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1.14: Quantum Mechanics and the Fourier Transform
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A Quantum Mechanical Interpretation of Single‐slit Diffraction
Simulating the DNA Diffraction Pattern
Crystal Structure, Rotational Symmetry and Quasicrystals
Single Slit Diffraction and the Fourier Transform
However, just as with the circular aperture (Airy pattern) a single slit also yields a diffraction pattern when illuminated. Both are examples of the superposition principle because the photons that arrive at the detection screen can get there from any points within the aperture or slit. So, in general, we calculate the diffraction pattern by a Fourier transform of the coordinate space geometry, slit or circle or something more complicated. The following tutorial explores single-slit diffraction and the uncertainty principle.
Diffraction has a simple quantum mechanical interpretation based on the uncertainty principle. Or we could say diffraction is an excellent way to illustrate the uncertainty principle.
A screen with a single slit of width, w, is illuminated with a coherent photon or particle beam. The normalized coordinate‐space wave function at the slit screen is,
\mathrm{w} :=1 \qquad \Psi(\mathrm{x}, \mathrm{w}) :=\mathrm{if}\left[\left(\mathrm{x} \geq-\frac{\mathrm{w}}{2}\right) \cdot\left(\mathrm{x} \leq \frac{\mathrm{w}}{2}\right), \frac{1}{\sqrt{\mathrm{w}}}, 0\right] \qquad \mathrm{x} :=\frac{-\mathrm{w}}{2}, \frac{-\mathrm{w}}{2}+0.005 \ldots \frac{\mathrm{w}}{2}
The coordinate‐space probability density, \(|\Psi(x, w)|^{2}\), is displayed for a slit of unit width below
The slit‐screen measures position, it localizes the incident beam in the x‐direction. According to the uncertainty principle, because position and momentum are complementary, or conjugate, observables, this measurement must be accompanied by a delocalization of the x‐component of the momentum. This can be seen by a Fourier transform of \(\Psi (x,w)\) into momentum space to obtain the momentum wave function, \(\Phi (p_{x},w)\).
\Phi\left(\mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}}, \mathrm{w}\right) :=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \cdot \pi}} \cdot \int_{-\frac{\mathrm{w}}{2}}^{\frac{\mathrm{w}}{2}} \exp \left(-\mathrm{i} \cdot \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}} \cdot \mathrm{x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{\mathrm{w}}} \mathrm{dx} \text { simplify } \rightarrow \frac{\sqrt{2} \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}} \cdot \mathrm{w}}{2}\right)}{\sqrt{\pi} \cdot \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}} \cdot \sqrt{\mathrm{w}}}
It is the momentum distribution, \(|\Phi(p_{x} ,w)|^{2}\), shown histographically below that is projected onto the detection screen. Thus, a position measurement at the detection screen is also effectively a measure of the x‐component of the particle momentum.
In this figure we see the spread in momentum required by the uncertainty principle, plus interference fringes due to the fact that the incident beam can imerge from any where within the slit, allowing for constructive and destructive interference at the detection screen. If the slit width is decreased the position is more precisely known and the uncertainty principle demands a broadening in the momentum distribution as shown below.
Equating uncertainty in position with slit width and uncertainty in momentum with the width of the intense center of the diffraction pattern, we have in atomic units: \(\Delta x \Delta p_{x}=12.6\). If the slit width is decreased the position is more precisely known and the uncertainty principle demands a broadening in the momentum distribution as shown below. For slit width 0.5 we again find the product of the uncertainties is 12.6.
Naturally if the slit width is increased to 2.0 the position uncertainty increases and the uncertainty in momentum decreases yielding again \(\Delta x \Delta p_{x}=12.6\).
The x‐direction momentum can be expressed in terms of the wavelength of the illuminating beam and the diffraction angle using the following sequence of equations of which the second is the de Broglie relation in atomic units (h = 2\(\pi\)).
\mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}}=\mathrm{p} \cdot \sin (\Theta) \qquad \mathrm{p}=\frac{2 \cdot \pi}{\lambda} \qquad \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}}=\frac{2 \cdot \pi}{\lambda} \cdot \sin (\Theta)
\Phi\left(\Theta_{\mathrm{x}}, \mathrm{w}, \lambda\right) :=\sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi \cdot \mathrm{w}} \cdot} \cdot \frac{\sin \left(\frac{\pi \cdot \mathrm{w}}{\lambda} \cdot \sin \left(\Theta_{\mathrm{x}}\right)\right)}{\frac{2 \cdot \pi}{\lambda} \cdot \sin \left(\Theta_{\mathrm{x}}\right)}
This allows one to explore the effect of the wavelength of the illuminating beam on the diffraction pattern. The figure below shows that a short wavelength (high momentum) illuminating beam gives rise to a narrower diffraction pattern.
The method used here to calculate single‐slit diffraction patterns (momentum‐space distribution functions) is easily extended to multiple slits, and also to diffraction at two‐dimensional masks with a variety of hole geometries.
Relevant Literature:
Primary source: ʺQuantum interference with slits,ʺ Thomas Marcella which appeared in European Journal of Physics 23, 615‐621 (2002).
See also: ʺCalculating diffraction patterns,ʺ F. Rioux in European Journal of Physics, 24, N1‐N3 (2003). "Using Optical Transforms to Teach Quantum Mechanics," F. Rioux; B. J. Johnson, The Chemical Educator, 9, 12‐16 (2004). ʺSingle‐slit Diffraction and the Uncertainty Prinicple,ʺ F. Rioux in Journal of Chemical Education, 82, 1210 (2005).
ʺExperimental verification of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle for hot fullerene moleculesʺ, O. Nairz, M. Arndt, and A. Zeilinger, Phys. Rev. A, 65, 032109 (2002).
ʺIntroducing the Uncertainty Principle Using Diffraction of Light Waves,ʺ Pedro L. Muino, Journal of Chemical Education, 77, 1025‐1027 (2000).
The next link shows how the methods used to examine these relatively simple cases can be expanded to more interesting geometries, including the DNA double helix. The following tutorial provides details regarding a simple simulation of the DNA diffraction pattern.
The publication of the DNA double-helix structure by x-ray diffraction in 1953 is one the most significant scientific events of the 20th century (1). Therefore, it is important that science students and their teachers have some understanding of how this great achievement was accomplished. X-ray diffraction is conceptually simple: a source of X-rays illuminates a sample which scatters the x-rays, and a detector records the arrival of the scattered x-rays (diffraction pattern). However, the mathematical analysis required to extract from diffraction pattern the molecular geometry of the sample that caused the diffraction pattern is quite formidable. Therefore, the purpose of this tutorial is to illustrate some of the elements of the mathematical analysis required to solve a structure.
The famous X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by Rosalind Franklin is shown below (2).
This X-ray picture stimulated Watson and Crick to propose the now famous double-helix sturcture for DNA. It was surely fortuitous that Crick had recently completed an unrelated study of the diffraction patterns of helical molecules ( 3).
To gain some understanding of how the experimental pattern led to the hypothesis of a double-helical structure we will work in reverse. We will assume the double-helix structure, calculate the diffraction pattern, and compare it with the experimental result. This, therefore, is a deductive exercise as opposed to the brilliant inductive accomplishment of Watson and Crick in determining the DNA structure from Franklin's experimental X-ray pattern.
The experimental pattern will be simulated by modeling DNA solely as a planar double strand of sugar-phosphate backbone groups shown below. Reference 4 provides the justification and the limitations in using two-dimensional models for three-dimensional structures when simulating X-ray diffraction experiments.
The double-strand geometry shown below was created using the following mathematics. Calculations are carried out in atomic units.
Sugar-phosphate groups per strand: \(A : = 20\) Strand radius: \(R : = 1\) Phase difference between strands: \(0.8 \cdot \pi\)
First strand:
\mathrm{m} :=1 \ldots \mathrm{A} \quad \Theta_{\mathrm{m}} :=\frac{4 \cdot \pi \cdot \mathrm{m}}{\mathrm{A}} \quad \mathrm{y}_{\mathrm{m}} :=\mathrm{m} \quad \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{m}} :=\mathrm{R} \cdot \cos \left(\Theta_{\mathrm{m}}\right)
Second strand:
\mathrm{m} :=21 \ldots40 \quad \Theta_{\mathrm{m}} :=\frac{4 \cdot \pi \cdot(\mathrm{m}-\mathrm{A})}{\mathrm{A}} \quad \mathrm{y}_{\mathrm{m}} :=(\mathrm{m}-\mathrm{A}) \quad \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{m}} :=\mathrm{R} \cdot \cos \left(\Theta_{\mathrm{m}}+0.8 \cdot \pi\right)
\[\mathrm{m} :=1 \ldots20 \quad \mathrm{n} :=21 \ldots 40 \nonumber \]
According to quantum mechanical principles, the photons illuminating this geometrical arrangement interact with all its members simultaneously thus being cast into the spatial superposition, \(\Psi\), given below.
| \Psi \rangle=\frac{1}{\sqrt{N}} \sum_{i=1}^{N} | x_{i}, y_{i} \rangle
This spatial wave function is then projected into momentum space by a Fourier transform to yield the theoretical diffraction pattern. What is measured at the detector according to quantum mechanics is the two-dimensional momentum distribution created by the spatial localization that occurs during illumination of the structure. If the sugar-phosphate groups are treated as point scatterers the momentum wave function is given by the following Fourier transform.
\Phi\left(\mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}}, \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{y}}\right) :=\frac{1}{2 \cdot \pi} \cdot \sum_{\mathrm{m}=1}^{40} \exp \left(-\mathrm{i} \cdot \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}} \cdot \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{m}}\right) \cdot \exp \left(-\mathrm{i} \cdot \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{y}} \cdot \mathrm{y}_{\mathrm{m}}\right)
The theoretical diffraction pattern can now be displayed as the absolute magnitude squared of the momentum wave function.
\Delta :=8 \quad \mathrm{N} :=200 \quad \mathrm{j} :=0 \ldots \mathrm{N} \quad \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}} :=-\Delta+\frac{2 \cdot \Delta \cdot \mathrm{j}}{\mathrm{N}} \quad \mathrm{k} :=0 \ldots \mathrm{N} \quad \quad \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{y}} :=-\Delta+\frac{2 \cdot \Delta \cdot \mathrm{k}}{\mathrm{N}}
\text{DiffractionPattern}_{\mathrm{j}, \mathrm{k}} :=\left(|\Phi\left(\mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}_{j}}, \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{y}_{k}}\right)|\right)^{2}
Clearly the naive model diffraction pattern presented here captures several important features of the experimental diffraction pattern. Among those are the characteristic X-shaped cross of the diffraction pattern and the missing fourth horizontal layer (indicated by arrows).
Lucas, Lisensky, and co-workers (4, 5) have simulated the DNA diffraction pattern using the optical transform method. This tutorial might therefore be considered to be a theoretical companion to their more empirical approach to the subject.
Watson, J. D.; Crick, F. H. C. Nature 1953, 171, 737.
Franklin, R. E.; Gosling, R. G. Nature 1953, 171, 740.
Cochran, W.; Crick, F. H. C.; Vand, V. Acta Crystallogr. 1952, 5, 581.
Lucas, A. A.; Lambin, Ph.; Mairesse, R.; Mathot, M. J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 378.
Lisensky, G. C.; Lucas, A. A.; Nordell, K. J.; Jackelen, A. L.; Condren, S. M.; Tobe, R. H.; Ellis, A. B. DNA Optical Transform Kit; Institute for Chemical Education: University of Wisconsin, WI, 1999.
A brief discussion of the impact of rotational symmetry in determining diffraction patterns and the concept of the quasi-crystal can be found at the following tutorial.
Prior to 1991 crystals were defined to be solids having only 2-, 3-, 4- and 6-fold rotational symmetry because only these rotational symmetries have the required translational periodicity to build the long-range order of a crystalline solid. Long-range order is synonymous with periodicity, requiring some unit structure which repeats itself by translation in all directions infinitely. It is easy to demonstrate that a pentagon, with 5-fold rotational symmetry cannot be used as a unit cell to create long-range order in a plane or in three-dimensions.
The justification for this definition was that solid structures with 2-, 3-, 4- and 6-fold rotational symmetry yield discrete diffraction patterns that also have translational periodicity. Another way to put this is to say that solid structures with 2-, 3-, 4- and 6-fold rotational symmetry have reciprocal lattices that also have translational periodicity. Yet, another way to put this, of course, is that the Fourier transforms of geometries with 2-, 3-, 4- and 6-fold rotational symmetry yield lattice-like momentum distributions with translational periodicity. This latter statement is preferred by the author because it emphasizes that diffraction patterns are actually the momentum distributions of the diffracted particles.
The key in this latter interpretation is that diffraction experiments involve an initial spatial localization of the radiation through interaction with the crystal lattice, followed as required by the uncertainty principle, a delocalization of the momentum distribution in the detection plane.
Let's look at some examples. First we examine the Fourier transforms of two mini-lattices with two- and three-fold rotational symmetry.
Clearly both diffraction patterns exhibit translational periodicity, their repeating units being a 90 degree rotation of the spatial structure. Next we look at four-fold rotational symmetry and see that the unit cell is obvious.
Six-fold rotational symmetry is more interesting than the previous three examples, but again the unit cell is easy to find.
Now look at what happens when we consider 5-fold symmetry – the diffraction pattern generated by a pentagon.
The unit cell, the universal repeating unit, is gone. The diffraction pattern is well-defined, it has rotational symmetry and it is appealing, but it does not satisfy the criterion for translational periodicity. That's why 5-fold rotational symmetry is excluded from the list of symmetries that can generate diffraction patterns that have translational periodicity, and why by definition crystalline solids are not supposed to have 5-fold axes, or rotational axes greater than order six.
However, in 1984 an international research team consisting of D. Shechtman, I. Blech, D. Gratias and J. W. Cahn, published "Metallic phase with long-range orientational order and no translational symmetry" in Physical Review Letters 53, 1951-1953 (1984). The crystalline metallic phases they studied produced discrete diffraction patterns that were characteristic of the 5- and 10-fold rotational symmetry axes that were prohibited by the accepted definition of a crystalline solid.
In the face of this contradictory evidence, 5-fold rotational symmetry and a well-defined diffraction pattern, the International Union of Crystallography in 1991 redefined crystal to mean any solid having a discrete diffraction pattern. However, the solid phases discovered by Shechtman and his co-workers go by the name quasicrystals, indicating that they don't quite have the same stature as those that don't violate the rotational symmetry rule.
The striking diffraction pattern created by a pentagon of point scatterers is shown below.
In these recent examples we have been Fourier transforming from coordinate space to momentum space because the momentum distribution function is the diffraction pattern, and our experiments are set up in coordinate space. In quantum mechanics an experiment requires two steps: state preparation followed by a measurement. State preparation occurs at the slit screen and measurement at the detection screen. The following link shows how to go from the coordinate representation to the momentum representation and back again.
Slit width: \(w : = 1\) Coordinate‐space wave function: \(\Psi(\mathrm{x}, \mathrm{w}) :=\text { if }\left[\left(\mathrm{x} \geq-\frac{\mathrm{w}}{2}\right) \cdot\left(\mathrm{x} \leq \frac{\mathrm{w}}{2}\right), 1,0\right]\)
x :=\frac{-w}{2}, \frac{-w}{2}+0.005 \dots \frac{w}{2}
A Fourier transform of the coordinate‐space wave function yields the momentum wave function and the momentum distribution function, which is the diffraction pattern.
\Phi\left(\mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}}, \mathrm{w}\right) :=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \cdot \pi \cdot \mathrm{w}}} \cdot \int_{-\frac{\mathrm{w}}{2}}^{\frac{\mathrm{w}}{2}} \exp \left(-\mathrm{i} \cdot \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}} \cdot \mathrm{x}\right) d x \text { simplify } \rightarrow \frac{\sqrt{2} \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}} \cdot \mathrm{w}}{2}\right)}{\sqrt{\pi} \cdot \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}} \cdot \sqrt{\mathrm{w}}}
Now Fourier transform the momentum wave function back to coordinate space and display result. This is done numerically using large limits of integration for momentum.
\Psi(x, w) :=\int_{-5000}^{5000} \frac{\frac{1}{2} \sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot w \cdot p_{x}\right)}{\pi^{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot w^{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot p_{x}} \cdot \frac{\exp \left(i \cdot p_{x} \cdot x\right)}{\sqrt{2 \cdot \pi}} d p_{x}
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Q: Multi-Factorial and Series with Triple-factorial terms
Let $n!^{(k)}$ denote a multi-factorial which is defined by
    $$
    n!^{(k)} = \begin{cases}
      1                     & n \leqslant 0, \\
      n,                    & 0 < n < k,\\
      n\times(n-k)!^{(k)},  & n \geqslant k.
    \end{cases}
  $$
E.g. $8!^{(3)}=8\times5!^{(3)}=8\times5\times2!^{(3)}=8\times5\times2=80$. For $k=3$ we may also put down $8!!!$.

For the case of $k=1$, Mathematica has Factorial[] or ! at hand.
For the case of $k=2$, there is Factorial2[] or !! which calculates double factorials.
For the general case of a $k$th factorial, I could define by recursion
In[1]:= MultiFactorial[n_, k_] := If[n < k, If[n <= 0, 1, n], n MultiFactorial[n - k, k]]

which correctly outputs $8!^{(3)}$ as
In[2]:= MultiFactorial[8, 3]
Out[2]:= 80

But when I have a multi-factorial in every term of an infinite series, Mathematica spits out the original input:
In[3]:= Sum[((-1)^n MultiFactorial[3 n, 3])/MultiFactorial[3 n + 1, 3], {n, 0, +∞}]
Out[3]:= (* More or less the same *)

[Edit]
Definition by Product[]
In[4]:= MultiFactorial[n_, k_] := Product[i, {i, n, 1, -k}]
In[5]:= Sum[((-1)^n MultiFactorial[3 n, 3])/MultiFactorial[3 n + 1, 3], {n, 0, +∞}]

suggests that the sum is divergent.
Yep, I'm trying to verify if
$$\sum\limits_{n=0}^{+\infty} \frac{(-1)^n (3n)!^{(3)}}{(3n+1)!^{(3)}} = -\frac{\sqrt[3]{2}}{4} \ln\left(\sqrt[3]{2}-1\right)+\frac{\sqrt{3}\sqrt[3]{2}}{6}\arctan\frac{\sqrt{3}}{1+2\sqrt[3]{2}}.$$
Question: Are there any built-in functions for the cases of $k\geqslant3$ which is OK to sum?

A: The multifactorial you are building is built-in in Mathematica under the disguise of FactorialPower:
MultiFactorial2[n_, k_] := FactorialPower[n, Quotient[n - 1, k] + 1, k]

which is the equivalent to J. M.'s expression.

A: (too long for a comment)
Sasha has given an expression in terms of falling factorials. For some reason, however, Sum[(-1)^j MultiFactorial[3 j, 3]/MultiFactorial[3 j + 1, 3], {j, 0, Infinity}] remains unsimplified using the definition of the multifactorial in terms of FactorialPower[].
Either of the following definitions work, though:
MultiFactorial[n_, k_] :=
      With[{q = Quotient[n - 1, k]}, k^(q + 1) Gamma[n/k + 1]/Gamma[n/k - q]]

MultiFactorial[n_, k_] := With[{q = Quotient[n + k - 1, k]}, k^q q! Binomial[n/k, q]]

where Sum[(-1)^j MultiFactorial[3 j, 3]/MultiFactorial[3 j + 1, 3], {j, 0, Infinity}] now evaluates to Hypergeometric2F1[1, 1, 4/3, -1]. Applying FunctionExpand[] to this yields a rather complex expression, but at least it involves only elementary functions.
Unfortunately,
FullSimplify[FunctionExpand[
              Hypergeometric2F1[1, 1, 4/3, -1] ==
              -2^(-5/3) Log[2^(1/3) - 1] + Sqrt[3] 2^(1/3) ArcTan[Sqrt[3]/(1 + 2^(4/3))]/6]]

takes quite long to evaluate, and does not yield anything useful. Thus, we need to exploit a few special function identities like the Pfaff transformation, yielding the identity
$${}_2 F_1\left({{1,1}\atop{\frac43}}\mid-1\right)=\frac12{}_2 F_1\left({{\frac13,1}\atop{\frac43}}\mid\frac12\right)$$
which happens to have a convenient representation in terms of elementary functions.
Using that identity, we have
With[{z = 1/2}, (-Log[1 - z^(1/3)] - (-1)^(2/3) Log[1 + (-1)^(1/3) z^(1/3)] +
     (-1)^(1/3) Log[1 - (-1)^(2/3) z^(1/3)])/(3 z^(1/3))]/2 ==
-2^(-5/3) Log[2^(1/3) - 1] + Sqrt[3] 2^(1/3) ArcTan[Sqrt[3]/(1 + 2^(4/3))]/6 // FullSimplify

which quickly evaluates to True.
My point here, now, is that although Mathematica knows a fair bit about special functions, sometimes one could benefit a lot from helping Mathematica a little bit with a few identities...

A: Mathematica actually can perform the sum as originally specified.  First, supply the recursive definition of "multi-factorial":
factorial[n_, k_] /; n <= 0 := 1;
factorial[n_, k_] /; n <= k := n;
factorial[n_, k_] := factorial[n, k] = n factorial[n - k, k];

The strategy is to simplify the coefficients that will appear in the sum.  Unfortunately, a direct attack won't work:
a[n_] := Evaluate[Simplify[factorial[3 n, 3] / factorial[3 n + 1, 3],
  Assumptions -> n \[Element] Integers && n >= 0]]

This doesn't get us anywhere.  Instead, let's try...guessing:
a = FindSequenceFunction[Table[factorial[3 n, 3] / factorial[3 n + 1, 3], {n, 1, 10}]]

$\frac{\text{Pochhammer}[1,\text{$\#$1}]}{\text{Pochhammer}\left[\frac{4}{3},\text{$\#$1}\right]}\&$

We are home free.  We can even do a more general sum, using a variable x instead of $-1$:
f[x_] := Evaluate[Sum[x^n a[n], {n, 0, Infinity}] // FullSimplify]

The answer:
f[-1]

$\text{Hypergeometric2F1}\left[1,1,\frac{4}{3},-1\right]$

(Its connection with ArcTan and Log becomes apparent after looking at FunctionExpand[f[x]].)

One should be sceptical of the result of FindSequenceFunction--it is only guaranteed to agree with the sequence of values given to it, not with all possible indexes--so let's find a way to confirm the correctness of this result.  All we have to go on is the recursive definition of factorial.  Somehow we need to relate a to this recursion.  Looking at a shows it relates factorial[3n,3] to factorial[3n+1,3], whereas the recursive definition of factorial relates factorial[3n,3] to factorial[3n+3,3].  We can get there in three steps, but first need to work out the next two:
b = FindSequenceFunction[Table[factorial[3 n - 1, 3]/factorial[3 n, 3], {n, 1, 10}]]
c = FindSequenceFunction[Table[factorial[3 n - 2, 3]/factorial[3 n - 1, 3], {n, 1, 10}]]

Now 1/(a[n-1]b[n]c[n]) ought to give us the ratio factorial[3n]/factorial[3(n-1)], which, according to the recursion, had better equal $3n$.  Indeed,
1/(a[n - 1] b[n] c[n]) // FullSimplify

$3n$

Because the first four values of factorial are $(1,1,2,3)$, we only need to verify that a[0], c[1], and b[1] return the first three successive ratios $1/1$, $1/2$, $2/3$, which indeed they do.  By induction, this proves the result of FindSequenceFunction is correct.

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Hello, I'm Paul Crampton, Chief Justice of the Federal Court. It's my great pleasure to introduce you to our new website.
The Federal Court occupies a special place in Canada's justice system. We are the country's national, bijural and bilingual trial court.
We deal with cases in a broad range of areas of federal jurisdiction, including national security law, intellectual property law, maritime law, aboriginal law, and administrative law, which includes the vast area of immigration law.
The Court sits in cities across the country, from St. John's to Vancouver to the three northern territories, and everywhere in between.
The Federal Court is committed to addressing two pressing challenges. The first is improving access to justice. The second is modernizing the Court to keep pace with technological change.
In the past few years, we have made significant strides on both these fronts. These are summarized in a progress report on our website that provides an update on the realization of our 2014-2019 Strategic Plan.
We have achieved this success by making connections and listening to what our stakeholders have to say. We have reached out to the bar, to law schools, and to the public, to learn what we can do better and then to innovate.
We are connecting, we are serious about the feedback we receive, and we are changing. Many of our Rules have been updated. We have introduced greater flexibility into our processes. Our courtrooms are now more modern and accessible.
And we have modernized many aspects of our work, including e-filing, e-courtrooms, video-conferencing, electronic assignment calendars, webcasts, and social media.
This is all in service of one goal: to better serve the public in the administration of justice.
As we near our 50th anniversary, I am pleased to announce the launch of the Federal Court's new website. We have developed new ways for people to connect with us – be they lawyers, self-represented parties, the media, or the general public.
Our guiding goal has been to assist you to understand and stay abreast of the Court and its work. You will find much more helpful information, as well as new tools, including checklists, interactive forms, a procedural roadmap, a timelines calculator, and calendar of Hearings. And all within three clicks!
This website is the product of many peoples' hard work and creativity. I am proud of what we have accomplished together.
I invite you to try out the new features, and send us your comments. And don't forget to connect with us on Twitter.
Welcome to the Federal Court.


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Les Chiots Noël, la relève est arrivée (Santa Paws 2 : The Santa Pups) ou Le Chien Noël 2 : Les toutous de Noël au Québec est un film américain réalisé par Robert Vince et sorti en 2012.

Synopsis
Le Chien Noël est papa de quatre adorables chiots : trois filles (Grelot, Espoir, Charité) et un fils (). Ces quatre chenapans, qui enchaînent bêtises sur bêtises, décident d'emprunter le cristal magique d'Eddy, le chef des chiens lutins. Ils profitent d'embarquer clandestinement à bord du traîneau du Père Noël et d'une mission confiée à Mère Noël à Pineville, pour exaucer les souhaits grâce à la magie du cristal.

Malheureusement rien ne se déroule comme prévu. Olympe, qui porte le cristal magique, exauce le vœux de Carter, malheureux en raison du décès de sa maman, celui où Noël disparaisse à jamais. Petit à petit l'esprit de Noël commence à disparaitre du cœur des habitants de Pineville. Carter, ayant compris que son souhait était dangereux pour les habitants du pôle nord et aidé de sa sœur Sarah, ainsi que de leurs nouveaux amis, fera tout pour que l'esprit de Noël regagne le cœur des gens.

Fiche technique
 Titre français : Les Chiots Noël, la relève est arrivée
 Titre québécois : Le Chien Noël 2 : Les toutous de Noël
 Titre original : Santa Paws 2 : The Santa Pups
 Réalisation : Robert Vince
 Scénario : Anna McRoberts et Robert Vince, d'après les personnages créés par Charles Martin Smith et Robert Vince
 Décors : Chris August
 Cascadeur : Devyn Dalton
 Production : Anna McRoberts et Robert Vince
 Pays d'origine :  /
 Langue originale : anglais
 Format : couleur
 Genre : Comédie
 Durée : 90 minutes (1h30)
 Dates de sortie DVD :

Distribution
 Cheryl Ladd (VF : Céline Monsarrat) : Mère Noël
 Danny Woodburn (VF : Jean-Loup Horwitz ; VQ : Daniel Lesourd) : Eli
 Kaitlyn Maher (VQ : Marguerite D'Amour) : Sarah Reynolds
 Pat Finn (VQ : Denis Roy) : Père Noël
 Paul Rae : Jeb Gibson
 Obba Babatundé : le maire Denny
 Diedrich Bader (VF : Victor Quilichini ; VQ : Frédérik Zacharek) : Charité (voix)
 Marlowe Peyton (VF : Lola Caruso ; VQ : Gabrielle Shulman) : Grelot (voix)
 Claire Bernier : Grace
 Samantha Bleich : Taylor
 Joey Bothwell : Mildred
 Jay Brazeau : le juge
 Bill Chott : Monsieur Holman
 Jennifer Elise Cox (VQ : Michèle Lituac) : Blue Bright
 Josh Feldman (VF : Tom Trouffier ; VQ : Nicolas DePassillé-Scott) : Carter Reynolds
 Bryce Clyde Jenkins (VQ : Tom-Eliot Girard) : Emmett
 Richard Kind (VQ : Michel M. Lapointe) : Eddy (voix)
 Audrey Wasilewski : Dorothy Bright

Notes et références

Article connexe
 Liste de films de Noël

Liens externes

Film américain sorti en 2012
Film canadien sorti en 2012
Comédie américaine
Comédie canadienne
Film Air Bud
Film pour enfants
Film sorti directement en vidéo
Film de Walt Disney Pictures
Film de Noël
Film mettant en scène le père Noël
Suite de film américain
Suite de film canadien
Film doublé au Québec


No new musician followers this week. Many other followers though so I can only pray God is using His words He gives me to reach others out there that need to read them or hear the songs.
Please feel free to share/purchase the song I wrote with Lily Messer and Ceylon Wise. I have many more songs I would like to get out there but can not financially afford to record them. If interested in teaming up together, feel free to contact me.
I know there are a lot on here. Listened to a lot of music lately. Next week should be less.


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module Rack
  module Session
    module File
      VERSION = '0.5.0'

      autoload :Marshal, 'rack/session/file/marshal'
      autoload :PStore, 'rack/session/file/pstore'
      autoload :YAML, 'rack/session/file/yaml'

      def self.new(app, options = {})
        mapping = {
          :pstore  => :PStore,
          :yaml    => :YAML,
          :marshal => :Marshal,
        }

        driver = options.delete(:driver) || :pstore
        driver = mapping[driver.to_s.downcase.to_sym] || driver if driver.is_a?(Symbol)
        if ! driver.is_a?(Class)
          require autoload?(driver) if autoload?(driver)
          driver = const_get(driver)
        end

        return driver.new(app, options)
      end
    end
  end
end


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The Chester County Library System was organized in 1965 to serve Chester County's 760 square miles, 15 boroughs, 57 townships, 1 city, 14 school districts and 498,886 residents according to the 2010 census.
It is a federated system made up of 16 member libraries with 18 library facilities. It is overseen by a seven member Board of Trustees appointed by the Chester County Commissioners.
The Chester County Library, a county-owned institution with one branch, serves as the system headquarters and is also designated as the District Center for a state-defined library district congruent with the county borders.
Member Libraries maintain their own governance boards and receive support from varied sources, including the municipalities in their service area, corporations and the public. Additionally, many have volunteer opportunities, friends groups and foundations/trusts. Please contact your Library to learn how you can support them.
The Executive Director is Joseph L. Sherwood. He may be reached by email.
Libraries A-D
Libraries E-O
Libraries P-Z


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Rod Kierkegaard, Jr: MIRRORLAND
Posted by dogma press on Sunday, March 25, 2012
"Mirrorland" is an epic romantic comedy written in the form of two blogs that tell wildly differing versions of the same love story, his and hers. Donho Likkanen is a Finnish designer of erotic plumbing fixtures. Hope Muntz is a young academic working on her PhD in Mythology, They meet on an airline flight to Finland, where she's researching the Kalevala, the great Finnish national epic, and he's returning after a 35-year exile. Hope is earnest and gullible--but discovers herself to also be resilient and resourceful. And though Likkanen fancies himself the Finnish Casanova, and provides the colorful if unconsciously funny story of his life—and slowly reveals himself to be, well, almost human.
We hope this one makes you laugh.
Available now at Amazon .
From Donho Likkanen:
Moi to all, which means "hey" in my native tongue of Finnish. Here at last is the story of my life, truly of far greater importance to world literature than 'War and Peace' or "The Memoirs of Casanova". Between these pages you will read of the many exploits of Donho Likkanen (me), a true Finn, famous legendary sex god of Manhattan, and the most famous designer of erotic bathroom fixtures in the world today. You will also take a most magical trip to Finland (which is in all honesty a bit of a boring place to visit) and learn about the Kalevala, the great national epic of my nation. And of course, there will also be plenty of healthful hot gland-slapping monkey sex, some of it with very famous people. At the end of this fabulous book, you will be laughing and weeping so hard, you will be begging me to write many sequels. Or at least for me to come and live with you on your bed or perhaps couch.
rand b lee : THE GREEN MAN & OTHER STORIES
Posted by dogma press on Sunday, January 17, 2010
The Green Man & Other Stories collects for the first time anywhere eleven of the early short stories of fantasist Rand B. Lee, who for many years has been delighting — and shocking — readers with tales characterized by pathos, sensuality, humor, and a keen sensitivity to life on the borderland of perceived reality.
In "The Green Man," a lonely little boy encounters a strange, shadowy figure at woods' edge, a figure who will change his life forever;
In "The Pearl," a seedy cityscape becomes the backdrop for the death — and redemption — of a drug-addicted gay male prostitute;
In "Shriving Autumn," prepared especially for this collection, a tormented nobleman seeks his son, who was stolen away by fairies;
In "End Cruise," the brain of a dying holo star tells a horrifying tale of seduction, transformation, and betrayal;
On sale at Amazon (Kindle Edition) now.
rod kierkegaard jr : OBAMA JONES & THE LOGIC BOMB
The controversial Rod Kierkegaard Jr, best known for the cult comic strip, Rock Opera in Heavy Metal Magazine, follows it up with his first novel, a dark social satire set in the America of 2049. A fast-moving, sexy, visionary comic satire in the tradition of Philip K. Dick and Petronius's Satyricon, Obama Jones and the Logic Bomb draws the reader into a randy, pleasure-seeking, plugged-in future world in which political correctness is the law of the land and a new Ice Age has turned the Green movement Orange.
Devastated by the loss of his beloved wife Kim, Obama Jones, a mild-mannered bureaucrat, sets off on a desperate quest through cyberspace to rescue her from the clutches of a compulsory, lifelong UN witness protection program. Along the way he encounters ruthless diplomats, terrorist cells, talking apes, deadly seductresses, shapeshifting robots, body-snatching aliens, civil war in Central Park, God, a strutting supercool babe-magnet alter-ego named Joyful Kalinga, and the Truth: about Kim; about the purpose and fate of Humynkind, and about Obama's own astonishing true nature.
Read an excerpt from the novel:
jules michelet : WITCH!
Posted by dogma press on Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Witch! (originally La Sorcière) is the definitive work on Satanism and sorcery by the legendary Medieval scholar Jules Michelet, published in 1862. This is the edition that started the craze for Occultism in the West in the original English translation by Lionel J. Trotter, with an all-new formatting and foreword. Long regarded as a classic for its depiction of witchcraft as essentially an act of rebellion against both the male-dominated secular and church authorities, it reads with all the drama and immediacy of a novel, and its unflinching descriptions still resonate even today with a modern audience. According to Michelet:
"The object of my book was purely to give, not a history of Sorcery, but a simple and impressive formula of the Sorceress's way of life, which my learned predecessors darken by the very elaboration of their scientific methods and the excess of detail. My strong point is to start, not from the devil, from an empty conception, but from a living reality, the Sorceress, a warm, breathing reality, rich in results and possibilities."
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"Instant" recently became the buzzword thanks to the launch of Google Instant last Wednesday. When someone is searching in an online database, he expects the result in an instant - an infinitesimal space of time.
Observing this need for immediate results, Google has launched the trend of "instantization," quickly followed by its competitors. There is nothing better for a search engine to retain its users than by offering them a real-time search. Indeed, the time spent typing is much longer than the time spent scanning results (300 milliseconds between keystrokes compared to 30 milliseconds to glance at another part of the page). Google understood this and launched Google Instant last week, a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. It means that you can get the results of your search before having to type every letter or word, and be able to adapt your search while you are typing key words. After the Google Instant announcement, a student of Stanford University, who became famous in a few days, Feross Aboukhadijeh, built the real-time YouTube video search, YTInstant.com, in 5 hours. Apple's iTunes also jumped on the Instant bandwagon, creating iTunes Instant, thanks to the work of Stephen Ou, a 15-year-old student. Google Instant showed to every media company that it's easy to reproduce this technology and offer a new real-time search feature to its users. A few days later, Twitter Instant, Flickr Instant, WikiInstant (wikipedia), Feediop (RSS Instant), App Store Instant, Instant Live Search (Bing) were launched. We can easily imagine that every search engine is going to do the same, after observing the efficacy of this innovation and the rush to implement it across the Web. L'Atelier's team thinks it is a huge gain of time per search. This marketing innovation of Google is going to be rapidly flooded by other launches of real time search ads. What will be the next trend launched by Google? Maybe, they would have been thinking about commercializing a new reference-mark which could take in account the first 2 letters of a URL.


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'We did it, Pop!' Grandson fulfills a promise 27 years later
Grandson fulfills a long-ago promise
Submitted article
"The Thing That Makes Me a Man" was finished 27 years later — "a fanciful tale from Pop's mind" weaving a story of Native Americans, time travel, and science fiction.
Editor's Note: John Wellman, Jr. was born in Wilmington, and at age 9 the family moved to Blanchester; he graduated from Blanchester High School in 1987. A pharmacist, he currently lives just outside of Clarksville with his wife Shelly and their children Jacob and Ally. His grandfather lived primarily in Portsmouth and West Portsmouth, Ohio.
Most of us have spent time with our grandparents, perhaps even doing a project with them.
Most of us, however, didn't take 27 years to complete the project — especially if those 27 years were after the grandparent had passed away.
Such was the case for local resident John Wellman, Jr.
"It was Christmastime, 1991," said Wellman. "I was 22 years old, and my family was at my aunt and uncle's house for Christmas dinner. My paternal grandfather, called 'Poppy' by his grandchildren, and I were sitting on the couch. My grandmother had passed in 1985, and since then he had been writing a book.
"Suddenly he turned to me and said, 'John, if something should happen to me, will you finish my book?'
"I promised him that I would, and in less than three months he was gone."
Wellman pointed to the portfolio on the table. "That's his manuscript. Pages and pages of it, all handwritten in a script any doctor would be proud of," he said as he chuckled.
"Now, I'm a pharmacist, and I had a hard time reading it, so you know the handwriting was bad! Sometimes, Pop would stay up all night writing, and you could tell."
Opening the portfolio, he spread out all of the chapters. There were hundreds of pages of loose-leaf along with spiral notebooks covering the table.
"I was overwhelmed," he said, "but I had made a promise, and I intended to keep it."
It was a promise that would take 27 years to complete.
"The year 1996 was huge for me," he continued. "I got married to the woman Pop always said I would find. A few years later came children. The book assumed a lower priority, but it was always in the back of my mind.
"Little by little I worked on it over the years, starting on a dot matrix printer with no way to save my work. In 2018, with one child grown and the other nearly so, I set about typing the book in earnest. By early 2019, I had finished the manuscript.
"But Pop didn't want me to just type the book, he wanted me to finish it. So my contribution was the ending of his last chapter, and two new chapters to complete the story."
So what is the book about? Wellman laughed when asked the question.
"Well, it's about Native Americans, time travel, and science fiction. How's that for a combination? It's not a historical novel, but rather a fanciful tale from Pop's mind along with a smattering of his life's experiences. I think it's a pretty decent read."
The book is titled "The Thing That Makes Me a Man" by Montiville B. Wellman, and is available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple Ibookstore, the publisher (Lulu) and other booksellers. It comes in a paperback as well as an Ebook.
A good description can be found on Amazon, and the foreword details the long journey of finishing the book.
While Wellman wants to promote his grandfather's book, he is adamant that he doesn't care about making money from it.
"I make a whopping 70 cents for every paperback purchased from Amazon, " he said, "My entire motivation is to honor my grandfather and share his work with the world. He would be very pleased that others were enjoying his story. It was his dream to be a published author."
When talking about his "Poppy", Wellman is very proud.
"He was just an ordinary, blue-collar kind of guy, with an ordinary job living an ordinary life.
"He was blessed, however, with an extraordinary mind. He never went to college, but he was the most well-read man I ever met. Because of that, he was able to weave his life's experiences – like hunting and fly fishing – and his great knowledge of Native American life into a really interesting story."
Becoming emotional, he continued. "The other day, I just googled his name. On the right side of the screen, his name appeared in big letters. Underneath, in smaller letters, it simply said 'Author'.
"My eyes misted over, I looked up to heaven, smiled, and said 'We did it, Pop!'"
A promise kept.
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#include <ctime>
#include <sstream>
#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>

#include "serializer.h"
#include "json_message_writer.h"
#include "json_object_writer.h"
#include "object_data.h"

using namespace std;
using namespace boss;
using namespace boost::filesystem;

static ValueData* processDataForWrite(ValueData* vdata, IdContext& context) {
  switch (vdata->type()) {
    case OBJECT: {
      ObjectData* o=static_cast<ObjectData*>(vdata);
      const vector<string>& fields=o->fields();
      for (vector<string>::const_iterator f_it=fields.begin();f_it!=fields.end();f_it++) {
        ValueData* fdata=o->getField(*f_it);
        ValueData* replaceData=processDataForWrite(fdata, context);
        if (replaceData) {
          o->setField(*f_it,replaceData);
        }
      }
      break;
    }
    case ARRAY: {
      ArrayData* v_array=static_cast<ArrayData*>(vdata);
      for (vector<ValueData*>::const_iterator v_it=v_array->begin();v_it!=v_array->end();v_it++) {
        ValueData* replaceData=processDataForWrite(*v_it, context);
        if (replaceData) {
          v_array->set(v_it-v_array->begin(),replaceData);
        }
      }
      break;
    }
    case POINTER: {
      Identifiable* identifiable=vdata->getPointer();
      if (identifiable) {
	identifiable->ensureValidId(&context);
      }
      ObjectData* pointerObject=new ObjectData();
      pointerObject->setInt("#pointer",identifiable?identifiable->getId():-1);
      return pointerObject;
    }
    default:
      //Nothing to do
      break;
  }
  return 0;
}

Serializer::Serializer(SerializationContext *sc){
  _writer=new JSONMessageWriter();
  _objectWriter=new JSONObjectWriter();
  _serializationContext = sc;
}

void Serializer::setFilePath(const string& fpath) {
  if (! _serializationContext)
    _serializationContext = new SerializationContext;
  cerr << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << ": obsolete. Use serializationContext::serOutputFilePath instead" << endl;
  _serializationContext->setOutputFilePath(fpath);
}

void Serializer::setBinaryPath(const string& fpath) {
  if (! _serializationContext)
    _serializationContext = new SerializationContext;
  cerr << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << ": obsolete. Use serializationContext::setBinaryPath instead" << endl;
  _serializationContext->setBinaryPath(fpath);
}

bool Serializer::setFormat(const string& format) {
  //TODO Implementation
  return format=="JSON";
}

bool Serializer::write(const string& source, Serializable& instance) {
  return write(Message::getCurrentTime(), source, instance);
}

bool Serializer::write(Message& message) {
  return write(message.getTimestamp(), message.getSource(), *message.getInstance());
}

bool Serializer::write(double timestamp, const string& source, Serializable& instance) {
  ObjectData* data=new ObjectData();
  instance.serialize(*data,*this);

  processDataForWrite(data,*this);

  MessageData msgData(timestamp, instance.className(), source, data);
  _serializationContext->makeOutputStream();
  if (*_serializationContext->outputStream()) {
    _writer->writeMessage(*_serializationContext->outputStream(),msgData);
    //TODO Change writer to get status flag
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}

bool Serializer::writeObject(Serializable& instance) {
  ObjectData* data=new ObjectData();
  instance.serialize(*data,*this);

  processDataForWrite(data,*this);
  _serializationContext->makeOutputStream();
  if (*_serializationContext->outputStream()) {
    _objectWriter->writeObject(*_serializationContext->outputStream(),instance.className(),*data);
    //TODO Change writer to get status flag
    return true;
  }
  return false;

}

bool Serializer::writeObject(std::string& output, Serializable& instance) {
  ObjectData* data=new ObjectData();
  instance.serialize(*data,*this);
  ostringstream os;
  processDataForWrite(data,*this);
  _objectWriter->writeObject(os,instance.className(),*data);
  output = os.str();
  return true;
}

Serializer::~Serializer() {
  delete _writer;
  delete _objectWriter;
}


A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot in the head with a slingshot.
The unnamed man was blasted in the head by a pellet fired from the projectile weapon at close range – that smashed through a car window as he was parked.
A projectile smashed through a parked car window and struck him after being fired at close-range near Dover, Kent.
A spokesman said Kent Police was investigating a head injury suspected to be from a catapult which left the victim in a "serious condition".
The spokesman said: "Detectives are carrying out enquiries after the man, in his mid-20s, suffered the wound during a reported assault near Dover.
The victim and another man sat with him in the parked car were attacked at 3pm on October 28 in Elvington, Kent.
Detectives arrested a 21-year-old man held over grievous bodily harm, criminal damage and possession of a weapon last Friday.
They appealed for witnesses today (Fri) after releasing him pending further inquiries.
Investigating officer PC Matthew Johnston said: "This happened close to a ball park and we believe there would have been a number of people there at the time of the alleged assault that might have seen something.


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Second Annual Masterminds National Sales Summit a Success
SMS Masterminds, a division of publicly traded SpendSmart Payments Company, Inc., presented the second annual National Sales Summit exclusively for SMS Masterminds licensees from February 18-21, 2015.
San Luis Obispo, Ca (PRWEB) March 16, 2015
SMS Masterminds, a division of publicly traded SpendSmart Payments Company, Inc. (OTCQB: SSPC), presented the second annual National Sales Summit exclusively for SMS Masterminds licensees from February 18-21, 2015. This annual event gives Masterminds Licensees unique networking opportunities and valuable learning experience to grow their individual markets. The second annual summit showcased the following:
An increase in attendance – from 50 individual licensees in 2014 to almost 100 individual licensees and over 130 total attendees.
Joe Shepard and the PayPros Merchant Services team returned to sponsor the opening reception on February 18. The reception is an opportunity for Licensees to network with each other as well as the Masterminds team.
Plum Grove Print Services sponsored breakfast for for both days, introducing their online print portal which supports a variety of custom products, helping Licensees promote their business to local merchants.
The Summit began February 19 with an inspiring introduction from CEO Alex Minicucci, emphasizing the importance of strong business fundamentals.
Following Alex was a very informative "Big Data" presentation from VP of Masterminds Service Geoff Chaney and Concierge Team Lead Kenny Selke, showcasing loyalty analytics and trends throughout the Masterminds network. This was followed by a workshop to help individual Licensee apply the knowledge presented to them.
Denver Licensee David Marchiori opened day two with a presentation recounting his journey as a new Licensee in 2010, and what strategies have fueled his success. He also shared his guidance on developing sales teams.
Awards were presented to Licensees in the mentorship program for individual progress and growth achieved in their markets, including 'Rookie of the Year' awarded to Malik Jaffer of Washington D.C.
Board Chairman Joe Proto and new board member John Eyler spent a few minutes sharing their experience, including why they are passionate about the services being provided by Masterminds Licensees.
The Summit was closed by CEO Alex Minicucci giving a brief look at what Licensees can expect in 2015 from the Masterminds team.
"The National Sales Summit continues to focus on networking and education. It is a unique opportunity for licensees to gain valuable information and strategies needed to implement successful mobile and loyalty marketing programs in small to medium-sized businesses across the nation. These programs, implemented in hyper-local markets throughout the nation, allow merchants to connect like never before with their customers." explains CEO Alex Minicucci.
About SpendSmart
SpendSmart Networks provides proprietary loyalty systems and a suite of digital engagement and marketing services that help local merchants build relationships with consumers and drive revenues. These services are implemented and supported by a vast network of certified digital marketing specialists, aka "Certified Masterminds," who drive revenue and consumer relationships for merchants via loyalty programs, mobile marketing, mobile commerce. Consumers' dollars go further when they spend it with merchants in the SpendSmart network of merchants, as they receive exclusive deals, earn rewards and ultimately build a connection with their favorite merchants.
Certain statements in this newsletter are forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the company's future revenue and growth including without limitation the number of licenses and other statements that are not historical in nature, particularly those that utilize terminology such as "will," "positions," "believe," "should," "may," "intends," "expects," "future," "believes," "continue," other words of similar meaning, derivations of such words and the use of future dates. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. Uncertainties and risks may cause SpendSmart Networks' actual results to be materially different than those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Particular uncertainties and risks include, among others, uncertainties involved in launching new products or services, achieving market acceptance; uncertainties regarding SpendSmart Networks' ability to license out its existing products and technologies and license additional products and technologies and the terms of such licenses; and other risks and uncertainties described in SpendSmart Networks' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K/A, and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements in this newsletter speak only as of the date of this newsletter and are based on SpendSmart Network's current beliefs and expectations. SpendSmart Networks undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Alex Minicucci, CEO
SMS Masterminds


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Paris welcomes rare birth of endangered Bornean orangutan
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PARIS (AP) � An endangered Bornean orangutan has been born in a downtown Paris zoo � the first born there since 2005.
The Jardin des Plantes Zoo says that Java, a female, was born on Oct. 17. It says in a video posted on Twitter that Java's mum, 30-year-old Theodora, is taking care of her third daughter with "much gentleness."
"It certainly is an exceptional event," said Dylan Duby, the zoo veterinarian. "Orangutans bring up a very few number of babies, three or four maximum in their entire life for a female orangutan. Each birth is very important."
Java is the fifth orangutan at the Jardin des Plantes. Her father, Banggi, was born in 2006 in Spain and Java is his first baby.
The zoo said orangutans in the wild have experienced sharp population declines in recent years and lost 80 percent of their natural habitat.
"We think there are about 50,000 Bornean orangutans, maybe a bit less," said Michel Saint Jalme, the zoo's director. "The population has decreased 50 percent in the past ten years."
Visitors can already see Java with her mother at the zoo.


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Thieves who stole Nikirk flat deck trailer captured on camera
Thieves involved in five break and enters
It looks like a pair of thieves had a busy night in the Rimbey area.
While the pair worked under a cover of darkness, their actions, which involved five separate break and enters during the overnight period of Jan. 9 – 10, were captured on camera and now the RCMP are hot on their trail, ready to track them down.
Camera images show one was thief was wearing orange coveralls and a white mask and the other individual was dressed in black.
Investigation from the scenes indicate that the two men who were driving a black pickup, stole a flat-deck trailer belonging to Nikirk Construction. The trailer is unique in that it is homebuilt with the company name cut into the metal and there is an aluminum wind breaker on the front of the trailer.
If you have information about these incidents to please call the Rimbey RCMP at 403-843-2224, or call your local police. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the "P3 Tips" app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store.
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