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Home › Interviews › Jay Briscoe of IATT "When something is a way of life for you sacrifices are an easy choice"
Jay Briscoe of IATT "When something is a way of life for you sacrifices are an easy choice"
Philadelphia, PA's progressive blackened death metal unit, IATT (I Am The Trireme) have signed with Swedish extreme metal label Black Lion Records! IATT will be releasing their forthcoming label debut in Spring of 2019. The band's most recent release, an EP entitled 'St. Vitus Dance,' was self financed and self released by the band in April 2018. Produced and mixed by IATT's own Joe Cantamessa and featuring artwork from the band's resident graphic designer Alec Pezzano, the EP was made available in digital format via their official bandcamp page with a limited run of physical copies available mostly at the band's live performances throughout the East Coast.
How did you first get into music?
To be honest I always had a deep rooted interest in music. I remember at a young age rumbling through my fathers cassette tapes and discovering Prince's Purple Rain tape. The cover and the music pulled me in.
Who or what turned you onto metal?
I had some friends/roommates in my freshman year of college that really embraced me and showed me what metal was. The aggressive nature of metal really spoke to me and I haven't turned back since.
What got you started playing music and how old were you?
I started playing music in Fifth grade (10) I played trumpet in my school band. From there I played throughout my school age years. At 16 I joined the Baltimore Ravens (NFL team) marching band and played in the Super Bowl.
How did you become a vocalist/bass player?
I was originally the vocalist in IATT and Joe Cantamessa (lead guitarist for IATT) taught me guitar theory on Guitar. About three years ago the band decided that we wanted to move on from our former bassist and I decided that I would like to take on bass and lead vocal duties. I tried out for the position and they welcomed me with open arms.
Are you proficient in any other instruments?
I am proficient in Trumpet and Trombone but my days are now consumed with my IATT duties.
Have you always been creative?
Yes for as long as I can remember my creativity has always been a part of me. I would compose full songs in my head with or without an instrument. Playing in a Jazz/Ragtime improvisational band really helped me translate my creativity to an actual instrument.
What was the local scene like where you're from, was there a particular band you aspired to be like, favorite local bands back then, favorite local bands now?
When I first started going to local shows Metalcore was at the height of its existence. I was never really big into Metalcore I was more into the European bands. The local scene in our area was centered around cliques. I would have to say back then A Life Once Lost/Left to Vanish were coming along. My favorite band was The Blessed there sound was straight out of Gothenburg. My favorite local band is Windfaerer.
How did I Am The Trireme come about?
I am the Trireme formed in 2008 when Alec Pezzano and I decided to part ways with the two guitarist that we were jamming with at the time. We took an Oath and pledged to each other that we would give our all and remain dedicated to the well oiled machine known as IATT.
Where did you develop the name? Where is it derived from? What other band names were considered?
Alec Pezzano holds the credit for coming up with the name. It derived from a college course that studied ancient war ships. A Trireme is an ancient Greek warship with multiple long oars that would ram and dismantle other ships with a battering ram. I came up with the name Samsara but we chose I am the Trireme.
Our sound has changed over the years but the one thing that has remained the same was the aggressive fast pace and tempo. A few constants that hold true epic riffs and dark haunting undertones. With the help of Joe Cantamessa (Lead Guitarist) IATT has implemented a Progressive approach adopting odd time signatures and a slightly different approach to achieving our sonic goals.
Who living or dead is in your dream 4 piece super group?
I would have to say that my dream 4 piece super group is an odd match but it would consist of Mike Smith (Suffocation) on drums, Paul Gilbert (Mr Big), Stanley Clark (Return to Forever) on bass and Russell Allen (Symphony X) on Vocals.
What kind of gear is bringing us the I Am The Trireme sound?
The driving percussive force and freight train behind IATT would be a 5 piece PDP concept series drum kit and Trick Dominator Pedals. The mid range haunting melodies are tone driven by Fox Bat and Red stone pickups courtesy of The Guitarmory where Joe and Alec are endorsed artist. Each guitarist sport multiple amps but for the convenience of show ready rigs Alec and Joe use the Line 6 Pod HD Pro X and the Orange CR120. Each guitarist has a collection of axes but Joe has chosen his Strandberg Boden 6 string as his recent weapon of choice and Alec uses his trusty Chapman ML3 Pro. Holding down the low rumblings of the band I use a Ibanez SR 1006 Prestige equipped with custom Bartolini pickups and punishing the crowd with my Peavey VB2 all tube bass head.
Name the one album that epitomizes your style of death metal over all others?
I would have to say that The Somberlain by Dissection epitomizes my style of Death Metal. It has every ingredient that I enjoy from progressions to aggressive melodies and it is a time less masterpiece.
Top 5 albums or songs released in the last 12 months and/or all time?
Obscura – Diluvium
Beyond Creation – Algorythm
Uada – Cult of a Dying Sun
Gorod – Aethra
The Breathing Process – Samsara
Honorable mention: Windfaerer – Alma
You're on a desert island and only have three albums to listen to for the rest of your life, what are they and why?
If I was stuck on a desert island the three albums that I would listen to are Relayer by Yes, The Somberlain by Dissection and Scenes from a memory by Dream Theatre. I selected these three albums because they are some of my all time favorite albums.
What does metal mean to you?
To use the cliche term Metal is a way of life is an understatement. IATT is a very demanding and a time consuming entity but I wouldn't have it any other way. We are a very self sufficient band so a lot of the video footage, audio production, booking and artwork design comes from the band itself. This can be very taxing so it is important to know our limits because we also have to focus on writing and executing our music.
Outside of IATT going to shows and supporting others is a must to stay relevant in the local scene. Making connections is a key to success and opening up and becoming more social has become vital for IATT to take the next step. When something is a way of life for you sacrifices are an easy choice.
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The Tiki Statue by Derek Muk
Two anthropology lecturers go on holiday in Hawaii and discover a statue with occult powers; by Derek Muk.
Avner was busy talking to a fellow passenger about meditation when Albert Taylor woke up from a deep, restful nap. He was surprised he was able to sleep at all considering the noisy engine of the plane. He checked the clock on his cell phone: Damn! Three more hours to go. His mouth was dry so he swished down water.
"So how many days is this meditation retreat that you're going to?" the fellow passenger asked.
"It's a week long thing but we're only going for three days," Avner replied. "You see, this whole trip is about trade offs. My buddy, Albert, asked me to go and I said I'd go if we could spend a few days at this retreat. I had read about it a while back and heard good things about it. Albert isn't really into meditation, though I'm encouraging him to do it more often. He basically wants to do all the touristy stuff in Honolulu. I'm fifty-fifty on that sort of thing so we made a deal. He agreed to go with me to the retreat and I agreed to do the sightseeing for the remainder of the days. I think that's fair. I haven't been to Hawaii since I was in my late teens so it'll be interesting to see all the changes."
Avner, sitting in the aisle seat, was around Taylor's age, early fifties, with shaggy salt and pepper hair, narrow eyes that looked Asian in appearance, wearing a pair of glasses.
"Oh, you'll love it," the passenger said. "Say, has anyone told you you look like Richard Gere?"
"Yes. But the ladies think I'm more handsome."
The passenger laughed. "So you two are both teachers at Berkeley?"
Avner nodded. "Anthropology. Pretty dry stuff, you know? Don't wanna bore you."
"Aw, I love that subject."
Taylor smiled, poking his head across the empty seat between him and Avner. "Cool! Take our classes then!"
The hotel accommodations were awesome. They both had spacious rooms, linked by a connecting door, high up on the 18th floor that offered breathtaking views of Waikiki Beach and the Pacific Ocean.
"Oh, yeah!" Taylor said. "Now that's what I'm talkin' about!" After putting his luggage away he flipped through a travel book and some brochures he had. "Hey, let's go to the Polynesian Cultural Center first." There was excitement in his voice.
Avner rolled his eyes. "You're like a kid in a candy store. What's with you and all the touristy stuff anyway? And didn't you go there before?"
Taylor nodded. "It was fun. That's why I want to go again. C'mon, Av, deal's a deal."
Avner chuckled. "I'm starting to regret our little agreement now. Can we modify this sacred deal?"
"No, not if I'm going with you to the retreat!" Taylor continued thumbing through the travel book. "After that we'll stroll around Waikiki Beach and check out the hot lookin' babes, then head on over to Diamond Head."
Avner put some of his clothing into a dresser bureau. "Hey, are you forgetting I'm a married man, bro? Caroline's gonna wring my neck if she finds out I'm scoping out women on the beach. Easy for you to say, being a hot, single bachelor and all." He laughed, folding a Hawaiian shirt and putting it into the bureau. When he was done, he changed into cargo shorts and flip flops. Then he put his laptop on the room's table and turned it on. "Let me shoot a quick email to Caroline and Abraham. Let them know we arrived all in one piece."
"She should be in Southeast Asia by now, right?"
"Yeah." After the laptop booted up, Avner began typing. "Abraham's probably in his dorm room playing on his computer or texting some girl."
Taylor suddenly felt lonely, knowing he didn't have anyone to email or call to let them know he got to the islands safely. Oh, well, the price of being a hot, single bachelor.
The first three days were spent at the meditation retreat, which was located in the popular North Shore area. The building itself was an airy, sprawling beach house with a hippy, bohemian flair to it. Everyone was very kind and gracious and the two professors met quite a number of people from Berkeley and the Bay Area. Taylor thought that some of the attendees' super duper friendliness bordered on pretension and lost track of how many vegetarians and jewelry makers he schmoozed with. But damn, the tofu and spinach lasagna they served for lunch was delicious!
He had never meditated for so many hours consecutively. He didn't think he could do it but he did. His lower back hurt from all the sitting. It was during a conversation with a gregarious shaman that Taylor learned about this mysterious Tiki statue at the Bishop Museum.
"People say it's cursed," Taylor said as they were leaving the beach house.
Avner frowned. "Cursed? Oh, no, don't tell me! Now we're gonna go on one of Professor Taylor's Occult Files adventures! In pursuit of this statue."
Taylor looked at him innocently. "Hey, I just want to check it out, that's all. We'll be in and out of there in a flash, I promise."
Avner chuckled, patting him gently on the back. "I'm just playing with you."
Taylor drove their rental car to the museum, which was back near the Waikiki area. After purchasing tickets they went inside and looked for the statue. When they couldn't find it an employee escorted them to the ancient carving, hidden in the back recesses of the Hawaiian Hall.
Taylor nodded his head towards the statue. "So is there any truth to the rumor that it's cursed?"
"Well, if you don't consider two near fatal accidents in one week a curse, I don't know what you'd call it," the employee chuckled.
"Were these accidents recent?"
"Yes. And get this, at the start of this week my boss got his car broken into. I'd say that's a straight up curse right there."
"Did he touch the statue, move it, or damage it in any way?"
"He did move it," the employee recalled. "That's all I know."
Taylor smiled. "Thanks. May we speak to your boss?"
The supervisor's nametag read, TED, and he chatted with the two near some lavish feather headdresses worn in the past by Hawaiian royalty. Groups of families made their way through the exhibit hall, snapping pictures and talking loudly as tourists often do. A child kept stamping his greasy hands on the display glass even though there was a sign clearly prohibiting such behavior, and the child's parents stood near him, not saying anything. Ted caught this immediately and ordered the child to stop. The family walked away, not apologizing or anything.
Avner shook his head disapprovingly. "Lame ass tourists. I leave it up to my buddy, Albert, to take me here to tourist heaven."
"It could've happened anywhere," Taylor shot back.
"So how can I help you two gentlemen?" Ted asked, clasping his hands together.
Taylor brought him up to speed about the statue. "Did you damage it or spend a long period of time with it recently?"
Ted shook his head. "Nothing out of the ordinary. Why do you ask?"
Taylor gave him one of his Occult Files Magazine business cards. "I publish this little magazine where we feature articles on unexplained phenomena. I thought an article about a cursed statue might be interesting."
Ted grinned in amusement. "All right! You know who you should talk to? Our curator. She might have more info about the statue." He took them to her office in another building. Taylor and Avner felt the tropical humidity hit them immediately when they stepped out of the air conditioned confines of the museum. However, as they approached her darkened office they noticed the door was ajar. Ted carefully stepped over to the door, peeking inside, a frown on his dark face as he pulled away.
"What is it?" Taylor asked.
"That's odd," Ted remarked. "She was here earlier soaked in paperwork. I talked to her in here."
Looking through the crack of the doorway, Avner saw an overturned coffee mug on the floor, the murky liquid having drenched some papers. Ted whipped out his Nextel phone and chirped away. "Joanne, do you copy? This is Ted."
Silence. He waited a few beats before calling her again. Silence again.
Taylor didn't want to vocalize it at the risk of jinxing the situation even more but in his head he wondered: Could this weird incident be the work of the Tiki statue? Or is it merely a coincidence? He looked at Avner who simply shrugged, scratching his shaggy salt and pepper hair. Avner pushed his glasses up his nose.
Seconds later, the lights in the building were killed and they were engulfed in darkness. Ted's Nextel chirped to life. "Hey, boss man, we just had a power outage in the museum."
Ted sighed, chirping back. "Brilliant! Did someone call the electric company?"
"We're already on it."
"Excellent. Hey, have you seen Joanne?"
"Okay. Thanks." Ted took out a pen flashlight, guiding Taylor and Avner down the hallway. "Well, gentlemen, I apologize about the sudden power failure. Don't know what happened."
When they got outside the building, someone ran up to Ted, their face bleach white. "I think you'd better take a look at this."
Taylor and Avner, their curiosity piqued, followed them to the parking lot of the museum, where sitting behind the steering wheel of a car, her hair all tousled, was a woman babbling to herself. Mascara ran down her sweaty face. She didn't acknowledge them.
"Joanne?" Ted said, studying her carefully. "You okay?"
She continued talking in gibberish, hands clenched on the wheel.
Avner's brow furrowed. "What's she saying?"
"Hold on a sec," Taylor whispered, listening carefully.
Suddenly, Joanne, her eyes bulging out, screamed aloud: "Damn pagans! Filthy heathens! Slaughter all those squealing pigs!" Then her voice dropped back to the same monotone level as before and she resumed speaking in gibberish.
"She's speaking in tongues," Taylor finally declared.
Ted's jaw dropped open. "Say what?"
Taylor looked at him gravely and said: "She's been possessed by a demonic entity."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Ted said. "You mean like exorcist type stuff?"
"Yes." Movie references were always a good way for common laymen to comprehend.
"So what do we do?" Ted asked innocently.
"Well, you guys are in luck because it just so happens that this type of thing is my specialty."
Avner nodded at Ted. "Trust me, man, you're in good hands."
Taylor ran to the rental car, grabbed a duffel bag, and rushed back to the scene. "First, we need to take her to a quiet area."
"We can use my office," Ted replied, helping Joanne out of the car and gently escorted her back to the building. Once they were inside his office, Ted slowly sat her down in a chair and closed the door.
Then Taylor strapped her wrists down to the armrests with duct tape, secured her chest and waist to the chair with tape, and tied her ankles together. After that, he brought out a vial of clear liquid from the duffel bag along with a crucifix and a copy of the Bible.
"Wow, you're not joking, are you?" Ted asked, his eyes wide. "This is for real!"
"You bet," Taylor answered.
"How can we help, Al?" Avner asked.
"If Joanne tries to get up or tries to break free hold her down," Taylor instructed. "Now, if we can just have some silence while I begin the exorcism." He began by saying a brief prayer before opening up the Bible. This was followed by him reciting something in Latin.
Joanne's face twisted into a vicious snarl, cursing Taylor.
He continued speaking in Latin until she calmed down. Moments later, however, her arms tried to break out of the restraints and Avner held her down. Taylor resumed his Latin and she spat at him. Ted stared at his coworker like he had just been slapped in the face.
Taylor started reading a passage from the Bible and the action gradually pacified Joanne until she was in a sleep-like state. He waited a few moments until he detected no more signs of the demon. Then she slowly opened her eyes, looking at them, her eyes conveying confusion and astonishment.
"Oh, my God, what happened?" Joanne asked, looking at Taylor and Avner curiously. "Who are you guys?"
"Do you remember what just happened?" Taylor asked her gently.
She shook her head.
"So you think the Tiki statue was responsible for all that?" Avner asked, scratching his shaggy salt and pepper hair.
Taylor frowned. "I'm not sure. There may be a direct correlation, assuming it is cursed. I did some research and found out that the statue was stolen from the indigenous Hawaiian people by European voyagers who traveled to the islands back in the 1600s. After that, it was taken back to England where it remained part of the Queen's art collection for many years before it was stolen by an unknown party. Then somehow the statue wound up in France for a period, Germany for a bit, before landing in the hands of a famous art thief. He had possession of it for decades. Oddly enough, not much is known about the statue following that. And ironically, it somehow managed to find its way back to its homeland of Hawaii. I was hoping that Joanne could help us out with more background information about the statue but it seems she's suffered amnesia after the exorcism."
"She has absolutely no knowledge of it, either acquiring it for the museum or any details, at all."
"Weird!" Avner said, pushing his glasses up his nose.
"Looks like we got some detective work cut out for us, Av."
"'We'? Whoa, wait just a minute, buddy! I agreed to come with you to Hawaii to do the touristy stuff, not get entangled in one of your casebook Hardy Boys mysteries. That's where I draw the line, mister. Sorry, I came here for vacation, to get away from stress, not create more of it. You're the one that promised to be in and out of the museum in a flash, remember? Now look at where we're at."
Taylor looked away. "Yeah, sorry about that. That was selfish of me. Well, we can still salvage a vacation out of this, that I promise."
Avner changed into a Hawaiian shirt, looking at himself in the mirror of his hotel room. He kept the same cargo shorts on. "Wait till Caroline and Abraham hear about this!" he quipped. "An exorcism in Hawaii of all places! Beats goin' surfin', I tell ya! That about caps the trip right there." He sat behind his laptop and started typing an email.
"Which countries are Caroline and her girlfriends going to again?" Taylor asked from his room via the open connecting door.
"Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos... aw, cool! Got some pictures from their trip. Check this out, Al."
Taylor came over and looked at the photos on the screen, grinning. "Awesome! Looks like they're having fun."
"Well, I just shot Caroline an email saying our little trip tops theirs for the moment. That exorcism did it for me, partner! Never saw anything like that before! I still have goosebumps."
"They've been known to make lasting impressions, that's for sure," Taylor agreed. "How's Abraham doing?"
"Studying and goofing off as usual at school. He's gonna attend his cousin's bar mitzvah next week. You met my nephew, Saul, at our barbeque, right?"
"Yes. Real smart kid. Knows his stuff about anthro."
"He should teach our classes!" Avner laughed.
"Yeah! So, how does Hawaii compare now to the one you visited in your late teens?"
"Good question. Uhhh, it's more commercialized now from what I remember, more touristy. More glitzy, packaged, polished, and Disney-Club Med like."
"Family friendly," Taylor added.
"Yes! Thank you!"
"Sounds like you would've had more fun in Southeast Asia," Taylor said quietly, feeling that lonely, no wife, no kids feeling again.
Avner looked at him. "Hey, I didn't say that. Like I said, it's been a thrill ride so far." He saw the travel book in Taylor's hand. "Why don't we take a look-see at that Polynesian Cultural Center?"
After a fun filled, exhausting day at the Polynesian Cultural Center, the two had dinner at a local ramen restaurant in Honolulu's Chinatown. Taylor ate some noodles while Avner kicked back and drank sake. The joint was packed solid full of locals and gaudily dressed tourists. It was stuffy and hot as Hades. Avner thought back about how Taylor kept prodding him and prodding him about going on this trip. He was so damn persistent! Taylor kept shoving that Hawaiian travel book in his face, trying to entice him. Boy, did he make a fantastic salesman for the state's tourist industry!
"Man, I'm beat!" Avner sighed, closing his eyes. "Say, I was doing some thinking while we were at the center, Al. If you want to go back to the museum and check out what's going on with that statue, that's totally fine by me. I'll give you some slack."
"Okay. Thanks. Coincidentally, when we were at the center I received a call from the museum. They said there's been another bizarre incident concerning the Tiki statue."
"Oh-oh! What happened this time?"
"Were you able to dig up any other info on the statue?" Avner asked.
Taylor shook his head. "I'm surprised there's not much out there. Before our trip I even went to our department's library to see what nuggets of knowledge we had on the subject of Tiki gods, Tiki lore, legends, myth, mysticism, that sort of thing. We have the general spectrum of information but nothing too esoteric. But then I talked to this local medicine man here in Honolulu and he said before the statue arrived at the museum there were zero paranormal happenings. Unfortunately, he doesn't know where it came from."
"What about others at the museum?"
They approached the administrative offices of the Bishop Museum. "Strangely enough, everyone's a blank slate here, too. Maybe the statue does have the power of amnesia."
"That would account for Joanne not recalling anything," Avner said, pushing his glasses up his nose.
Ted, the supervisor, greeted them. "Thank you for coming once again."
"On the phone you sounded vague," Taylor said. "What seems to be the problem?"
"Follow me." He led them to an office down the hall. Sitting at a table was a tanned, good looking man of mixed ancestry. He wore a security uniform with a nametag that read: Stewart. However, he did not acknowledge them or look at them, for his once dark eyes were now glazed over with a white, glaucoma type film. And his right hand gripped a pen tightly, scribbling words furiously and quickly on a white sheet of paper. He wrote nonstop, like a machine, his cursive handwriting twisted, large, and violent, ready to jump off the page.
Taylor casually looked down at what the man had written. Most of it was gibberish, some of it was actually coherent sentences, some disjointed, random thoughts, and another percentage was just profanity and vulgar, obscene words. The word 'Kill' was repeated over and over. Two sentences caught Taylor's eye: 'No one is innocent. All these squealing pigs must die! Butcher all these pagans and heathens!'
Taylor frowned disappointedly. "It's the same demon. How long has he been like this?"
"Two hours," Ted replied.
Avner shook his head. "Good grief!"
"You are now witnessing automatic writing, folks," Taylor said. "When an entity, usually demonic, uses a human being as a vessel to channel their thoughts through the process of writing."
Ted raised his eyebrows. "Wow, I'm learning something new every day!"
Taylor backed up and whispered to him: "Did Stewart handle the Tiki statue excessively or damage it in any way?"
"Dunno," Ted replied. "He works the graveyard shift every night. We can check the security tapes and see. So you're saying anyone that handles it or spends enough time with it gets cursed?"
"That's my theory," Taylor mused. "I recommend that you guys quarantine the statue at once so it doesn't possess anyone else."
"It's been taken care of."
"Good. Where did you put it?"
"We locked it in an underground storage room and informed all employees to stay clear of it."
"Excellent."
Ted looked at him, puzzled. "So what's the fate of the statue?" Then he nodded his head at Stewart. "And what about him?"
Taylor returned to the rental car to get his duffel bag full of goodies and came back to perform another exorcism.
"You ever think about doing this full time and quitting teaching?" Avner asked. "Seems pretty lucrative."
"Nah!" he replied quickly. "I like teaching." After strapping Stewart to the chair with duct tape, he said a brief prayer and recited some passages in Latin, to which the demon inside Stewart responded angrily by cursing at Taylor. Those filmy, glaucoma glazed eyes of Stewart's bulged out and the most inhuman shrill uttered itself from the throaty caverns of his mouth. Avner and Ted, both stunned, just stared.
Taylor, undeterred, continued speaking calmly and firmly. But the holy words seemed to be having no effect on the entity. Still, Taylor soldiered on, remaining positive. The vessel known as Stewart tried to break free of the duct tape but the material held solid. Avner held him down just in case.
Torturous minutes passed, hours it seemed, where Taylor kept reading from the Bible. Yet the demon inside Stewart persisted, patient, biding its time, like a predatory animal cornering its prey and closing in for the kill, knowing it had all the time in the world.
"Is he gonna puke out green pea soup?" Ted whispered to Avner.
Taylor sprinkled holy water on the vessel and Stewart's face contorted into a mask of vengeful fury. The liquid silenced the demon temporarily. It wasn't long before it again tried to shred itself free from the duct tape, sending a violent ripple that knocked Avner to the ground. Suddenly, papers, books, and office furniture levitated off the ground and were hurled at the group of men. A chair missed Ted's head by inches! A legal pad was slapped hard against Avner's face.
Taylor splashed more holy water on the vessel known as Stewart and he reacted so hostilely that he and the chair fell sideways on the floor. Taylor grabbed his crucifix, knelt down, and pressed it against Stewart's forehead. A deafening, high-pitched shriek escaped from the vessel's lips causing Avner and Ted to cover their ears.
And at long last, the room was still and silent for a long time.
A scan of the security tapes, and of the statue itself, revealed that Stewart did accidentally chip a piece of wood off from the Tiki statue. When they questioned him, however, he didn't remember a thing.
"Amnesia," Taylor said. "Just like with Joanne."
"And the statue reacted angrily from the damage," Avner replied. "Seems like it has a life of its own."
Ted rubbed his dark face. "I know it's sacrilegious to do so but how do we destroy it?"
"Burn it," Taylor answered.
"How do you know that'll stop it?" Avner asked, pushing his glasses up his nose.
"Well, from my working knowledge of Tiki lore, flames will incinerate the soul of the evil statue permanently."
The trio got busy, transporting the statue quickly to a grassy clearing outside the museum, where it was left in a large steel bucket and torched. When it was reduced to a black crisp cinder Taylor turned away and looked at the clear blue horizon.
Avner sat behind his laptop, writing an email to Caroline about their latest adventures in Hawaii, ending it by attaching some more photos. Taylor felt less lonely this time watching him. He was having too much fun here in Honolulu to be feeling lonely.
"Where are they now?" Taylor asked, looking out Avner's hotel room window at the incredible view of Waikiki Beach below. He could stare at it for hours. The people on the famous beach were visible, their glistening bronze bodies baking under the sweltering sun.
Avner clicked open an email he received. "Second day in Cambodia. Wanna see some pics?"
"Sure." He walked over and stood behind Avner's shoulder, examining the photos. "Nice shots! Did you send her the recent photos of us?"
"I did. She says you're quite the photographer."
Taylor smiled. "I think it's time we took one last jaunt on the beach before we head on home. What do you say, partner?"
Avner closed his laptop. "Sounds good! Let's go kayaking again. That was fun."
As the two indulged themselves in a good time, several miles from Waikiki, on a secluded beach located in a remote part of the island, far, far away from any tourists, something had washed up on the shore. The tide pushed it further up on the white pristine sand. From far away it could've been mistaken for a small human body, a child perhaps, or that of a seal or animal. But upon closer inspection it wasn't a body at all, but a wooden statue...
Labels: creepy stories, Derek Muk, medium length stories Posted by Charlie Fish at 8:00 AM
More things in heaven and earth..... Chilling and well crafted, this feels like the first chapter of further manifestations and struggles between god and evil?
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Hi Derek, Certainly anthropology has such a wide range of subjects to write about, and your man has the additional skill of performing exorcism. This certainly has the making of a much longer story as there has to be more to come and be resolved. I wasn't quite sure what you were aiming for, thriller adventure, or comical adventure it seemed to waiver between the two. I hope you continue writing this to develop the plot. James McEwan.
Brooke Fieldhouse December 22, 2014 at 8:12 PM
Hello Derek, I'm back.
Whether the first chapter of a full length novel, or a stand-alone story I enjoyed this tale of mystery. I liked the salt-n-pepper spectacle-raising bonhomie of the professorial duo, and could really imagine myself watching Taylor schmoozing with veggies and jewellery makers at the North Shore meditation retreat. Skilful integration of dialogue with narrative gives for an easy flow, and yes, I too would like to read more.
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Another Interpretation of the LOST Finale
Posted: June 8, 2010 in Celebrity, Comics, Commentary, Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, TV
Tags: ABC, Ben Linus, Claire, CS Lewis, Evangelline Lilly, Hurley, interpretations, Jack Shepherd, Jacob, John Locke, Kate, Lost, LOST Finale, Matthew Fox, Narnia, Reviews, Sayid, the Island, the Man In Black, the Others
By Todd Matthy
Everybody has their opinion about the finale to one of the greatest TV shows ever, LOST. Some were disappointed while others think it was the best ending ever and some were just…lost (yes I went there). Anyway, we all have our personal interpretations so I've decided to share mine with you. As a literature major, science fiction fan, and writer I came into with the realization that I would on some level be disappointed. Why? Because we've reached the end of a story, a story I, like so many of us, had my own theories and personal interpretations of. A story that brought hours of conversation with fellow fans to see how similar or different my interpretation was from there's. When you put personal investment into a story, you will always wind up a little disappointed by its ending. Why? Because the ending is not what you wanted it to be. Sometimes you invest so much time into something you don't want it to end, because the ending is the author's final statement on a work, and what he wanted to say isn't how you took what he said. This is the dilemma LOST faced and the creators ended it the only way they could with an ending that reminds me of the conclusions to CS Lewis's The Last Battle, the final book in The Chronicles of Narnia.
In The Last Battle, the Pevensie children (except for Susan) wind up in Narnia after dying in a train wreck. The reader learns that Narnia is a version of paradise and can only be achieved through death. In these paradise the children are reunited with everyone who they loved in life and begin a new cycle of life where "every chapter is more exciting then the next." The ending of LOST is very similar. Before they met each other the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 were "lost" souls without a purpose. By crashing on the Island they found purpose and meaning through each other and the experiences they shared together. The survivors found themselves and purpose through each other. That is the purpose of the "flash sideways", it is a limbo where the characters could discover each other once they die and then move onto paradise together. This ties in the Egyptian imagery seen throughout the series. The ancient Egyptians used to bury their dead with the things they loved in life so they would have for all eternity.
While the story of survivors came to an end, there are still many questions lingering. The first question is "where were Michael and Walt" during the reunion in the church? MY answer, to put it simply, like Susan in Narnia, Michael and Walt were denied paradise because they broke away from the other survivors and lived their own lives. Is it because Walt is destined to take over as caretaker of the Island? Will he lead a new group to the Island? Perhaps.
The lingering question for me is "who's the villain?" in the literal Senet game between Jacob and the Man In Black. On the surface, the Man In Black is the villain. He wants to eliminate the survivors, he massacred the others, he manipulated Claire, he sided with the people who want to exploit the Island, killed his mother, and, of course, turned into a black smoke monster. (Not his real mother mind you) But was he really evil? All he wanted to do was leave the Island, why is that so bad? It was never explained. All they said was if the Man in Black were able to lead the Island, the world would be in grave danger, why? It was never explained. Don't forget, he gave the survivors the option of joining him to leave the Island. Would he have killed them if they decided to join him? Compare him to Jacob, who sided with the woman who killed his birth mother, killed his brother and created the Man In Black. Through his minions the Others, Jacob, murdered survivors, staged kidnappings of pregnant women and children, had Ben kill his own daughter, had Dogen torture Sayid and attempted to have Jack kill him, gassed the DHARMA Initiative, and manipulated the survivors into getting onto the plane that brought them to the Island in the first place. So, who is "good" and who is "evil" in this game? Neither really. Hopefully Hurley and Ben will have a much better reign as guardians.
In the end the finale of LOST succeeded because it was not the conclusion of the Island's story, it was the conclusion of the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815's story. Each character went from being "islands unto themselves" to an extended family. It was only through finding each other that they found purpose and happiness in both life and beyond. Was this the purpose of the Island? To bring these lost souls together? Or is the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 tale merely one of many that have happened and will continue happen? Who knows? The finale of LOST was the end of the Oceanic Flight 815's survivors' story as for the grand mythology…only time will tell.
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Shift 3 has recently arrived at the System 001 location in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), where a series of tests will be conducted to help us understand why Wilson is not retaining plastic. Through this, we hope to learn as much as we can to be able to apply tactical solutions on Shift 4 (departing in five weeks).
We recently reported that System 001, or Wilson, is attracting and concentrating plastic, but not yet retaining it. This is a challenge we did not predict from our scale models nor prototypes. Eventually, the only way to truly see how the system would perform was to put it in the environment it has been designed for, and this application has largely been effective, since most of the design has withstood the tests of the Pacific, such as its ability to accumulate plastic, reorient with the wind and survivability. For the beta phase of a technology, this is already a success.
To prove our technology completely, we must overcome this challenge by identifying the cause and finding the right solutions. Next to its regular monitoring of the system's performance, the crew on Shift 3 will explore possible causes, perform tests, and collect additional data to deduce the root of this issue.
After 6 weeks out at sea, our Shift 2 offshore crew completed its monitoring, data collection and research mission. Shift 3 crew just left port, carrying new equipment to further investigate the cleanup system's behavior and make adjustments. Detailed update coming up next week. pic.twitter.com/VEepOwRDni
— The Ocean Cleanup (@TheOceanCleanup) December 13, 2018
SYSTEM SPEED
Of the possible causes, we believe – as shared with you earlier – the system might be travelling too slow to retain the plastic. It appears that the system occasionally travels slower than the plastic, which provides the caught plastic with the opportunity to leave the system again. With the goal of increasing its speed, Shift 2 performed an extension of the closing lines to widen the span and amplify the surface area that is propelled by the wind. We believed this might speed up the system, but this intervention turned out not to be effective.
We have observed plastic collecting within (and around) the system but then it drifts away, which can be in line with the speed differentiation explanation. Since Wilson was not affected by the closing line extension, we are going to attempt to achieve this effect by removing the closing lines and adjusting the locking line (the line that spans the width of the system at its opening). This would not be a permanent solution, but it might give us the desired outcome to learn more about this hypothesis.
Wilson Update: the closing line extension did not effectively increase the span of the system and, therefore, the speed did not improve. Further approaches to widen the u-shape are being evaluated and tested by the team. pic.twitter.com/YP3TFKmnGc
— The Ocean Cleanup (@TheOceanCleanup) December 4, 2018
The crew on Shift 3 might also conduct a tow test of the system in its U-shape configuration to mimic a speed increase. There are challenges expected with this test (such as the wake created by the Maersk Transporter), so we will conduct further analysis once the crew is in the GPGP and can determine if this is plausible or not.
INTERACTION EFFECT
Upon further inspection, Wilson might have a greater impact on the currents carrying the plastic than we initially projected. It looks as though various current effects are resulting from the system's behavior in the water. For instance, there has been an observed a stagnation effect where small patches of plastic are driven around Wilson and accumulate on the exterior of the system. Alternatively, waves seem to be reflected or radiated at various points, which could affect the plastic's ability to enter the 'mouth' of the cleanup system.
Observations and analysis of these interactions will enable us to understand the currents around Wilson.
Using a tracer dye, a type of dye used to observe flow, we will be able to see how the surface water flows in the vicinity of the system. These colored dyes are visually traceable and, in conjunction with a stabilized drone recording overhead and GPS drifters acting as debris, we will see how the water and, theoretically, the plastic move around the system. This dye is often used in rivers and other bodies of water for research purposes and is nontoxic and biodegradable.
To gather numerical data, we will deploy "Eve", The Ocean Cleanup's Autonaut vessel that is equipped with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), to measure the velocity of the water. Knowing the current speed will help us to determine the speed of the plastic and, thus, the speed difference between the system and the plastic.
Along with these tests, we will continue conducting more drifter tests to indicate a drifter that best mimics the route of the plastic, for further observations.
TEST, TEST AND TEST SOME MORE
We will continue testing and monitoring the system until we feel confident to make any modifications, if necessary, which will then be applied in a later shift. We are confident these tests will teach us more about the current status of Wilson, which will hopefully allow us to soon make the cleanup system fully operational.
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Q: How to customize XmlResponse in WCF service using WebHttpBinding I need to intercept the response of a service created using WCF with webHttpBinding (REST based service).
Now I want the XML emitted in a customized way. For e.g, currently a service method returns output like this:
<User xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <UserCellInfo>+91-98102239</UserCellInfo>
   <UserDepartment>.NET Projects</UserDepartment>
   <UserID>A10129</UserID>
   <UserName>Jeff Thomson</UserName>
</User>

but I want it in a different custom way.Something like below
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rsp>
   <User>
      <UserCellInfo>+91-98102239</UserCellInfo>
      <UserDepartment>.NET Projects</UserDepartment>
      <UserId>A10129</UserId>
      <UserName>Jeff Thomson</UserName>
   </User>
</rsp>

In MSDN, I read that I need to use IDispatchMessageInspector to intercept the XML that goes out. But I couldn't find any code reference or example for it.
Any good ideas how to achieve this?

A: So I assume your WCF service method returns an instance of a User object in this method call, right?
Why not just define a wrapper class called rsp that contains the User instance? Then returning the rsp object would render in the desired style. Just a nice clean wrapper - no messy XML manipulation on the fly......

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NJ-Bred Poet's Road to the Pulitzer
Poet Gregory Pardlo is the sixth poet with ties to New Jersey to win a Pulitzer Prize in the last 15 years.
By Kevin Coyne | | November 3, 2015
Willingboro native Gregory Pardlo is the sixth poet with New Jersey ties to win a Pulitzer Prize in the last 15 years.
Photo by Bryan Derballa/New York Times
During boyhood summers in Willingboro, Gregory Pardlo often bicycled to the public library, where his mother had enrolled him in a reading program. "She wanted to make sure I didn't spend the summer just goofing off," he says.
The strategy worked. Pardlo has emerged as an insightful literary voice whose latest work, Digest (Four Way Books, 2014), won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. "Clear-voiced poems that bring readers the news from 21st century America, rich with thought, ideas and histories public and private," the citation reads. On November 7, Pardlo will return to his hometown to read from the book. His poems are as varied as his biography, employing a wide range of voices and locations from Atlantic City to Brooklyn.
It was a long road to the Pulitzer from Willingboro, where Pardlo, 46, grew up in "a family that always put a very high premium on education," he says. His mother was a graphic artist for the Yellow Pages, his father one of the air traffic controllers fired by Ronald Reagan after they went on strike in 1981.
At Rutgers in New Brunswick, he studied political science, aiming for law school, and contributed to campus publications. "That's where I got the writing bug," he says. But Pardlo left Rutgers for the Marine Corps Reserves, moved to Denmark briefly and then back to New Jersey, where he managed Serengeti's Café and Jazz Club, his grandfather's nightspot in Pennsauken. "I always looked forward to my friends coming to the club and talking about literature and art and politics," Pardlo says. "It was just oppressively obvious that I needed to be in school."
He enrolled in Rutgers-Camden, still intending to become a lawyer. A poetry workshop and the lessons he absorbed from the musicians who passed through the club changed his compass heading. "Being exposed to people who were doing the thing they were passionate about on a daily basis and managing to feed and shelter themselves—that was a revelation," he says.
These days, Pardlo, who lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Ginger, and their two daughters, is a teaching fellow at Columbia University and is working on a graduate degree in non-fiction writing. His Pulitzer is the sixth in the last 15 years awarded to a poet with Garden State ties—"a depth and breadth of literary history that is special to New Jersey," he says.
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\section{Details of the calculation of the state of the qubit}\label{app:vacuum}

\subsection{Field in the vacuum state}

We now proceed to calculate the different terms of the perturbative expansion in (9) in the main text. Clearly, $\hat\rho_{T}^{(0)} = \Tr_{\phi}\left(\hat\rho_{0}\right) = \ket{+}\!\bra{+}$. It is easy to see that the first order term $\hat\rho_T^{(1)}$ will vanish. When taking the trace over the field, all the free evolution terms will end up multiplying the vacuum state, either at their left or at their right, so they will disappear, leaving $\bra{\Omega}\hat U^{(1)}\ket{\Omega}$ or $\bra{\Omega}\hat U^{\dagger (1)}\ket{\Omega}$. This is zero since \begin{equation}
    \label{eq:u1}
    \hat U^{(1)} = -\mathrm{i}\lambda\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\dd t\int \dd^3\bm{x} \chi(t)F(\bm{x})\hat\phi(t,\bm{x}),
\end{equation}
and $\bra{\Omega}\hat\phi(t,\bm{x})\ket{\Omega} = 0$ $\forall$ $t$, $\bm{x}$.

$\hat\rho_T^{(2)}$ is the sum of two contributions, one involving products with $\hat U^{(1)}$ and $\hat U^{\dagger (1)}$, and the other with $\hat U^{(2)}$. Let us focus on the first family of terms.\\

As an example, we explicitly calculate the coefficient associated to the component $\frac{\ket{0}\!\bra{0}}{2}$ of the density matrix of the qubit.
\begin{align} \nonumber
\Tr\left(\hat U^{(1)}e^{-\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\ket{\Omega}\!\bra{\Omega}e^{\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\hat U^{\dagger (1)}\right) &= \Tr\left(\hat U^{(1)}\ket{\Omega}\!\bra{\Omega}\hat U^{\dagger (1)}\right)\\ \nonumber
   &=  \Tr\left(\lambda^2\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\dd t\chi(t)\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\dd t'\chi(t')\int \dd^3\bm{x} F(\bm{x})\int \dd^3\bm{x}' F(\bm{x}')\hat\phi(t,\bm{x})\ket{\Omega}\!\bra{\Omega}\hat\phi(t',\bm{x}')\right)\\ \nonumber
    &= \Tr\left(\lambda^2\int\frac{\dd^3\bm{k} \dd^3\bm{k}'}{(2\pi)^3\sqrt{2\omega_{\bm k}}\sqrt{2\omega_{\bm{k}'}}}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\dd t\chi(t)e^{i\omega_{\bm k}t}\int \dd^3\bm{x} F(\bm{x})e^{-\mathrm{i}\bm{k}\bm{x}} \right. \\ \nonumber
    &\qquad\qquad\qquad\textbf{}\times\left.\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\dd t'\chi(t')e^{-\mathrm{i} \omega_{\bm{k}'}t'}\int \dd^3\bm{x}' F(\bm{x}')e^{\mathrm{i}\bm{k}'\cdot\bm{x}'}|\bm{k}\rangle \langle\bm{k'}|\right)\\ \nonumber
    &= \lambda^2\Tr\left(\int\frac{\dd^3\bm{k}\dd^3\bm{k}'}{(2\pi)^3\sqrt{2\omega_{\bm k}}\sqrt{2\omega_{\bm{k}'}}}\widetilde{\chi}(\omega_{\bm k})\widetilde{\chi}(-\omega_{\bm{k}'})\widetilde{F}(-\bm{k})\widetilde{F}(-\bm{k'})|\bm{k}\rangle\langle\bm{k'}|\right) \\
    \label{eq:o1}
    &=  \lambda^2\int\frac{\dd^3k}{(2\pi)^32\omega_{\bm k}}|\widetilde{\chi}(\omega_{\bm k})|^2|\widetilde{F}(\bm{k})|^2,
\end{align}
where in the last step we have used that $FT[f](x) = (FT[f](-x))^*$, for a real function $f$. We are assuming that both the switching and the smearing are real functions. The calculation for the $\frac{\ket{1}\!\bra{0}}{2}$ coefficient is analogous, the only difference being the presence of a factor $e^{-i\mu  \hat H_0}$ multiplying the ket vectors $| \bm{k}\rangle$. Since $e^{-\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}| \bm{k}\rangle = e^{-\mathrm{i}\mu \omega_{\bm k}}|\bm{k}\rangle$, we obtain that \begin{equation}
    \Tr\left(e^{-\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\hat U^{(1)}\ket{\Omega}\!\bra{\Omega}e^{\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\hat U^{\dagger(1)}\right) = \lambda^2\int\frac{\dd^3\bm{k}}{(2\pi)^32\omega_{\bm k}}|\widetilde{\chi}(\omega_{\bm k})|^2|\widetilde{F}(\bm{k})|^2e^{-\mathrm{i}\mu \omega_{\bm k}}.
\end{equation}
The rest of the components are the Hermitian conjugates of these.

We now calculate the remaining terms. That is, the terms that involve products with $\hat U^{(2)}$. Let us start by obtaining $\Tr_{\phi}\left(\hat U^{(2)}e^{-\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\ket{\Omega}\!\bra{\Omega}e^{\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\otimes\frac{\ket{0}\bra{0}}{2} + \text{H.c} \right) = \bra{\Omega}\hat U^{(2)}\ket{\Omega}\frac{\ket{0}\!\bra{0}}{2} + H.c$. This is simply
\begin{align}
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    &-\lambda^2\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\dd t\int_{-\infty}^{t}\dd t'\int \dd^3 \bm{x}\int \dd^3 \bm{x}' \chi(t)\chi(t')F(\bm{x})F(\bm{x}')\bra{\Omega}\hat\phi(t,\bm{x})\hat\phi(t',\bm{x}')\ket{\Omega}\frac{\ket{0}\!\bra{0}}{2} + H.c  \\ \nonumber
    &\hspace{3cm}=-\lambda^2\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\dd t\int_{-\infty}^{t}\dd t'\int \dd^3 \bm{x}\int \dd^3 \bm{x}' \chi(t)\chi(t')F(\bm{x})F(\bm{x}')2\Re[\mathcal{W}(t,\bm{x},t',\bm{x}')]\frac{\ket{0}\!\bra{0}}{2},
    %
\end{align}
where $\mathcal{W}(t,\bm{x},t',\bm{x}')=\bra{\Omega}\hat\phi(t,\bm{x})\hat \phi(t',\bm{x}')\ket{\Omega}$ is the Wightman function. The same is obtained for the other cases. This is because all the $e^{\pm i\mu \hat H_0}$ end up multiplying the vacuum state when taking the trace, so they disappear leaving simply $\bra{\Omega}\hat U^{(2)}\ket{\Omega} + H.c$. Therefore, the contribution of these terms to the reduced state of the qubit is $A\ket{+}\bra{+}$, where \begin{equation}
\label{eq:A}
    A =  -\lambda^2\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\dd t\int_{-\infty}^{t}\dd t'\int \dd^3 \bm{x}\int \dd^3 \bm{x}' \chi(t)\chi(t')F(\bm{x})F(\bm{x}')2\Re[\mathcal{W}(t,\bm{x},t',\bm{x}')].
\end{equation}

Adding everything and noting that \eqref{eq:o1} is equal to \eqref{eq:A} we obtain, after applying the second Hadamard on the qubit, that the reduced state can be written as
 \begin{align}
    \hat\rho_{\mu} = \frac{1}{2}\left(\mathbb{I} + \ket{-}\bra{+}\left(1 + \lambda^2\int\frac{\dd^3\bm{k}}{(2\pi)^3 2\omega_{\bm k}}|\widetilde{\chi}(\omega_{\bm k})|^2|\widetilde{F}(\bm{k})|^2\left(e^{-\mathrm{i}\mu \omega_{\bm k}} - 1\right)\right) \right.  \\
    \left.+
    \ket{+}\bra{-}\left(1 + \lambda^2\int\frac{\dd^3\bm{k}}{(2\pi)^3 2\omega_{\bm k}}|\widetilde{\chi}(\omega_{\bm k})|^2|\widetilde{F}(\bm{k})|^2\left(e^{\mathrm{i}\mu \omega_{\bm k}} - 1\right)\right)\right).
\end{align}

\subsection{Field in a finite-temperature KMS state}
    \label{app:kms}

Some properties that we use throughout these calculation are: \begin{align}
    \label{eq:ort}
    \Tr(\hat\phi \hat\rho_{\beta}) &= 0,\\
\label{eq:com}
    \left[\hat\rho_{\beta}, e^{-it\hat H_0}\right] &= 0.
\end{align}
As before, we calculate the reduced state of the qubit with a Dyson expansion. The first order term is again zero. As an example of why this is the case, we calculate
\begin{align}
    \Tr\left(e^{-\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\hat U^{(1)}\hat\rho_{\beta} e^{\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\right) + \Tr\left(e^{-\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\hat\rho_{\beta}e^{\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\hat U^{\dagger (1)}\right)
    = \Tr\left(\hat U^{(1)}\hat\rho_{\beta}\right) + Tr\left(\hat\rho_{\beta} \hat U^{\dagger (1)}\right),
\end{align}
where we have used the cyclic property of the trace and \eqref{eq:com}. Finally, using the linearity of the trace, the expression for $\hat U^{(1)}$ and \eqref{eq:ort}, we obtain that both terms are zero. A similar procedure can be used to check that all the other contributions to the first order correction are zero.

We now calculate the second order terms, starting by the ones that only involve products of $\hat U^{(1)}$ and $\hat U^{\dagger(1)}$. We derive here only the coefficient of $\frac{\ket{0}\bra{1}}{2}$. The other cases follow analogously.
 \begin{align}
\label{al:2}
    \Tr\left(\hat U^{(1)}e^{-\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\hat\rho_{\beta} \hat U^{\dagger (1)}e^{\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\right) = \Tr\left(e^{\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\hat U^{(1)}e^{-\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\hat\rho_{\beta} \hat U^{\dagger (1)}\right).
\end{align}
We have that \begin{align}
    e^{\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\hat U^{(1)}e^{-\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0} &= -\mathrm{i}\lambda\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\dd t\int \dd^3 \bm{x}\chi(t)F(\bm{x})e^{\mathrm{i}\mu \hat H_0}\hat\phi(\bm{x},t)e^{-\mathrm{i}\mu  \hat H_0} \\ \nonumber
    &= -\mathrm{i}\lambda\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\dd t\int \dd^3 \bm{x}\chi(t)F(\bm{x})\hat\phi(\bm{x},t + \mu).
\end{align}
So \eqref{al:2} equals \begin{align}
\label{al:ub1}
    \lambda^2\int \dd t\int \dd t'\int \dd^3 \bm{x}\int \dd^3 \bm{x}'\chi(t)\chi(t')F(\bm{x})F(\bm{x}')\Tr\left(\hat\phi(\bm{x},t + \mu)\hat\rho_{\beta}\hat\phi(\bm{x}', t' + \mu)\right) \\ \nonumber
    = \lambda^2\int \dd t\int \dd t'\int \dd^3 \bm{x}\int \dd^3 \bm{x}'\chi(t)\chi(t')F(\bm{x})F(\bm{x}')\mathcal{W}_{\beta}(\bm{x}',t',\bm{x},t + \mu).
\end{align}
The other terms have the same structure, with the only change being in the thermal Wightman function, which is $\mathcal{W}(x',t',x,t)$ for the diagonal terms, and $\mathcal{W}(x',t',x,t - \mu)$ for the $\frac{\ket{1}\!\bra{0}}{2}$ term.

Let us obtain now the second order terms coming from products with $\hat U^{(2)}$ and $\hat U^{\dagger (2)}$. It is easy to see, using \eqref{eq:com} that all the terms are equal to \begin{equation}
\label{eq:ub2}
    \Tr\left(\hat U^{(2)}\hat\rho_{\beta}\right) + \Tr\left(\hat\rho_{\beta} \hat U^{\dagger (2)}\right) = 2\Re\Tr\left(\hat U^{(2)}\hat\rho_{\beta}\right).
\end{equation}
This finishes the proof. Since the Dyson expansion preserves the trace of the density matrix, Eq. \eqref{al:ub1} has to be equal to Eq. \eqref{eq:ub2}, so as to cancel the diagonals added by the perturbation terms. This is useful because it gives a much more compact expression for the reduced state of the qubit. Therefore, at the end of the Ramsey scheme, the density matrix of the qubit is: \begin{align}
    &\frac{1}{2}\left(\mathbb{I} + \ket{+}\bra{-}\left(1 + \lambda^2\int \dd t\int \dd t'\int \dd^3 \bm{x}\int \dd^3 \bm{x}'\chi(t)\chi(t')F(\bm{x})F(\bm{x}')\left(\mathcal{W}_{\beta}(\bm{x}',t',\bm{x},t + \mu) - \mathcal{W}_{\beta}(\bm{x}',t',\bm{x},t)\right)\right)\right. \\ \nonumber
    &\quad+ \ket{-}\bra{+}\left.\left(1 + \lambda^2\left(\int \dd t\int \dd t'\int \dd^3 \bm{x}\int \dd^3 \bm{x}'\chi(t)\chi(t')F(\bm{x})F(\bm{x}')\left(\mathcal{W}_{\beta}(\bm{x}',t',\bm{x},t - \mu) - \mathcal{W}_{\beta}(\bm{x}',t',\bm{x},t)\right)\right)\right)\right).
\end{align}

Using the expression of the Wightman function for a thermal state of inverse temperature $\beta$ \cite{petar}
\begin{equation}
    \mathcal{W}_{\beta}(\bm{x}',t',\bm{x},t) = \int \frac{\dd^3\bm{k}}{(2\pi)^3 2\omega_{\bm k}\left(e^{\beta \omega_{\bm k}} - 1\right)}\left(e^{\beta \omega_{\bm k}}e^{\mathrm{i} k\left(\bm x - \bm x'\right)} + e^{\mathrm{i} k\left(\bm x' - \bm x\right)}\right),
\end{equation}
we can calculate the characteristic function of the work distribution \begin{align}
    \widetilde{P}(\mu) = 1 + \lambda^2\int&\frac{d^3\bm k}{(2\pi)^32\omega_{\bm k}\left(e^{\beta \omega_{\bm k}} - 1\right)}|\widetilde{\chi}(\omega_{\bm k})|^2|\widetilde{F}(\bm{k})|^2\left(e^{\beta \omega_{\bm k}} + 1\right)\left(\cos(\mu \omega_{\bm k}) - 1\right) \\ \nonumber
    &+ \mathrm{i}\lambda^2\int\frac{d^3\bm k}{(2\pi)^32\omega_{\bm k}}|\widetilde{\chi}(\omega_{\bm k})|^2|\widetilde{F}(\bm{k})|^2\sin(\mu \omega_{\bm k}).
\end{align}

\section{Delta-coupling to the vacuum}
    \label{app:delta}

    Let us start by defining a general coherent state of the field $\ket{\alpha(\textbf{k})}$: \begin{equation}
        \label{eq:coherent}
        \ket{\alpha(\textbf{k})} = \hat{D}_{\alpha_{(\textbf{k})}}\ket{\Omega} = \exp(\int d^3{\textbf{k}}[\alpha(\textbf{k})\hat{a}_{\textbf{k}}^{\dagger} - \alpha^{*}(\textbf{k})\hat{a}_{\textbf{k}}])\ket{\Omega}.
    \end{equation}
    When the interaction Hamiltonian couples to the field through a delta switching function, the resulting unitary is \begin{equation}
    \hat{U}_{\phi}(T) = \exp (-i\lambda\int d^3\textbf{x}F(\textbf{x})\hat{\phi}(\textbf{x})) = \hat{D}_{\alpha_{(\textbf{k})}},
    \end{equation}
 with $\alpha_{(\textbf{k})} = \frac{-i\lambda \widetilde{F}^{*}(\textbf{k})}{(2\pi)^{3/2}\sqrt{2\omega_{\textbf{k}}}}$. This can be seen writing the field operator in its mode decomposition. We now calculate the reduced state of the qubit before applying the last Hadamard gate of the Ramsey scheme. The diagonal elements of the density matrix of the qubit are both $\frac{1}{2}$. The off-diagonal terms are $\frac{1}{2}\bra{\Omega}\hat{U}^{\dagger}_{\phi}(T)e^{-i\mu\hat{H}_0}\hat{U}_{\phi}(T)\ket{\Omega}$ and the Hermitian conjugate.

 Using that $e^{-i\mu\hat{H}_0}\ket{\Omega} = \ket{\Omega}$, we can rewrite the previous expression as \begin{equation}
    \label{eq:inner}
     \bra{\Omega}\hat{U}^{\dagger}_{\phi}(T)e^{-i\mu\hat{H}_0}\hat{U}_{\phi}(T)e^{i\mu\hat{H}_0}\ket{\Omega} = \braket{\alpha(\textbf{k})|\beta(\textbf{k})},
 \end{equation}
 with $\beta(\textbf{k}) = \frac{-i\lambda\widetilde{F}^{*}\textbf{k}e^{-i\omega_{\textbf{k}}\mu}}{(2\pi)^{3/2}\sqrt{2\omega_{\textbf{k}}}}$, as can be seen by using that $e^{-i\mu \hat{H}_0}\hat{a}_{\bm{k}}e^{i\mu \hat{H}_0} = e^{i\mu\omega_{\bm{k}}}\hat{a}_{\bm{k}}$, and $e^{-i\mu \hat{H}_0}\hat{a}^{\dagger}_{\bm{k}}e^{i\mu \hat{H}_0} = e^{-i\mu\omega_{\bm{k}}}\hat{a}^{\dagger}_{\bm{k}}$ . Using the expression for the inner product of two coherent states in Appendix A of \cite{nonpert}, \eqref{eq:inner} can be simplified to \begin{equation}
     \braket{\alpha(\textbf{k})|\beta(\textbf{k})} = \exp[\lambda^2\int \frac{d^3\textbf{k}}{(2\pi)^{3}2\omega_{\textbf{k}}}|\widetilde{F}(\textbf{k})|^2(e^{-i\mu\omega_{\textbf{k}}} - 1)].
 \end{equation}

Applying the second Hadamard to the qubit and taking the Z and Y components of the Bloch vector of the qubit finally yields
\begin{equation}
    \widetilde{P}(\mu) = \exp[\lambda^2\int \frac{\dd^3\textbf{k}}{(2\pi)^{3}2\omega_{\textbf{k}}}|\widetilde{F}(\textbf{k})|^2(e^{i\mu\omega_{\textbf{k}}} - 1)].
\end{equation}

Choosing a normalized spherical Gaussian centered at zero as smearing $F(r) = \frac{e^{-\frac{r^2}{2\sigma^2}}}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}}$, and changing to polar coordinates (since the smearing is spherically symmetrical), yields for the characteristic function of a massless scalar field ($\omega_{\bm{k}} = |\bm{k}|)$ \begin{equation}
    \widetilde{P}(\mu) = \exp[\frac{\lambda^2}{4\pi^2}\int_0^{\infty}\dd |\bm{k}||\widetilde{F}(|\bm{k}|)|^2|\bm{k}|(e^{i\mu|\bm{k}|} - 1)].
\end{equation}
Using that \begin{equation}
    \int_0^{\infty}\dd |\bm{k}||\widetilde{F}(|\bm{k}|)|^2|\bm{k}| = \frac{1}{2\sigma^2},
\end{equation}
and \begin{equation}
    \int_0^{\infty} \dd |\bm{k}||\widetilde{F}(|\bm{k})|^2|\bm{k}|e^{i\mu|\bm{k}} = \exp \left(\frac{e^{-\frac{\mu ^2}{4\sigma^2}} \left(2 e^{\frac{\mu ^2}{4\sigma^2}} \mu\sigma  \mathcal{D}\left(\frac{\mu }{2\sigma}\right)-2 e^{\frac{\mu^2}{4\sigma^2}}\sigma^2-i \sqrt{\pi } \mu \sigma \right)}{4\sigma^4}\right),
\end{equation}
yields for the characteristic function
\begin{equation}
    \widetilde{P}(\mu) = \exp \left(-\lambda^2\frac{e^{-\frac{\mu ^2}{4\sigma^2}} \left(2 e^{\frac{\mu ^2}{4\sigma^2}} \mu\sigma  \mathcal{D}\left(\frac{\mu }{2\sigma}\right)-2 e^{\frac{\mu^2}{4\sigma^2}}\sigma^2-i \sqrt{\pi } \mu \sigma \right)}{\left(4 \pi ^2\right) 4\sigma^4}-\frac{\lambda^2}{8 \pi ^2\sigma^2}\right),
\end{equation}
 where $\mathcal{D}(x)$ is the Dawson Function, defined as $\mathcal{D}(x) = e^{-x^2}\int_0^x \dd y e^{y^2}$.
 \end{widetext}

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Allurion Technologies Unveils Transformed Allurion™ Weight Loss Program and New Corporate Brand
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They are seeking investment via crowdfunding to accelerate their plans, offering early access to registered parties. In addition to their newly redesigned print magazine, apps and events programme, your investment will allow them bring their archive – stretching back to the 1850s – to the public, helping them make the history of photography available to all.
As Archive, a recurring feature in their print magazine, demonstrates, their extensive historic records remains highly relevant today – in their 4 March 1982 edition, they reported on an earlier feud between Bradford's National Media Museum (then National Museum of Photography, Film and Television) and London's Victoria and Albert Museum over the RPS collection.
If you want to help unlock more pieces of photographic history, register your interest at: www.bjp.photo/invest
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