Anonymous, 14 Aug 2010And guys in India, come on, why wait for this fishy phone??? There are many problems in this h... moreYeah buddy m totally agree with u..nokia is playin bad marketing tricks at india..let teach them a lession.go for se or moto or samsung.
Anonymous, 14 Aug 2010OMG!!! still people buying crap nokia phones!! Look at samsung. It provides android with atlea... moreAre indians always this stupid?
And guys in India, come on, why wait for this fishy phone??? There are many problems in this handset. Its not worth too. Nokia think we indians are fools., and we act the same way. They test our patience. Nokia releases its models in other coutries and after a long gap they release in India.
Nokia, eats money of people.
Come on guys, open your eyes.
AtulRahman, 14 Aug 2010hey....who said that BANGLADESH has no wifi ??? i am using wifi now..lol... did u mean wi-max?... moreWe have only two wifi hot spot in Khl. One is in kuet another in Khulna royal hotel. I don't use wifi that much........ Does any phone support wi-max? Any 1 know about? As far i know there's no phone. If there is, that phone'll b cool. Wimax's speed is awesome.
D_x6, 13 Aug 2010Bro u r focussing only towards dat resistive hav 5 years life and capacitive have 2 years life... moreI did some research on the matter. Here's the result. Capacitive screens r two types. One is normal capacitive and another is resistive capacitive. Resistive touch is just another kind of capacitive touch. Interesting matter is there r 3 type of resistive. 4 wire, 5 wire and 8 wire. 8 wire has the most life span among them. 35 million touch in one spot. Now the normal capacitive has the life span of 10 million touch. But there's a new type of capacitive. It's under develope so far. It's life span'll b 225 million touch. So in current situation resistive touch has the most life span. But it's only for 8 wire resistive. 5 wire has 25 million touch and i could find about the 4 wire. So it's clear now which has the most life span.
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Shkurte Fejza (* 18. November 1961 in Mušutište, SFR Jugoslawien) ist eine kosovarische Volksmusikerin. Sie singt vor allem traditionelle albanische Folk-Musik.

Von 1981 bis 1983 waren Fejzas Lieder in der Sozialistischen Föderativen Republik Jugoslawien gänzlich verboten, 1986 wurde sie inhaftiert. Bis zur Unabhängigkeit des Kosovo wurden Lieder wie ihre in Jugoslawien nicht im Hörfunk oder im Fernsehen gespielt; sie wurden lediglich als Videoaufzeichnungen verkauft, verbreiteten sich aber dennoch in der Bevölkerung. Shkurte Fejza war die bekannteste Sängerin, deren Werke auf diese Weise populär wurden.

2013 erhielt sie vom albanischen Präsidenten Bujar Nishani die Verdienstauszeichnung Mjeshtër i Madh.

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500 Balls, 4 Rugby Stars: How The Coca-Cola Company Got London To Choose Rugby With Its 'Ball Amnesty'
By: Matthew Hepburn | 4 Aug 2015
It's easy to get excited about one of the biggest sporting events in the world when you're an Official Sponsor. But for others less familiar with Rugby World Cup 2015, it might not be the same case. Coca-Cola picked up on this and decided to team up with four rugby legends to help others get a kick out of the sport too, and did so in way you might not expect.
At Potters Field Park, a busy London location next to Tower Bridge, we gathered Home Nations rugby stars Mike Tindall, Thom Evans, Emily Scarratt and Natasha Hunt, and put them through their paces by having them lead a one-day 'Ball Amnesty'. Londoners were asked to put down their rackets, clubs and bats and trade in their tennis balls, footballs and basketballs for a brand new Rugby World Cup 2015 Coca-Cola Gilbert rugby ball instead.
The exchange was as a timely reminder of the upcoming Tournament, and encouraged passers-by to choose rugby over their usual summer sports. The four players also gave fans a run for their money, as they took on a special challenge and taught onlookers some basic skills. The pop-up was another attempt from Coca-Cola to spread rugby fever, following their recent Win a Ball promotion, and 'How To Win A Rugby World Cup' film, which also features Natasha Hunt, alongside Jason Robinson.
Home Nations rugby stars Mike Tindall, Emily Scarratt, Thom Evans and Natasha Hunt
"With Rugby World Cup 2015 just around the corner, it's been great to see so many Londoners join in with our rugby exchange and pledge to give rugby a go this summer", said Mike Tindall, Rugby World Cup 2003 winner. "I really hope the rugby balls we've given away this morning will be the first step in inspiring thousands more people to pick up a ball with their friends and family, head down to the park and have some fun."
"We know that major sporting events have the ability to inspire people to get out and play and so we want to use our sponsorship to help people do that by putting rugby balls in the hands of people up and down the country." Paul Dwan, General Manager of Coca-Cola's Rugby World Cup 2015 team.
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Wall Painting Techniques Sponging - Many people like to make faux painting, which is great if you know what you are doing and use and proper supplies to do the job. One of the biggest mistakes I see people making is easiest specialty wall painting technique sponge painting. It can be easy and fun and look really great or look terrible. The difference is simply that the products are not used properly.
Very often, I see people who are making a specialty paint technique called sponge painting. It is exactly what it says recently ... you use a sponge to put paint on the wall. Seems simple enough, but when it is misapplied, it looks like a small child was left peeling paint and a sponge. I do not mean to sound harsh, but the reality is applied correctly, it is a great look, but when it is done incorrectly, it looks like a mistake.
The most important part of this painting technique is the means of painting, or extension cord. This is what makes a wall from amateur to professional. Amateurs just take a sponge (we will talk about the best kind of sponge) and just put the paint on. To look like a pro using a means of good quality or extension. The middle or extender (it has several names, in case of doubt ask the seller to paint store), is the product that makes transparent paint and prolongs the drying time.
Extend the drying time is very important when doing any type of decorative painting. You want to give yourself more time to work with the paint. It is essential so that you can work with "wet edge". This means you would not want your paint dry while you work in an area. Always work in small areas and overlaps in the wetland while working, otherwise you will see exactly where you stopped and started.
The middle or Extender also another essential element. It makes the clear meaning of paint you can see through the paint. I can tell immediately when someone has not used a medium, the color looks blotchy. It looks like just a color setting on top of the other. Not what you want with this kind of painting technique. You want the paint to blend into the wall, so you want to see the color, but mixed.
The best type of sponge easily is a sea sponge; you can buy them at most hardware stores and in all craft stores. It has very large holes and uneven; you can wash and use repeatedly. I have had mine for years. Make sure you wet the sponge before using it.
Do not be afraid to use different colors to this technique, the environment will help to blend, not the muddy color happens without it. You can apply this technique on any color. I usually suggest that you use the same color only a different depth (darker or lighter); it gives him a sweet and interesting look.
Wall Painting Techniques Sponging - Have fun and do not be afraid to experiment, remember, after all, it is only color you can paint over it. Practice before you start and you will have an exciting new professional look for your home.


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HomeFinanceEconomicsBullshit Jobs, A theory – by David Graeber
Bullshit Jobs, A theory – by David Graeber
August 30, 2018 Mathew D. Rose Economics, Finance, Gig Economy 0
Book review by David Shirreff
"I would like this book to be an arrow aimed at the heart of our civilisation." So writes David Graeber in his preface to Bullshit Jobs, A Theory. David Graeber, professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics, caused a small sensation in 2013 when he published an essay in a new radical magazine, Strike! It asked why a utopia has never materialised in which all menial work is done by robots and we are all people of leisure. The reverse seems to have happened. Many people are working in "bullshit jobs", jobs which are not contributing anything to human happiness or prosperity, while working hours, and many categories of service jobs have increased. These workers, who might be corporate lawyers, bankers, tax officials, waiters, warehousemen or factory workers, feel trapped and frustrated but often are unable to quit for economic reasons.
The essay unleashed a storm of tweets and emails in response, which Mr Graeber has collected and published in book form, with some analysis and commentary. "In a way the book can be seen as a collaborative project," he writes.
On one level the tome is rather indigestible and more than a little depressing. The litany of people called Tom, Pablo, Ben, Chloe, Lilian, telling us why they feel trapped, demeaned, even abused, but mostly are unable to get out of their job, tempts the reader to cry out: "For heaven's sake quit. Or, if you can't quit, be a little more imaginative in handling your job." I am reminded of the hero of John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces who dealt brilliantly with a backlog of files by binning them – his creative response to being in a bullshit job.
It seems that nearly 40% of those employed feel that their job serves no social purpose. Ironically, the higher-paid jobs such as corporate lawyer, fund manager, advertising executive, are more likely to be seen as bullshit jobs, whereas the "caring" jobs, such as teaching, nursing, even cleaning are more likely to be seen as valuable, though lower paid.
Most alarming is the proliferation of jobs in management or administration in both the public and private sectors. When jobs are cut in a company or hospital or university, the bullshit jobs are the ones that tend to survive. That is more a factor of who has the power.
Part of Mr Graeber's mission seems to be to cast corporate flunkies, business consultants, university administrators and financial services employees as the villains: their jobs have proliferated despite the financial crisis, while austerity has hit teachers, nurses, policemen and others doing far more "socially useful" jobs.
That distracts a little from the wider and more serious issue: that many in our society are driving themselves, or being driven, into jobs they hate.
A columnist at The Economist, in response to Mr Graeber's original article, surmised that the proliferation of bullshit jobs is the result of globalisation. Processes are becoming increasingly fragmented, and with them the scope of people's jobs.
Adair Turner, writing recently in Project Syndicate, examines the economic effect of what he calls zero-sum jobs. These are jobs which could be seen to militate against each other – for example a fund-raiser for one charity competing for the same funds as a fund-raiser for another charity: no extra money is raised. These may not be bullshit jobs – they may be quite rewarding for the worker. But in terms of economic effect they are zero-sum.
Lord Turner sees these jobs as having a distributive function. More and more skill and economic effort are being concentrated on distributive jobs, while there is a natural erosion of jobs in, say retail, or in factories, because of automation. The zero-sum jobs would include developing competitive brands, financial engineering, market analysis, tax-planning. Eventually, he says, almost all human work might be devoted to zero-sum activities.
That is assuming we don't find alternatives and change our life-style from workaholics to men and women of leisure. Mr Graeber suggests two possible changes, though he insists that is not the purpose of his book. One would be a drastic reduction in working hours to around 15 a week. The other would be a universal basic income (UBI), an idea which has frequently featured in the pages of Brave New Europe.
The trouble is, the work ethic is something that has been drummed into us since the early days of Britain's Industrial Revolution – ever since clocks appeared on factory walls. According to Mr Graeber we have chosen consumerism over more free time. In other words most of us dash from the workplace to the gym, to holiday-break destinations, to therapy sessions, rather than address the question of our bullshit job.
Mr Graeber's original article shot the arrow. This book is more a shower of arrows, and the reader is left to decide which are on target. But it certainly opens a window onto a sad and horribly familiar world, created by ourselves.
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In Ancient Greece, the symposium was no ordinary after-dinner drinking party, but one in which the Hellenic men of society got together to wine, recline and philosophise. They took various forms depending on the whim of the leader of the symposium - the symposiarch - but were exclusively male affairs (aside from the occasional courtesan or two).
In this episode Tristan is joined by Michael Scott, Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, to find out more about the soirée of booze, babes and slaves that was the Ancient Greek symposium.
They took various forms depending on the whim of the leader of the symposium - the symposiarch - but were exclusively male affairs (aside from the occasional courtesan or two).
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Psycho Chick That Licked Tub Of Ice Cream And Put It Back Could Face Some SERIOUS Jail Time
Written by K. Walker on July 5, 2019
Was the 15 minutes of internet fame worth it?
In our viral video age, is it even a full 15 minutes anymore, or is it more like 15 seconds?
Police have identified the woman who appeared in a viral video licking a tub of Blue Bell Tin Roof ice cream in a store, putting it back in the freezer, and then walking away.
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What kinda psychopathic behavior is this?! pic.twitter.com/T8AIdGpmuS
— Optimus Primal (@BlindDensetsu) June 29, 2019
She may have received fame on the internet, but that cellphone camera wasn't the only one that was recording. She was identified by surveillance video as she exited the Walmart in Lufkin, Texas.
Police in Lufkin, Texas, said Wednesday they believed they had identified the frozen-treat fiend after "detectives had obtained surveillance video placing a woman matching the suspect description in the Lufkin [Walmart] on June 28 around 11 p.m," NBC News reported.
They are waiting to verify her identity before issuing an arrest warrant on second-degree tampering with a consumer product — a felony that carries a prison sentence of 2-20 years and up to $10,000 in fines, according to the Texas state penal code.
Source: New York Post
She's being charged with a felony, could face 20 years in prison and up to $10K in fines?
Dang!
Blue Bell's spokesperson told local station KTV-TV that the carton that had been tampered with had been located. Out of an abundance of caution, the Lufkin Walmart removed all of the Blue Bell Tin Roof flavored ice cream from the store shelves.
Blue Bell half-gallon ice cream is frozen upside down to create a natural seal so it doesn't require a plastic seal as is found on some other ice cream brands.
Local police are now looking for the man that filmed the video and can be heard encouraging the woman by saying, "Lick it, lick it! Now, put it back."
As with most things that are absolutely horrible, it seems that people are jumping on this bandwagon for viral fame.
I love ice cream pic.twitter.com/CWA1aNBmJU
— LARZ (@GAYSHAWNMENDES) July 3, 2019
That Blue Bell ice cream girl has started something. 🤦🏾♂ pic.twitter.com/6tWRSW3MTQ
— Tunde, MPAS, PA-C (@GatorPA_) July 2, 2019
you bitches with no oral hygiene could take a hint pic.twitter.com/IaMOC1caid
— Bameron Nicole Smith (@bameronkaii) July 3, 2019
Now, it's likely that most of these things are staged, and the products were purchased by the perpetrators, but you know that there's going to be some idiot out there that will do this for real like homegirl who is now facing 2-20.
But what's good for the fame-seekers, is also fair game for Walmart.
At least they're having a bit of fun with it.
Texas Walmart has 'armed' employee guarding Blue Bell ice cream from lickers: https://t.co/kSJNYy3g0R pic.twitter.com/QNyD4oZQb7
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) July 4, 2019
Good on 'em for that.
As for the Ice Cream Licker, make sure your daughter doesn't end up like her.
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Investigators search home of former worker in connection with Yale bombing
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Investigators looking into last month's bombing at Yale Law School searched the home of a former library worker who was previously convicted of stealing rare books and documents from Yale.
Benjamin Johnson, 23, was jailed Wednesday after federal agents searched his parents' house in suburban Hamden, where he had been on supervised release. Officials said they revoked his release because of the investigation.
Johnson pleaded guilty in 2001 to stealing $2 million worth of rare books and papers from Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and then selling them over the Internet.
The library is across the street from Yale Law School, where a May 21 explosion damaged some rooms but caused no injuries.
Authorities Friday would not say what they were looking for at Johnson's house or whether they found anything linking him to the bombing.
His lawyer, Penn Rhodeen, said Johnson had nothing to do with the bombing and has no grudge against Yale, which he said has treated Johnson fairly.
"What you have is a situation where people decided he would be a logical person to think about in connection with some other investigation they have in mind. They have to do their jobs," Rhodeen said.
During Johnson's regular meeting with his community service officer, who was overseeing his supervised release, the officer found a notebook in Johnson's backpack that contained notes about explosives, Rhodeen said.
Rhodeen said that Johnson, an aspiring writer, would often jot down "exciting passages" from thriller novels as he read them. Rhodeen said he had not seen the notebook in question, but he had seen another notebook Johnson kept that had such notes in it.
Johnson is cooperating fully with investigators, Rhodeen said, and has not returned to the Yale campus since his sentencing.
Johnson began serving a 15-month sentence in June 2002 for larceny convictions related to the thefts.
At the sentencing, Rhodeen said Johnson had a psychiatric illness and had stopped taking a large dose of Prozac before the thefts started.
Johnson was in prison until February, when he moved to a New Haven halfway house. He was allowed to enter a transitional supervision program that allowed him to return home with his parents.
After Wednesday's search, correction officers decided to revoke that privilege. They thought it was no longer appropriate "because there is a pending investigation by other law enforcement authorities," said corrections spokeswoman Christina Polce.
News On 6 NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Investigators looking into last month's bombing at Yale Law School searched the home of a former library worker who was previously convicted of stealing rare books and documents


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الرئيسية Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction. The handbook for construction professionals and students..
Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction. The handbook for construction professionals and students on NEBOSH and other construction courses
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Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction covers the specific challenges faced by the construction industry as well as the basics of occupational safety and health in general. The coverage of this book has been directly matched to the National Certificate award in Construction Safety and Health from NEBOSH. However, the comprehensive coverage makes it relevant for other built environment and construction courses in Design and Management and Safety & Health, both in the UK and overseas.
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\section{INTRODUCTION}
A quantum computer, when finally built, will be more efficient
than current classical computers to solve certain kinds of problems
\cite{deutsch92,shor94}. For instance, to find the prime factors of a large integer $N$ of $L$ bits, a quantum algorithm will take a time that is a polynomial function of $L$, while any classical procedure known at present takes much longer \cite{shor97}. Quantum information processing generally takes advantage of the inherent parallelism exhibited by unitary operations on quantum-state superpositions. The terms of these linear combinations are tensor products of quantum bits, or ``qubits'' \cite{schumacher95}. A qubit is, in analogy with the ``bit'' of classical computing, the elementary unit of quantum information, represented
by any state of a two-state system. Thus, if the two-dimensional Hilbert
space for this system has an orthonormal basis given by the kets $\left|0\right\rangle$ and $\left|1\right\rangle$, then a qubit is any linear combination of these basis states: $\alpha\left|0\right\rangle + \beta\left|1\right\rangle$. There is, therefore, a continuum of different qubits, while there are only two distinct classical bits: $0$ and $1$.

The theory of quantum information processing is based on the
preparation, unitary transformations, and measurements of superposed tensor products of qubits \cite{nielsen00}. The initial stage, characterized by the preparation of the computation input, and the last stage, corresponding to reading the output, consist of
measuring certain observables. Generating the initial superposition of states
and processing quantum information are, therefore, to be achieved
by performing unitary operations that cause the required interference and entanglement of
the input qubits. However, the actual quantum evolution of any system is not strictly
unitary, because the system cannot be completely isolated from the universe.
The consequent decay of the quantum-state purity is a manifestation of the celebrated
phenomenon of decoherence \cite{zurek91}.

There are three classes of strategic devices proposed to counteract the deleterious and unavoidable effects of decoherence: quantum error correcting codes (QECC) \cite{shor95, steane96, calderbank96, amsteane96, msbyrd04}, decoherence-free subspaces (DFS) \cite{zanardi97, lidar98, eknill00, pemfm05}, and dynamical decoupling (DD) \cite{viola98, viola99, viola99b, viola04}. Each one of these strategies must satisfy proper conditions for succeeding. For example, for a QECC, it is necessary to use auxiliary qubits and, generally, a low error rate is assumed so that just one qubit is perturbed during the protocol execution. For a DFS strategy, besides auxiliary qubits, a special environment symmetry that gives the direction for a suitable decoherence-free qubit encoding is also necessary. Finally, the DD requires, in principle, only external-field control over a single physical qubit to protect a quantum-gate operation. The necessary condition in this case is that the control cycle be faster than the average time between environmental interventions. Actually, in the great majority of the cases studied in the literature, methods based on DD utilize, to protect the information, pulsed fields, and it is considered that such pulses are so fast that the universe does not act over the system during their application. Nevertheless, initial attempts to use continuously-applied fields instead of pulses have appeared recently \cite{romero04, romero06, chen06}. In a previous work, we analyzed continuous decoupling during a Hadamard quantum gate, perturbed by a thermal bath of scalar bosons \cite{fffanchini07}. We showed, for that case, that the decoherence can always be efficiently reduced by applying a superposition of two external vector fields: one rotating orthogonally to the direction of the other, which remains static.

Here, we analyze the fidelity of the Hadamard quantum logic operation coupled to an environment that affects the system giving rise to three classes of errors: dephasing, bit flipping, and dissipation. We examine the feasibility of dynamical decoupling based on continuously-applied high-frequency fields, considering two types of spectral densities for the environment: ohmic and super-ohmic. Initially, we observe the fidelity of an unprotected Hadamard quantum gate coupled to a dephasing bosonic reservoir and then illustrate the ohmic and super-ohmic cases. We define an arrangement where, in the absence of protecting control fields, the quantum-gate fidelity is lower in the ohmic case than in the super-ohmic. We show that the dynamical decoupling is achieved in the super-ohmic case only when the control-field frequency is sufficiently higher than in the ohmic case. Subsequently, we consider the presence of two additional independent reservoirs, producing bit flipping and dissipation. We show, as a function of the relative coupling strengths, the relevance of bit flipping and dissipation on a phase-protected Hadamard operation. Finally, we introduce continuously-applied external fields, criteriously calculated to protect the Hadamard operation against all three independent classes of errors.

This article is organized as follows. In Sec. II we introduce the interaction of the qubit with its environment and write down the time-local second-order master equation, describing the evolution of the reduced density matrix of the qubit in the interaction picture. In Sec. III we introduce the three independent reservoirs, describing dephasing, bit flipping, and dissipation. In Sec. IV we consider the fidelity of a Hadamard quantum gate operating under the influence of a dephasing environment and compare the ohmic and super-ohmic cases. We analyze the dynamics for all qubit initial conditions and estimate the worst fidelity with and without protection by continuous dynamical decoupling. We focus on the super-ohmic case in Sec. V and add independent bit flipping and dissipation to study the influence of these perturbations on the Hadamard evolution already protected against phase errors. In this section we also calculate the necessary control fields to eliminate all three classes of noise during the quantum-gate operation. We summarize our conclusions in Sec. VI.

\section{The Master Equation}
We start by observing that an ideal driven evolution of a qubit, free from environmental noise, is given by the action of a general time-dependent unitary transformation of the form:
\begin{eqnarray}
U(t)=I\cos\left[\alpha(t)\right]-i {\bm \sigma}\cdot{\bf \hat{u}}(t)\sin\left[\alpha(t)\right],\label{U(t)}
\end{eqnarray}
where $I$ is the $2\times2$ identity matrix, $\alpha\left(t\right)$ is an arbitrary function of time $t$, ${\bf \hat{u}}\left(t\right)$ is an arbitrary time-dependent unit vector, and ${\bm \sigma}$ is the vector matrix given by
\begin{eqnarray}
{\bm \sigma}={\bf \hat{x}}\left(
\begin{array}{cc}
0 & 1 \\
1 & 0 \\
\end{array}
\right)+{\bf \hat{y}}\left(
\begin{array}{cc}
0 & -i \\
i & 0 \\
\end{array}
\right)+{\bf \hat{z}}\left(
\begin{array}{cc}
1 & 0 \\
0 & -1 \\
\end{array}
\right).\nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
The time-dependent Hamiltonian $H_{U}(t)$, giving rise to the evolution operator in Eq. (\ref{U(t)}), is obtained by differentiation:
\begin{eqnarray}
H_{U}(t)=i\hbar\frac{dU(t)}{dt}U^{\dagger}(t)=\hbar{\bm \Omega}(t)\cdot {\bm \sigma},\label{HU}
\end{eqnarray}
with
\begin{eqnarray}
{\bm \Omega}(t)&=&\frac{d\alpha(t)}{dt}{\bf \hat{u}}(t)+\sin[\alpha (t)]\cos[\alpha (t)]\frac{d{\bf \hat{u}}(t)}{dt} \nonumber \\
&+&\sin ^{2}[\alpha (t)]{\bf \hat{u}}(t){\bf \times}\frac{d{\bf \hat{u}}(t)}{dt},\label{Omega}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\hbar$ is Planck's constant divided by $2\pi$ and $U^{\dagger}(t)$ is the Hermitian conjugate of $U(t)$.

We assume the interaction between the qubit and its environment is sufficiently weak that linear-response theory is applicable. We represent the action of the environment by
\begin{eqnarray}
H_{\rm int}= ({\bm{\mathcal L}} + {\bm{\mathcal L}}^\dagger)\cdot \bm\sigma,  \label{Hint1}
\end{eqnarray}
where ${\bm{\mathcal L}}= {\mathcal L}_1{\bf \hat{x}}+{\mathcal L}_2{\bf \hat{y}}+{\mathcal L}_3\bf \hat{z}$ is a vector operator whose components ${\mathcal L}_1$, ${\mathcal L}_2$, and ${\mathcal L}_3$ act on the environmental Hilbert space and ${\bm{\mathcal L}}^\dagger$ is the Hermitian conjugate of ${\bm{\mathcal L}}$.

The time-local, second-order master equation describing the evolution of the reduced density matrix of the qubit, in the interaction picture, is written as \cite{shibata77}:
\begin{eqnarray}
\frac{d\rho _{I}(t)}{dt}=-\int^{t}_{0}dt^{\prime} {\rm Tr}_{B}\left\{{\left[H_{I}(t),\left[H_{I}(t^{\prime}),\rho _{B}\rho _{I}(t)\right]\right]}\right\},\label{master}
\end{eqnarray}
where $H_{I}(t)$ is the interaction Hamiltonian in the interaction picture, namely,
$H_{I}(t)=U^{\dagger}(t)U^{\dagger}_{B}(t)H_{\rm int}U_{B}(t)U(t)$, with
\begin{eqnarray}
U_{B}(t)=\exp\left(-iH_{B}t\right),\label{UB}
\end{eqnarray}
where $H_{B}$ is the environmental Hamiltonian, and $U(t)$ is as in Eq. (\ref{U(t)}). Here and in the following we use units of $\hbar =1$. Equation (\ref{master}) is valid in the regime in which the strength of the coupling, expressed in frequency units, multiplied by the correlation time of the environmental operators is much lesser than unity.
Above, $\rho _{B}$ is the initial density matrix of the environment,
\begin{eqnarray}
\rho _{B}=\frac{1}{Z}\exp(-\beta H_{B}),\label{rhoB}
\end{eqnarray}
where $Z$ is the partition function given by
\begin{eqnarray}
Z={\rm Tr}_{B}\left[\exp(-\beta H_{B})\right],\label{Z}
\end{eqnarray}
$\beta =1/k_{B}T$, $k_{B}$ is the Boltzmann constant, and $T$ is the absolute temperature of the environment.

From the form of the interaction between the qubit and its environment, Eq. (\ref{Hint1}), we obtain
\begin{eqnarray}
H_{I}(t)= {\bm \Lambda }(t)\cdot [\tilde{\bm{\mathcal L }}(t) + \tilde{\bm{\mathcal L }}^\dagger(t)],\label{HI1}
\end{eqnarray}
with $\tilde{\bm{\mathcal L }}(t)=U_{B}^{\dagger}(t){\bm{\mathcal L }} U_{B}(t)$, and ${\bm \Lambda }(t)=U^\dagger(t){\bm\sigma}U(t)$. Since ${\bm \Lambda }(t)$ is just a rotation of ${\bm\sigma}$, it is convenient to write its components as
\begin{eqnarray}
{\Lambda_{\mu}(t)}= \sum_{\nu =1}^{3} R_{\mu,\nu}(t)\sigma_{\nu},\label{Lambdamu}
\end{eqnarray}
where $R_{\mu,\nu}(t)$, for $\mu,\nu=1,2,3$, are the elements of the time-dependent rotation matrix corresponding to the unitary transformation represented by $U(t)$ of Eq. (\ref{U(t)}).

By substituting Eqs. (\ref{HI1}) and (\ref{Lambdamu}) into Eq. (\ref{master}), we obtain the master equation
\begin{eqnarray}
\frac{d\rho _{I}(t)}{dt}=\sum^{3}_{\alpha,\beta=1} D_{\alpha \beta}(t)\left[\sigma _{\alpha},\rho _{I}(t)\sigma _{\beta}\right]\nonumber\\
+\sum^{3}_{\alpha,\beta=1}{D_{\alpha \beta}}^{\ast}(t)\left[\sigma _{\beta}\rho _{I}(t),\sigma _{\alpha}\right],\label{master2}
\end{eqnarray}
where we have defined
\begin{eqnarray}
D_{\alpha \beta}(t)=\sum^{3}_{\mu,\nu=1}R_{\mu,\alpha}(t) \int^{t}_{0}dt^{\prime}R_{\nu,\beta}(t^\prime )C_{\mu,\nu}(t,t^{\prime}),\label{D}
\end{eqnarray}
with
\begin{eqnarray}
\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!C_{\mu,\nu}(t,t^{\prime})&=&\nonumber\\
& & \!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\! {\rm Tr} _{B}\left[\left({\mathcal {\tilde L}}_{\mu }(t)+{\mathcal {\tilde L}}_{\mu}^\dagger(t)\right)\rho _{B}\left({\mathcal {\tilde L}}_{\nu }(t^{\prime})+{\mathcal {\tilde L}}_{\nu }^\dagger(t^{\prime})\right)\right].\label{Corr}
\end{eqnarray}
It is important to notice that Eq. (\ref{master2}) is not restricted to a specific choice of the environmental Hamiltonian. Below, we define three independent reservoirs of harmonic oscillators describing the environment, each one representing a distinct class of quantum errors.

\section{Independent Reservoirs}
We assume an environmental Hamiltonian expressed as
\begin{eqnarray}
H_{B}=\sum_{i=1}^3\sum _{k} \omega _{i,k} a^{\dagger}_{i,k}a_{i,k},\label{HB}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\omega _{i,k}$ is the frequency of normal mode $k$ of the $i$-th independent reservoir. We take the operator ${\bm{\mathcal L}}$ as given by
\begin{eqnarray}
{\bm{\mathcal L}}=\sum_{i=1}^{3}{\bm \lambda_i}B_{i},\label{el}
\end{eqnarray}
with
\begin{eqnarray}
B_{i}=\sum_k g_{i,k}a_{i,k},\label{Bi}
\end{eqnarray}
where $g_{i,k}$ is the complex coupling constant for mode $k$ of the $i$-th reservoir with dimension of frequency,
$a_{i,k}$ is the operator that annihilates a quantum in mode $k$ of the $i$-th reservoir, and here ${\bm \lambda_i}$ is called the error vector of the $i$-th reservoir. We choose the error vectors as
\begin{eqnarray}
{\bm \lambda_1}&=&\hat{\bf x},\nonumber\\
{\bm \lambda_2}&=&\frac{\hat{\bf x}+i\hat{\bf y}}{2},\label{lambdas}\\
{\bm \lambda_3}&=&\hat{\bf z},\nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
representing bit flipping, dissipation, and phase-error, respectively. Thus, the interaction Hamiltonian, Eq. (\ref{Hint1}), is written as:
\begin{eqnarray}
H_{int}=\sum_{i=1}^3(B_i{\bm \lambda_i}+B_i^\dagger{\bm \lambda_i^{\ast}})\cdot{\bm\sigma}\label{HintB},
\end{eqnarray}
so that, by comparing Eq. (\ref{Hint1}) with Eq. (\ref{HintB}), we find that the components of ${\bm{\mathcal L}}$ in the interaction picture are given by:
\begin{eqnarray}
\mathcal {\tilde{L}}_1 (t)&=&\tilde{B}_1 (t) + \frac{1}{2} \tilde{B}_2 (t),\nonumber\\
\mathcal {\tilde{\bm L}}_2 (t) &=&i\frac{1}{2} \tilde{B}_2 (t),\label{LI}\\
\mathcal {\tilde{\bm L}}_3 (t) &=&\tilde{B}_3 (t),\nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
and, using Eqs. (\ref{UB}), (\ref{HB}), and (\ref{Bi}),
\begin{eqnarray}
\tilde{B}_i(t)=U_B^\dagger(t) {B}_i U_B(t)=\sum_k g_{i,k}a_{i,k}\exp(-i\omega_{i,k}t).\label{Bitil}
\end{eqnarray}

With these considerations, we calculate the reservoir correlation function of Eq. (\ref{Corr}), $C_{\mu,\nu}(t,t^{\prime})$, using Eqs. (\ref{rhoB}), (\ref{Z}), (\ref{LI}), and (\ref{Bitil}):
\begin{eqnarray}
\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\! \mathcal{I}_{i,j}^{(1)}(t-t^\prime)&\equiv &{\rm Tr} _{B}\left[ \tilde{B}_{i}(t)\rho _{B} {\tilde B}_{j}^\dagger(t^{\prime})\right]\nonumber\\
& &\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\! =\delta_{ij}\sum_k\left|g_{i,k}\right|^2 n_{i,k}\exp[-i\omega_{i,k}(t-t^\prime)]\label{I1}
\end{eqnarray}
and
\begin{eqnarray}
\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\! \mathcal{I}_{i,j}^{(2)}(t-t^\prime)&\equiv &{\rm Tr} _{B}\left[ \tilde{B}_{i}^\dagger(t)\rho _{B} {\tilde B}_{j}(t^{\prime})\right]\nonumber\\
& &\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\! =\delta_{ij}\sum_k\left|g_{i,k}\right|^2 (n_{i,k}+1) \exp[i\omega_{i,k}(t-t^\prime)],\label{I2}
\end{eqnarray}
where $n_{i,k}$ is the average occupation number of mode $k$ of the $i$-th reservoir:
\begin{eqnarray}
n_{i,k}=\frac{1}{\exp(\beta \omega_{i,k})-1}.\label{nik}
\end{eqnarray}
Here $\mathcal{I}_{i,j}^{(1)}(t-t^\prime)$ and $\mathcal{I}_{i,j}^{(2)}(t-t^\prime)$ determine how much of the recent past history of the components of each coupling, effectively, contributes to the time average in Eq. ({\ref{D}}). Hence,
Eq. (\ref {master2}) is not restricted by a Markovian approximation.
In the limit in which the number of modes per unit frequency becomes infinite, we interpret the summations in Eqs. (\ref{I1}) and (\ref{I2}) as integrals:
\begin{eqnarray}
\mathcal I_{i,j}^{(1)}(t)=\int_0^\infty d\omega J_i(\omega)n_i(\omega)\exp(-i\omega t)\label{I12}
\end{eqnarray}
and
\begin{eqnarray}
\mathcal I_{i,j}^{(2)}(t)=\int_0^\infty d\omega J_i(\omega)\exp(i\omega t)[n_i(\omega)+1],\label{I22}
\end{eqnarray}
with $n_{i}(\omega)$ being the continuous-frequency version of Eq. (\ref{nik}):
\begin{eqnarray}
n_{i}(\omega)=\frac{1}{\exp(\beta \omega)-1},\label{niomega}
\end{eqnarray}
and we define the spectral density as
\begin{eqnarray}
J_i(\omega)=\eta_i\frac{\omega^{s_i}}{{\omega_c}^{s_i-1}}\exp(-\omega/{\omega_c}),\label{Ji}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\eta_i$ is a dimensionless constant, proportional to the coupling strength of the system to the $i$-th reservoir, $s_i$ defines the environment spectral density of the $i$-th reservoir as ohmic $(s_i=1)$ or super-ohmic $(s_i>1)$, and $\omega_c$ is a cut-off frequency. Hence, using Eqs. (\ref{niomega}) and (\ref{Ji}), the integrals of Eqs. (\ref{I12}) and (\ref{I22}) are calculated, giving:
\begin{eqnarray}
\int_0^\infty d\omega J_i(\omega)\exp(-i\omega t)=\eta_i {\omega_c}^2 \frac{s_i!}{\left[1+i{\omega_c} t\right]^{s_i+1}},\label{int1}
\end{eqnarray}
and
\begin{eqnarray}
 \lefteqn{ \int_0^\infty d\omega J_i(\omega)n_i(\omega)\exp(-i\omega t)=}\nonumber\\
 & &=\eta_i {\omega_c}^2\sum_{n=0}^\infty\	\frac{s_i!}{\left[1+i{\omega_c} t+\beta{\omega_c}(n+1) \right]^{s_i+1}}.\label{int2}
\end{eqnarray}
With these results, thus, we calculate $\mathcal{I}_{i,j}^{(1)}(t)$, that is given by Eq. (\ref{int2}), and $\mathcal{I}_{i,j}^{(2)}(t)$, that is given by $\mathcal{I}_{i,j}^{(1)}(t)^\ast$ plus Eq. (\ref{int1}).

\section{Protecting a Hadamard Quantum Gate from Dephasing}
In this section we analyze the fidelity of a Hadamard quantum gate protected against dephasing by a suitable continuously-applied control field. We compare the cases of ohmic and super-ohmic spectral densities. The total Hamiltonian, in the Schr\"{o}dinger picture, is given by
\begin{eqnarray}
H(t)=H_{U}(t)+H_{int}+H_{B},\nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
where $H_{U}(t)$ is to be calculated according to Eq. (\ref{HU}) once we determine $U(t)$, $H_{B}$ and $H_{int}$ are given by Eqs. (\ref{HB}) and (\ref{HintB}), respectively. For dephasing errors only, $B_{1}=0$ and $B_{2}=0$ and, in view of Eqs. (\ref{el}), (\ref{lambdas}), and (\ref{HintB}), in this section we use
\begin{eqnarray}
H_{int}=(B_3+B_3^\dagger)\sigma_{z}.\label{dephasing}
\end{eqnarray}

Because we intend to realize a quantum logic operation simultaneously with the protection from errors, we proceed as in Ref. \cite{fffanchini07} and split $H_{U}$ into two terms:
\begin{eqnarray}
H_{U}(t) = H_0(t)+H_c(t),\label{HU2}
\end{eqnarray}
where $H_0(t)$ is to produce the quantum-gate result after a certain time interval, while $H_c(t)$ counteracts the perturbing action of the environment.

According to the general prescription for dynamical decoupling \cite{facchi05}, the unitary operator $U_c(t)$, corresponding to the control Hamiltonian $H_c(t)$, is to be periodic and our choice is:
\begin{eqnarray}
U_c(t)=I\cos(2n\pi t/\tau)-i\sigma_{x}\sin(2n\pi t/\tau),\label{uc}
\end{eqnarray}
so that it satisfies, using Eq. (\ref{dephasing}),
\begin{eqnarray}
\int_0^{t_c}dtU_c^\dagger(t) H_{int} U_c(t)=0,\nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
where $t_c < \tau$ is the period of $U_c(t)$, Eq. (\ref{uc}), with $\tau$ being the time for completing the gate operation. Here, for convenience, we choose $\tau$ as an integer multiple of $t_c$, that is, $\tau=nt_c$, such that $U_c(\tau) = I$.

In the picture obtained using the unitary transformation $U_c(t)$ as given by Eq. (\ref{uc}), we choose $H_0(t)$ such that it produces the intended Hadamard gate at instant $\tau$:
\begin{eqnarray}
U_c^\dagger(t)H_0(t)U_c(t)=\frac{\pi}{2\tau}\frac{\sigma_{x}+\sigma_{z}}{\sqrt{2}}.\label{H0}
\end{eqnarray}
Since $U_c^\dagger(t)H_0(t)U_c(t)$ is taken, in Eq. (\ref{H0}), as time independent, the unitary evolution operator associated with this quantity is given by
\begin{eqnarray}
U_0(t)=I\cos(\pi t/2\tau) - i\frac{\sigma_{x}+\sigma_{z}}{\sqrt{2}}\sin(\pi t/2\tau).\label{U0}
\end{eqnarray}
We define $U(t)$ as the composed unitary operator
\begin{eqnarray}
U(t) = U_c(t)U_0(t),\label{U}
\end{eqnarray}
noticing that, at $t = \tau$, $U_c(\tau)=I$. Thus, at time $\tau$, we obtain, up to an irrelevant global phase factor, the desired Hadamard quantum gate:
\begin{eqnarray}
U(\tau)=- i\frac{\sigma_{x}+\sigma_{z}}{\sqrt{2}}.\nonumber
\end{eqnarray}

Thus, multiplying Eqs. (\ref{uc}) and (\ref{U0}) gives $U(t)$ for the particular case of a Hadamard gate protected against dephasing and, comparing with Eq. (\ref{U(t)}), we obtain:
\begin{eqnarray}
\cos[\alpha(t)]&=&-\sin(2n\pi t/\tau)\sin(\pi t/2\tau)/\sqrt{2}\nonumber\\
& &+\cos(2n\pi t/\tau)\cos(\pi t/2\tau),\label{cos}\\
{\bf \hat{u}}(t)\sin[\alpha(t)]&=&-{\bf \hat{y}}\sin(2n\pi t/\tau)\sin(\pi t/2\tau)/\sqrt{2}\nonumber\\
& &+({\bf \hat{x}}+{\bf \hat{z}})\cos(2n\pi t/\tau)\sin(\pi t/2\tau)/\sqrt{2}\nonumber\\
& &+{\bf \hat{x}}\sin(2n\pi t/\tau)\cos(\pi t/2\tau)\label{usin}.
\end{eqnarray}
The explicit form of the Hamiltonian $H_U$ of Eq. (\ref{HU2}) is the one already given by Eq. (\ref{HU}), $H_U ={\bm \Omega}(t)\cdot{\bm\sigma}$, where the applied external field is calculated from Eqs. (\ref{cos}) and (\ref{usin}) according to the prescription of Eq. (\ref{Omega}):
\begin{eqnarray}
&&{\bm \Omega}(t)=\frac{\pi}{\tau}\left(2n+\frac{1}{2\sqrt{2}}\right){\bf \hat{x}}\nonumber \\
&&-\frac{\pi}{2\sqrt{2}\tau}\left[{\bf\hat{y}}\sin\left(\frac{4n\pi t}{\tau}\right) - {\bf \hat{z}}\cos\left(\frac{4n\pi t}{\tau}\right) \right].\label{field1}
\end{eqnarray}
The first term of Eq. (\ref{field1}) is a static field along the direction that is perpendicular to the error vector, and the other two terms give a rotating field perpendicular to the direction of the static field, as already shown in Ref. \cite{fffanchini07} for an arbitrary error vector in the case of a single boson field.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=8.0cm]{fig1.eps}
\caption{\label{figure1} Fidelities as functions of time, obtained by solving Eq. (\ref{master2}) numerically, as described in the text, exemplifying protection against phase-errors during a Hadamard operation, in the cases of ohmic (a) and super-ohmic (b) spectral densities. The solid curve represents the fidelity when $H_{c}=0$, while the dotted, the dashed, and the dot-dashed curves represent, respectively, the cases of $n=2$, $n=3$, and $n=5$ for (a), and $n=3$, $n=5$, and $n=15$ for (b).}
\end{figure}
For the particular case of this section, that is, a Hadamard quantum gate protected against dephasing and not subjected to any other source of noise, we solve Eq. (\ref{master2}) numerically. In Eq. (\ref{Ji}), for $i=3$, we take $\omega_{c}\tau=2\pi$ and $\eta_{3}=1/16$, with $\tau=10^{-10}$s. Assuming $T=0.25$K and the initial condition $\rho_{I}(0)=I/2+\sigma_{x}/2$, we calculate, as shown in Fig. \ref{figure1}, the fidelity as a function of time, ${F}(t)={\rm Tr}[\rho_{I}(t)\rho_{I}(0)]$,  for two spectral-density cases: ohmic, with $s_{3}=1$, and super-ohmic, with $s_{3}=3$. When $H_{c}=0$ the calculation gives ${F}(\tau)={\rm Tr}[\rho_{I}(\tau)\rho_{I}(0)]\approx0.6299$ for the ohmic case and ${F}(\tau)\approx0.8227$ for the super-ohmic case. Now, if we turn on the control field of Eq. (\ref{field1}), the fidelity becomes, for an ohmic spectral density, ${F}(\tau)\approx0.9956$ for $n$ as low as $5$. However, in the super-ohmic case, to obtain a fidelity of the same order, $n$ must be higher than $14$, at least, for $n=15$ gives ${F}(\tau)\approx0.9960$. Hence, even though a super-ohmic reservoir causes less damage to the processing of quantum information than an ohmic reservoir, it requires a higher-frequency field to protect the intended quantum evolution from the environmental noise. To understand this result, Fig. \ref{figure2} shows the derivatives of the fidelities, without the control-field protection, for the ohmic ($s_{3}=1$) and super-ohmic ($s_{3}=3$) cases. We observe, as expected, a faster decoherence, up to $t/\tau\approx0.1$, in the super-ohmic case than in the ohmic.
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{fig2.eps}
\caption{\label{figure2} Derivatives of the fidelities of an unprotected Hadamard quantum gate in the ohmic (dashed curve) and super-ohmic (solid curve) cases of environmental spectral densities.}
\end{figure}

Now we investigate the fidelity of the Hadamard operation for all initial conditions corresponding to a pure state of the qubit. Therefore, if $\rho(0)$ is pure, then
\begin{eqnarray}
\rho(0)=\frac{1}{2}{\bf I}+\frac{1}{2}{\bf \hat{r}}\cdot\bm\sigma,\label{rho0}
\end{eqnarray}
where ${\bf \hat{r}}$ is a real unit vector written in terms of the two spherical polar angles:
\begin{equation}
{\bf \hat{r}}={\bf\hat{x}}\sin\theta\cos\varphi+{\bf\hat{y}}\sin\theta\sin\varphi+{\bf\hat{z}}\cos\theta.\nonumber
\end{equation}
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=8.5cm]{fig3.eps}
\caption{\label{figure3} Fidelity (at $t=\tau$) of a Hadamard quantum gate as a function of the initial conditions. The initial density operator, $\rho(0)$, is given by Eq. (\ref{rho0}). The qubit is coupled to a super-ohmic reservoir ($s_{3}=3$) that causes phase-errors and no protecting external fields are present.}
\end{figure}
Thus, using the numbers as before, in the super-ohmic case ($s_{3}=3$), when there is only dephasing due to the environment and the control fields are off, Fig. \ref{figure3} shows the fidelity for all possible pure-state initial conditions given by Eq. (\ref{rho0}). If the protecting fields of Eq. (\ref{field1}) are present, at gate completion ($t=\tau$) we obtain the results of Fig. \ref{figure4} with $n=25$.
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=8.5cm]{fig4.eps}
\caption{\label{figure4} Fidelity (at $t=\tau$) of a Hadamard quantum gate as a function of the initial conditions. The initial density operator, $\rho(0)$, is given by Eq. (\ref{rho0}). The qubit is coupled to a super-ohmic reservoir ($s_{3}=3$) that causes phase-errors and, in this case, the control fields of Eq. (\ref{field1}) with $n=25$ are continuously applied to protect the gate operation.}
\end{figure}
We notice that, comparing Figs. \ref{figure3} and \ref{figure4}, with $n$ as low as $25$ in Eq. (\ref{field1}) we already can increase the quantum-gate fidelity significantly even in the situation of a super-ohmic environment. For the lowest fidelities of both figures we find ${F_{\rm min}}(\tau)\approx 0.7525$ for the unprotected gate of Fig. \ref{figure3} and ${F_{\rm min}}(\tau)\approx 0.9951$ for the protected dynamics of Fig. \ref{figure4}.

\section{Protecting a Hadamard quantum gate from independent dephasing, bit flipping, and dissipation}
In the previous section, we have shown how decoherence due to dephasing can be efficiently reduced during logical operations by applying a superposition of two external vector fields: one rotating orthogonally to the direction of the other, which remains static \cite{fffanchini07}. In this section we maintain the dephasing reservoir with a super-ohmic spectral density, but include other two independent reservoirs, corresponding to bit flipping and dissipation. The corresponding error vectors are given by Eq. (\ref{lambdas}).

We start this section by assuming that the applied external fields are those of Eq. (\ref{field1}), designed to protect the Hadamard gate from phase noise only. For simplicity, we take the spectral densities of the additional reservoirs to be either both ohmic or super-ohmic, with $\eta_{1}=\eta_{2}$ in Eq. (\ref{Ji}). In Fig. \ref{figure5} we show the results of selecting the lowest fidelity of all those corresponding to the initial conditions of Eq. (\ref{rho0}), as a function of $\eta_{1}/\eta_{3}$. We notice that for $\eta_{1}/\eta_{3}<0.01$ the final result changes insignificantly and protecting from phase errors only is enough to achieve high fidelity during the time interval $\tau$. This figure also points out that bit flipping and dissipation are more relevant in the ohmic case than in the super-ohmic.
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{fig5.eps}
\caption{\label{figure5} Lowest fidelity of all those corresponding to the initial conditions of Eq. (\ref{rho0}), as a function of $\eta_{1}/\eta_{3}$ with $\eta_{2}=\eta_{1}$. Here, the gate is protected from dephasing only, but is subjected to independent bit flipping and dissipation.}
\end{figure}

To achieve efficient simultaneous reduction of dephasing, bit flipping, and dissipation, we modify Eq. (\ref{uc}) by redefining $U_{c}(t)$:
\begin{eqnarray}
U_c(t)=U_{cx}(t)U_{cz}(t),\label{u2}
\end{eqnarray}
with
\begin{eqnarray}
U_{cx}(t)&=&I\cos(2n\pi t/\tau)-i{\sigma_x}{\sin(2n\pi t/\tau)},\label{ucx}\\
U_{cz}(t)&=&I\cos(2m\pi t/\tau)-i{\sigma_z}{\sin(2m\pi t/\tau)},\label{ucz}
\end{eqnarray}
where $m$ is an integer different from $n$. The operator $U_{cx}(t)$ corresponds to protection against dephasing, as in Sec. IV, and the operator $U_{cz}(t)$ is associated with the protection from bit flipping and dissipation. The unitary evolution $U(t)$ is again defined as in Eq. (\ref{U}), but now with $U_c(t)$ given by Eqs. (\ref{u2}), (\ref{ucx}), and (\ref{ucz}).

The control Hamiltonian $H_{U}(t)$ is obtained from Eqs. (\ref{HU}), (\ref{U}), (\ref{u2}), (\ref{ucx}), and (\ref{ucz}), with the components of the control field ${\bm \Omega}(t)$ given by
\begin{widetext}
\begin{eqnarray}
{\Omega}_x(t)&=&\frac{\pi}{\tau}\left[2n+\frac{1}{2\sqrt{2}}\cos\left(\frac{4m\pi t}{\tau}\right)\right],\label{field3x}\\
{\Omega}_y(t)&=&-\frac{\pi}{\tau}\left[2m+\frac{1}{2\sqrt{2}}\right]\sin\left(\frac{4n\pi t}{\tau}\right) + \frac{\pi}{2\sqrt{2}\tau}\cos\left(\frac{4n\pi t}{\tau}\right)\sin\left(\frac{4m\pi t}{\tau}\right),\label{field3y}\\
{\Omega}_z(t)&=&\frac{\pi}{\tau}\left[2m+\frac{1}{2\sqrt{2}}\right]\cos\left(\frac{4n\pi t}{\tau}\right) + \frac{\pi}{2\sqrt{2}\tau}\sin\left(\frac{4n\pi t}{\tau}\right)\sin\left(\frac{4m\pi t}{\tau}\right). \label{field3z}
\end{eqnarray}
\end{widetext}
Using this new field we can protect the Hadamard gate from simultaneous dephasing, bit flipping and dissipation. As an illustration of this protection, we calculate the lowest fidelity of all those corresponding to the initial conditions of Eq. (\ref{rho0}) in the case of super-ohmic dephasing as specified in Sec. IV, but when the bit flipping and dissipation both have either ohmic or super-ohmic spectral densities. Using $\eta_{1}=\eta_{2}=0.2$, $n=25$, $m=10$, and the remaining numbers as in Sec. IV, we obtain ${F_{\rm min}}(\tau)\approx0.9938$ in the ohmic case and
${F_{\rm min}}(\tau)\approx0.9962$ in the super-ohmic case. These fidelities are to be compared with their respective results, $\sim \!\!\!\; 0.9466$ and $\sim \!\!\!\; 0.9822$, when all three reservoirs are present, but only dephasing is protected with the field of Eq. (\ref{field1}). These increases are, respectively, $5\%$ and $1.5\%$, reaffirming the results of Sec. IV that protection in a super-ohmic environment requires higher frequencies than in an ohmic.

\section{CONCLUSION}

We analyze a dynamical-decoupling method based on continuously-applied fields to protect a Hadamard quantum gate from a perturbing environment. We find that, for a reservoir with an ohmic spectral density, the gate fidelity can be lower than in the super-ohmic case, but it requires lower field frequencies to decouple the qubit dynamics from the environment. We show that this characteristic situation occurs because, when the system interacts with a super-ohmic reservoir, the fidelity decreases drastically already at the beginning of the quantum logic operation, but, soon, the decrease saturates as the evolution progresses. For an ohmic reservoir, however, the fidelity decreases during all the gate operation, but smoothly. This peculiarity makes the ohmic reservoir more harmful to the quantum gate operation than the super-ohmic, but easier to be protected against.

We also study the relevance of bit flipping and dissipation to the gate fidelity when it is protected from dephasing only. We show how robust this partial protection is against these other perturbations. Finally, we calculate an efficient field arrangement, given by Eqs. (\ref{field3x}), (\ref{field3y}), and (\ref{field3z}), capable of protecting simultaneously the gate operation from dephasing, bit flipping and dissipation.

\begin{acknowledgments}
This work has been supported by Funda\c{c}\~{a}o de Amparo \`{a} Pesquisa do Estado de S\~{a}o
Paulo, Brazil, project number 05/04105-5 and the Millennium Institute for Quantum Information -- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient\'{\i}fico e Tecnol\'{o}gico, Brazil.
\end{acknowledgments}

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Stephen Speck, who served as an athletic director in Carroll County for the past 11 years, is taking over as the AD at South Western High School in Hanover, Pa.
Stephen Speck's 20-year career as an educator, coach, and athletic director has taken place within the Carroll County Public Schools system.
That run came to an official end this week with Speck's first days as AD for the South Western School District in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
Speck, 43, took over as athletic director at Francis Scott Key High School four years ago after serving as Winters Mill's AD for seven years. Before that, Speck coached wrestling and boys tennis at Century, and was a teacher at Linton Springs Elementary School.
He and his family are Hanover residents, however, and when jobs recently became available in the area Speck discussed it with his wife Susan.
The notion of being much closer to Susan and sons Compton, 9, and Chatham, 6, helped fuel Speck's decision, he said.
Speck said his family is committed to making Hanover part of their future — Susan Speck teaches within the school district, and the boys attend school there as well.
Speck is a CCPS product, having graduated from Liberty High in 1993, and said he's pleased to have been able to work in the same area for the better part of two decades. Leaving Francis Scott Key wasn't an easy decision, he said.
The Eagles had their share of sports success in recent years with Speck as their AD.
Last fall, the football team posted its first winning season in 11 years. The field hockey squad played in the Class 1A state championship game, Key's first such appearance in 21 years.
In the spring, FSK's boys track and field team won a 1A West Region meet title.
Speck will be overseeing a district that includes one high school, one middle school (with organized sports), and four elementary schools.
Speck landed the job after a job search conducted by the district over the last few months.
Speck said the South Western culture and community matched his style, and the new job was a good fit.
Speck played sports in high school and college before finding a new athletic passion in mixed martial arts. He worked his way into fighting shape and competed professionally a few times before switching into a MMA mentor's role. Speck is the ministry leader and coach at Faith's Fighting Followers, a Fellowship of Christian Athletes-based organization.
Speck said he's eager to get started in his new position, but he won't soon forget the experience and relationships that were forged in Carroll over the last 20 years.
"I am at peace," Speck said. "There are moments of which I realize how much I'll miss those with whom I've worked, and that school system of which I'm a product. But I believe, like any other context in life, there's an evolution. There's a growth, there's a maturation.
NOTE: Carroll County supervisor of athletics David Dolch said a search for Speck's replacement at Francis Scott Key is ongoing. Interviews should take up to three weeks, Dolch said, and candidates would need approval from the schools superintendent and the Board of Education.


With TM as PM, it wouldn't surprise me if it ended up like that, but that's not what people voted for. If the fight has to go on, then so be it.
People voted for all sorts of different leave outcomes. Some for a clean break on everything, some thinking the Norway model might be an option. And a lot more for reasons that ultimately have little to do with the EU. What leaving meant wasn't defined and therein lies the problem.
Fight away though, that's democracy in action. As is people campaigning to stay in.
No idea who this guy is but a quick look on his Twitter indicates he's so biased towards remain it's not even funny. Unless it's from someone who's giving a fair assessment then there's no point in taking any notice of this crap. He'd fit in well on this forum with all his reliable sources.
The trouble with trying too hard to be objective or balanced, is that you end up giving equal weight to those who think smoking isn't harmful or think climate change isn't real.
You can almost bet your bottom dollar that cheap american meat will be on the table when negotiating with the US. Bad for our farmers and no doubt bad for animal welfare standards in our country.
I'm sorry my Polish friend slept with your wife.
Obviously Schengen is off the cards, so we effectively trade European Union membership for EFTA in a bid to minimize damage to our economy.
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, reveals today (22) that households are already £900 worse off than forecast.
Brexit is already costing every person in this country hundreds of pounds in lower income, and we haven't even left yet.
There's more work out there now, than there's been in a long time.
This is not a forecast, it has happened, but that won't mean anything to Brextemists. He's discredited in their eyes as he was seen as scaremongering & project fear with making claims like households would lose £4300 over 15 years if we left the EU. Seems as though his claims may have been on the conservative side as we haven't even left yet.
Brexit is making this country a joke and an international irrelevance.
We're still in the EU didn't you know? You talk as if we've already left and that the country was flourishing before the vote. Mark Carney is a fraud when it comes to brexit. Yet another bitter remainer.
I'm shocked. It's not like Mark Carney to be negative about Brexit.
"seems as though his claims may have been on the conservative side as we haven't even left yet. "
Worth noting that capitalism relies on the common belief that tomorrows economy will be better than today's. If there's doubt in the future strength of the economy, then money dries up.
This has happened, its not a prediction.
Governments solution to hard brexit. Turn the M20 into a giant Lorry park. Vote for this did you?
Great for traffic cone manufacturers i guess.
Relatively it was flourishing. Economically we were performing better than the rest of the G7 countries and growing faster than an other EU State. Then within a year of the referendum we've slumped to the bottom of G7 growth charts and growth is below the EU average.
Brexit-related exchange rate shocks, loss of confidence, and uncertainty are all widely reported as being major factors.
It's impossible to deny. So the Brexiteer position on this has to be the long game, that there's some hope that when we eventually get clarity there'll be something in the future plans that will improve our prospects. We just don't know what that is yet, but it needs to be more than meaningless slogans and insults.
This is great news, when are you moving ?
No need for me to leave, i don't think my job will be affected by Brexit and the drying up of European talent will only boost my employment credentials. But i live and work in London and we'll be the most insulated to the harm caused by Brexit.
But i am looking into the possibility of dual citizenship with Poland if it means joining the fast track EU queue at the airport.
Flourishing? That chart shows that during mid 2016 when the referendum was held out growth was steadily decreasing, and it's pretty much stayed that way. It had been going that way since mid 2014. Japan, USA and Canada were the only ones starting to flourish in that period. None of which are in the EU. If there wasn't so much negativity and scaremongering going on from the remain side then we might have seen better growth up to now but it's not gonna happen until they finally give in.
Negativity and scaremongering is the reason for the poor growth performance? If only those awful remainers would just shut up everything would be rosy? I'm going to think positively about my lottery numbers this weekend. I think that's where I may have been going wrong so far.
"It's pretty much stayed that way". Yes, whilst others have improved. That's why I said "relative". The economy is in relatively worse position on the global stage than it was was before the referendum.


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"I had no reason to suspect my NYSC Certificate was forged" -Adeosun (Read Letter)
Adeola Goke-Niyi
Kemi Adeosun says her NYSC exemption certificate was screened and cleared by the Department of State Services (DSS) before she was appointed minister by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. She also said she had no reason to suspect that her certificate was forged, until it was reported by an "online medium" — a veiled reference to Premium Times which reported the infraction.
In her resignation letter dated September 14, 2018, she wrote:
"Your Excellency, kindly permit me to outline some of the background to this matter. I was born and raised in the United Kingdom, indeed my parental family home remains in London. My visits to Nigeria up until the age of thirty-four (34) were holidays, with visas obtained in my UK passport.
"I obtained my first Nigerian passport at the age of thirty-four (34) and when I relocated there was debate as to whether NYSC Law applied to me. Upon enquiry as to my status relating to NYSC, I was informed that due to my residency history and having exceeded the age of thirty (30), I was exempted from the requirement to serve. Until recent events, that remained my understanding.
"On the basis of that advice and with the guidance and assistance of those, I thought were trusted associates, NYSC were approached for documentary proof of status. I then received the certificate in question. Having never worked in NYSC, visited the premises, been privy to nor familiar with their operations, I had no reason to suspect that the certificate was anything but genuine.
"Indeed, I presented that certificate at the 2011 Ogun State House of Assembly and in 2015 for Directorate of State Services (DSS) Clearance as well as to the National Assembly for screening. Be that as it may, as someone totally committed to a culture of probity and accountability I have decided to resign with effect from Friday, 14th September, 2018."
FULL TEXT OF ADEOSUN'S RESIGNATION LETTER
Dear Excellency,
Let me commence by thanking you profusely for the honour and privilege of serving under your inspirational leadership. It has been a truly rewarding experience to learn from you and to observe at close quarters your integrity and sense of duty.
I have, today, become privy to the findings of the investigation into the allegation made in an online medium that the Certificate of Exemption from National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) that I had presented was not genuine. This has come as a shock to me and I believe that in line with this administration's focus on integrity, I must do the honourable thing and resign.
Your Excellency, kindly permit me to outline some of the background to this matter. I was born and raised in the United Kingdom, indeed my parental family home remains in London. My visits to Nigeria up until the age of thirty-four (34) were holidays, with visas obtained in my UK passport. I obtained my first Nigerian passport at the age of thirty-four (34) and when I relocated there was debate as to whether NYSC Law applied to me. Upon enquiry as to my status relating to NYSC, I was informed that due to my residency history and having exceeded the age of thirty (30), I was exempted from the requirement to serve. Until recent events, that remained my understanding.
On the basis of that advice and with the guidance and assistance of those, I thought were trusted associates, NYSC were approached for documentary proof of status. I then received the certificate in question. Having never worked in NYSC, visited the premises, been privy to nor familiar with their operations, I had no reason to suspect that the certificate was anything but genuine. Indeed, I presented that certificate at the 2011 Ogun State House of Assembly and in 2015 for Directorate of State Services (DSS) Clearance as well as to the National Assembly for screening. Be that as it may, as someone totally committed to a culture of probity and accountability I have decided to resign with effect from Friday, 14th September, 2018.
Your Excellency, it has been an exceptional privilege to have served our nation under your leadership and to have played a role in steering our economy at a very challenging time. I am proud that Nigeria has brought discipline into its finances, has identified and is pursuing a path to long term sustainable growth that will unlock the potential in this great economy. Under your leadership, Nigeria was able to exit recession and has now started to lay the foundations for lasting growth and wealth creation. Repositioning this huge economy is not a short term task and there are no short cuts, indeed there are tough decisions still to be made but I have no doubt that your focus on infrastructural investment, revenue mobilisation and value for money in public expenditure will deliver growth, wealth and opportunity for all Nigerians.
I thank His Excellency, the Vice President and my colleagues in the Federal Executive Council for the huge pleasure and honour of working with them. I also thank most specially, the team in the 'Finance Family' of advisers and heads of agencies under the Ministry of Finance. Your Excellency, this group of committed Nigerians represent a range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. They have worked well above and beyond the call of duty to support me in the tasks assigned. The diversity in my team and their ability to work cohesively to deliver reforms, convinces me that Nigeria has the human capital required to succeed.
Your Excellency, let me conclude by commending your patience and support, during the long search for the truth in this matter. I thank you again for giving me the honour of serving under your leadership, it is a rare privilege, which I do not take for granted. As a Nigerian and committed progressive, I appreciate you for your dogged commitment to improving this nation.
Please be assured, as always, of my highest regards and best wishes.
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Learn to Rekindle Holiday Joy
Robin Howard
The holidays are supposed to be a happy time, but many of us end up missing the fun because we are too stressed out. Tight finances, loneliness, grief, family struggles and other difficult situations can trigger the holiday blues.
The American Psychology Association reports that while most of us do feel in higher spirits around the holidays, we are also more vulnerable to fatigue, irritability and sadness.
There is plenty of online information about ways to reduce holiday stress.
Here is what six people say they have learned when it comes to navigating the stress of holidays.
Balance Your Commitments
Sarah likes spending time with her family at Christmas, but she dreads the long drive across three states.
"Getting ready for the trip and recovering from the trip always left me exhausted for most of December," she says. "I shortened my family visit by two days and took three additional days off of work that I kept all to myself. Everyone assumed I was still out of town, so I had no social obligations. It was the best Christmas I've had in a long time."
Sarah's advice: Make a list of holiday-related activities ahead of you and plan something enjoyable to offset it.
Declare a Cease-fire
"I love my family, but I have a few relatives who like to stir the pot," Macy says. "I always felt like I had a duty to stand up for myself or to defend my position whenever they started in at family gatherings.
"About three years ago, I declared a personal cease-fire for November and December. If someone says something that pushes my buttons, I walk away.
"I also stay off social media during the holidays because it seems like everyone is either stressed out or trying to demonstrate how perfectly happy they are. It's just too easy to get cynical or fire back a response."
Eliminate Gift Guilt
"My parents have everything," William says. "If they want something, they buy it. I used to start worrying about what to get them for Christmas in October.
"I'd been working hard to cut down on the amount of 'stuff' I accumulate. I was also making an effort to spend my money at local small businesses. When it came time to buy gifts, it felt like a violation of my values to buy a bunch of gadgets online.
"Instead, I went to a local art and maker boutique and did all of my shopping there. I had a great time. The staff even got in on the fun. Everyone on my list got something totally unexpected and handmade. They loved it."
William says eliminating infinite choices and letting himself off the hook to choose the perfect gifts made Christmas shopping enjoyable for the first time in his life.
Skip it Sometimes
"My mom passed away, and I just didn't have the energy to manufacture the Christmas spirit," Georgia says. "I gave myself permission to skip Christmas entirely, and I almost did. Then, around the 20th, I decided to put up a Christmas tree. I got out all the ornaments my mom had made and baked her favorite dessert. I got such a healing boost from it that I had a small impromptu party on Christmas Eve.
"Someone gave me a great book as a gift, and I enjoyed reading all Christmas Day. It wasn't the holiday I wanted, necessarily, but it was the holiday I needed."
Georgia says it is OK to take a break some years. Pretending to feel happy—or being around others not in your situation—can make you feel worse.
Identify the Problem
Paula always dreaded the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas because she inevitably gained back the weight she had worked hard to lose the rest of the year.
She broke the cycle by allowing herself to bake one batch of Christmas cookies a week, then stuck to her healthy eating plan the rest of the time.
"Friday nights were cookie nights," she says. "We had fun deciding which cookies we were going to bake, and we savored them all weekend without guilt.
"I had no problem avoiding the rest of the holiday goodies because I had my cookies to look forward to. I gained 3 pounds in December and easily lost it by the second week of January. Problem solved."
Paula says if the holidays stress you out, figure out the problem and create a strategy to manage it.
Declare Less Is More
"My parents made a huge deal about Christmas when I was growing up," Chris says. "There would be so many presents it was hard to walk through the living room. They couldn't afford all of that, but it was a cultural thing. When I had kids, I found myself going down the same path.
"In December, I wouldn't set a budget or even look at the credit card bill. I just wanted my kids to have a good Christmas, as my dad would say. It would take us until March to pay everything off, and it made me feel sick.
"One year, I overheard someone at work say they bought their kids four gifts: something they want, something they need, something to wear, something to read. I loved the idea of that, and so did my wife.
"Now, instead of tearing through piles of presents in a few minutes, our kids take time unwrapping each of their four gifts. It's so much more meaningful. We didn't lose any of the joy, and there's no credit card hangover." n
Regardless of the holiday you celebrate as the year winds down, be mindful of what causes stress—and be creative about how you deal with it—so you enjoy all the best the season has to offer.


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What to see and do? How business and leisure travellers use video
Author: Robin Powell | Posted on: 31 January 2014
Research has underlined the need for travel companies to engage with consumers through video.
A study by Ipsos MediaCT, commissioned by Google, found that people are using video at every stage of the customer journey - from deciding where to travel to selecting a website to book through.
The research also revealed that consumers are watching videos on a range of different devices, and that they're producing and sharing their own content more than ever before.
Google says the two key takeaways for marketers are that they should:
Develop and promote video content that allows them to bring the sights and sounds of their destination, property or product to the consumer; and
Know how to leverage user-generated content to allow advocates to tell their story for them.
We've produced this infographic to illustrate the key findings.
If you're a marketer for a business in the travel sector and would like to know more about the benefits of developing high-quality video content to engage with existing and potential customers, please get in touch with us.
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Author: Robin Powell
Robin worked for many years as a television journalist with ITV, Sky and the BBC. He is the founder of Ember Regis Group and heads up Regis Media, a niche provider of content marketing for financial advice firms. He blogs as The Evidence-Based Investor and also works as a consultant to disruptive companies in the financial services sector. https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=45830333&snapshotID=&authType=name&authToken=6sSD&ref=NUS&trk=NUS-body-member-name https://twitter.com/ember_robin
Marketing is about give and take
Brands need to be able to adjust their marketing strategies according to the kind of people they want to attract. In the age of instant communication, how a brand chooses to communicate with their audience is of paramount importance.
Why should brands be interested in experiential marketing?
With consumer tastes gravitating further towards experiences as opposed to just products, how can marketing follow suit?
How can content curation make your brand valuable?
Getting your message heard amongst the overflow of information online can sometimes feel like a fool's errand. But, through content curation, businesses can find benefits in this surfeit of choice.
How does music play into the distinctive atmosphere of Peaky Blinders?
Music is a big part of the BBC's Peaky Blinders. But how does the show's distinctive sonic identity help to convey its gritty, sinister atmosphere?
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