The Atlanta Falcons have signed first-round WR Calvin Ridley to a four-year rookie contract, according to his agency.
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The contract includes a fifth-year option for the Falcons to pick up in 2021.
During his three-year college career at Alabama, Ridley recorded 224 receptions for 2,781 yards receiving (12.4 YPC) and 19 touchdowns to go along with eight rushing attempts for 40 yards (five YPC) and one touchdown.


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Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, poses for a press photo along with a painting of the USS Oklahoma at his home on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, center, talks with Karen Wilson, right, and other veterans while eating breakfast at the American Legion Post 10 on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
FILE – In this Dec. 7, 1941, file photo, part of the hull of the capsized USS Oklahoma is seen at right as the battleship USS West Virginia, center, begins to sink after suffering heavy damage, while the USS Maryland, left, is still afloat in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. Pearl Harbor survivors and World War II veterans are gathering in Hawaii this week to remember those killed in the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. Those attending will observe a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the minute the bombing began. The ceremony will mark the 80th anniversary of the attack that launched the U.S. into World War II.
FILE – This April 1938 file photo shows the USS Oklahoma. The ship sank during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor survivors and World War II veterans are gathering in Hawaii this week to remember those killed in the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. Those attending will observe a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the minute the bombing began. The ceremony will mark the 80th anniversary of the attack that launched the U.S. into World War II.
The fridge of Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, is seen decorated with veteran magnets and family photos on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, gets in his car after eating breakfast at the American Legion Post 10 on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, walks past two military mannequins after eating breakfast at the American Legion Post 10 on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
Denise Emery, left, helps Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, to his car after eating breakfast at the American Legion Post 10 on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, center, talks with Denise Emery, center left, and other veterans while eating breakfast at the American Legion Post 10 on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, left, talks with Karen Wilson, right, and other veterans while eating breakfast at the American Legion Post 10 on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, poses for a photo along with a painting of the USS Oklahoma at his home on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, looks at a painting of the USS Oklahoma while talking about the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, talks with fellow veterans while eating breakfast at the American Legion Post 10 on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, talks about his time aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma and his life after the war on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
A portrait of Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, taken during the war is seen here at his home on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, reads a birthday card while talking about his time aboard the USS Oklahoma and his life after the war on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, poses for a photo at his home on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.
FILE – In this May 24, 1943 file photo, the capsized battleship USS Oklahoma is lifted out of the water at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Pearl Harbor survivors and World War II veterans are gathering in Hawaii this week to remember those killed in the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. Those attending will observe a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the minute the bombing began. The ceremony will mark the 80th anniversary of the attack that launched the U.S. into World War II.
By AUDREY McAVOY and GILLIAN FLACCUS
HONOLULU (AP) — When Japanese bombs began falling on Pearl Harbor, U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class David Russell first sought refuge below deck on the USS Oklahoma.
But a split-second decision on that December morning 80 years ago changed his mind, and likely saved his life.
"They started closing that hatch. And I decided to get out of there," Russell, now 101, said in a recent interview.
Within 12 minutes his battleship would capsize under a barrage of torpedoes. Altogether 429 sailors and Marines from the Oklahoma would perish — the greatest death toll from any ship that day other than the USS Arizona, which lost 1,177.
Russell plans to return to Pearl Harbor on Tuesday for a ceremony in remembrance of the more than 2,300 American troops killed in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack that launched the U.S. into World War II.
About 30 survivors and 100 other veterans from the war are expected to observe a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the minute the attack began.
Survivors, now in their late 90s or older, stayed home last year due to the coronavirus pandemic and watched a livestream of the event instead.
Russell is traveling to Hawaii with the Best Defense Foundation, a nonprofit founded by former NFL Linebacker Donnie Edwards that helps World War II veterans revisit their old battlefields.
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The storm with which Bitcoins have taken over the world is proof enough that the world demands an alternative global currency. The fact that nations are now skeptically looking at the large transactions in bitcoins however now points to its unreliability as a global currency. Chinese banks having recently banned the growing transactions of bitcoins is proof in the pudding that Bitcoins are yet not a trustworthy international currency, backed by neither institution nor nation.
Nonetheless, bitcoin transactions in China and India have sky rocketed over the past year with rates hitting an all time high. On 28 November, the value of one bitcoin surpassed US$1,000 for the first time. Used mostly to hedge against other more real currencies, and avoid controls on trade in their own currencies, individuals are heavily investing in this four year old currency which is created through a complicated computing process called mining.
According to the Wall Street Journal, BTC China, the country's biggest bitcoin exchange, in the last 30 days averaged 64,000 bitcoin in daily trading volume, said BTC China Chief Executive Bobby Lee. Over that period, the exchange accounted for more than one-third of volume world-wide, up from about 20 percent over the past six months, according to industry tracker Bitcoinity
Similarly, according to the Hindu, an Indian online portal for buying and selling bitcoins, buysell.co.in, has reported a leap in the number of transactions for bitcoins in Indian rupees. "We used to do about 20 transactions a day. Now, we are doing more than 50. On Monday, about 70 transactions were recorded", said Mahin Gupta, who operates the portal out of Ahmedabad, but has a regional office in Bangalore to cater to 'bitcoiners' from South India.
China on Thursday banned its banks from dealing in bitcoin trade owning to its lack of a legal status and not being backed by any nation or central authority. Financial banks were to prohibit operations using bitcoins or for bitcoins to be used as legal tender currency, and entities dealing with bitcoins must track and report suspicious activity to prevent money laundering The notice came as China's central bank the People's Bank of China, because Chinese nationals were heavily involved in trading the virtual currency. According to the BBC, Individuals were still free to trade in bitcoins but should be aware of the risks involved, said PBOC, adding that it planned to formalise the regulation of exchanges that dealt in the digital cash. Owning to the announcement, the value of bitcoin dropped on various exchanges between 11 to 20 percent following the regulation announcement, before rebounding upward again.
Bitcoins were first mentioned in a 2008 paper published under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. They became operational in early 2009 and gained popularity during the financial downturn. As the virtual currency gained international recognition and acceptance in 2013, large companies including Virgin Galactic, OkCupid, Baidu, Reddit etc began accepting it.


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Blauwe ruis is het vijfde studioalbum van de Nederlandse band BLØF en werd in 2002 via EMI uitgegeven. Na de release heeft het album 4 weken lang op nr. 1 gestaan in de Nederlandse Album Top 100.

Nummers

Thema's rond de dood van Chris Götte
Dit is het eerste album dat BLØF opnam na het overlijden van hun drummer Chris Götte. Hij kwam om het leven in een motorongeluk even buiten Middelburg op 17 maart 2001. Om deze reden staat er een aantal nummers op het album die duidelijk gaan over de dood van Chris Götte. Het bekendste voorbeeld hiervan is de nr. 12-hit "Dichterbij Dan Ooit". Ook de nummers "Weggaan" en "Vrienden" hebben de dood van de drummer van het Zeeuwse kwartet als thema. Het album is opgedragen aan Götte met de woorden "Voor Chris, zijn familie en zijn vrienden." Zijn plek werd ingenomen door Norman Bonink, die met Blauwe ruis debuteerde bij BLØF.

Muziekalbum van BLØF
Muziekalbum uit 2002

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\section{\label{intro}Introduction}
Electromagnetic properties of neutrinos are of particular interest, for
they open a door to ``new physics'' beyond the Standard Model (SM) (see,
for instance, the review articles~\cite{giunti09,broggini12}). Among these
nontypical neutrino features the most studied and well understood
theoretically are neutrino magnetic moments (NMM). The latter are also
being intensively searched in reactor~\cite{TEXONO,GEMMA},
accelerator~\cite{LSND,DONUT} and solar~\cite{Super-Kamiokande,Borexino}
experiments on low-energy elastic (anti)neutrino-electron scattering. The
current best upper limit on the NMM value obtained in such direct
laboratory measurements is
$$
\mu_\nu\leq2.9\times10^{-11}\mu_B,
$$
where $\mu_B=e/(2m_e)$ is a Bohr magneton. This bound, which is due to the
GEMMA experiment~\cite{GEMMA} with a HPGe detector at Kalinin nuclear
power station, is by an order of magnitude larger than the constraint
obtained in astrophysics~\cite{raffelt90}:
$$
\mu_\nu\leq3\times10^{-12}\mu_B.
$$
And it by many orders of magnitude exceeds the value derived in the
minimally extended SM with right-handed neutrinos~\cite{fujikawa80}
$$
\mu_\nu\leq3\times10^{-19}\mu_B \left(\frac{m_\nu}{1\,{\rm eV}}\right),
$$
where $m_\nu$ is a neutrino mass. At the same time, there are different
theoretical scenarios beyond SM that predict much higher $\mu_\nu$ values,
thus giving hope to observe NMM experimentally in the not too distant
future. Therefore, the major task faced by experiments is to enhance their
sensitivity to the $\mu_\nu$ value.

The strategy of experiments searching for NMM is as follows. One studies
an inclusive cross section for (anti)neutrino-electron scattering which is
differential in the energy transfer $T$. In the ultrarelativistic limit
$m_\nu\to0$, it is given by an incoherent sum of the SM contribution,
which is due to weak interaction that conserves the neutrino helicity, and
the helicity-flipping contribution, which is due to $\mu_\nu$,
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{cr_sec}\frac{d\sigma}{dT}=\frac{d\sigma_{\rm
SM}}{dT}+\frac{d\sigma_{(\mu)}}{dT}.
\end{eqnarray}
In the case of reactor experiments, where one deals with electron
antineutrinos, the SM term is given by
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{cr_sec_SM}\frac{d\sigma_{\rm
SM}}{dT}=\frac{G_F^2m_e}{2\pi}\left[(g_V+g_A)^2+(g_V-g_A)^2\left(1-\frac{T}{E_\nu}\right)^2+(g_A^2-g_V^2)\frac{m_eT}{E_\nu^2}\right],
\end{eqnarray}
where $E_\nu$ is the incident antineutrino energy, $g_A=-1/2$ and
$g_V=(4\sin^2\theta_W+1)/2$, with $\theta_W$ being the Weinberg angle. The
$\mu_\nu$ cross section is given by~\cite{domogatskii70,vogel89}
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{cr_sec_mu}\frac{d\sigma_{(\mu)}}{dT}=4\pi\alpha\mu_\nu^2\left(\frac{1}{T}-\frac{1}{E_\nu}\right),
\end{eqnarray}
where $\alpha$ is the fine-structure constant. Thus, the two components of
the cross section~(\ref{cr_sec}) exhibit quite different dependencies on
the recoil-electron kinetic energy $T$. Namely, at low $T$ values the SM
cross section is practically constant in $T$, while that due to $\mu_\nu$
behaves as $1/T$. This means that the experimental sensitivity to NMM
value critically depends on lowering the energy threshold of the detector
employed for measurement of the recoil-electron spectrum.

The formulas~(\ref{cr_sec_SM}) and~(\ref{cr_sec_mu}) assume the electron
to be free and initially at rest. The energy threshold reached so far in
the aforementioned GEMMA experiment with a HPGe detector is
2.8\,keV~\cite{GEMMA}. This value is already much lower than the binding
energy of $K$-electrons in Ge atoms ($\sim10$\,keV). This fact makes it
necessary to take into account the atomic effects beyond the free-electron
(FE) approximation. The results of the corresponding treatment performed
in~\cite{wong10} suggested that the electron binding in atoms can
dramatically increase the $\mu_\nu$ contribution to the differential cross
section~(\ref{cr_sec}) as compared with the FE case. However, the careful
and detailed theoretical analysis~\cite{plb11,jpl11,prd11} has found no
evidence of the claimed ``atomic ionization effect''. Moreover, it
provided general arguments supporting the so-called stepping approximation
formulated in~\cite{kopeikin97} on the basis of numerical calculations for
various targets. According to the stepping approximation, the cross
section $d\sigma/dT$ for knocking-out an electron from an atomic orbital
follows the FE dependence on $T$ all the way down to the ionization
threshold $T_I$ for this orbital with a very small (at most a few percent)
deviation. And the orbital becomes ``inactive'' when $T<T_I$, thus
producing a sharp step in the $T$ dependence of $d\sigma/dT$ summed over
all occupied atomic levels.

Recently, the authors of~\cite{martemyanov11} deduced by means of
numerical calculations that the $\mu_\nu$ contribution to ionization of
the He target by impact of electron antineutrinos from reactor and tritium
sources strongly departures from the stepping approximation, exhibiting
large enhancement relative to the FE approximation. According
to~\cite{martemyanov11}, the effect is maximal when the $T$ value
approaches the ionization threshold in helium, $T_I=24.5874$\,eV, where
the relative enhancement is as large as almost eight orders of magnitude.
It was thus suggested that this finding might have an impact on searches
for $\mu_\nu$, provided that its value falls within the range
$10^{-13}-10^{-12}\mu_B$. The purpose of the present Letter is to show
that (i) the result of~\cite{martemyanov11} is erroneous and (ii) the
stepping approximation for helium is well applicable, except the energy
region $T\sim T_I$ where the differential cross section substantially
decreases relative to the FE case.
\section{\label{theo}Theory of neutrino-impact ionization of helium}
We consider the process where an electron antineutrino with energy $E_\nu$
scatters on a He atom at energy and spatial-momentum transfers $T$ and
${\bf q}$, respectively. In what follows we focus on the ionization
channel of this process in the kinematical regime $T\ll E_\nu$, which
mimics a typical situation with reactor ($E_\nu\sim1$\,MeV) and tritium
($E_\nu\sim10$\,keV) antineutrinos when the case $T\to T_I$ is concerned.
The He target is assumed to be in its ground state $|\Phi_i\rangle$ with
the corresponding energy $E_i$. Since for helium one has $\alpha Z\ll1$,
where $Z=2$ is the nuclear charge, the state $|\Phi_i\rangle$ can be
treated nonrelativistically. As we are interested in the energy region
$T\sim T_I$, the final He state $|\Phi_f\rangle$ (with one electron in
continuum) can also be treated in the nonrelativistic approximation.

Under the above assumptions, the SM and $\mu_\nu$ components of the
differential cross section for the discussed ionization process can be
presented as~\cite{prd11}
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{cr_sec_He_SM} \frac{d\sigma_{\rm
SM}}{dT}&=&\frac{G_F^2}{4\pi}(1+4\sin^2{\theta_W}+8\sin^4{\theta_W})\int_{T^2}^{4
E_\nu^2}S(T,q^2)\,dq^2,\\
\label{cr_sec_He_mu} \frac{d\sigma_{(\mu)}}{dT}&=&4 \pi \alpha \mu_\nu^2
\int_{T^2}^{4 E_\nu^2} S(T,q^2)\,\frac{dq^2}{q^2},
\end{eqnarray}
where $S(T,q^2)$ is the dynamical structure factor given by
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{dyn_str_fact} S(T,q^2)=\sum_f\left|\langle
\Phi_f(\textbf{r}_1,\textbf{r}_2) |e^{i{\bf qr}_1} + e^{i{\bf
qr}_2}|\Phi_i(\textbf{r}_1,\textbf{r}_2)\rangle\right|^2
\delta(T-E_f+E_i).
\end{eqnarray}
Here the $f$ sum runs over all final He states having one electron ejected
in continuum, with $E_f$ being their energies.

For evaluation of the dynamical structure factor~(\ref{dyn_str_fact}) we
employ the same models of the initial and final He states as
in~\cite{martemyanov11}. The initial state is given by a product of two
$1s$ hydrogenlike wave functions with an effective charge $Z_{i}$,
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{init_state}\Phi_i(\textbf{r}_1,\textbf{r}_2)=\varphi_{1s}(Z_{i},\textbf{r}_1)\varphi_{1s}(Z_{i},\textbf{r}_2),
\qquad \varphi_{1s}(Z_{i},\textbf{r})=\sqrt{\frac{Z_{i}^3}{\pi
a_0^3}}\,e^{-Z_{i}r/{a_0}},
\end{eqnarray}
where $a_0=1/(\alpha m_e)$ is the Bohr radius. The final state has the
form
\begin{equation}
\label{fin_state} \Phi_f(\mathbf{r}_1,\mathbf{r}_2)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}[
\varphi_{\mathbf{k}}^-(Z_f,\mathbf{r}_1)\varphi_{1s}(Z,\mathbf{r}_2)+\varphi_{\mathbf{k}}^-(Z_f,\mathbf{r}_2)\varphi_{1s}(Z,\mathbf{r}_1)],
\end{equation}
where $\varphi_{\mathbf{k}}^-(Z_f,\mathbf{r})$ is an outgoing Coulomb wave
for the ejected electron with spatial momentum ${\bf k}$. $Z_f$ is the
effective charge experienced by the ejected electron in the field of the
final He$^+$ ion. Contributions to the dynamical structure factor from
excited He$^+$ states are neglected due to their very small overlap with
the $K$-electron state in the He atom.

To avoid nonphysical effects connected with nonorthogonality of
states~(\ref{init_state}) and~(\ref{fin_state}), we use the Gram-Schmidt
orthogonalization
$$
|\Phi_f\rangle\rightarrow|\Phi_f\rangle-\langle\Phi_i|\Phi_f\rangle|\Phi_i\rangle.
$$
Substitution of~(\ref{init_state}) and~(\ref{fin_state})
into~(\ref{dyn_str_fact}) thus yields
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{dyn_str_fact_1}S(T,q^2)=\int\frac{d{\bf k}}{(2\pi)^3} |F({\bf
k},{\bf q})|^2
\delta\left(T-\frac{k^2}{2m_e}+2\alpha^2m_e-Z_{i}^2\alpha^2m_e\right),
\end{eqnarray}
where $k=\sqrt{2m_e(T+2\alpha^2m_e-Z_{i}^2\alpha^2m_e)}$, and
\begin{equation}
F({\bf k},{\bf q})=\sqrt{2}\langle \varphi_{\bf
k}^-(Z_f,\textbf{r}_1)\varphi_{1s}(Z,\textbf{r}_2)| e^{i{\bf qr}_1} +
e^{i{\bf qr}_2}-2\rho_{1s}({\bf q})|\varphi_{1s}(Z_{i},{\bf
r}_1)\varphi_{1s}(Z_{i},{\bf r}_2)\rangle
\end{equation}
is the inelastic form factor, with
\begin{equation}
\rho_{1s}({\bf q})=\int\varphi_{1s}(Z_{i},{\bf r})e^{i{\bf
qr}}\varphi_{1s}(Z_{i},{\bf r})\,d{\bf r}.
\end{equation}
It is straightforward to perform the further calculation of the dynamical
structure factor analytically\footnote{The resulting expressions are
omitted for the sake of brevity.} (see, for instance, the
textbook~\cite{landafshiz}).

Finally, the usual choice of the effective charges is
$Z_i=27/16\approx1.69$ and $Z_f=1$ (see, for instance,~\cite{pra12} and
references therein). The value $Z_i=27/16$ follows from the variational
procedure that minimizes the ground-state energy $E_i$, while the value
$Z_f=1$ ensures the correct asymptotic behavior of the final state.
However, the authors of~\cite{martemyanov11} utilized in their
calculations the values $Z_i=1.79$ and $Z_f=1.1$ derived from fitting the
photoionization cross-section data on helium with the present model of the
He states.
\section{\label{res}Results and discussion}
The departures of the differential cross sections~(\ref{cr_sec_He_SM})
and~(\ref{cr_sec_He_mu}) from the FE approximation are characterized by
the respective atomic factors
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{at_factor}f_{\rm SM}=\frac{d\sigma_{\rm SM}/dT}{d\sigma_{\rm
SM}^{\rm FE}/dT}, \qquad f_{\rm
NMM}=\frac{d\sigma_{(\mu)}/dT}{d\sigma_{(\mu)}^{\rm FE}/dT},
\end{eqnarray}
where $d\sigma_{\rm SM}^{\rm FE}/dT$ and $d\sigma_{(\mu)}^{\rm FE}/dT$ are
the SM and $\mu_\nu$ contributions to the differential cross section for
scattering of an electron antineutrino on two free electrons. Let us
recall that following~\cite{martemyanov11} one should expect the $f_{\rm
NMM}$ value to be of about $10^8$ at $T\to T_I$.
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{fig.eps}
\end{center}
\caption{\label{fig}Atomic factors as functions of the energy transfer.}
\end{figure}

Numerical results for atomic factors~(\ref{at_factor}) are shown in
Fig.~\ref{fig}. They correspond to the kinematical regime $T\ll\alpha
m_e\ll 2E_\nu$, which is typically realized both for reactor and for
tritium antineutrinos when $T<200$\,eV. Note that in such a case one can
safely set the upper limit of integrals in~(\ref{cr_sec_He_SM})
and~(\ref{cr_sec_He_mu}) to infinity, as the dynamical structure factor
$S(T,q^2)$ rapidly falls down when $q\gtrsim\alpha m_e$ and practically
vanishes in the region $q\gg\alpha m_e$. It can be seen from
Fig.~\ref{fig} that atomic factors exhibit similar behaviors for both sets
of the $Z_i$ and $Z_f$ parameters discussed in the previous section.
Namely, their values are minimal ($\sim0.5$) at the ionization threshold,
$T=T_I$, and tend to unity with increasing $T$. The latter tendency is
readily explained by approaching the FE limit. It can be also seen that a
more or less serious deviation ($>10\%$) of the present results from the
stepping approximation is observed only in the low-energy region
$T<100$\,eV.

Thus, the present calculations do not confirm the huge enhancement of the
$\mu_\nu$ contribution with respect to the FE approximation. Moreover, in
accord with various calculations for other atomic
targets~\cite{plb11,jpl11,prd11,kopeikin97,dobretsov92,fayans92,fayans01,kopeikin03},
we find that at small energy-transfer values the electron binding in
helium leads to the appreciable reduction of the differential cross
section relative to the FE case. We attribute the erroneous prediction
of~\cite{martemyanov11} to the incorrect dynamical model that draws an
analogy between the NMM-induced ionization and photoionization. Indeed, as
discussed in~\cite{plb11}, the virtual photon in the NMM-induced
ionization process can be treated as real only when $q\to T$. However, the
integration in~(\ref{cr_sec_He_mu}) involves the $q$ values ranging from
$T$ up to $2E_\nu$. Since $E_\nu\gg T$, the real-photon picture appears to
be applicable only in the vicinity of the lower integration limit. When
moving away from that momentum region, one encounters a strong departure
from the real-photon approximation which treats the integrand as a
constant in the whole integration range, assuming it to be equal to its
value at $q=T$, that is,
$$
\frac{1}{q^2}\,S(T,q^2)=\frac{1}{T^2}\,S(T,T^2).
$$
Such an approach is manifestly unjustified, and it gives rise to the
spurious enhancement of the $\mu_\nu$ contribution to the differential
cross section.
\section{\label{sum}Summary}
We carried out a theoretical analysis of ionization of helium by
electron-antineutrino impact. Our calculations showed no evidence of the
enhancement of the electromagnetic contribution as compared with the FE
case. In contrast, in line with previous studies on other targets, we
found that the magnitudes of the differential cross sections decrease
relative to the FE approximation when the energy transfer is close to the
ionization threshold. Thus, no sensitivity enhancement can be expected
when using the He target in searches for NMM. And the stepping
approximation appears to be valid, within a few-percent accuracy, down to
the energy-transfer values as low as almost 100\,eV.

{\bf Acknowledgements.} We are grateful to A. S. Starostin for useful
discussions.

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Volvo to charge EV drivers at 15 Starbucks stores
By Keith C. Smith On Mar 15, 2022
Drivers of electric vehicles will be able to get more than a caffeine load at select Starbucks locations this year.
Volvo Car United States said on Tuesday that it would be collaboration with Starbucks in a pilot project to add around 60 electric vehicle charging stations in 15 cafes starting this summer.
Locations will be scattered along the 1,350-mile route from Denver to Starbucks headquarters in Seattle. As Volvo finalizes exact locations, charging stations will be no more than 100 miles apart, the company said.
"We know there's a gap in public charging, and our consumers don't want to sit in the back of a dimly lit parking lot," said Alex Tripi, Volvo Car USA program manager. Automotive News. "It's a great opportunity to make sure it's a controlled experience and give them the amenities they want and expect."
Around four Volvo brands Charging point DC fast chargers will be installed in each of the Starbucks locations.
While all electric vehicle owners will be able to use the chargers, Volvo drivers will be able to use them for free or at a reduced price, the company said.
Volvo expects the installations to be completed by the end of 2022. Tripi said there is potential to expand to other Starbucks stores in the future if the launch is successful.
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Report: Russian govt may ban sales of unfinished housing from 2020
MOSCOW, Jun 1 (PRIME) -- The Russian government may ban sales of unfinished housing already in 2020, business daily Vedomosti reported Friday citing participants of a meeting chaired by President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
The president's position is "to get away from shared construction," one of the participants said.
The measures are aimed at protecting buyers from actions of unfair developers or in the situation of bankruptcy of developers.
Previously, the law encompassed abolishment of shared construction in Russia from July 1, 2019, but a source said that Putin demanded to do it earlier, almost this year. "A possibility to sell only completed housing from 2020 was also discussed," the daily said.
Amendments to the shared construction law adopted in late 2017 encompassed that developers will be able to receive money from sold housing only after the delivery of finished apartments to buyers from July 1, 2019. In case housing is bought at the stage of construction, money is to be held on special accounts at banks with both sellers and buyers having no access to them. In case of a license recall from a bank, the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) will return up to 10 million rubles to buyers, while developers will have to finance completion of construction with own or borrowed funds.
Aton analysts said that as a result of new measures offer on the real estate market will decrease, while prices will grow significantly.
VTB Capital analysts that the number of unfulfilled contracts of shared construction on the Russian real estate market exceeds 100,000. Urban Group, which is currently on the verge of bankruptcy, is the most recent example, they said. If developers have to finance construction purely with own and borrowed funds, the price of housing will grow by around 20%.
Oleg Stvolinsky, head of Real Estate Worldwide's Russian office, told PRIME that the new decision will evoke serious problems at developers and may lead to bankruptcy of many of them.
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Guinta proposes 18-month NCUA exam cycle for credit unions
2SHARESShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr NCUA would be required to establish an exam cycle of at least 18 months for well-run credit unions having assets of $1 billion or less under legislation introduced Thursday by Rep. Frank Guinta, R-N.H.Guinta's H.R. 5419, the "Credit Union Examination Reform Act of 2016," would not preclude NCUA from establishing an 18-month exam cycle for all credit unions, regardless of asset size. Meanwhile, the bill would leave the agency flexibility to use a shorter cycle for credit unions based on safety-and-soundness concerns.NCUA would have 100 days after the bill's enactment to implement the measure.Guinta offered the bill one day after NCUA Board Chairman Rick Metsger wrote Guinta, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, about his own broad goals for extended exam cycles. continue reading »
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31SHARESShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr,Lorraine Ranalli Lorraine Ranalli is Chief Storyteller & Communications Director, as well as published author. Her most recent work, Impact: Deliver Effective, Meaningful, and Memorable Presentations, is a pocket book of public … Web: LorraineRanalli.com Details LinkedIn profiles for businesses are free for basic use, easy to set up, and a must-have for any organization, but if you are not making good use of LinkedIn Talent Solutions as well, you could be missing out on heavy traffic. Think Marketing 101—know your audience and know where to find them!Disclaimer: I do not work for LinkedIn nor have I been approached by the social media giant or its new parent organization, Microsoft, to write the following. My perspective is simply that of a communications professional who has successfully used a variety of channels over many years to deliver messages.Each of the three reasons for which I advocate taking your organization's LinkedIn profile to the next level is interdependent. On its own, each can be negated justifiably, which is likely why many organizations that should use this tool, do not. Together, the complementary effect offers a well-rounded approach to branding on LinkedIn.So, here are three solid reasons to use LinkedIn Talent Solutions:To recruit!"Thank you, Captain Obvious," you say? Well, smaller organizations may not need a recruitment tool for a variety of reasons, all of which are valid. This brings me to my second point.PR!It would be impractical for most organizations to use every social media platform in existence, but most can and should use LinkedIn to build and maintain their brand. Consider LinkedIn users: professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, prospective clients, employee candidates, vendors—all aspects of B2B. This is the audience before which you want your brand. Potential impressions are invaluable, justifying the CPM. The ROI might not be immediate, but like any Public Relations effort, we are looking at the long game, which leads to my third point.Your competition is using it!'Nuff said. Why give the playing field to organizations that could potentially render yours non-existent?Sometimes the engagement factor is a matter of perception, which simply requires being visible. With the recent Microsoft acquisition, this might be an ideal time to up your LinkedIn game. Perspective about the recent acquisition from Leo Polovets, a former employee of both, affirms the need to have an active presence on LinkedIn. read more
Here's what mattered most to voters in the 2020 election
The economy, the coronavirus pandemic and racial injustice have emerged as top issues for voters in the 2020 presidential election, according to NBC News exit polls.According to early results from the NBC News survey of early and Election Day voters, about a third of respondents identified the economy as the most decisive issue in how they voted for president. Racial inequality was the top issue for 21% of surveyed voters, and 18% said the Covid-19 crisis mattered most in their decision.When asked about the tradeoff between containing the coronavirus and rebuilding the economy, 52% of voters believed controlling the pandemic, even if it hurts the economy, was more important.- Advertisement – – Advertisement – Responses aligned closely with voters' choices in the presidential election. Voters for President Donald Trump were more likely to point to the economy and crime and safety as important issues, while voters for Democratic challenger Joe Biden were more likely to identify the coronavirus pandemic and racial injustice.In their final messages to voters, Trump strayed from the economic populism that fueled his 2016 victory, while Biden centered the coronavirus pandemic. Biden has repeatedly criticized the president for his handling of the Covid-19 crisis, which has claimed more than 230,000 American lives this year and is surging across the country.While Trump and Biden have often framed the election as a choice regarding character, 72% of voters believed a candidate's issue positions were more important than their personal qualities, NBC News exit polls found.- Advertisement – – Advertisement – Residents vote at the Beloit Historical Society on November 03, 2020 in Beloit, Wisconsin.Scott Olson | Getty Images As polls begin to close across the country and states begin to tally ballots, results released tonight and in the coming days will show how these issues translated into votes for president.Subscribe to CNBC PRO for access to the livestream of CNBC's continuous election and business news coverage. read more
Call in presidential race not likely for at least a day
– Advertisement – – Advertisement – A worker with the Detroit Department of Elections inspects an absentee ballot at the Central Counting Board in the TCF Center on November 4, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan.Elaine Cromie | Getty Images Georgia and North Carolina, which both were too close to call just after midnight Wednesday, also are likely to take some more time as more ballots come in. Georgia has 16 electoral votes, and North Carolina has 15.Democrat Joe Biden had hoped to pick off at least Florida or North Carolina, but as of midnight Tuesday, President Donald Trump held leads in those two swing states, according to NBC News.Pennsylvania had long been expected to take a while for votes to be fully counted since officials there are not allowed to open mailed ballots until Election Day. With record numbers of voters casting their ballots by mail because of the coronavirus pandemic, that could significantly delay the results from the state. Don't hold your breath for a call in the presidential race.Election results from Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania could take until later this week to complete official tallies, according to officials.The three states represent a combined 46 electoral votes, with 16 from Michigan, 20 from Pennsylvania and 10 from Wisconsin. That's nearly a fifth of the required 270 electoral votes for a victory.- Advertisement – Officials in Michigan and Wisconsin have also said it will take extra time to count all of their ballots. Michigan officials believe they need 24 more hours to tally votes, MSNBC reported late Tuesday. In Wisconsin, Milwaukee County Elections Director Julietta Henry told reporters that they weren't expecting to finish counting absentee votes until as late as 7 a.m. ET Wednesday.The three states could prove critical if the results are still unclear by early Wednesday. Trump won all three states by relatively small margins when running against Hillary Clinton in 2016. Democrats have been hoping to win back those states with Biden.Subscribe to CNBC on YouTube.WATCH: Here's what Election Day looked like across America – Advertisement – A worker with the Detroit Department of Elections waits for the next absentee ballot to be sorted through at the Central Counting Board in the TCF Center on November 4, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan.Elaine Cromie | Getty Images read more
This modern home has hit the market and is ideally suited for a family
80 Hawkwood St, Mount Gravatt East."This home is privately positioned in this fantastic address without sacrificing on convenience," Mr Diamond said."It is just a short stroll from vibrant boutiques and eateries, and offers easy access to some of Brisbane's most elite private schools and multiple transport options." 80 Hawkwood St, Mount Gravatt East.With a large media room downstairs, there's no doubt the children will be entertained for hours on end.Mr Diamond said the house was well secured with a fully fenced garden and double lock-up garage.He said there was a security alarm system and camera-controlled entry. 80 Hawkwood St, Mount Gravatt East.The kitchen is completely open to the informal entertaining areas, creating a free-flowing layout of spacious proportions that encourages unrestricted family comfort. Banks of glass sliders extend these living spaces out to the enormous deck, facing a fully fenced garden. More from newsCrowd expected as mega estate goes under the hammer7 Aug 2020Hard work, resourcefulness and $17k bring old Ipswich home back to life20 Apr 2020 80 Hawkwood St, Mount Gravatt East.Mr Diamond said no expense was spared, with porcelain tiles downstairs, solid timber flooring upstairs, and finished off with stone bench tops throughout the home. Another standout feature of the property is the upstairs master bedroom, which features mountain views.The master also has a huge walk-in wardrobe and stylish ensuite. 80 Hawkwood St, Mount Gravatt East.THIS modern home has hit the market and is ideally suited for a family.The five-bedroom, three-bathroom home at 80 Hawkwood St, Mount Gravatt East, is spread across two levels.On an elevated block, surrounded by beautiful homes, the property has a practical floorplan. Ray White Bulimba selling agent Mark Diamond said it was designed with entertaining at heart. read more
People moves: Private equity firm hires AP6 director
Gresham House – Andy Hampshire has been named chief technology officer, a newly created role. He will oversee the creation of the firm's new co-investment platform, a projected backed in part by the Berkshire Pension Fund, which bought a 20% stake in Gresham House earlier this year. Hampshire joins from LDC, a private equity subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group.S-Pensionsmanagement – Olaf Keese, managing director of German pension provider S-Pensionsmanagement, has left the group. He has also exited positions on the boards of Sparkassen Pensionskasse, Sparkassen Pensionsfonds, and Heubeck. He has been replaced in his role at S-Pensionsmanagement by Wolfgang Wiest.Redington – The UK investment consultant has hired Zoe Taylor as director of strategy. She joins from Aon Consulting where she was a member of the group's UK management team. Redington's previous director of strategy, Paul Richards, is now head of governance and decision research. In addition, Ian Mills has joined from LCP as a managing director in the investment consulting team.State Street Global Advisors – Andrew Benton has joined SSGA as head of its UK institutional business amd senior managing director. He joins from Baring Asset Management where he was head of sales, business development, and international client services. He has also previously led the sales teams at Schroders and RCM. SSGA said Benton would oversee distribution across defined benefit and defined contribution pension clients, fiduciary management, and other financial institutions.Aviva Investors – The asset manager has hired Darryl Murphy from KPMG as head of infrastructure debt. He will oversee origination, structuring, execution, and asset management for infrastructure within its wider "alternative income solutions" (AIS), the company said. At KPMG he was head of deal advisory for power and utilities clients.Aviva Investors has also hired Sarah Wall from the Pension Protection Fund (PPF). She also joins the AIS team to work on infrastructure, and is a named manager on the company's recently launched AIS fund. At the PPF, Wall was a portfolio manager for illiquid credit, specialising in infrastructure. Prior to this she was head of investment risk at Pension Insurance Corporation.JLT Employee Benefits – The consultancy firm has appointed Harry Harper as head of buy-in and buyout services. He was previously at Mercer, where he worked for 19 years and was head of the group's buyout and de-risking team.Metzler Asset Management – Claudia Otremba has joined the German fund management group to strengthen its customer support for institutional investors. She has previously held senior roles at Rogge Global Partners and Gartmore Investment Services.Jupiter Asset Management – Former Pioneer Investment Management CEO Matteo Dante Perruccio has been appointd head of global key clients and strategic partners, a newly created role. He was previously a non-executive director of Jupiter, and helped set up the group's Italian office. Jupiter has been expanding into Europe and Asia in recent years and now has clients in 12 countries outside the UK.MFS Investment Management – MFS has overhauled its fixed income team, appointing regional heads and research directors.Pilar Gomez-Bravo is now director of fixed income for Europe. She has worked for MFS since 2013.Joshua Marston is director of fixed income for North America. He joined the group in 1999.Lior Jassur has been promoted to director of fixed income research for Europe. Previously a fixed income analyst, he will lead the London-based resarch team. Melissa Haskell, previously head of municipal credit research, has been named director of fixed income research for North America.In addition, MFS has named Sean Cameron as fixed income strategic solutions analyst, a newly created role designed to support clients with customised portfolios.FundRock Management Company – The Luxembourg-based fund services company has appointed Ronan Doyle as head of risk and operations for its Irish branch. He joins from Capita Asset Services. His appointment follows that of Louise Harris, who joined last month as FundRock's head of legal and compliance. AP6, Silverfleet Capital, Railpen, Gresham House, S-Pensionsmanagement, Redington, Aon, SSGA, Barings, Aviva Investors, KPMG, PPF, JLT, Metzler, Jupiter, MFS, FundRockSilverfleet Capital/AP6 – European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital has hired Karl Eidem from Swedish pension fund AP6. Eidem is now co-head of the Nordic region alongside Gareth Whiley.At AP6 – which specialises in private equity – Eidem was an investment director. AP6 entered into a "co-operation partnership" with Silverfleet in 2015, according to its annual report for that year, taking a stake in the Silverfleet Capital Partners II fund. Silverfleet said it had made three investments and completed one exit in the Nordics since 2013.RPMI Railpen – The UK's industry-wide scheme for the railways sector has appointed Steve Mitchell as compliance and risk director for its investment business. He will be responsible for compliance and risk management as the pension group grows its internal asset management capabilities. As well as senior roles at firms including BNP Paribas, Lombard Odier, and NatWest Bank, Mitchell has also worked for the UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority, and the Association for Financial Markets in Europe. read more
Hawaiki Subsea Cable Step Closer to Completion
Hawaiki transpacific cable system is one step closer to be ready for service in June 2018 with more than half of the system already implemented.According to Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, more than a half of 15,000km of undersea fiber optic cable that comprise the Hawaiki cable system have been implemented.With several thousands of kilometers of undersea fiber optic cable on board, TE SubCom's cable-laying vessel CS Responder is now berthed in Auckland, ready to begin marine activities for the New Zealand leg of the cable system later this month.The operation will include the landing of the Hawaiki cable in Mangawhai Heads."The start of 2018 finds Hawaiki closer and closer to ready for service", said Remi Galasso, CEO of Hawaiki. "Landing the cable in its home country represents a major event for our team and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our New Zealand partners for their continuous support. Hawaiki will bring huge benefits to New Zealand in terms of greater connectivity to Australia and the US, security of supply, diversity and increased business opportunities for the telecom and IT industries."Chris Carobene, vice president, Marine Services, TE SubCom said, "We're proud of the progress to date on the Hawaiki system and look forward to it being ready for service later this year. The project showcases the SubCom team's expertise in the transpacific market and has been a great example of the kind of partnership that results in a successful venture."Hawaiki subsea cable, with a capacity of 43 Tb, will link Australia and New Zealand to the mainland United States, as well as Hawaii and American Samoa, with options to expand to additional South Pacific islands. read more
Peruvian February LNG exports jump
Image courtesy of Peru LNGExports from the Peruvian liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Pampa Melchorita jumped during the month of February 2020. According to the data provided by the state-owned Perupetro, five vessels departer the facility during the month under review, with volumes totaling 795,576 cubic meters.This represents a 14 percent increase compared to the volumes exported in February 2019 when the facility exported a total of 698,029 cubic meters of LNG.Compared to the previous month when the facility shipped a total of four cargoes amounting to 674,751 cubic meters, this is a 17.9 percent drop.Out of the five cargoes shipped in February, three landed in South Korea with one cargo landing in Spain and China each.With the five February cargoes, the facility has shipped a total of 562 cargoes since it started operations in June 2010.The 4.45 million tons per year gas liquefaction plant is located 170 kilometers south of Lima and receives gas via a 408-kilometer pipeline built across the Andes. read more
US scientists find natural predator to invasive Lionfish
83 Views no discussions Tweet Sharing is caring! Share Food & DiningInternationalLifestylePrint US scientists find natural predator to invasive Lionfish by: – April 19, 2014 Share Share KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Research done by US scientists in the Cayman Islands suggests that native predators can be trained to gobble up invasive lionfish that colonise regional reefs and voraciously prey on juvenile marine creatures.The invasive species with a flowing mane of venomous spines has no natural predators in the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. Native sharks and groupers typically avoid healthy lionfish, a native to the Indian and Pacific oceans that was likely introduced through the pet trade. But when a University of Florida team tethered spry lionfish to lead weights on reefs off Little Cayman, underwater video cameras late showed nurse sharks and Nassau groupers gulping them down.Thomas Frazer is one of the researchers and the director of the University of Florida's School of Natural Resources and Environment. In a Thursday email, he said the study off Little Cayman suggests that sharks and groupers "have the capacity to learn to pursue, capture and consume" lionfish without human intervention."Findings from this study simply suggest that conditioning is likely to facilitate the learning process. On a local scale, predation on lionfish by sharks and groupers is likely to enhance culling efforts," Frazer said.Some researchers and lionfish wranglers who were not involved in the study expressed doubt about the findings, arguing that tethered fish do not behave naturally and likely trigger an unusual feeding response in predators."I am highly sceptical that a native predator eating a tethered lionfish means that those predators will eat untethered lionfish," said Mark Hixon, a University of Hawaii professor of marine ecology and conservation biology who has studied the lionfish invasion.Lad Akins of the Reef Environmental Education Foundation, a Florida-headquartered organisation of divers and marine enthusiasts, said he believes feeding lionfish to native predators in the Cayman Islands or anywhere else is dangerous."A number of people have been bitten, sometimes badly, by conditioned predators. The dive industry, regulatory agencies and resource managers have come out against the unsafe and unproven practice of feeding lionfish to predators," Akins said Thursday.In a published report on their research in the 'Journal of Experimental Marine Biology', Frazer and his fellow researchers stressed that any attempt to train native predators "must be done in a way that minimises threats to humans who share the environment with the predators being trained and invasive lionfish".Frazer believes their study suggests that the practice of training native predators along coastlines can augment culling efforts and deep reefs, where divers never venture, will likely benefit.Associated Press read more
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On November 25, 2015, the West Virginia Attorney General announced a $13 million settlement with a non-bank payday lender to finally resolve alleged abusive debt collections and usury rates violating the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act and other state law. According to a May 2014 West Virginia Supreme Court of…
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On December 16, 2015, the CFPB announced a consent order and settlement with a small-dollar lender concerning its debt collection practices in 15 states. According to the consent order, the lender's unlawful conduct allegedly included: in-person collection visits at consumers' homes and workplaces and phone calls to supervisors, landlords, and…
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On November 20, 2015, the CFPB published its current rulemaking agenda. Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, the CFPB drafts and implements new regulations governing certain consumer finance products and services. The CFPB publishes its regulatory agenda twice a year, which summarizes the proposed regulations (or "rules") the Bureau is…
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Do you cook with cast iron??
I don't, never have, but I want to. I need your help!!!! For some reason, I am really compelled….couldn't be all the cooking shows I watch….The Pioneer Woman…..no couldn't be. I don't know, everything that I see cooked in cast iron just looks over-the-top delicious. Maybe it's the char…the carmelization that occurs on EVERYTHING…Yum!!
It was inevitable….I bought my first cast iron skillet! But here's the thing….I'm totally afraid of it!! I mean, it's a beautiful skillet…its is already seasoned, and ready to go. I'm so afraid that I'm going to mess it up when I wash it. I can already see this metallic piece of art rusting, having to be cleaned, seasoned again, and hope it doesn't continue rusting. ARRRGGHH!! Seriously….why did I buy this skillet??? Determined to face my fears, I decided today was the day. I had bacon….I had eggs (I always have eggs…LOL)….I thawed a sourdough loaf….I was jumping in!!!
Two eggs went into the skillet with the remnant of oils from the bacon coating the skillet….then I realized that I wouldn't really be able to flip the eggs for a good over-easy fried egg. It worked well to just kind of roll the egg over.
The eggs were covered in charred, bacon-y goodness!! And you know, there was something strangely satisfying in cooking with metal against iron…the scraping of the metal spatula against the iron skillet was a really, oddly comforting sound, and feel. Just so much more of a happy sound than silicon against teflon.
Afterward, the livers and hearts from two roosters recently culled were grilled up for our Great Dane, Penni 's, dinner tonight.
So now it was the part I feared the most….washing. Uugghh!! I'm still hoping it all will be okay. Some people say to never use soap, others say use soap….both say no abrasive scrubbers, but a soft brush is good. I first washed with soap (I'm not ready to not use soap yet…still a cast iron rookie here) and a sponge…there was a blackened film that I could scrape off with my nail still on the pan. Oh shoot….I needed a soft brush…so I got a new toothbrush out of the drawer and scrubbed with the toothbrush….it got most of the char off, but a bit remained…different though than at first. I decided it had to be something like a wok wherein you don't scrub until you get a shiny surface…you keep it seasoned.
Is that correct??? I patted it dry with paper towels and lightly oiled it with vegetable oil (same as a wok.) Time will tell…keep your fingers crossed…no rust!!
Two of our own farm raised roosters cooling before the freezer.
Thank you for visiting my kitchen today. As we learn about homesteading the outside of our home…I'm also learning about cooking and getting back to basics of food preparation inside my home. Since moving to Oregon, we eat-in so much more than eating-out…it's probably been three weeks or more since I had a meal in a restaurant….so different than life back home. It's a good thing…a very good thing….unless I'm tired and don't feel like cooking….LOL!!


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Console related utilities that alter or extend the standard output.

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Context Managers
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Classes that can be used with ``with``.

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Some classes do not implement appropriate ``__copy__`` methods and some should
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Some common decorators used throughout nddata.

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Some common descriptors used throughout nddata. For example a `property` is a
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These descriptors are experimental and are not as efficient as normal
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Some dictionary utility functions

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Some functions that validate user input.

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Python2 and 3 compatible `itertools` recipes - copied from the python module
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NumPy related utilities.

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Millions of passenger journeys will be transformed in the months ahead and through to 2021 as more and more new services come on-stream.
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Over the past five years, we've been delivering and building some huge investment projects across Britain.
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If you're looking to get iOS 14 up and running on your phone, we have good news: Apple has finally released the new software, and if your phone is compatible you'll be able to download it now.
The new software brings with it the introduction of home screen widgets so you can further customize your phone's main display as well as the long awaited App Library, App Clips and a variety of other features.
The public beta has been available for some time, but on September 16 the company released the final software meaning you should be able to download it now.
Note that not all iPhones will be able to download iOS 14 – anything older than the iPhone 6S won't be getting the full version of iOS 14. If your iPhone is compatible, scroll below for step-by-step instructions to update your device to iOS 14.
1. Before getting iOS 14, back up your iPhone
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As always, we recommend backing up your phone before you update the software.
Before you do anything, back up your apps and data. While this software is as stable as any normal update, it's just good practice to make sure you're all backed up in case anything goes wrong.
How to backup your iPhone
2. Download from the Settings page
Here's the easy bit, it's just a case of downloading the software and your iPhone will do the rest.
If you head to the Settings app (that's the one that has a grey background with a cog in the center) and then head to the tab called General. Under here, you'll find a section called Software Update.
That's where you should find an update ready and waiting with a button that says Download and Install. If you haven't previously updated to other software, you may need to do that before progressing to iOS 14.
If you don't see an update for iOS 14 here yet, you should do in the coming days. If not, it may be that you're already running the software – and you'll know that as it'll tell you the version of the software you're running on this page.
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Can Patriots' Mac Jones succeed in cold vs. Bills? We're about to find out (Things to watch)
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022, 5:04 p.m. | Published: Jan. 14, 2022, 5:01 p.m.
New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones looks for a receiver during an NFL game against the Buffalo Bills on Dec. 26, 2021, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.AP Photo/Winslow Townson
By Ryan Talbot | rtalbot@nyup.com
The Buffalo Bills enter the 2021 playoffs battle tested after facing no shortage of adversity this season.
One season after going 13-3, Buffalo finished the season 11-5. Following a season that saw the Bills go all the way to the AFC Championship Game, Buffalo found themselves with a target on their back. Defeating the Bills became a regular season Super Bowl of sorts for some teams which led to some major letdowns along the way against the likes of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars and and Indianapolis Colts among others.
After some up-and-down play, Buffalo was able to right the ship, finish the regular season on a four game win streak and claim the AFC East for the second consecutive year. They'll look to carry that momentum over to the playoffs when they take on the Patriots on Saturday night (8:15 p.m.) from Highmark Stadium.
After splitting the regular season series, Buffalo will look to win the tiebreaker on Wild Card Weekend to advance to the next round. Heading into the matchup, here is what we are watching on Saturday night.
Can Bills stay hot in the cold?
In addition to the four game win streak, Buffalo enters the playoffs hot in a few areas.
Devin Singletary enters the matchup with six touchdowns in his past four games. During that span of time, Singletary has rushed for 323 yards while adding an additional 73 yards receiving.
Part of Singletary's success has been the play of the offensive line. The unit seems to have found their best starting five entering the playoffs. In addition to helping Singletary, Josh Allen and Zack Moss on the ground, this unit has been outstanding in pass protection. Allen has not been sacked in the past three games.
The defensive line also enters the postseason on fire. The unit combined to record six of the team's nine sacks last week against the Jets in Week 18. Buffalo's defensive line has also looked strong against the run as the Wild Card round approaches.
Buffalo will look to remain hot in close to zero degree weather on Saturday.
Make Mac Jones throw
Stop the run early and score points. It may be that simple.
Buffalo needs to build a lead quickly on Saturday to force the Patriots' hand on offense. The team has three backs who can hurt you on the ground, but if Buffalo can start strong the team may be able to force New England to throw the ball with Mac Jones.
Jones--a fine game manager--is not a threat to consistently stretch the field against opposing defenses. Dinking and dunking the ball in a close game is fine, but too much time will come off the clock if the Patriots are trying to close a significant gap. Once Jones has to leave his comfort zone, Buffalo can pounce like they did just a few weeks back when they intercepted the QB twice.
In addition to the limitations in his skill-set, Saturday night will be the coldest game of Jones' career. Three pass attempts is going to get the job done on Saturday night. All eyes will be on the rookie to see how he handles the cold weather.
Ball security
The team with the fewest turnovers may end up moving on this weekend so ball security will be one of the keys to the game.
Josh Allen and Devin Singletary both have to protect the football when they are running the ball. The Patriots defenders will be looking to pop the ball out at every chance and a cold football can be slick. Of course, it works both ways and Buffalo will look to do the same against New England's offense.
In addition to potential fumbles, Buffalo and New England will look to be opportunistic on every pass that is batted and those that hit a receiver's hands and bounce into the air.
Protect the ball and you may win the game.
Special teams must bounce back
Tyler Bass, the team's kicker, and Buffalo's coverage units have been terrific this season, but there have been some recent woes at punter and punt returner.
Last week, Matt Haack had his worst game as a member of the Bills and perhaps his worst game as a pro. He punted seven times against the Jets and averaged an abysmal 33.9 yards per punt. Haack had a few balls that he hit off the side of his foot and another that he failed to catch cleanly. After picking up the ball that he failed to catch, Haack scrambled to try and get off a punt. It would go seven yards.
Buffalo has remained confident in Haack and he needs to pay off that confidence in the playoffs.
The Bills are also trying to figure out the punt returner position in the postseason. Isaiah McKenzie was pulled after two return attempts for Micah Hyde. Hyde, Buffalo's All-Pro safety, is a safe option at the position, but there is risk in having one of your best defenders returning punts for you in the playoffs.
Get loud!
Bills fans, this is the moment you have been waiting for. Last year, limited fans were allowed into the stadium for Buffalo's two playoff games. With a stadium packed to capacity, the Mafia has the chance to play a big role in the outcome of the Wild Card game. If the noise can cause a few penalties against the Pats, you've done your one-eleventh.
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Q: Way to save edittext box data in the xml code itself? Is there a way of saving data users have entered in an EditText box in the xml itself? I don't want to have to write Java code to have to grab the entered data and save it.

A: XML layout files in android are just for setting up the layout of the activity. You cannot modify these files by code or save new information to them during runtime. For what you are looking to do you will need to write some code. I suggest using SharedPreferences to save and load previously entered data. You could do this in the onResume and onPause callbacks to avoid having an actual save button or anything like that.

A: I solved this by going a different route to my whole application design. I think it's out of scope for this question though and is too suited to my particular problem.

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Old armor is equipped to perform new tricks
I was intrigued to learn (courtesy of a post by SNAFU Solomon) about a modern adaptation of former Soviet T-62 tanks (first produced in the 1960's) by the Algerian Army.
I came across T-62's in the field, way back when. They were impressive enough from an infantry point of view, but were less able to handle more modern, higher-technology Western tanks in combat, as proved in (for example) the 1973 Yom Kippur war, South Africa's Border War and other conflicts. They were rapidly replaced in front-line service by the more modern T-72 tank and its derivatives. Still, more than 22,000 T-62's were built, and there are several thousand still in operational or reserve use by many armies. The Russians are reported to be using them in Ukraine at present, presumably in less active areas of fighting, so as to reserve their more modern (and more expensive) T-72's for the most critical areas.
The former Soviet Union learned several expensive lessons during urban and close-quarters combat in Afghanistan and elsewhere, reinforced by lessons learned in Russia during the post-Soviet era in, for example, Chechnya. They led to the development of a tank-based infantry support vehicle; a hybrid between an infantry fighting vehicle's weaponry and a main battle tank's level of protection. Wikipedia describes the development of the BMPT Terminator as follows.
The history of the BMPT's development can be traced back to the Soviet–Afghan War. Combat experience during the lengthy war revealed that infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) like the BMP-1 and BMP-2 cannot fully deal with infantry, despite the BMP-2's high gun elevation. Although main battle tanks (MBTs) possessed a high amount of firepower, the limited elevation and depression angles of the main gun made them easy targets in mountainous and urban terrain … It was evident that a new vehicle concept was needed. The main requirements for this new machine were to possess large firepower, high angles of elevation and depression, and a protection equivalent to that of an MBT. An additional requirement that was meant to supplement the latter was enhanced protection from close-range hand-held RPGs.
The need for such a vehicle became even more evident during the First Chechen War. When using conventional armor during urban engagements, Russian forces suffered heavy losses in manpower and equipment, including the destruction of an entire mechanized brigade during the first battle of Grozny. While these losses cannot be entirely blamed on technology, it became clear that a dedicated anti-personnel fighting vehicle would provide valuable assistance in an urban environment. Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns were used as a temporary solution in Chechnya. However, these vehicles weren't well-armored and didn't possess the obstacle-clearing capabilities of an MBT.
The production model of the BMPT was introduced in 2002 and featured twin 30 mm autocannons, two independent 30 mm automatic grenade launchers, and four Ataka missile launchers.
When used in urban terrain, each main battle tank is to be deployed with two BMPTs. Outside of urban warfare that ratio is reversed with one BMPT protecting two main battle tanks. This results from the complexity of fighting in urban terrain and the need for a versatile anti-personnel platform that can engage multiple targets at once and on different height levels. The introduction of such a vehicle makes urban fighting less stressful on MBTs and can relieve them of some of the workload so that they can concentrate on their main objective of engaging other tanks and hardened targets. The BMPT's armor protection is equal to that of an MBT and its powerful armaments allow it to engage virtually any enemy formation while operating in a common battle formation. Thanks to the multiple weapons systems found on the BMPT, this vehicle is able to fire at multiple targets simultaneously. These features significantly help increase the combat effectiveness of tank units and decrease their losses from enemy close-combat assets.
There's more at the link. Here's the current, second (upgraded) model of the Russian BMPT-2 (image courtesy of Wikipedia). Clickit to biggit.
Obviously, new-production BMPT-type vehicles are going to be expensive. However, lots of armies have older-technology tanks still sitting in their depots and parking lots. They aren't capable of facing modern main battle tanks (MBT's) on the battlefield, but if modified along the lines of the BMPT concept, they may be very useful in urban and mountainous terrain to support infantry units, allowing MBT's to be reserved for their primary function.
Algeria bought several hundred BMPT-2's from Russia, and seems to have been impressed with their versatility. It also has several hundred older T-62 tanks in its arsenal. It now appears to be modifying the latter to be a slightly less potent, but nevertheless very useful (and much cheaper) version of the BMPT. (You'll find a lot more historical and technical information about Algeria's T-62's and their upgraded version here.) Algeria is applying the Berezhok combat module, a new turret developed to upgrade the BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle developed for the Soviet Army in the 1980's, to their T-62 hulls. The new turret uses a single 30mm. cannon and a single 30mm. grenade launcher rather than the two of each fielded by the BMPT, as well as four Kornet anti-tank missiles.
Here's what the upgraded Algerian T-62 "mini-me BMPT" looks like.
Tactically, this offers a whole range of possibilities in urban combat. The high elevation of the 30mm. cannon means the vehicle can stand back from a building, scanning upper floors for any sign of a missile or rocket team intending to shoot down at advancing forces, and destroy the building around them before they can fire. It's heavily armored enough to withstand small arms fire, and with vigilance by its crew and the use of add-on slat armor (often improvised in the field), it should be able to fend off at least a few strikes by rockets or missiles. Its "Sunday punch", the four anti-tank missiles, are accurate and powerful enough to take out enemy strongpoints. They can be fitted with conventional, hollow-charge or thermobaric warheads, and there may be enough room inside the T-62's hull to carry missile reloads. By using the space formerly reserved for 115mm. main gun rounds, the vehicle can probably carry far more ammunition for its 30mm. cannon and grenade launchers than a typical infantry fighting vehicle, giving extended combat endurance before it's forced to withdraw to rearm itself.
I don't know whether BMPT-type vehicles have yet been sufficiently tested in actual combat to prove themselves, but it seems clear that more and more armies, including Algeria's, are seeing a need for something like them. Close-quarters urban combat has long been a nightmare for military planners, because it chews up units, soldiers and weapons in a veritable slaughterhouse. It's long been a scenario to be avoided at all costs, if at all possible. Can the BMPT concept change that? Can upgraded older MBT's gain a new lease on life as lower-cost BMPT-type vehicles? The jury is still out, but it looks like an intriguing possibility. We'll have to keep a weather eye out for more combat experience with them, and see whether they change the urban battlefield equation.
Meanwhile, thousands – possibly tens of thousands – of obsolescent and obsolete MBT's, even perhaps those dating back to World War II such as former Soviet T-34's (yes, some are still in service in the Third World), may have suddenly been given a new lease on life on the modern battlefield. It'll be intriguing to see how many nations and their armies pick up on that.
Published July 4, 2022 By Peter
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged History, Interesting facts, Military, Technology, War
Scott Slack says:
It says something that I don't think I've seen even a single mention of BMPTs in Ukraine during all this. All that urban combat, and the tank they purpose-built for urban combat has been MIA.
LL says:
I'd think that anything like a battle-tested TROPHY system would be so much rolling scrap metal. The BMPT doesn't have reactive armor and that's good, but how does it stand up to modern man/person portable AT weapons? That's the real question.
There's been a few pictures come out with the BMPTs showing some battle scars in Ukraine. They're clearly getting used, but results? I've not seen any claims one way or the other as to effectiveness, like I have a rough translation of a tanker praising the T-80.
It's an interesting concept, and it's not like Russia is short on T-72 hulls to play with.
Meh. Best wishes with that.
Javelins and NLAWs will still chew them up, RPGs will mobility-kill them, AT mines still work just the same, and I doubt they'd withstand as many as two molotov hits.
"There ain't a horse that can't be rode, and there ain't a rider who can't be throwed."
I suspect Algeria is liking them for their potential versus mud brick walls, and cotton-clad Bedouin troublemakers and dismounted riff-raff, rather than in knock-down urban combat. IOW, they're great if you're planning for Tiananmen Square 2.0, but for serious armed adversaries, not so much.
Much like 4WD in the hands of amateurs, heavy armor with light main weapons usually just provides a great way to get yourself into trouble you can't get out of. Which is a short and steep learning curve in combat.
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Hey Peter;
From what I recall, the Israili's were the first for getting older armor and upgrading it and making it effective for their needs, they did it with the upgraded Shermans and Chieftains. Plus all the captured Soviet pattern tanks they captured from their proxies.
@MrGarabaldi: Actually, I think the Germans were the first to do it on a large scale, during World War II. They adapted a lot of captured armor (Czech, French, etc.) into self-propelled guns and other weapons, many of which were used en masse on the Eastern Front. They also adapted their earlier Panzer models into artillery pieces, flamethrowers, even aircraft tractors for use on muddy makeshift airfields. I agree, Israel developed it to a fine art, particularly with their Super Shermans:
https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/Israel/ISherman.php
We've got the M-SHORAD, currently being deployed to a few air defense units.
It annoys me that we still haven't adopted an armored, breech loading mortar vehicle (like the AMOS or Mjolner). It would be perfect for urban warfare, being capable of both direct and very high angle indirect fire with 120mm rounds.
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The Revivalists 1.12.19 The Met – Philly
Words & Photos by Rod Snyder
New Orleans natives The Revivalists marched into Philadelphia last night with their brand of smooth, soulful, rock n roll. The roots rockers played to a capacity crowd of 3,500 at Philly's newest music venue, "The Met", an old opera house that sat vacant for more than 30 years and was purchased by Live Nation and turned into a music venue. The venue opened last December (with Bob Dylan being the first artist to play there) but tonight was about The Revivalists.
The band played close to 2 hours of music, mostly culled from their latest release Take Good Care, which came out in November of 2018. Front man David Shaw brought his signature high energy presence on stage, but of course each member played a vital part during the set to achieve their sound. Ed Williams showed off some fine pedal steel playing, while Zack Feinberg delivered some scorching guitar solos throughout the performance. The sound really came together when the songs featured Michael Girardot on saxophone, adding yet another rich layer to songs like 'Celebration'.
The Revivalists finished their main set with 'Future', then followed that with two encore breaks that saw some of the loudest cheers of the night. The first encore featured Shaw doing his best Mick Jagger to the tune of the Rolling Stones' cover, 'Miss You'. (They played Pink Floyd's 'Have A Cigar' the night before in D.C., so maybe they'll play a different cover each night of this tour?)
While the band was propelled to semi-stardom last year with their radio hit 'Wish I Knew You', they've been road warriors for almost a decade. So, on this tour, it's nice to see them honor their back catalog for attendees who have been there from the start. "This is one we don't do. It's for the die hard fans out there", Shaw said as the band tore into the second encore with 'Ride the Earth'. The show then finished with another fan favorite, 'Soulfight', from their 2008 self-titled debut.
Go see The Revivalists on tour now, until April 2019!
TheWaster.com | Philadelphia