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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

/*
 *
 * Note: This class must be attached to a Game Object with a rigidbody
 */
public class PhysicsBodyPart : MonoBehaviour
{

	public float m_blend; // 0 = full anim, 1 = full physics
	public HumanBodyBones m_animBone; //The bone in the mecanim rig which this part is tied to
	public Animator m_animator; // The animator running the animation we wish to blend with
	public Transform[] m_connectedParts; // The other parts this part is connected with.
    public float m_controlRegain = 0.7f; // how quickly the part regains control.
	public float m_defaultControlRegain; // the default regain amount (how much to use after a knock down)
	public float[] m_connectedPartsWeight; //The ratio an impact hitting this part will impact connected parts.
	public float m_balanceRatio; // how much does this body part infuluence the character's ability to maintain balance
    public float m_blendMax = 1000.0f; // this gives us the ability to set the maximum allowable physics ratio (useful for legs), Set this between 0 - 1 to
									   // make the entire rig collapse if this part is blended partially - > fully to physics.
    public float m_rigidness = 10.0f; // the higher this is, the more force is required to make this part blend to physics rather than anim. For instance, a chest is much more rigid than a forearm
									  // there is more give (beyond the difference in mass) in the forearm.
    public float m_blendSpeed = 0.2f; // the maximum percentage to lerp if not 100% blended with anim

	public float mBounceFactor = 3.0f; // How much to scale the effect of the impact on balance when hitting something while moving. This makes the character collapse more easily when hitting an object while moving.

	// Use this for initialization
	void Start ()
	{
		m_defaultControlRegain = m_controlRegain;
	}

	void Update()
	{
		if(m_blend > 0.0f)
		{
			float reduction = (m_controlRegain * Time.deltaTime);
			m_blend -= reduction;
			m_blend = Mathf.Clamp(m_blend, 0.0f, 1.0f);
		}
	}

	// This function updates the blend ratio. It then interpolates the part between its current transform and the animation part's transform (based on the blend ratio).
	// Also, velocities are applied to the objects.
	void FixedUpdate ()
	{
		float lerpSpeed = m_blendSpeed * (1.0f - m_blend);
		if(m_blend <= 0.0f)
		{
			lerpSpeed = 1.0f;
		}

		Transform animBone = m_animator.GetBoneTransform(m_animBone);

		//interpolate from current to anim transform based on the current m_blend rate.
		Vector3 newPos = transform.position;
		newPos = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position, animBone.position,
		                      lerpSpeed);

		Quaternion lerped = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation,
		                                     animBone.rotation, lerpSpeed);

		if(!transform.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic)
		{
			transform.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().MovePosition(newPos);
			transform.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().MoveRotation(lerped);
		}

		GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity = m_blend * GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity;
		GetComponent<Rigidbody>().angularVelocity = m_blend * GetComponent<Rigidbody>().angularVelocity;
	}

	//update body parts with new blend weights (the impact cascades accross rig)
	public void AdjustBlendWeight(float newBlend)
	{
		if(newBlend > 0.0f)
		{
			GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic = false;
		}

		if(m_blend < newBlend)
		{
			m_blend = newBlend;
		}
		for(int i = 0; i < m_connectedParts.Length; ++i)
		{
			PhysicsBodyPart bodyPart = m_connectedParts[i].GetComponent<PhysicsBodyPart>();
			if(bodyPart.m_blend < m_blend * m_connectedPartsWeight[i])
			{
				bodyPart.AdjustBlendWeight(m_blend * m_connectedPartsWeight[i]);
			}
		}
	}

	/*
	 * Detect any rigidbodies hitting this part and transfer force onto the body part. Also update attached parts so force impacts them.
	 */
	void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
	{

        if (collision.transform.root != transform.root &&
           collision.collider.GetComponent<Rigidbody>() != null && m_blend < 0.8f)
        {
            //PhysicsBodyPart otherPhysicsBodyPart = collision.gameObject.GetComponent<PhysicsBodyPart>();
            //collision.gameObject.transform.root.GetComponent<BodyPhysicsController>().Collision(otherPhysicsBodyPart.GetComponent<Rigidbody>());
            //transform.root.GetComponent<BodyPhysicsController>().Collision(otherPhysicsBodyPart.GetComponent<Rigidbody>());

			//calculate the impact ratios based on the relative masses of the colliding objects. Also, calculate the force of the impact.
            ContactPoint contact = collision.contacts[0];
            Vector3 force = collision.collider.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity;
            float totalMass = GetComponent<Rigidbody>().mass + collision.collider.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().mass;
            float thisRatio = GetComponent<Rigidbody>().mass / totalMass;
            float otherRatio = collision.collider.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().mass / totalMass;

            //apply equal / opposite force to this
            Vector3 physGOForce = (transform.root.GetComponent<BodyPhysicsController>().m_GOVelocity + GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity) * GetComponent<Rigidbody>().mass;

            transform.root.GetComponent<BodyPhysicsController>().m_currOffBalance += (physGOForce * (otherRatio) * mBounceFactor).magnitude * m_balanceRatio;

			//apply force to this part
            GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddForceAtPosition(-physGOForce * otherRatio, contact.point);

			//change the blend ratio between physics and animation rigs.
            float blendChange = (physGOForce.magnitude * otherRatio * 2.0f) / m_rigidness;
            m_blend += blendChange;
			ApplyForce(force * otherRatio, contact.point);

			//apply force to the other game object.
            Vector3 toObject = collision.collider.transform.position - contact.point;
            collision.collider.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddForceAtPosition(toObject.normalized * thisRatio + physGOForce * thisRatio, contact.point);
        }
	}

	//updates blending ratio and balance based on a force being applied to the part at the position passed in. This can be usefull for
	//applying impacts from non physics objects (raycasts).
	public void ApplyForce(Vector3 force, Vector3 pos)
	{
		transform.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddForceAtPosition(force, pos);

		//calculate blend amount based on force
		float blendChange = force.magnitude / m_rigidness;

		m_blend += blendChange;
		//when we have passed the maximum allowable blend ratio, make the whole rig collapse
		if (m_blend > m_blendMax)
		{
			transform.root.GetComponent<BodyPhysicsController>().m_currOffBalance +=
				transform.root.GetComponent<BodyPhysicsController>().m_balance;
		}

		//update the connected parts
		for(int i = 0; i < m_connectedParts.Length; ++i)
		{
			m_connectedParts[i].GetComponent<PhysicsBodyPart>().AdjustBlendWeight(m_connectedPartsWeight[i] * m_blend);
		}

		//apply force to root go to track balance
		transform.root.GetComponent<BodyPhysicsController>().m_currOffBalance += force.magnitude * m_balanceRatio;
	}
}


LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A group of Lafayette High School French immersion students and two faculty members scheduled to depart for Paris Saturday have cancelled their trip in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris.
The Advertiser reports (http://bit.ly/1SQ5WWA ) that the group was returning to Lafayette. Eleven students were planning to go to France as part of an exchange program.
Lafayette High School teacher Rodolfo Espinoza told the newspaper that the week-long trip had been canceled due to attacks within France's capital that has left scores dead.
Lafayette High School Principal Donald Thornton said school officials were working on scheduling flights home from the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta.


All the weekend's remaining games will go ahead as planned, with five games now to be played on Sunday and one on Monday.
Ironi Nahariya's BSL game at Hapoel Jerusalem, scheduled for Saturday night, was postponed by 24 hours on Thursday following the firing of three Katyusha rockets at the northern city from Lebanon. Nahariya asked to move the game, which will now be played on Sunday at the Malha Arena, saying its preparations for the encounter had been disrupted due to the rockets. Despite the fact that the attack has so far proved to be an isolated incident, Nahariya's foreign players left the city immediately and said they don't plan to return any time soon. "For my safety I won't be going back to Nahariya," American Ron Lewis said. "If they put me in a different location than okay. But I won't be staying in Nahariya. A bomb landed 30 feet from my house and I'm not going to go back there." All the weekend's remaining games will go ahead as planned, with five games now to be played on Sunday and one on Monday. The BSL said on Thursday that it feels the games should be played as scheduled for two main reasons. The BSL claimed that playing the games will help get sport in the country back to its normal routine and is also important as Israeli clubs are involved in European action and postponing the games would hurt the Israeli basketball's status in Europe.


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Q: An unexpected error occurred. Please include this ErrorId if you contact support: 76743200-1017657 (1358022652) Using the below code, I get this error message:

An unexpected error occurred. Please include this ErrorId if you contact support: 76743200-1017657 (1358022652)

String sql = 'SELECT Id, DeveloperName FROM RecordType WHERE SObjectType =Case';
Map<Id,RecordType> caseMap = new Map<Id, RecordType>([sql]);

I am from Java background I know below works fine, but why not above ?
Map<Id,RecordType> caseMap = new Map<Id, RecordType>([SELECT Id, DeveloperName FROM RecordType WHERE SObjectType = 'Case']);

A: You need to wrap any string literal in quotes. When using a dynamic query, you must also escape them.
'... WHERE SObjectType = \'Case\''
// missing:              ^^    ^^

Or you could also rewrite that as:
String caseType = '\'Case\'';
// wrap in quotes!    ^^    ^^

String soql = 'SELECT DeveloperName FROM RecordType WHERE SObectType = ' + caseType;

Or better yet, use merge variables:
String sObjectType = 'Case';
String soql = 'SELECT DeveloperName FROM RecordType WHERE SObjectType = :caseType';

As written, your current query would be the same as:
SELECT DeveloperName FROM RecordType WHERE SObjectType = Case

This query is obviously invalid. As stated above, the filter value needs to be wrapped in single quotes (as you do in the static version you include in the question).

A couple asides:

*

*The query language is named SOQL, not SQL.

*You should always favor static queries over dynamic when they are viable.

*When merging in strings provided by a user, make sure you escape single quotes to avoid injection vulnerabilities.

A: You need to use the appropriate method if you choose to use a string for your SOQL. The following (almost) works:
String sql = 'SELECT Id, DeveloperName FROM RecordType WHERE SObjectType =Case';
Map<Id,RecordType> caseMap = new Map<Id, RecordType>(Database.query(sql));

As pointed out by Adrian, you need to use quotes when a String is expected:
String sql = 'SELECT Id, DeveloperName FROM RecordType WHERE SObjectType =\'Case\'';

The [query] notation only works for literal queries:
Map<Id,RecordType> caseMap = new Map<Id, RecordType>([
    SELECT DeveloperName FROM RecordType WHERE SObjectType = 'Case'
]);

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(ZitRock ZR-DVD-RST-17-01) - DVD-9
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VH-1 - Stones Tour 94 / Final Reharsals with Dan Aykroyd / aired 31 July 1994) [copy from Video 2017]
- Tumbling Dice (part only)
- You Got Me Rocking (part only)
- Rocks Off (part only)
- Memory Motel (part only)
- It's Only Rock'n Roll (part only)
- I Go Wild (MJ/KR) (part only)
- Honky Tonk Women (part only)
and interviews with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood & Phil Woodroffe by Dan Aykroyd - Washington July 30, 1994)
2. Interviews with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts & Ron Wood
VH-1 - Conversations with The Rolling Stones / aired 27 October 1994 ([b/w] (Interviews from 12 July 1994, Toronto)
3. - Lifetime Achievement Award for the Stones
MTV Video Music Awards / Radio City Music Hall, New York, 8 September 1994 / aired live
- Love Is Strong (live)
- Start Me Up (live)
MTV Rolling Stones Weekend: The Hits / aired 13 August 1994 (only Interviews - Toronto mid-1994)
5.a) Love Is Strong (official Promo Video)
b) I Go Wild (1994 Billboard Music Awards, aired 7 December 1994 - live from Montreal, 6 December 1994)
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DSNAP program extended for several parishes
Department of Children and Family Services extends hours, applications
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services on Tuesday extended hours at the University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena and the Alario Center and brought in more computers and staff to process applications.The Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is an income-based program intended to assist eligible households that don't receive regular SNAP benefits and who need help buying groceries due to lost income or damages following a disaster. For details on income guidelines, visit www.dcfs.la.gov or call 211.DCFS' extended hours begin at 6 a.m. and go until 10 p.m., or when capacity of applicants is reached on site that can be processed by 10 p.m., according to a news release.The sites will begin to utilize the alphabet system again starting Wednesday, according to DCFS Secretary Suzy Sonnier.The schedule for UNO and the Alario Center is Wednesday -- A through M, and Thursday -- N through Z.Residents in Orleans Parish should visit the UNO Lakefront Arena, and residents in Jefferson Parish should visit the Alario Center, the DCFS said.The department said a request was sent on Tuesday to the U.S. Department of Agriculture requesting a two-day extension for Lafourche Parish, as well as a week extension for Orleans and Jefferson parishes.DCFS hasn't received word on the Orleans and Jefferson parish requests. The current deadline for Orleans and Jefferson residents to apply for DSNAP is this Thursday, after DCFS received an extension for the two parishes earlier in the week.DCFS officials said they did receive approval from the USDA for a two-day extension for Lafourche Parish, as well as a previously requested extension for St. John and Plaquemines parishes.The new deadline for residents of Lafourche Parish to apply for DSNAP at the South Lafourche Parish Library in Cutoff is now this Thursday. The other DSNAP site at Peltier Park will be closed.DCFS late Tuesday also decided to extend the St. John the Baptist Parish DSNAP site an additional two days. The site is located at New Wine Christian Fellowship at 1929 W. Airline Highway in LaPlace and will remain open for walk-ins from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Friday.The new deadline for residents of Plaquemines is also this Friday.Pre-apply for Hurricane Isaac DSNAP online at dcfs.la.gov/preapply or getagameplan.org or by calling 888-LAHELP-U 24 hours a day.
BATON ROUGE, La. —
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services on Tuesday extended hours at the University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena and the Alario Center and brought in more computers and staff to process applications.
The Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is an income-based program intended to assist eligible households that don't receive regular SNAP benefits and who need help buying groceries due to lost income or damages following a disaster. For details on income guidelines, visit www.dcfs.la.gov or call 211.
DCFS' extended hours begin at 6 a.m. and go until 10 p.m., or when capacity of applicants is reached on site that can be processed by 10 p.m., according to a news release.
The sites will begin to utilize the alphabet system again starting Wednesday, according to DCFS Secretary Suzy Sonnier.
The schedule for UNO and the Alario Center is Wednesday -- A through M, and Thursday -- N through Z.
Residents in Orleans Parish should visit the UNO Lakefront Arena, and residents in Jefferson Parish should visit the Alario Center, the DCFS said.
The department said a request was sent on Tuesday to the U.S. Department of Agriculture requesting a two-day extension for Lafourche Parish, as well as a week extension for Orleans and Jefferson parishes.
DCFS hasn't received word on the Orleans and Jefferson parish requests. The current deadline for Orleans and Jefferson residents to apply for DSNAP is this Thursday, after DCFS received an extension for the two parishes earlier in the week.
DCFS officials said they did receive approval from the USDA for a two-day extension for Lafourche Parish, as well as a previously requested extension for St. John and Plaquemines parishes.
The new deadline for residents of Lafourche Parish to apply for DSNAP at the South Lafourche Parish Library in Cutoff is now this Thursday. The other DSNAP site at Peltier Park will be closed.
DCFS late Tuesday also decided to extend the St. John the Baptist Parish DSNAP site an additional two days. The site is located at New Wine Christian Fellowship at 1929 W. Airline Highway in LaPlace and will remain open for walk-ins from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Friday.
The new deadline for residents of Plaquemines is also this Friday.
Pre-apply for Hurricane Isaac DSNAP online at dcfs.la.gov/preapply or getagameplan.org or by calling 888-LAHELP-U 24 hours a day.


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Immigration detainees from Indonesia are freed on bond
Monsy Alvarado
Two Indonesian men who were detained by immigration authorities after dropping their children off at school were released Thursday after spending 10 months in custody at the Essex County jail, officials said.
Gunawan Liem of Franklin Park and Roby Sanger of Metuchen left the jail in Newark after posting bond on Thursday, a day after a federal immigration judge ruled they could be released while they fight their immigration case.
"It is an absolute blessing, and way overdue,'' the Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale, co-pastor of the Reformed Church of Highland Park, said Wednesday after the men's release on bond was approved.
Emilio Dabul, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, confirmed Thursday that the men had been released.
Sanger and Liem are part of a community of ethnic Chinese Christians who fled religious persecution in Indonesia, a Muslim-majority nation, in the 1990s and early 2000s and remained in the United States after overstaying their tourist visas.
N.J. attorney general: Grewal asks for federal review of immigration arrests at schools
More:Children of detained immigrants in NJ meet with lawmakers in Washington
GoFundMe fairy tale: Prosecutor says South Jersey couple, homeless vet bilked public
The pair were detained by ICE officers the morning of Jan. 25 after they dropped their children off at school. The men, each of whom has two children, were held at the Essex County jail, which has a contract with ICE to hold federal immigration detainees. After the arrests, ICE said in a statement that an immigration judge had issued orders of removal for the men that were later upheld by the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Days later, the New Jersey chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a class-action lawsuit to stop their deportation. U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark issued a temporary restraining order stopping ICE from deporting several undocumented Indonesian Christians while she reviewed their request for a second chance at asylum.
Kaper-Dale, whose church has provided sanctuary to Indonesians who have been ordered deported, said the lawsuit helped keep Liem and Sangar in the United States, but it couldn't get them out of detention. They had to wait for a bond hearing for a chance at release.
"There was nothing they could do,'' he said.
Story continues after video
Kaper-Dale, who has been an immigration advocate for years and has helped others facing deportation, said he still doesn't understand the "ins and outs of why somebody is detained, and why somebody is released."
"These folks were harmless before, and they are still harmless,'' he said. "I've walked through this with hundreds of families, and yet it doesn't seem like there is a cookie-cutter approach, partly because there have been different administrations."
"What I do understand is that it's a really good thing when children are reconnected with their fathers,'' he added. "I'm glad this nightmare is over. I'm so grateful to know that these four children who have been languishing and waiting don't have to do that anymore."
The day Sanger and Liem were picked up by ICE, a third Indonesian citizen, Harry Pangemanan of Highland Park, was supposed to be detained. Pangemanan was backing out of his driveway in his car when he saw an unmarked car, and ran back inside his house. He then called Kaper-Dale, who picked Pangemanan up and took him to the church, where he joined three other Indonesian Christians who sought sanctuary there at the time.
Pangemanan had been honored for helping hundreds of New Jersey property owners rebuild their homes after Superstorm Sandy.
The arrest and the decision that others made to take sanctuary led Gov. Phil Murphy to visit the church and talk to some of the men living there at the time.
Advocates also organized prayer vigils and protests in support of the men. Their children, some of whom are U.S. citizens, also traveled to Washington to meet with federal lawmakers to generate support for their fathers' release.
Email: alvarado@northjersey.com


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Sats posts 26.8% rise in Q2 profit
Ground-handling firm Sats' staff costs were reduced via various manpower initiatives targeted at improving productivity.ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
http://str.sg/ZESB
Reduced manpower costs and cheaper materials among reasons for higher earnings
Karamjit Kaur
Senior Aviation Correspondent
karam@sph.com.sg
More passengers at Changi Airport, lower staff costs, cheaper materials and higher takings from associated companies boosted second-quarter profits at ground-handling firm Sats.
Net profit rose 26.8 per cent to $59.7 million for the three months to Sept 30 even as revenue dipped by 4.4 per cent from a year earlier, to $422.7 million.
The sales decline was due in part to a loss of contribution from the divestment of its Australian subsidiary Urangan Fisheries and the weakening of the Japanese yen.
This was mitigated by a 9.1 per cent decline in operating expenditure to $363.5 million.
Staff costs, for example, were reduced through various manpower initiatives targeted at improving productivity while cost of raw materials fell 19.2 per cent.
The end result was an almost 40 per cent jump in operating profit to $59.2 million.
Half-year profits rose by 20.9 per cent to $109.3 million.
Net profit: $59.7 million (+26.8%)
Revenue : $422.7 million (-4.4%)
Dividend (interim): 5 cents per share
Revenue for the six months fell, down 4.3 per cent to $839.6 million.
Earnings per share was 5.4 cents for the second quarter, up from 4.2 cents a year earlier. Net asset value per share was 130.5 cents, higher than the 130.4 cents as at March 31.
Sats' president and chief executive Alex Hungate said the operating environment continues to be challenging with slower regional economic growth, competitive pressures in aviation and increasing manpower costs.
"We also don't expect any relaxation on manpower pressures in Singapore and Hong Kong, for example, with the tight labour market," he said during a media teleconference last evening following the release of the results.
On a more positive note, Mr Hungate said: "However, we remain confident that the long-term growth prospects for our core businesses are robust."
During the quarter, Sats handled 11.3 million passengers at Changi Airport, up from 10.8 million in the same three months a year ago.
He said: "There has been good growth in all categories except cargo."
Sats will remain focused on raising productivity and growing into adjacent businesses and geographies, as demonstrated by its offer to buy a 49 per cent equity stake in Brahim's Airline Catering Holdings of Malaysia.
Sats declared an interim dividend of five cents per share.
The counter shed two cents to close at $3.80 yesterday.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 05, 2015, with the headline 'Sats posts 26.8% rise in Q2 profit'. Print Edition | Subscribe
AVIATION/AEROSPACE SECTOR


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\section{Introduction}
The coexistence of unconventional superconductivity and antiferromagnetic ordering with relatively large magnetic moment (0.85~$\mu_{\mathrm{B}} / \mathrm{U}$) is the most characteristic feature of the heavy fermion compound $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace \cite{UPd2Al3_Geibel}.
There are many electronic structure studies for $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace; however, the nature of the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace state in $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace remains contradictory.
The dHvA study reported that the observed dHvA branches are mostly explained by the band structure calculation treating the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states as being itinerant \cite{UPd2Al3_dHvA}.
Its electronic structure has also been studied by photoelectron spectroscopy \cite{UPd2Al3_ARPES1, UM2Al3_ARPES, Ucore, UPd2Al3_ARPES2, SF_review_JPSJ}, and the itinerant nature of the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states has been reported.
A recent Compton scattering study has also reported that the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states have an itinerant character at temperatures lower than $T = 20~\mathrm{K}$ \cite{UPd2Al3_Compton}, which is consistent with the ARPES study \cite{UPd2Al3_ARPES1}.
Meanwhile, a resonant photoemission study on $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace has also suggested the itinerant nature of the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace state, but there exists the correlated satellite structure due to the strong electron correlation effect \cite{U4d5fRPES}.
In contrast, the transport properties of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace are very similar to those of heavy fermion Ce-based compounds, and they have been essentially understood based on the very localized $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace picture.
For example, the temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility has been interpreted based on the crystalline electric field scheme \cite{UPd2Al3_tetraU}.
To understand these physical properties consistently, the dual model of the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states has been proposed for this compound \cite{UPd2Al3_Zwicknagl1}.
In this scenario, the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states are formally divided into two subsystems: an itinerant $f^1$ component and a localized $f^2$ component.
The result of the recent point contact spectroscopy study on $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace was also interpreted along with this scenario \cite{UPd2Al3_point}, but the microscopic information of the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states is still lacking.
To understand the electronic structure of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace, it is essential to identify the contribution of the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace state to gain a greater insight regarding its nature in this compound.

In the present study, we have studied the electronic structure of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace, which is the $f^0$-reference compound of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace, by photoelectron spectroscopy.
We compared the angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES) spectra between $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace and $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace, and the contribution from the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states to the band structure of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace was clarified.
Furthermore, $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace is a superconductor with $T_\mathrm{C}=0.2~\mathrm{K}$ \cite{ThPd2Al3_1}.
It is the only case where an uranium heavy fermion superconductor has an isostructural counterpart of the thorium compound, which is also superconductor.
Thus, $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace is in itself an important target material to study its electronic structure.
We found that the band structure and the topology of the Fermi surface of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace are essentially explained by the band-structure calculation based on the local density approximation.

\section{Experimental Procedure and Band-Structure Calculation}
The $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace single crystal was grown by Czochralski method by pulling speed of $12~\mathrm{mm/h}$ in a tetraarc furnace under Ar protective atmosphere.
Final shape of single crystal was a cylinder with a diameter of $2-3~\mathrm{mm}$ and a length of $15~\mathrm{mm}$.
The high quality of single crystal was confirmed by Laue method showing sharp spots and RRR ratio = 37 (the extrapolated value $\rho_0 = 0.7~\mathrm{\mu \Omega / cm}$ ) after 2 weeks annealing at $900\mathrm{^\circ C}$ in an evacuated quartz ampule.
Photoemission experiments were performed at the soft X-ray beamline BL23SU of SPring-8 \cite{BL23SU2}.
The overall energy resolution in angle-integrated photoemission (AIPES) experiments at \hn{=800} was approximately $150~\mathrm{meV}$, and that in the ARPES experiments at \hn{=660} was approximately $90~\mathrm{meV}$.
Clean sample surfaces were obtained by cleaving the samples {\it in situ} perpendicular to the $c$ axis under ultra-high vacuum conditions.
The vacuum during the course of measurements was typically $<2 \times 10^{-8}~\mathrm{Pa}$, and the sample surfaces were stable for the entire duration of the measurements (about 2 days) since no significant changes had been observed in the ARPES spectra during these periods.
The positions of the ARPES cuts in the momentum space were determined by assuming a free-electron final state with an inner potential of $V_{0}=12~\mathrm{eV}$.

In the band-structure calculations, relativistic linear augmented plane wave (RLAPW) calculations \cite{Yamagami} within the LDA \cite{LDA} were performed, treating all $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace electrons as itinerant.
In this approach, the Dirac-type Kohn-Sham equation has been formulated, and the spin-orbit interaction is exactly taken into account \cite{suppl}.
To compare the results of the calculation with the ARPES spectra, we have simulated the ARPES spectral functions on the basis of the band-structure calculation.
In the simulation, the following effects were taken into account: (i) the broadening along the $k_\perp$ direction due to the finite escape depth of the photoelectrons, (ii) the lifetime broadening of the photohole, (iii) the photoemission cross sections of orbitals, and (iv) the energy resolution and the angular resolution of the electron analyzer.
The details are outlined in Ref.~\cite{UN_ARPES}.

\section{Results and Discussion}
\begin{figure
	\centering
	\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{ThPd2Al3_val.pdf}
	\caption{Valence-band spectrum of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace measured at \hn{=800}. Also, the bottom part of this figure provides a comparison of the valence band spectra of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace and $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace measured at \hn{=800}.
}
	\label{val}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure*}[t]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{ThPd2Al3_ARPES.pdf}
	\caption{Band structure and Fermi surface of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace obtained by ARPES.
	(a) ARPES spectra of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace measured along the \pnt{K}-\pnt{M}-\pnt{K}-$\mathrm{\Gamma}$\xspace-\pnt{M}-$\mathrm{\Gamma}$\xspace high-symmetry line at \hn{=660}.
	(b) Calculated band structure and simulation of the ARPES spectra based on the band-structure calculation.
	(c) Fermi surface map obtained by the integration of the ARPES spectra over 100~meV across $E_\mathrm{F}$\xspace.
	(d) Calculated Fermi surface and the simulation of the experimental Fermi surface map.
	(e) Three-dimensional shape of the calculated Fermi surfaces.
}
	\label{arpes}
\end{figure*}
Figure~\ref{val} shows the AIPES valence-band spectrum of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace measured at \hn{=800} and its comparison with that of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace.
According to the photoionization cross-sections, the contributions from the $\mathrm{Pd}~4d$\xspace and $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states are dominant in this photon energy \cite{atomic}, and thus three prominent peaks located between \EB{=2.5-6} are ascribed to the contributions from the $\mathrm{Pd}~4d$\xspace states.
The bottom part of this figure demonstrates the comparison between the valence-band spectra of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace and $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace measured at \hn{=800}.
The comparison shows that the sharp peak at the Fermi energy exists only in the spectrum of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace, suggesting that the peak found at the Fermi energy represents the contribution of the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states in $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace.
This is consistent with the result of the resonant photoemission experiment for $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace in which a similar similar sharp peak was observed at the Fermi energy of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace \cite{U4d5fRPES}.
A further important point to note is that all three $\mathrm{Pd}~4d$\xspace peaks in the valence-band spectrum of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace are located in higher binding energies than those in the valence-band spectrum of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace.
A very similar rigid shift of the transition metal $d$ bands has been observed in the valence-band spectra of $\mathrm{URu_2Si_2}$\xspace and $\mathrm{ThRu_2Si_2}$\xspace \cite{ThRu2Si2_ARPES}.
The amount of energy shift is approximately $200~\mathrm{meV}$, which is also very similar to the case between $\mathrm{ThRu_2Si_2}$\xspace and $\mathrm{URu_2Si_2}$\xspace.
This energy shift of the $d$ band is in contrast with the case of the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace localized compound $\mathrm{UPd_3}$ where no shift was observed in the $\mathrm{Pd}~4d$\xspace bands between $\mathrm{ThPd_3}$ and $\mathrm{UPd_3}$ \cite{UThPd3}.
The rigid shift in the $\mathrm{Pd}~4d$\xspace states between $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace and $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace suggests that the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states are involved in the valence-band structure of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace, and they are not impurity-like contributions as expected when the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states are almost localized.

\begin{figure*}[t]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{ThPd2Al3_UPd2Al3.pdf}
	\caption{Comparison between the ARPES spectra of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace and $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace, and the result of the band-structure calculations.
	(a) ARPES spectra of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace measured along the $\mathrm{\Gamma}$\xspace-\pnt{K}-\pnt{M} high-symmetry line at \hn{=660}.
	(b) Result of the band-structure calculation for $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace.
	The color coding of each band represents the contributions from the \orb{Th}{6d} and the \orb{Al}{3p} states.
	(c) ARPES spectra of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace measured along the $\mathrm{\Gamma}$\xspace-\pnt{K}-\pnt{M} high-symmetry line at \hn{=600}.
	Data adapted from Ref.~\cite{SF_review_JPSJ}.
	The $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace difference spectrum obtained by resonant photoemission measurement \cite{U4d5fRPES} and the calculated $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace DOS are	 shown in the right panel.
	(d) Result of the band-structure calculation for $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace.
	The color coding of each band represents the contributions from the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace, \orb{U}{6d} and the \orb{Al}{3p} states.
}
	\label{ThU}
\end{figure*}
Next, we discuss the band structure and Fermi surface of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace measured by ARPES.
Figure~\ref{arpes} summarizes the result of the ARPES study of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace.
Figure~\ref{arpes} (a) shows the ARPES spectra of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace along the \pnt{K}-\pnt{M}-\pnt{K}-$\mathrm{\Gamma}$\xspace-\pnt{M}-$\mathrm{\Gamma}$\xspace high-symmetry line measured at \hn{=660}.
The spectra consist of two different types of energy dispersions, namely very dispersive bands at $E_{\mathrm{F}} \lesssim E_{\mathrm{B}} \lesssim 2.5~\mathrm{eV}$ and less dispersive bands with enhanced intensities distributed at \EB{ \gtrsim 2.5}.
Since the photoionization cross section of the $\mathrm{Pd}~4d$\xspace states is more than 30 times enhanced than those of \orb{Al}{3s, 3p} and \orb{Th}{6d} states \cite{atomic}, the prominent dispersions at \EB{ \gtrsim 2.5} are the contributions from the $\mathrm{Pd}~4d$\xspace states.
Furthermore, the dispersive bands at $E_{\mathrm{F}} \lesssim E_{\mathrm{B}} \lesssim 2.5~\mathrm{eV}$ reflect the contributions mainly from the $\mathrm{Al}$ and $\mathrm{Th}$ states.

Figure~\ref{arpes} (b) shows the calculated band structure and the simulation of the ARPES spectra based on the band-structure calculation.
The solid lines and the density plot represent the calculated energy dispersions and the simulation, respectively.
The color coding of each band represents the contribution from the $\mathrm{Pd}~4d$\xspace states.
The experimental band structure is well-explained by the band-structure calculation.
For example, the parabolic dispersions centered at the $\mathrm{\Gamma}$ point that forms the Fermi surface are in good agreement with the calculated bands 16-18.
There are also parabolic dispersions along the \pnt{K}-\pnt{M}-\pnt{K} high-symmetry line, which are also well-explained by the calculated band 15.
At higher binding energies, the nearly flat $\mathrm{Pd}~4d$\xspace bands in the experimental ARPES spectra agree with the bands 2-13 in the calculation.
Although the $\mathrm{Pd}~4d$\xspace bands are not clearly resolved one by one in the experimental spectra, the overall features agree very well between experimental ARPES spectra and the calculated band structure.
Note that the contribution from the $\mathrm{Pd}~4d$\xspace states is distributed in higher binding energies ($E_{\mathrm{B}} \gtrsim 2.5~\mathrm{eV}$), and the Fermi surface of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace mainly consists of the $\mathrm{Al}$ and $\mathrm{Th}$ states.
This situation is significantly different from the case of $\mathrm{ThRu_2Si_2}$\xspace where the transition metal $d$ band is close to the Fermi energy, and the $d$ bands are hybridized with the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states in $\mathrm{URu_2Si_2}$\xspace \cite{ThRu2Si2_ARPES,URu2Si2_3D}.
We further discuss the orbital character of the Fermi surface of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace and $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace in the later of this section.

Figure~\ref{arpes} (c) shows the experimental Fermi surface map of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace, which was obtained by integrating the photoemission intensity over $100~\mathrm{meV}$ across $E_\mathrm{F}$\xspace.
There is a hexagonal-shaped feature with enhanced intensity centered at the $\mathrm{\Gamma}$\xspace point.
In addition, the intensity at the \pnt{K} point is also enhanced and these points are connected to each other and form a very complex shape.
In Fig.~\ref{arpes} (d), we illustrate the calculated Fermi surface using solid curves, and we also demonstrate the simulation the Fermi surface map based on the band-structure calculation as a density plot.
The three dimensional shape of the calculated Fermi surfaces of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace is also shown in Fig.~\ref{arpes} (e).
In the band-structure calculation, the bands 16-18 form Fermi surfaces.
Bands 16 and 18 form a hole-type Fermi surface around the \pnt{M} point and an electron-type Fermi surface around the $\mathrm{\Gamma}$\xspace point, respectively.
In contrast, band 17 forms a very complicated Fermi surface with a three-dimensional shape, but forms the electron-type Fermi surface with a star-like shape around the $\mathrm{\Gamma}$\xspace point.
Experimental and calculated Fermi surfaces agree very well although the features are broader in the experimental map compared to the calculated map.
Despite the fact that the details of the experimental Fermi surface are not very clear, the topology of the Fermi surface agrees with the result of the band-structure calculation.
Accordingly, the band structure and Fermi surface of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace were well-explained by the band-structure calculation.

Next, we performed a comparison between the ARPES spectra of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace and $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace to reveal the contribution of the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states in the band structure of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace, as shown in figure~\ref{ThU}.
Figures~\ref{ThU} (a) and (b) represent the experimental ARPES spectra of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace and the corresponding calculated band structure, respectively.
The color coding of the calculated bands corresponds to the contributions from the $\mathrm{Th}~6d$\xspace and the $\mathrm{Al}~3p$\xspace states.
Note that the contribution from the \orb{Al}{3s} is almost negligible in these binding energies.
The experimental ARPES spectra are well-explained by the band-structure calculation, as discussed in Figs.~\ref{arpes}, and thus the orbital character of each band should also agree with the result of the band-structure calculation.
The calculation suggests that the Fermi surface of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace mainly consists of the $\mathrm{Al}~3p$\xspace and $\mathrm{Th}~6d$\xspace states, but it has an enhanced $\mathrm{Al}~3p$\xspace character.
In particular, bands 17 and 18, which form the Fermi surfaces, have a dominant contribution from the $\mathrm{Al}~3p$\xspace states, and the overall good agreement between the experimental data and the respective calculations suggests that the Fermi surfaces should have an enhanced contribution from the $\mathrm{Al}~3p$\xspace states.

Figures~\ref{ThU} (c) and (d) show the experimental ARPES spectra of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace and the corresponding calculated band structure.
The ARPES spectra of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace were taken from Ref. \cite{SF_review_JPSJ}.
The $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace difference spectrum obtained by resonant photoemission measurement \cite{U4d5fRPES} and the calculated $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace DOS are shown in the right panel of Fig.~\ref{ThU} (c).
The ARPES spectra were recorded at \hn{=600}, and the sample temperature was $20~\mathrm{K}$.
The experimental energy dispersions of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace and $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace are very similar to each other, but the intensity of the energy dispersions distributed at \EB{=E_{\rm{F}}-1.2} is enhanced in the spectra of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace.
Moreover, there exist very flat features in the vicinity of $E_\mathrm{F}$\xspace, which represent the contributions from the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states since the photoionization cross section of the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states is dominant at the used photon energy.
The overall structure of the experimental spectra of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace are also essentially explained by the band-structure calculation although the detail of each dispersion was not resolved experimentally.
In particular, the very flat features at $E_\mathrm{F}$\xspace originate from the renormalized $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace bands due to the strong electron correlation effect.

The comparison between the ARPES spectra of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace and $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace indicates that the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states are strongly hybridized with the non-$f$ dispersive bands in $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace which correspond to the calculated bands 15-18 of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace.
These calculated bands have the enhanced contribution from the $\mathrm{Al}~3p$\xspace states, suggesting that the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states are strongly hybridized with the $\mathrm{Al}~3p$\xspace states in $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace.
The crystal structure of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace consists of alternating stacks of $\mathrm{U}$--$\mathrm{Pd}$ and $\mathrm{Al}$ layers along the $c$ axis, and the presence of the enhanced $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace -- $\mathrm{Al}~3p$\xspace hybridization suggests that the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states have a strong three-dimensional nature similar to the case of heavy fermion compound $\mathrm{URu_2Si_2}$\xspace \cite{URu2Si2_3D}.
As a result, the Fermi surface of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace should also have a strong three dimensional nature due to the enhanced $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace--$\mathrm{Al}~3p$\xspace hybridization.
Previous ARPES studies of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace \cite{UM2Al3_ARPES,UPd2Al3_ARPES2} have shown a cylindrical Fermi surface along the $\mathrm{\Gamma}$\xspace -- \pnt{A} line.
The Fermi surface has an enhanced contribution from the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states, but the present result suggests that it also has the enhanced contribution from the $\mathrm{Al}~3p$\xspace states.

Note that the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states have a strong electron correlation effect, and the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states in $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace have incoherent peak distributed at approximately \EB{= 0.2-1} \cite{U4d5fRPES}.
Thus, the experimental bands around this binding energy should have the contribution from the incoherent component of the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states.
This is consistent with the dual nature of the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states in $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace as proposed theoretically, where the heavy quasi-particle band is described by the effective renormalized theory while the high-energy structure is explained by the multiplet side bands arising from the Hund's rule \cite{UPd2Al3_Zwicknagl2,UPd2Al3_Zwicknagl3}.
Experimentally, there are not non-dispersive but dispersive bands in this binding energy region, and thus the energy dispersions in \EB{= 0.2-1} are hybridized with the incoherent $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states.
It is theoretically proposed that the localized multiplet bands are hybridized with dispersive non-$f$ bands \cite{UPd2Al3_Zwicknagl3}, and the experimental spectra are consistent with the theory.

\section{Conclusion}
In the present study, we investigated the electronic structure of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace using photoelectron spectroscopy, and the results were compared with the band-structure calculation and the spectra of the isostructural heavy fermion superconductor $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace
The $\mathrm{Pd}~4d$\xspace states in the valence-band spectrum of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace were found to be shallower than those in the valence-band spectrum of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace by approximately $200~\mathrm{meV}$, suggesting that the $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace states are involved in the valence-band structure of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace, and are not impurity-like contributions.
The Fermi surface and the band structure of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace obtained by ARPES were well explained by the band-structure calculation.
The electronic structure in the very vicinity of $E_\mathrm{F}$\xspace is dominated by contributions from the $\mathrm{Al}~3p$\xspace and $\mathrm{Th}~6d$\xspace states with minor contributions from the $\mathrm{Pd}~4d$\xspace states.
The comparison between the ARPES spectra of $\mathrm{ThPd_2Al_3}$\xspace and $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace suggests that the the electronic structure of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace in the very vicinity of $E_\mathrm{F}$\xspace is dominated by the enhanced $\mathrm{U}~5f$\xspace -- $\mathrm{Al}~3p$\xspace hybridization.
This indicates that the electronic structure of $\mathrm{UPd_2Al_3}$\xspace has a three-dimensional nature.

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\begin{acknowledgments}
The experiment was performed under Proposal No. 2015B3820 at SPring-8 BL23SU.
The present work was financially supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP26400374, JP16H01084, JP18K03553, and 	JP20KK0061.
\end{acknowledgments}

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Qatar Foundation's mission is to nurture the future leaders of Qatar. By example and by sharing its experience, the Foundation also contributes to human development nationally, regionally, and internationally. In all of its activities, the Foundation promotes a culture of excellence in Qatar and furthers its role in supporting an innovative and open society that aspires to develop sustainable human capacity, social, and economic prosperity for a knowledge-based economy.


You're an entrepreneur—that means you can do it all yourself. You can simultaneously juggle finances and marketing and management and creative demands and soccer practice and grocery shopping and dog walking and housecleaning and 18 social media profiles and lead generation—all while saving the world from fiery asteroids.
And that's just on Tuesdays.
You don't need help. Help is for the weak. Except for one little thing.
All those other tasks are keeping you from giving the time and attention your real zone of genius deserves and requires. And juggling too many balls at once means that many of them are going to hit the ground.
Regardless of whether you're going this small business journey alone in your living room or you already have a team of five to 10 people, there will often come a time when there is more work to be done than there are hours to do it.
And this is when outsourcing or freelancing can save the day.
Even if you're already building an amazing team full of bright and dedicated people, there will always be times when your team is stretched too thin—or you need something particular for your project that is outside the skillsets of those you employ. Outsourcing, contracting and freelancers can also help bridge the gap between having too much work for those you've currently hired but not yet enough work to hire someone new.
Outsourcing may seem like another expense that you can cut. After all, money can be tight and surely you can learn to do whatever it is that needs doing, right?
Wrong. You are actually the most expensive employee your business has. And even if you are relying on a member of your team, if you are asking them to go outside of their specialty or take on extra work on top of their regular workload, the work will cost you more in the long run.
Entrepreneurs have long seen outsourcing as a strategy reserved for big business, but technology has made it a more accessible tool for small businesses – and for some small firms, outsourcing has made a powerful impact on their growth, productivity and bottom lines.
If you are contemplating outsourcing some of your business processes, projects or tasks, here are five of the best freelance tools to help you find the help you need.
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Yes, we now have a new layout, along with the layout comes the AMAZING nerfo banner made by, Ganon. And we also have a new chatbox.
The layout is currently temporary, keep that in mind. The banner and chatbox however, will be staying for awhile, so sorry to those who do not like either.
Also, congrats to Gate's fortune who is now a Chuunin!


Thanks to Domaso for inspiration and this adorable cat!
People reported these 3 seconds as a bug. In a real-world development, you can face slow internet connection, not optimized code, long operation processing or just too much data. So the app might work not as fast as the users expect it. While early adopters can give your product a second chance, the vast majority of people will close it right away.
A brief history of loading animations.
Small UI detail can be different.
For such type of feedback, designers use progress bars, loading indicators, preloaders or spinners. They explain to users when something is happening or loading and ideally reduce mental waiting time.
When do you think designers start thinking about that type of feedback?
In cases where the computer cannot provide fairly immediate response, continuous feedback should be provided to the user in form of a percent-done indicator [Myers 1985, " The importance of percent-done progress indicators for computer-human interfaces."].
Since the Web 1.0 almost every website has preloaders. You might notice those moving spinners while the rest of the page's content is still loading.
Loading generator from 2007. Do you notice familiar spinners?
Back then you could also find guides on creating loading animations with Fireworks (2007) or Flash (2008) and some tools like "Loading GIF Generator" (2009).
In 2010 things get quicker with CSS3. Appeared many guides teaching people how to make CSS3 animations, loading animations packs, YouTube learning videos. Designers could do loading spinners in Photoshop Cs5, which was quite popular ten years ago.
From time to time progress bars and spinners got criticized in favor of Skeleton screens (Mobile Design Details: Avoid The Spinner, 2013). While designers started to pay more attention to the loading animations in 2014 -2016. So you could see be more in-depth tutorials on loading experience and the perception of time (Smashing Magazine, 2015), collections of free designed loaders, pluggings, and open-source projects.
Design trends and approaches have changed but the need to give UI feedback to users is still here.
Be shown to the user as least as possible.
If you can make your tool or site work fast enough, that will be perfect. Or at least make a perceived speed appropriate to the users' expectations. Showing adorable loading indicator an infinite amount of time will annoy users and decrease UX. While showing default animation without any time indication is definitely a bad idea (some funny tweet on this topic). So it's better to solve content loading problems first.
It can be a simple message of approximate time to wait or visual representation of work done. How many files have been uploaded from the whole amount? How many minutes the software update will take? How much progress has been done already? These UX details can set the expectation and reduce frustration.
Explain why the user needs to wait.
Make the waiting process less frustrating.
It can be achieved by putting an engaging animation, which keeps the user's eyes busy.
Reduce a user's perception of waiting time.
Emphasize branding and company voice.
While someone might think that loader is just a tiny UI detail, it has many types and variations. Although, there are several options to give UI feedback on loading content — progress bars, loading spinner (infinite loading animations) and skeleton screens.
Used when it's possible to define the loading time. Progress bars can be implemented with a numerical or visual indication and comes at all shapes and forms.
The main idea behind the progress bars is to show how long an action will take and the state of the progress so far. Depending on the UI tasks, progress bars can be a just linear without percent indicator.
Used when loading time is unknown. It can be default spinners, creative indeterminate indicators, animations showing that your app is "doing something" under the hood.
Creative indeterminate indicators can be related to the business and help support your brand voice (that's very true for progress bars as well). What app do you think might use such loading animation?
Loading cat by domaso. So cute!
As you see, nowadays loading animations are more art than just a system status UI element.
Skeleton screens provide incremental progress in loading the interface. You can imagine them as black pages (placeholders) with step-by-step loading of images, text and other content you might see on the page.
This term firstly appeared in the Luke Wroblewski article, mentioned already (Mobile Design Details: Avoid The Spinner, 2013). Luke advised using skeleton screens for a better loading experience. This idea was supported by other designers in the space and used in the UI of Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google Drive & others. Some really cool findings on the topic you can read at Bill Chung guide.
Besides nice examples in this guide and design concepts on Dribbble, in most apps you will see a default or simple loader.
For some time, simplified loaders were recommended as best practice as they require less processing power (that's true especially for web). It's much easier to use default or open-sourced loading indicators and don't spend designers' time to make custom animation and developers' time to implement it.
In the design community, I saw different views on using default loaders.
From one hand, default UI components suggested by the operating system, allow designers to make a better native design and get better UX. The users are familiar with native components and intuitively know how to use them and what the outcome will be.
Here is a handy example. iPhone owners know what to expect from platform-standard navigation controls, buttons or icons. We could guess, that when the user sees a default loading in some iOS app, the person might not even notice its existence and the waiting time.
One more thing to mention, if an app uses the loading indicator of OS instead of a custom one, users are more likely to complain about the internet connection or physical device speed instead of performance of the app. — Yi Gu, Software Engineer at Quora.
I couldn't find research around this discussion but that's definitely something interesting to consider.
In any case, if you are working on the MVP (minimum viable product) or the first release of your side project, it's more logical to use simple, default or open-source loading animation. Even the most creative loading animation won't save your product if it doesn't solve the real need.
A set of SCSS mixins for single element loaders and spinners, an open-source project.
Interesting enough, but in 2016–2019 we could see much more well-crafted loading animations. Attention to details, the growing maturity of design in the companies, better tech environment and аvailability of many animation tools — all that made system status UI elements more creative. If you scroll Dribbble, you could see dozens of inspiring loading shots, so it's a way easier to design your own.
Even in our 5-person startup, we think about better UX and making our waiting experience more pleasant. Otherwise, our feedback tool can lose users. No one wants to lose users.
So how to make a loading animation?
If you've read so far, probably you'd love to make your first loading animation :) From the beginning of this guide, you might remember that our 3 seconds delay has been seen as a bug and our initial animation wasn't good enough.
To avoid such a scenario, learn more about designing and implementing loading animations before you actually make them (obvious, right?).
Good luck with crafting the best ever user experience for your product!
And if you succeed on your way, please share your learnings with me.


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This Privacy Policy contains information concerning the Processing of personal data performed by MATOOMA.
In the interests of transparency, MATOOMA provides Data Subjects with a specific policy for the protection of their personal data.
MATOOMA puts in place all of the measures needed to guarantee that its activity complies with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (hereinafter the "Regulation") and Law No.78-17 of 6 January 1978 on information technology, data files and civil liberties (hereinafter the "Law"), as amended by Law No.2018-493 of 20 June 2018 relating to personal data protection.
CLIENT: Any client of MATOOMA.
CONSENT: Any freely given specific, informed and unequivocal indication of his or her wishes by which the Data Subject agrees, by a declaration or by a clear, positive act, to the Processing of his or her personal data.
RECIPIENT: The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body that receives personal data, whether or not it is a third party to MATOOMA.
DATA PROTECTION OFFICER: The private individual responsible for implementing compliance with the Regulation and the Law within the body that appointed him or her with respect to all processing implemented by said body.
PERSONAL DATA: Any information relating to a natural identified or identifiable person; an "identifiable natural person" is a natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier, such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to his or her physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.
ACCOUNT OPENING FORM: Contractual document created for each Client in order to confirm the creation of the M2MMANAGER account.
M2MMANAGER: Online platform specifically designed so that Clients can remotely manage SIM card orders, those for associated equipment and invoices through personalised access.
DATA SUBJECT:
Any natural person whose personal data are collected by MATOOMA in the course of its business, in particular:
Any natural person browsing the www.matooma.com website, irrespective of the device used (computer, tablet, mobile telephone).
Any natural person whose personal data are on the Account Opening Form, such as:
The Client's representative;
The people designated as "Main User" and "Additional User" on the Account Opening Form.
DATA CONTROLLER: The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the Processing - in this instance, MATOOMA.
DATA PROCESSOR: The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body that processes personal data on behalf of the Data Controller.
PROCESSING: Any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
Categories of personal data processed by MATOOMA
In the course of its business, MATOOMA processes the following personal data:
The information provided by Clients on Data Subjects when they fill in the account opening form, such as surname, first name, telephone number and e-mail address.
The information provided by Clients on Data Subjects when filling in the subscription forms for the "MATOONEWS" newsletter, such as surname, first name and e-mail address.
The information collected by cookies on Data Subjects while they visit the www.matooma.com website, such as their IP address.
The identity and contact details of the Data Controller are as follows:
MATOOMA, a French simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée), registered in the MONTPELLIER Trade and Companies Register under number 751 918 541, whose registered office is situated at 2630 avenue Georges Frêche – entrée 2SIS - LE LINER - ZAC de l'aéroport MONTPELLIER – 34470 PEROLS.
The Data Protection Officer can be contacted at: notificationDPO@matooma.com
In accordance with the data minimisation principle, the personal data of Data Subjects are limited to what is strictly necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.
MATOOMA processes the personal data of Data Subjects for the following purposes:
Managing the registration of Clients and the orders they have placed on the service platforms.
Executing the agreement concluded by MATOOMA and the Client.
Managing subscriptions to the "MATOONEWS" newsletter.
For analytical and statistical purposes: MATOOMA collects the personal data of Data Subjects who visit the www.matooma.com website by means of cookies, in order to assess the traffic rate of the website and the M2MMANAGER platform. For further details, Data Subjects are invited to consult the cookie management clause in Article 12 of this Privacy Policy.
The legal basis for Processing the personal data of Data Subjects depends on the purpose for which the data are processed.
The bases for the Processing undertaken are as follows:
As regards the management of the M2MMANAGER platform by the Client and the execution of the agreement concluded with the Client, the Processing is based on the execution of said agreement;
With respect to the management of subscriptions to the "MATOONEWS" newsletter, the Processing is based on MATOOMA's legitimate interest, in view of its activity of disseminating news and commercial offers to its existing Clients, its potential clients and its partners.
The Processing of data collected for analytical and statistical purposes, by means of cookies, is based on the consent of the Data Subjects visiting the www.matooma.com website.
Personal data recipients
MATOOMA only discloses the personal data of Data Subjects to specific authorised recipients.
These recipients are:
Firstly, the staff and trainees who work for MATOOMA
Transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Union
MATOOMA informs Data Subjects that it transfers their personal data to countries outside the European Union under the terms and conditions defined in Articles 44 to 50 of the Regulation. Therefore, said transfer shall be authorised subject to an adequacy decision made by the European Commission or, failing that, provided that the appropriate safeguards are put in place and that the Data Subjects have enforceable rights and effective remedies, under the terms and conditions defined by the Regulation and by the Law.
The personal data of Data Subjects is transferred to the United States and Canada.
In accordance with the storage limitation principle, MATOOMA processes the personal data of Data Subjects no longer than strictly necessary in relation to the respective purposes as described in Article 5 of this Privacy Policy.
The data retention period is defined as follows:
As regards the service platform management, the personal data of Data Subjects are retained and processed as long as the Clients remain registered, that is, until the end of the agreement and therefore the deletion of their account.
As regards the execution of purchase agreements concluded with the Clients, the personal data of Data Subjects are retained until the end of said agreement.
Data Subject data provided by the Clients in connection with subscription to contact forms including the "MATOONEWS" newsletter are retained for three years from unsubscription from the newsletter.
Audience measurement cookies, used for statistical purposes and collected when Data Subjects visit the www.matooma.com website are retained by MATOOMA for 13 months.
MATOOMA shall delete the personal data of Data Subjects in accordance with the periods mentioned above, without prejudice to applicable statutes of limitations or the expiry of ordinary and extraordinary remedies.
The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform Data Subjects of the rights they have under the Regulation and the Law.
Data Subjects may therefore ask MATOOMA in all circumstances:
For access to their personal data which it holds;
To correct and erase their personal data; in this respect, MATOOMA recommends that Data Subjects notify it of any changes to their personal data.
To delete their personal data, provided they are no longer necessary for the purpose for which MATOOMA needed to process them.
To restrict the Processing of their personal data, which in some cases means that Data Subjects can ask MATOOMA to temporarily suspend the Processing of their data.
If Data Subjects have given their consent to the Processing of their personal data for any particular purpose, they are also entitled to withdraw it at any time.
Where the Processing is based on consent or the execution of the agreement, Data Subjects may also request portability of their personal data. This means it is possible to receive the data provided to MATOOMA, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, in order to transmit those data to another Data Controller.
Where the Processing is based on MATOOMA's legitimate interest, Data Subjects are also entitled to object to the Processing.
To be able to exercise the aforementioned rights, Data Subjects are invited to send their request by post to MATOOMA, accompanied by a copy of a valid piece of identity, to the address opposite:
Société MATOOMA, Le Liner, ZAC de l'aéroport de Montpellier Méditerranée, Entrée 2 SIS – 2630 Avenue Georges Frêche – 34470 PEROLS.
Or by writing to the Data Protection Officer at the address opposite: notificationDPO@matooma.com
Complaining to the competent supervisory authority
Notwithstanding the rights listed in Article 10 of this Privacy Policy, Data Subjects also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. Since MATOOMA's registered office is situated in France and one of its subsidiaries is based in Madrid, the contact details of the authorities in question are as follows:
In France, the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (French National Data Protection Commission - CNIL): 3 Place de Fontenoy – TSA 80715 – 75334 PARIS 07. The CNIL is designated as the lead supervisory authority.
In Spain, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (Spanish Data Protection Agency - AEPD): C/ Jorge Juan 6, 28001 MADRID
Data Subjects who visit the www.matooma.com website are informed that when browsing the www.matooma.com website, a cookie may be installed automatically on their browser software.
A cookie is a small file stored locally on the hard drive of the device (PC, telephone, tablet, etc.) by the server of the website visited.
In the course of its business, MATOOMA uses the following cookies through its www.matooma.com website:
Functional cookies for enabling basic functions such as navigation and access to secure areas of the website. These cookies are essential for the website to function properly.
Preference cookies which enable a website to retain information which changes the way the website is displayed, such as the language used or the region where the user is situated.
Audience measuring cookies which are used to assess the website's traffic rate.
The cookies are used to collect personal data such as IP addresses in order to optimise and customise navigation on the website visited. The cookies are used to retain the Data Subject's preferences while they are logged in to the website and during subsequent logins, such as the path on the website or the preferred language.
Subject to obtaining the consent of the Data Subjects visiting the www.matooma.com website, MATOOMA may use the cookies to send them targeted advertising offers based on their browsing preferences.
MATOOMA uses cookies for the following purposes:
Firstly to facilitate browsing on the www.matooma.com website:
By adapting the website's presentation to the device's display preferences (language used, country, operating system, etc.)
By memorising the information collected when the Client fills in the form to subscribe to the newsletter.
Secondly, to compile statistics for assessing the www.matooma.com website's traffic rate.
However, MATOOMA does not store cookies dealing with personal and confidential information, such as addresses, passwords, banking data, etc.
The information stored in the cookies from the www.matooma.com website is used solely by MATOOMA's services, except for third-party cookies which are used by external entities in the framework of relations with its providers.
To configure the use of cookies, and if need be delete them, Data Subjects visiting the www.matooma.com website should follow each browser's instructions, as follows:
From Internet Explorer
Under the General tab: Browsing history then Settings
Select then delete the files beginning with the prefix "cookie".
From Mozilla Firefox
Show cookies
From Safari
MATOOMA reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy. Data Subjects are invited to consult it regularly.


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Q: Revoke web application on Microsoft side We're implementing web application that get access to user's microsoft mailbox and sends the email. We're using Microsoft Graph SDK MSAL.NET library.
We revoke application this way:
var app = ConfidentialClientApplicationBuilder
            .Create(_settings.ClientId)
            .WithClientSecret(_settings.ClientSecret)
            .WithRedirectUri(_settings.RedirectUrl)
            .Build();
var accounts = await app.GetAccountsAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
await app.RemoveAsync(accounts.SingleOrDefault()).ConfigureAwait(false);

But it only removes token from data storage, and doesn't actually revokes the permissions, so the app remains in the list of the application in the Microsoft Account.
Is it possible to configure the code the way that when user revokes the token in web application the code sends the request to some Microsoft endpoint and removes the app from Microsoft account ?
Thanks,
Evgeny.


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North County AlliancE FC
Competitive Soccer for Everyone
North County Alliance Football Club is a registered nonprofit organization with the State of Washington dedicated to the development of youth soccer in our area.
To create THE soccer club of choice in Whatcom County that creates a culture where multi-sport athletes can thrive in a competitive program while fostering a lifelong love of the game.
CURRENT TEAMS
CLUB INFO FLYER
Create an option tailored for the multi-sport athlete to play competitive soccer in Whatcom County
To educate and develop young players, focusing on skill development through technical and tactical training.
To encourage team unity, success principles and a winning attitude that can be applied in all areas of life.
To attract like-minded soccer coaches who are knowledgeable and experienced in the game of soccer and equally passionate about physical, mental and emotional development of the youth athlete.
To provide a proven path to higher level opportunities for the elite players who are committed to full development.
LOCAl COMPETITIVE COMMITTEd COST EFFECTIVE
It all started in the Family Room...
Jerimy Saldivar
Email Jerimy
North County Alliance FC began with a group of like-minded parents taking a different approach to competitive youth soccer. Realizing that there was a desire for a higher level of soccer offered more locally and at a manageable price point- a new path was forged and the creation of a new club was the result.
Coach Jerimy and Coach Darren come with over 30 years of combined youth soccer coaching experience. Their passion and commitment to the game has resulted in success for players at all levels of youth soccer.
They work toward a shared goal of attracting the area's best athletes to the world's "beautiful game". Creating excitement around team success and individual development will be the foundation of an elevated youth system for all families in Whatcom County.
Darren Villars
Email Darren
There are two main competitive youth soccer organizations in the United States: US Youth Soccer and US Club Soccer. Both provide equal opportunity for growth of both players and teams all the way up to the National Team level. Under the umbrella of these programs players are able to play recreational soccer, select soccer and try out for their state's elite and olympic teams.
In the state of Washington there are two playing associations affiliated with each of the national groups. Washington Youth Soccer is associated with US Youth Soccer and the Puget Sound Premier League (PSPL) is associated with US Club Soccer. It is under these two channels that teams form and compete in league and tournament play. Teams do not play league games against teams and clubs from the opposite association but may play in the same non-league tournaments.
North County Alliance Football Club will be playing as a US Club Soccer club with teams registered with Puget Sound Premier League. PSPL is headquartered out of the Starfire complex in Tukwilla, WA where the Sounders FC are based for training. They offer programs for all levels of soccer from U8 to highschool. The PSPL is an independent league that is sanctioned by US Club Soccer. The PSPL operates a National Premier League (NPL), sanctioned by US Club Soccer, called the Washington State Premier League. They are separate from US Club but abide by their policies.
For more information regarding the PSPL visit their website here: www.pugetsoundpremierleague.com
Email: nca@socceroffice.com


You are given a unique promo code to distribute to your users.
This is used when users register to Last Minute Travel Club & identifies the user as yours.
Because of this identifying promo code, the user journeys can be easily tracked.
No development on your side whatsoever; only distribution of the promo code.


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Keeping the trains clean – A look back at Mott Haven Yard
March 13, 2015 Emily Moser History, Photos
Early last month some alarms were raised about an Amtrak traveler that rode from Penn Station to Albany that was infected with measles. Any poor sap riding that train who failed the common-sense milestone of getting vaccinated could potentially have been exposed. Occurrences such as these in the modern day are far less common, but in the early 1900's health became a subject in the forefront of train riders' minds – especially when trains often carried the (generally perceived) "dirty" immigrants out west. Today Mott Haven is only a small yard facility operated by Metro-North, located where the Hudson Line diverges from the Harlem and New Haven Lines. Historically, however, the yard was far larger and played more of an important role for trains entering and exiting New York City – and for many years it was the major point where train cars were kept clean and disease-free. A 1905 issue of Harper's Weekly featured an article about how railroads prevented the spread of disease on their train equipment, and featured the cleaning crews of Mott Haven, which provides an intriguing look back at the Mott Haven facilities of yesteryear.
The Mott Haven wye area in 1908, note the turntable and large yard area for storing trains.
A modern look at the Mott Haven wye, much of the infrastructure from above is long gone.
In addition to having mechanical shops, water towers, a turntable and more, at Mott Haven, all types of passenger cars were cleaned and sterilized with the modern technologies of the day. Train conductors reports were reviewed for any mentions of ill people or deaths, wherein that car would be taken out of service and cleaned. The car would be sealed and treated for four hours with formaldehyde gas. This procedure would also be used every time immigrants had occupied the car. A normal train car, however, would have the floors scrubbed and the carpets and furnishings cleaned up. Scrubbing of every nook and cranny of the car occurred once every three months, except in the winter, when that happened once a week. Dust was removed with compressed air weekly, and after each journey the lavatory would be scrubbed and treated with muriatic acid. Four times a year the floors and seat legs were repainted, and every year the carpets and seatback cushions were removed and re-dyed.
A sleeping car which carried an ill person is prepped for formaldehyde gas treatment
Cleaning the interior of a car with compressed air
A crew of cleaners stationed at Mott Haven would enter each car when it arrived and remove all portable items, like the aisle carpet, bottoms and backs of seats, curtains, mattresses and linens. Blankets would be treated with compressed air and freshened on a rack in the sun. Soiled blankets would of course, be washed. Unless outwardly dirty, blankets would only be fully washed every six months. Linens would be boiled, and carpets, mattresses and curtains would also be blown with compressed air. Cars were cleaned on special platforms at Mott Haven, which had pipes and hoses for the compressed air spread throughout. Lastly, wood would be polished and oiled, as was the exterior of the car.
Removing the mattresses from the sleeping cars
Cleaning the dust from bedding with compressed air at Mott Haven
Cleaning the blankets and allowing them to air dry
Although the cleaning methods used seem rather ineffective to modern ears, this was the general process used by the New York Central in 1905. Thankfully at that time they didn't have to worry about things such as Ebola – though the main concern seemed to be the spread of tuberculosis among train passengers.
Mott Haven in the 1960s. Photo by Charles Warren.
Eventually both Grand Central Depot and Station became too small to accommodate the ever-increasing amount of trains operating into the city, and thus Mott Haven was often used as a storage point for trains. With the construction of the Terminal and its plentiful tracks, the Mott Haven facility certainly lost some of its stature. Nonetheless, it retained a laundry and mechanical department, among other services, until the 1960s. Reflecting the ever-changing landscape of railroad technology, the turntable was at some point removed for a switching tower, which still stands (albeit in poor shape), though it is merely used for storage today. The wye is still an important part of the railroad, and used to accommodate interline Harlem and New Haven Line trains going direct to Yankee Stadium. On most days, however, you'll find one of Metro-North's GP35s in wait, kept company by a small population of the Bronx's feral cats.
Hudson Line tracks and the old MO tower under the yard's bright nighttime floodlights
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5 thoughts on "Keeping the trains clean – A look back at Mott Haven Yard"
William Hays says:
A big job, at Mott Haven, was replentishing the dining cars. A big building, at the north end of the stub tracks, served as the commissary. In my day, in GCT, the services were moved from Mott Haven to the eastern-most lower level tracks in GCT. Few long-distance trains were on the card in the mid-'60s. It wasn't quite the same.
John Carney says:
As a student at Cardinal Hayes HS, I remember well the rr yard at Mott Haven, Now a resident of Westchester Co, I have traveled on the nearby rails thousand of times. So much has changed, so much!!!!!
Garl Boyd Latham says:
During the late '70s, when I was working for Amtrak's On Board Services department out of its Chicago crew base, one of the nicest jobs I ever had was Assistant Dining Car Steward on trains 48 & 49, the Lake Shore Limited. We were assigned former Pennsy twin-unit diners (hence the need for an Assistant Steward) and we depended upon that GCT commissary to replenish our supplies for the return trip west. Tracks 1 through 10 were (essentially) the Terminal's coach yard – and our consist was usually spotted on track 9 or 10. Fun times!
Sorry. Meant to say "western-most lower level tracks" (under Vanderbilt Ave.). There was no upper-level deck above those two tracks.
Adam Ludwig says:
Brilliant city and land planning, eliminate rail yards close or in the cities in favor of truck congestion and resultant fumes in the city. Your tax dollars at work helping private real estate developers get richer at the expense of the public. I believe the term is reverse socialism….
Winter 2015 – A Collection of Snowy Photos
George Henry Daniels, The Advertising "Prophet" of the New York Central