In previous tips, I explained how to use Tool Palettes and the DesignCenter to insert blocks. In this post, I explain how to use the Content Explorer to access and insert blocks.
The Content Explorer was introduced with AutoCAD 2012. In many ways, it's similar to the DesignCenter, but under the hood, it's different. Instead of being only a navigational tool, the Content Explorer indexes "watched folders" and then lets you search for content. You choose which folders to watch. The first indexing can take a long time, but after that, searches are fairly fast. You can search throughout a network, but other computers need to have the Autodesk Content Service installed.
To install the Autodesk Content Service on a computer, use your AutoCAD installation disk or file and start the installation process. Instead of choosing Install, choose the Install Tools and & Utilities options there, you'll find the Autodesk Content Service and can install it.
To open the Content Explorer, choose Plug-Ins tab> Content Panel> Explore, which is the CONTENTEXPLORER command.
Before you can successfully use the Content Explorer, you need to add watched folders so they can be indexed. Click Add Watched Folder, shown at the arrow above. You'll be prompted to select a folder. When the indexing is complete, you can search for content, such as drawings, blocks, xrefs, layers, , various types of styles, and even text.
Tip: You can add multiple folders at once by selecting them on the right side of Windows Explorer and dragging them into the Content Explorer.
Click the Funnel icon (Configure Filtering) at the bottom to specify which types of files you want to find.
If you know the location of the block you want, you can navigate to it by double-clicking a watched folder and double-clicking a drawing. You'll see a list of block definitions, as well as other types of content.
Instead, you can enter a search term in the Search box at the top. After all, the advantage of the Content Explorer is its search capability.
Either way, when you find the block you want, just drag it into your drawing. Click where you want it to appear.
Are you using the Content Explorer? How is it better — or worse than — the DesignCenter? Leave a comment!
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Fictional Luchadores in Pop Culture
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Tomorrow, AAA's Triplemania XXV takes place live on Twitch TV. But before you watch Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Psycho Clown in a mask vs. mask match, catch this list of the best fictional luchadores in pop culture.
10. Los Luchadores
Lobo, Turbine, and Maria Valentine were three people cosplaying as raver luchadores on the Saturday morning FOX Kids show… Los Luchadores. Two of them happen to be white, and the leader (Lobo) is most likely Spanish. As in from Spain. Still, they use their lucha sensibilities to fight the half-cyborg chihuahua super villain, the Whelp. And, on occasion, they wrestled.
9. Killbane
Another white guy pretending to be a luchador. Although to his credit, he did spend some time in Mexico after being ousted from American professional wrestling. Eddie "Killbane" Pryor is the leader of a gang called The Luchadores in the game Saints Row: The Third. And if you thought masked luchadores in suits looked cool, wait until you see them dressed up as G.I. Joes. There's also a mission in the game where you can wrestle Killbane, try to unmask him, and also have the option of actually using a chainsaw during the match, and not just wave it around like Chainsaw Charlie did.
8. The Luchadores Five
El Gladiator, Red Demon, King Karateka, Dr. Pantera, and Diablo Loco make up The Luchadores Five. They're a group of middle-aged Mexican dudes living in East L.A., trying to make ends meet, and also saving the world from the likes of stereo-stealing werewolves, and getting into fights with French superhero group, Les Formidables. They're constantly ridiculed, both by strangers and loved ones, yet that does little to deter them from their crime fighting ways. Unless they get in way over their heads, then El Gladiator has no problem tipping off the cops to help them out.
7. Bane '66
The original Bane that debuted in the DC universe back in 1993 didn't really tie in a lucha libre background. Sure he had a mask, and it was alluded to, but there wasn't an actual issue dedicated to Bane as a luchador. Then came along the Batman '66 comic book. It reintroduces Bane as an actual Mexican luchador, who is not only an impressive luchador, but also controls a Mexican city and lords over lucha libre legends like El Santo and Mil Mascaras. Bane also tries to break Batman's back inside a wrestling ring, where the backbreaker belongs.
6. El Fuerte
This Rey Mysterio-based luchador is fast and acrobatic, but is too into also becoming a chef that his character probably should've just been Mexican chef, instead of luchador. He does have a connection with Saturday Night Slam Masters token luchador, El Stingray, in that they were both trained by the legendary Meteorito Jr. Here's hoping this one day pays off in an updated Saturday Night Slam Masters game that connects all the Capcom pro wrestlers.
5. The Silver Angel
Both in comic book and in the show The Strain, The Silver Angel, or Angel de la Plata, falls into the popular trope of the washed up, has-been luchador who's lost his mask in a bout with depression. He was pretty much that universe's El Santo, having starred in his own black and white horror movies. During the time that The Strain picks up, Angel finds himself now working as a dishwasher, because despite being a luchador, he's still Mexican. And there's not much out there in terms of on-screen TV jobs for Mexicans. Angel eventually joins up in the fight against Guillermo Del Toro stylized vampires alongside Gus, a fan of his growing up.
4. El Toro Fuerte
El Toro Fuerte is a world champion luchador on The Adventures of Jackie Chan, and one of the few men to have been able to defeat Jackie Chan (at least, in animated form). His name comes from the ox talisman that is embedded in his mask, which also served as the source of his power. At least wasn't steroids.
3. Mucha Lucha Trio
This lucha-themed children's cartoon followed a trio, naturally, of young up and coming wrestlers, Ricochet, Buena Girl, and The Flea. In this make-believe lucha Mexican town (world?), aspiring luchadores start training early. Elementary school is replaced by wrestling school, and most of life's problems can be sorted out in the ring, so long as there's a lesson to be learned from it in the end. But their best episode (without me needing to seem them) is this one particular half-hour long episode that was dedicated to the old El Santo vs. b-movies from the 60's and 70's. Only, instead of El Santo, Blue Demon was the real-life luchador who made a cameo and helped the tiny luchadores fend off a bunch of vampires. That alone bumped these kids up to number three.
2. King
King is probably the first masked, luchador-based fighter in a fighting game. He's been reinvented a bunch of times, but all variations of King seem to follow the same formula, use their earnings from wrestling and Tekken fighting to continue supporting this one orphanage that bonds them together. King's proven to be merciful to even his most hated enemy, MMA fighter, Craig Marduk, who he ends up forming a tag team with later on in the series, as pro wrestlers often end up doing with their archrivals.
1. Nacho
Simply known as Nacho, despite most people referring to him as the actual title of the movie, Nacho Libre, this pudgy luchador, who was really a chef at heart, donned the mask and tights for the sake of orphaned children in Mexico. With a can-do attitude, a deep religious belief, and no formal wrestling training, Nacho took the Oaxacan wrestling territory by storm. As his wrestling earnings grew, the food he fed the little orphans improved in quality. With the help of his malnourished tag team partner, Esqueleto, Nacho went on to defeat his former idol/greatest wrestler in that territory, Ramses, because that's how inspirational kids' movies work. So, If you've been keeping track, and plan on creating a fictional luchador, make sure to include that he's an aspiring chef, and is financially helping out an orphanage he has some connection to.
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Just to reassure you… Maximo Morrone (the actor who played Lobo Fuerte in Fox's Los Luchadores) is from Argentina… so at least the right hemisphere!

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2. Nettle improves liver and pancreas function. It has a diuretic effect, facilitates the excretion of harmful substances from the body, including deposits of uric acid. Drink a glass of infusion twice a day (a tablespoon of nettle per 1/2 l of water).
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They stimulate the work of the intestines and clear them of deposits. These are rich sources of fibre. Eat at least one dried fig, apricot and plum every day.
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These are the masters of detox. They stimulate metabolism and remove uric acid, the excess of which is deposited in the joints and destroys them. Celery (including ribbed celery) and beets can be eaten in salads, cooked, stewed or baked. They cleanse and detoxify the body in any form.
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In the morning on an empty stomach drink a glass of water with 1/2 lemon juice. Such a drink will stimulate the intestines to work, support the functioning of the liver and cleanse the harmful substances. Although it has a sour taste, it has a deacidifying effect.
Note: After just two weeks of drinking lemon water every day, you will feel the flow of energy. You can also drink it during the day between meals because it inhibits appetite. Reach for it especially when you are struggling with overweight.
If you've drunk several cups of coffee a day so far, reduce the amount of coffee to two, but don't give up drinking coffee, because it has many valuable properties, e.g. it makes it difficult for bacteria to stick to the enamel of teeth, speeds up fat burning, protects the arteries and liver.
Note: In order not to feel the absence of caffeine, first carry out a coffee detox. Don't put it away immediately, however, because it will hurt your head and you will be sleepy. Do it gradually. When you have halved the amount of coffee you drink, set it aside for a week. Then you only need a cup, two a day.
Sugar – give it up gradually, stop sweetening drinks at first, then put aside sweets. Replace them with fruit.
Fast food – give them up right away. They contain a lot of unhealthy fat and calories.
White flour – replace it with wholegrain, buckwheat, lamb. Eat wholemeal bread and dark pasta, brown rice, coarse groats (buckwheat, barley).
Preserves, cold cuts – contain preservatives and other additives that poison the body. If you find it difficult to give up cold meats, make them yourself (e.g. roast pork, turkey fillet).
Watermelon, thanks to its diuretic properties, helps to cleanse the body and provides vitamins.
Linseed seed removes unnecessary metabolic products from the gastrointestinal tract, fights constipation and cures intestinal inflammation.
Fennel has a slightly diuretic effect and makes it easier for the kidneys to remove toxins. You can eat fennel tubers (e.g. raw, roasted, stewed, cooked) or drink infusion from the seeds of this plant (teaspoon to glass water).
Fresh cucumber is alkalogenic, so it helps to detoxify and deacidify the body. The chlorophyll contained in it has a deacidifying effect thanks to the possibility of combining with harmful compounds in the body.
Note: Regular exercise, swimming and walking accelerate the excretion of harmful substances from the body. Try to spend time actively, go for a long walk, ride a bike, march with sticks, go to the swimming pool. Every form of movement is good.
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Can We Please Take a Mulligan?
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The definition of Mulligan, according to Wikepedia, is "a second chance to perform an action, usually after the first chance went wrong through bad luck or a blunder. It's best known meaning is in golf, whereby a player is informally allowed to replay a stroke, even though this is against the formal rules of golf." Or more succinctly it is a "Do-Over." In the world of The Don, there is another word for it: cheating! We would expect nothing less of the "Great Prevaricator," who hasn't met a rule or law he wouldn't break.
It doesn't take much imagination to believe that The Don, who just loves, loves, loves his golf (he has played 20% of the days he has been in office), could easily be anointed "The Great Mulligan."
Stories abound about The Don cheating in golf.
Here's Oscar De La Hoya, former world champion boxer on playing golf with The Don:
"On the next hole Trump hit into some bushes and again went ahead of the other players in his cart. When the rest of the group got to the green his ball was 3 feet from the hole."
When the actor Samuel Jackson was asked what the difference between his game and The Don's was he said " I don't cheat."
Rick Reilly, former sports columnist for Sports Illustrated and now at ESPN, said that Trump is "an 11 on a scale of 1-10 when it comes to cheating."
Numerous professional golfers who have played with The Don over the years acknowledged that he takes multiple mulligans in a round without a second of consideration. He has been accused of cheating on his score -card. He also has claimed he has won 18 Club Championships, though investigation in to this claim did not corroborate any of this.
Most recently, Lindsey Graham had his turn on the links with The Don and has sworn on the bible that The Don scored a 73 on a windy day. (These days swearing on the bible should be renamed the hypocritical oath, evidenced by the large percentage of Evangelicals who support The Don despite his blasphemous ways!)
Few believe he scored a 73 and the question is: how many mulligans, Lindsey, how many mulligans? How many times did The Don drop a ball in a more favorable place after shanking a shot? How many times did his caddy scoot ahead and give him a more favorable lie on the green? How many strokes did The Don's mendacity shave off his scorecard.
And Lindsey Graham knows he is lying about The Don's score; who knows what he was offered to do so, not that Graham needs any incentive for lying, as he lied like a fox about how great his failed healthcare plan was.
The Don's golf game is the perfect metaphor for who he is: a lying, cheat who has no respect for any rules; he is a blunderer who makes up stuff in order to project himself as great, no matter how much he shanks it. His most recent shanks are his over the top insistence that he is doing an amazing job in Puerto Rico's recovery from hurricane Maria and that he is the greatest when it comes to calling gold star families, unlike Obama.
I don't know about you but I wouldn't want to play golf with a lying, cheat who always has to come out on top. So I say: Mr. Mulligan-in-Chief, it is time for America to take a page out of your book and take a mulligan. America desperately needs a "Do-Over." And that "Do Over" can come in the form of the 25th Amendment.
Put simply, the 25th Amendment, allows the Vice President to become president in the event of death, resignation, removal from office or impairment that prevents the current president from fulfilling their duties.
In the Don's case, the relevant clause is: "impairment that prevents the current president from fulfilling their duties."
I am no fan of Mike Pence, but he is so boring he wouldn't know how to create the chaos that is the bread and butter of The Don's presidency. Good chance he would not be escalating a nuclear war, attempting to stifle free press, erode the checks and balances of our judicial system and make America so un-great and an embarrassment on the world stage.
Mental Health experts have puts forth the proposition that The Don's severe personality disorder, often referred to as "Malignant Narcissism," makes him a danger to the country and the world, creating what is known as a Duty to Warn. The term originates from the 1976 Tarasoff case, in which a psychologist was sued for not warning someone who was murdered by their patient who had explicitly threatened to do so.
Clearly the choice of the title of the book reflects the stark nature of the crisis we are in: The Don's pathology places the entire world at risk.
Senator Bob Corker, the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and one of The Don's ardent supporters during the campaign and his presidency stated:
"Trump was steering the nation "on a path to World War 111."
"We just have to spend all day containing him from making trouble. It's Ok when you are 7. When you are 71—and the President of the United States–it's, um, not OK."
"He concerns me. He would concern anyone who cares about our nation."
"Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense, James Mattis and Chief of Staff John Kelly were the only people keeping the country from descending into chaos."
That sure sounds like Corker is exercising his "Duty to Warn."
Here are 25 reasons why we need the 25th Amendment to be invoked:
1.When The Don was told about the existence of the 25th Amendment he responded: "what's that?"
2. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, called him a "fucking moron." Why: because he suggested we should increase our nuclear capacity 10 fold.
3. His irresponsible, taunting behavior toward North Korea is bringing us close to a nuclear war.
4. He is a pathological liar
5. He is petty.
6. He is impulsive
7. He is infantile.
8. He has small hands.
9. Numbers 5, 6, 7 and 8 make him the kind of person who will exact revenge on anyone who does not adore him or whom he perceives has wronged him. Case in point, are his attempt to erase all of Obama's achievements. Obama was more adored than he (he also had more people at his inauguration!) and Obama insulted him during the Washington Correspondents Dinner in 2011; he was humiliated in public and the sting from that experience 6 years ago ignites is alive within him today as if it happened yesterday and ignites his need for revenge. And oh yeah, Obama is black and we know how the Don feels about those people.
10. He lacks any of sense of history, nor does he have any interest in it.
11. He is a racist and has fomented and given voice to White Supremacists.
12. He, his family and his appointees violate the Emoluments Clause on a daily basis.
13. He chose Mike Flynn to be NSA director after being warned that he was likely compromised by the Russians.
14. He chose a man to be Vice President who is afraid to sit in a room with a female alone. (Perhaps because he is scared of the beast within him? Oh Mikey!)
15. He put his son-in-law Jared in charge of everything, including brokering Israeli-Palestinian peace, though he knows nothing about anything..
16. He has attacked free speech relentlessly decrying "fake news" when ever any news organization has something negative to say about him. Recently he has suggested we look at the licenses of certain news organizations and perhaps not renew them, directly taking on the First Amendment. Most absurdly, he doesn't know that NBC or CNN don't have licenses!
17. He has attacked judges and the courts in an attempt to accrue absolute power.
18. He pardoned Joe Arapaio, a known racist, who was convicted of criminal contempt of court for defying a federal judge because of his violation of the constitutional rights of Latinas.
19. Pigs are more compassionate (See my piece: "Pigs are Smarter than you think.")
19. He is a sexual predator
20. He has single handedly devalued the American brand around the world and has leaders everywhere frightened by his instability.
21. He thinks climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese. He has removed us from the Paris Climate Accord and ordered his hatchet man, Scott Pruitt, to dismantle many of the regulations that have been put in place to slow the pace of the potential devastation facing the planet.
22. "He hired Paul Manafort, who has extensive ties to the Russians to be his campaign manager.
23. He made Steve Bannon, editor of Breitbart News, an Alt-Right News organization, one of his chief advisors and strategists.
24. He attempted to create unconstitutional bans on Muslims entering in to our country.
25. He is a thug, demagogue and contemptible human being!
Will Republicans take heed of how they are placing our country at risk or will they ignore the peril of this man for political reasons. Can these invertebrates grow a spine? The fate of our nation depends on their evolution! America needs a mulligan!
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Mahesh Babu Srimanthudu: Tollywood's Superstar MaheshBabu has been struggling for success and his movies 1-Nenokkadine and Aagadu ended as the biggest debacles in his career. After a huge gap he has come up with Srimanthudu this year during his birthday. Koratala Siva who made an impressive debut with Mirchi has directed the movie which has been made on a whopping budget. (check: Jr. NTR Nannaku Prematho Audio Launch Date.)
Sruthi Haasan played the female lead in the film and Jagapathi Babu, Sukanya, Rajendra Prasad, Sampath Raj played the other important roles in the film. Srimanthudu emerged as the second highest grosser in the history of Tollywood after Baahubali.
After the business has been expanded much, the makers are targeting massive release for their films and they have been recovering their investments in the first two weeks after the release. With no 100 days run and events happening in the recent times, Srimanthudu surprised everyone by running successfully.
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The movie ran for 100 days in 15 centres, which is quite surprising in the recent times. The most interesting thing is that the movie has been screened on tv already recently during Diwali. Mahesh has been quite impressed with the work of Koratala Siva who is one of the most wanted directors now.
The movie's concept of village adoption has been quite impressive and it reached the maximum number of audience. This strong social message has been a trend now and after the release of the film many politicians and actors have adopted villages and are developing them with their own money.
Mahesh Babu has adopted two villages, one in Andhra Pradesh and the other in Telangana and is working on the basic amenities for the villages and the people. Srimanthudu will be a special film in Mahesh's career and he revealed that he will remember the movie for the rest of his life.
Devi Sri Prasad composed the music and the audio of the film is a huge hit all over. Naveen Yerneni, Y Ravi Shankar, and CV Mohan produced Srimanthudu on Mythri Movie Makers banner. Superstar Mahesh Babu co-produced the film on G MaheshBabu Entertainments banner. The stupendous performance of Mahesh throughout the film and his stunning screen presence have received exceptional response from the audience and the movie even smashed all the existing records in the territories of USA.
The movie inched 2 million USD mark over there. Mahesh is currently shooting for his upcoming movie Brahmotsavam in the direction of Sreekanth Addala and Samantha, Kajal, Praneetha are the heroines. Prasad V Potluri is producing the film on PVP Cinema banner which will hit the screens for summer next year.
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\section{Introduction}

The field of quantum computation and quantum information, as applied to quantum computers, quantum cryptography, and quantum teleportation, was originally based on the manipulation of quantum information in the form of discrete quantities like qubits, qutrits, and higher-dimensional qudits. Nowadays the emphasis has shifted on processing quantum information by the use of continuous-variable quantum information carriers. In this regard, use is now made of any combination of Gaussian states, Gaussian operations, and Gaussian measurements \cite{WPP12, ARL14}. The interest in Gaussian states is both theoretical as well as experimental since simple analytical tools are available and, on the experimental side, optical components effecting Gaussian processes are readily available in the laboratory \cite{WPP12}.

Quantum optical systems give rise to interesting nonclassical behavior such as photon antibunching and sub-Poissonian photon statistics owing to the discreetness or photon nature of the radiation field \cite{GSA13}. These nonclassical features can also be quantified with the aid of the temporal second-order quantum mechanical correlation function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ and experimentally studied using a Hanbury Brown--Twiss intensity interferometer modified for homodyne detection \cite{GSSRL07}. Physical realizations and measurements of the second-order coherence function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ of light have been studied earlier via a degenerate parametric amplifier (DPA) \cite{KHM93,LO02,GSSRL07}.

The early work on parametric amplification \cite{MGa67, MGb67} has led to a wealth of research, for instance, in sub-Poissonian statistics and squeezed light \cite{AZ92}, squeezing in the output of a cavity field \cite{BLPa90, BLPb90}, quantum noise, measurement, and amplification \cite{CDG10}, and photon antibunching \cite{HP82}.

The need to formulate measurable conditions to discern the classical or nonclassical behavior of a dynamical system is important and so several criteria exist for nonclassicality. In particular, the use of the Glauber-Sudarshan P function to determine the existence or nonexistence of a quasiprobability distribution $P(\beta)$ that would characterize whether the system has a classical counterpart or not \cite {RSA15}. The existent differing criteria for nonclassicality actually complement each other since nonclassicality criteria derived from the one-time function $P(\beta)$ is actually complemented by the nonclassicality criteria involving the two-time coherence function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$. Note that nonclassicality information provide by $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ cannot be obtained solely from $P(\beta)$.

In a recent work \cite{MA16}, a detailed study was made of the temporal development of the second-order coherence function for Gaussian states---displaced-squeezed thermal states---the dynamics being governed by a Hamiltonian for degenerate parametric amplification. The time development of the Gaussian state is generated by an initial thermal state and the system subsequently evolves in time where the usual assumption of statistically stationary fields is not made \cite{SZ97}.

In the present work, we compare the differing criteria for nonclassicality. In Section II, we consider the general Hamiltonian of the degenerate parametric amplifier. In Section III, we find an exact expression for the characteristic function and introduce the Glauber-Sudarshan coherent state or P-representation of the density matrix. In Section IV, we obtain, via a two-dimensional Fourier transform, the quasiprobability distribution $P(\beta)$ from the exact expression of the characteristic function $\chi(\eta)$ and obtain from $P(\beta)$ the necessary and sufficient condition for nonclassicality.  In Section V, we present the known nonclassicality criteria for the coherence function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$. In Section VI, we study numerical examples to elucidate how all the different criteria for nonclassicality complement each other. Finally, Section VII summarizes our results.

\section {Degenerate parametric amplification}

The Hamiltonian for degenerate parametric amplification, in the interaction picture, is
\begin{equation}
\hat{H} = c \hat{a}^{\dag 2} + c^* \hat{a}^2 + b\hat{a} + b^* \hat{a}^\dag.
\end{equation}
The system is initially in a thermal state $\hat{\rho}_{0}$ and a after a preparation time $t$, the system temporally develops into a Gaussian state and so \cite{MA16}
\begin{equation}
\hat{\rho}_{G}=\exp{(-i\hat{H}t/\hbar)}\hat{\rho}_{0} \exp{(i\hat{H}t/\hbar)}
\end{equation}
\[
= \hat{D}(\alpha) \hat{S}(\xi)\hat{\rho}_{0} \hat{S}(-\xi) \hat{D}(-\alpha),
\]
with  the displacement $\hat{D}(\alpha)= \exp{(\alpha \hat{a}^{\dag} -\alpha^* \hat{a})}$  and the squeezing $\hat{S}(\xi)=  \exp\big{(}-\frac{\xi}{2} \hat{a}^{\dag 2} + \frac{\xi^*}{2} \hat{a}^{2} \big{ )}$ operators, where $\hat{a}$ ($\hat{a}^{\dag})$ is the photon annihilation (creation) operator, $\xi = r \exp{(i\theta)}$, and $\alpha= |\alpha|\exp{(i\varphi)}$. The thermal state is given by

\begin{equation}
\hat{\rho}_{0} = \exp{(- \hbar \omega\hat{n}/k_{B}T)}/ \textup{Tr}[\exp{(- \hbar \omega \hat{n}/k_{B}T)}],
\end{equation}
with $\hat{n}= \hat{a}^\dag \hat{a}$ and $\bar{n}= \textup{Tr}[\hat{\rho}_{0} \hat{n}]$ .

The parameters $c$ and $b$ in the degenerate parametric Hamiltonian (1) are determined \cite{MA16} by the parameters  $\alpha$ and $\xi$ of the Gaussian density of state (2) via
\begin{equation}
tc = -i\frac{\hbar}{2} r\exp(i\theta)
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}
tb= -i\frac{\hbar}{2}\Big{(} \alpha \exp{(-i\theta)} + \alpha^* \coth (r/2)\Big{)} r,
\end{equation}
where $t$ is the time that it takes for the system governed by the Hamiltonian (1) to generate the Gaussian density of state $\hat{\rho}_{G}$ from the initial thermal density of state $\hat{\rho}_{0}$.

The quantum mechanical seconde-order, degree of coherence is given by \cite{MA16}
\begin{equation}
g^{(2)}(\tau) = \frac{\langle \hat{a}^{\dag}(0) \hat{a}^{\dag}(\tau) \hat{a}(\tau) \hat{a}(0)\rangle }{\langle \hat{a}^{\dag}(0)  \hat{a}(0)\rangle \langle \hat{a}^{\dag}(\tau)\hat{a}(\tau) \rangle},
\end{equation}
where all the expectation values are traces with the Gaussian density operator, viz., a displaced-squeezed thermal state. Accordingly, the system is initially in the thermal state $\hat{\rho}_{0}$. After time $t$, the system evolves to the Gaussian state $\hat{\rho}_{G}$ and a photon is annihilated at time $t$, the system then develops in time and after a time $\tau$ another photon is annihilated \cite{MA16}. Therefore, two photon are annihilated in a time separation $\tau$ when the system is in the Gaussian density state $\hat{\rho}_{G}$.

It is important to remark that we do not suppose statistically stationary fields \cite{SZ97}. Therefore, owing to the $\tau$ dependence of the number of photons in the cavity in the denominator of Equation (6), the system asymptotically, as $\tau\rightarrow \infty$, approaches a finite limit without supposing any sort of dissipative processes \cite{MA16}. The coherence function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ is a function of $\Omega \tau=(r/t)\tau$, $\alpha$, $\xi$, and the average number of photons $\bar{n}$ in the initial thermal state (3), where the preparation time $t$ is the time that it takes the system to dynamically generate the Gaussian density $\hat{\rho}_{G}$ given by (2) from the initial thermal state $\hat{\rho}_{0}$ given by (3). Note that the limit $r\rightarrow 0$ is a combined limit whereby $\Omega =r/t$ also approaches zero resulting in a correlation function which has a power law decay as $\tau/t \rightarrow \infty$ rather than an exponential law decay as $\tau/t \rightarrow \infty$ as is the case in the presence of squeezing when $r>0$ \cite{MA16}.

\section{characteristic function}

The calculation of the correlation function (6) deals with the product of two-time operators. However, a complete statistical description of a field involves only the expectation value of any function of the operators $\hat{a}$ and $\hat{a}^\dag$. A characteristic function contains all the necessary information to reconstruct the density matrix for the state of the field.

Now \cite{MA16}
\begin{equation}
\hat{\rho}(t+\tau) =\exp\big{(}-i\hat{H}(t+\tau)\big{)} \hat{\rho}_{0}\exp \big{(}i\hat{H}(t+\tau)\big{)}
\end{equation}
\[
= \exp(-i\hat{H}\tau) \hat{\rho}_{G}\exp(i\hat{H}\tau).
\]
Accordingly, for any operator function $\mathcal{\hat{O}}(\hat{a},\hat{a}^\dag)$, one has that
\begin{equation}
\textup{Tr}[\hat{\rho}(t+\tau) \mathcal{\hat{O}}(\hat{a},\hat{a}^\dag)] = \textup{Tr}[\hat{\rho}_{G} \mathcal{\hat{O}}\big{(}\hat{a}(\tau),\hat{a}^\dag (\tau)\big{)}]
\end{equation}
\[
\equiv \langle  \mathcal{\hat{O}}\big{(}\hat{a}(\tau),\hat{a}^\dag (\tau)\big{)} \rangle .
\]

One obtains for the characteristic function
\[
\chi(\eta) = \textup{Tr}[\hat{\rho}(t+\tau)\exp{(\eta \hat{a}^\dag}-\eta^*\hat{a})]\exp{(|\eta|^2/2)}
\]
\[
=\textup{Tr}[\hat{\rho}(t+\tau)\exp{(\eta \hat{a}^\dag}) \exp{(-\eta^*\hat{a})}]
\]
\begin{equation}
=\exp{(|\eta|^2/2)} \exp{\big{(}\eta A^*(\tau)- \eta^* A(\tau)\big{)}}\cdot
\end{equation}
\[
\cdot \exp{\big{(}-(\bar{n}+1/2)|\xi(\tau)|^2\big{)}},
\]
where

\[
A(\tau) =\alpha \Bigg{(}\cosh(\Omega\tau)+\frac{1}{2}\coth(r/2) \sinh (\Omega \tau)
\]
\begin{equation}
-\frac{1}{2} (\cosh(\Omega \tau)-1)+\exp[i(\theta -2 \varphi)]\Big{[} -\frac{1}{2}\sinh(\Omega\tau)
\end{equation}
\[
-\frac{1}{2}\coth(r/2)\big{(}\cosh(\Omega\tau)-1\big{)}\Big{]} \Bigg{)}
\]
and
\begin{equation}
\xi(\tau)= \eta\cosh(\Omega \tau +r) +\eta^* \exp(i\theta) \sinh(\Omega \tau +r).
\end{equation}

The expectation value $\textup{Tr} [\hat{\rho}(t+\tau)\hat{a}^{\dag m}\hat{a}^n]$ can be calculated by differentiation of the characteristic function $\chi(\eta)$ with respect to $\eta$ and $\eta^*$ as independent variables, viz., $\textup{Tr} [\hat{\rho}(t+\tau)\hat{a}^{\dag m}\hat{a}^n]= (\partial/\partial \eta)^m (-\partial/\partial \eta^*)^n  \chi(\eta)\Big{|}_{\eta=0}$. Accordingly, knowledge only of the characteristic function can determine only one-time properties of the dynamical system.

Define
\begin{equation}
|\xi(\tau)|^2 = \eta^2 T^*(\tau) +\eta^{*2} T(\tau) +\eta \eta^* S(\tau),
\end{equation}
with
\begin{equation}
T(\tau)= \frac{1}{2} \exp{(i \theta)} \sinh [2(\Omega \tau + r)]
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}
S(\tau)= \cosh[2(\Omega \tau +r)].
\end{equation}

In the Glauber-Sudarshan coherent state or P-representation of the density operator $\hat{\rho}$ one has that \cite{GSA13}
\begin{equation}
\hat{\rho} =\int \textup{d}^2\beta \hspace{0.05in} P(\beta)|\beta\rangle \langle\beta| ,
\end{equation}
where $|\beta\rangle$ is a coherent state and nonclassicality occurs when $P(\beta)$ takes on negative values and becomes more singular than a Dirac delta function. One has the normalization condition $\int P(\beta) \textup{d}^2\beta=1$; however, $P(\beta)$ would not describe probabilities, even if positive, of mutually exclusive states since coherent states are not orthogonal. In fact, coherent states are over complete.

The quasiprobability distribution $P(\beta)$ is related to the characteristic function $\chi(\eta)$ via the two-dimensional Fourier transform
\begin{equation}
P(\beta)= \frac{1}{\pi^2} \int \textup{d}^2\eta \hspace{0.05in}\chi(\eta) \exp{(-\beta^*\eta +\beta \eta^*)}.
\end{equation}
The characteristic function $\chi(\eta)$ is a well-behaved function whereas the integral (16) is not always well-behaved, for instance, if $\chi(\eta)$ diverges as $|\eta|\rightarrow \infty$, then $P(\beta)$ can only be expressed in terms of generalized functions. Nonetheless, $P(\beta)$ can be still used to calculate moments of products of $\hat{a}$ and $\hat{a}^\dag$.

It is important to remark that knowledge of $P(\beta)$ without further knowledge of the dynamics governing the system, can only be used to calculate equal-time properties of the system and does not allow us to calculate, for instance, correlation functions, in particular, the quantum mechanical, second-order degrees of coherence $g^{(2)}(\tau)$. The determination of the latter requires, in addition, to  $P(\beta)$ the temporal behavior $\hat{a}(\tau)$.

\section{P-representation}

The integral (16) can be carried out for the characteristic function (9) and so
\begin{equation}
P(\beta)=\frac{2}{\pi} \frac{1}{\sqrt{4a^2b^2-c^2}} e^{-(a^2f^2+b^2d^2+cfd)/(4a^2b^2-c^2)},
\end{equation}
where
\[
a^2= -\frac{1}{2} +(\bar{n}+1/2)\big{(}T(\tau) +T^*(\tau) +S(\tau)\big{)},
\]
\[
b^2= -\frac{1}{2} -(\bar{n}+1/2)\big{(}T(\tau) +T^*(\tau) -S(\tau)\big{)},
\]
\begin{equation}
c=-2 i(\bar{n}+1/2)\big{(}T^*(\tau) -T(\tau)\big{)},
\end{equation}
\[
d= i(A(\tau) -A^*(\tau)-\beta+ \beta^*),
\]
\[
f= A(\tau)+A^*(\tau) -\beta-\beta^*.
\]

The existence of a real-valued function $P(\beta)$ requires that $(4a^2b^2-c^2)\geq 0$, which with the aid of (18), gives that
\begin{equation}
1\leq (2\bar{n} +1) e^{-2(\Omega \tau+r)},
\end{equation}
where the equality hold when $\bar{n}=0$ and $r=0$ at $\tau=0$. Note that criterion (19) does not depend on the coherent amplitude $\alpha$, which appears via $A(\tau)$. Also, if inequality (19) is initially satisfied at $\tau=0$, then as time goes on the inequality will be violated since the squeezing continues indefinitely and so no matter the value of $\bar{n}$, eventually as $\tau$ increases the dynamics will always lead to nonclassical states.

The existence of $P(\beta)$ requires also that it must vanish as $|\beta|\rightarrow \infty$. The bilinear form $(a^2f^2+b^2d^2+cfd)$ in the exponential in (17) can be diagonalized in the variables $\Re{(A(\tau)-\beta)}$  and $\Im{(A(\tau)-\beta)}$ resulting in the eigenvalues $2\big{(}-1+(2\bar{n} +1)e^{2(\Omega \tau+r)}\big{)}$ and $2\big{(}-1+(2\bar{n} +1)e^{-2(\Omega \tau+r)}\big{)}$ that must be nonnegative which requirement gives rise to the same condition (19) for the existence of a genuine probability distribution $P(\beta)$.

Two simple examples follow directly from (16). For the displaced vacuum state for $\tau\geq 0$, one obtains, since $\Omega =r/t =0$, that $P(\beta)=\delta(\beta-\alpha)$, the coherent state. Similarly, for $\bar{n} > 0$ one obtains for the displaced thermal state that $P(\beta)= (1/(\pi \bar{n}))\exp {(-|\beta-\alpha|^2/\bar{n})}$, which becomes the previous example in the vacuum limit when $\bar{n}\rightarrow 0$.

The necessary and sufficient condition for nonclassicality is then
\begin{equation}
(2\bar{n} +1) e^{-2(\Omega \tau+r)} <1,
\end{equation}
which is based only on knowledge of $P(\beta)$. Note that (20) is independent of the value of the coherent parameter $\alpha$.

\section{Nonclassicality criteria}

As indicated above, mere knowledge of $P(\beta)$ does not allow the calculation of the quantum mechanical correlation functions additional knowledge of the the dynamics of the system is necessary, for instance, $\hat{a}(\tau)$ for $\tau\geq 0$. Nonclassical light can be characterized differently, for instance, with the aid of the quantum degree of second-order coherence $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ by the nonclassical inequalities
\begin{equation}
g^{(2)}(0)< 1 \hspace{0.3in} \textup{and}    \hspace{0.3in} g^{(2)}(0) <  g^{(2)}(\tau),
\end{equation}
where the first inequality represents the sub-Poissonian statistics, or photon-number squeezing, while the second gives rise to antibunched light. Hence a measurement of $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ can be used to determine the nonclassicality of the field. The two nonclassical effects often occur together but each can occur in the absence of the other. Similarly, one can derive the nonclassical inequality \cite{RC88}
\begin{equation}
|g^{(2)}(0)-1| < |g^{(2)}(\tau)-1|,
\end{equation}
that is, $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ can be farther away from unity than it was initially at $\tau=0$.

Accordingly, in the determination of the nonclassicality of the field, situations may arise where some of the observable nonclassical characteristics such as squeezing and sub-Poissonian statistics are lost while $P(\alpha)$ still remains nonclassical, that is, inequality (20) holds true while some of the inequalities in (21) and (22) are violated. These situations do arise since the nonclassicality condition (20) is independent of the value of the coherent amplitude $\alpha$ whereas the nonclassicality conditions (21) and (22) do depend on the value of $\alpha$.

Another sufficient condition for nonclassicality is determined by the Mandel $Q_{M}(\tau)$ parameter related to the photon-number variance \cite{GSA13, SZ97}
\begin{equation}
Q_{M}(\tau)= \frac{\Delta n^2(\tau) -\langle \hat{n}(\tau)\rangle}{\langle \hat{n}(\tau)\rangle},
\end{equation}
where $-1 \leq Q_{M}(\tau) <0$ implies that $P(\alpha)$ assumes negative values and thus the field must be nonclassical with sub-Poissonian statistics. Condition $Q_{M}(0) <0$ is equivalent to the first condition in Equation (21) since $Q_{M}(0) = \langle \bar{n}(0)\rangle[g^{(2)}(0)-1]$. It important to remark that the latter equality holds only at $\tau=0$ when both $Q_{M}(0)$ and $g^{(2)}(0)$ represent one-time functions. The correlation function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ is a two-time function for $\tau >0$ whereas $Q_{M}(\tau)$ is a one-time function for $\tau \geq 0$.  Note  that if the Mandel $Q_{M}(\tau)$ parameter is positive, then no conclusion can be drawn on the nonclassical nature of the radiation field.

The evaluation of $G_{M}(\tau)$ requires knowledge of the characteristic function $\chi(\eta)$ or the quasiprobability distribution $P(\beta)$ and by taking successive derivatives. Such knowledge involves only one-time functions; whereas the correlation function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ is a two-time function thus the nonclassicality determined by differing criteria complement each other.

\section{Numerical comparisons}

Owing to the equivalence of the nonclassical conditions given by the first of Equation (21) and the Mandel condition $Q_{M}(0)<0$, we need study only numerically the relation of the nonclassical inequalities (21) and (22) for the coherence function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ and compare them to the nonclassical condition (20) for the quasiprobability distribution $P(\beta)$. It is important to remark that the nonclassicality criteria (21) and (22) for $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ depend strongly of the value of the coherent amplitude $\alpha$ whereas the nonclassicality criterion (20) for $P(\alpha)$ is actually independent of the value of $\alpha$. The coherence function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ is rather sensitive to the value of $\alpha$. This will allow us to determine if the system can exhibit quantum behavior even though the known nonclassicality conditions given by both Equations (21) and (22) for the coherence function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ are violated or, conversely, if the system exhibits nonclassical behavior even though the nonclassicality criterion (20) for $P(\alpha)$ is violated.

It is interesting that Equation (20) for the nonclassicality of $P(\beta)$ is independent of the coherent parameter $\alpha$ since the eigenvalues of the quadratic form $(a^2f^2+b^2d^2+cfd)$ in the exponential in (17) are independent of $\alpha$ while the coherence function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ is rather sensitive to the value of $\alpha$. The validity of any one of the inequalities in Equations (21) and (22) is sufficient but none of them is actually necessary for nonclassicality. On the other hand, the nonclassicality criterion (20) for the one-time function $P(\alpha)$ may not determine the nonclassicality of the two-time correlation function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ and conversely. Therefore, condition (20) cannot be a necessary and sufficient condition for nonclassicality since when violated, implying thereby the system is in a classical state, nonetheless the two-time correlation function exhibits nonclassical behavior. The numerical results for $g^{(2)}(\tau)$, as given by Figures 5 and 6, attest to this conclusion, where (20) gives classical behavior from condition (20) for $P(\beta)$ for $\Omega \tau \leq 0.4493$, since $(2\bar{n}+1)e^{-2(\Omega \tau +r)}= 2.4562 e^{-2\Omega \tau}\geq 1$ for $\Omega\tau\leq0.4493$, whereas, both Figures 5 and 6 indicate nonclassical behavior for $0<\Omega \tau<0.5605$.  To minimize intensity fluctuations, it is always optimal to squeeze the amplitude quadrature, that is, to choose $\theta= 2\varphi$, which we impose on all our numerical work.

Figures 1 and 2 show the strictly classical features of the correlation function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ for $n=0.1$, $r=0.1$, and $|\alpha|=0$ since $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ violates the nonclassical inequalities given by Equations (21) and (22). Note, however, that the nonclassical inequality (20) is satisfied for $\Omega \tau\geq 0$ since $(2\bar{n} +1)e^{-2r}=0.9825<1$. Accordingly, a quasiprobability distribution $P(\beta)$ does not exist since $P(\beta)$ does not vanish as $|\beta|\rightarrow \infty$ nonetheless the correlation $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ exhibits classical behavior. Thus the nonclassical nature of the radiation field, according to the $P(\beta)$ criteria, does not imply that the correlation $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ must behave nonclassically.

In order to show the strong dependence of the coherence function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ on the coherent parameter $\alpha$, we show in Figure 3 the behavior of $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ for the same values $\bar{n}=0.1$ and $r=0.1$ as those in Figures 1 but with the value of $|\alpha| =2$. In Figure 3, both nonclassical inequalities in (21) are satisfied. In Figure 4, we plot the variable associated with inequality (22) that shows classicality for $0\leq \Omega\tau\leq 2.5793$ and nonclassicality for $\Omega\tau> 2.5793$. Thus the nonclassical nature of the radiation field, according to the $P(\beta)$ criteria (20), can give rise also to mixed classical/nonclassical behavior in the correlation $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ .

The $\lim _{\tau\rightarrow \infty} (g^{(2)}(\tau)-g^{(2)}(0))=0$ gives the critical value of $|\alpha|$, for given $\bar{n}$ and $r$, for which the inequality sign of the second inequality in (21) changes direction. That is, a critical point from classicality to nonclassicality. For instance, for the cases in Figures 1 and 3, $\bar{n}=0.1$, $r=0.1$, the critical value is $|\alpha_{c}|= 0.45397$. That is, $g^{(2)}(\infty)> g^{(2)}(0)$ for $|\alpha|>0.45397$ and  $g^{(2)}(\infty)<g^{(2)}(0)$ for $|\alpha|<0.45397$.

Figures 5 and 6 show the mixed classical/nonclassical nature of both $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ and $(|g^{(2)}(0)-1|-|g^{(2)}(\tau)-1|)$ for $\bar{n}=1.0$, $r=0.1$, and $|\alpha|=0$. In view of inequalities (21) and (22), both functions have nonclassical behavior for $0<\Omega \tau < 0.5605$ and classical for $\Omega \tau \geq 0.5605$. The nonclassicality criterion (20) indicates that a quasiprobability distribution $P(\beta)$ exhibits classical behavior for $0\leq\Omega \tau\leq 0.4493$ and nonclassical for $\Omega \tau> 0.4493$. Therefore, studies of the temporal second-order quantum mechanical correlation function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$, for instance, using a Hanbury Brown-Twiss intensity interferometer modified for homodyne detection \cite{GSSRL07}, will show the nonclassical nature of the correlation. This is contrary to what the nonclassicality criterion (20) would indicate. One must recall that the difference between criterion (20) and criteria (21) and (22) is that the former is based on one-time measurement or behavior of the system whereas the latter involves two-time measurements.

Finally, Figure 7 shows the Mandel $Q_{M}(\tau)$ parameter for $\bar{n} =0.1$, $r=0.1$, and $|\alpha|=2$. The system exhibits nonclassical behavior for $0\leq \Omega \tau <1.7704$ and classical for $\Omega \tau \geq 1.7704$. The field is photon-number squeezed and exhibits sub-Poissonian statistics since $-1\leq Q_{M}(\tau) < 0$. Notice from Figures 3, 4, and 7 that nonclassical effects often occur together but each can occur in the absence of the others.

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
   \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{nonfig1.eps}
\end{center}
\label{fig:theFig}
  \caption{Temporal second-order correlation function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ for $\bar{n}=0.1$, $r=0.1$, and $|\alpha|=0$. One has $g^{(2)}(0) = 3.1625$ and $\lim_{\tau\rightarrow \infty } g^{(2)}(\tau)= 1.6603$. Both nonclassical inequalities in (21) are violated and the statistics is super-Poissonian.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
   \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{nonfig2.eps}
\end{center}
\label{fig:theFig}
  \caption{Plot of $(|g^{(2)}(0)-1|-|g^{(2)}(\tau)-1|)$ for $\bar{n}=0.1$, $r=0.1$, and $|\alpha|=0$, which asymptotically approaches 1.5022. The nonclassical inequality (22) is violated and $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ is strictly classical.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
   \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{non2fig3.eps}
\end{center}
\label{fig:theFig}
  \caption{Temporal second-order correlation function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ for $\bar{n}=0.1$, $r=0.1$, and $|\alpha|=2$. One has $g^{(2)}(0) = 0.9975$ and $\lim_{\tau\rightarrow \infty } g^{(2)}(\tau)= 1.0180$. The correlation is strictly nonclassical since both inequalities in (21) are satisfied. The statistics is sub-Poissonian.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
   \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{non2fig4.eps}
\end{center}
\label{fig:theFig}
  \caption{Plot of $(|g^{(2)}(0)-1|-|g^{(2)}(\tau)-1|)$ for $\bar{n}=0.1$, $r=0.1$, and $|\alpha|=2$, which asymptotically approaches -0.0155. The behavior is classical for $\Omega \tau\leq 2.5793$ and nonclassical for $\Omega \tau> 2.5793$ according to (22).}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
   \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{nonfig5.eps}
\end{center}
\label{fig:theFig}
  \caption{Temporal second-order correlation function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ for $\bar{n}=1.0$, $r=0.1$, and $|\alpha|=0$, where $g^{(2)}(0) = 2.0859$ and $\lim_{\tau\rightarrow \infty } g^{(2)}(\tau)= 1.9402$. The behavior is nonclassical for $0<\Omega \tau<0.5605$ and classical for $\Omega\tau \geq 0.5605$.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
   \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{nonfig6.eps}
\end{center}
\label{fig:theFig}
  \caption{Plot of $(|g^{(2)}(0)-1|-|g^{(2)}(\tau)-1|)$ for $\bar{n}=1.0$, $r=0.1$, and $|\alpha|=0$, which asymptotically approaches 0.1457. The behavior is nonclassical for $0<\Omega \tau <0.5605$ and classical for $\Omega \tau\geq 0.5605$.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
   \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{non2fig7.eps}
\end{center}
\label{fig:theFig}
  \caption{Plot of the Mandel parameter $Q_{M}(\tau)$ for $\bar{n}=0.1$, $r=0.1$, and $|\alpha|=2$. The behavior is nonclassical for $0\leq \Omega \tau < 1.7704$ and classical for $\Omega \tau\geq 1.7704$ since $Q_{M}(0)=-0.0104$.}
\end{figure}

\section{Summary and discussions}

We calculate the one-time quasiprobability distribution $P(\beta)$ and the two-time, second-order coherence function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ for Gaussian states (2), viz., displaced-squeezed thermal states, where the dynamics is governed solely by the general, degenerate parametric amplification Hamiltonian (1). We use these exact results to analyze the different characterization of nonclassicality. We find from our numerical studies that satisfying any of the conditions for the coherence function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ given in Equations (21) and (22) are sufficient for nonclassicality; however, violations of both conditions (21) and (22) does not insure strictly classical behavior. We find examples whereby the nonclassicality condition (20) for $P(\beta)$ is satisfied while the coherence function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ satisfies all the known classical conditions and conversely, whereby the nonclassicality condition (20) is violated, that is, the quasiprobability distribution $P(\beta)$ exists, nonetheless, the coherence function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ exhibits nonclassical behavior. Therefore, it does not seem possible to find a single set of necessary and sufficient conditions, based on the state of the system and measurements of observables of the system, which would unequivocally establish the classical or nonclassical nature of the radiation field.

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Happy Friday everyone! I hope your day has been great so far!
I am so ready for the weekend, as I'm sure you all are too! This week has been pretty rough for me. Monday was just one of those days where nothing went right for me. First, I got lost twice on the way to my doctor's appointment and ended up at the wrong medical campus. My appointment obviously had to be rescheduled because I wasn't there on time, which was frustrating. Because I was gone for much longer than I expected, I came home to a mess from Isla, but not the mess you're thinking. She completely chewed and shredded my memory foam pillow! It was a disaster. After that, I remembered that her bag of food was still in my trunk, so I went to go grab it to feed her, and of course, it had tipped over and spilled all over my trunk. I had to scoop every last bit of it up by hand. It was a disastrous Monday to say the least. But I'm trying to move past it and think positively for the days to come!
Today, I'm excited to share with you my favorite Spring picks all under $100. These are both clothing pieces and accessories that I will be wearing nonstop this season. From delicate lace tops and pearl barrettes, to bright sunny yellow dresses, I simply love everything about Spring! I'm sad it doesn't last longer here in Dallas. The trees were only budding for a few days it seemed like before everything became green like Summer.
While I tend to keep my personal style more classic, feminine and all-american, I do like to stay up to date on current trends. It's no doubt that yellow took the runways by storm for this season, but what's also going to be big are wide leg pants. I love the Draper James wide leg pants pictured below, but I'm always a fan of a crisp white pair of cropped bootcut jeans too.
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Ultra HD Blu-ray Ghostbusters I & II To Street June 7th With HDR
Greg Tarr, April 4, 2016 2 min read
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment set the table for the upcoming studio release of the new Ghostbusters movie by giving fans the chance to buy the first two titles in the paranormal comedy franchise on new Ultra HD Blu-ray disc.
Sony said Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II will debut in time for Father's Day on Ultra HD Blu-ray including High Dynamic Range (HDR) June 7th.
The 4K Ultra HD with HDR releases will also include the recent anniversary Blu-rays, featuring a wealth of bonus materials, including previously released legacy content, commentary and the interactive "Slimer Mode."
Read more on Ghostbusters 4K after the jump:
Sony said both Ghostbusters 4K Ultra HD disc releases were fully restored from the 35mm original camera negatives in full 4K, preserving full detail and color depth inherent in the original film.
Sony said the HDR embellishment in the titles "produces brilliant highlights, vibrant colors and greater contrast on compatible displays."
Additionally, both films have been remixed specifically for the home theater environment with Dolby Atmos object-based audio surround sound including overhead channels, SPHE said.
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The new 4K Ultra HD home releases will precede the July 15th U.S. premiere of Sony Pictures' latest Ghostbusters picture, this time directed by Paul Feig, and starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth.
Sony said it will also release over 50 episodes of the iconic 1980s animated series, The Real Ghostbusters, on DVD July 7th and on Digital (streaming and download), from Ivan Reitman, DiC and Sony Pictures Television.
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lol how long have you guys been doing this for?
So after 2 years approx -17,000 has been reached, which means 8,500 in one year, so to get to a million, at this rate, would take 120,000 years to the nearest thousand years. WOAH!!!!
Just realised that this thread did not start from 0 but approximately -10,000, so in 2 years 7000 has been increased or decreased in this case, so in one year 3500 has decreased(because we're going backwards),so at this rate -1,000,000 would take 286,000 years to the nearest thousand years, but we can take off 3 years(to the nearest year) because -10,000 had already been reached, making the total 285,997 years!!!!!!!!
I know but at this rate it would've taken 3 years so I took off 3 years.(Makes little sense, I know).
Haha, what I meant was, at this rate it would take us -286,000 years, but that's if we started from 0, which this thread didn't, so to compensate for the -10,000 we already had, I took off 3 years,because at this rate it would've taken 3 years to reach 10,000, making the total 285,997 years.
I should've taken off 2 years, as you said that it took the previous thread 2 years instead of 3. Making the total 285,998 years.
So if we continue at this rate, which is hopefully increased, we will reach -1,000,000 in 285,998 years.
I'm sorry if I made this too confusing, if you're still confused, don't worry, I won't ramble on any further, any more.


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The 23-Pound Bass
After more than 70 years, the largemouth world record is ready to fall. Here's why-and where the biggest bass ever might be caught.
By Bob Marshall
Field & Stream Online Editors
The surface of the large Sunbelt reservoir is calm this spring morning, but it belies the frantic movements beneath. Twenty feet down, shad suddenly take flight. Crayfish back quickly under rotting logs. A lone bluegill freezes like a statue next to a hydrilla bed. They have good reason to be alarmed. The huge shape moving toward them is a massive green package of muscle, scales, and mouth, sliding through the water with the unhurried confidence that comes only to creatures that rule their environment. The bluegill backs slowly into a hole in the hydrilla as the 33-inch largemouth glides past, a tanker passing a dinghy. The fish, nearly 21/2 feet in girth, looks like an NFL offensive tackle with fins. Its immense belly, swollen with eggs, is nearly dragging on the bottom. The beast is in no hurry. She is unconcerned with the buzzing of the trolling motors above, pays no attention to the artfully painted crankbaits wobbling through the water here and there. If only the anglers knew: This is a 23-pounder, the new world record.
The nation's leading bass researchers say that isn't a fantasy.
"If it isn't out there now, I don't see any reason why it won't be in the years ahead," says Phil Durocher, director of inland fisheries for Texas Parks and Wildlife. "That's what we're working on."
These are bold words, if the past is any indication.
The all-tackle world record for largemouth bass-22 pounds 4 ounces-has been standing since 1932. It is one of the longest running in all sports, outlasting such "unbeatable" records as the 60-home-run season, the four-minute mile, the 26-foot long jump.
It is fishing's most recognizable number, surviving three generations of anglers in North America and-thanks to rapidly expanding stocking programs-on at least four other continents. Literally hundreds of millions of history's best-equipped fishermen have made billions of casts, spending about $40 billion a year in their crusade.
And still the record hasn't been broken-yet, fisheries managers like Durocher are quick to add.
It's going to happen, they say, for one reason: They're going make it happen. They're going to use the emerging science of fisheries genetics coupled with innovations in regulations to bring that 23-pounder to a reservoir near you-if they haven't already.
"That record might be 70 years old, but there's no reason it can't be broken," Durocher says confidently. "Nothing lasts forever."
The Georgia Giant
Certainly 19-year-old George Perry didn't have immortality in mind on June 2, 1932, when he went fishing near his home in southern Georgia. He was just looking for a meal. The Depression had been hard on his farming family, and his father had passed away the year before, pushing the young man into the role of breadwinner for his mother and four siblings. But dawn brought a steady rain, making his fields impossible to work. So Perry called a buddy to help search for dinner on Lake Montgomery, a slough off the Ocmulgee River. Then he looted the family food budget to purchase a rod and reel for $1.33 and a Creek Chub Wigglefish for $1.35.
"I took money we should have eaten with and bought myself a rod and reel and one plug," Perry reminisced in an interview five years before his death in a 1974 plane crash. "And I never regretted it."
The two friends were taking turns casting and paddling that day when the rod ended up in Perry's hands for the fateful toss into a pocket between two fallen trees. After a few twitches, the Wigglefish disappeared in a great splash, and Perry set the hook. At first he thought he was snagged. Then the snag began to move. The two eventually dragged the giant bass over the gunnel.
The size of his catch meant only one thing to Perry: food.
"When I caught that 22-pounder, the first thing I thought of was how nice a chunk of meat to take hom" Perry said.
But when a friend mentioned a $75 merchandise prize being offered by Field & Stream for outstanding fish of the year, Perry didn't go straight home. He stopped at the J.J. Hall and Co. General Store in Helena. "It was almost an accident that I had it weighed and recorded," he admitted.
The monster bass was 321/2 inches long, 281/2 inches in girth, and weighed 22 pounds 4 ounces. He had a world record.
It didn't mean much to Perry. He didn't even bother to have a picture taken before the bass was butchered for a feast that would last the Perry clan two meals. Although Perry won that Field & Stream prize (he purchased a Browning autoloading shotgun, shells, a rod and reel, and some clothing), there was no other indication at the time of what his catch would mean to the angling world.
That would change.
Bass Crazy
During the last half of the 20th century, demographics and genetics made the largemouth bass the most sought-after sport fish in America, if not the world. The nation was building an ever increasing number of reservoirs across the South, which had to be stocked with fish. The hardy, native, and sporting largemouth was a logical choice. Later the birth of bass clubs and pro bass fishing unleashed a cultural phenomenon that rocketed bass past catfish and trout in the consciousness of America's anglers.
Bass fishing began to make an impressive economic impact. Florida was the shining example, attracting a steady river of anglers from across the nation who came to take their big bass away and left a stream of dollars behind.
It was clear that bass anglers loved big bass, and that most big bass lived in the South. It was equally clear to fisheries managers across the country that they might be able to attract some of those anglers, and a lot of that cash, if they could get their states to produce Florida-size largemouths.
"We started using the Florida strain to improve the size of bass, just like you breed the larger cows and bulls to produce bigger cattle," says Durocher. "It's something man has been doing for centuries. Why wouldn't it work with bass?"
By the mid-1980s, states across the Sunbelt from the Carolinas to California had begun seeding their waters with the Florida-strain genes. Results were impressive. Ten-, 12-, and even 15-pound bass were recorded. By the 1990s a string of Southern California reservoirs had made 20 pounds the standard, producing nine of the biggest 10 bass ever recorded, including Bob Crupi's 1991 catch on Lake Castaic. That 22.01-pound giant (the fish was weighed on an electronic digital scale) fell just a shiner short of the Perry fish. It seemed like only a matter of time before the most prized record in fishing would finally fall. It never happened. Since Crupi's catch, the worldwide top 10 list has been breached only once: A 20-pound 12-ouncer taken on California's Lake Dixon in 2001 claimed spot No. 8.
There have been many stories about the record being caught and-as in: I caught it and ate it; and released it; and weighed it with an uncertified scale; and left it in the sun too long; and gave it to aliens.
The record bass has been "seen" more times than Bigfoot, and it's been "predicted" at any number of "superlakes":
at Cuba's mysterious Treasure Lake, where a 33-pounder was reportedly speared by a native
at 75-acre Spring Lake near Santa Rosa, California, where angler Scott Duclos gained the cover of Outdoor Life in 1997 with a "24-pounder" he weighed on a bathroom scale and released
at Zimbabwe's Hippo Valley Lake, where anglers reportedly have found 24-pounders-all floaters
at the Mexican-lake-of-the-year that turns up every spring with testimonials about swarms of 25-pound bass lost by writers and guides-who were guests of the lodge. But no one has been able to actually catch a certifiable record, to lay that hawg on a scale for all to see. Skeptics say Mother Nature is sending a message to the world's anglers, telling them the lack of a new record means this species has simply reached its limits.
Scientists, however, disagree.
Making the Monster
"We're operating under the premise that we can create the conditions for that record to be broken," says fisheries director Durocher. "Here in Texas, people think big."
Indeed, Texas has been on the leading edge of the attempt to create that record, pouring resources into trophy research and management. Scientists there and in other states say research convinces them the record is going to be broken. It all has to do with population dynamics, genetics, and regulations.
Fisheries managers know that super-big fish, like super-big humans, are rarities, genetic blips in the population. Call it the Shaquille O'Neal rule. Humans seldom grow taller than 6 feet, but every once in a while, one like Shaq comes along, pushing past 7 feet and putting on more than 350 pounds of muscle. His size, scientists point out, is simply a happy coincidence of nature and opportunity.
"Shaq had two things going for him. He was born with the rare genetic potential to grow very large, and he was raised in an environment where he could reach that potential," says Gary Garrett, Ph.D., who heads a program trying to produce large, hungry bass for Texas Parks and Wildlife. "Both points are very important and apply to fish as well. A bass can have the Florida gene, but if it isn't in the right environment where it can reach its full potential, then it won't reach that large size."
This superbass would actually be a female (males don't attain that size) and probably be somewhere between 7 and 9 years of age but possibly as old as 20. Only a tiny fraction of any bass population lives past 5 years, but most that do typically reach their peak size and vitality between 7 and 9 years, researchers say.
**The Flaw **
The environment needed for a largemouth to reach its maximum size must include healthy water, mountains of nutritious food, and safety from predators. Fisheries experts are confident they have been providing two of these keys: Sound management of reservoirs has developed huge forage bases for those bass and provided healthy water.
Their weakness, Durocher says, has been in providing the safety factor. It's a weakness embedded in a twist of irony. Regulations allowing small fish to become large may actually have had the net impact of producing populations of smaller-growing fish.
"For most of the [BRACKET "last century"] we've had regulations that encouraged people to take the big fish out of the water," says Durocher. "We have minimum sizes and slot limits, all aimed at allowing fish to grow to a large size-but then we harves, to lay that hawg on a scale for all to see. Skeptics say Mother Nature is sending a message to the world's anglers, telling them the lack of a new record means this species has simply reached its limits.
"For most of the [BRACKET "last century"] we've had regulations that encouraged people to take the big fish out of the water," says Durocher. "We have minimum sizes and slot limits, all aimed at allowing fish to grow to a large size-but then we harves