People ask me "Why do you these days play as much golf with hickories as metals?" I suppose the reason is because it is a more challenging skill and rather than being about power and length it is about discovery, imagination and timing which enhance one's enjoyment – when you get it right!
It is interesting to note that both winners of the Scottish Open and the Scottish Seniors Open this year, Brandon Stone and Gary Orr, practiced with hickory clubs on the evening before their winning final rounds. The necessary tempo of the hickory swing helps calm the metals swing.
A downside to hickories is that sometimes the shafts break as did my lovely Ben Sayers c.1925 brassie when playing on the Struie at Dornoch this summer.
After asking around, I came to the conclusion that getting a new shaft fitted was going to be more difficult than expected as the operation of softening the old glue by boiling the persimmon head could cause swelling or cracking, rendering it beyond further use.
Philip Truett, the doyen of modern hickory golf and now a member of FineGolf's Advisory Panel, recommended I visit Roger Morton at his clubmaking workshop in Shifnal, Shropshire.
Roger performed the broken shaft extraction with ease and without damage, and then prepared the head ready for fitting a new shaft. There is nothing quite so fine as expert knowledge and experience! So I became intrigued to find out more from and about this master clubmaker and his full history is below.
To this day Roger still passionately enjoys the restoring and valuing of old golf clubs and prepares many for both private and commercial clients. In addition he repairs all types of modern clubs for the many visitors who come to his workshop in Shifnal when seeking his advice, as well as providing instruction classes on hickory golf club restoration.
Tony Hunt spent a few days with Roger, learning about the repairing, before establishing his hickory club hire business in the South East that is used by many golf clubs that hold centenary hickory golf days.
If you are not lucky enough to have found some old hickory shafted clubs in the attic, hickory players typically build up a set of clubs, comprising five irons, two woods and a putter, from antique shops, auctions or from specialist on line golfing memorabilia companies. The cost to buy varies dependant on quality and condition but are generally significantly less than modern clubs.
When you have collected a few clubs Roger will willingly measure lofts, lie and swing weight balance, fit new period grips and help create a restored and more matched and consistent set. Even the lofts on woods can be altered to make them easier to use as most early drivers have between 7⁰ to 10⁰ of loft making them almost unplayable!
What should also be noted is that fast running fine-grassed courses see hickories at their best by having to be creative in plotting your way around. 'Target-golf' in GB&I was never heard of before the advent of automatic watering of greens started in the 1960s and such lush conditions promoting backspin are not ideal for hickory play.
How did Roger get into repairing golf clubs?
At 16 he joined professional Dennis Fitton as an assistant at Walsall GC, West Midlands where he started his PGA training, before moving to Hamburger Land GC near Hamburg, West Germany. The welcoming committee here introduced him to 'schnapps' and after his fourth at 11 o'clock in the morning he pretended to need some golf practice and crept out to be sick and retire to bed!
Nevertheless a successful teaching career catering to eager new golfers was started and soon he moved to Marienburg GC in Cologne, where he had the opportunity to coach golfers from many nationalities, particularly those from the embassies in Bonn.
Returning to the UK he became professional at Pontypridd, South Wales and started repairing clubs. 1969 saw him move to Shifnal GC, growing his repair business and modifying clubs for a certain young professional by the name of Sandy Lyle.
By 1982 the life of a club pro was changing as golf shops and discount stores opened so he made the decision to sell-up and acquire a premises in the centre of the village of Shifnal, comprising workshops and teaching rooms from where he has continued to operate his making and repairing of golf clubs.
He became the European repairer to both the Ben Hogan Company and to North Western, one of the first companies to develop metal-headed woods, with clubs arriving for repair from all over Europe.
It was also in the 1980s that hickory golf started a renaissance and customers were asking him to refurbish old hickory shafted clubs for prizes and personal collection as they were handed down through family members.
Alec Watt, descended from a long line of professional golfers, a golf historian and author, became a good friend and frequent visitor to Rogers's workshop and suggested he visit Eddie Davies in Northam, near West Ward Ho! Eddie was still making scare-neck golf clubs in the pre-1900 style, in the hope that he would pass on some of his old club-making methods. After a four-hour wait outside his loft-style workshop whilst he thought it over, Eddie finally agreed and Roger spent a very enjoyable three days learning the skills of old club-makers who had produced long nose clubs.
On return, Roger started to make replica hickory shaft Beechwood putters and was approached to hand-make twenty, c.1870 style long nose baffy clubs (similar in loft to today's No 5 wood) for a Pebble Beach Hickory Golf Society in the USA. He also fitted hickory shafts and period grips to 50 gold plated putter heads for a Birmingham Golf Company which was displaying at the Open Championship.
In the early 1990s he became heavily involved in the developing antique golf club market in not only restoring but also attending auctions all over the country, buying and selling these historic pieces. He was invited to join Mullock's, a sporting memorabilia Auction House, as their golf consultant in the preparation and valuing of early golf clubs and balls for auction catalogues. He still provides this service to them and has become one of the leading experts in this field.
I visited Roger Morton many times when I was with Accles and Pollock Golf Shafts and I was fascinated by his knowledge and skill as a craftsman. I enjoyed my visits to Shifnal and Lilleshall, then home of PGA training where I enjoyed talking to the young assistants about the role of the shaft.
He deserves a lot of credit for reviving the interest in Hickory clubs and the British Golf Collectors Society, and I know that Sandy Lyle plays in these popular events, a gentleman if there ever was one!


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Etnografica
230114 - Old Terracotta Djenne statue with child - Mali
Dogon - 230114 - Old Terracotta Djenne statue with child - Mali
Type Etnografica
Techniek Keramiek
Stijl Afrikaans
Onderwerp Gebruiksvoorwerp
Afmetingen 14 cm x 10 cm x 11 cm (h x b x d)
Old Terracotta Djenne statue - Mali.
This superb and highly characteristic statue measures 14 cm high.
This Djenne statue was collected in my private collection in 1986.
Taxatiewaarde; 300 - 400 euro
The terracotta statue is original Djenne-Djenno, also known as Jenne-Jeno or Djenne. This antique specimen is in good condition and can be a perfect addition to any collection or home decor, only the child head was repaired
Djenne was once a thriving city , which was also the commercial center of this region and was located in the Interior Delta of the Niger River, which was the heart of the Mali Empire between the 12th and 16th centuries. The Djenne civilization is a precursor to the Dogon of Mali.
Among the earliest known examples of art from sub-Saharan Africa are terracotta figures like this one from the inland delta of the Niger River, near the present-day home of the Dogon and Bamana peoples.
In this region of Mali, the ancient city of Jenne-jeno ("Old Jenne") flourished as a center for agriculture, trade, and art from the middle of the first millennium until about 1600. The terracotta figures associated with this civilization represent men and women, singular and in pairs, in a variety of attire and poses, including sitting, kneeling, and on horseback. The diversity of imagery and the skill with which they were modeled reveal the rich sculptural heritage of a sophisticated urban culture.
Artists—either men or women—modeled the figures by hand, using clay mixed with grog—crushed potsherds (a piece or fragment of earthenware or pot that is made of fired or baked clay). Details of dress, jewelry, and body ornament were either added on or incised. Once complete, the work was polished, covered with a -toned clay slip, and then fired, probably in an open-pit kiln.
The surviving figures vary in style and subject matter, suggesting that the sculptors had considerable artistic freedom. Our understanding of the use and meaning of such works remains speculative. A few controlled archaeological digs have revealed similar figures that were originally set into the walls of houses. Oral history collected recently in the region supports the archaeological evidence, as the figures are said to have been venerated in special sanctuaries and private homes. There is little consensus, however, on the meaning of the various forms of the terracotta figures. Scholars have suggested that this figure conveys an attitude of mourning. Its seated pose, shaved head, and lack of dress recall mourning customs still practiced by some in this region of western Africa.
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Keramiek1800 t/m 1899
Sluit over 6d 15u 1m 54s
Openingsbod€ 180
Veilingkosten: 15%
Afhalen Ja is mogelijk
Objectlocatie Hengelo, Nederland
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require 'rails_helper'
require 'shared_examples/calculator_shared_examples'

RSpec.describe Spree::Calculator::FlexiRate, type: :model do
  let(:calculator) do
    Spree::Calculator::FlexiRate.new(
      preferred_first_item: first_item,
      preferred_additional_item: additional_item,
      preferred_max_items: max_items
    )
  end
  let(:first_item) { 0 }
  let(:additional_item) { 0 }
  let(:max_items) { 0 }

  it_behaves_like 'a calculator with a description'

  let(:order) do
    mock_model(
      Spree::Order, quantity: quantity
    )
  end

  context "compute" do
    subject { calculator.compute(order) }
    context "with all amounts 0" do
      context "with quantity 0" do
        let(:quantity) { 0 }
        it { should eq 0 }
      end

      context "with quantity 1" do
        let(:quantity) { 1 }
        it { should eq 0 }
      end

      context "with quantity 2" do
        let(:quantity) { 2 }
        it { should eq 0 }
      end

      context "with quantity 10" do
        let(:quantity) { 10 }
        it { should eq 0 }
      end
    end

    context "when first_item has a value" do
      let(:first_item) { 1.23 }

      context "with quantity 0" do
        let(:quantity) { 0 }
        it { should eq 0 }
      end

      context "with quantity 1" do
        let(:quantity) { 1 }
        it { should eq 1.23 }
      end

      context "with quantity 2" do
        let(:quantity) { 2 }
        it { should eq 1.23 }
      end

      context "with quantity 10" do
        let(:quantity) { 10 }
        it { should eq 1.23 }
      end
    end

    context "when additional_items has a value" do
      let(:additional_item) { 1.23 }

      context "with quantity 0" do
        let(:quantity) { 0 }
        it { should eq 0 }
      end

      context "with quantity 1" do
        let(:quantity) { 1 }
        it { should eq 0 }
      end

      context "with quantity 2" do
        let(:quantity) { 2 }
        it { should eq 1.23 }
      end

      context "with quantity 10" do
        let(:quantity) { 10 }
        it { should eq 11.07 }
      end
    end

    context "when first_item and additional_items has a value" do
      let(:first_item) { 1.13 }
      let(:additional_item) { 2.11 }

      context "with quantity 0" do
        let(:quantity) { 0 }
        it { should eq 0 }
      end

      context "with quantity 1" do
        let(:quantity) { 1 }
        it { should eq 1.13 }
      end

      context "with quantity 2" do
        let(:quantity) { 2 }
        it { should eq 3.24 }
      end

      context "with quantity 10" do
        let(:quantity) { 10 }
        it { should eq 20.12 }
      end

      context "with max_items 5" do
        let(:max_items) { 5 }

        context "with quantity 0" do
          let(:quantity) { 0 }
          it { should eq 0 }
        end

        context "with quantity 1" do
          let(:quantity) { 1 }
          it { should eq 1.13 }
        end

        context "with quantity 2" do
          let(:quantity) { 2 }
          it { should eq 3.24 }
        end

        context "with quantity 5" do
          let(:quantity) { 5 }
          it { should eq 9.57 }
        end

        context "with quantity 10" do
          let(:quantity) { 10 }
          it { should eq 9.57 }
        end
      end
    end
  end

  it "should allow creation of new object with all the attributes" do
    attributes = { preferred_first_item: 1, preferred_additional_item: 1, preferred_max_items: 1 }
    calculator = Spree::Calculator::FlexiRate.new(attributes)
    expect(calculator).to have_attributes(attributes)
  end
end

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trademarkblog.ca > Legislation
Books Titles Unregistrable as Trademarks in Canada
January 15, 2010 January 15, 2010 By Jeffrey VicqIn Case Law, Legislation, Protection & Enforcement
In a decision that could significantly impact rights-holders in the media and entertainment industries, the Federal Court has suggested that book titles are, prima facie, not properly registrable as trademarks in Canada.
In Drolet v. Stiftung Gralsbotchaft (2009 FC 17) the court was tasked with considering a range of copyright and trademark issues. The litigants were all involved in the Grail Message movement—a religious movement centred around a series of writings prepared in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. The plaintiff sought to expunge the defendant's Canadian trademark registrations pertaining to the title of a book central to the movement for reasons relating to descriptiveness.
First applying the conventional analysis proscribed under s. 12(1)(b) of the Trade-marks Act (the "Act") to determine if the mark was "clearly descriptive", the court concluded the mark did not meet this test, as the title did not convey to a consumer a clear indication of the book's contents or subject matter. However, writing for the court Mr. Justice de Montigny went on to assert: Read more
Consultation by CIPO on Madrid and Singapore Treaties
January 13, 2010 January 13, 2010 By Neil MellishipIn Foreign Protection, Legislation, Registration
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) recently launched a new consultation on possible Canadian accession to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (the Madrid Protocol) and the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (the Singapore Treaty).
This is not the first time CIPO has looked at the issue of Canada acceding to the Madrid Protocol. Five years ago a similar consultation took place. In response to a request for input, CIPO received feedback from the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and from the International Trademark Association, though no further action was taken by CIPO at that time.
According to CIPO's backgrounder to the current consultation, the intervening five years have seen important trading partners such as the United States join both the Madrid Protocol and the Singapore Treaty. As a result, according to CIPO, Canada is increasingly seen as isolated in its trademark laws and practices. Read more
High Hurdles to Olympic Trade-mark Use
August 13, 2009 August 13, 2009 By Clark WilsonIn Branding, Legislation, Protection & Enforcement
With six months left until the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, it seems appropriate to highlight another story involving Olympic trademarks. The Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) is not the only Olympic Committee vigilantly monitoring the use of Olympics related trade-marks. A recent bulletin chronicles the steps taken by the US Olympic Committee to protect the word OLYMPIC in the US, including obtaining an injunction against the use by Olympic Supply, Inc. of Maryland of the tradename "Olympic News".
The bulletin summarizes that, in the US, specific legislation prevents non-licensed use of the word OLYMPIC unless: (1) there was use with the same goods and services prior to September 21, 1950, or (2) it is obvious that the word refers to the Olympic geographic area named prior to February 6, 1998 and the word relates to goods or services that are marketed in the Olympic area and are not substantially marketed outside of that region.
In Canada, though VANOC has different enforcement tools at its disposal to prevent unauthorized persons from marketing their wares and services in association with the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the results may be largely the same. For example, the Olympic and Paralympic Marks Act (which we discussed in a previous post) prohibits any person from adopting or using in connection with a business, as a trademark or otherwise, an Olympic or Paralympic mark or a mark that resembles an Olympic or Paralympic mark. Lists of prohibited marks (including, of course, OLYMPIC) are set out in Schedules 1 and 2 of the Act.
The Act also prohibits anyone from promoting or otherwise directing public attention to a business in such manner as to lead the public into believing that there is a connection with the Canadian Olympic Committee or Canadian Paralympic Committee. Perhaps most notably, this Act permits VANOC to obtain an interim injunction against alleged infringers without proof of irreparable harm, which is a significant and unprecedented advantage. Read more
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: CIPO Changes Section 45 Procedures
July 24, 2009 July 24, 2009 By Jeffrey VicqIn Legislation, Registration
It's been a busy year for CIPO, and the organization is yet again amending some of its practices. This time it has s. 45 in its sights.
As regular readers know, s. 45 of the Trade-marks Act provides a mechanism by which an interested party can seek to summarily expunge a registered trade-mark for three years of non-use. CIPO sought public input on a proposed changes to s. 45 practice earlier this year, and last week introduced its new practice notice, which is slated to come into effect on September 14, 2009.
Like the recent changes to Opposition proceedings, the changes to s. 45 practice appear aimed at streamlining the process. Most notably, the planned changes limit the extensions of time available for the submission of evidence. The current standard is an extension of three months with additional extensions available on consent or if exceptional circumstances are shown. The new standard provides for one extension of four months, and establishes that grants of additional extensions will be rare: neither the the consent of the parties to additional extensions, nor the parties' engagement in settlement discussions will be seen by the Office as sufficient reason to provide additional time. Read more
Ch-ch-ch-ch changes!
June 24, 2009 June 24, 2009 By Jeffrey VicqIn Legislation, Protection & Enforcement, Registration
Following up on one of our earlier posts, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office recently adopted a couple of revisions to its examination practices.
Since June 17, the Office has been providing six month periods to respond to Examiner objections, as opposed to the four month window previously provided. In addition, the Office is no longer issuing 'doubtful case' or 'courtesy letters' – those letters that were sent to trade-mark applicants identifying co-pending applications for allegedly confusing marks having a later entitlement date.
This latter change reinforces the importance of both having watch services in place, and regularly reviewing the Trade-marks Journal for the advertisement of marks of interest.
…and then quickly wanes.
An update to the post below: the Supreme Court of Canada announced this morning that the Scotch Whiskey Association has been unsuccessful in obtaining leave to appeal before the Court. A panel of three judges dismissed the Association's leave request, with costs.
As such, the decision from the Court of Appeal will stand: Glenora Distillers will be permitted to register its application for GLEN BRETON.
Ch-ch-ch-ch Changes? CIPO's Client Consultations Continue
May 19, 2009 May 19, 2009 By Jeffrey VicqIn Legislation, Registration, Trademark Oppositions
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has engaged in a number of client consultations recently. Considering changes to Section 45 practice, changes to practice before the Opposition Board – even changes to the method by which it publishes practice notices – CIPO has been soliciting client and stakeholder views. (On the Opposition point, CIPO's changes to practice before the Board came into effect on March 31, 2009.)
CIPO is now engaged in a new consultation – this one concerning three separate issues. The first concerns deadlines for responding to Examiner reports. CIPO is proposing to extend the deadline for responding to such reports from four to six months.
The second concerns deadlines for responding to CIPO's requests for outstanding information concerning transfers. Here, CIPO is proposing doing away with such deadlines altogether, though of course the transfer will not be effected it CIPO's records until all required materials have been provided. Read more


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House COVID bill includes over $100 million for controversial Silicon Valley underground rail project
Money would go to phase two of the Bay Area Transit Authority (BART) expansion project underneath San Jose
The House version of the coronavirus stimulus bill contains more than $100 million for an underground rail project in Silicon Valley for which planning has been going on for several years but hasn't yet broken ground.
The funding for the project, phase two of the Bay Area Transit Authority (BART) expansion, was tucked into the House Transportation Committee's section of the bill under a funding provision for "all projects under section 3005(b) of Public Law 114-94 that received allocations for fiscal year 2019 and 2020" except "projects open for revenue service."
But there is only one such project that fits that definition — the BART phase 2 extension, documents reviewed by Fox Business reveal.
Under the distribution formula of that section of the bill, documents reviewed by Fox Business indicate that the BART project would get approximately $112 million.
The BART phase 2 extension would use one of the largest boring machines ever built to drill a tunnel for rail transit underneath San Jose, Calif., according to The Mercury News. The paper has reported that the project has seen its cost estimates increase repeatedly and has caused outrage among local Bay area officials over the disproportionate amount of local sales tax funds that are going to the project. There are also worries that the ambitious nature of the tunnel increases the risk of problems and the chances the project could go further over budget or see major delays.
It "sucks all the air out of the room for 10 years," Saratoga Mayor Howard Miller said of the project's effect on tax funds meant to maintain roads, and ease traffic, according to The Mercury News.
The project was estimated to cost $4.69 billion in 2018. But estimates have already skyrocketed to $6.9 billion. It's currently scheduled to be complete in approximately 2030.
Joe Biden's brother Frank parties maskless at Floyd Mayweather's birthday
Tom Cotton Calls on U.S. Government to Ban Chinese Investment in Hollywood Film and TV Studios


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NASDAQ:DFRG - Del Frisco's Restaurant Group Stock Price, Forecast & News
Adding Del Frisco's Restaurant Group Inc
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Now: $7.98▼
MA: $7.98▼
Average Volume849,393 shs
Market Capitalization$267.25 million
Del Frisco's Restaurant Group, Inc develops, owns, and operates restaurants in the United States. It owns and operates restaurants under the Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House, Del Frisco's Grille, Barcelona Wine Bar, and bartaco brand names. The company offers steaks, as well as other menu selections, such as chops, fresh seafood, tapas, street food, and wines and cocktails. Read More…
Industry Eating places
Sub-IndustryRestaurants
SectorRetail/Wholesale
Current SymbolNASDAQ:DFRG
CUSIP24507710
Webhttp://www.dfrg.com/
Trailing P/E RatioN/A
Forward P/E RatioN/A
Annual Sales$378.22 million
Price / Cash Flow13.24
Book Value$6.41 per share
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)($0.18)
Net Income$-76,300,000.00
Net Margins-20.75%
Return on Equity-3.98%
Return on Assets-1.04%
Employees6,595
Outstanding Shares33,490,000
Market Cap$267.25 million
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Del Frisco's Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:DFRG) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Del Frisco's Restaurant Group's stock symbol?
Del Frisco's Restaurant Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "DFRG."
How will Del Frisco's Restaurant Group's stock buyback program work?
Del Frisco's Restaurant Group announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Friday, March 9th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.
How were Del Frisco's Restaurant Group's earnings last quarter?
Del Frisco's Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFRG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 6th. The restaurant operator reported ($0.05) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.02) by $0.03. The restaurant operator had revenue of $131.69 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $132.37 million. Del Frisco's Restaurant Group had a negative return on equity of 3.98% and a negative net margin of 20.75%. View Del Frisco's Restaurant Group's Earnings History.
When is Del Frisco's Restaurant Group's next earnings date?
Del Frisco's Restaurant Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 10th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Del Frisco's Restaurant Group.
What price target have analysts set for DFRG?
1 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Del Frisco's Restaurant Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $8.00. On average, they anticipate Del Frisco's Restaurant Group's stock price to reach $8.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Del Frisco's Restaurant Group.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Del Frisco's Restaurant Group?
1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Del Frisco's Restaurant Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Del Frisco's Restaurant Group.
Has Del Frisco's Restaurant Group been receiving favorable news coverage?
Headlines about DFRG stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Del Frisco's Restaurant Group earned a daily sentiment score of 2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Del Frisco's Restaurant Group.
Who are some of Del Frisco's Restaurant Group's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Del Frisco's Restaurant Group include Mcdonald's (MCD), Starbucks (SBUX), Yum! Brands (YUM), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Dunkin Brands Group (DNKN), Wendys (WEN), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Jack in the Box (JACK), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) and Brinker International (EAT).
What other stocks do shareholders of Del Frisco's Restaurant Group own?
Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Del Frisco's Restaurant Group investors own include Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), Stag Industrial (STAG), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), L Brands (LB), Coty (COTY), Ford Motor (F), General Electric (GE), MEDNAX (MD) and Twitter (TWTR).
Who are Del Frisco's Restaurant Group's key executives?
Del Frisco's Restaurant Group's management team includes the folowing people:
Mr. Norman J. Abdallah, CEO, Pres & Director (Age 56)
Mr. Neil H. Thomson, Chief Financial Officer (Age 48)
Mr. William S. Martens III, Exec. VP & Chief Devel. Officer (Age 47)
Mr. Scott C. Smith, Pres of Double Eagle Steak House (Age 63)
Mr. Juan Salas, Chief Technology Officer
How do I buy shares of Del Frisco's Restaurant Group?
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What is Del Frisco's Restaurant Group's stock price today?
One share of DFRG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.98.
How big of a company is Del Frisco's Restaurant Group?
Del Frisco's Restaurant Group has a market capitalization of $267.25 million and generates $378.22 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $-76,300,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.18) on an earnings per share basis. Del Frisco's Restaurant Group employs 6,595 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Del Frisco's Restaurant Group.
What is Del Frisco's Restaurant Group's official website?
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7 Important Gaming Industry Trends to Know Now
Trends come and go in gaming, and keeping pace with them primarily comes down to understanding how consumer habits affect them – and how they impact those habits, in turn.
Here are some of the biggest trends right now in the gaming industry that any industry hopeful ought to know:
The Rise of Indie Gaming
Some of today's most popular games are from independent individuals or small companies.
Among Us is the poster child for the indie gaming industry today. It was one of the most popular games of 2020, created by one such development team.
Despite its humble origins, the game has become one of the most popular among people of all ages and around the world.
Everyone from very young children to major celebrities and public figures plays the game, and it has inspired everything from home décor to Halloween costumes.
Other popular indie titles include dating simulators, which allow users to interact with fictional "dates" and choose their adventures through interactive stories.
Also popular are dress-up games, which involve mini-games and stories for users to journey through. These games are increasingly popular, as they are great for casual gamers – and popular with those who have only small spurts of time to devote to gaming at a time.
Integration of Creation and Distribution
With the rise of indie gaming has come the desire by people to code and create games for themselves and others. Once, this was something that required specialized training and access to a professional-grade platform.
Now, users can design a game within an existing platform and debut and distribute it from the same place. One great example is the game Roblox.
It is a world-creation game with simple graphics and unlimited potential to create new mini-games within the existing framework. As such, thousands of users create new mini-games annually – and the game itself pulls in 150 million or more users every year.
More Informed Consumers
Once upon a time, you only knew about upcoming game releases and other fun events if you were an industry insider. Nowadays, though, consumers have taken to the internet to share reviews and previews of games with one another for free, putting the power back into the customer's hands.
If you are interested in a specific game genre, you can find websites or apps tailored to that interest.
Gambling game fans, for example, can keep up with trends through genuine iGaming websites like AskGamblers. These sites and platforms help consumers stay informed of what is worth downloading or buying – and what to skip.
More Diversity Across the Board
Diversity is increasingly important in all types of media. Female protagonists, protagonists of colour, disabled characters, and many other types of representation are slowly making their way into the mainstream focus.
Even games that focus exclusively on male characters are shifting their scope to include characters that cater to all kinds of tastes—reflecting the shift in the popular culture and recognition that the industry consists of diverse players.
Mobile Gaming Dominates the Market
There was a time not so long ago when gaming meant using either a dedicated gaming system or a computer. Those platforms are still popular, but mobile gaming is quickly catching up.
There are numerous reasons for this. One of the biggest reasons is because smartphones are often relatively inexpensive compared to game systems.
Not only does the average smartphone cost less than a brand-new game system or gaming computer, but a smartphone is also a multitasking, everyday utility. People can't use a gaming system for anything other than gaming or watching movies and shows, while a smartphone can do almost anything.
Likewise, smartphones are endlessly portable. Anywhere you can go, your phone can probably go, too. That means that anywhere you can go, your favourite mobile games can go.
It is easy to see why so many people are now jumping on the mobile gaming bandwagon – including die hard gamers and brand-loyal system fans!
Remakes and Reboots of Classic Concepts
The games and characters that people loved as children or teenagers are making a comeback in recent months. During 2020, people seemed to be hungry for the familiar and nostalgic. As such, once familiar faces and classic characters began to resurface in reboots and remastered versions of beloved games.
There are two ways that this trend takes form.
One is the apparent overhaul of characters and concepts, with newer graphics and more detailed storylines. These are the slicker, more sophisticated, grown-up versions of heroes we have loved – and they delight adult audiences as much as they did when they were children.
The other famous avenue for bringing well-loved characters and games back is through simple remastering. Everything from Crash Bandicoot to Sonic the Hedgehog has seen classic versions of their games updated just enough to run smoothly on newer systems and speeds.
Otherwise, the graphic and interface are mainly similar, letting those who loved these games as kids relive those fun-filled days while staying at home as adults.
Cloud Gaming Continues to Grow
Lastly, the continued growth of cloud gaming is magnifying every other trend we see in action. Rather than purchasing a physical copy of the latest game, people can now download these new games directly to their devices.
It has changed everything about the gaming experience, from awaiting new releases to buying a new system itself.
All of that is only likely to continue, as cloud computing appears to be the way of the future – and gaming is sure to continue catering to modern audiences as it becomes an even more ubiquitous part of our lives!


Information is provided below on the McLean Youth Lacrosse Boys Program, team placement, & registration.
Please contact Chris Cutler with any questions.
McLean Youth Lacrosse serves all boys living within the McLean High & Langley High School Districts ages 5-14, mainly zipcodes in 22101, 22102, 22043, 22046, & 22066. You must live in Northern Virginia to play in the Spring League (NVYLL).
Please go to this website: http://boundary.fcps.edu/boundary/ to find out which public High School District you live in. You must enter your public high school where you reside when you register online for the Spring 2019 Season. You don't necessarily have to plan to go to McLean HS or Langley HS, but if you live within these two public high school boundaries then you can play with McLean Youth Lacrosse.
All other players living outside these two public high school districts are highly encouraged to play youth lacrosse in your local public high school district youth program where you live. You may incur higher registration fees if you play with McLean Youth Lacrosse in order to help off-set higher Fairfax County User Fees for non-county residents that use county fields in McLean.
In the 2019 Spring Season, we will participate in the Northern Virginia Youth Lacrosse League (NVYLL) in boys 8U, 10U, 12U, & 14U divisions. We will also send Boys teams at 10U, 12U, and 14U to play in the Metro League with Bethesda Lacrosse Club, more details soon. Boys 8UB will be in house and play other 8UB teams from Falls Church, Great Falls, Vienna, and Bethesda. No high school players, or anyone playing high school lacrosse, can play in the NVYLL league unless 14 yrs old and not playing in high school. We will also offer a 6U boys (5&6 yr olds) division that will practice only on 6-7 Saturdays in the spring and we will schedule several Saturday scrimmages for this new age-group.
6U Boys & Girls (5&6 yr olds) will start practices on Saturday April 6th, in the morning or afternoons at McLean HS Stadium Turf or Bermuda grass field, 1030am-12pm or 12pm-130pm. 6U Boys and girls will have Saturday practices every Saturday for 6-7 weeks and conclude their Spring season with scrimmages against Springfield and Vienna 6U teams.
Age-Based Programs — The age-based programs in the NVYLL are designed for boys from age 7 to age 14 (8U-14U). Practices are held one to three times a week with boys games on Saturdays and girls games on Sundays. These games are played throughout the Northern Virginia areas and Bethesda and requires travel.
For Boys, there will be four divisions -- 14U, 12U, 10U and 8U. Players who are under the maximum age as of August 31st, 2018 are eligible to play in that division. For example: A player who is 12 years old as of August 31st, 2018 is eligible for the 12U division. If a player turns 13 after August 31st, 2018, they have to play 14U for the Spring 2019 season.
Age-groups for Spring 2019 are determined by the players age as of August 31st, 2018 and their birth year.
Players can play up in the next age-group only with the permission of his age-group coordinator but cannot play down.
Boys Divisions are separated into conferences based upon the skill level of the players. The conferences are: A for advanced players, Upper B for intermediate players and Lower B for beginner players. Boys teams will be divided into A & B conferences at the 14U, 12U and 10U levels and into A and B conferences at the 8U levels.
2019 Spring Season (8U - 14U) cost is $240. 6Us cost is $249 (need equipment) or $150 (not need equipment). We offer a second thru fourth child discount of $10 to $20 less per child.
All Boys (6U - 14U): Stick, helmet, shoulder pads, elbow pads, gloves, rib pads optional, mouthguard, protective cup, decent football/lacrosse cleats.
Jerseys & shorts are provided for boys, jersey top must be returned at the end of the season.
Goalie gear provided for boys.
A Team Tryouts will take place in December (posted on front page of mylax.net). B Team Evaluations will take place in December and January, see tab for Boys Winter Tryout schedule (posted soon). All players in all age-groups, except 6U, are required to attend the team placement evaluations or Tryouts so we can determine player's ability and placement on the appropriate level team.
Practices for all 8U, 10U, 12U, & 14U players will begin in February into March, depending on weather. Practice schedules will be dependent of coaches' schedules and field availability. After daylight savings time, the practice schedules may change. The schedules will be posted on this website.
Boys games generally are on Saturday and will occur on March 23, March 30, April 6, April 13, April 20 (OFF Easter), April 27, May 4, May 11, May 18, May 25 (OFF Memorial Day Weekend). The playoffs will be June 1 - June 9, 2019.
Playoffs are held for the 8U through 14U age groups. The 8U "B" age groups will participate in a fun 8U Fun Festival on June 1st in which all the teams will get together and play games at the same location on the same day. Last year we had 8U games at McLean HS.


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New law to spur growth of securities market in Oman
Conrad Prabhu
Published: 7:07 PM, Jul 09, 2019
Mohammed---CMA
The government of Oman is finalising a new Securities Law designed to stimulate the growth of a sound and vibrant securities market in the Sultanate.
The new statute, according to a high-level official of the Capital Market Authority (CMA), is part of a series of legislative and regulatory measures either promulgated in recent weeks and months or currently on the anvil and collectively designed to develop strong and stable, capital and securities markets in the Sultanate.
"The new Securities Law, a revised draft of which is currently being reviewed by the Ministry of Legal Affairs, will provide strong legal underpinnings for the strong and sustainable growth of a securities market in Oman, in addition to promoting innovation in this sector," said Mohammed Said al Abri, Vice President — Capital Market Sector, CMA. "As a principles-based statute, the new law will be simple and uncomplicated, yet possessing a high degree of flexibility to support the growth of the securities market over the foreseeable future."
Speaking to the Observer, Al Abri said the proposed Securities Law will serve as a separate standalone piece of legislation that will be distinct from the rest of the legal framework governing the capital market in Oman. Most importantly, it will enhance the level of confidence of all participants in the sector and bring about a structure that would be in line with international best practices.
Standalone law
"The Capital Market Law, in its current form, is a comprehensive statute that encompasses regulations governing Capital Markets, the Muscat Securities Market (MSM) as the operator, the Muscat Clearing and Depository Company (MCDC), the various intermediaries of the Capital Market, and so on. Now, nearly 20 years since it was enacted, the Authority felt the time was apt for securities market regulation to be separated from the main legislation and issued as a standalone law. As an independent statute in its own right, the new Securities Law will help unlock the full growth potential of this key segment of the Capital Market."
Importantly, the proposed new law will authorise the rollout of a diverse range of instruments for trading and investment in the securities market. This would include derivatives such as swaps, forwards, futures, mortgage-backed securities and options, none of which are currently available for trading in Oman.
Also promising is the potential for introducing trading in commodity derivatives, currency swaps, interest rate futures, credit default swaps, CFDs and international indices, and so on. Introduced progressively over a period of time, these instruments will contribute to both transactional activity and volume on the securities market, he said.
The new law will also introduce Trusts as a vehicle for Collective Investment Schemes, which will allow greater flexibility in structuring and higher standards of governance to be implemented.
According to the official, a growing economy like Oman's, needs a vibrant securities market to provide the capital it needs and to manage the level of the various risks that it faces from time to time. "Whenever any Omani firm or investor uses a foreign intermediary for raising capital or investing their surpluses, it effectively imports such financial services, mostly due to lack of suitable alternatives in the local market. The strategic aim is towards developing our capital market in a way that can serve our economy and the region adequately and also contribute towards generating more employment for the youth in a sophisticated sector. The new law can catalyse the political stability of Oman, its fantastic relations in the region and its neighbours and its tax friendliness into a package that even foreign investors would find difficult to resist," Al Abri noted.
SME Exchange
Additionally, the new law will legalise crowdfunding as a means for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to raise finance for their operations and growth, said Al Abri. "As Limited Liability Companies (LLCs), many SMEs just don't have the means to tap the capital market for their funding requirements. With this new Securities Law, the securities market will serve as platform for small businesses to crowdfund their operations. In effect, a dedicated SME Exchange will be created and brought under the jurisdiction of the CMA. The idea is to aggregate the entire start-up ecosystem in a way that maximises the synergies between the incubators, angel investors, venture capitalists, disruptors, entrepreneurs, and so on, and pave the path for the nascent ideas of today to become the large, publicly listed companies of the main board in the future. CMA also intends to promote Fintech in a big way and will set up regulatory sandboxes for the innovators to experiment and evolve into main street products. "
The new law is expected to be issued by the first quarter of 2020, if not earlier, he added.


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MIT Students Release Program To 3D-Print High Security Keys
Andy Greenberg Forbes Staff
Covering the worlds of data security, privacy and hacker culture.
Three 3D-printed Schlage Primus keys.
When lock maker Schlage imprinted the words "do not duplicate" across the top of the keys for their high-security Primus locks, they meant to create another barrier to reproducing a piece of metal that's already beyond the abilities of the average hardware store keymaker. One group of hackers, of course, took it instead as a direct challenge.
At the Def Con hacker conference Saturday, MIT students David Lawrence and Eric Van Albert plan to release a piece of code that will allow anyone to create a 3D-printable software model of any Primus key, despite the company's attempts to prevent the duplication of those carefully-controlled shapes. With just a flatbed scanner and their software tool, they were able to produce precise models that they uploaded to the 3D-printing services Shapeways and i.Materialise, who mailed them working copies of the keys in materials ranging from nylon to titanium.
"In the past if you wanted a Primus key, you had to go through Schlage. Now you just need the information contained in the key, and somewhere to 3D-print it," says 21-year old Van Albert. "You can take a high security 'non-duplicatable' key and basically take it to a virtual hardware store to get it copied," adds 20-year-old Lawrence.
Schlage's Primus models are advertised for use in high-security applications: The company's marketing materials include references to the locks' use in government facilities, healthcare settings, and detention centers. That security stems in part from Primus's unique model, which includes two tracks of teeth--one on the top of the key and another on the side, each of which correspond to a separate set of pins in the lock. Even Marc Weber Tobias, one of the world's most well-known lockpicking experts, has written that he uses Primus locks in his home and for secure evidence storage in his legal practice.
Lawrence's and Van Albert's software tool, to be clear, doesn't let its users open any random door secured by one of those locks. It merely enables anyone to copy a key they couldn't easily copy before. But the two students in MIT's electrical engineering program point out that there are ways to copy a key without ever possessing it. Other researchers like those behind the Sneakey project have shown that keys can be effectively replicated from photos, even ones taken from hundreds of feet away. And by studying Schlage's manuals and patents, Lawrence and Van Albert learned to decipher the two distinct codes in the keys--one set of six numbers cut into the top of the key and another set of five in its sidecut--that can be programmed into their modeling software and precisely reproduced.
A Schlage marketing image for its Primus key, boasting of its difficulty to duplicate. Note the key's two rows of teeth and "Do Not Duplicate" warning. (Click to enlarge.)
"All you need is a friend that works there, or to take a picture of their key, or even a picture of the key hanging off their belt," says Lawrence. "Pirating keys is becoming like pirating movies. Someone still has to get the information in the first place, but then everyone can get a copy."
Once a key has been photographed or scanned, 3D-printing through online services is relatively cheap. The MIT students, who say they didn't try printing the keys themselves on home 3D printers, used Shapeways to print working keys in nylon for less than $5 each, though a more durable titanium copy from i.Materialise.com cost them $150.
I reached out to Schlage, but haven't yet heard back from the company. Despite their focus on Primus locks, Lawrence and Van Albert argue that the security implications of 3D-printed keys aren't limited to any one lock maker. "Our message is that you can do this for any high-security key," says Lawrence. "It didn't take that much work. In the future there will be models available online for almost any kind of key you're looking for."
A CAD model of a Primus key created with Lawrence and Van Albert's software.
Lawrence and Van Albert point to the case of a photo of a set of New York City fire elevator master keys, which allow access to many electrical panels, elevator controls and subway gates around the city, that was published by the New York Post last fall. Though the Post's story meant to warn about the possibility of those keys, which are distributed to electricians and firemen, falling into the wrong hands, its detailed image actually made it possible for anyone to model and 3D-print or mill the keys themselves. The Post quickly realized their mistake and took down their photo of the keys from its website, but not before it had already spread widely around the Internet. (I admittedly made a similar mistake myself last year when I posted a picture of a high-security handcuff key.)
"There's no way of getting the cat back in the bag when you can print a New York city fire elevator key," says Lawrence. "Those files won't go away."
Lawrence and Van Albert aren't the first to try 3D printing keys. In 2011, Apple engineer Nirav Patel created a program that allowed anyone to encode their key's measurements into a 3D-printable model, though Patel's software only dealt with normal keys that can already be duplicated by any hardware store.
At the HOPE hacker conference in New York last year, a German lockpicking expert known as "Ray" showed that he could 3D-print and laser cut working keys for high-security handcuffs. Those keys are often highly restricted but designed to be identical, so that any police officer can open cuffs locked by another officer. That makes them especially vulnerable to being reproduced by anyone who wants to hide a copy of the tiny keys somewhere on their body, ready to pull out and use to free themselves.
As for Schlage's 3D printing problem, Lawrence and Van Albert don't offer any easy fix. They argue the the whole notion of non-duplicatable keys may be an anachronism in the age of 3D printing, and that high-security institutions should move to electronic locks that use unique cryptographic keys that are far harder to copy. "If we show that mechanical locks are vulnerable to key duplication just by having a handful of numbers you can download off the internet, hopefully they 'll be phased out more quickly," says Van Albert.
"Either that," adds Lawrence, "or make 3D printers illegal."
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Valerian Brenner (* 26. März 1652 in Au im Bregenzerwald; † 27. April 1715 in Günzburg) war ein Baumeister des Vorarlberger Barocks.

Seit 1678 in Günzburg ansässig, war Brenner für die Familie Fugger, das Augsburger Domkapitel und weitere geistliche und weltliche Herren in Ostschwaben als Baumeister tätig. Eines seiner ersten Werke – er war erst 28 Jahre alt – war die Herstellung des Turm-Oktogons der Pfarrkirche St. Martin in Mertingen.

Brenner gilt als solider und gediegener Baumeister der zweiten Reihe, in dieser nimmt er aber eine herausragende Position ein. Er wurde nicht müde, nach den Wünschen seiner anspruchslosen, sparsamen und auf Zweckmäßigkeit ausgerichteten Bauherren deren Kirchen und Schlösser, Pfarrhöfe und Amtshäuser, Brauhäuser und Klostergebäude zu bauen oder zu erneuern.

Hauptwerke
 Schießen, Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Geburt (1682–1686)
 Biberbach, Wallfahrtskirche St. Jakobus und St. Laurentius und Heiliges Kreuz (1684–1694)
 Rechberg, Wallfahrtskirche Hohenrechberg (1686–1688)
 Kleinkötz, Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus (1692–1711)
 Donauwörth, Konventbau des ehemaligen Benediktinerklosters, Süd- und Ostflügel (1696–1700)
 Auerbach, Kirche St. Nikolaus (1698–1735)
 Neuburg an der Donau, Klosterkirche St. Ursula (1699–1701)
 Günzburg, Umbau des ehemaligen Schlosses (1703)
 Rathaus in Burgau (1709–1711)
 Obermedlingen, Klosterkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt (1709–1717)

Literatur
 Ingo Gabor: Der Vorarlberger Barockbaumeister Valerian Brenner (1652–1715) – Leben und Werk. AV-Verlag, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-925274-90-1

Architekt des Barock
Baumeister
Person (Günzburg)
Person (Habsburgermonarchie vor 1804)
Geboren 1652
Gestorben 1715
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\section{\label{sec1}Introduction}

Seeking exact solutions to Einstein's field equations, capable of describing realistic astrophysical systems, has been an area of active research ever since the discovery of the Schwarzschild solution in 1916\cite{Shapiro}. Various techniques and assumptions based on particle physics, hydrostatic equilibrium and physical observations have been employed to generate reasonably viable stellar models. At the same time, various ad-hoc approaches have also been used to simplify the non-linearity of the field equations so as to generate solutions which are well behaved and can be utilized to describe realistic physical processes. A comprehensive study of exact static solutions of the Einstein field equations, based on physically acceptability, picks out a very small class of solutions that satisfy all the conditions for hydrostatic equilibrium and causality\cite{Finch,Delgaty}. Nevertheless, in the absence of any reliable information about the physics of matter content at extremely high density, a geometrical approach has been found to be a meaningful technique to study compact stellar objects, a `natural laboratory' for understanding particle interactions at extreme conditions. For example, the Tikekar super-dense stellar model\cite{Tikekar}, describing the gravitational field of a highly compact spherically symmetric star, was shown to exhibit a reasonable EOS for neutron stars. Later, this observation has  prompted many investigators to look for exact solutions capable of describing a large variety of astrophysical systems where relativistic effects can not be ignored; thereby expanding the Tikekar model to include charge\cite{Sharma01}, pressure anisotropy\cite{Karma}, quark matter\cite{Sharma02}, scalar fields\cite{Sharma03} and higher dimensional analogues\cite{singe1,singe2}. Amongst many such realistic models, the static stellar model proposed by Pant and Sah\cite{Pant} is of particular interest. The Pant and Sah\cite{Pant} model describes a spherically symmetric compact star in spatially isotropic coordinates. The solution regains the well-known Buchdahl polytrope solution\cite{Buchdahl} of index $5$. The physical viability of the Pant and Sah\cite{Pant} model was recently looked at in detail by Deb {\em et al}\cite{Deb} and it has been shown that the model can be utilized to describe a wide variety of compact stellar objects including strange stars.

In this paper, we have incorporated dynamical effects into the Pant and Sah\cite{Pant} model by allowing certain model parameters to evolve with time. This has allowed us to investigate the non-adiabatic collapse of a star in a spatially isotropic back ground space-time. In our time-dependent model, we have assumed that the star begins it collapse from an initial static configuration by dissipating energy in the form of a radial heat flux. One regains the Pant and Sah\cite{Pant} model as the  static limit of dynamical collapse process.

Although the issue of gravitational collapse was first taken up by Oppenheimer and Snyder\cite{OppenS}, study of a more realistic collapsing scenario in the presence of dissipative processes was possible only when Vaidya\cite{Vaidya} provided the metric corresponding to the exterior gravitational field of a radiating star. A formal treatment of the junction conditions required for the smooth matching of the collapsing core to the exterior non-empty space-time was provided by Santos\cite{Santos}. These junction conditions provided the impetus for studying dissipative collapse, with much of the early work done by Herrera and co-workers\cite{Herrera1,Herrera2,Herrera3,Herrera4,Herrera5,Herrera6,Herrera7,Herrera8,Herrera9}. For a radiating collapsing star, the pressure at the boundary is proportional to the magnitude of the heat flux and hence this gives rise to a temporal evolution equation for the metric functions. As in the case of static model, various solutions for radiating stars have been found based on physics, dynamical stability and ad-hoc assumptions. The interior space-time of these models have been generalized to include (apart from heat flow) the anisotropic pressure, bulk viscosity, shear and the electromagnetic field\cite{Bonnor,Oliveira1,Oliveira2,Prisco1,Prisco2,Pinheiro1,Chan1,Chan2,Chan3,Tikekar1,Maharaj1,Sharif1,Sharif2,Sharif3,Sharif4,Sharif5,Barreto1,Ghezzi1,Goswami1,Thiru1,Govinder1,Govender1,Goenner1,Sarwe1,Sharma1,t1g1,mks}. A comprehensive review of various approaches and analyses involving gravitationally collapsing systems may be found in Ref.~\cite{Joshi01}. An interesting approach was adopted by Kramer\cite{Kramer1} in which the interior Schwarzschild solution was written in isotropic coordinates and the mass parameter was allowed to become time-dependent. The radiating Schwarzschild-like solution had as its source term, a perfect fluid with heat flow. Since the interior was radiating energy, the exterior was non-empty and was described by Vaidya's outgoing metric. Kramer provided a first integral of the boundary condition required for the matching of the interior to the Vaidya solution. Maharaj and Govender\cite{Maharaj2} presented the full temporal behaviour of the Kramer model in terms of Li integrals. The complicated form of the analytical solution for the temporal behaviour did not warrant a full study of the physics of the model. The present work takes up the initiative to use the Kramer algorithm to provide a full descriptive model of dissipative gravitational collapse.

As the collapse process begins in a massive star after exhausting all its thermonuclear fuel, prediction of the final stage of the collapsing star becomes very much speculative in nature\cite{Chandra}. In fact, one of the the most outstanding challenges in general relativity has been the prediction of the end state of a gravitational bounded system.  In the context of Cosmic Censorship Conjecture(CCC), the general relativistic prediction is that such a collapse must terminate in a black hole; though there are several counter examples where it has been shown that a naked singularity is more likely to be formed\cite{Joshi01}. In our dynamical model, we show that as the star begins its collapse from an initial static configuration with acceptable physical conditions, the dissipation process ensures that the singularity is never formed. Actually, the stellar mass completely evaporates over a finite time.

Our paper has been organized as follows: In Sec.~\ref{sec2}, we have laid down the equations governing collapse in spherically symmetric and spatially isotropic coordinates. For a radiating star, the exterior space-time is appropriately described by the Vaidya metric\cite{Vaidya} and the junctions conditions joining the interior and the exterior regions have been obtained in this section. By introducing a time dependent variable in the Pant and Sah\cite{Pant} model, we have developed a dynamical model of the radiating collapsing star in Sec.~\ref{sec3}. In Sec.~\ref{sec4}, we have studied the physical behaviour of the evolving star and in Sec.~\ref{sec5} we have investigated the thermodynamics of the collapsing star within the framework of extended irreversible thermodynamics. Some concluding remarks have been made in Sec.~\ref{sec6}.

\section{\label{sec2} Interior and exterior space-times:}
We write the interior space-time of a spherically symmetric shear-free collapsing star in spatially isotropic coordinates as
\begin{equation}
ds_{-}^2 = -A^2(r,t) dt^2 + B^2(r,t)[dr^2 + r^2 (d \theta^2 + \sin^2 \theta d \phi^2)].\label{intm1}
\end{equation}
We assume that the material composition filling the interior of the collapsing object is a perfect fluid with out-flowing radiation and accordingly we express the energy-momentum tensor in the form
\begin{equation}
T_{ij} = (\rho + p)u_i u_j + p g_{ij} + q_i u_j + q_j u_i,\label{emt1}
\end{equation}
where $\rho$ is the energy density, $p$ is the isotropic fluid pressure, $ u^{i} = (1/A)\delta^i_0$ is the time-like $4$-velocity of the
fluid and $q^{i} = (0, q, 0, 0)$ is the heat flux vector which is orthogonal to the velocity vector so that $q^i u_i = 0$. The Einstein's field equations describing the dynamics of the system are then obtained as
\begin{eqnarray}
\rho &=& 3\frac{1}{A^2}\frac{{B_{t}}^2}{B^2} - \frac{1}{B^2}\left( 2\frac{B_{rr}}{B} - \frac{{B_{r}}^2}{B^2} +
\frac{4}{r}\frac{B_{r}}{B} \right), \label{Eq1} \nonumber \\
p &=& \frac{1}{A^2} \left(-2\frac{B_{tt}}{B} - \frac{{B_{t}}^2}{B^2} + 2\frac{A_{t}}{A}\frac{B_{t}}{B} \right) \nonumber \\
&& + \frac{1}{B^2} \left(\frac{{B_{r}}^2}{B^2} + 2\frac{A_{r}}{A}\frac{B_{r}}{B} + \frac{2}{r}\frac{A_{r}}{A} +
\frac{2}{r}\frac{B_{r}}{B} \right),  \label{Eq2}  \\
p &=& -2\frac{1}{A^2}\frac{B_{tt}}{B} + 2\frac{A_{t}}{A^3}\frac{B_{t}}{B} - \frac{1}{A^2}\frac{{B_{t}}^2}{B^2} +
\frac{1}{r}\frac{A_{r}}{A}\frac{1}{B^2} \nonumber \\
&& +  \frac{1}{r}\frac{B_{r}}{B^3} + \frac{A_{rr}}{A}\frac{1}{B^2} - \frac{{B_{r}}^2}{B^4} + \frac{B_{rr}}{B^3},\label{Eq3}\\
q &=& -\frac{2}{AB} \left(-\frac{B_{rt}}{B} + \frac{B_{r}B_{t}}{B^2} + \frac{A_{r}}{A}\frac{B_{t}}{B} \right).\label{Eq4}
\end{eqnarray}
Combining Eqs.~(\ref{Eq2}) and (\ref{Eq3}), we get
\begin{equation}
\displaystyle\frac{A_{rr}}{A} + \displaystyle\frac{B_{rr}}{B} - \left(2 \displaystyle\frac{B_r}{B} +
\displaystyle\frac{1}{r} \right) \left( \displaystyle\frac{A_r}{A} + \displaystyle\frac{B_r}{B} \right) = 0,\label{pi}
\end{equation}
which is the pressure isotropy equation.

The exterior space-time, in the presence an outgoing flux of radiation around the spherically symmetric collapsing matter source, is described by the Vaidya\cite{Vaidya} metric
\begin{equation}
ds_{+}^2 = -\left(1-\frac{2m(v)}{\sf r}\right)dv^2 - 2dvd{\sf r} + {\sf r}^2[d \theta^2 + \sin^2 \theta d
\phi^2], \label{Vm}
\end{equation}
where, the mass function $m(v)$ is a function of the retarded time $v$. Assuming that $\Sigma$ divides the space-times into two distinct regions, the junction conditions joining smoothly the interior space-time (\ref{intm1}) and the exterior space-time (\ref{Vm}) across $\Sigma$ forming the boundary of the star are obtained as\cite{Santos}
\begin{eqnarray}
p_{\Sigma} &=& (q)_{\Sigma}, \label{mp} \\
m_{\Sigma} &=& \Bigg[\frac{r^3 B {B_t}^2}{2 A^2} - r^2 B_r - \frac{r^3 B_r^2}{2 B}\Bigg]_{\Sigma},\label{mm}
\end{eqnarray}
where $m_{\Sigma}$ is the total mass within a sphere of radius $r_{\Sigma}$.

\section{\label{sec3} Generating dynamical solutions}
Note that in Eq.~(\ref{intm1}), the metric potentials $A(r,t)$ and $B(r,t)$ are yet to be specified. To generate a viable dynamical model, let us assume that the system begins its collapse from an initial static configuration ($A_0(r), B_0(r)$). For the initial static configuration, we choose the Pant and Sah\cite{Pant} solution which describes the interior space-time of a static spherically symmetric star in isotropic coordinates. In our construction, we generalize the Pant and Sah\cite{Pant} solution so as to develop a viable model of a collapsing star. We note that Eq.~({\ref{pi}) admits a solution
\begin{eqnarray}
A(r,t) &=& \frac{a(1-\alpha(r) k(t))}{(1+\alpha(r) k(t))}, \label{m1} \\
B(r,t) &=& \frac{(1+\alpha(r) k(t))^2}{(1+r^2/R^2)}, \label{m2}
\end{eqnarray}
for an arbitrary $k(t)$, where
\begin{equation}
\alpha(r) =\sqrt{\frac{1+r^2/R^2}{1+\lambda r^2/R^2}}.\label{alph}
\end{equation}
Obviously, the static limit of the model is obtained by setting $k(t) = K$, a constant (i.e., $\dot{k} =0$). For an evolving system, we need to determine $k(t)$ which can be obtained by solving the junction condition (\ref{mp}). The resultant `surface equation' in this construction turns out to be highly non-linear in nature and extremely difficult to solve. However, it is possible to generate an approximate solution of the equation by setting $k(t) = K + \epsilon h(t)$, with $0 < \epsilon << 1$. Neglecting terms $\cal{O}$$(\epsilon^2)$ and noting that pressure at the boundary of the initial static star vanishes, the surface equation then assumes a simple form
\begin{equation}
\mu \ddot{h} +\nu \dot{h}+\eta h = 0,\label{seq}
\end{equation}
where $\mu$, $\nu$ and $\eta$ are constants evaluated at the boundary $\Sigma$ and are given by
\begin{eqnarray}
\mu &=& -\left[\frac{\alpha (1+K \alpha)^5}{a^2(K \alpha -1)^2}\right]_{\Sigma},\nonumber\\
\nu &=& \left[\frac{\alpha(1+K \alpha)^2\sqrt{(1-\alpha^2)(\alpha^2\lambda-1)}}{a R(K\alpha-1)^2}\right]_{\Sigma},\nonumber\\
\eta &=& \left[\frac{2\alpha(2-3K \alpha+\lambda K\alpha^5(1+2K \alpha(K\alpha-1)))}{R^2(k^2\alpha^2-1)^2}\right]_{\Sigma}.
\end{eqnarray}
Eq.~(\ref{seq}) is easily solvable and the most general solution of the equation can be written as
\begin{equation}
h(t) = C e^{\frac{t}{2\mu}\left(-\nu - \sqrt{\nu^2-4\mu\eta}\right)} + D e^{\frac{t}{2\mu}\left(-\nu + \sqrt{\nu^2-4\mu\eta}\right)},\label{sol}
\end{equation}
where $C$ and $D$ are integration constants.

We assume that the collapse begins in the remote past $t\rightarrow -\infty$ from an initial static configuration as the star loses its equilibrium. This implies that we must have $k(t\rightarrow -\infty) = K$, where $K$ is a constant as described in the static Pant and Sah\cite{Pant} model. For a collapsing (contracting) sphere, without any loss of generality, we set $D=0$ which ensures that $\dot{k},~\dot{h} < 0$. On top of this, for real values of $h(t)$, we need to fix the model parameters so that the condition $\nu^2 \geq 4\mu\eta$ is satisfied.

Subsequently, from Eqs.~(\ref{Eq1})-(\ref{Eq4}), the energy-density, pressure and heat flux density are obtained as
\begin{eqnarray}
\rho(r,t) &=& \rho_s(r) + \frac{12\epsilon\alpha\left[-5+\lambda\alpha^4(1-4K \alpha)\right]h(t)}{R^2(1+K\alpha)^6},\label{mEq1} \\
p(r,t) &=& p_s(r) + \frac{\epsilon\alpha\left[8a^2\left[2-3K\alpha+\lambda K\alpha^5\left[1+2K \alpha(K\alpha-1)\right]\right]h+R^2(1+K\alpha)^7\ddot{h}\right]}{a^2R^2(K\alpha-1)^2(K\alpha+1)^6},\label{mEq2}\\
q &=& \frac{4\alpha\epsilon\sqrt{(\alpha^2-1)(1-\lambda\alpha^2)}\dot{h}}{a R\left[\alpha^2(\epsilon h +K)^2-1\right]^2}.\label{mEq3}
\end{eqnarray}
In Eqs.~(\ref{mEq1}) and (\ref{mEq2})
\begin{eqnarray}
\rho_s(r) &=& \frac{12(1 + \lambda K\alpha^5)}{R^2(1+K\alpha)^5},\label{smEq1} \\
p_s(r) &=& \frac{4(\lambda K^2\alpha^6-1)}{R^2(1-K\alpha)(1+K\alpha)^5},\label{smEq2}
\end{eqnarray}
correspond to the density and pressure of the initial static configuration.

From (\ref{mm}), the total mass $m(r,t)$ within a radius $r \leq r_{\Sigma}$ at any instant $t$ is obtained as
\begin{equation}
m(r,t) = m_s(r)+ \frac{2\epsilon R (1+\lambda+2K\alpha^3\lambda)\left[(\alpha^2-1)(1-\alpha^2\lambda)\right]^{\frac{3}{2}}h(t)}{\alpha^3(1-\lambda)^3},\label{masseq2}
\end{equation}
where,
\begin{equation}
m_s (r) = \frac{2R(1+K\alpha^3)(1+K\alpha^3\lambda)\left[(\alpha^2-1)(1-\alpha^2\lambda)\right]^{\frac{3}{2}}}{\alpha^6(1-\lambda)^3},\label{smass}
\end{equation}
is the mass of the initial static configuration.

Let $b$ be the radial distance where the pressure of the initial static star vanishes, i.e., $p_s(r=b) = 0$. The physical radius $b_0$ of the initial static star can then be obtained from the relation (see \cite{Deb})
\begin{equation}
b_0 = b\left(1+\frac{m_s(b_0)}{2b}\right)^2.\label{radeq}
\end{equation}
Matching the static interior solution to the Schwarzschild exterior at the boundary, we obtain
\begin{eqnarray}
\frac{(1+K \alpha_b)^2}{(1+b^2/R^2)} &=& \left(1+\frac{m_s(b)}{2b}\right)^2,\label{sjc1}\\
K &=& \frac{1}{\sqrt{\lambda}\alpha_b^3},\label{sjc2}
\end{eqnarray}

\begin{eqnarray}
[(1+a)^4+K^4(1-a)^4-8(1+a)^2+16-2K^2(1-a^2)^2-8K^2(1-a)^2] \nonumber\\
+ [2\lambda(1+a)^4-16\lambda(1+a)^2-8(1+a)^2+32(1+\lambda) -2K^2(1+\lambda)(1-a^2)^2\nonumber\\
-8K^2(2+\lambda)(1-a)^2+2K^4(1-a)^4]y^2+[\lambda^2(1+a)^4-8\lambda^2(1+a)^2\nonumber\\
-8\lambda(1+a)^2(1+4\lambda+\lambda^2)-2\lambda K^2(1-a^2)^2-8K^2(1-a)^2(1+2\lambda)\nonumber\\
+K^4(1-a)^4]y^4-[8\lambda^2(1+a)^2-32(1+\lambda)-8\lambda K^2(1-a)^2]y^6+16\lambda^2 y^8 = 0,\label{sjc3}
\end{eqnarray}
where,
$$ y = \frac{b}{R},~~~~~~\alpha_b = \sqrt{\frac{1+y^2}{1+\lambda y^2}}.$$
Eqs.~(\ref{radeq})-(\ref{sjc3}) can be utilized to fix the model parameters for a specific choice of mass and radius of the initial static star.

\section{\label{sec4} Physical analysis}

In order to analyze the physical behaviour of the collapsing model, let us now assume that the star begins its collapse from an initial static configuration of mass $m_s = 5~M_{\odot}$ and physical radius $b_0 = 15~$km. Setting $\lambda =20$, we determine the model parameters as $b = 4.7808~$km, $R = 10.5828~$km, $a = 4.5958$ and $K = 1.9386$. Assuming $C = -100$ and $\epsilon = 0.1$, variations of $k(t)$ and $\dot{k}$ have been shown in Fig.~(\ref{fg1}) and (\ref{fg2}), respectively. Evolution of total mass $m(r_{\Sigma},t)$, proper radius $(Br)_{\Sigma}$, heat-flux $q$ and surface density $\rho({r_{\Sigma},t})$ of the collapsing matter have been shown in Fig.~(\ref{fg3}) -(\ref{fg6}), respectively. With the evolution of time, the total mass $m(r_{\Sigma},t)$ starts decreasing from its initial value of $5~M_{\odot}$ and eventually becomes zero over a finite time (Fig.~\ref{fg3}). Similarly, the radius also shrinks to zero over a finite time (Fig.~\ref{fg4}). Though, in this model,  the ratio $2m(r,t)/(rB)$ is time dependent; it is interesting to note that singularity is never formed and the stellar mass completely evaporates over a finite time. Similar results may be found in Ref.~\cite{Pinheiro1}.

\section{\label{sec5}Thermal evolution}

Let us now investigate the thermal evolution of the collapsing system generated in Sec.~\ref{sec3}. It is well known that the Eckart formalism of thermodynamics suffers many pathologies, some of which include super-luminal propagation velocities for the dissipative fluxes as well as the prediction of unstable equilibrium states\cite{anile}. Gravitational collapse of a stellar object is dissipative in nature and is usually accompanied by heat generation via neutrino emission or free-streaming radiation. Various investigations have shown that relaxational effects predict higher core temperatures and significantly different luminosity profiles when compared to their non-causal counterparts\cite{gov1,gov2,nolene,megan}.  In order to study the impact of the relaxational effects brought about by the heat flow, we will employ the truncated causal heat transport equation\cite{Thiru1}
\begin{equation}
{\tau} h_i{}^j {\dot q}_{j} + q_i = -\kappa(h_i{}^j \nabla_j T + T {\dot u}_i),\label{cmc}
\end{equation}
where $\kappa$ is the thermal conductivity, ${\dot u}_j =  u_{j;i}u^i$ and $h_{ij} = g_{ij} + u_iu_j$ is the projection tensor and $\tau$ is the relaxation time. We obtain the Eckart temperature by setting $\tau = 0$ in (\ref{cmc}). We assume that the  neutrinos are thermally generated within the stellar core with energies of the order of $k_{B}T$. At neutron star densities, neutrino trapping takes place via electron-neutrino scattering and nucleon absorption. The mean collision time for thermally generated neutrinos is given by
\begin{equation} \label{tauu}
\tau_{\rm c} \propto T^{-3/2},
\end{equation}
to good approximation\cite{marti}. Following (\ref{tauu}) we adopt a power-law dependence for the thermal conductivity and relaxation time:
\begin{equation}
\kappa = \gamma T^3{\tau}_{\rm c}, \hspace{2cm} \tau_{\rm c}
=\left(\frac{\alpha}{\gamma}\right) T^{-\sigma}, \label{a28}
\end{equation}
where $\alpha \geq 0$, $\gamma \geq 0$ and $\sigma \geq 0$ are constants. We further assume that the relaxation time is directly proportional to the mean collision time
\begin{equation}
\tau = \left(\frac{\beta \gamma}{\alpha}\right) \tau_{\rm c}
\label{a30}\,
\end{equation}
where $\beta$ ($\geq 0$) is a constant. The causal transport equation (\ref{cmc}) together with the above assumptions reduces to
\begin{equation}
\beta (qB)^{\dot{}} T^{-\sigma} + A (q B) = - \alpha
\frac{T^{3-\sigma} (AT)'}{B} \label{temp1} \,
\end{equation} where the Eckart temperature $T_0$ is obtained by setting $\beta = 0$ in (\ref{temp1}). In the case of constant collision time $(\sigma = 0)$ we are in a position to write down the solution to (\ref{temp1}) as
\begin{equation}
(AT)^4 = - \frac{4}{\alpha} \left[\beta\int A^3 B
(qB)_{,t}{\mathrm d} r + \int A^4 q B^2 {\mathrm d} r\right] +
F(t), \label{caus0}
\end{equation}
where $F(t)$ is an arbitrary function of integration. The function ${F}(t)$ can be determined from the effective surface temperature of a star as given by
\begin{equation} \label{f10}
\left({T^4}\right)_{\Sigma} = \left(\frac{1}{r^2B^2}\right)_{\Sigma}\left(\frac{L_{\infty}}{4\pi\delta}\right),
\end{equation}
where $L_{\infty}$ is the total luminosity at infinity and $\delta$ ($>0$) is a constant.

Making use of the solution generated in Sec.~\ref{sec3} and for the particular case considered in Sec.~\ref{sec4}, we have plotted the temperature within the collapsing stellar core as a function of time in Fig.~(\ref{fg7})-(\ref{fg10}). Fig.~(\ref{fg7}) exhibits the non-causal temperature at the centre of the collapsing star. As expected, the temperature decreases monotonically with time. Fig.~(\ref{fg8}) shows the causal temperature profile at the centre of the star as a function of time. A comparison of Fig.~(\ref{fg7}) and (\ref{fg8}) shows that the causal temperature is always greater than the non-causal temperature. A comparison of Fig.~(\ref{fg9}) and (\ref{fg10}) clearly demonstrates that the casual temperature dominates its non-causal counterpart at the surface as the collapse proceeds. It is clear that relaxational effects contribute to the enhancement of the temperature at each interior point of the collapsing star. It is interesting to note that even though our model is based on a weak heat flux approximation $(0 < \epsilon << 1)$, relaxational effects lead to very different outcomes for the temperature.

\section{\label{sec6}Discussions}

In our work, we have generated a dynamical solution from the static stellar model of Pant and Sah\cite{Pant} to investigate the nature of dissipative collapse. This has been achieved by allowing a constant parameter in the static model to evolve with time. The resulting dynamical model is a radiating collapsing star with heat conduction enveloped by a radiation atmosphere. Though in our construction, the star begins its collapse from an initial static configuration described by the Pant and Sah\cite{Pant} model, unlike many previous models describing collapse from an initial static configuration, the usual method of assuming metric separability in their variables $r$ and $t$ has not been adopted in our approach. Secondly, the back ground space-time has been couched in spatially isotropic coordinates. The static model of Pant and Sah\cite{Pant}, as analyzed by Deb {\em et al}\cite{Deb}, has the following key features: (1) $\rho >0$, $p > 0$; (2) $\rho' < 0$, $p' < 0$; (3) $dp/d\rho < 1$. This implies that the collapse begins from a physically acceptable initial configuration which includes the fulfillment of (at least) the weak energy condition. The collapse is found to proceed without formation of an event horizon as it radiates all its mass energy over a finite time. We have also studied the thermodynamics of the collapsing star within the framework of extended irreversible thermodynamics. Our results confirm earlier findings (through various different approaches) that relaxational effects can significantly alter the physical characteristics such as the temperature of the collapsing system.

\begin{acknowledgments}
RS gratefully acknowledge support from the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India, under its Visiting Research Associateship Programme.
\end{acknowledgments}

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