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\section{Introduction}

In this article we continue the study of graphs and their complements initiated nearly sixty years ago by Battle, Harary and Kodama~\cite{BHK}.
They established that the complement of a planar graph with nine vertices is necessarily non-planar.
This result was independently proved by Tutte in \cite{Tutte}.
We express this by saying that the complete graph $K_9$ is not bi-planar.
In a series of articles, Harary and  Akiyama  investigated conditions under which both a graph $G$ and its complement $cG$ possess a specified property: have  connectivity one, have line-connectivity one, are 2-connected, are forests, are bipartite, are outerplanar, are Eulerian \cite{AH1}, have the same girth, have circumference 3 or 4 \cite{AH3}, have the same number of endpoints \cite{AH4}.
Ichihara and Mattman \cite{IM} proved that the complement of an $n$-apex graph with $2n+9$ vertices is not $n$-apex, that is, $K_{2n+9}$ is not bi-$n$-apex.
In particular  $K_{11}$ is not bi-1-apex.
A graph is \dfn{$n$-apex} if deleting some set of $n$ vertices yields a planar graph.
A 1-apex graph is usually called apex.

This article is about the property of linkless embedability.
A graph is \dfn{intrinsically linked} (\dfn{IL}) if every embedding of it in $\mathbb{R}^3$ (or $S^3$) contains a nontrivial 2-component link.
A graph is \dfn{linklessly embeddable} if it is not intrinsically linked (\dfn{nIL}).
The combined work of Conway and Gordon \cite{CG}, Sachs \cite{Sa}, and Robertson, Seymour and Thomas \cite{RST} fully characterize IL graphs: a graph is IL if and only if it contains a graph in the Petersen family as a minor.
The Petersen family consists of seven graphs obtained from $K_6$ by $\nabla Y-$moves and $Y\nabla-$moves, as presented in Figure \ref{fig-ty}.

\begin{figure}[htpb!]
\begin{center}
\begin{picture}(160, 50)
\put(0,0){\includegraphics[width=2.4in]{fig-ty}}
\end{picture}
\caption{\small  $\nabla Y-$ and $Y\nabla-$moves}
\label{fig-ty}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

We ask: what is the smallest  $N$ such that the complete graph $K_N$ is not  bi-nIL?
It is easy to prove that $N \le 15$:
Mader \cite{Ma} showed that a graph on $n\ge 6$ vertices and at least  $4n-9$ edges contains a $K_6$ minor.
Since, for $n \ge 15$, $K_n$ has  ${n}\choose{2}$ $\ge  2(4n-9)$ edges,
for any graph $G$ with at least 15 vertices,
either $G$ or $cG$ contains a $K_6$ minor and hence is IL.
In  \cite{PP2}, the last two authors proved $K_{10}$ is bi-apex and therefore bi-nIL (by \cite{Sa}), and that $K_{13}$ is not bi-nIL, thereby showing that $11\le N \le 13$.
In this paper we show that $N=11$.
Then we prove:
\begin{theorem}
If $G$ is a linklessly embeddable graph with at least 11 vertices, then the complement of $G$ is intrinsically linked.
\label{main}
\end{theorem}

 Kotlov, Lov\'asz and Vempala \cite{KLV} conjectured that
 for any graph of order $n$, $\mu(G)+\mu(cG)\ge n-2$,
 where $\mu$ denotes the de Verdi\`ere invariant of a graph.
 We use Theorem \ref{main}  in the next section to prove this conjecture for graphs of order 11.

A nIL graph is \textit{maxnIL} if it is not a proper subgraph of a nIL graph of the same order.
To prove Theorem~\ref{main}, it is enough to check the statement for maxnIL graphs.
This is because if $G$ is a subgraph of a nIL graph $G'$ of the same order,  and $cG'$ is IL, then $cG$ is also IL, as it contains $cG'$ as a subgraph.
To this end, using two computer algorithms that will be detailed in Section \ref{CS},  we found a complete list of maxnIL graphs of order up to 11. We provide the list in the appendix \cite{appendix}.
For each maxnIL graph of order 11, its complement was found to be IL.
Techniques and considerations used to narrow down the computer search are presented in Section \ref{maxn}.\\

\section{maxnIL graphs of order up to 11}
\label{maxn}

By Mader \cite{Ma}, any graph of order 11 and size greater than 34 contains a $K_6$ minor, so it is IL.
On the other hand, by work of Aires \cite{A}, we know that a maxnIL graph on 11 vertices has at least 22 edges.
We therefore narrowed our search to graphs on 11 vertices and $22\le m\le 34$ edges.
Similar bounds on the number of edges were set for $n=7,8,9,10$
(in order to find all maxnIL graphs on 11 vertices,
we first needed to find all maxnIL graphs on 10 or fewer vertices,
as explained further below).

By  \cite{NPP}, maxnIL graphs are 2-connected; so the search was restricted to graphs with connectivity at least 2.
We further narrowed the search space by proving a set of results on maxnIL graphs,
which we describe below.\\

To \textit{cone} a vertex over a graph $H$ means we add a new vertex  $v$ and connect $v$ to every vertex of $H$.
Sachs \cite{Sa} showed that a graph $H$ is planar if and only if coning one vertex over $H$ yields a nIL graph.
It follows that
if a nIL graph $G$ of order $n$ has a vertex $v$ of degree $n-1$,
then $G\setminus v$ is planar.
We use this to show:

\begin{proposition}
\label{prop-maxnil-apex}
Let $G$ be a maxnIL graph of order $n$.
Then the following are equivalent:
(i)~$G$ is apex;
(ii)~$G$ has a vertex of degree $n-1$;
(iii)~$G$ is a cone on a maximal planar graph of order $n-1$.
\end{proposition}

\begin{proof}
(i) $\to$ (ii):
Suppose $G$ is apex.
Then for some vertex $v \in G$, $G\setminus v$ is planar.
If $\deg(v) < n-1$, then an edge $e$ incident to $v$ can be added to $G$
such that $G+e$ is nIL, contradicting the maximality of $G$.
(ii) $\to$ (iii):
If a vertex $v$ has degree $n-1$,
then, by \cite{Sa}, $G\setminus v$ is planar.
It must be maximal planar since otherwise
an edge $e$ can be added to  $G\setminus v$ while preserving its planarity,
so that $G+e$ is nIL, again a contradiction.
(iii) $\to$ (i): This follows from the definition of apex.
\end{proof}

This means that each plane triangulation of order $n\ge 5$ gives rise to a unique  maxnIL graph of order $n+1$.
There is only one plane triangulation with 5 vertices; and, by work of Bowen and Fisk \cite{BF}, the plane triangulations with $6\le n\le 10$ vertices are also known, and their numbers are: $T_6=2, T_7=5, T_8=14, T_9=50, T_{10}=233$.
The number of maxnIL apex graphs is presented in Table 1.

An edge $e$ of a graph $G$ is \textit{triangular} if $e$ is in some 3-cycle in $G$.
A graph is \textit{triangular}  if every edge of it is triangular.
A graph $G$ is the \dfn{clique sum} of two graphs $G_1$ and $G_2$ over $K_p$ if $V(G)=V(G_1)\cup V(G_2)$, $E(G)=E(G_1)\cup E(G_2)$, and the subgraphs induced by $V(G_1)\cap V(G_2)$ in $G_1$ and $G_2$ are   both complete of order $p$.
Clique sum constructions are often used to create larger order graphs with a certain property (e.g., linklessly embeddable, or $K_6$-minor-free) from two graphs with the same property.

\begin{proposition}
If every maxnIL graph of order at least 3 and at most $n$ is triangular, then every maxnIL graph $G$ of order $n+1$ is 3-connected.
\label{3-connected}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
Assume $G$ is a maxnIL graph of order $n+1$ that is not 3-connected.
By \cite{NPP}, $G$ is a clique sum of two maxnIL graphs of order at most $n$
over an edge which is non-triangular in at least one of the two graphs.
This contradicts the assumption that every maxnIL graph of order at most $n$ is triangular.
\end{proof}

The only maxnIL graphs of order $3 \le n \le 5$ are $K_n$.
And $K_6^-$ ($K_6$ minus an edge) is the only maxnIL graph of order 6.
These graphs are all triangular.
It follows by Proposition \ref{3-connected} that every maxnIL graph of order 7 is 3-connected and hence has minimal degree at least 3.
For each $n=7, 8, 9, 10$, we used the Nauty program designed by McKay~\cite{MP} to generate the 2-connected  graphs of minimal degree 3 with $n$ vertices and  $2n\le m\le 4n-10$ edges.
 We then used the Mathematica program detailed in Section \ref{CS}
 to find the maxnIL graphs among them and to confirm they were all triangular.
 The search considered a total of 5,065,328 graphs.
By Proposition \ref{3-connected} , this implies that all maxnIL graphs of order 11 are 3-connected.
(However, there exists a maxnIL graph of order 11 which is not triangular.
 See Figure \ref{1127})

As our next step in finding all maxnIL graphs of order 11,
we first focused on those with a vertex of degree 3.
By \cite{NPP}, if a vertex $v$ of a maxnIL graph $G$  has degree 3,
then $v$ belongs to a $K_4$ subgraph of $G$ and $G\setminus v$ is maxnIL.
Having found all maxnIL graphs of order 10 (there are 107 of them),
we constructed, from each such graph $G$, graphs of order 11 by
adding a new vertex and connecting it to three vertices which form a triangle in $G$.
We obtained 1963 graphs this way, of which 159 were maxnIL.
Since plane triangulations have minimal degree 3,
by Proposition \ref{prop-maxnil-apex} maxnIL apex graphs have minimal degree 4 for $n\ge 5$.
Therefore this set of 159 maxnIL graphs consists of non-apex graphs only
and is disjoint from the set of 233 maxnIL apex graphs found above.

The search for all maxnIL graphs of order 11 was now reduced to considering 3-connected graphs
with minimum degree $\ge 4$.
Furthermore, since we had already found all maxnIL graphs of order 11 that are apex,
we now only had to search for non-apex maxnIL graphs of order 11;
by Proposition \ref{prop-maxnil-apex},
these graphs all have maximum degree $\le 9$.

Unfortunately, (to our knowledge) Nauty does not accept connectivity 3 as a parameter,
so we had to consider all 2-connected graphs of order 11 with vertex degrees between 4 and 9.
There are 158,056,639 such graphs, which we saved in a .g6 master file.
We used the Alabama Super Computer (ASC) and the Python code detailed in Section \ref{CS} to sift out the graphs which had $K_6$ minors.
To do this, we split the master file into subfiles with approximately 1,000,000 graphs each, and then each subfile was tested on 16 cores for up to 150 hours, with at most 15 jobs running at a time.
Due to the nature of the algorithm, the larger graphs (size 34 for instance) ran faster, since they were more likely to contain a $K_6$ minor and be dismissed by the program.
Some instances for size 27 timed out, so we had to run them again on 32 cores with more time allotment. This process took roughly 3 months.

Once a job would finish and a $K_6$-minor free list of graphs was produced, the list would be portioned into batches of 300,000 graphs and the Mathematica program for finding maxnIL graphs would run on up to 4 Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.20GHz processors at a time, at a rate of roughly 120,000 graphs per day.
This time, the jobs involving smaller size graphs would finish first, since less cycles need to be considered.

The search yielded 317 order 11, 3-connected maxnIL graphs with vertex degrees between 4 and 9.
All of them are necessarily non-apex (as explained above).
Together with the 159 maxnIL graphs with minimum vertex degree 3 and the 233 maxnIL apex graphs, the search produced all the 709 maxnIL graphs of order 11.
The Mathematica program checked all their complements  to be IL.
This proves Theorem~\ref{main},
as any nIL graph of order greater than 11 contains a nIL induced subgraph of order 11.

Table~1 shows the number of maxnIL graphs for each order of at most 11.
For order 11, the search found maxnIL graphs with $m$ edges for every $27 \le m\le 34$,
and none for any other values of $m$.

\begin{table}[htpb!]
\label{TableMN}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
   order $n$& 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & 10 & 11   \\ \hline
  $1-$apex maxnIL graphs   & 1 & 2 & 5 & 14 & 50 & 233   \\ \hline
      all maxnIL graphs   & 1 & 2 & 6 & 20 & 107 & 709  \\ \hline
\end{tabular}\\\vspace*{0.2in}
    \caption{ maxnIL graphs with $6\le n\le 11$ vertices.}
\end{table}

\begin{remark} The graph $G_{11,27}$, depicted in  Figure \ref{1127}, has some unique properties among the maxnIL graphs of order 11. It is the only graph in that list which has 27 edges. It is also the only maxnIL graph of order 11 which is not triangular. In this graph, the edges $v_1v_8$ and $v_2v_{10}$ are non-triangular. Given that all the maxnIL graphs of order at most 10 are all triangular, $G_{11,27}$ is the minimal order example for non-triangular maxIL graphs.
\end{remark}

\begin{figure}[htpb!]
\begin{center}
\begin{picture}(250, 200)
\put(0,0){\includegraphics[width=3in]{fig-maxnIL1127}}
\end{picture}
\caption{\small MaxnIL graph with $n=11$ vertices and $m=27$ edges. Edges $v_1v_8$ and $v_2v_{10}$ are non-triangular.}
\label{1127}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\begin{remark}
Given that all maxnIL graphs of order $\le 11$ are 3-connected,
it is natural to ask whether every maxnIL graph (of any order) is 3-connected.
We see as follows that the answer is negative.
Starting with $G_{11,27}$, adding a new vertex and connecting it to the endpoints of one of its non-triangular edges, yields a nIL graph of order 12 that is not 3-connected.
This graph is maxnIL, since it is the clique sum of two maxnIL graphs over an edge which is non-triangular in one of them \cite{NPP}. This a is a minimal order maxnIL graph with vertex connectivity 2.

\end{remark}

\begin{remark}
In light of Theorem~\ref{main},
one may wonder whether for every graph $G$ of order 11 either $G$ or $cG$ has a $K_6$ minor.
The graph in Figure \ref{1121}(a) is a maxnIL graph of order 11 since it is a cone over a maximal planar graph.
In particular, it has no $K_6$ minor.
It turns out that the complement of this graph has no $K_6$ minor either.
Thus $K_{11}$ is ``bi-$K_6$-minor-free.''
We leave it as an open question whether $K_{12}$ is bi-$K_6$-minor-free.

\end{remark}

\begin{figure}[htpb!]
\begin{center}
\begin{picture}(370, 170)
\put(0,0){\includegraphics[width=5in]{fig-11K6free}}
\end{picture}
\caption{\small (a) MaxnIL apex graph $G$. Vertex $v_{11}$ connects with all other ten vertices. (b) The complement of $G$.}
\label{1121}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\begin{remark} The search found all maxnIL graphs of order at most 11 to be 2-apex.
While there are known maxnIL graphs of order 13 which are not 2-apex (such as Maharry's $Q_{13,3}$ graph \cite{M}), it is still an open question whether all maxnIL graphs of order 12 are 2-apex.
\end{remark}

\begin{remark} In 1990, Colin de Verdi\'ere \cite{dV}  introduced the graph invariant $\mu$, based on spectral properties of matrices associated with a graph $G$. He showed that $\mu$  is monotone under taking minors
and that planarity is characterized by the inequality $\mu\le 3$.  Lov\'asz and Schrijver
showed that linkless embeddability is characterized by the inequality $\mu\le 4$ \cite{LS}.
By reformulating the definition of $\mu$ in terms of vector labelings, Kotlov, Lov\'asz, and Vempala \cite{KLV} related some topological properties of a graph to the $\mu$ invariant of its complement:
for $G$ a simple graph on $n$ vertices,
(a)~if $G$ is planar then $\mu(cG)\ge n-5$;
(b)~if $G$ is outerplanar then $\mu(cG)\ge n-4$.
The three authors also conjectured that for any simple graph $G$ of order $n$, $\mu(G)+\mu(cG) \ge n-2$.
The conjecture is known to hold for planar graphs, graphs of order at most 10, and graphs with $\mu(G)\ge n-6$ \cite{Hog}.
Theorem \ref{main} validates the conjecture for graphs of order 11:
$G$ or $cG$, say $G$, is IL, so $\mu(G) \ge 5 = 11-6$;
and the conjecture holds for graphs with $\mu(G) \ge n-6$.
\end{remark}

We make a few observations about the graphs listed in Table 1.
\begin{enumerate}
\item There is exactly one non-apex maxnIL graph with 8 vertices, called the J{\o}rgensen graph \cite{J}.
The J{\o}rgensen graph is minor minimal non-apex.
\item Since the complement of each plane triangulation with 9 vertices is non-planar by \cite{BHK},  the complement of each apex maxnIL graph with 10 vertices is non-planar.
Among 50  such apex maxnil graphs, only one has a complement which is IL, with all other complements being nIL.
This complement is the graph $G_9$ in the Petersen family plus one isolated vertex.
\item
It is straightforward to show that
if a maxnIL graph of order $n$ is apex then it has $4n-10$ edges.
But the converse does not hold;
there are maxnIL graphs of order $n$ with $4n-10$ edges that are not apex.
In Figure~\ref{non-apex} we provide a minimal order example of such a graph.

\end{enumerate}

\begin{figure}[htpb!]
\begin{center}
\begin{picture}(250, 130)
\put(0,0){\includegraphics[width=3.5in]{fig-nonapex}}
\end{picture}
\caption{\small A maxnIL graph with $n=9$ vertices and $4n-10$ edges that is non-apex.}
\label{non-apex}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\section{The Algorithms Used for the Searches}
\label{CS}
{\it Algorithms for determining if a graph is IL or maxnIL}.
We start with an arbitrary embedding $G \subset S^3$ of the given graph.
Any other embedding $G'$ of the same graph
can be obtained from $G$ by a combination of isotopy
and crossing changes (i.e., allowing edges to ``go through each other'').
A crossing change between a pair of edges
is equivalent to adding a full twist (two half-twists)
between the two edges, as in Figure~\ref{twist}.

\begin{figure}[htpb!]
\begin{center}
\begin{picture}(250, 70)
\put(0,0){\includegraphics[width=3.5in]{fig-twist}}
\end{picture}
\caption{\small A crossing change between two edges of a graph.}
\label{twist}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

The linking number between any two disjoint cycles in $G'$ can be computed from their corresponding linking number in $G$
by taking into account the number of twists added
between all (disjoint) pairs of edges
in the two components  of the link in question.

In the algorithm,  for every 2-component link $L$ in the given embedding $G$, we compute its linking number $\mathrm{lk}_G(L)$.
We then assign a variable to every disjoint pair of edges in $G$, representing the number of twists to be added between the two edges in order to obtain a new embedding $G'$.
We write the linking number $\mathrm{lk}_{G'}(L)$ in terms of $\mathrm{lk}_{G}(L)$ and the variables.
Setting all these linking numbers equal to zero gives us a system of linear equations that has an integer solution if and only if there exists an embedding $G'$ of the given graph such that every link in $G'$ has linking number zero.

By the work of Robertson, Seymour, and Thomas~\cite{RST}, a graph has a linkless embedding if and only if it has an embedding with no odd linking numbers.
So, instead of solving the system of linear equations for integer solutions, we work in $\mathbb{Z}_2$ (which is much faster).

Lastly, to determine if a given nIL graph $G$ is maxnIL, we simply check if for every pair of nonadjacent vertices $v, w \in G$ the graph $G + vw$ is IL.
Both of these algorithms were implemented in Mathematica. \\

{\it Searching for $K_6$ minors.}
Recall that $H$ is a minor of $G$ if  deleting and contracting zero or more edges and deleting zero or more vertices in $G$ yields a graph isomorphic to $H$.
However, to check if a connected graph $G$ has a $K_6$ minor, we only need to check if contracting zero or more edges in $G$ yields $K_6$; deleting edges is not necessary since $K_6$ is a complete graph, and deleting vertices is not necessary since $G$ is assumed to be connected.

Now consider a connected graph \(G\) of order \(n > 6.\) Contracting an edge in \(G\) produces a graph with one fewer vertex. So \(G\) has a \(K_6\) minor if and only if there exists a set of \(n-6\) edges in $G$ such that contracting those edges yields a graph isomorphic to \(K_6\).
If $G$ has $m$ edges, there are \({m \choose n-6}\) sets of edges to check.
After contracting the edges in each of these sets, checking if the resulting minor is isomorphic to $K_6$ can be done by simply checking if every vertex has degree~5.
This algorithm was implemented in Python, using the NetworkX library.\\

{\bf Acknowledgement:} This work was made possible in part by a grant of high performance computing resources and technical support from the Alabama Supercomputer Authority.

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Fresh off an astounding mid-season premiere featuring Saw Gerrera's first appearance on the show, Rebels opted to stay a little closer to home in "Warhead." Written by Gary Whitta, who did the initial treatment for Rogue One and who additionally penned the earlier Season Three episodes "The Antilles Extraction" and "The Wynkahthu Job," "Warhead" does not advance any of the significant storylines of the season, but it emerges as Whitta's best episode to date. Whitta accomplished this through a little borrowing from alien suspense films, Alien and Predator, and pairing together Zeb and the Alan Rickman-ish AP-5.
Zeb was chosen by Whitta to be one of the main characters in "The Wynkahthu Job," but in that endeavor the character was sidelined by the focus of the episode being more about Ezra coming to understand the rakish quality of the pirate Hondo Ohnaka conceals a much darker personality. "Warhead" doesn't quite explore much new about all things Zeb, but paints the "muscle" of the Ghost as someone who would belong to the royal guard of his people. It does so by removing the rest of his crewmates from the picture and leaving Zeb at Chopper Base in charge of security. Surprisingly, the dour AP-5 also receives some attention when thrown into a crisis with the Lasat.
The pair are brought together when Zeb discovers and brings back to base an Imperial infiltrator droid, which nominally looks like a protocol droid in the fashion initially imagined by Star Wars icon Ralph McQuarrie. Perhaps as an ode to C-3PO's final design, the droid receives a bump to the head when it encounters the spider-like residents of the rebel base's planet and suffers from the droid version of amnesia. For a brief moment, it looks like the rebels have acquired a new inventory droid to assist AP-5 in the onerous task of cataloging rebel armaments and supplies. Then the new droid remembers. In a heartbeat, the droid transforms from passive protocol droid to threatening infiltrator droid with an appearance that echoes K-2SO's long armed and long legged design. Inserted into this robotic mess is a warning by Agent Kallus as Fulcrum of the capabilities of the infiltrator droids. The use of Kallus in this episode is a nice touch to show Kallus' dedication to his new allegiance, as well remind us of the important role Fulcrum plays for the rebels.
While the ode to Alien falls more into the hidden danger aspect of the droid waiting to wake up – information the viewer possesses, but not the rebels – once the infiltrator droid goes active it also goes full on Predator, disappearing into the rebels' stores with only its "blood" (oil) giving Zeb the ability to track it. Then, once the droid is subdued in an impressive feat of Lasat versus droid, it activates a self-destruct device with a countdown timer. This gives Zeb the opportunity to show himself capable of responding to a threat to Chopper Base by stopping the droid. It's also at this moment that AP-5 is provided some unexpected character development. It turns out that AP-5, introduced as an arrogant know-it-all, is not 100% comfortable of his own abilities when Zeb orders him to manipulate the droid's memory banks and set the threat to detonate upon return to an Imperial base.
Droids suffer their own personal quirks, fears, and characteristics due to the nature of their self-awareness and programming. K-2SO displayed as much with his inability to hold back his opinion, something Diego Luna's Cassian Andor attributes to his reprogramming. Chopper can be both wildly bold in battle, but also fearful at times as well. So it's nice to see that AP-5 follows this trend in "Warhead" by being more than a Star Wars Severus Snape droid with a personality that encapsulates apprehension of doing something new or potentially difficult. Even better, he overcomes it to save the day.
"Warhead" does not directly tie into either the Thrawn, Mandalorian, or Maul storylines, but neither do all Rebels episodes. This is fine because sometimes the best Rebel stories take the opportunity, when free of the restrictions of said storylines, to focus more on their characters in ways that might otherwise be unavailable. Season Two's "Honorable Ones" is an excellent example of such an episode. "Warhead," likewise, is more than just "filler" content between such episodes because it does what the best non-storyline episodes do: find a way to inform a larger storyline without being about the larger storyline. "Warhead" is about Zeb and AP-5 on Chopper Base, but it concludes with an appearance by Thrawn, who uses the failure of the infiltrator droid to find the rebel base to deduce that it must exist in a much smaller corner of the universe. As a result, "Warhead" offers a small adventure told with good pacing, direction, and story work that benefits often overlooked characters while offering a nugget of something larger. If the rest of the "filler" episodes follow this suit, they'll be warmly welcomed.
For more about "Warhead," check out the episode guide on StarWar.com.


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Chapter 5: Strange Case of the New Golden Gate,…
Chapter 5: Strange Case of the New Golden Gate, The Sea Witch
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CHAPTER FIVE: The Sea Witch
The Bay Area's greatest detective had deposited one half of a pair of magic earrings into the boxy and fashionable bag of a visitor from another world, the unflappable Lois. The earrings were, by long association, linked — even between branches of reality.
Could Annabel Scheme reconnect them?
"I never figured that part out," she admitted. Scheme kept a stockpile of plans half-figured-out. So far, it seemed to have served her well. "That's why we need Carlotta. She's my witch friend."
We tore across the Richmond Bridge in Scheme's electric pickup. I saw San Quentin College jutting out into the bay. Was there a San Quentin in Lois' world? Or was it something else? Was there a Golden Gate Bridge? Surely, there had to be a Golden Gate Bridge.
Scheme zoomed across Sir Francis Drake to Nicasio Valley Road. The jagged reservoir seemed to float, the clouds nearly kissing their reflections in the water. She curled back down to Point Reyes Station, then continued up the shore. A colony of gulls swirled above Tomales Bay.
At a bleak curve in the road, Scheme brought the pickup to a bumping halt. There, on a forlorn cliff, a small house stood facing the ocean. Maybe it was a house; maybe it was a collection of driftwood that had been blown together, to be disassembled by another gust.
"She's a sea witch," Scheme clarified. "Very into transience. Awful infinitude. That sort of thing."
There was a note tacked to the door that announced LOW TIDE! in neat capitals. "Oh, good," Scheme said. "This will be fun."
I followed her down a rickety staircase that clung unconvincingly to the cliffside and brought us to a thin, rocky beach, where a figure was leaping merrily in the surf.
"Ahoy, Carlotta," Scheme called.
"Look at this HAUL!" the figure cried back. "Seaweed for DAYS!"
Carlotta looked, to my untrained eye, less like a sea witch and more like the captain of a fishing boat. She sported tall galoshes below sturdy work pants and a T-shirt emblazoned with the logo of Point Reyes Books.
Scheme explained our predicament while Carlotta, wielding a pair of pruning snips, accumulated black-green seaweed in a mesh net.
When Scheme was finished, Carlotta stood, regarded us both flatly, and tossed her pruning snips to me. I caught them, barely, while the witch produced another pair from her pants and passed them over to Scheme. "My aid has a price, and that price is five pounds of kombu. See you up above."
Scheme and I harvested seaweed, collecting it in the net Carlotta had left behind, while the sun cruised down toward the edge of the world. First, my feet were soaking. Then, my ankles. The tide was surging in.
"We'll call that done," Scheme said. We scrambled up the steps, the ocean seeming to sigh with disappointment.
Carlotta awaited us inside her driftwood cabin, which felt much sturdier inside than out. Scheme exchanged our probably-not-five-pounds of seaweed for two mugs of tea, which smelled slightly psychoactive.
"I've been thinking about your crystal earrings," Carlotta said, "and the other world. Kelp crisp?"
She offered a plate of snack crackers.
"You can't follow that woman," Carlotta said. "Maybe with science, but not with magic. But you can use the crystals to… peek. It will have to be through a dream."
I took another cracker.
"You'll never know for sure if it was real," Carlotta said. "You certainly won't be able to convince anyone else. But, believe me when I tell you: It will be real."
"Fair enough," said Scheme. "We'll try."
We?
"It's safer if two go together," Carlotta said. "A thread of connection in the dream. I'll keep watch on this side."
"Besides, Will," Scheme said, "aren't you curious?"
Carlotta lit a bundle of pine needles that released a pale pungent smoke. She poured a line of salt across the cabin's threshold. She fished pillows and pallets from a heavy trunk and prepared a rough bed for each of us. Finally, she fashioned a little boat from the seaweed we'd just harvested, and into the boat, she placed Scheme's remaining earring. "Your vessel," she declared, positioning it on the floor between us.
"I'll wake you up in an hour," Carlotta said. "But you should know that the subjective time could be longer. That's how it is with dreams. It could feel like a whole day. Even a week. But not a year." She fussed with the smoking pine needles. "Probably."
Scheme laid herself down on the floor, crossing her hands over her chest like a mummy. "Carlotta," she said quietly. "The woman, Lois … she said that in her world, they didn't fill the bay."
"How wise," the sea witch murmured. "I'm sure they made other mistakes, though."
Outside, the sun had sunk below the horizon, and the only light came from the little lantern set up in Carlotta's kitchen nook. The sound of the waves was suddenly very loud; a formless, enveloping wash. Yes: I could fall asleep to this.
As Carlotta had instructed, I fixed my mind on the crystal earring. Or, I tried. I couldn't keep my thoughts from the feeling of the tide rising around my feet, my ankles. Awful infinitude. The wind picked up, a whistle rising into a howl, but the cabin did not shake, and drowsily I realized it was built more solidly than my apartment in Oakland, more solidly than Scheme's office in Rotten City, more solidly than the Golden Gate Bridge. This little cabin would never fall.
And then, I was asleep and vividly dreaming. From a great height, I looked out across a bay unpaved, a dark oval ringed by light, protected as surely as a witch's circle. And then I saw what they were building.
And in my dream, I screamed.
Tomorrow, Part 6: The Machine

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The memorial that honors one of her most famous roles. Photo via Instagram.
The late and very great, Carrie Fisher, took her leave among the greats in 2016 but left us with so much beauty in the world. Known for her spectacular roles in Star Wars, Harry Met Sally, and her steel wit on Twitter, the world was to, say the least, shocked from her passing. And in SF style, the people memorialized her passing with beautiful flowers and portraits from her many roles in life and on-screen.
A lightsaber tribute is said to be going up on 18th and Castro later this week. The LucasFilms HQ however had many visitors who lined the Yoda statue with letters, flowers, and tributes to the late actress. Covered in diet Coke cans, handwritten letters, and memorabilia from the film — the die-hard fans felt a blow to the chest with the news. Fisher passed from a heart attack earlier this week.
On Sunday at 6:30 p.m., the Roxie Theater will be screening the film based on Fisher's semi-autobiographical novel Postcards From the Edge, starring Meryl Streep.
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This composite cable combines the distance and bandwidth capabilities of singlemode fiber with the power-carrying capability of 14-AWG copper conductors.
Power over Ethernet for today's applications as well as those in the not-too-distant future. By definition, Power over Ethernet (PoE) is a system that passes electric power along with data over cabling. Traditionally, this has been done over an unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cabling system. It may seem simple in concept, but the execution has not been without challenges.
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A power supply unit like this one from Corning Optical Communications is a key element of a powering system that can accommodate distances unachievable by current and upcoming 802.3 PoE standards.
An intelligent power system can reside within a passive optical network architecture. Power supply units are housed within IDF rooms, and are connected to devices like remote access units with composite cabling.
Since the introduction of networking devices in our premises, the industry has struggled with providing power to allow those devices to work their magic. The 2003 PoE standard 802.3af provided a meager 15 watts of power. This allowed some smaller devices to benefit from a single hybrid network/ power cable connection via the common RJ45 plug. Unfortunately, this standard enabled only basic devices such as VoIP phones and IP cameras; all other power-hungry devices and/or devices more than the Ethernet distance limit of 90 meters from a PoE switch still required AC outlets close by.
As signal strength and device functionality became more robust, the need for more power to support these requirements also increased. Around 2009, the 802.3at PoE+ standard pushed the power limit up past 25 watts, allowing slightly more power-hungry devices such as WiFi access points and pan/tilt/zoom cameras to benefit from the single point of connectivity. While this showed progress, we were still limited by the 90-meter Ethernet distance. Additionally, 25 watts was still too low a power level to provide massive migration of hardware over to PoE.
So what has changed? Today we are seeing the ratification of a new PoE standard, 4PPoE or PoE++ (802.3bt), which will enable 55 and 90-100 watt transport, opening up many additional applications. Next-generation multiband WiFi, cellular small cells, and LED building lighting systems can now all be driven off of PoE++. This is a tremendous step forward, but is still, unfortunately, limited by the Ethernet 90-meter distance as well as existing bandwidth and application limits of UTP cabling.
The PoE march toward higher power, as well as the explosion of technologies spurred by the Internet of Things, has pushed the number of devices powered in our spaces through the roof. In addition to the above-mentioned devices already demanding higher-strength PoE, we are also seeing security, telecommunications, life-safety, and building automation systems join traditional enterprise network infrastructures. This can challenge a UTP-exclusive infrastructure from distance, bandwidth, pathway space, and flexibility points of view. For example, IP cameras and security devices are now common throughout indoor and outdoor spaces, but may not be close to existing telecom rooms or a PoE-based switch. New National Electrical Code rules require specific cable designs and materials for PoE++ runs, which eat up space in already-congested pathways because each high-power PoE++ device has to be homerun to its power source.
So what's the challenge? UTP, and by natural extension PoE, is already showing its limitations. Our devices aren't always within 90 meters of an intermediate distribution frame (IDF) closet or telecom room (TR). Sometimes we have to power devices that are outdoors and require outdoor cables that exceed many hundreds, if not thousands, of feet. Many devices require more than the existing 30 watts provided by 802.3at and even more than the 55 or 100 watts promised in the future 802.3bt standard.
LED televisions now require both power and a network connection, and a high-powered connection of 100 watts or more would make it possible to do away with the power cord. Instead of forcing all of our power and data-hungry devices to go to PoE switches located in telecom rooms via homerun cables, we could break up the switches and place the power and data distribution closer to the devices. This comes with an added benefit of reducing cable loads in the horizontal. Due to the proliferation of devices, our pathways cannot support the space and weight of tens or even hundreds of UTP drops homerun to our already crowded TR and/or IDF.
In an Ethernet in the Zone architecture power supply units residing in IDFs feed power to zones using composite cabling.
their facilities, many manufacturers still rely on singlemode fiber for the signal transport via analog RF over glass (RFoG) technology. Many of these devices require hundreds to thousands of watts of power, and in many cases this power has to be run hundreds or thousands of feet back to the main distribution frame (MDF) rooms or headends, due to centralized power backup requirements. These and other high-power devices such as the TVs, lighting systems, and distributed PoE switches outlined above cannot rely on even the best UTP or PoE systems planned today. When looking at the possible pathway congestion and distance limitations the proliferation of PoE devices foretell, even the latest solutions are limited to 100 watts over 90 meters. Thankfully, we are seeing new technologies as well as evolutions of existing well-known technology rising to fill the gaps.
The NEC seems to agree with the need for new or emerging technology, as the producers of the NEC have started to pay more attention to network powering. While Sections 725 and 830 both cover some "types" of powering, the codes are playing catch-up with the latest devices. Recently, the NEC has taken notice of the levels of power being transported over the relatively small wire gauge typically used in Category 6A and other UTP/FTP cables. A very healthy, and sometimes confusing, debate has ensued, adding to the uncertainty around the newer standard.
One alternative to address the limitations of PoE is Class 2 power, which can service longer distances than traditional PoE. The power level is still less than 100 watts, but the lack of requirement to use Category UTP cable gives designers more flexibility with respect to distance via larger-gauge conductors. If we pair the bandwidth and distance capabilities of singlemode fiber with the ability to use larger-gauge copper conductors, we can far exceed the 90-meter limitations of even the best PoE.
However, there is a more promising alternative. Traditional PoE can now be strengthened by combining the bandwidth and distance advantages of fiber-optic cabling mentioned above with an intelligent power solution enabled by composite cabling. For example, a 75-watt device requiring a minimum operating voltage of 48 VDC over 1100 feet can be powered from a source using 14-AWG cable. If the wire gauge is bigger or the end device requires less than 48 VDC, distances increase even more. Intelligent power technology paired with smaller "micro zones" could power a number of 25-watt PoE devices using a combination of a single small composite fiber and copper cable, combined with short patch cables running to and from the micro zone.
Adding to the promise is the development of new "touch-safe" power under NEC 725 and 830. Using IEC 60950- 21 (Information Technology Equipment – Safety – Part 21: Remote Power Feeding) and IEC 62368-1 (Audio/Video, Information and Communications Technology Equipment – Part 1: Safety Requirements) for guidance, people are developing and deploying technologies that far exceed thousands of watts over thousands of feet of the same composite fiber and copper cable.
It is an exciting time for network designers, with the long-respected bandwidth/distance/power boundaries for Layer 1 in our networks crashing down. We are now able to deliver services to customers where, when, and how they want to use them instead of forcing square pegs into round holes. Optical fiber offers unmatched bandwidth and distance advantages and will undoubtedly be a key component in the networks of the future. Combining optical fiber with higher-power solutions via composite cable provides a robust extension to traditional PoE systems, allowing us to bring future-ready bandwidth and power to our devices safely and easily. And perhaps even more exciting is that the "wire-it-once" capability of optical fiber can simplify future upgrades and reduce cost over the lifetime of the network.


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Carol off Modle?
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Carol off Modle? Aug 4, 2016 18:14:11 GMT -5
Post by kinkycomicgirl on Aug 4, 2016 18:14:11 GMT -5
There has been alot of talk of Carol being off modle. Ive heard this from several sides. Im not discounting how people feel, ill never do that, you feel how you feel.
Now lm saying that while she is not how she's been as of late this is how she was years ago as Ms Marvel. Volume 1 she was heroic yes but she was take no prisoners and take less s#!t.
l feel she has been pushed into a more military roll, and she has myriad of experience and expertise in that roll.
I dont think she is off modle, l think she has grown into who she is now from the experiences she has delt with.
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Carol off Modle? Aug 4, 2016 18:21:43 GMT -5 via Tapatalk
Post by thebradpinder on Aug 4, 2016 18:21:43 GMT -5
To each their own
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Post by pacino on Aug 25, 2016 10:03:14 GMT -5
The Carol that was off model was thr Kelly Sue Carol.
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Carol off Modle? Aug 25, 2016 11:31:38 GMT -5
Post by Bob Reyer on Aug 25, 2016 11:31:38 GMT -5
Aug 25, 2016 10:03:14 GMT -5 pacino said:
We'll have to agree to disagree!
As someone whose history with Carol Danvers as a super-heroine goes back to the original Ms. Marvel #1 back in 1977 (and with Carol in general to the Captain Marvel days!), I think that Kelly Sue DeConnick restored what Gerry Conway and Chris Claremont had envisioned for their "bold, new super-heroine", and which to me had become lost during some of her stay in The Avengers, and then the Brian Reed era...but that's what makes for good conversation, right?
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Carol off Modle? Aug 28, 2016 6:09:54 GMT -5
Post by adamc on Aug 28, 2016 6:09:54 GMT -5
Comic book characters change, and I don't really mind that. Whatever needs to happen to produce a good story is fine by me. I would rather an 'off model' Carol with a compelling arc than an 'on model' snooze fest. Of course, an 'on model' compelling story is the dream, but that isn't always possible (subject to the circumstances).
I understand why this would frustrate someone, though. Each to their own.
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Carol off Modle? Sept 1, 2016 19:31:42 GMT -5
Post by Cruu on Sept 1, 2016 19:31:42 GMT -5
Just some food for thought...do you think that maybe Carol isn't acting like herself because she's not coping with the death of Rhodey? As I agree with most of the post that she is definitely not her normal self (or at least the one I loved in the Kelly Sue run), she doesn't seem to have really dealt with his loss.
Post by kinkycomicgirl on Sept 5, 2016 13:23:03 GMT -5
Aug 25, 2016 11:31:38 GMT -5 Bob Reyer said:
As someone whose history with Carol Danvers as a super-heroine goes back to the original Ms. Marvel #1 back in 1977 (and with Carol in general to the Captain Marvel days!), I think that Kelly Sue DeConnick restored what Gerry Conway and Chris Claremont had envisioned for their "bold, new super-heroine", and which to me had become lost during some of her stay in The Avengers, and then the Brain Reed era...but that's what makes for good conversation, right?
Good conversation indeed. I love the Brian Reed Ms Marvel. She got an agent (same one as dr strange) and really worked in the super hero roll. Now it feels as her roll like i said has evolved as the rolls of super heroes have as well. I think shes on point.
Post by Bob Reyer on Sept 6, 2016 15:07:47 GMT -5
The Brian Reed Ms. Marvel was the jumping-on point for a lot of readers. and will continue to be the touchstone for many fans. For me anyway, whilst Carol was certainly trying to be the "best hero she could be" which was admirable, she was written with an angry edge to her that put me off, and when added to the tsouris that was visited upon her through the 90s and 00s, I found core elements missing. That said, I own every issue from that period, and considering my feelings about this "Civil War", maybe it's time for a re-read?
Sept 6, 2016 15:07:47 GMT -5 Bob Reyer said:
its at the height of the first Civil War event ironically, I thought the CW issues were the strongest of the bunch, her and Wonderman are my wish couple in the MU and they had great partnerships during that run.
my First reading was actually the first series she was in, my Mother got them for me as she was a fan also. I love them both.
I think Carol much like and I know im going to get roasted for this Darth Vader is feeling the pull from all sides and is just going to do what she thinks is nessary, she has evolved to this stage, its not the try try try Carol from the first volume, and its not the Be the best you can be from the Second, now its more jaded and F yeah Im right. Now while not popular, its how she is now... and its kind of how Comics are too... some like it some hate it some love it... and you know... were all correct.
love chatting Bob.
Carol off Modle? Sept 9, 2016 6:21:26 GMT -5
Post by Bob Reyer on Sept 9, 2016 6:21:26 GMT -5
Sept 8, 2016 15:24:42 GMT -5 kinkycomicgirl said:
Carol, it's always great to "talk" with you!
Where the split amongst readers might be happening (at least it's a thought) is that for me at least, the Carol Danvers being written in the main CW II does appear to spring more directly from the Brian Reed era, where it seems that G. Willow Wilson's in Ms. Marvel and Kelly Thompson's in A-Force both seem to have their roots in Kelly Sue DeConnick's re-launched version.
You've hit upon a quandry that plagues all super-hero films, and most certainly with which the Captain Marvel film-makers will struggle; with so many iterations of the character, how do they determine which elements make up the "core" of the character?
(As always, if I'm picking the "definitive" version, barring extremely extenuating circumstances, I'm going to go to the original creator's intent, and then any writer/artist team that builds from that foundation in a logical fashion. Of course, your mileage may vary!)
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Test Drive is a dark tale of revenge set in a beat-up Honda Odyssey; it's in The Highway Kind, an excellent collection of car-themed stories edited by Patrick Milliken.
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In Fifth Avenue, a president who once said he could shoot someone in the street and no one would care gives it a try. I wrote this for a collection of post-election speculative fiction in Slate called the Trump Story Project, which I'm proud to say I also created and edited.
Trapped! is a funny one-act play about a murder that takes place during a rehearsal for my favorite play, Deathtrap, by Ira Levin. It appears in the Mystery Writers of America anthology Manhattan Mayhem.
Between the Lines was my contribution to a collection of stories by Indianapolis-based authors, which I once was, curated by the great bookstore Indy Reads.
The Old Slow Man and his Golden Gun from Space appears in the anthology Dead Man's Hand from Titan Books.
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BRING HER TO ME appears in the anthology The End is Nigh,
edited by Hugh Howey and John Joseph Adams. the story is about a teenage girl named Pea, the only girl in the world (so far as she knows) who doesn't hear the voice of God.
It's the first of three linked anthologies that John and Hugh are doing, and I'll have a piece in all three.
"Before she opens the door Annabel takes a moment to prepare herself. She smooths the front of her frock, and tucks her hair behind her ears, and readies her face: smile, eyes. Ready."
My story for the Twitter Fiction Festival turned out to be a lot different than I had intended. You can read the whole thing here.
I wrote a piece called The Food Taster's Boy for a marvelous science-fiction anthology called The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination. My story is about a vicious warlord who has become the leader of the warlord, and then the leader of the world, and now, in his triumph, has succumbed to ennui; the tale is about his efforts to keep the thrill alive.
The Man on the Monon (If You Believe) is a story about trains and love that takes place in a mythologized version of my adopted hometown of Indianapolis. It appeared in Punchnel's, a marvelous local literary magazine.
"In the beginning, there was Industry. But that was, like, a long time ago..."
In The Reenactment, a high school history teacher and colonial era enthusiast hires a local man to play Aaron Burr in a reenactment of the famous duel. It's a bit of a Twilight Zone kinda thing, and it's performed delightfully on this cool podcast, The Drabblecast.
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January 26 at 7:15 p.m., an officer was dispatched to a residence in the 700 block of S. Fifth Avenue to speak with an elderly female regarding a possible fiduciary crime. The subject said she was befriended by a man on Facebook and they used Facebook messenger to speak with each other. The male subject told her he was in the military and was stuck in Dubois due to an explosion. He told her the explosion destroyed his credentials and he couldn't leave the country. He said he needed money sent to a travel agent in Amarillo, Texas. The elderly female eventually sent $20,000 through a wire transfer. The investigation is continuing.
January 26 at 9:20 p.m., dispatch received a call reporting a man yelling and causing a disturbance in the 100 block of E. Olive. When officers arrived, they saw a male subject in the street. They contacted him and determined he was intoxicated and unable to care for himself. The subject was arrested for being drunk in public and held for a sobering period.
January 27 at 7:16 p.m., a female subject from a business in the 100 block of W. Lime contacted police to report a violation of a court order. The subject has a restraining order against an ex-employee of hers that restricts contact, including electronic communication. The subject received a message through Yelp from the restrained person. The restrained person claimed the communication was an accident and that she meant to send the message to herself. A verified complaint was sent to the District Attorney's office for filing consideration.
January 27 at 9:39 p.m., a theft of two bicycles was reported in the 100 block of W. Foothill. Two juveniles left their bicycles outside of a fast food restaurant without securing them and went inside to eat. When they finished and came outside, there was a large group of juveniles in front of the business and their bicycles were gone. No witnesses came forward. The investigation is continuing.
January 27 at 9:44 p.m., loss prevention at a business in the 500 block of W. Huntington called police to report a female suspect they detained for shoplifting. The subject had concealed jewelry and clothing merchandise on her person. She was arrested for shoplifting, and during an inventory search of her property, two driver's licenses and social security cards belonging to other people were found in her possession. The additional crime was added to her charges.
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Termites live in colonies and when at maturity number from several hundred to million insects. The colony itself are decentralised self-organised, guided by swarm intelligence. A queen termite can layup to 20,000 to 30,000 once mature.
The termite nests are built and maintained by the termites which house the colony. The nests are elaborate structures made from soil, mud and chewed wood. The nest is split into a number of champers each has its own use.
There are a number of products on the market specially designed for our harsh Australian climate. These treatments include Termidor, Sentricon and Termx which are used by our specialised team at AMAC.
Termite treatments come in a range of solutions including the Termidor dust and termidor residual termiticide. Each termite treatment is designed for different aspects of the home.
A termite infestation can accrue quicker than you realise and to make sure your home avoids any unwanted pests make sure you have an expert carry out a pest control inspection every 12 months.
Termites are still very active even in the winter month especially in tropical north Queensland.
If you need a reliable contractor and the Best Termite Treatment Brisbane contact AMAC and book your Termites Inspection North Brisbane.


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iPhone 12 Pro orders slip into December due to component shortages
- Nov. 5th 2020 3:53 am PT
iPhone 12 Pro orders are now slipping into late November and early December. Apple was reportedly taken by surprise by demand levels for the more expensive of the two models which went on sale last month.
One reason for the extended production times is said to be shortages of one or two specific components in the Pro models …
Bloomberg reports that Apple is struggling to get hold of enough power management chips, despite having multiple suppliers.
Apple Inc. is grappling with a shortage of vital chips that manage power consumption in iPhones and other devices, people with knowledge of the matter said, complicating its ability to meet holiday demand for the latest version of its marquee gadget.
It's unclear to what extent the bottleneck may limit iPhone availability during its crucial launch quarter, typically Apple's busiest […]
Increasing demand for silicon across a range of products and supply-chain disruptions from Covid-19 are the main causes of the shortage, according to the people. Main Apple chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said in October that 5G smartphones require 30% to 40% more chip content versus 4G. That and uncertainty over the course of the pandemic is spurring customers to cache components for fear of running out, especially after major smartphone maker Huawei Technologies Co. had stocked up massively ahead of a September deadline for U.S. sanctions.
Apple often negotiates deals with suppliers which provide either iPhone-exclusive production lines, or priority over other customers. Bloomberg reports sources saying that in this case Apple is likely to have priority agreements in place, but this doesn't appear to be sufficient to keep up with demand.
Nikkei suggests that LiDAR components are also in short supply, and that Apple is addressing the issue in part by repurposing iPad parts.
Demand for the iPhone 12 Pro has been much stronger than Apple anticipated. Making matters worse, the company has been hit by supply constraints for some components, such as power chips and lidar components used for depth-sensing imaging functions, Nikkei Asia learned. In response, Apple has reallocated some components intended for iPads to the iPhone 12 Pro, two people familiar with the matter said.
CEO Tim Cook referenced the issue in general terms during the most recent earnings call.
Supply issues for the iPhone are "not a surprise" because Apple has just begun to ramp up production, the CEO said. "It's hard to predict" how long the supply constraints will last, he added.


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Best Debt Consolidation Loans for September 2021 – Forbes Advisor
By Dorothy G. Bender	 Last updated Sep 30, 2021
Upstart has established itself in the field of personal loans because of its approach based on artificial intelligence and machine learning for qualifying borrowers. In fact, Upstart estimates that it was able to approve 27% more borrowers than possible under a traditional lending model. With competitive APRs, Upstart is not a leading lender for borrowers who can benefit from more competitive rates. Even so, the platform's minimum credit score of 600 makes it an accessible option for those with fair credit.
Upstart also offers a fairly flexible range of loan options, with amounts ranging from as low as $ 1,000, so you don't have to borrow (or pay interest) more than you really need. And, while Upstart's loans cap at $ 50,000, which is less than some lenders, that will likely be enough for many potential borrowers.
Even though Upstarts' three- and five-year loan terms are more restrictive than those of other lenders, this is likely an acceptable compromise for applicants who might not be approved in a more traditional lending environment. Plus, it's available in all states except West Virginia and Iowa, so it's as widely available as many other top lenders.
Eligibility: Upstart stands out because it uses an AI-powered platform to take into account a range of unconventional variables when assessing borrower applications. And, although the platform advertises a minimum credit score of 600, Upstart can even accept applicants who don't have enough credit history to get a score. When assessing potential borrowers, Upstart takes into account college education, employment history, residency, debt-to-income ratio, bankruptcies and defaults, and number of credit applications.
Borrowers must also have a full-time job or an offer starting in six months, a regular part-time job or other source of regular income, with a minimum annual income of $ 12,000. Co-signers and co-applicants are not allowed.
Uses of the loan: Upstart personal loans can be used for credit card and other debt consolidation, special events, moving and relocation, medical and dental expenses, and home renovations. Unlike many other traditional and online lenders, Upstart also allows borrowers to use personal loan funds to cover education expenses (except in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington and District of Columbia).
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Completion time : Upstart provides next business day financing to borrowers whose loans are accepted before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. Loans approved after 5:00 p.m. are usually funded the next business day or day. That said, Upstart reports that 99% of loan seekers receive their money within a business day after agreeing to their loan terms. Loans for education expenses can take up to three additional business days after loan acceptance.
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Security Agencies in Nigeria strive to achieve one goal - a crime free society. Hence, synergy is required and thus their job is made easier. Inter-agency rivalry is understandable but it is always discouraged. It is discouraged so as to avoid embarrassment especially to the President. But what played out between DSS and Magu yesterday resulted in this same avoidable embarrassment and its a pointer to one thing - the incompetence of President Buhari.
We all have been following Magu's confirmation news so no need for what my Grandpa, Chief Kola Ogundipe will call 'ejo gutter dirty' (unnecessary talk). His rejection by the Senate a record second time was due to an indicting report by a sister agency, the DSS. This second report came even after the President in a letter addressed to the Senate on Jan 24th, had cleared Magu through the Attorney General's investigation report; the DSS still went ahead to embarrass their President.
We have two reports now: The DSS report which indicted Magu and the Attorney General's report which cleared Him. Whichever way, it shows that somebody somewhere is lying; we have a liar occupying public office.
I was hoping to see d breaking news sacking of either the AGF or the DSS boss but its nothing like that because we have an incompetent President.
The president is surely in the know. It seems strange to us, but not GMB. He held a meeting with the leaders of the national assembly,both home and away.
So let's enjoy their drama but not forgetting history before another propaganda resurfaces during election.


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Q: What should be my induction hypothesis for proving the unique readability of terms in first order logic? The thing I want to prove is:
If a term is one of the following then it is uniquely defined

*

*a variable

*a constant

*complex form, $f t_1 t_2 \cdots t_n$ where $f$ is a function of arity $n$ and $t_i$ are terms.

My attempt:
The first two cases are trivial, so I'm kinda avoiding it here.
To prove the third case, let's say the term $t$ is indeed defined in two distinct ways
$$
t :\equiv f t_1 t_2 \cdots t_n\\
t: \equiv f' t'_1 t'_2 \cdots t'_{n'}$$
the items $f$ and $f'$, $t_i$ and $t'_i$ are individually different from each other but when stacked they convey the same information. We wish to prove that $f = f'$ and $t_i = t'_i$.
Is this argument: $f$ and $f'$ are same because if they were different then the string of symbols would start with different symbols and hence the two strings will not be equivalent, sound?
What would be induction hypothesis for proving $t_1 = t'_1$?

A: Hint: work from right to left not left to right, parsing each trailing subword of the word you are working on as a sequence $t_1t_2\ldots t_m$ of terms. When you encounter a function symbol of arity $n$, if you have parsed what follows it as $t_1t_2\ldots t_m$ where $m \ge n$, then you can continue by parsing what you have as $(ft_1\ldots t_n)t_{n+1}\ldots t_m$; if $m < n$, then the word you are looking at is not a valid term. When you have worked all the way to the left, the word is a valid term if you have a sequence with just one element $t_1$. This approach to syntax is most commonly used with the symbols written from left to right: see reverse Polish notation.
For an inductive proof, you need to prove the stronger statement that any word $w_1\ldots w_k$ in the symbols denoting the variables, constants and functions that can be parsed while respecting the arities of the function symbols, can be parsed in at most one way as a sequence $t_1\ldots t_n$ of terms for some $n$. Then proceed by induction on $k$ taking your inductive hypothesis to be that $w_2\ldots w_k$ has this property.

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We are visiting borocay as a married couple and another friend, all nudging 60 years of age. Our friend has been here twice before so it was good to have someone show us how to get round. I think it would be daunting to know where to go if you didn't chat to the locals for their inside information.
We had a nice apartment on the ground floor at Roxhon Apartments, just one block back from station 3 on White Beach. It is only 100 steps and you are on the beautiful white sand of Boracay Beach.
We loved being able to laze on the beach on any one of the banana lounges that you only need to buy a drink to sit there.
The highlight of the day was happy hour, with the fantastic sunsets and mingling with lovely happy people.
Borocay is great value for money and you feel like you are in paradise.
I would reccomend this Phillipino island if you love sun, water, beach activities, eating and drinking and a great golf course as well.


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Q: How to find the router IP address in Objective-C? I need to find the Wi-Fi's router address from my iOS app. I searched the web for a solution but nothing seems to do it. I need something that is not using private APIs an is not against Apple policies.
I have tried solutions found in the following articles and none of them actually give me the router IP address.
How can I determine the default gateway on iPhone?
Fetching IP address of router to which iPhone is connected
Objective-C : How to fetch the router address?
How to get the WIFI gateway address on the iPhone?
There also could be a way to "calculate" the IP from the mask and device IP (or maybe my TCP/IP course is waaaaay to far back in time)...
Thanks!

A: I have found a solution and tested it successfully. It was taken from this repo https://github.com/SiteView/GenieForiOS, I extracted only the code I needed for my getRouterIPAddress function.
Disclaimer: I'm not an Objective-C developer so the following code might have a ton of issues. Please feel free to correct me.
I have also made it into a Cordova plugin and included a demo project in the repo. It does what I need. I have also added an Android version, which is only 3 lines long. :)
https://github.com/vallieres/cordova-plugin-get-router-ip-address


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Science/TechnologyUniversity
Michelson Center aim: Bring biologists, engineers together, fast-track groundbreaking research
The building — with open labs and state-of-the-art technology — will be the largest within the University Park Campus when it opens in fall 2017.
BY Beth Shuster
The Michelson building will be the largest on campus when it's done in September 2017. (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)
When scientists and engineers at USC talk about the Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, they talk about working with their "eyes wide open" and their "heads up."
They say they'll have "accidental collisions" that will help their research.
In the words of one: "This is exactly why I joined USC."
They are talking about a new way of fast-tracking the detection and possible cure of diseases with much more collaboration among their colleagues across the university.
Michelson Hall is scheduled to open in fall 2017. (Artist rendering)
Michelson Hall, under construction near the southwest corner of campus, fittingly sits near the Dornsife Neuroscience Pavilion and the Olin Hall of Engineering. At 190,000 square feet, it will be the largest building within the University Park Campus; it's slated to open in fall 2017.
More than walls
USC's convergent bioscience initiative extends beyond the walls.
"The idea is to bring people together from disparate areas to tackle the world's most wicked problems," said Provost Michael Quick. "It's not a single location; it's more of a mindset."
Michelson Hall, created with a $50 million gift from retired spinal surgeon Gary K. Michelson and his wife, Alya Michelson, will have state-of-the-art research facilities and technology.
The four-story building is being designed with open, shared laboratories to encourage partnerships. The basement level will connect to the basement of Ray R. Irani Hall next door. That level accommodates the Imaging Center, Nanofabrication Cleanroom and a low-vibration laboratory, among other things. The building will be able to accommodate up to 60 8-foot chemical fume hoods and two large microscopes.
Faculty and students will address this century's most daunting health problems, including emerging infectious diseases, cancer and aging.
Steve Kay will lead the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience. (Photo/Max Gerber)
"Our ability to address complex, societal problems will depend not only on technology development but also upon the assembly of highly interdisciplinary teams focused on overcoming the critical roadblocks to delivering better health care," said Steve Kay, USC director of convergent bioscience. "The Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience has been created to do just that, to build a unique ecosystem for intensive exchange of ideas, deployment of technology and training of a new generation of problem solvers."
Recruiting faculty
USC is recruiting existing and new faculty to join the effort. They include those already on campus at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the Keck School of Medicine of USC, as well as the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the USC Information Sciences Institute.
"The conventional wisdom is to put disciplines together, engineers in one building and biologists in another. As a result, engineers often make great strides toward solving the wrong problems," said Andrea Armani, holder of the Fluor Early Career Chair in Engineering and an associate professor at USC Viterbi. "By bringing engineers and biologists under the same roof, my group will have a more in-depth understanding of the challenges facing biology and medicine, allowing our research to make a greater impact."
Peter Kuhn, a world leader in cancer cell biology and a dean's professor of biological sciences, echoed that view. Traditionally, he said, researchers would work only as far as they could within their discipline. "Outside of that, it's more of a 'I'm sure someone else is working on that' attitude," he said.
But convergent bioscience changes that approach. Integrating the physical and life sciences with engineering "increases the pace and decreases the cost of doing experiments that other people think are impossible," said Scott Fraser, Provost Professor of biomedical engineering and biological sciences. Interacting with others outside his field will allow Fraser "to define what I want to do in terms a non-specialist can understand, and allows me to shape my new ideas from the feedback of those who are outside."
Like Fraser, other scientists and engineers say the work they are doing is the exact type of interdisciplinary research that will make USC a leader in the field.
"We have the right critical mass to pull off the vision of convergent biosciences and continue to attract more amazing researchers to this effort," said Ellis Meng, chair of biomedical engineering. "I think the timing is right for us to do it here and now."
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USC Dornsife Dean Steve Kay and his team have identified plant genes that act like biological clocks. Their work is an example of convergent research. (Image/Courtesy of the Kay Lab)
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Steve Kay is director of the MESH (Medicine, Engineering, Sciences and Humanities) Academy, director of the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience and a Provost Professor of Neurology, Biomedical Engineering and Biological Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. (Photo/Max Gerber)
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The pioneering center will bring together interdisciplinary teams to better understand human health and develop new life-saving devices and therapeutics.
USC President C. L. Nikias, right, shares a laugh with Los Angeles Community College Chancellor Francisco C. Rodriguez. (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)
USC president discusses transfer rates and biotech jobs with community college leaders
The visiting chancellor and nine college presidents oversee the Los Angeles Community College District, the nation's largest.
Philanthropist Gary K. Michelson speaks at the groundbreaking of the USC Michelson Center. (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)
Officials break ground on USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience
Gary K. Michelson declares his support for USC's efforts to boost biomedical research in Los Angeles.


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The best feature though is how the Garmin Vivofit learns your activity level. The Garmin Vivofit sets your goals for you which help motivate you based on trends in your own activity. The goals are set so that they're challenging enough that it isn't too easy to accomplish, yet not so difficult that it becomes too daunting and discouraging.
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Research shows prolonged periods of inactivity such as sitting at a desk decreases your body's production of fat-burning enzymes. You can reverse that effect by taking frequent, short walk breaks throughout your day. And while you might lose track of time and forget to move, vivofit knows. A red move bar appears on the display after 1 hour of inactivity and builds when you've been sitting too long. Just walk for a couple of minutes to reset the move bar.
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With the touch of one button, you can wirelessly sync vivofit with Garmin Connect to see a complete picture of your progress, join online challenges and earn virtual badges for extra motivation. You can access our free online community from your computer or on your compatible mobile device with the Garmin Connect Mobile app.
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Seconded.  What needs to be considered is not "pure" speed or "pure"
a compromise between costs: costs of HW versus costs of SW development.
PCs out there and worse - people use them).
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Q: Android Socket Refused Connection on my Android Phonne, I checked my Ip address is 10.0.0.8
so, I assign a socket to my phone
   Socket socket = new Socket("10.0.0.8",3200);

my server IP is 10.0.0.6
so I try alternative,
    Socket socket = new Socket("10.0.0.6",3200);

same error, connection refused.
But when I stepped into the line, it says Connection refused.  I mean, why connection refused? It's itself , no need to make a connection. All I am doing is to make a socket and there's no connection yet.
On my computer I ping both 10.0.0.6 and 10.0.0.8 and successful. Peer to Peer network is enabled.

A: When you run this code, it attempts to connect to the server on a port which may or may not be accepting incoming connections.
This can be seen from the android development references:
Socket(InetAddress dstAddress, int dstPort)
Creates a new streaming socket connected to the target host specified by the parameters dstAddress and dstPort.
-http://developer.android.com/reference/java/net/Socket.html
For examples of how to use Sockets in your Android program, I suggest looking at this site:
http://thinkandroid.wordpress.com/2010/03/27/incorporating-socket-programming-into-your-applications/


For the past decade, HRACC members have benefited from the advice and counsel of the world's largest and most well-respected talent management organization, Lee Hecht Harrison. Under the leadership of Terry Montuori, LHH Senior Consultant, well over 400 members have gained expert career advice on how to market themselves, both in writing and in person, while gaining job leads and 1:1 career coaching. These services have been a benefit that has enabled many of our members-in-transition to find new positions.
While we want to continue to offer career support to our members, it's time to refresh how we provide these services. Managing our careers is something we need to own every day - not just when we are told that our services are no longer needed. The great news is that Lee Hecht Harrison has agreed to remain our partner. HRACC members will have several opportunities to engage with career management thought leaders. We will gain access to tools and knowledge that will empower us to own and navigate our careers in a deliberate and proactive manner.
Time flies by so better to start today to proactively manage our career. We will have the option of benefiting from career management services targeted for all of us, regardless of our employment status. We will offer workshops, webinars and discussions for all members seeking support on enhancing their careers through purposeful branding, networking and development.
We launched our refreshed career support services with a members-only webinar in February with a focus on branding. This topic was of value to all of us as the discussion was targeted at our reputation. Better to manage our reputation ourselves than allow others to do it for us. Critical questions we need to consider include: How do we want to be viewed? Who do we want to know us in this manner? What can we do to deliberately and thoughtfully manage how we want others to know us? What can we do to influence our key stakeholders to know us in a way that sets us up for a new challenge or assignment?
Please be on the lookout for more exciting career management events such as a half day career management workshop and a "meet up" with our young professionals. We will share more information on how we can continue to offer resume review and just-in-time advice on tough career situations. Perhaps we can schedule these focused networking discussions before our chapter meetings.
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Q: How to add additional and separated column in numpy How to add a new column to an array to get the following shape. I tried the np.hstack function, but the cols should be separated.
Just an example, i have this arrays:
X = np.array([[1.,0.,0.],
              [0.,1.,0.],
              [0.,0.,1.],
              [0.,0.,0.]])
Y = np.array([[1.],
              [2.],
              [3.],
              [4.]])

And i need this:
Z = np.array([[[1.,0.,0.],[1.]],
              [[0.,1.,0.],[2.]],
              [[0.,0.,1.],[3.]],
              [[0.,0.,0.],[4.]]])

Thanks a lot!

A: You may use zip
Z  = np.array(zip(X,Y))

This will set z as foolows
array([[array([ 1.,  0.,  0.]), array([ 1.])],
       [array([ 0.,  1.,  0.]), array([ 2.])],
       [array([ 0.,  0.,  1.]), array([ 3.])],
       [array([ 0.,  0.,  0.]), array([ 4.])]], dtype=object)

A: You need to use a object dtype, because what you need is not a actual ndarray:
Z=np.empty((4,2),dtype=object)
Z[:,0]=list(X)
Z[:,1]=list(Y)

Then Z is :
array([[array([ 1.,  0.,  0.]), array([ 1.])],
       [array([ 0.,  1.,  0.]), array([ 2.])],
       [array([ 0.,  0.,  1.]), array([ 3.])],
       [array([ 0.,  0.,  0.]), array([ 4.])]], dtype=object)

A: A structured array approach:
In [29]: Z=np.empty(X.shape[0],dtype=[('X','f',(X.shape[1],)),('Y','f',(Y.shape[1],))])

In [30]: Z
Out[30]:
array([([0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0]), ([0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0]),
       ([0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0]), ([0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0])],
      dtype=[('X', '<f4', (3,)), ('Y', '<f4', (1,))])

In [31]: Z['X']=X

In [32]: Z['Y']=Y

In [33]: Z
Out[33]:
array([([1.0, 0.0, 0.0], [1.0]), ([0.0, 1.0, 0.0], [2.0]),
       ([0.0, 0.0, 1.0], [3.0]), ([0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [4.0])],
      dtype=[('X', '<f4', (3,)), ('Y', '<f4', (1,))])

In [34]: Z['X']
Out[34]:
array([[ 1.,  0.,  0.],
       [ 0.,  1.,  0.],
       [ 0.,  0.,  1.],
       [ 0.,  0.,  0.]], dtype=float32)
In [35]: Z[1]
Out[35]: ([0.0, 1.0, 0.0], [2.0])

Contrast with the access for the object array
In [40]: np.array(list(zip(X,Y)))
Out[40]:
array([[array([ 1.,  0.,  0.]), array([ 1.])],
       [array([ 0.,  1.,  0.]), array([ 2.])],
       [array([ 0.,  0.,  1.]), array([ 3.])],
       [array([ 0.,  0.,  0.]), array([ 4.])]], dtype=object)

In [41]: W=np.array(list(zip(X,Y)))

In [42]: W[0]
Out[42]: array([array([ 1.,  0.,  0.]), array([ 1.])], dtype=object)

In [43]: W[:,0]
Out[43]:
array([array([ 1.,  0.,  0.]), array([ 0.,  1.,  0.]),
       array([ 0.,  0.,  1.]), array([ 0.,  0.,  0.])], dtype=object)

Or you could just use alist = [X,Y].


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Why choose MTM? What makes us different?
We have a top ranking among Scotland's top legal defence firms, and are accredited as a leading and top tier firm by the Legal 500 and by Chambers & Partners.
Our legal defence team includes leading solicitor-advocates who can represent you in the highest courts in the land. It is why MTM is the 'go to' legal defence firm not just for individuals, but also for other legal firms with clients who need expert legal defence; MTM also acts for companies, businesses and organisations, including charities and religious organisations.
Whatever your position – whether you have been charged or are about to be charged with an offence, and whatever your requirement, we can help you.
Call us on 0800 328 0944 or email us.
Whatever the charges or allegations - from road traffic offences to family disputes, and from fraud and financial crime to any other white collar crime – we deal with every offence, including the most serious crimes in the High Court.