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/**
 *
 */
package com.vaadin.server;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.EventListener;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.servlet.Filter;
import javax.servlet.FilterRegistration;
import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher;
import javax.servlet.Servlet;
import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletRegistration;
import javax.servlet.ServletRegistration.Dynamic;
import javax.servlet.SessionCookieConfig;
import javax.servlet.SessionTrackingMode;
import javax.servlet.descriptor.JspConfigDescriptor;

/**
 *
 * @since
 * @author Vaadin Ltd
 */
public class MockServletContext implements ServletContext {

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getContext(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public ServletContext getContext(String uripath) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getMajorVersion()
     */
    @Override
    public int getMajorVersion() {
        return 3;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getMinorVersion()
     */
    @Override
    public int getMinorVersion() {
        return 0;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getMimeType(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public String getMimeType(String file) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getResourcePaths(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public Set getResourcePaths(String path) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getResource(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public URL getResource(String path) throws MalformedURLException {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getResourceAsStream(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String path) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getRequestDispatcher(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public RequestDispatcher getRequestDispatcher(String path) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getNamedDispatcher(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public RequestDispatcher getNamedDispatcher(String name) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getServlet(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public Servlet getServlet(String name) throws ServletException {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getServlets()
     */
    @Override
    public Enumeration getServlets() {
        return Collections.enumeration(Collections.EMPTY_SET);
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getServletNames()
     */
    @Override
    public Enumeration getServletNames() {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#log(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public void log(String msg) {
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#log(java.lang.Exception,
     * java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public void log(Exception exception, String msg) {
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#log(java.lang.String,
     * java.lang.Throwable)
     */
    @Override
    public void log(String message, Throwable throwable) {
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getRealPath(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public String getRealPath(String path) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getServerInfo()
     */
    @Override
    public String getServerInfo() {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getInitParameter(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public String getInitParameter(String name) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getInitParameterNames()
     */
    @Override
    public Enumeration getInitParameterNames() {
        return Collections.enumeration(Collections.EMPTY_LIST);
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getAttribute(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public Object getAttribute(String name) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getAttributeNames()
     */
    @Override
    public Enumeration getAttributeNames() {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#setAttribute(java.lang.String,
     * java.lang.Object)
     */
    @Override
    public void setAttribute(String name, Object object) {
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#removeAttribute(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public void removeAttribute(String name) {
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getServletContextName()
     */
    @Override
    public String getServletContextName() {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getContextPath()
     */
    @Override
    public String getContextPath() {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getEffectiveMajorVersion()
     */
    @Override
    public int getEffectiveMajorVersion() {
        return 3;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getEffectiveMinorVersion()
     */
    @Override
    public int getEffectiveMinorVersion() {
        return 0;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#setInitParameter(java.lang.String,
     * java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public boolean setInitParameter(String name, String value) {
        return false;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#addServlet(java.lang.String,
     * java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public Dynamic addServlet(String servletName, String className) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#addServlet(java.lang.String,
     * javax.servlet.Servlet)
     */
    @Override
    public Dynamic addServlet(String servletName, Servlet servlet) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#addServlet(java.lang.String,
     * java.lang.Class)
     */
    @Override
    public Dynamic addServlet(String servletName,
            Class<? extends Servlet> servletClass) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#createServlet(java.lang.Class)
     */
    @Override
    public <T extends Servlet> T createServlet(Class<T> clazz)
            throws ServletException {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see
     * javax.servlet.ServletContext#getServletRegistration(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public ServletRegistration getServletRegistration(String servletName) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getServletRegistrations()
     */
    @Override
    public Map<String, ? extends ServletRegistration> getServletRegistrations() {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#addFilter(java.lang.String,
     * java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public javax.servlet.FilterRegistration.Dynamic addFilter(
            String filterName, String className) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#addFilter(java.lang.String,
     * javax.servlet.Filter)
     */
    @Override
    public javax.servlet.FilterRegistration.Dynamic addFilter(
            String filterName, Filter filter) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#addFilter(java.lang.String,
     * java.lang.Class)
     */
    @Override
    public javax.servlet.FilterRegistration.Dynamic addFilter(
            String filterName, Class<? extends Filter> filterClass) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#createFilter(java.lang.Class)
     */
    @Override
    public <T extends Filter> T createFilter(Class<T> clazz)
            throws ServletException {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getFilterRegistration(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public FilterRegistration getFilterRegistration(String filterName) {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getFilterRegistrations()
     */
    @Override
    public Map<String, ? extends FilterRegistration> getFilterRegistrations() {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getSessionCookieConfig()
     */
    @Override
    public SessionCookieConfig getSessionCookieConfig() {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#setSessionTrackingModes(java.util.Set)
     */
    @Override
    public void setSessionTrackingModes(
            Set<SessionTrackingMode> sessionTrackingModes) {
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getDefaultSessionTrackingModes()
     */
    @Override
    public Set<SessionTrackingMode> getDefaultSessionTrackingModes() {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getEffectiveSessionTrackingModes()
     */
    @Override
    public Set<SessionTrackingMode> getEffectiveSessionTrackingModes() {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#addListener(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public void addListener(String className) {
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#addListener(java.util.EventListener)
     */
    @Override
    public <T extends EventListener> void addListener(T t) {
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#addListener(java.lang.Class)
     */
    @Override
    public void addListener(Class<? extends EventListener> listenerClass) {
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#createListener(java.lang.Class)
     */
    @Override
    public <T extends EventListener> T createListener(Class<T> clazz)
            throws ServletException {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getJspConfigDescriptor()
     */
    @Override
    public JspConfigDescriptor getJspConfigDescriptor() {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getClassLoader()
     */
    @Override
    public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
        return null;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#declareRoles(java.lang.String[])
     */
    @Override
    public void declareRoles(String... roleNames) {
    }

}


Launch yourself into space and be an intergalactic STUD with this silver harness. Like its namesake suggests, there is a futuristic slant to this harness. This harness has super soft and stretchable elastic dripped in metallic silver with a single metallic ring.
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Q: Connect QGIS web client with GeoServer? I installed QGIS server and QGIS web client, and I can see
localhost/web/site/qgiswebclient.html?map=/var/www/web/projects/helloworld.qgs&format=image/png&visibleLayers=Hello,Country

And I installed PostgreSQL, PostGIS, and geoserver. i connected import shape files and i see
localhost:8080/geoserver/GIStest/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=GIStest:Country&styles=&bbox=-176.248494673366,-67.5929956881973,182.893410989597,83.6210855559975&width=783&height=330&srs=EPSG:4326&format=application/openlayers

How to read qgis web client from geoserver wms?

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Bartholomew Villas, NW5
Road in/near Kentish Town
Road · Kentish Town · NW5 ·
Bartholomew Villas is a street in Kentish Town.
Kentish Town is first recorded during the reign of King John (1208) as Kentisston.
By 1456 Kentish Town was recognised as a thriving hamlet, and in this period a chapel of ease is recorded as being built for the inhabitants.
The early 19th century brought a lot of modernisation, causing a lot of the area's rural charm, the River Fleet and the 18th century buildings to vanish.
Large amounts of land were purchased to build the first railway through the area, which can still be seen today. Kentish Town was a prime site for development as the Kentish Town Road was the main route for the growing city of London to the South.
1877 saw the beginning of mission work in the area as it was, by then, poor. The mission first held their services outside but as their funding increased they built a mission house, chapel, and vicarage.
In 1912 the Church of St Silas the Martyr was finally erected and consecrated, and by December of that year it became a parish in its own right.
Kentish Town was to see further modernisation in the post-World War II period. This means that there are few signs of 19th century influence left in the area.
Today Kentish Town is a busy shopping and business area. It offers libraries, gyms and other entertainments to visitors and its community.
The station was opened by the Midland Railway in 1868 on the extension to its new London terminal at St Pancras.
The separate London Underground station was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR), a precursor of the Northern line. The station was designed by Leslie Green with the ox-blood red glazed terracotta facade and the semi-circular windows at first floor level common to most of the original stations on the CCE&HR and its two associated railways, the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway and Great Northern Piccadilly & Brompton Railway which opened the previous year.

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Today's lunch saw the return of cocoa age-pan, one of my favorites, which accompanied a bowl of won ton soup and a plate of corn salad.
The soup, like last time, had pork and veggies with loads of loose wrappers. The corn salad (misleading name - it was a regular salad with added corn) just had some French dressing, and we rounded everything off with some iron-infused yogurt. The kiddos I had lunch with today were all looking at me like I was some kind of evil genius when they noticed I'd saved half of my age-pan to enjoy together with my yogurt. They're just so programmed to finish their main meal before hitting up the dessert, that it never even occurred to them. The yogurt just had a plain milk flavor, so it went rather well with the bread.
The last time we had the won ton soup, it was with matcha (green tea) age-pan, and it went well with the meal that time. I'm happy to note that chocolate also goes rather well with this dish. And of course, I'm also happy to recall that half the kids I had lunch with looked like they'd rubbed melty chocolate bars all over their faces by dessert time because of the cocoa powder. Cute kids.


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To promote acceptance and share positive, respectful and accurate information about autistic people.
To increase student's self-advocacy and leadership skills.
For more information email aggiesonthespectrum@gmail.com.
The mission of Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network is to provide community, support, and resources for Autistic women, girls, nonbinary people, and all others of marginalized genders.
AWN Network is dedicated to building a supportive community where we can share our experiences in an understanding, diverse and inclusive environment. Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network is committed to recognizing and celebrating diversity and the many intersectional experiences in our community.


As you will discover in this Zodiac Compatibility guide, there are many more Sun Signs with which we have the potential for easy compatibility, sympathy and understanding than those with which we may find some degree of tension, antipathy or lack of communication… . . more opportunities for love and compassion than for hatred and mistrust in the harmonics of our solar system.
Yet concerned men and women in all walks of Life, from geologists and ecologists to prophets and astrologers, persistently predict the possibility of approaching cataclysms, both man-made and natural, bringing the danger of annihilation before the critical next decade has passed on this waning planet, so fast losing light. We have been warned, but few have heeded the warning. We have been called, but few have answered. For the Earth to wax again, clearly a miracle is needed.
It's not too late, for the joyous message of angelic hosts (not yet identified) still rings its clarion call today … now ushering in the Aquarian Age … heralding hope to those who watch the skies and listen for the music. There could be, I think, no greater prelude to a miracle so needed, perhaps approaching sooner than we guess, than to employ the art of ancient wise men to pave the way for his return with a new Star Quest for love … love of man for woman … and of both together then for every living plant and creature. For love alone has the power to bring peace at history's twilight hour to Earthlings of good will.


The location of the Health care Cluster meeting on Thursday with the Chamber has changed to Atria Larson Place at 1450 Whitney Avenue at 830 am. Sorry for the inconvenience.
On Thursday March 20th from 830 till 10 am at Whitney Manor, the Town of Hamden's Health Care Cluster will attend the Chamber's Health Care Committee as a partner for economic growth in Hamden and in the region.
The Town's Health Care Cluster has been an active force in helping health care providers grow and locate in Hamden. The members of the Town's Health Care Cluster are varied, they are not only include Health Care providers but also include real estate brokers and workforce partners. The Hamden Health Care Cluster is featured along with other clusters on the Town's Economic Development website at www.hamden-ct.com/Content/Business_Cluster_Program.asp.
Dale Kroop from the Towns' Economic and Community Development Office will discuss different financial and energy incentives and to solicit ideas for an agenda for the future economic development plan that the Town will develop in late 2014.
For further information or to RSVP for the upcoming meeting, please contact Dale Kroop at dkroop@hamden.com or ndudchik@hamdenchamber.com.


May 29, 2016 • How to make thinking about death less somber? Hold a festival! Indianapolis did. Through art, film and book talks, residents explored everything from bucket lists to advance directives and cremation.
January 25, 2016 • When a body goes unclaimed in Boston, it may receive a burial at a city cemetery. Students at a nearby boys' school are among those who volunteer to be pallbearers for people they've never met.
July 13, 2015 • The international film star, best known for Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence Of Arabia, represented a bygone era for many Egyptians — though not many could get to his funeral on Sunday.
April 24, 2015 • In some parts of rural China and in Taiwan, hiring strippers to perform at the funeral of a loved one isn't considered absurd, but a good idea.
December 14, 2014 • Every year since 1896, Los Angeles County has buried the cremated remains of people who die in the region, but whose bodies are never claimed. This year, the county buried the remains of 1,489 people.
September 15, 2014 • The author and philosopher is widely known as the father of the Harlem Renaissance. But it is not widely known that Locke, who died 60 years ago, was never buried.
October 14, 2013 • Authorities in Rome, Germany, and Argentina have rejected becoming the final resting place for Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke, who died Friday at 100. In an "ambush" street interview in 1994, Priebke famously told ABC's Sam Donaldson, "You are not a gentleman."
Singing 'Someone Like You' At A Funeral?
October 15, 2012 • In the U.K., Adele's hit about a spurned lover telling an old flame "nevermind, I'll find someone like you," has become a popular song to play at funerals.
September 6, 2012 • Some birds respond to dead companions in interesting ways. Is it insightful or inappropriately anthropomorphic to conclude that these birds hold funerals?
When It's Your Time, Would You Like To Be Liquefied?
August 30, 2011 • Instead of being cremated or buried, advocates say dissolving bodies in a mixture of water and lye is a greener way of dealing with the dearly departed.


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Le Solitaire de Townsend (Myadestes townsendi (Audubon, 1838)) est une espèce de passereaux appartenant à la famille des Turdidae.

Répartition

Cet oiseau vit dans l'ouest de l'Amérique du Nord (de l'Alaska au Mexique).

Étymologie
Le nom de l'espèce commémore le naturaliste américain John Kirk Townsend (1809-1851).

Liens externes

Turdidae
Oiseau d'Amérique du Nord

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Trump sought restraining order against Stormy
President Trump was personally involved in an effort to prevent adult film actress Stormy Daniels from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with him, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told CNN.
Posted: Oct 3, 2018 7:45 PM
Updated: Oct 3, 2018 8:05 PM
President Donald Trump was personally involved in an effort to prevent adult film actress Stormy Daniels from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with him, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told CNN.
The President told his then-personal attorney Michael Cohen in a February phone call to seek a restraining order against Daniels over concerns that she was contemplating a media interview, the source said.
"Don't worry, I'll pay for everything," Trump told Cohen, according to the source. The conversation happened months after Daniels had signed a hush agreement to stay quiet about the alleged affair.
The Wall Street Journal first reported Trump's involvement.
The source said the President's son, Eric Trump, became involved and that a California-based Trump Organization lawyer, Jill Martin, was directed to sign the arbitration document. Martin sought Eric Trump's advice when the media eventually posed questions to her about her involvement, the source added. Martin told the media that she worked on the arbitration in her "individual capacity."
"The Trump Organization is not representing anyone and, with the exception of one of its California-based attorneys in her individual capacity facilitating the initial filing ... the company has had no involvement in the matter," Martin said in a statement to CNN at the time.
At the end of February, an arbitrator privately issued a restraining order against Daniels, who ignored it and would go on to do an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes."
The White House referred a request for comment from The Wall Street Journal to the President's outside counsel. Trump's lawyer Jay Sekulow, Cohen's lawyer Lanny Davis and the Trump Organization all declined to comment to the newspaper.
Daniels claims she and Trump had an affair in 2006 before he was president. Trump has denied the allegation. During the 2016 campaign, Cohen paid $130,000 to Daniels as part of a hush agreement.
Cohen pleaded guilty in August to eight criminal counts, including two campaign finance violations -- making an excessive campaign contribution and causing an unlawful corporate contribution related to his payment to Daniels. Cohen said in court that he made the payments at Trump's direction when he was a candidate.
Trump has shifted his story about his knowledge of the $130,000 payment to Daniels. After Cohen acknowledged in February he had paid Daniels with his "own personal funds," Trump in April denied knowing about the transaction. However, the President's attorney Rudy Giuliani told Fox News in May that Trump had reimbursed Cohen for the payment.
In August, Trump told Fox News he did not know about the payment to Daniels until "later on," after Cohen had paid the money, and that he had reimbursed Cohen with his own money -- not with campaign funds.
Trump directed Cohen to seek restraining order against Stormy Daniels
Restraining order granted against Avenatti
Judge: No immediate restraining order against Avenatti
Michael Cohen seeks restraining order to stop Stormy Daniels' lawyer from speaking to the press
Stan Lee granted restraining order after elder abuse claims
Britney Spears granted a restraining order against Sam Lutfi
Stormy ordered to pay Trump lawyers legal fees
Video shows officer curse at, restrain grandmother
Video shows officers restrain young boy


Here is another set of words and/or phrases that can cause problems with your writing.
As to whether. Use whether; it is whether or not. If you are not showing an alternative, use if.
Basically, essentially, totally. Try the sentence without them. Minimize "ly" words.
Equally as. Use equally important or as important as, but not equally as important.
Got. Try to avoid it. I have got to must begin working on it now. I have got three pairs of jeans.
In order to. Particularly annoying to me. Use to.
Lots or lots of. Avoid these when you can use many or much. Lots of something is considered plural. Also, a lot of requires three words not alot of.
Orientate. New employees become oriented, not orientated.
Plus. This word should not be used as a conjunction. Use and instead.
Point in time. Use at this time or at this point or now.
So as to. A simple to will do.


IDM Mining (IDM) is committed to conducting business in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner. Community involvement, environmental accountability, and a safe work environment are essential to the success of the Red Mountain Underground Gold Project.
IDM is committed to developing an environmentally sound Project by limiting the overall environmental footprint of our activities and through sound environmental management.
Please see our Environmental Health and Safety Policy for more information.
IDM is committed to ensuring that communities benefit from the Project by working collaboratively with the Nisga'a Nation and local communities. IDM is committed to open and transparent communication regarding all aspects of our operations.
IDM is committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment for employees.


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CalEPA Now Accepting Applications for Environmental Justice Grants
CalEPA: Sheryl A. Watson (916) 324-9670
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Environmental Protection Agency is now accepting applications for its Environmental Justice Small Grants Program.
The program is open to nonprofit groups and tribal governments, and is focused on supporting environmental justice projects across California. The maximum grant amount is $50,000 and the grant term is 18 months.
"Our goal is to ensure all Californians have equal access to a clean, safe and healthy environment. Part of the solution is to provide critical funding to California's most vulnerable and disproportionately burdened communities. CalEPA's Environmental Justice Small Grants Program supports collaborative projects that catalyze grassroots change," said Secretary for Environmental Protection Jared Blumenfeld.
"This year we are seeking grant applications that focus on the need to plan for and respond to climate change and emerging threats to our health and safety, and that support the capacity of our communities to rebuild and thrive in the aftermath of the health and economic challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic," Blumenfeld said.
Projects selected for the grants will address a variety of environmental and public health objectives, including:
Disseminating information about environmental challenges and decision making processes
Enhancing local capacity to respond, adapt and prepare for climate change impacts
Ensuring safe drinking water
Guarding against toxic exposures and increasing resource conversation locally
Designing and implementing collaborative efforts to preserve the State's natural and cultural resources with an emphasis on traditional ecological knowledge and tribal sciences
These projects may also entail regional and local capacity-building efforts to improve access to state program benefits. Grants under this program are awarded on a competitive basis, and are contingent on available funds.
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8, Domestic violence in Memphis
Domestic Felicity-Mike Moriorty and his better half, Mary, have been a source of annoyance to the police for a year or two past. Both exhibit an undue fondness of "Dean's Strychnine," and when under its influence, become imbued with a decidedly belligerent spirit. At one time Mike is arrested for whipping Mary, and at another, Mary is required to answer in police court for disfiguring the physiognomy of her pugnacious lord. Mary is a bruiser and generally gets the best of the little "mills" between herself and loving husband. Last night in a friendly set-to Mary was worsted. He will have his trial tomorrow.
Memphis Argus, April 9, 1861.
8, Morgan's operations near Nashville suburbs[1]
MARCH 8, 1862.-Morgan's operations near Nashville, Tenn.
No. 1.-Col. John Kennett, Fourth Ohio Cavalry.
No. 2.-Capt. John H. Morgan, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate).
No. 1.
Report of Col. John Kennett, Fourth Ohio Cavalry.
HDQRS. FOURTH OHIO VOLUNTEERS CAVALRY, Camp Jackson, Tenn., March 8, 1862.
DEAR SIR: On receipt of your order to go in pursuit of Morgan and his men we were in our saddles in ten or fifteen minutes. I took charge of the right wing, and sent the left wing under the charge of the two majors, instructing them to head off Morgan at Stone River, where I understood the bridge was destroyed, while the right wing would follow their trail and the left cut them off. We pursued them, and kept their trail through the woods, thickets, rocky ways, and swamps, with twists and turns and fences let down, until we reached the pike. There, misled by a white man, we went one mile and a half back, making 3 miles out of our way, but we found the trail again and continued it on the jump all the way. Whenever the gait was slackened on account of the rocks the command was hurried onward, and the boys resumed the rapid gait with a will. The right wing finally came up to Maj. Dresbach, who was in charge of our teamsters and horses and a number of your body guard. Finding Morgan's men were dispersed, and Maj. Pugh was still in pursuit of 5 remaining men, I halted the right and ordered the Rifles (Capt. Mathews' company, C) to push on to join Maj. Pugh. They went on, but never reached Pugh, but returned separately. Maj. Pugh pursued the enemy to Stone River. Five of Morgan's men plunged into the river and swam over. Seeing none of our men in their charge, and not knowing what ambush might be laid, the pursuit was ended. Three picket men taken prisoners and all others were dropped on the way. Charles P. Sweet, orderly sergeant of Company H, shot at two of the rebels. He killed one, and the other is in the hospital badly wounded, and will die; his name is Love.
Lieut. W. W. Shoemaker, of Company H, led the charge; shot three times with a pistol. He was shot at with a gun. His first shot killed one of the enemy. His second shot the enemy ran, and he struck him with his saber across the mouth, cutting it in two. The horses of one of the rebels fell, and John Shanks struck him with the saber. Shanks' horse fell over him; jumping upon his enemy, he seized him a prisoner. His name is E. W. Pratt; sent to you last night.
Private Fogger, Company H, ran on a rebel and shot him in the back. He kept up close to Lieut. Shoemaker, who led the advance. Fogger's horse fell dead under him. Lieut. Shoemaker, Private Fogger, both of Company H, and George W. Wakefield, Company G, took Garrett a prisoner. Said Garrett had run down a bank and hid himself when he was arrested.
We have to report 4 of the enemy killed, 2 wounded. Their names are Love and Warfield, the latter a son of Sallie Carneal. He says if he gets away he will join the Southern Army again. Two prisoners sent to you. We captured a negro [sic] man and boy, whose team the rebels had impressed and was carrying them off; they were sent home. Our teamsters and horses were recaptured.
We have some men missing, but as the force pursued dwindled down to five, who were run to Stone River, which they swam, we hope they escaped and will turn up. Maj. Pugh was in command of the pursuing force. Morgan left his men and put out for himself; he was fired at, but missed.
Our pursuit was a hot one when we struck into the woods at full tilt, through thick underbrush, cedar thickets, and swamps, meandering into rocky spots, evidently done to obliterate the trail by the enemy. We began to see lost harness, caps, hats, blankets, horses hitched and left on the way. On we went until we overtook the teamsters and Gen. Dumont's aide, and prisoners left on the way, liberated by the onslaught of the advance. Harper, of your body guard, escaped after being shot at twice and feigning to be shot by falling. Never was joy more portrayed in the countenances of men when liberated. One of our teamsters (Crow) is, we fear, mortally wounded. We have taken some guns and horses.
Many thrilling incidents took place that would make my report too long. The white people are treacherous and unreliable, all lying to deceive us. We can only depend on the statements of negroes [sic]. No doubt many of our horses will be broken down and worthless by the chase.
I have to report my entire command being eager to meet the enemy, although a very small portion-15 or 20 men in advance-did most of the execution, as we had to move by files through the woods, and that with great difficulty. But for the fact that the enemy placed our teamsters and prisoners between us and themselves we would have done great execution; as it was, we think Morgan got the worst of the attack. Had we ammunition, or our riflemen been in the advance, the list of the killed and wounded would have been very heavy.
Company C had been out all night near La Vergne and 3 miles beyond; the men and horses tired, but they jumped to their guns and saddles when ordered.
We have reason to know we are surrounded with treachery. The prisoners examined lied when examined. Many who take the oath of allegiance only do it to betray us. I have sent out three scouting parties all over the country to recover whatever may be found-stray horses, harness, &c.
Respectfully submitted to you.
JNO. KENNETT, Col., Cmdg.
Report of Capt. John H. Morgan, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate).
MURFREESBOROUGH, TENN., March 10, 1862.
SIR: With a view of determining the enemy's position and his movements Lieut.-Col. Wood, myself, 10 Rangers, and 15 or my squadron left here on the 7th instant at 2 p. m. and proceeded in the direction of Nashville; marching 18 miles, and avoiding the pike, we encamped for the night.
Early on the morning of the 8th, having procured suitable guides, we resumed our march and entered the Federal lines. At about half a mile from a cavalry camp, which we were compelled to pass in full view, we captured 5 men, belonging to the Thirteenth Ohio, Col. Smith; their arms, Enfield rifles, were also secured. Passing the cavalry camp we continued our march in the direction of Nashville. Having obtained a suitable position in the woods opposite the Lunatic Asylum, where we had a good view of the pike, operations commenced. Seeing a train with its guard approaching, Col. Wood, myself, and 4 men, wearing United States overcoats, rode down to the pike, stopped the train, and made 23 prisoners. The horses and mules were cut from the wagons and the prisoners mounted and sent back to the party in the woods. This continued until we had accumulated 98 prisoners, among them Gen. Dumont's aide and several other officers. Returning in three parties, with the prisoners, one party, consisting of 60 prisoners and 10 guards, commanded by one of my lieutenants (Owens), was attacked and pursued by the Fourth Regt. [sic] Ohio Cavalry. After a pursuit of 15 miles, during which the prisoners were abandoned, the lieutenant succeeded in reaching the river with his party, and, plunging in from a steep bank, swam across, the river arresting the progress of the enemy. During the pursuit many shots were fired by the enemy, but without effect. Two of the prisoners who resisted (officers) were shot. Four of the lieutenant's men, who were in danger of being overtaken, turned off in the woods, and as yet have not made their appearance.
Col. Wood, with 14 men and 28 prisoners, succeeded in crossing the country and reaching our pickets near Murfreesborough the same night, having passed within a mile of the enemy's cavalry.
Returning alone in the direction of Murfreesborough I encountered a picket of 6 men, who surrendered to me on being summoned, and delivered up their arms. Being joined by a man of my command (Mr. Spalding), with 4 additional prisoners, the next morning we joined Col. Wood's party and returned to Murfreesborough. We have 38 prisoners, who have been sent forward.
We have a large number of horses and mules, sabers, pistols, saddles, harness, &c., which I shall distribute to the men of my command here who need them.
There are no indications of an advance on the part of the enemy. Their force in about 6,500. Their advance (a regiment of cavalry) is about 8 miles this side of Nashville, on the Murfreesborough pike. A sergeant among the prisoners, who seems to be an intelligent man, can give you some interesting details.
I shall report to you in person on Tuesday. Col. Wood desires me to say he will return this evening or to-morrow.
JOHN H. MORGAN, Capt., Cmdg. Post.
OR, Ser. I, Vol. Vol. 10, pt. I, pp. 5-7.
8, GENERAL ORDERS No. 43, relative to exiling Confederate sympathizers south of Federal lines in Middle Tennessee
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 43., HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE CUMBERLAND, Murfreesborough, Tenn., March 8, 1863.
I. The general commanding finds within his lines many helpless and suffering families whose natural protectors and supporters are in arms against us. These people need food, clothing and protection which it is neither our duty nor in our power adequately to provide. Many others whose sympathies and connections are such as to surmount all the obligations that arise from their permission to remain within our lines, forbidding them to communicate with the enemy or act as spies against us. The residence of these persons within our lines not only continually endangers us be their own integrity and personal safety. It is therefore ordered that:
1. All those whose natural supporters are in the rebel service, and.
2. All whose sympathies and connection are such that they cannot given the assurance that they will conduct themselves as peaceable citizens shall hold themselves in readiness to go south of our lines within ten days from the date of notice.
II. They will be permitted to take with them all their personal effects not contraband of war. They will apply to the nearest provost-marshal or commanding officer for the requisite passes and will be required to give assurance that they have taken no contraband of war.
III. Persons thus going South who shall thereafter enter our lines without permission will be regarded and treated as spies.
IV. All who acknowledge their obligations as citizens of the United States; all who give by the non-combination's oath and bond or in any other satisfactory manner the requisite assurance that they will behave themselves as peaceable citizens may remain at home, following their usual avocations, subject to military orders and regulations.
By command of Maj.-Gen. Rosecrans:
C. GODDARD, Assistant Adjutant-Gen.
OR, Ser. II, Vol. 5, p. 339.
Thursday-March 12 [1863] General Rosecrans has issued an order notifying all persons in Murfreesboro or within his lines whose principles will not allow them to take the oath of allegiance, that they must prepare to be sent beyond his lines within the next ten days. The reason for this order is that many women and children are here whose natural supporters are in the Confederate Army and it is not considered good policy for these persons to be supplied from rations intended for our Army in place of being supplies by and thereby reducing the stock of provision possessed by the Confederates. Another consideration is the probability of news being conveyed to the enemy by sympathizers within out lines.
Diary of Lyman S. Widney
An Important Order—Rebel Sympathizers to be sent South.
A gentleman who came down from Murfreesboro' yesterday informs us that Gen. Rosecrans has issued an important order, which we find referred to in the Murfreesboro' dispatch of the 9th inst., to the Cincinnati Gazette as follows: "All persons whose natural supporters are in the rebel service, and all whose sympathies are with rebellion, preventing them from giving sufficient assurance that they will conduct themselves as peaceable citizens within our lines, are ordered to hold themselves in readiness to go south within the next ten days. They are permitted to take all their personal effects except those contraband of war, and if after once leaving they are again found within our lines, they are to be treated as spies."
One reason for the issuing of this order is stated in the document, as we learn from our informant, to be that, owing to the fact that many of the women and children within the Federal lines, whose natural protectors are in the rebel service or within their lines, fine it almost impossible to obtain the necessaries of life, it is not the duty of the Government to take care of them. The order, he says, embraces, besides such women and children, all men who have in any way aided or been connected with the rebels. All sympathizers who do not come under this classification, and whom proper judges deem peaceably inclined, will be permitted to remain on taking the noncombatant's oath and giving bond.
Nashville Dispatch, March 12, 1863.
8, A Tale of Confederate Courageous Audacity
A Gallant Feat.
Our readers will remember that some weeks ago a large lot of cattle that were being driven from Yankeedom to provision the forces at Knoxville, was captured by some of Gen. Long street's men, and the whole, about 1,200 in number, turned over to the Confederate commissary. We have just learned the particulars connected with this capture, and as they have never been published, deem it not too late yet to place upon record the manner in which the Yankee starving at Knoxville were cheated out of such a vast quantity of meat.
The drove had reached a point abut nine miles from Knoxville, and was under the escort of three companies of the Indiana six months' men. A party of Gen. Longstreet's scouts, eleven in number, discovered the prize, and, notwithstanding the disparity of numbers, at once determined to secure it, if possible. Placing themselves in ambush at a favorable point, at the proper moment they delivered a fire from their carbines, which disables some eight or ten of the Yankees. Immediately drawing their revolvers, they made a charge, firing as they ran. So dismayed were the Yanks that all broke and fled, except one captain and forty-three privates, who surrendered without resistance. The captors speedily started for Gen. Martin's camp, twelve miles distant, which they succeeded in reaching with all their prisoners, and nine hundred and eighty of the cattle. Not satisfied with this, the procured aid from Gen. Martin, and returning on the road, picket up over two hundred more of the cattle that had escaped from them on the route.
We regret our inability to give the names of the daring actors in this affair. They deserved, as they received, a public acknowledgement of their services, which was made by Gen. Longstreet, in a genera order, and they were also granted a furlough of sixty days. Seven of the number were members of Terry's Texas rangers, and four of the 3d Arkansas cavalry. We should like to record their names, if possible
Memphis Daily Appeal, March 8, 1864. [2]
8, "…she had left there some time before, I suppose for Yankeedom." A house servant's taste for freedom results in former masters doing housework in Bolivar
Nothing from Lettie [a house slave] yet. Yesterday morning Sister Mary sent her to Mrs. Grey's, and upon finding at the expiration of three of four hours, she failed to return, sent for her, but she had left there some time before, I suppose for Yankeedom. Joy go with her. Sister and myself cleaned up our rooms this morning alone and before the negroes [sic] had risen. (So much for Southern cruelty). She made the fire. I made up my bed and did various other things as cheerfully as any one. Had the rooms cleaned, breakfast over and baby washed and dressed before nine. When Lettie was here the rooms were generally done about eleven. Ha! Ha! Ha! I'm very glad she's gone. The rest [of the slaves] will follow her example. The nuisances! Two women, one man and four children, all save one able to work, can't get ready for business until ten or eleven o'clock in the morning. Isn't it perfectly ridiculous! O Yankees, Yankees, what mistakes you have made in your attempt at sympathy and kindness....
Diary of Sally Wendel Fentress.
[1] Listed in Dyer's Battle Index for Tennessee as "Operations Near Nashville."
[2] Valley of the Shadow.
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I had the pleasure of sitting down with the lovely Dasia Vence for an interview on her success in the past year and 5 months with Artist Art on Cherokee Street.
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Urban Symphony är en estländsk grupp som representerade sitt land i Eurovision Song Contest 2009.
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Gruppen framförde Estlands bidrag Rändajad (Vandraren) i Eurovision Song Contest 2009 i Moskva och kom på sjätte plats.

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Doctors slam Trump's drive to greet supporters outside Walter Reed hospital
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In a video posted via Twitter on Sunday, Trump said he would "pay a little surprise to some of the great patriots that we have out on the street."
Shortly thereafter, the presidential motorcade drove by the perimeter of the Walter Reed National Medical Center, with Trump seen through the window of an SUV wearing a face covering and waving to supporters.
"Traveling in a car with several staff members while still in isolation also poses a risk of infecting those other exposed passengers. There was no obvious justification for this action," Michael Baker, an epidemiologist at the University of Otago in Wellington, New Zealand, told CNBC via email.
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US President Trump waves from the back of a car outside of Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on Ocotber 4, 2020.
LONDON — President Donald Trump on Sunday briefly ventured outside Walter Reed hospital in
Trump criticized for leaving hospital to greet supporters
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US President Donald Trump sparked an angry backlash from the medical community Sunday with a protocol-breaking visit to his supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated for the highly-infectious, potentially deadly new coronavirus.
He was masked as he waved from inside his bulletproof vehicle during the short trip outside Walter Reed military medical center near Washington, which appeared designed to take back the narrative on his improving health after a weekend of muddled messaging from his doctors.
But experts complained that the outing broke his own government's public health guidelines requiring patients to isolate while they are in treatment and still shedding virus — and endangered his Secret Service protection.
Trump, who has been repeatedly rebuked for flouting public health guidelines and spreading misinformation on the pandemic, said in a video that dropped on Twitter just before the appearance that he had "learned a lot about Covid" by
Infectious Trump briefly leaves Walter Reed to greet fans as confusion continues over his health
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Adding to the confusion about his status, Trump briefly left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda to wave to supporters from a motorcade, after releasing a video on Twitter thanking people who had gathered outside the facility.
"We're getting great reports from the doctors," Trump said in the video before promising a "little surprise" to his supporters. "It's been a very interesting journey. I learned a lot about covid."
At a news conference earlier Sunday, Trump's medical team tried to clear up the muddled picture it had created the previous day when White House doctor Sean Conley falsely suggested that Trump had not been given supplemental oxygen.
But Conley continued to avoid directly answering specific questions about Trump's health Sunday, even as he revealed that the president had been given dexamethasone, a steroid that is typically reserved for severely ill coronavirus patients needing oxygen. Conley openly admitted to
Trump leaves hospital briefly to greet supporters outside
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump declared, "I get it," in a message to the nation Sunday evening before briefly leaving the hospital to salute cheering supporters from his motorcade. The surprising move raised new questions about his understanding of the deadly coronavirus that has killed more than 209,000 Americans.
Hours earlier, the president's medical team reported that his blood oxygen level dropped suddenly twice in recent days. The doctors also said his health is improving and that he could be discharged as early as Monday.
"It's been a very interesting journey. I learned a lot about COVID," Trump said, standing in his hospital room in a video posted on social media. "I learned it by really going to school."
He added, "I get it, and I understand it."
Trump waved at his supporters outside Walter Reed from a car that drove by pic.twitter.com/RoucgKugec
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PM Modi, Ministers Greet President With Good Health, Long Life On His Birthday
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PM said President Kovind's rich insights of policy matters are great assets for our nation. (File)
Wishes poured in for President Ram Nath Kovind on his 75th birthday today with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah being among the first leaders to greet the President on Twitter. Within hours Twitter was flooded with wishes for President Kovind, making #RamNathKovind one of the top trends on the social media platform.
PM Modi praised President Kovind for his rich insights and wise understanding of policy matters, saying they are great assets for our nation.
Birthday wishes to Rashtrapati Ji. His rich insights and wise understanding of policy matters are great assets for our nation. He is extremely compassionate towards serving the vulnerable. I pray for his good health and long life. @rashtrapatibhvn
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 1, 2020
Home Minister Amit Shah, in his birthday wishes,


The beers, another highlight of Oktoberfest en Kweyol, will be coming in from all over the world. Among the favourites of patrons over the years has been Paulaner Special Edition Oktoberfest Beer from Germany and Parbo Bier Djogo from Suriname. And so yes, as we aim to please and never disappoint, they are back. Desperados Mojito, Heineken H41, Apple Bandit Cider, Bulmer's Red Berries & Lime will also be served well chilled at the event. But wait, there is still more to be announced, so stay tuned!
PRESS RELEASE:-Oktoberfest en Kweyol, the annual event hosted by Windward and Leeward Brewery Limited (WLBL) is celebrating its tenth year anniversary as it perfects the unique experience of world class beers, great creole food and pulsating music. And what a celebration it will be this year, come October 1, 2017.
The launch of the 2017 edition of Oktoberfest en Kweyol, was held on September 6, 2017 at the rustic setting of Lushan Country Life at Morne Du Don Balata, which offers amazing tours amidst the flora and fauna of Saint Lucia. It was the perfect setting – enticing the media and invited guests to a taste of what is to come for this year's celebration.
Picture folk music being played by a "live" band – saltfish, smoke herring, breadfruit and farine, roast-bakes and accra being served in a wooden and thatched hut reminiscent of the village kitchens of times past. Top that off with fudge, coconut balls, goose-berry jam and guava cheese for dessert. Then the WLBL portfolio of thirst-quenchers – among them the best beers and ciders in the world.
Yes folks – that was just the launch, where the date, venue, performers and beers were unveiled.
On the day itself, October 1, 2017, Octoberfest en Kweyol will offer patrons a delightful array of beers, infused with Saint Lucia's culinary experience and creole culture. The colourful and festive celebration, which borrows from the annual tradition held around the world in October, will also feature arts & craft.
This year, Octoberfest En Kweyol which signals the start of Arts and Heritage Month in Saint Lucia, will be held at the scenic Pigeon Island National Landmark from 2 PM.
The featured performer will be the legendary Creole and Cadance-lypso singer Gordon Henderson, lead singer of Exile One.
Secret Band, Avot Sevis and DYP who have all wowed past Oktoberfest audiences will be back again this year by popular demand. As if that was not enough, add the best Lucian Kuduro/Dennery Segment artistes to the mix.
The beers, another highlight of Oktoberfest en Kweyol, will be coming in from all over the world. Among the favourites of patrons over the years has been Paulaner Special Edition Oktoberfest Beer from Germany and Parbo Bier Djogo from Suriname. And so yes, as we aim to please and never disappoint, they are back.
Desperados Mojito, Heineken H41, Apple Bandit Cider, Bulmer's Red Berries & Lime will also be served well chilled at the event. But wait, there is still more to be announced, so stay tuned!
The event is priced at EC$45 for early bird tickets and upon entry patrons will receive a free beer sample. Tickets are available at Facey Telecom at Bois d'Orange, Vieux Fort, Soufrière and the Blue Coral Building in Castries and CPR on Brazil Street, Castries.
The Corporate partners for this year's event include FLOW, the Wave Radio Station, Crystal Clear Water, Choice TV, DBS TV, Vybe Radio, Coco Palm Resorts, Folk Research Centre and Events Company of Saint Lucia.
So get ready for it this year! And in the meantime "like" the Oktoberfest en Kweyol Facebook page to keep abreast with more announcements as they unfold, as we prepare to celebrate the big ten with our culture, our heritage, good food, good music and a world of beers, responsibly of course!


OUR MISSION: Guided by the light and love of Christ, Q Christian Fellowship is transforming attitudes toward LGBTQIA people across denominations and cultures. We equip churches, educate lay people, build supportive communities, influence key thought leaders, foster self-acceptance, and advocate on behalf of the marginalized and oppressed.
Throughout this four-day conference we listened to keynote speakers Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder, Rev. Asher O'Callaghan, Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber, and Julie Rodgers, some of which you can watch online.
This year's theme was #WeExistIBelong, which fits perfectly as we celebrate our 9 years of being an RIC (Reconciling in Christ) community, understanding that an explicit welcome is needed for those who have historically been explicitly excluded from the church. When we exclude parts of ourselves or reject other people we fracture the body of Christ, but when we begin to mend those wounds we repair our connections to one another, and through those connections we are drawn closer to God. Just like in nature (of which we are obviously a part) diversity is required for a strong ecosystem. Why then would it be any different for the Body of Christ?
It's easy to love those who are like us: it doesn't take much effort. We can relate to each other's struggles and joy quickly and authentically. God calls us to love those "unlike" us; Jesus went out of his way to go to those who are marginalized or "othered" by society in some way (and who hasn't felt the sting of exclusion at some point in their lives?). God comes to us in our differences and thrives between us because of them. So because of this an authentic welcome is never about homogenization but the delight in finding God in new places of our lives. Our welcome statement is for everyone! Find the line that you are welcomed—how does it feel to be named and seen? Would this community be worse off without you here? Yes. What would this community miss out on if you were absent? Then think about how much vibrancy and beauty is created through the diversity of our lived experiences. That is the Relational God I want to know more.


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America's not a Parcheesi club! Dan Bongino rails against media double standards after summer of riots
January 7, 2021 | Robert Jonathan | Print Article
In the aftermath of the universally-condemned violence at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, a fired-up Dan Bongino sent a message that every American needs to hear about ever-present double standards especially in the context of the anti-Trump corporate media describing widespread civil unrest that included looting and arson over the summer, as mostly peaceful protests.
The country "is not a Parcheesi club," and the same standards of acceptable behavior must apply to everyone regardless of an artificial ideological litmus test, the former NYPD officer and Secret Service agent declared.
Recalling the anarchy, for example, at a U.S. courthouse in Portland, Bongino wondered "do you think that would have been allowed to happen if it were a group of, God forbid, conservatives or libertarians? You damn well know the answer is no. Those people would be arrested and tried immediately…Why was that allowed to continue for a month?"
"The answer is…because there isn't one guiding set of principles in this country. There is one rule for the left and media, and another set of rules from conservatives who call out violence anytime it happens…[violence] is never the solution to our problems in this country…It is not a Parcheesi club. There has to be one set of principles that is assigned to both sides that we have fidelity to. And if we don't have that, we don't have a country," he told FNC's, Sean Hannity.
Bongino added that an "autopsy" is necessary to find out what happened on Wednesday and identify the roles of those on both ends of the political divide, including the media.
Separately in the Fox News segment, Bongino asserted that "We have roundly condemned the violence tonight on this network. Everyone. Period. That's it. Where was the media…when my Secret Service friends were calling me with a mob outside of the White House during the summer of protest who were generally in fear for the first time?… Where were the mass condemnations there?…there isn't one guiding set of principles in this country," he reaffirmed.
Unlike CNN's Chris Cuomo, a law-school graduate, who previously revealed his ignorance of the U.S. Constitution by asking on-the-air about where it said that protests have to be peaceful. Bongino added that "the only people freaking out tonight are the people without principles."
Bongino also seemed to allude how a mob of far-left extremists accosted him and his wife after President Trump's RNC acceptance speech at the White House in August 2020, which also happened to U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and his wife, as well as many others, as they walked back to their hotels.
Along these lines, in a column that is critical of President Trump's post-election behavior, New York Post columnist Miranda Devine predicted that pro-Trump protesters "won't receive the kid-glove treatment that BLM-Antifa received with last year's 'mostly peaceful protests."
"They didn't throw bricks at police or burn police buildings to the ground or beat innocent passersby senseless. But they will have the book thrown at them because it's not the crime you commit that matters anymore, it's who you are. So, as bad as the Capitol Hill anarchy yesterday looked, we shouldn't be surprised after the way leftist violence was condoned most of last year. You let the genie out of the bottle, there's no telling where it goes."
In a statement issued through White House aide Dan Scavino because Trump's Twitter account is locked, the POTUS committed to an orderly transfer of power even though he still disagrees with the outcome of the election because of rampant irregularities in key swing states.
…fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!"
— Dan Scavino🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) January 7, 2021
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\section{ Introduction}

\paragraph*{1. Introduction}

Two decades ago, the introduction of the first quantum algorithm \cite{Shor} led to an intense activity aimed at finding physical systems whose quantum states could be used in a reliable way to process information. In a quantum system, information is encoded in quantum bits (or qubits), rather than a classical bit. Unlike a classical bit, which can only hold a value of 0 or 1, a qubit can be 0, 1, or any irreducible superposition of both. A qubit is realized by way of a two state quantum system. A popular approach to development of a qubit has been to make use of Rabi oscilations. Rabi oscilations are an external induced sinusoidal time evolution of a quantum system between its two states, typically by way of optical or electromagnetic stimulation.  This behavior has been fundamental to many approaches in realization of a working quantum computer.  The Rabi oscillations can be geometrically represented through use of the Bloch sphere.
The classical states of 0 and 1 correspond to the poles of the sphere. As the system evolves in time the state vector oscilates between the poles  of the sphere by a variety of paths.
 However, in spite of experimental successes designing various types of qubits
\cite{qubits}, a successful implementation of quantum algorithms is still elusive, mainly because of the fundamental effect of decoherence which characterizes all devices based on local quantum excitations. Decoherence is the irreversible loss of a quantum systems ability to process information; it arises when a quantum system becomes coupled to its environment (which is unavoidable if we wish to control the evolution of the system). This coupling results in the information previously contained in the system being lost to the environment rendering further computation impossible. Decoherence is represented on the Rabi sphere by the state vector rotating around the equator of the sphere, in essence being neither 0 nor 1 nor a superposition.
This effect, studied under various assumptions on the type of noise \cite{noise} describing the coupling of the system to an external bath, is very important because, for devices based on local excitations (or quantum oscillations associated with single-state quantum dynamics), noise and useful signals are indistinguishable. To address this important issue, A. A. Kitaev and collaborators \cite{Kitaev} have proposed using non-local, topological excitations, which are basically unaffected by most types of noise from coupling with the environment. An essential ingredient in the construction of these special excitations is the fact that they require the simultaneous creation (or annihilation) of two excitations at distinct points $z_{1}, z_{2}$. As explained in \cite{Kitaev}, the main advantage of working with such states comes from their {\emph{non-locality}}: the likelihood that noise would create two excitations simultaneously at $z_1, z_2$ is completely negligible, so that the system is protected against a large class of perturbations, namely local random fluctuations.

\paragraph*{2. Topological excitations from Quantum Hall states}

The specific physical model which seemed to allow a direct implementation of Kitaev's proposal is the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect (FQHE), more precisely the partially filled Landau level at filling factor
$\nu = 5/2$. Following \cite{52level}, we briefly recall the essence of this theory:
\begin{itemize}
\item[(i)] the ground state of the $\nu=\frac{5}{2}$-filling fraction FQHE Landau level is given by the Pfaffian construction
\begin{equation}
\Psi_{GS} (z_1, \ldots, z_{2n})\sim {\rm{Pf}}\left [\frac{1}{z_i-z_j} \right ] \prod_{k<l}(z_k-z_l)^2,
\end{equation}
(ignoring single-particle factors), while an anyon excitation (obtained by removing two particles, i.e. by creating two {\emph{holes}} at $z_{1,2}$) corresponds to
$$
\Psi_{2h} (z_1, z_2; z_3, \ldots, z_{2n})\sim  {\rm{Pf}}\left [\frac{z_1-z_2}{z_1z_2(z_i-z_j)} \right ] \prod_{k<l}(z_k-z_l)^2,
$$
up to single-particle factors, where Pf stands for the Pfaffian of an even-dimensional, skew-symmetric matrix, ${\rm{Pf}}(A) = \sqrt{{\rm{Det}}(A)}$;
\item[(ii)] the  two-hole excitation changes under a permutation of its arguments as
$$
\Psi_{2h}(z_2, z_1; z_3, \ldots, z_{2n}) = e^{\frac{2 i \pi}{\kappa}} \Psi_{2h}(z_1, z_2; z_3, \ldots, z_{2n}),
$$
obeying the anyon statistics with $\kappa = 4$ ($\kappa=1,2$ correspond to bosons and fermions, respectively).
\end{itemize}

Unfortunately, another feature of this theory makes it {\emph{theoretically not optimal}} for achieving quantum computation, and prompts current research for finding similar non-commutative anyon theories: specifically, it belongs to a class of theories whose states form irreducible representations for the $\widehat{sl}(2)_k$ Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten models (they are those with level $k=1,2,4$), which are however not dense in the Hilbert space of physical states \cite{rev}; this  constitutes a fundamental limitation.

\paragraph*{3. Alternative realizations of  anyonic theories}

To address the problem, we make the important remark that the Pfaffian state described in the previous paragraph can also be realized in other systems, physically different from the one provided by FQHE. Therefore, it may be possible to realize the same non-local topological excitations, while circumventing the representation-theory complication. To begin, note that the effective quantum theory corresponding to anyonic excitations with $\kappa=4$ is the $\widehat{sl}(2)_{k=2}$ WZNW theory \cite{Bravy}.

Fixing a $level$ $k \in \mathbb{N}$ of the representation gives the central charge of the theory as $c = 3k/(k+2)$, and leads to a number of possible types of physical excitations, whose commutation relation is of anyonic type, with fractional statistics. Moreover,  the primary field $g(z, \bar z)$ satisfies the equations
(Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov)
$$
[(k+2)\partial_{z}-J^a\tau^a] g(z, \bar z) = 0, \,\, J^a(\zeta) g(z, \bar z) =\frac{\tau^a}{\zeta-z} g(z, \bar z),
$$
with $\tau^a$ the generators of the Lie algebra $su(2)$.

It is relevant to note the correspondence between the Kac-Moody algebras $\widehat{sl}(2)_k$ and the quantum group $\mathcal{U}_q(sl(2))$, where the quantization parameter $q$ is a root of unity, $q = \exp [i\pi/(k+2)]$. This  can be regarded as a manifestation of the Riemann-Hilbert correspondence (between monodromy of solutions of linear differential equations and the singular points of the equations). Algebraically, this correspondence identifies the centralizer of $\widehat{sl}(2)_k$ to the Hecke algebra $H(q)$, a $q-$deformation of the symmetric group, and providing representations for the braid group in the corresponding number of elements.

\paragraph*{4. Cold Fermi gases in the fast-pairing limit}

The physical system we propose to use instead of quantum Hall devices consists of cold
fermionic atoms, trapped in an optical lattice, and driven to create Cooper pairs through
the Feshbach resonance \cite{Fermi1}--\cite{Fermi8}.
It is well-known \cite{Sierra}--\cite{AFS} that a proper
model for the dynamics of this system is the Richardson-Gaudin pairing model \cite{Richardson1}--\cite{Gaudin76}, which we
briefly review here.
It describes a system of $n$ fermions characterized by a set of independent one-particle states of energies $\epsilon_l, l \in \Lambda$. Each state $l$ has a total (spin) degeneracy $d_l=2$, and the states within the subspace corresponding to  $l$ are further labeled by an internal quantum number, $ s= \uparrow, \downarrow $. Let $\hat c^{\dag}_{ls}$ represent the fermionic creation operator for the state $(ls)$. Using the Anderson pseudo-spin operators \cite{Anderson}  (quadratic pairing operators), satisfying the $su(2)$ algebra
\begin{equation}
[t^3_i, \, t_j^{\pm}] = \pm \delta_{ij} t_j^{\pm}, \,\,\,\, [t^+_i, \, t^-_j] = 2\delta_{ij}t^3_j,
\end{equation}
the Richardson pairing Hamiltonian is given by
\begin{equation} \label{pairing}
H_P =
\sum_{l \in \Lambda} 2\epsilon_l t^3_l - g\sum_{l, l'}t^+_l t^-_{l'} =
\sum_{l \in \Lambda} 2\epsilon_l t^3_l - g{\bf{t}}^+\cdot {\bf{t}}^-,
\end{equation}
where ${\bf {t}} = \sum_{l}{\bf {t}}_l$ is the total spin operator.
It maps to the  reduced BCS model
\begin{equation} \label{Hamiltonian}
\hat H = \sum_{{\bf{p}}, \sigma}\epsilon_{\bf{p}}\hat{c}_{{\bf{p}}, \sigma}^{\dag}\hat{c}_{{\bf{p}}, \sigma}
-g\sum_{{\bf{p}}, {\bf{k}}}\hat{c}_{{\bf{p}} \, \uparrow}^{\dag}\hat{c}_{{-\bf{p}}\, \downarrow}^{\dag}
\hat{c}_{{-\bf{k}}\, \downarrow}\hat{c}_{{\bf{k}}\, \uparrow}
\end{equation}
by replacing the translational degrees of freedom by rotational ones, where $l  \in \Lambda = \{ 1, \ldots,  n \}$ ennumerates the one-particle orbital degrees of freedom, while $s = \, \uparrow, \, \downarrow$ indicates the two internal spin states per orbital ($d_l=2$). The pairing Hamiltonian can be decomposed into the linear combination
\begin{equation}
H_P=2\sum_{l \in \Lambda} \epsilon_l R_l + g \left [ \left ( \sum_{l \in \Lambda} t^3_l \right )^2 - \frac{1}{4} \sum_{l \in \Lambda} (d_l^2-1) \right ].
\end{equation}
At a fixed value of the component $t^3$ of the total angular momentum, the last term becomes a constant and is dropped from the
Hamiltonian. The operators $R_l$ (generalized Gaudin magnets \cite{Gaudin76}) are given by
\begin{equation} \label{gaudin}
R_l = t^3_l - \frac{g}{2}\sum_{l' \ne l}\frac{{\bf {t}}_l \cdot {\bf {t}}_{l'}}{\epsilon_l - \epsilon_{l'}}.
\end{equation}
These operators solve the Richardson pairing Hamiltonian because \cite{CRS97} they are independent, commute with
each other, and span all the degrees of freedom of the system. Richardson showed \cite{Richardson1,Richardson2} that the exact $N-$pair wavefunction
of his Hamiltonian is given by application of operators
$
b^{\dag}_{k} = \sum_{l}\frac{t_l^{\dag}}{2\epsilon_l - e_k}
$
to vacuum (zero pairs state). The unnormalized $N-$pair wavefunction reads
$
\Psi_R(\epsilon_i) = \prod_{k=1}^Nb_k^{\dag}|0\rangle.
$
The eigenvalues $e_k$ satisfy the self-consistent algebraic equations
\begin{equation} \label{ec}
\frac{1}{g} = \sum_{p \ne k}\frac{2}{e_k - e_p} +\sum_l \frac{1}{2\epsilon_l-e_k}.
\end{equation}
As an integrable model, the Richardson-Gaudin system was solved based on the methods of \cite{SOV}, in \cite{Kuznetsov}--\cite{Harnad}.

\paragraph*{5. Richardson-Gaudin model as singular limit of Wess-Zumino-Witten theory}

In this section we recall the relation between the Richardson-Gaudin model and
singular $SU(2)$ Chern-Simons and WZW models \cite{Gawedzki1,Gawedzki2}. These relations stem from the study of quantum states of the Chern-Simons theory with gauge group $SU(2)$ on the manifold $\mathbb{T}^2 \times \mathbb{R}$ and in the presence of Wilson lines $\{ z_i\} \times \mathbb{R}$, $i = 1, \ldots, n$ \cite{Gawedzki1}, corresponding to the one-particle spectrum of the Richardson Hamiltonian,
$z_i = 2\epsilon_i$. The torus $\mathbb{T}^2$ has modular parameter $\tau = \tau_1 + i\tau_2, \,\, \tau_{1,2} \in \mathbb{R}$. Thus, $\mathbb{T}^2 = \mathbb{C}/\mathbb{Z} + \tau\mathbb{Z}$. The quantum states of this theory are known to satisfy the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov-Bernard (KZB) equations
\begin{equation} \label{kzb}
\nabla \Psi_{CS} = 0, \quad \nabla = (\nabla_{\tau}, \nabla_{z_i}),
\end{equation}
where $\nabla$ is the flat KZB connection,
\begin{equation} \label{kzbcon}
\nabla_{\tau} = (k+2) \partial_{\tau} + H_0(z_i), \,
\nabla_{z_i} = (k+2) \partial_{z_i} + H_i(z_i),
\end{equation}
and $H_0, H_i$ are elliptic versions of the Gaudin Hamiltonia (and depend on the torus parameter $\tau$). The parameter
$k$ is related to the level of representation of the affine algebra $\widehat{sl}(2)_k$. By a limiting procedure, the system degenerates into the Richardson-Gaudin (R-G) problem: by taking the limit
$\tau \to i\infty$, the torus degenerates into a cylinder, and the elliptic Hamiltonia $H_i, H_0$ reduce to a trigonometric limit. Upon rescaling such that the set $\{z_i\}$ is collapsed into the origin, the cylinder becomes the complex plane with punctures at $\{z_i\}$, and the rescaled operators become the rational Gaudin magnets (\ref{gaudin}).

The R-G model is formally retrieved in the singular limit $k+2 \to 0$, which imposes a careful analysis of the semiclassical solution in order to identify the proper choice for the fractional levels $k$ as $c \to -\infty$. This analysis will be carried out in greater detail elsewhere, and we discuss here only the main conclusions. Choosing the sequence of fractional levels $k = 2\frac{1-8m}{1+8m}, m \in \mathbb{N}$, or equivalently $k+2 = \frac{4}{8m+1}, c = \frac{3}{2}(1-8m), q = e^{i\pi/4}$,  the corresponding representation of the braid group $H(q)$ remains fixed as $m \to \infty$. The fractional levels are {\emph{admissible}} in the sense of Kac and Kazhdan \cite{KK}, and they are understood in the sense of \cite{RC}. This generalized notion of representation level settles in particular the issue of irreducible representations of the modular group $SL(2, \mathbb{Z})$. As noted in \cite{RC}, the initial interpretation of fractional levels for $\widehat{sl}(2)$ \cite{KW} led to a {\emph{finite}} number of irreducible representations of $SL(2, \mathbb{Z})$, which is clearly insufficient, as the set of automorphic forms on the Poincar\'e upper half-plane $\mathbb{H}$, invariant under $SL(2, \mathbb{Z})$, of integer weight in $2 \mathbb{N}$ is described by the union of the Berezin kernels from the tower of von Neumann algebras $B(H_n), n \ge 1$, where $H_n  = L^2(\mathbb{H}, y^{n-2} dxdy)$. In contrast to the original Kac-Wakimoto approach to fractional level representations of $\widehat{sl}(2)$ (which leads to a finite number of irreducible representations of the modular group), the generalization \cite{Gaberdiel} provides an infinite number.

\paragraph*{6. Semiclassical solution of the Richardson-Gaudin model}

The solution starts from the Lax operator
\begin{equation} \label{lax}
\mathcal{L}(\lambda) = \frac{2}{g}\sigma_3 +\sum_{i=0}^n \frac{\vec S_i \cdot\vec \sigma}{\lambda - \epsilon_i} =
\left [
\begin{array}{cr}
a(\lambda) & \,\, \, b(\lambda) \\
c(\lambda) & -a(\lambda)
\end{array}
\right ],
\end{equation}
where $\sigma_\alpha, \, \alpha = 1,2,3$ are the Pauli matrices, and $\lambda$ is an additional complex variable, the spectral
parameter. Let $u_k, \, k=1, \ldots, n-1$ be the roots of the coefficient $c(\lambda)$.
Poisson brackets for variables $S_i^{\alpha}$ read
\begin{equation}
\{S_j^\alpha , \, S_k^{\beta} \}=2\epsilon_{\alpha \beta \gamma}S_k^\gamma \delta_{jk}
\end{equation}
The Lax operator (\ref{lax}) defines
a Riemann surface (the spectral curve) $\Gamma (y, \lambda)$ of genus
$g = n-1$, through
\begin{equation} \label{curve}
y^2 = Q(\lambda) = \det \mathcal{L}(\lambda)\left [ g\frac{P(\lambda)}{2} \right ]^2 ,
\end{equation}
where $P(\lambda) = \prod_{i=1}^n (\lambda -  \epsilon_i).$

The equations of motion become
$$
\dot  u_i = \frac{2i y( u_i)}{\prod_{j \ne i}( u_i - u_j)},
\quad
i\dot J^- = J^{-} \left [ gJ^3 + 2\sum_{k=1}^{n} \epsilon_k - u \right ].
$$
Here,
$u = -2\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}  u_i, \quad b(u_i) = 0$.

From the equations of motion, it is clear that knowledge of the initial amplitude of $J^-$ and of the roots $ \{  u_i \}$
is enough to specify the $n$ unit vectors $\{ {\bf {S}}_i \},$ for a given set of constants of motion $\{ R_l \}$ given by the classical limit of Gaudin Hamiltonia. The Dubrovin equations of motion are
solved by the inverse of the Abel-Jacobi map, as we explain in the following. We begin by noting that the polynomial
$Q(\lambda)$ has degree $2n$, and is positively defined on the real $\lambda$ axis. Therefore, the curve $\Gamma (y, \lambda)$
has $n$ cuts between the pairs of complex roots $[E_{2i-1}, \, E_{2i}], i = 1, 2, \ldots, n$, perpendicular to the real $\lambda$
axis. The points $u_i$ belong to $n-1$ of these cuts, $u_i \in [E_{2i-1}, \, E_{2i}], i =1, \ldots, n-1$. These
$g = n-1$ cuts allow to define a canonical homology basis of $\Gamma$, consisting of cycles $\{\alpha_i, \beta_i \}, i = 1, \ldots, g$. With respect to these cycles, a basis of normalized holomorphic differentials $\{ \omega_i \}$ can be defined, through
\begin{equation}
\mu_i = \lambda^{g-i}\frac{d\lambda}{y}, \,\,\, M_{ij} = \int_{\alpha_j} \mu_i, \,\,\, {\bm {\omega}} = M^{-1}{\bm{\mu}}.
\end{equation}
The period matrix $B_{ij} = \int_{\beta_j} \omega_i$
is symmetric and has positively defined imaginary part. The Riemann $\theta$ function is defined with the help of the period matrix as
\begin{equation}
\theta({\bm{z}} | B) = \sum_{{\bm{n}} \in {\bm{z}}^g} e^{2\pi i ({\bm {n}}^t {\bm{z}} + \frac{1}{2} {\bm {n}}^t B {\bm {n}} )}.
\end{equation}
The $g$ vectors $\bm{B}_k$ consisting of columns of $B$ and the basic
vectors $\bm{e}_k$  define a lattice in ${\mathbb{C}}^g$. The $Jacobian$ variety of the curve $\Gamma$, is then the $g-$dimensional torus defined as the quotien
$J(\Gamma)  = \mathbb{C}^g /(\mathbb{Z}^g + B\mathbb{Z}^g).$
The Abel-Jacobi map associates to any point $P$ on $\Gamma$, a point ($g-$ dimensional complex vector) on the Jacobian variety, through
${\bm {A}} (P) = \int_{\infty}^P {\bm {\omega}}.$
Considering now a $g-$dimensional complex vector of points $\{P_k \},
k = 1, \ldots, g$ on $\Gamma$, defined up to a permutation, we can associate to it the point on the Jacobian
\begin{equation}  \label{a}
{\bm{z}} = {\bm{a}}({\bm {P}}) = \sum_{k=1}^g {\bm {A}} (P_k) + {\bm {K}},
\end{equation}
where ${\bm {K}}$ is the Riemann characteristic vector for $\Gamma$.

The map (\ref{a}) suggests that we now have a
way to describe the dynamics on $\Gamma$ by following the image point on the Jacobian.
Given a point on the $g-$dimensional Jacobian  ${\bm{z}} = (\zeta_1, \ldots , \zeta_{n-1})$, we can find an unique set of points $\{ \lambda_k\}, k = 1, \ldots, g$ on $\Gamma$, such that ${\bm{z}} = {\bm {a}}(
{\bm {\lambda}}),$ and $\theta ({\bm{a}(\bm{P}) - \bm{z}} | B) = 0$. The system evolves in time according to the point ${\bm{z}}(t)$
\begin{equation} \label{solution1}
\zeta_k = ic_k, \,\, 1 \le i \le g-1, \,\, \zeta_{n-1} = i(c_{n-1} + t),
\end{equation}
where $\{ c_k\}$ is a set of initial conditions, such that  $
{\bm{z}}_0 = {\bm{z}}(t=0) = {\bm {a}}({\bm{c}})$, and ${\bm{c}}$ is the set of initial
conditions for positions of ${\bm {\lambda}}$ on $\Gamma$. Together with the initial condition which determines the
initial amplitude of $J^-$, this set completely determines the functions $ u_i(t), J^-(t)$. The application of inter-twiners of the Hecke algebra $H(q)$ will be reflected in the homological structure of the Sklyanin solution for the semiclassical R-G problem as the coalescence of a pair of branch points (followed by their subsequent resolution), which can be translated directly at the level of the solution $J^{-}(t)$.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaArXiv


Catching up with Stirla and Lyrai.
Stirla opened his eyes and found Lyrai sitting beside his bed, a candle on the table next to him. Everything was dark and gloomy, with the shutters still closed over the window. It was raining. Stirla could hear it tapping at the boards.
He frowned, trying to remember where he was. His attempt to look around was curtailed as his neck burned and he immediately remembered everything. The Heights, Cumulo on the ground, Willym, the attack. Being bitten. By Willym.
"Mighty gods." He pressed a hand to his neck, surprised to find only a thin bandage wrapped around his shoulder and throat. "Tell me I dreamt it." A strange dream, true, but far better than it being real.
"Gods." Stirla lay against his pillow and stared at the shadowy ceiling. It was one thing to find Willym alive and a traitor, another to find him an actual monster. He'd always been prone to monstrous behaviour and had always hated Stirla, but this was the first time he'd tried to eat him. "Gods." He couldn't think of anything else to say.
Stirla tried to prop himself up on his pillows and found he was humiliatingly weak. Lyrai had to help, which was embarrassing as his best friend and fellow lieutenant was half his width. "Cheers, runt," he grumbled, accepting the cup.
It took more time that he would have liked to lift it to his mouth and his hand was irritatingly shaky. Lyrai proved how good a friend he was by not offering any further assistance. Thankfully he'd only half filled the cup, so at least Stirla didn't humiliate himself further by spilling it all over himself.
After a long effort and minimal splashing, Stirla emptied his half-cup and sighed with relief. The water was refreshing, but he was more thankful to get the task done.
Stirla grunted. He was thirsty but didn't think he could repeat the exercise so soon – and he wasn't going to ask for help.
"Maybe later then," his friend said, showing his wisdom. Over the last year or so, their positions had been mostly reversed, meaning Lyrai knew a thing or two about being a grumpy patient fed up of needing help. He also knew Stirla.
Eyes still closed, Stirla licked his lips and jumped as a cup was placed against them. He glared at his friend over the rim. Lyrai ignored him and left him no option but to drink. Gods, it tasted good. He didn't say thank you; Lyrai didn't seem to expect it.
"Cumulo?" Stirla asked, licking his lips again and glaring as Lyrai reached for the water jug.
Interestingly, Lyrai didn't deny it. Stirla knew his friend was in love with Mhysra, of course – and thanks to his numerous conversations with Milluqua, knew it was mutual too – but he hadn't expected his fellow lieutenant to have realised it yet. In the ten years that Stirla had known Lyrai, his friend had never been in love before. Had never even come close. Calf-love and crushes didn't count, and this was far beyond that.
His friend sighed but didn't argue, because it wasn't fair. They were the ones who'd defended Aquila during that bitter summer. They were the ones who had fought and bled and ultimately lost as they were driven from their home by a force too great to face. They were the ones who had struggled so hard to draw this force together. They were the ones sent out on a near suicidal mission to secure a spot that wasn't even that vital. And now they would be forced to defend it, while others claimed the honour and glory of the frontal assault. How could that possibly be fair?
"Where's Goryal?" Stirla clenched his fists and sat up, ready to march out of bed and track the dragon down himself if he had to.
Relieved he didn't have to hunt the dragon down, Stirla sank into his pillows with a sigh. He didn't want to admit it, but the simple act of sitting up had exhausted him. He was lucky he hadn't tried to get out of bed, because Lyrai wouldn't have had a hope of lifting him back into it alone. "Can you finish fixing me up so we can go?" Thunder rumbled in the distance and rain drummed on the shutters.
"But the fight will be won without us!" Stirla thumped the bed in frustration.
Thunder snarled again, faint and far off, barely audible over the wind rattling the shutters.
It was still a victory. "We deserved the chance to be there." Cowardly those pirates might be, but they'd still been part of the force that had overwhelmed Aquila last summer. They'd taken prisoners at the Wrathlen, destroyed the Miryhl Shadow and caused more pain and grief than could ever be counted in tears. The kaz-naghkt might have ultimately ended the siege and taken Aquila, but the pirates had started it.
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Q: Modify flag for a given value from a given time for datetime format Let it be the following Python Panda DataFrame:

date
week_day
flag

2022-04-29 19:03:21
Friday
False

2022-05-23 21:30:04
Monday
False

2022-05-29 00:50:45
Sunday
True

2022-06-10 20:07:21
Friday
False

2022-06-17 17:23:22
Friday
False

2022-06-18 21:30:08
Saturday
True

I want the flag to be True on Fridays from 19:00:00. That is to say, to obtain the following resulting table.

date
week_day
flag

2022-04-29 19:03:21
Friday
True

2022-05-23 21:30:04
Monday
False

2022-05-29 00:50:45
Sunday
True

2022-06-10 20:07:21
Friday
True

2022-06-17 17:23:22
Friday
False

2022-06-18 21:30:08
Saturday
True

A: here is one way to accomplish it
filter the rows where day is Friday and then using datetime, split out the hour and compare if its 19 or larger and accordingly set the flag as true, else keep it as it is
np.where allows to conditionally update the flag
import datetime
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

df['flag'] = np.where((df['week_day'] == 'Friday') & (df['date'].astype('datetime64').dt.strftime('%H') >= '19'),
                      True,
                      df['flag'])

Alternately, use dt.hour instead of the strftime, as Quang Hoang suggested in comment.
df['flag'] = np.where((df['week_day'] == 'Friday') & (df['date'].astype('datetime64').dt.hour >= 19),
                      True,
                      df['flag'])

df

    date    week_day    flag
0   2022-04-29 19:03:21     Friday  True
1   2022-05-23 21:30:04     Monday  False
2   2022-05-29 00:50:45     Sunday  True
3   2022-06-10 20:07:21     Friday  True
4   2022-06-17 17:23:22     Friday  False
5   2022-06-18 21:30:08     Saturday    True


You won't take arms against it, but you will face a literal sea of troubles in Michael Molinari's Flash game …But That Was [Yesterday]. An oily, churning wall—seemingly made of memories—blocks your way. Your first objective is to figure out how, by opposing, you can end it.
There may indeed be something of Hamlet in the nameless, faceless protagonist of …But That Was [Yesterday]. This is a game about confronting the past and, as Molinari puts it, "learning to move forward in life." While certainly less tortured than the Prince of Denmark's, our hero's path forward will also require him to relive the trauma of loss. He, too, lives with ghosts.
Told in a series of short vignettes, the wordless story plays out in three acts, each exploring a different type of loss. Walk through a snowy landscape with your dog; leap across rooftops with your friend; swing into love with your girlfriend. The joy of discovering your connections with these characters is tempered by the foreknowledge that you're going to lose them all.
The palette signals shifts between two types of sequences. You relive memories in vibrant color, with bright, warm shades being more prominent during happier times. Later, you mirror your actions in these sequences inside a stark black-and-white dream world, where surfaces are fuzzy and the background is blurred.
Molinari uses music to similar effect. Each time you enter the dream-world sequences, the main theme grows more complex. Listen for the additions: a bassline in the second instance of the riff, a drum track in the third. This layering effect illustrates the protagonist's growing ability to move beyond loss. There's a remarkable degree of subtlety at work.
Through a series of prompts, other characters teach you the basic actions you'll need. Player input is limited to the arrow keys, which control a small set of movements—walking, running, jumping, swinging, standing up, sitting down. Yet Molinari makes the most of these simple commands. Standing at the coffin during a funeral scene, for example, a right-arrow icon beckons you away, though it's clear you're not ready to say your final goodbye. The prompt itself forces players to think about the emotional weight of their actions. And that's as it should be. Moving on from loss, after all, requires action. Just ask Hamlet.
Because of the minimal input and lack of player choice, …But That Was [Yesterday] may feel more like an interactive movie than a game. There is no way to fail other than closing your browser window. It's understandable that some players will be turned off or distracted into a discussion of semantics: Is this truly a "game"?
The bigger issue with …But That Was [Yesterday] is that its three explorations of loss are not equally affecting or interesting. The dog vignette seems truncated, with no explanation of how the dog was lost. The type of loss explored in the girlfriend story feels trite after witnessing the powerful friend story. The game has multiple possible endings, but the ending you get is dependent on the time on your computer's clock—not on any action you take. Further, each ending dilutes the impact of the other two stories, and none of the endings does justice to the complexity of emotion portrayed in its respective vignette.
Still, it's easy to understand why …But That Was [Yesterday] won first place in the 9th Casual Games Design Competition. It's a polished, clever piece that makes spare but effective use of game mechanics to convey its message. It's also Molinari's most sophisticated effort to date, a promising effort from a talented young designer.