don't think we had a great control of the game tonight," France coach Pierre Mankowski said. "It feels a bit strange because the U.S. team was hardly dangerous. But they had situations they should have never had. We conceded a penalty and a free-kick, which led to their goal."
The U.S., which lost its opening match to Spain, had few chances and missed those it did have - the worst when Luis Gil's penalty was easily saved in the 65th. But the Americans grew more confident toward the end and it paid off when Cuevas pounced on a loose ball in the penalty area.
U.S. coach Tab Ramos was a "little disappointed" with the lackluster play early on but happy to come away with a draw.
"In a game like today we should have gotten all three points," he said. "At the end of the day, it was great courage, effort by our team."


The effect of the digital revolution on health care has been dramatic. Rapid adoption of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act has resulted in 78% of physicians and 96% of hospitals purchasing certified electronic health record systems. This transformation from a largely paper-based system has given rise to the need for professionals across a wide spectrum who understand a myriad of new topics.
Training the workforce that creates, implements, sustains, and improves the use of technology in health care settings requires an academic response. Educators who coordinate curriculum design across the spectrum of health informatics training ensure that the nation achieves its goals for desirable patient and population outcomes.
This coordinated approach paves an interprofessional educational pathway that contributes to the success of: the team-based approach to patient care, environmental demands for learning health systems, and compliance with regulatory requirements focusing on individual professionals' and health care institutions' demonstrations of data-based outcomes improvements.
InSpire 2017 is a conference for current and aspiring educators and program coordinators focusing on academic informatics across the continuum of secondary, undergraduate/baccalaureate, graduate, post-doctoral and professional education including those programs with a focus on basic scientific discovery and research through practical application and implementation of health informatics.
The American Medical Informatics Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 9 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Maryland Nurses Association an accredited approver by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Rebecca Wilgus and Karen Monsen have disclosed that neither they nor their life partners has relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined commercial interests.
Verification of attendance through the participant's electronic report of sessions attended through the individual login at www.amia.org.
After a processing period of about 4 weeks after this activity, the nurse participant will receive a CE certificate via email from AMIA.
The deadline for submitting requests for CE certificates is June 26, 2017.
Faculty and their affiliations are noted at each presentation.
CME site at amia.org works best with IE 8 or above version, Chrome, and Firefox.


Want to boost your workout performance and increase your body's natural defenses? But of course! Turns out three foods can do the trick.
Before you learn the first one, here's a bit about how it helps.
Nitrates are nutrients found within certain foods. They bring oxygen to muscles to fuel work and improve performance.
Did you notice green leafy vegetables and beets?
These foods have nitrate power, especially beets.
Want to run better? Eat some beets. It worked for 5K runners.
Faster times with less effort. Beet me up!
Beet juice works too. Just ask cyclists. They were happy to ride with this finding.
What's the ideal amount of beets for better performance?
We know beets rock. Next let's look at foods to boost your immune system.
It's a go for leafy greens. And who knew they were on the cutting edge of immune science?
According to research from the Babraham Institute, eating green vegetables give us more than just vitamins and minerals.
Other researchers found that proteins in leafy green cruciferous vegetables interact with surface cell receptors that switch on T-bet to initiate the innate immune response in the digestive tract. That's where 80% of our immune system resides.
Researchers also found that a special type of immune cell known as an innate lymphoid cell (ILC) is found throughout the digestive tract. It can protect the body from invading pathogens (big word for bad stuff that causes disease).
When it comes to berries, 3 choices come to mind: rasp-, straw-, and blue-.
When it comes to immune boosting power, think blue.
More natural killer cells (term used by immune experts) means better immunity. Blue berries are good, even for low carb dieters. Of the recommended fruits, low carb researchers found blueberries (5-10 carb grams per day) to be a top choice.
(For more on the how to lose weight safely and effectively with a low carb approach, check out my interview with Dr. Jeff Volek, the nation's leading expert on low carb research).
– Beets contain nitrates and improve the endurance of runners and cyclists.
– Chemicals in green leafy vegetables support immune power.
– Blueberries doubled the amount of natural killer cells in runners to strengthen the body's natural defenses.
PS If you wouldn't mind sharing my mission to help families and friends, please share my mission to help power up their performance and immunity. Thank you!
How Long Should You Rest Between Sets to Burn Fat, Build Muscle and Increase Strength?


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Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., cleans up debris and trash strewn across the floor in the early morning hours of Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, after protesters stormed the Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.
Credit: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
A blue suit becomes history
Shin Yu Pai
Whitney Henry-Lester
Jim Gates
The story behind the viral and historic blue suit that inspired this podcast.
Congressman Andy Kim was photographed on Jan. 6, 2021 picking up trash in the Capitol rotunda, in the aftermath of that day's chaos. The indelible image of a congressperson in a blue suit, kneeling on the ground and tidying the detritus of an insurrection went viral.
The blue suit was donated to the Smithsonian, forever a physical marker of the values and actions on display that day. It also inspired Shin Yu Pai to make this podcast.
Join us for our free live event for The Blue Suit on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 at McCaw Hall's Nesholm Family Lecture Hall. You can find more information at kuow.org/events.
Congressman Andy Kim's twitter thread about the blue suit
Congressman Andy Kim's twitter thread about a national AAPI museum
AP article from Jan. 7, 2021: 'What else could I do?' NJ Rep. Kim helps clean up Capitol
NPR: A Blue Suit, Dusted By Insurrection, Goes To The Smithsonian
Washington Post: Andy Kim and the politics of 'humility' in the midst of anti-Asian hate
We're wrapping up our first season of The Blue Suit and we'd like to hear your thoughts about the show. If you have a few minutes, please consider answering our brief survey here. Your feedback will really help us as we plan for future episodes. Thanks for taking the time to fill it out.
The Blue Suit is produced by KUOW in Seattle. Our host, writer, and creator is Shin Yu Pai. Whitney Henry-Lester produced this episode. Jim Gates is our editor. Tomo Nakayama wrote our theme music. Additional music in this episode by cloudcrush, Charm of Finches, and coldbrew.


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Q: TensorFlow: libcudart.so.7.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I am running TensorFlow on Ubuntu 15.10. When I enter pip show tensorflow, I see that TF has been installed properly.
However, when I write import tensorflow as tf, I get the following error message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/me/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python import *
  File "/home/me/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python/__init__.py", line 49, in <module>
    from tensorflow import contrib
  File "/home/me/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/contrib/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
    from tensorflow.contrib import layers
  File "/home/me/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/contrib/layers/__init__.py", line 68, in <module>
    from tensorflow.contrib.layers.python.layers import *
  File "/home/me/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/contrib/layers/python/layers/__init__.py", line 22, in <module>
    from tensorflow.contrib.layers.python.layers.initializers import *
  File "/home/me/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/contrib/layers/python/layers/initializers.py", line 24, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python.ops import random_ops
  File "/home/me/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python/ops/random_ops.py", line 23, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python.framework import ops
  File "/home/me/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python/framework/ops.py", line 39, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python.framework import versions
  File "/home/me/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python/framework/versions.py", line 22, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow
  File "/home/me/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python/pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 28, in <module>
    _pywrap_tensorflow = swig_import_helper()
  File "/home/me/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python/pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 24, in swig_import_helper
    _mod = imp.load_module('_pywrap_tensorflow', fp, pathname, description)
ImportError: libcudart.so.7.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

For what it's worth, I have followed the instructions here and set my LD_LIBRARY_PATH and CUDA_HOME environment variables.
Any advice?
EDIT:
I have installed CUDA 7.5 and added these to my .profile file:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/cuda-7.5/lib64"
export CUDA_HOME=/usr/local/cuda-7.5

However, I continue to see the same error message.
EDIT:
I see the following output when I run ldd /usr/local/cuda-7.5/lib64/libcudart.so.7.5:
linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007ffdac7ea000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fc27a281000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fc27a07d000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fc279e5e000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fc279c56000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00005604f5406000)

EDIT:
If it is relevant, I use GeForce GT640.
EDIT:
I followed @tommus' advice and called source ~/.profile before running TensorFlow, and now it works like a charm.
Thanks to everyone who tried to help me in the comments -- this is my first experience with any kind of Linux distribution, and I am really very appreciative of all the patient assistance I have received so far :-) You guys are absolutely awesome!

A: After editing .profile file you either need to log out and log back in or run the following command:
source ~/.profile
The solution is persistent so there is no need to perform it ever again.

A: sudo nano /etc/ld.so.conf.d/nvidia.conf
Add this:
/usr/local/cuda-8.0/lib64
/usr/local/cuda-8.0/lib
run
sudo ldconfig
if it works well ,please tell me.

A: If you are using pip but other answers did not work for you, try this.
In my case this exact problem was solved by reinstalling tensorflow using:
pip install tensorflow

Pip must have messed up its dependencies or something when installing other packages after Tensorflow installation (I've run pip install -r requirements.txt afterwards for my own purposes --> that broke Tensorflow).

A: You maybe need to update your cuDNN version as Tensorflow 1.3 doesn't work with cuDNN 5.1 or earlier. Download cuDNN 6.0 or upper and install to fix the issue

A: I had same error. I have to have Cuda 8.0 and CuDNN 5.1 for running some experiments!!
SOLUTION: Run python with Sudo Python
python
Python 2.7.15 |Anaconda, Inc.| (default, May 1 2018, 23:32:55)
[GCC 7.2.0] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import tensorflow
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/home/ujjval/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/init.py", line 22, in
from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow # pylint: disable=unused-import
File "/home/ujjval/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python/init.py", line 49, in
from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow
File "/home/ujjval/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python/pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 74, in
raise ImportError(msg)
ImportError: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ujjval/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python/pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 58, in
from tensorflow.python.pywrap_tensorflow_internal import *
File "/home/ujjval/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python/pywrap_tensorflow_internal.py", line 28, in
_pywrap_tensorflow_internal = swig_import_helper()
File "/home/ujjval/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python/pywrap_tensorflow_internal.py", line 24, in swig_import_helper
_mod = imp.load_module('_pywrap_tensorflow_internal', fp, pathname, description)
ImportError: libcublas.so.9.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Failed to load the native TensorFlow runtime.


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Minutes of last year's meeting were summarized. New officers were elected to one-year terms: Chair Tom McLaughlin, Vice-Chair Gary Odom, Secretary Phil Huckelberry, Treasurer Alice Kelsey.
The treasurer could not attend, but she had a few days earlier said that COFOE has approximately $2,000 in the bank.
A report was presented on the lawsuits that COFOE has assisted financially. The Illinois decision (challenging the 10% petition for independent candidates for state legislature, and the petition deadline of December of the year before the election) and the Ohio decision (challenging the very early petition deadline for new parties) were both won in September 2006. The Illinois attorneys will return $1,255 to COFOE when they get their attorneys fees, and the Ohio attorney will return $1,000 to COFOE when he gets his attorneys fees.
Another case we helped financially did not prevail. We had contributed $2,000 for the Ohio Independent candidate petition deadline case, Lawrence v Blackwell, for the cert petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the Court declined to hear the case.
We had earlier contributed $500 for the Pennsylvania minor party ballot access case, Rogers v Cortes, for the costs in the U.S. District Court. That case lost in U.S. District Court last year and it also lost in the 3rd circuit last year, with the request for a rehearing denied this year. The plaintiffs have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case. A decision on whether the case will be accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court will be announced no earlier than October 1, 2007.
At this meeting, we voted to spend $750 on an amicus to be filed by the Center for Competitive Democracy, for printing costs. The amicus will be filed by Oliver Hall, PO Box 21090, Washington DC 20009. Hall founded the Center and hopes to do other ballot access litigation in the future. NOTE: after the meeting, Hall said the printing costs would only be $400, so Treasurer Alice Kelsey sent him $400. Afterwards, Hall said the printing costs turned out to be $700, so a supplemental check was sent to him for the additional $300, for a total of $700.
Phil Huckelberry asked if COFOE is either a 501(c)(3) or a 501(c)(4) organization. The response is that we are neither. 501(c)(3) organizations cannot lobby. Richard Winger mentioned that there is a 501(c)(3) organization, the Foundation for Free Campaigns & Elections, that was formed to fund ballot access lawsuits. Contributions to the Foundation are tax-deductible. The Foundation was formed by Richard Gardiner.
There was discussion about Oklahoma ballot access. Since both the federal courts and the state courts have upheld those laws, Oklahoma activists are planning to ask the voters to vote for an initiative that would ease them.
There was discussion of a bill in Congress to provide for public financing of congressional candidates. The bill sets an easier threshold for candidates who are members of the two major parties, than for all other candidates. Democrats and Republicans only need 2/3rds as many qualifying $5 contributions, as do other candidates. As a result of the discussion, the board passed this resolution: "COFOE opposes public financing that establishes different standards for qualifying based on party affiliation or lack thereof."
Michael Richardson gave a report on the efforts to give U.S. citizens who live in Puerto Rico a voice in presidential elections. The U.S. is in apparent violation of the OAS Charter on Democracy that was signed on September 11, 2001 in Lima, Peru. The OAS has granted a July 2007 hearing on the Puerto Rico matter, to Gregorio Igartua de la Rosa. Former Puerto Rico Governor Rossello has also filed a complaint with the OAS, but the OAS won't act on his complaint yet, since he hasn't exhausted all his remedies within the U.S., whereas Igartua has (he sued in federal courts in the U.S. and lost). In response to the discussion, the board pass this resolution: "COFOE supports the right to vote in presidential elections for all U.S. citizens registered to vote. Residency in a U.S. Territory should not deprive U.S. citizens of the right to vote for President and presidential electors." There was one abstention.
Phil Huckelberry described how the Illinois Green Party prepared for a challenge to its statewide petition in 2006. The Democratic Party did challenge the statewide petition, but the challenge was overcome. Greens submitted 39,330 signatures to meet a requirement of 25,000. In theory, the burden of proof that a signature is invalid lies on the objector. But in practice, the objector makes an allegation that a particular signature is invalid, and the party that submitted the petition must prove that the signature is valid. The state law does not give guidelines on how the challenge process works. The State Board of Elections always adopts new rules in any new election year, so there is no predictability. Challenged groups must hire an attorney.
Greens prepared by scanning the sheets and sending a PDF file to many volunteers. There were 4,100 petition sheets, and they were group into 10 sheet packages. Sixty volunteers each received a certain number of "packages" and then looked up the voters on the government registration list of voters. By this means, Greens knew in advance of the hearing that at least 27,000 signatures were valid. The Democratic challengers eventually gave up.
Discussion about presidential debates was held. Rockthedebates.org is trying to ask each major party presidential candidate to commit to participation in a general election presidential debate, in which all presidential candidates are invited if they are on the ballots in enough states to theoretically win the election. No presidential election in U.S. history has had more than 7 candidates on ballots in enough states to theoretically win a majority in the electoral college (that 7 includes the Democratic and Republican nominees). Therefore, claims by the Commission on Presidential Debates that more inclusive general election debates would be unworkable, are not true.
John Duffy gave a report on Unity08. He said fund raising is going very well, even though the FEC has told Unity08 that it may not accept contributions greater than $5,000. Unity08 is in court fighting that ruling. "National Committees" of FEC-recognized political parties can accept $27,500 from individuals. John said that work is proceeding on details of how an on-line presidential primary for Unity08 will work. Unity08 is also working on a voter education system on the internet, so that candidates who want the Unity08 presidential nomination can answer questions.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 pm. The date and place for the 2008 meeting will be decided later.


How to do total of table content?
the lenght in table is driven by parameters..
now, i need to add two new angles in this assembly and i want automated addition of length by the time i add them up in assembly.
Re: How to do total of table content?
Are you looking for a simple Summation of the lengths in your table? If so, there's literally a Summation command for repeat regions that can handle this (provided those length values are real numbers and not strings).
If I'm misunderstanding your question, please let me know. If you need a picture or some quick step by step instructions, let me know.
Not my usual quality but it's 5:30am and I haven't slept! I hope this gets the point across. Write back if this doesn't make sense.
I really, really hope that makes sense. The Summation tool is useful but rarely used because it has some idiosyncrasies that need to be heeded for the function to work. This should be what you're looking for. Good luck!
thanx 4 ur fast prompt. but i think i hvnt explain clearly the problrm .. if u look at the PIC, the table shows 6 itmes from 2-7 where they hv qty and lenght mentioned now i want that the table should calculate sum of all the lenght of parts itself (qty.*length and then total sum). and when i add another part into the assm. it automaticaly genrate the sum in table.
Put a cell to the right that is the multiplication of the two columns, then use Brian's method to sum up the up the multiplication column.
Creo/ProE will use this relation to automatically calculate the "x" value for each item in the BOM. Once you have that, you can use the technique I posted the first time to get your summation. As a side note, it may be possible to create the relation and not show the "x" value in it's own column before summing. I haven't tried this though. It may be necessary to add "x" to it's own column before it can be summed. You'll have to give it a try to find out for certain.
If you have trouble with this, just let me know and I'll do another couple of slides to demonstrate.


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Q: High training error at the beginning of training a Convolutional neural network In the Convolutional neural network,
I'm working on training a CNN, and during the training process, especially at the beginning of my training I get extremely high training error. After that, this error starts to go down slowly. After approximately 500 Epochs the training error comes near to zero (e.g. 0.006604). Then, I took the final obtained model to measure its accuracy against the testing data, I've got about 89.50%.
Does that seem normal? I mean getting a high training error rate at the very beginning of my training process.
Another thing I'd like to mention is that I've noticed that every time I decrease the number of hidden nodes, the results become better at the end of my training.
My CNN structure is:
 config.forward_pass_scheme = {'conv_v', 'pool', 'conv_v', 'pool', 'conv_v', 'pool', 'conv_v','full', 'full', 'full', 'out'};

Here are some of my hyper parameters:
  config.learning_rate = 0.01;
  config.weight_range = 2;
  config.decay = 0.0005;
  config.normalize_init_weights = 1;
  config.dropout_full_layer = 1;
  config.optimization = 'adagrad';

Your help and suggestion in this regard is highly appreciated, thank you in advance.

A: If you have a large number of hidden units in fully connected (fc) layers and do not have sufficient training data, the network will overfit to the training set. Convolutional layers are less prone to overfitting as they have less parameters. Reducing the number of hidden units in the fc layers can reduce overfitting. To tune these hyper-parameters (like number of hidden nodes in a fc layer), a validation set is used, so that the model gives good performance on the test set. Although dropout helps in reducing overfitting in fc layers, it may not be sufficient if you add too many hidden units.
Yes, in the beginning, it is expected that training error would be high. CNNs are trained using stochastic optimization, so it takes some time to learn the parameters.

A: The more hidden layers/neurons, the more weights in your NN. It means more parameters to model your problem. Therefore it makes sense that add neurons/layers gives better learning.
On the other way, more weights to train means more risks of overfitting. Be sure that you have at least 5 times more samples in your training set that you have weights in your NN.
An other solution to prevent overfitting is to use a dropout.
Btw, which library do you use?


Breweries are slaves to their ingredients and must stay fresh. But a holiday beer in October? Really? Yes, really.
PORTLAND, Ore. (TheStreet) -- Before you complain about holiday decorations appearing in stores in September or candy corn already being nudged out of supermarket aisles by candy canes, try drinking a seasonal beer this time of year.
Going through the email at this site's beer division is like diving headlong into the new releases cooler at your local bottle shop. It's a who's-who of seasonal beers and a good reminder of just how far along you are in the calendar. One particular brewer was kind enough to send along an invitation to the launch party for its dark, rich, spicy winter warmer.
The date of that party? Oct. 5.
"The basic reason -- and it's not that we can't get enough of the ginger or cinnamon or anything -- is that freshness is a big deal for us and this is a beer that has a season. Beer at its foundation is a performance art that exists in the moment of its creation and that's it, and Fezziwig is very much in that situation of being perfect for a certain time."
But, seriously, October? Samuel Adams doesn't launch its holiday beers until November, but that hasn't stopped holiday beers from appearing on shelves. We have drinkers who still aren't done with this year's fresh hop offerings. There are still going to be Halloween parties featuring refrigerators packed with pumpkin ale.
Don't call it a holiday "ale."
This top-fermented beast is strictly old, Teutonic altbier. At 7.2% alcohol by volume it's as hard as Reign In Blood, War Ensemble or any of the other double-bass driven sonic assaults produced by its namesake metal band Slayer.
Ninkasi calls it a "dark double alt," but this gut warmer is just a high-octane dark brew built to keep drinkers warm on cold winter nights and get the blood boiling quicker than a thrash-metal solo.
The Christmas tree farms a short drive from this brewery aren't open for business yet, but harvest at the nearby hop farms waits for no man... no matter how corpulent, jolly or laden with toys.
From its collage-style label by Oregon artist Kaycee Anseth Townsend made up of art from previous Jubelale labels to its fruity mocha flavor, Jubelale wraps itself in the season as snugly as possible. Caramel, coffee, chocolate, cherry and mild citrus come together in a mulled-wine porter with just enough spice to top it off.
It's hoppier than most holiday beers, but that's to be expected in Jubelale's neck of the woods.
This brewery along the Columbia River Gorge has been brewing its Holiday Wassail since 1988, but you can forgive them for bringing it out early. If there's new snow on Mount Hood, there's going to be Wassail.
This year's Wassail edition blends caramel and dark chocolate malts to give it a deep mahogany color. Meanwhile, European noble hops and Pacific Northwest aroma hops give it a citrusy, slightly bitter finish that's the hallmark of the region's holiday beers.
The Craft Brewers Association's(:BREW) Redhook Brewery has been cranking out different versions of Winterhook for 28 years, but the basic premise has remained: Make a beer as cozy as a blanket.
This year's rich caramel body and malty backbone are balanced with a bold but not exceedingly bitter hoppy finish. Like any good winter warmer, Winterhook has some kick at 6% and a bit of bite from its Centennial, Cascade and Zeuss hops. Its brick-red color and mix of caramel, gingerbread and Munich malt flavor make it as serene as a first snowfall, though.
If you knew you could make someone's favorite holiday gift every year without fail, you'd make sure it was on shelves by mid-October, too.
Mad Elf's swirly cartoon-elf label hides a ruby red brew that sits like a holiday wine and sparkles like Rudolph's nose when poured. Its flavor is a bit less seasonally appropriate and combines the best elements of Belgian and German styles to do Pennsylvania's traditional and craft-brewing communities proud. The Saaz and Hallerstrau hops are bold without delivering an IPA-style bite, while the pilsner, munich and chocolate malts provide the smoothness of a stout or dark bock.
The core of its sweet, strong taste comes from a mix of honey and cherries that's Christmas-candy sweet without overdoing it. At 11% ABV, Mad Elf kicks like a reindeer, so it might be best to save it until you have time for that warm winter's nap.


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Q: In my IOS Project, when i try to remove Bridging Header file cause error? To setup a SideMenu in my iOS project, I'm Using SWRevealViewController without pods and this create a bridging header file
SWRevealViewController.h
SWRevealViewController.m
MyProjectName-Bridging-Header.h

Now I want to remove these three files and add my custom SideMenu, but this cause a big problem
I trying some solutions which I found in stackoverflow and another websites like 1. go to Target > Build Settings >  Swift Compiler - General > Objective-c Bridging Header and remove its value. but this case a lot of errors. 2. retrive just this file 'MyProjectName-Bridging-Header.h' but this again cause a lot of errors.
the project does not work successfully without the three file. although i don't use these three file in any part of my project.
when I delete the three files + clean the Objective-c Bridging Header I get this error.

Edit: I note that after I do the deletion step the 'import UIKit' disappears from most files in the project.

A: I solve the problem by the following steps
1- Delete these two files which caused in creating bridge file
SWRevealViewController.h
SWRevealViewController.m

2- remove #import "SWRevealViewController.h" from Bridging file and add #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

and this solve the problem for me.

A: Are these only 3 OBJ-C files you use in your project?
Here are the steps you should follow:
1. Delete all the {{obj-c}}.h,.m,.xib along with AppName-Bridging-Header.h

*Then go to Target > Build Settings > Swift Compiler - General > Objective-c Bridging Header and remove its value, as you saw in multiple stack overflow post.

Clean build and run the project to solve the errors


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It gives us immense pleasure to welcome you all to Dakshin Solapur Taluka Shikshan Mandal's College of Pharmacy, Solapur. The institution is offering Pharmaceutical education at the level of D. Pharm. (since 1980), B. Pharm. (since 1993), M. Pharm. (since 2011) and is also recognized by Solapur University as Research Centre for Ph.D (since 2007). The college is approved by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. D. Pharm, Accredited by NBA is affiliated to the Board of Technical Education and is an independent unit enjoying Grant-in-Aid status by Govt. of Maharashtra. The B. Pharm, M. Pharm and Ph. D in Pharmacy program are affiliated to Solapur University, Solapur.
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It was the most pleasant experience to be here. I interacted with the most vibrant Principal due to whom I could talk to many pharma students. The students are exposed to the latest knowledge of research, which is extremely appreciated. The college has very good infrastructure and very good ambience. My best wishes and I wish I can be here again.
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In the context of a drill string, a saver sub is a threaded coupling under the kelly to which the joints of drill sting are made up. It can reduce wear on the kelly threads. This type of trenchless equipment adopts high quality structural alloy steel that is heat-treated for maximum durability. As a professional manufacturer and supplier of trenchless tools in China, Geotec Geological Equipment is able to supply customized sizes of saver subs according to customers' horizontal directional drilling requirements.
This kind of trenchless equipment is expendable and does not represent a major investment. However, the kelly or topdrive component threads are spared by use of a saver sub, and those components represent a significant capital cost and considerable downtime when replaced.
Established in 1980s, Wuxi Geotec Geological Equipment Co., Ltd. specializes in producing trenchless equipment, drill rods, diamond drill bits, core barrels, drill rigs, and other drilling tools. Through more than 20 years' production experience and marketing experience, we have gained the recognition of a large number of clients both home and abroad. Our saver subs have been widely exported to America, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, India, Russia, Malaysia, Thailand, Mongolia, Pakistan, etc. If you have interest in our trenchless equipment, please feel free to contact us. We are looking forward to cooperating with you.


Children represent the hope for the future so investing in our schools is a vital part of our work.
With the potential to reach over 30,000 young people day by day, our schools represent an important area for mission and ministry. Nearly all of our 119 schools receive support from the Education Department, particularly through curriculum and management support and training, support for governing bodies (especially for senior staff appointments) and support for buildings related capital projects in voluntary aided schools.
This section aims to give all the necessary information for Headteachers Governors, and staff of Church of England Schools in the Diocese of Liverpool.
It gives you details regarding our policies and procedures, training and building project advice.


Welcome back on the air, Julie! Us night owls missed you!
Always a pleasure to have you on these particular streamwaves!
Good morning, Julie. My dark night is over, so good to hear you once again.
Joy in the morning! How'dya know?
so many kind words! hiya sem, James & Ausman!
Julie knows how to darken the night and brighten the day.
It's 11.54 in the morning, here in London.
Whoa, Julie's here! What a pleasant surprise!
hey there p90. harley & caryn!
This is great! Wake up and have all this lovely music!
your show is probably the only thing keeping em going, julie... but what to do when it's over? Thomas is perhaps appropriate for the UK electorate... and yes Les, i reckon it's a good place to stay!
Hehe. Awww I miss checking in with you so you knew I was awake!
Wicked Little Town was in my head this morning when I woke up!
Well thanks for playing it Julie! I can't decide what my fave Hedwig song is. Did you ever see it? I got to go a few wks ago - couldn't miss it with JCM coming back!
mostly in 1993 by the look of it!
Ausmanx on my side. This is still early stuff.
Julie, I KNEW I shouldve seen the very last night lol. When did he stick SOL in?
Julie, was it a T.A.T.U. related email?
I'll have to track it down Julie, tanx for the info!
FANTASTIC FEM-CENTRIC FRIDAY SET! GOOD MORNING!
I played Cosmic Wheels when I was a college DJ in 1974.
- too fast! Hope to hear you again soon.
Ugh... Nachum... wow. This one is extra painful.


A Teignbridge charity supporting lonely, isolated, elderly people to improve their wellbeing and quality of life.
This charity is at the heart of the community in Dawlish, Devon, promoting volunteering and offering information, advice, help and assistance to elderly and vulnerable people in the locality through the Community Support Project.
Challenging attitudes, policies and practices.


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Ambulance sought for Princess Urduja, Narra
Oct 1, 2019 Gillian Faye Ibañez
A resolution requesting Rep. Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar (2nd District, Palawan) to donate one ambulance unit with complete life-saving devices to Barangay Princess Urduja in Narra was recently approved at the Provincial Board.
Authored by Board Member Ryan D. Maminta, the resolution is aimed at providing further medical assistance to the constituents in the area, who reside far from the provincial or municipal medical institutions.
"The operational and available ambulances in the Municipality of Narra are not sufficient to accommodate the need or serve the medical demand of distant barangays, such as the barangay in question, and thus, lacks the furtherance of quality public service," said Maminta.
The resolution is anchored to Section 15, Article 2 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, which states that the "State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them."
In his draft, Maminta also indicated that this written motion is in line with the "Universal Health Care Act" or the Republic Act (RA) No. 11223.
Maminta also noted that the request covers not only the constituents of Princess Urduja but also for its neighboring barangays.
Tags: ambulance, Barangay Princess Urduja, Cyrille Abueg Zaldivar, Narra, Palawan, Palawan News, Ryan D. Maminta, Universal Health Care Act


Optimizing women's health in a Title X family planning program, Baltimore County, Maryland, 2001-2004.
Suggested citation for this article: Cheng D, Patel P. Optimizing women's health in a Title X family planning program, Baltimore County, Maryland, 2001-2004. Prev Chronic Dis 2011;8(6):A126.


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Che Guevara Is Assassinated on 9 Oct 1967
HISTORY, 19 Oct 2020
History – TRANSCEND Media Service
Che died with his eyes open. Onindia
53 year ago, socialist revolutionary and guerilla leader Che Guevara, age 39, was killed by the Bolivian army. The U.S.-military-backed Bolivian forces captured Guevara on October 8 while battling his band of guerillas in Bolivia and executed him the following day. His hands were cut off as proof of death and his body was buried in an unmarked grave. In 1997, Guevara's remains were found and sent back to Cuba, where they were reburied in a ceremony attended by President Fidel Castro and thousands of Cubans.
Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna was born to a well-off family in Argentina in 1928. While studying medicine at the University of Buenos Aires, he took time off to travel around South America on a motorcycle; during this time, he witnessed the poverty and oppression of the lower classes. He received a medical degree in 1953 and continued his travels around Latin America, becoming involved with left-wing organizations. In the mid 1950s, Guevara met up with Fidel Castro and his group of exiled revolutionaries in Mexico. Guevara played a key role in Castro's seizure of power from Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and later served as Castro's right-hand man and minister of industry. Guevara strongly opposed U.S. domination in Latin America and advocated peasant-based revolutions to combat social injustice in Third World countries. Castro later described him as "an artist of revolutionary warfare."
READ MORE: Che Guevara's Life-Changing Motorcycle Trip
Che Guevara dead photo op. Pinterest
Guevara resigned—some say he was dismissed—from his Cuban government post in April 1965, possibly over differences with Castro about the nation's economic and foreign policies. Guevara then disappeared from Cuba, traveled to Africa and eventually resurfaced in Bolivia, where he was killed. Following his death, Guevara achieved hero status among people around the world as a symbol of anti-imperialism and revolution. A 1960 photo taken by Alberto Korda of Guevara in a beret became iconic and has since appeared on countless posters and T-shirts. However, not everyone considers Guevara a hero: He is accused, among other things, of ordering the deaths of hundreds of people in Cuban prisons during the revolution.
READ MORE: Iconic photo of Che Guevara taken
Go to Original – history.com
Tags: Che Guevara, Cuba, Fidel Castro, History, Latin America Caribbean
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Q: How to monitor playback position in exoplayer I am struggling to find a way to create a thread to monitor the playbackPosition in Exoplayer app.
In the following code, a simple task I need is to log the position parameter after every 1000ms by overriding the onIsPlayingChanged function. But I understand this happens only once and if the app state changes, however, to make this continuous, I think I should create a thread. Please let me know how can I achieve this.
As you can see, the commented code is the one I tried but it is definitely not right.
private class PlaybackStateListener implements Player.EventListener{

    @Override
    public void onIsPlayingChanged(boolean isPlaying) {
     //TODO: Add handler to poll the playback position continuously.
      /* if(isPlaying){
        HandlerCompat.
                postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                  @Override
                  public void run() {
                    long positionParam = playbackPosition;
                  }
                });
        }*/

      if (isPlaying) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Playing position is " + playbackPosition);
      } else {
        // Not playing because playback is paused, ended, suppressed, or the player
        // is buffering, stopped or failed. Check player.getPlaybackState,
        // player.getPlayWhenReady, player.getPlaybackError and
        // player.getPlaybackSuppressionReason for details.
      }
    }

A: Kotlin Coroutines way
private fun pollCurrentDuration() = flow {
        while (player.currentPosition + DURATION_OFFSET <= player.duration) {
            emit(player.currentPosition + DURATION_OFFSET)
            delay(DEFAULT_DELAY_MS)
        }
    }.conflate()

A: Following piece of code can be used to resolve such issue using handler postDelayed method.
final Handler handler = new Handler();
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//My code
}
handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
@Override
    public void run() {
    playbackPosition = player.getCurrentPosition();
    send(playbackPosition);   //Function to update position
    handler.postDelayed(this, 1000); //1000ms frequency of updates.
    }
}, 1000);
}


Inflation, or the debasement of the currency, is not new. Political elites and ruling institutions all throughout history have been guilty of this mass-scale pick-pocketing of the people. Our current-day banking institutions preach that constant inflation is necessary for economic growth and stability, but we should remember the Founding Fathers' warnings of the dangers of paper money. Generations of Americans in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries understood the fundamental importance that a sound currency, free from government manipulation and counterfeiting, played for a society.
The process of creating inflation looks different today than in the past, where today dollars are created digitally and electronically within the banking system, and through the "toolkit" the Federal Reserve uses to conduct its monetary policy.
The Roman Empire debased its money by issuing coins that were less and less pure in order to finance its great military expansion the welfare state, and other government expenditures. Ultimately this debasement led to the collapse of the monetary unit, which then left society in shambles and chaos.
When new money is created it flows to certain sectors and the valuations of goods and services changes unequally. This new money in these sectors leads to higher prices, which results in increased investment and production in these sectors, but these economic choices are based upon a false perception – prices rose not because of increased demand but because of inflation. When lots of inflation is created over time, it results in whole sectors becoming distorted and being filled with malinvestments. Just look at the 2008 housing bubble.
The market eventually has to correct these malinvestments, and that is precisely what the 2008 financial crisis and the Wall Street crash of 1929 were. Central bank money creation is precisely what creates the boom-bust cycle. On top of distorting our economy, inflation eats at our purchasing power, making it increasingly difficult to save for the future.
Initially dollars were valuable because they were backed by something of value. The fact that you could take your dollars and redeem them for a specific weight of gold is what gave those dollars value. Theoretically paper could be backed by any asset in a true free market, but historically gold and silver have been shown to be the most effective stores of value.
A sound currency is vital for the protection of liberty against tyranny. Without this protection governments are free to spend and grow as they please, all at the expense of the working people.
Americans over the last several decades have forgotten the importance of sound money and in doing so they have allowed the Federal Reserve to gain nearly unlimited control over the value of our money. Liberty requires constant defending, as tyranny is always striving to slowly gain more control, and the maintenance of a sound money is fundamental to our liberty and to our ability to progress as a society.


Who am I being? Since deepening into my own liberation— a journey catalyzed by healing circles I've been part of since the launch of Standing in Our Power— I often reflect on this question. I do so because I realize that the paradigm shift needed in leadership is moving from doing, having and then being to prioritizing who we are being first, then the doing and having will fall into place.
For too long, in our movements, I have witnessed many of us working for a new world while clinging to the old one. We want justice and we want it now! Sometimes we are doing the work to ensure equity is possible one day, while our current practice (who we are being) does not always align with our vision.
This #GivingTuesday I am excited for the opportunity to practice a new way of being in solidarity as I mobilize resources for transformation. Instead of raising money solely for my project, I get to practice interdependence by collectively raising resources for nine projects, Standing in Our Power being one of them.
Earlier this month, 35 organizers, fundraisers, donors, healers and other supporters of movements for racial, gender and economic justice gathered at the Watershed Center in Millerton, NY at the third Old Money New System community of practice retreat. We focused on building community by co-creating ritual and deepening our spiritual practices; embodying a vision in progress for radical change in decolonizing and decentralizing philanthropic practices; coordinating tactics for disrupting the status quo in our work, and mobilizing towards a radically equitable and liberatory way of resourcing social movements.
We grappled with big questions: What would a just transition in our economy look like? How can we move toward an economy that affirms the dignity and assets of all people, one that is free from exploitation and extraction?
We engaged in an experiment that we are calling a Just Economy Exchange where we exchanged material and non-material resources to share infrastructure, capacity, space and other resources.
What emerged (in part) is the Just Economy Solidarity Fund.
Please check out this wonderful community of practice of which I am a part. And give generously! If you donate to this one place, your support goes to a total of nine projects. Click here to learn about each project.
Let's be the change by practicing interdependence and sparking collective liberation this #GivingTuesday.
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\section{Introduction}
\label{intro}

Is our vacuum metastable? Is the Universe that we live in inherently unstable?

Recent experimental and theoretical works suggest that our vacuum is probably me\-tastable \cite{Grinstein2016, Sen2015, Burda2015, Ema2016,
Hoang2015, Degrassi2012, Burda2016, Butazzo2013, EliasMiro2012, Aad2012, Chatrchyan2012, Andreassen2014, Aad2015, Khachatryan2016, Bezrukov2012,
Aabound2016, Shkerin2015, Branchina2015, Khan2014, Ge2016, Kusenko2015, Hook2015, Bednyakov2015}. Measurements of Higgs boson and top
quark masses indicate that there should be a ``true'' vacuum with less energy than the present one \cite{Grinstein2016, Sen2015, Burda2015,
Ema2016, Hoang2015, Degrassi2012, Burda2016, Butazzo2013, EliasMiro2012, Aad2012, Chatrchyan2012, Andreassen2014, Aad2015,
Khachatryan2016, Bezrukov2012, Aabound2016, Shkerin2015, Branchina2015, Khan2014, Ge2016, Kusenko2015, Hook2015, Bednyakov2015, Kusenko2015b}. Vacuum stability problems have been discussed in many classical papers \cite{Coleman1977, Callan1977, Coleman1980,
Kobzarev1975, Gorsky2015, Blum2015, Isidori2001, Turner1982, Lindner1989, Sher1989, Krive1976, Cabibbo1979}. It is possible that
the current minimum of the scalar potential is local and a deeper minimum exists or the potential has a bottomless abyss
separated by a finite barrier [see Fig.~\ref{fig:1}]. In this situation, the Universe should eventually tunnel out into some
other state, in which the elementary particles and the laws of physics are different. According to current evidence, the Universe
is approximately 13.8 billion years old \cite{PlanckCol2016}. Scientists must find an explanation for these facts.

The framework for calculating the decay rate of a vacuum in Quantum Field Theory was developed by Coleman and collaborators
\cite{Coleman1977, Callan1977, Coleman1980}, inspired by the Kobzarev \textit{et al.} pioneering paper \cite{Kobzarev1975}.
For the vacuum to decay, it must tunnel through an energy barrier, and the probability, per unit time, per unit volume for
this has an exponential factor,
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq01}
 \frac{\Gamma}{V}=Ae^{-\beta/\hslash},
\end{equation}
where $\beta$ is the action of a solution to the Euclidean field equations (the bounce) which interpolates between metastable (false) and true
vacua. This problem is related to many phenomena in condensed matter, particle physics and cosmology \cite{Cohen1993, Trodden1999, Yagi2005,
Linde1990, Weinberg2008, Gani2016, Hanggi1988, Aubry1975, Marchesoni1998}.

In this article we show that it is possible to have a stable false vacuum in a potential that is unbounded from below. The
remaining of the article is organized as follows. In Section \ref{model}, we briefly review the Coleman's model
\cite{Coleman1977}. In Section \ref{bounce}, we investigate the bounce solutions for some Lagrangians. In Section
\ref{discussion}, we discuss all the details of the actual evolution of the bubbles. We also present the results of numerical
simulations. Finally, in Section \ref{conclusions}, we present the conclusions of our analysis.

\begin{figure}[tbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=.49\textwidth]{fig01a}
\hfill
\includegraphics[width=.49\textwidth]{fig01b}\\
\includegraphics[width=.49\textwidth]{fig01c}
\hfill
\includegraphics[width=.49\textwidth]{fig01d}
\caption{\label{fig:1} \textbf{(a)} Potential $U(\phi)$ with a ``false'' vacuum and a ``true'' vacuum. \textbf{(b)} Potential
$V(\phi)=-U(\phi)$ for the motion of the fictitious particle. \textbf{(c)} Potential $U(\phi)$ showing a barrier separating a minimum
($\phi_1$) and a bottomless abyss. \textbf{(d)} Potential $V(\phi)=-U(\phi)$, where $U(\phi)$ has the shape shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:1}.(c).
}
\end{figure}

\section{The model}
\label{model}

Consider a Quantum Field Theory described by the Lagrangian
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq02}
 \mathcal{L}=\frac{1}{2}\left(\partial_{\mu}\phi\right)\left(\partial^{\mu}\phi\right)-U(\phi),
\end{equation}
where $U(\phi)$ possesses two minima $\phi_1$, $\phi_3$ and a maximum $\phi_2$: $\phi_1<\phi_2<\phi_3$, $U(\phi_3)<U(\phi_1)$, $U(\phi_1)=0$ [see
Fig.~\ref{fig:1}.a]. The classical field equation would be
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq03}
 \phi_{tt}-\nabla^2\phi=-\frac{dU(\phi)}{d\phi}.
\end{equation}

The state $\phi=\phi_1$ is a false vacuum. It is unstable by quantum effects (e.g. barrier penetration).
The accepted picture is the following. Quantum fluctuations are continually creating bubbles of true vacuum to materialize in the
false vacuum. Once in a while, a bubble of true vacuum will form large enough so that it is classically energetically favorable for
 the bubble to grow. The bubble expands throughout the Universe converting false vacuum to true.

 The Euclidean equation of motion is
 %
 \begin{equation}
  \label{Eq04}
  \phi_{\tau\tau}+\nabla^2\phi=\frac{dU}{d\phi},
 \end{equation}
where $\tau=it$ is the imaginary time. The boundary conditions of the bounce solution are
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{Eq05}
  \phi_{\tau}(0, \mathbf{x})& = & 0,\\
\label{Eq06}
  \lim_{\tau\to\pm\infty}\phi(\tau,\mathbf{x}) & = &   \phi_1.
\end{eqnarray}
The integral that yields the action of the bounce is
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq07}
 \beta=\int\,d\tau d^3x\left[\frac{1}{2}\phi_\tau^2+\frac{1}{2}\left(\boldsymbol{\nabla}\phi\right)^2+U\right].
\end{equation}
The action $\beta$ will be finite only if
\begin{equation}
\label{Eq08}
 \lim_{|\mathbf{x}|\to\infty}\phi(\tau,x)=\phi_1.
\end{equation}

The bounce solution is invariant under four-dimensional Euclidean rotations. Define
\begin{equation}
\label{Eq09}
 \rho\equiv(|\mathbf{x}|^2+\tau^2)^{1/2}.
\end{equation}
The bounce solution is a function of $\rho$ only. From equation \eqref{Eq04}, we obtain
\begin{equation}
\label{Eq10}
 \frac{d^2\phi}{d\rho^2}+\frac{3}{\rho}\frac{d\phi}{d\rho}=-\frac{dV(\phi)}{d\phi},
\end{equation}
where $V(\phi)=-U(\phi)$ [see Fig.~\ref{fig:1}.b]. The conditions for the bounce solutions are now
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{Eq11}
  \phi_{\rho}(0)& = & 0,\\
\label{Eq12}
  \lim_{\rho\to\infty}\phi(\rho) & = &   \phi_1.
\end{eqnarray}
The action $\beta$ can be calculated using the formula
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq13}
 \beta=2\pi^2\int_0^{\infty}d\rho\,\rho^3\left[\frac{1}{2}\phi_{\rho}^2+U(\phi)\right].
\end{equation}

We can consider equation \eqref{Eq10} as the Newton's equation of motion for a fictitious particle of unit mass moving in the potential
$V(\phi)$ [see Fig.~\ref{fig:1}.b], where $\phi$ is the ``particle'' position and $\rho$ is the ``time''. There is a dissipative force acting on
the particle
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq14}
 F_{dis}=-\frac{3}{\rho}\frac{d\phi}{d\rho}.
\end{equation}
The ``particle'' must be released at rest at time zero. The initial condition must be
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq15}
 \phi_m<\phi_{(0)}<\phi_3.
 \end{equation}

For the bounce solution to exist, the ``particle'' should come to rest at ``time'' infinity at $\phi_1$ (i.e. on top of the maximum
$V(\phi_1)$) [see Fig.~\ref{fig:1}.b].

In many articles, the authors use the so-called thin-wall approximation \cite{Coleman1977} and the $\phi^4$ theory as
a model. The employed solution is nothing else but the one-dimensional $\phi^4$ soliton. This approach loses all the complexities
of the 3+1 dimensional nonlinear field equations. In the present paper we will show that, for some Lagrangians, the action of the
bounce solution can be arbitrarily large.

\section{The bounce solution}
\label{bounce}

Let us return to the motion of the fictitious particle in the potential $V(\phi)$ [see Fig.~\ref{fig:1}.b]. A particle that
starts its motion at a point $\phi(0)>\phi_m$ should pass the point $\phi=\phi_2$ (at the bottom of the valley) in order to reach the
point $\phi=\phi_1$. We can expect that in a vicinity of point $\phi_2$ the particle makes oscillations. This is true when the
potential $V(\phi)$ behaves as $V(\phi)\sim(\phi_2-\phi)^2/2$ in a neighborhood of point $\phi=\phi_2$, and we are studying the one-dimensional
case. For the $D=3+1$ case, the particle will make damped oscillations near the point $\phi=\phi_2$. Nevertheless, the
bounce solution can still exist.

Suppose there are potentials for which the motion of the ``particle'' in a vicinity of $\phi=\phi_2$ will be in the overdamped regime.
Then if the particle starts its motion at a point $\phi(0)>\phi_2$, there will be an overdamped trajectory that will end at point
$\phi=\phi_2$ for $\rho\to\infty$. The particle will never visit the points for which $\phi<\phi_2$.

Let us define
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq16}
 U(\phi)=\left\{\begin{array}{lcc}
 \displaystyle\frac{a_1(\phi-\phi_1)^2}{2}, & \text{for} & \phi<\phi_{12},\\
 \displaystyle-\frac{(\phi-\phi_2)^4}{4}+\Delta_2, & \text{for} & \phi_{12}<\phi,
 \end{array}\right.
\end{equation}
where $\phi=\phi_{12}$ is a point for which $U(\phi)$ and its first derivative are continuous, i.e.
$a_1(\phi_{12}-\phi_1)^2/2 = \Delta_2-(\phi_{12}-\phi_2)^4/4$, and
$a_1(\phi_{12}-\phi_1)=-(\phi-\phi_2)^3$. All the solutions with the conditions
\begin{subequations}
\label{Eq17ab}
\begin{align}
\label{Eq16a}
\phi(0)>\phi_2,\\
\label{Eq16b}
\left.\frac{d\phi}{d\rho}\right|_{\rho=0}=0,
\end{align}
\end{subequations}
are given by the family of functions
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq17}
 \phi(\rho)=\phi_2+\frac{Q}{1+\frac{Q^2}{8}\rho^2},
\end{equation}
where $\phi(0)=\phi_2+Q$. This includes solutions with the initial conditions
\begin{subequations}
\label{Eq19ab}
\begin{align}
\label{Eq18a}
 \phi(0)&>\phi_m,\\
 \label{Eq18b}
 \left.\frac{d\phi}{d\rho}\right|_\rho&=0.
\end{align}
\end{subequations}

Note that the solution \eqref{Eq17} is the most general solution satisfying the conditions \eqref{Eq18a} and \eqref{Eq18b}. If there
is another solution, there is no ``unicity''. Note also that there exists a continuum of solutions provided by \eqref{Eq17}, specified by any
initial condition $\phi(0)>\phi_2$.

It does not matter how high the ``particle'' will be at $\rho=0$ in the potential $V(\phi)$ [see Fig.~\ref{fig:1}.b], the
particle will be stuck at $\phi=\phi_2$ even for $\rho\to\infty$. It will never visit points close to $\phi=\phi_1$. The action of
all these solutions is infinite.

In general, for any potential that behaves as $U(\phi)\simeq(\phi-\phi_2)^4/4$ in a neighborhood of $\phi=\phi_2$, the motion of the
``particle'' for $D=3+1$ will be difficult near the point $\phi=\phi_2$.

Consider a generalization to the equation \eqref{Eq10} in a $D$-dimensional space-time
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq20}
 \frac{d^2\phi}{d\rho^2}+\frac{D-1}{\rho}\frac{d\phi}{d\rho}=-\frac{d V(\phi)}{d\phi},
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}
\label{Eq21}
  U(\phi)=-V(\phi)=\frac{a|\phi|^3}{3}-\frac{b|\phi|^4}{4},\quad\quad a>0,\,b>0.
\end{equation}
For this potential, $\phi_1=0$, and $\phi_2=a/b$. We can find the exact bounce solution to equation \eqref{Eq20}
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq22}
 \phi_{\text{bounce}}=\frac{Q}{1+N\rho^2},
\end{equation}
where
\begin{subequations}
\label{Eq23}
\begin{align}
\label{Eq23a}
 Q&=\frac{4}{4-D}\,\frac{a}{b},\\
\label{Eq23b}
 N&=\frac{2}{(4-D)^2}\,\frac{a^2}{b}.
 \end{align}
\end{subequations}
Notice that the bounce solution is unique in the sense that there is only one initial condition $\phi(0)=4a/(4-D)b$ for which
$\lim_{\rho\to\infty}\phi(\rho)=\phi_1\equiv0$.

We would like to remark that as $D$ is increased from $D=1$, the ``amplitude'' $Q$ of the bounce will increase (see eq.~\eqref{Eq23a})
($\phi(0)=Q$). In other words, we need an initial condition with enough potential energy for the ``particle''
 to be able to climb the hill and reach the point $\phi=\phi_1$. For larger $D$, there is more dissipation. So the particle needs more
 energy. However, $Q\to\infty$ as $D\to4$ (!). Something very important happens when $D=3+1$. This is an indication that for $D=4$, it is
 very difficult for the ``particle'' to arrive at point $\phi=\phi_1=0$. This can be also an evidence that
 %
 \begin{equation}
  \label{Eq24}
  \lim_{D\to4}\beta_{\text{(bounce)}}=\infty.
 \end{equation}
This implies that there exists no finite bounce solution for $D=4$.

It is interesting to study Lagrangians where the potential $U(\phi)$ behaves as
\begin{subequations}
\label{Eq26}
\begin{align}
\label{Eq26a}
U(\phi)&\simeq\frac{(\phi-\phi_1)^{n_1}}{n_1}, \quad\text{near }\phi=\phi_1,\\
\label{Eq26b}
U(\phi)&\simeq\frac{(\phi_2-\phi)^{n_2}}{n_2}+\Delta_2, \quad\text{near }\phi=\phi_2,
\end{align}
and
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq26c}
 U(\phi)\simeq\frac{(\phi-\phi_3)^{n_3}}{n_3}-\Delta_3, \quad\text{near }\phi=\phi_3,\\
\end{equation}
\end{subequations}
where $n_1\geq2$, $n_2\geq2$, and $n_3\geq2$. As $n_1$, $n_2$, $n_3$ and the dimension $D$ increase, the probability of the formation
of bubbles of the ``true'' vacuum inside the ``false'' vacuum that will expand approaches zero.
Compare the results of this Section with the results discussed in Ref.~\cite{Aravind2015}.

In brief, we gave for the first time, a mathematical proof that it is possible to have a stable false vacuum in a potential that is unbounded from below.

\section{Discussion}
\label{discussion}

Consider a chain of coupled pendula. In the continuum limit, this system can be described by the sine-Gordon equation
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq27}
 \phi_{tt}-\phi_{xx}+\sin\phi=0.
\end{equation}

The static kink solution to equation \eqref{Eq27} is the following
\begin{equation}
\label{Eq28}
 \phi_k=4\arctan[\exp(x)].
\end{equation}
This solution is stable \cite{Gonzalez1998, Gonzalez2002, Gonzalez2007, Oliveira1996, GarciaNustes2012}. However, note that there
are pendula that are completely outside the stable equilibrium $\phi=0$ ($\phi=2\pi$). In fact, for the point $x=0$, the pendulum is at
position $\phi=\pi$, which, for a single pendulum, would be a completely unstable position. In the solution given by equation
\eqref{Eq28}, the pendulum at position $\phi=\pi$ and those that are close to that one are sustained by the majority of the pendula,
which are close to the stable position $\phi=0$ ($\phi=2\pi$).

Consider now a chain of linked small balls, which are moving in the potential
\begin{equation}
\label{Eq29}
U(\phi)=\frac{\phi^2}{2}-\frac{\phi^3}{3}.
\end{equation}
The graph of this function is similar to Fig.~\ref{fig:1}.c. The equation of motion is
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq30}
 \phi_{tt}-\phi_{xx}=-\phi+\phi^2,
\end{equation}
whose exact critical-bubble solution \cite{Oliveira1996} can be obtained as
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq31}
 \phi(x)=\frac{3}{2\cosh^2(x/2)}.
\end{equation}

The unstable equilibrium of the potential is $\phi_2=1$. For instance, an initial condition of the form
\begin{subequations}
\label{Eq32}
\begin{align}
\label{Eq32a}
 \phi(x,0)&=\frac{1.4}{\cosh^2(x)},\\
 \label{Eq32b}
 \phi_t(x,0)&=0,
\end{align}
\end{subequations}
would lead to a dynamics where the balls fall to the ``left'' where the potential well ($\phi_1=0$) exists. There are balls situated to the
``right'' of the unstable equilibrium. However, these balls will not fall to the ``right'' (to the ``abyss''). The
ball outside the potential well are sustained by the balls that are inside the potential well. We should say that ``larger'' bubbles
like the following
\begin{equation}
 \label{Eq33}
 \phi(x,0)=\frac{1.6}{\cosh^2(x/4)},
\end{equation}
will grow for ever.

Let us examine the following equation
\begin{equation}
\label{Eq34}
 \phi_{tt}-\nabla^2\phi=F(\phi),
\end{equation}
where $F(\phi)=a\left[\phi(\phi+2)(2+\delta-\phi)\right]^{2n-1}$, and $n\geq3$. The potential $U(\phi)$ ($F(\phi)=-dU(\phi)/d\phi$) for
equation \eqref{Eq34} has the shape shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:1}.a with two minima (a ``false'' vacuum and a ``true'' vacuum) and the properties
discussed in Section \ref{bounce}. In $D=3+1$ dimensions, the ``balls'' that are close
to the unstable equilibrium position $\phi_2=0$ are capable to sustain the ``balls'' that are very far away from the equilibrium
(including amplitudes that are arbitrarily large).
Initial conditions like the following
\begin{subequations}
\label{Eq35}
\begin{align}
\label{Eq35a}
 \phi(x,y,z,0)&=\phi_o+\frac{Q}{[1+b(x^2+y^2+z^2)]^{1/2}},\\
 \label{Eq35b}
 \phi_t(x, y, z,0)&=0,
\end{align}
\end{subequations}
with $Q>0$ and $b>0$, where all the ``balls'' are outside the unstable equilibrium, do not lead to an evolution with the ``balls''
falling to the ``right''.

Note that there are ``bubbles'', whose action is infinite and are made mostly of ``true'' vacuum, but, nevertheless, do
not grow. This means they do not expand throughout the Universe converting false vacuum to true. This leads to the conclusion that
``normal'' bubbles with finite action and made of ``true'' vacuum inside the Universe of ``false'' vacuum will not grow either.

Let us study an initial condition where the majority of the ``balls'' are close to the locally stable equilibrium $\phi=\phi_1$. In
$D=3+1$, the system is able to sustain any field configuration with the values of $\phi$ as far to the right as we wish from the
unstable equilibrium $\phi=\phi_2$. In $D=3+1$ the link between the ``balls'' is so strong that the ``balls'' outside the
equilibrium cannot drag those that are inside the equilibrium. Initial conditions in the form
\begin{subequations}
\label{Eq36}
\begin{align}
\label{Eq36a}
 \phi(x,y,z,0)&=-2+A\left[\tanh[B(r+d)]-\tanh[B(r-d)]\right],\\
 \label{Eq36b}
 \phi_t(x, y, z,0)&=0,
\end{align}
\end{subequations}
will not evolve in such a way that the bubble will expand, and the false vacuum will be converted to the ``true'' vacuum.

\begin{figure}[tbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=.49\textwidth]{Simulation1a.pdf}
\hfill
\includegraphics[width=.49\textwidth]{Simulation2a.pdf}\\
\includegraphics[width=.49\textwidth]{Simulation3a.pdf}
\hfill
\includegraphics[width=.49\textwidth]{Simulation4a.pdf}\\
\includegraphics[width=.49\textwidth]{Simulation5.pdf}
\hfill
\includegraphics[width=.49\textwidth]{Simulation6a.pdf}\\
\caption{\label{fig:2} Collapse of bubbles with different contents of ``true'' vacuum inside a Universe made of ``false'' vacuum. Results
obtained from the numerical solution of eq.~\eqref{Eq34} in 3 dimensions with the initial conditions of eq.~\eqref{Eq35} for \textbf{(a)} $\phi_o=-2$, $Q=3$,
and $b=27$. \textbf{(b)} $\phi_o=-2$, $Q=4$, and $b=85$. \textbf{(c)} $\phi_o=-2$, $Q=4.001$, and $b=5$. \textbf{(d)} $\phi_o=-2$, $Q=4.005$,
and $b=1$. \textbf{(e)} $\phi_o=-2$, $Q=4.001$, and $b=0.1$. \textbf{(f)} $\phi_o=-0.1$, $Q=0.2$, and $b=1$. Only the time evolution
of the field at $z=0$ is showed. Any other profile will exhibit a similar behavior due to the symmetry of the system.
}
\end{figure}

Figure \ref{fig:2} shows that most bubbles made of ``true'' vacuum inside a Universe made of ``false'' vacuum will collapse very fast.
There is a relaxation process such that $\lim_{t\to\infty}\phi=\phi_1$.

Figure \ref{fig:3}.a shows the dynamics of a ``bubble'' made completely of ``true vacuum''. This bubble is stationary and marginally stable. There
is a whole continuum ``zone'' in configuration space with bubbles of different amplitudes and different behaviors of the tails. All the bubbles
in this ``zone'' are stationary solutions to the field equations. These bubbles are not asymptotically stable. A perturbation of the bubble will
lead to a different stationary configuration that belongs to the mentioned ``zone''. However, the most remarkable fact is that these bubbles do
not expand!

Figure \ref{fig:3}.b shows the dynamics of a very large bubble made of ``true'' vacuum inside a Universe of ``false'' vacuum. This bubble does
not expand. However, it is so large that its collapse is very slow. This bubble can be considered a quasi-stationary long-lived structure that
could contain ``new physics''. The properties and physical meaning of these structures will be discussed elsewhere.
All bubbles of the ``true'' vacuum inside a Universe of the ``false'' vacuum will collapse.

As a final remark, note that solutions \eqref{Eq17} are not bounce.
We have discussed them for some given potentials in Section \ref{bounce}.
However, we
have a system with an exact bounce solution (given by equations \eqref{Eq22} and \eqref{Eq23}) which is a unique solution.
There is only one initial condition such that for $\rho$ approaching
infinity, $\phi$ will be approaching $\phi_1$. The bounce solution exists
for $D<4$. However, as $D\to4$, $Q\to\infty$. This shows that $\lim_{D\to4}\beta_{bounce}=\infty$. Indeed,
numerical investigations with the ordinary differential equation \eqref{Eq10} using the Strauss-Vazquez method \cite{Strauss1978, Jimenez2013}
show that the ``particle'' never reaches point $\phi=\phi_1$. Additionally, using the general partial differential equation \eqref{Eq34} we have
shown that the bubbles of true vacuum never expand. The potentials involved in these problems have degenerate critical points in the
sense of Ren\'e Thom \cite{Thom1975}, and the solutions near such points have special properties. This kind of potentials are relevant when we are
near criticality
\cite{Degrassi2012, Butazzo2013}.

\section{Conclusions}
\label{conclusions}

We have investigated the bounce solutions in some classes of vacuum decay problems. We have obtained a rigorous mathematical proof of the fact that
it is possible to have a stable false vacuum in a potential that is unbounded from below (See Section \ref{bounce}). This is our actual and main
result.
Additionally, using the analysis of the results discussed in Sections \ref{bounce} and \ref{discussion}, and the numerical simulations, we can
formulate several conjectures. Note that the potential used in the numerical simulations (Eq.~\eqref{Eq34}) has the shape shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:1}.a
with two finite minima (a ``false'' vacuum and a ``true'' vacuum).

\begin{itemize}
 \item We conjecture that when the critical points of potential $U(\phi)$ are near criticality \cite{Degrassi2012, Butazzo2013} (see Sections
 \ref{bounce} and \ref{discussion}),
 the bounce solution does not exist or the action of the bounce solution is arbitrarily large. So the probability of the ``false'' vacuum decay is
 exponentially small.

 \item We conjecture that under the above conditions the bubbles of ``true'' vacuum inside a Universe of ``false'' vacuum will not grow. Thus there
 is no bubble expansion that would convert the ``false'' vacuum to ``true''.

 \item We conjecture (after Turner and Wilczek \cite{Turner1982}) that ``It is possible that our present vacuum is metastable, and that,
 nevertheless, the Universe would have chosen to get 'hung up' in it''.
\end{itemize}

\begin{figure}[tbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=.49\textwidth]{Simulation7.pdf}
\hfill
\includegraphics[width=.49\textwidth]{Simulation10.pdf}
\caption{\label{fig:3} \textbf{(a)} A stationary bubble in 3 dimensions mostly made of true vacuum. Results from numerical simulations of
eq.~\eqref{Eq34} for the initial conditions of eq.~\eqref{Eq35} for $\phi_o=0$, $Q=0.3$, and $b=0.0027$. \textbf{(b)} Results from numerical
simulations in 3 dimensions for the initial condition of Eq.~\eqref{Eq36} for $B=5$, $d=10$ and $A=2.0005$. Initially there is a
partial collapse of the walls of the field configuration, but there is no bubble of true vacuum that expands throughout the Universe. Only the time evolution
of the field at $z=0$ is showed. Any other profile will exhibit a similar behavior due to the symmetry of the system.
}
\end{figure}

\acknowledgments

The authors thanks M. Chacon for fruitful discussions and for his assistance with numerical simulations. J.F.M. thanks Saliya Coulibaly for his
most-valuable assistance with the semi-spectral methods used in part of the numerical simulations. M.A.G-N. thanks for the financial support of
Proyecto Puente PUCV. J.F.M. acknowledges financial
support of CONICYT doctorado nacional No. 21150292.

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Home News & Views Archaeology 1,300 Year Old Church featuring Mosaic Floors Uncovered in Lower Galilee
1,300 Year Old Church featuring Mosaic Floors Uncovered in Lower Galilee
David Israel
7 Av 5780 – July 28, 2020
Photo Credit: Anya Kleiner, Israel Antiquities Authority
Head of the Greek Catholic Church, Youssef Matta, during his visit to the excavation site in Kfar Kama.
A 1,300-year old church with ornate mosaic floors was recently uncovered in an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation in the Circassian village of Kfar Kama, near Kfar Tavor, in Lower Galilee. The excavation, led by archaeologist Nurit Feig on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, in collaboration with Prof. Moti Aviam of the Kinneret Academic College, and with assistance from local volunteers, preceded the construction of a playground. Under Israeli law, every construction must start with an excavation, seeing as the country is rife with buried archaeological treasures.
According to Feig, the church, measuring 36 × 108 ft., includes a large courtyard, a foyer, and a central hall. There are three prayer niches – compared with most churches of the same era which offered a single prayer niche. The nave and the aisles were paved with mosaics which partially survived. Their colorful decoration stands out, incorporating geometric patterns, as well as blue, black, and red floral patterns. Feig noted a special discovery – a small reliquary, a stone box used to preserve sacred relics.
Mosaic floor of the ancient church. / Alex Wiegmann, Israel Antiquities Authority
Several rooms adjacent to the church have been partially uncovered. According to a ground-penetrating radar inspection operated by Dr. Shani Libbi, there are additional rooms at the site yet to be excavated. The researchers have suggested "it is quite possible that this large complex was a monastery."
The Catholic Archbishop Dr. Youssef Matta, Head of the Greek Catholic Church in Israel, visited the site and was inspired by the ancient remains.
In the early 1960s, a smaller church with two chapels was excavated in the village of Kfar Kama, and was dated by its finds to the first half of the sixth century CE. According to Prof. Aviam, "this was probably the village church, while the church now discovered was probably part of a contemporary monastery on the outskirts of the village."
Aerial view of the church remains with Mt. Tavor in the background. / Alex Wiegmann, Israel Antiquities Authority
The new discovery hints at the apparent importance of the Christian village settled in the Byzantine period close to Mount Tavor, an area of primary religious significance for Christianity, identified as the site of the transfiguration of Jesus into radiant in glory upon a mountain. In 1876, when the Circassian Shapsug tribe first settled in Kfar Kama, they used the stones of the ancient village to build their houses.
The discovery of the church in Kfar Kama will contribute to the extensive research project on the Christian settlement in Galilee that is being carried out by Prof. Aviam and Dr. Jacob Ashkenazi of the Kinneret Institute of Galilean Archaeology at the Kinneret Academic College.
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McMorris Rodgers's supporters are saying she has already locked up the race.
Key power-players in the House Republican Conference are lining up behind Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers for House Republican Conference chair, a spot that would cement her place as the party's most visible woman.
Just a few weeks before her race against Georgia Rep. Tom Price, there's no doubt where establishment is lining up in the battle for the No. 4 spot in leadership.
She has snapped up the endorsement of seven top committee chairmen — many of them are helping her whip for support. As is South Carolina Rep. Tim Scott, an elected House leader. So are members of Speaker John Boehner's inner circle.
In September alone, she visited 30 congressional districts and raised $980,000 for the National Republican Congressional Committee, in addition to doling out hundreds of thousands of dollars from her leadership PAC. She's touched down in 21 states during this election cycle, people involved in her race say.
McMorris Rodgers's supporters aren't mincing words; they are publicly saying she has already locked up enough support to win the race.
It's a bid to project confidence in their position in the race against Price — an assessment difficult to independently confirm in a secret ballot race.
But it's crucially important for the Republican Party.
If McMorris Rodgers beats Price, it would place a woman in one of the top slots of Republican leadership for the first time in a half-dozen years. If she loses, Republicans would run the risk of having no women in positions of power. Michigan Rep. Candice Miller is vying for the chair of Homeland Security but her future in that spot is unclear.
Leadership races don't happen frequently, but Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling's decision to vie for the gavel of the Financial Services Committee provides a rare opening atop the party's power structure. In an interview with POLITICO, McMorris Rodgers says she wants the party to broaden its appeal, adding that she's running to "nationalize her influence." To her, Republicans don't use their talent well enough.
It's a case that some surrogates are making, as well.


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I was so lucky to have one of my best friends visit with me a few weeks ago. We had only two days together, but we made the most of it by going to the beach, eating Mexican food and of course going to a theme park and riding all the rides until we almost puked. The last part was more her than me of course, but I must admit that there was one ride that had me scared out of my wits. But we survived it all. This trip however really got me thinking about my friends that I have up in Seattle. These are the friends that know when your mood has shifted, know how to help you up when you are down and most definitely know that in an emergency champagne is my beverage of choice. While we all move on and around and here and there, we always have those friends in our lives. We just need to make sure we let them know what they mean to us more often.
I am really trying to make sure that I pick up the phone, send an email or card to them more often. If you notice I didn't include text or Facebook that's because I am trying to take it beyond super convenient and make it more meaningful. Who knows if I will be able to keep it up, but I will never know until I try. Doesn't mean I will stop texting and posting on your Facebook wall, just means you should check your mailbox!!
Love all my Seattle ladies and miss them terribly.
Sab and I having a pre-party cocktail at our favorite restaurant.
Yes that's a tiara on my head. It was my 30th birthday.