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Even after a convicted sex offender has served his or her sentence, their registration on the sex offender list is an additional punishment for years to come — possibly even for the rest of one's life. Because sex offenses are heavily stigmatized, people on the sex offender registry often find it difficult to find housing, jobs, or secure loans.
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CBN's T-Bill slowdown may hurt banks' profits, says Fitch
Oyetunji Abioye
An international credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has predicted that the Central Bank of Nigeria's Treasury Bills slowdown may impact negatively on banks' profits in 2018.
The International agency on Thursday said that Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc, United Bank for Africa Plc, among others, might find it more difficult to sustain profitability given the decline in net Treasury bill issuance in the first quarter of 2018 issuance programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Coupon rates on T-bills and bonds were reduced as the Federal Government looks to increase its financing from external sources and longer-dated domestic issuances.
The slowdown in T-bill issuance marks a change of strategy as the Federal Government looks to increase its financing from external sources and longer-dated domestic issuances.
In a statement on Thursday, Fitch said, "We expect falling T-bill yields and lower issuance to put pressure on Nigerian banks' profitability in 2018.
The CBN's latest issuance schedule shows N1.1tn of rollovers in first quarter of 2018 against N1.3tn of maturing bills.
In 2017, rollovers fully covered maturing bills.
"Performance metrics at all banks will be affected by weak demand for lending, falling T-bill yields, lower foreign-currency translation gains and rising loan impairment charges, but the largest banks are best placed to withstand these challenges," Fitch said.
Fitch said the record T-bill issuance in 2017 helped support the CBN's strategy to maintain stability at the foreign exchange market as global oil prices continued to rally.
The report said, "High yields on T-bills issued in 2017 (around 13per cent-14per cent on 90-day T-bills) attracted investors and helped to support the naira.
"An increase in oil export earnings and the introduction in April 2017 of the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Rate Fixing mechanism, commonly referred to as the Investors and Exporters' FX Window (I & E FX), also helped naira stabilisation during the second half of 2017.
"Nigerian banks are highly reliant on net interest income for profitability and T-bills proved to be an important source of profits in 2017."
"Interest on securities represented 30 per cent of total gross interest earned in nine months of 2017, averaged across Nigerian banks rated by Fitch (2016: 23 per cent)," the report by Fitch explained.
Fitch said as at nine-month ended September 2017, the Federal Government's securities including T-bills represented more than 15 per cent of the banks' total assets as new lending fell, reflecting weak credit demand, tighter underwriting standards and banks' reluctance to extend new loans as they focused on extensive restructuring of troubled oil-related and other portfolios.
The report further said, "Even the country's largest banks cut back on new lending, with Guaranty Trust Bank's stock of outstanding loans falling 10 per cent during nine months of 2017, FBN Holdings' by 4.6 per cent, Zenith Bank's by 3.7 per cent and Access's by 1.1 per cent.
"United Bank for Africa's loan book grew 5.6 per cent, but this is likely to have been driven by non-Nigerian lending as the bank operates in 22 other African countries."
Fitch noted that GTBank has one of the highest return on average equity (ROAE) followed by Zenith Bank and Access Bank as at nine months ended September 30, 2017.
The report revealed that banks with four to six per cent ROAE might struggle to remain in profitability this year.
"Operating returns are still strong at GTBank (9M17 (37 per cent ROAE), Zenith (28per cent), UBA (22per cent) and Access (20per cent), while FBNH's operating ROAE is lower (12per cent) but improving.
"However, some second-tier banks with nine months of 2017 operating ROAE of four per cent to six per cent may struggle to remain profitable in 2018," the report added.
Banks record N1.3tn non-performing loans, still above benchmark – CBN
Banks' credit to economy hits N23.5tn, says CBN
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The digital marketing landscape changes a little bit every day, but one thing stays intact: email continues to be the most effective channel. It has the highest median ROI of 122 percent, which is four times higher than other widely used marketing channels such as paid search, social media, and direct mail, combined!
No wonder email marketing spending in the U.S. is projected to reach $3.07 billion in 2019, which is a significant increase from the current value of $2.87 billion, according to Statista. More and more businesses recognize the effectiveness of emails to bring more traffic and increase eCommerce sales, so having a documented strategy has become a must in online business.
A wide popularity of email marketing means that your business needs to move beyond the basics such as creating appealing visual and using simple personalization and focus on more advanced strategies that can maximize your conversions and sales, and also help with building a large base of engaged customers.
In this article, we're going to reveal these strategies so you know how to up your email marketing game and outperform the ever-increasing competition. They include the following.
If your company has been using email marketing until this point, chances are that you've mastered basic personalization techniques such as adding a customer's name to the subject line. At this point, it's time to improve your personalization by making your emails even more custom.
Your customers will be delighted if you do so. According to State of Personalization in Email report, 55 percent of email recipients want brands to provide them with more targeted promotions and discounts while 37 percent want recommendations based on their interests. That's huge.
One way to improve your email personalization is to create a loyalty program and invite people who have interacted with your marketing messages before. By doing so, you're demonstrating that you appreciate their business and cultivate the relationships with them further (and drive them to your website, of course).
For example, here's how a popular online clothing retailer Rue La La does it. The email below makes an exclusive offer to sign up for a one-year premium membership for free and enjoy such benefits as free 2-day shipping, free returns, and others.
It's a known fact that people spend a little bit more than usual around holidays, so you should definitely take advantage of special occasions. If you're an owner of an eCommerce business, you must do your best to increase your sales during the holiday season because it's such an excellent chance to boost your business.
To make a long story short, you have to design and distribute holiday-themed emails with special offers to encourage your subscribers to go to your website. For example, here's how a British health retailer Holland & Barrett does it.
The company actually employs a smart strategy by starting the holiday email campaign 14 days prior to Christmas. It thus gives them a chance to make special offers every day and maximize their conversions.
Transactional emails – order confirmations, product recommendations, and payment receipts – can be highly useful for you. "Since they're commonly considered the most relevant emails that a business can send to a customer, they provide an excellent opportunity to drive more value and engagement," says Neightan White, a digital marketer from Supreme Dissertations.
In fact, this recent report suggests that transactional emails' open and click rates are a lot higher than ordinary emails.
Since transactional emails are triggered by customer behavior such as account creation, a purchase, free sign-up for a trial of a product or service etc., you need to have an appropriate email marketing tool in place to be able to send them at the right time.
For example, here's an email sent by a popular online learning platform Coursera, offering course recommendations based on the recipient's previous purchase.
This is a must-do email for eCommerce businesses that have frequent sales. One of the reasons why people subscribed to your newsletter is to be the first to hear about great offers, so it's your obligation to let them know as soon as possible.
Here's an excellent example of a sale notification from a well-known clothing brand H&M that had "ALERT! Now until 7pm…20% off + free shipping!" as the subject line to entice the recipients to open it.
Indeed, it's a good deal that has a lot of value for the customers. H&M did a great job with this email because the promotion details are both in the subject line and the body of the email. Since it's the primary reason why customers would click on the email, hiding the offer is simply pointless.
Next, the email allows the viewers to visit the page of the sale and other store's departments and sections (New Arrivalsetc.) so they can quickly go to what they want, which is also a good decision.
In other words, this email is packed with value for customers, so your business should also send out similar messages. According to the State of Email Marketing in 2018 report, promotional emails comprise a large share of marketing emails, so a lot of businesses share them with their customers.
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These are the ways to boost your online sales with email marketing. They represent advanced techniques that you should definitely try to improve customer engagement and their interest in your brand.
It's over to you now, just remember one thing: becoming successful with email marketing is a process that involves a combination of planning and analysis to constantly improve your campaigns. Hope you have a great journey!
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First Annual Yachats Pride Fest Glitters Up the Central Oregon Coast
(Yachats, Oregon) – The central Oregon coast town of Yachats will be erupting in joyous revelry with a serious side on June 3 and 4, with the first of its annual Yachats Pride festival. The event celebrates the free expression of gender, culture and sexual orientation of LGBT people and their allies by hosting fun and educational events that both honor diversity and which help to eradicate discrimination and violence based on gender, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Five events are planned with a Resource Fair going during all events.
The proceedings begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 3, with a concert by the iconic Cris Williamson. She is one of the founding artists on Olivia Records, a label started in the 1970's, paving the way for the women's music genre. Williamson has spent almost 50 years writing, performing, and being an activist for LGBT issues. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $20 for VIP.
A discussion on the Two-Spirit tradition of Native American cultures will follow the concert starting at 4:15 pm. Two-Spirit is a contemporary umbrella English-language term that refers to the historical and current First Nations people whose individual spirits were essentially a blend of female and male spirits, or whose gender identity did not match their biological sex. The discussion will be led by Lisa Norton, Executive Director at My Sister's Place in Newport, and Robert Kentta, Siletz Tribal Cultural Resources Director and elected member of the Tribal Council of The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. This event is free.
The evening events will begin with a Mixed-Up Mixer at 5:30 pm in the Commons Multi-Purpose Room. The Mixer features heavy appetizers from the Drift Inn, including a Tostada Bar, a Lettuce Wrap Bar, a Breads and Spreads selection, and an extravagant chocolate cake. Eaters can mingle with the resource agencies to learn about resources on the central Oregon coast and south Willamette Valley.
The Mixed-Up Mixer is a word play on all the letters in LGBTQQ2SIAAP and an opportunity to learn what all the letters mean. The Mixer is $15 and includes one free beverage.
The Gay Bingo Extravaganza begins at 6:30 and is hosted by the scintillating Bunny Fu Fu, freshly delivered from Las Vegas. Bunny will direct a hilarious and highly energetic night of bingo, and she will be packing a humongous purse of prizes and surprises. Local businesses have donated great prizes, including a night at Heceta Head Lighthouse. This event is free.
Organizer Helen Anderson said the Gay Bingo event is a mish-mash of wacky elements, and said that more or less "words defy" when attempting to describe it.
"There is some bingo, but you don't have to play if you just want to be entertained," Anderson said. "It does involve a drag queen and her able assistant. It's interactive. Yes, we will have complimentary daubers. Yes, they will be sparkly, Yes, you will be adorned with festive door prizes. Yes, you can win real prizes. Big prizes. Our local businesses have made fabulous donations, including a night at the lighthouse and cool kitchen stuff. Yes, you might see a shark attack. No, you do not have to pay to play."
The celebration concludes on Sunday, June 4, with a free family picnic in the pavilion behind the Commons. The food is free. There will be activities for kids and an open mic for anyone. Barbara Turrill from Newport will perform a few sets of her music.
For more information and reservations, see yachatspride.org. Tickets and reservations are available at brownpapertickets.com. Seating is limited so online reservations are recommended. Yachats Hotels - Lodging for this event - Where to eat - Map and Virtual Tour
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Free to Kill
by Julie Mellon
, dec-2014, mystery, Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Business, Suspense
FBI Agent Katie Freeman's life has been upended. After being reassigned from Louisiana to middle Tennessee, her new bosses suspect that her reassignment is due to an indiscretion with her previous partner. Now, she and her new partner, Michael Powell, are asked to assist on the bewildering case of a woman who was kidnapped, tortured and left for dead on her own front porch. Before they can make any headway, a second woman disappears. As the number of missing women rises, Katie and Michael must work to figure out how the women are being abducted and where they are being held. Will they be too late to save the latest woman?
Complicating matters even further is a cold case left behind by Michael's former partner. Who murdered Henry Stephens twenty-six years ago? What happened to Henry's wife? And why does one of the suspects act like he knows Katie?
Title : Free to Kill
Edition Language : English
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"Painful"I think I deserve a gold star for making it to the end of this book. It was an odd mixture of themes - the instruments of medieval torture, both horrified and disgusted me; the police procedu...
Great first book. Enjoyed the strong female character as the lead in Free to Kill! Good story. Couldn't put it down!...
Great readI love that there are still so many unanswered questions about the main character! Very unique backstory that keeps you asking questions until the very end. Can't wait to read the next one...
Amy Savvides
Utterly bemused by the five star ratings for this. The good - I liked the beginning. It laid down an intriguing story. I liked Katie, although I wish we could have a female lead in a story who isn't...
Ending is anti-climatic.Got worse as it went on. Elements of romance almost ruined it. It doesn't pace well. I won't read any more from this author....
Susan Barton
FBI Agent Katie Freeman is recently reassigned from Louisiana to Tennessee when she's immediately tasked with investigating the horrific death of a local woman. Katie and her hunky partner Michael m...
Normalee Mitchell
It's been awhile since I found a book like this : one I couldn't put down This book was impressively well written. There were very little English errors (mainly just a missing word or a missing quotat...
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Katie Freeman is an FBI agent who lacks people skills. She's transferred from Baton Rouge to Tennesee because her su[eriors suspect her of sleeping with her partner, which is not true. In her current ...
Fine I guess?I'm torn because I feel like the author might be a good writer, but the book feels like a rushed out first draft. The perspective switches from 1st to 3rd a lot which is pretty normal, bu...
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Exciting police procedural mysteryEnjoyed the strength in both the main characters in this well plotted mystery. The sharp new woman to the area is an FBI agent. She is teamed with an FBI agent that k...
About Julie Mellon
Julie is a native of Central Kentucky. After receiving her degree in English, she chose a career in higher education finance. Fifteen years later, she decided to allow her inner creative genius loose and began writing. She has been an avid reader her entire life, with a special love for mysteries, so she thought it fitting to make her first novel one of suspense. Growing up as an Army brat, she ha


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Arlington — We do it every day: call a parent, friend, or loved one. This is so simple and routine that we forget the importance of what one phone call can make to an individual. I am writing today to raise awareness around National Suicide Prevention Week and a local phone number that saves lives every day. The phone number belongs to CrisisLink at 703-527-4077; we answer that number every hour of the day. National Suicide Prevention Week is Sept. 8-14, 2013 and we want everyone to know there is a safe and caring place to call whenever it is needed.
That call may come from a person who desperately needs help — someone in crisis or even suicidal. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States and touches every age group, ethnicity, and gender. Unlike illnesses that doctors can screen for, suicidal thoughts can affect anyone. Although mental illness is the leading cause of suicidal tendencies, it is not the only cause. Your family member, friend, or loved one could be experiencing those thoughts, but you may not realize it as the signs that someone is considering suicide may not be evident. Since the topic of suicide is often taboo, it can be difficult to talk about or ask for help. If this describes you or someone you know, take that first step and call CrisisLink.
It is hard to imagine the feelings that person is experiencing unless you have been through it yourself. The volunteer crisis counselors at CrisisLink are taught active listening, problem solving, and safety planning skills. Sometimes just knowing that someone is there to listen and help with alternatives and referrals can make a difference. Through the power of talking, lives can be saved and the battle over suicide can be won. That's not to say that everything will be fine — hard work lies ahead. And CrisisLink stands ready to help.
CrisisLink is here to serve the community, whether via our hotline, offering training on warning signs and next steps, to offering a support group to those who have lost a loved one to suicide. Last year, 33,521 crisis calls were handled by CrisisLink; of those calls 4,736 were suicidal, and 12 percent required an emergency intervention to insure safety. Asking for help is a sign of strength — call us for listening and support.


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General Comments Explore culture, heritage and beach during this wonderful 15 day group tour. Visit Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, La Paz, Buenos Aires, Iguassu Falls and Rio de Janeiro.
Day 1 (Mon) Arrive Lima Arrival in Lima und transfer to the hotel.
Day 2 (Tue) Lima Half day city tour to visit the main sights of Lima.
Day 3 (Wed) Lima - Cusco Transfer to the airport and flight to Cusco. Transfer to the hotel. Half day city tour including visit of the ruins.
Day 4 (Thu) Cusco The day is at leisure for own activities. Optional: Full day excursion to visit the Pisac Indian Market and the Ollantaytambo ruins.
Day 5 (Fri) Cusco - Machu Picchu - Cusco Full day excursion to visit the ruin town Machu Picchu.
Day 6 (Sat) Cusco - Puno Full day bus tour from Cusco to Puno (Seat-in basis). Visit of Andahuaylillas, Racchi and Pucara en route including lunch.
Day 7 (Sun) Puno - La Paz In the morning excursion to visit the Uros Indians. Bus transfer to Copacabana and catamaran ride to Sun Island on Lake Titikaka including lunch. Continue by bus from Chua to La Paz.
Day 8 (Mon) La Paz Half day city tour including visit to the Moon Valley.
Day 10 (Wed) Buenos Aires Half day city tour in Buenos Aires. Optional: Tango Show with dinner at "Viejo Almacén".
Day 11 (Thu) Buenos Aires - Iguassú Transfer to the airport and flight to Iguassú. Transfer to the hotel. Visit the Argentinean side of the falls en route.
Day 13 (Sat) Iguassú - Rio de Janeiro Transfer to the airport and flight to Rio de Janeiro. Transfer to the hotel. Half day city tour including Sugar loaf mountain.
Day 14 (Sun) Rio de Janeiro The day is at leisure for own activities. Optional: Full day excursion to the Tropical Islands including lunch. Optional: Half day city tour including Corcovado. Optional: Full day excursion to visit Petropolis. Optional: Rio by night - Samba Show.
Day 15 (Mon) Rio de Janeiro Transfer to the airport and departure flight.


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Gary Martin is one of the UK's best known award winning voice actors.
Listen to Gary's interview with 'Steve Wright in the afternoon' on Radio 2 and an introduction to Gary on Radio 4's 'To Boldly Go'.
Steve Wright – Radio 2
After training at LAMDA, Gary made his West End debut in Jesus Christ Superstar at the age of eighteen, going on to perform in many other West End classics, including The Rocky Horror Show, Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Little Shop of Horrors, Cats, Miss Saigon, Time and Grease.
As a singer he's released 6 singles with BMG, Ariola, Sonet & RCA. He has also recorded with Queen, on their album Made in Heaven and their single Let Me Live.
But it is the voice-over work for which Gary is best known, his credits including Wind in the Willows, NeverEnding Story, Fern Gully, Kaena: The Prophecy, Corpse Bride, Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie, Hellboy and Minions, as well as BBC Radio 1's Judge Dredd, which earned him a Talkie Award. He has voiced countless TV ads, movie trailers and animated series … then of course, he was the voice of the Honey Monster.
Gary's recent work includes Prisoner Zero (Netflix), Shadows: Awakening (Video Game), Kaleidoscope Man (Feature Film), Aliens Love Underpants and Panta Claus (TV Movie), Alien: Out of the Shadows (An Audible Original Drama), Mr Bean (series 3) and Disney's Furiki Wheels (series). He is also the voice of the 'Captain Aquafresh' ad campaign.
In 2018 Gary received a Promaxbda Global Excellence Award for Best Voiceover Performance.
Cute Little Buggers
Randy Rocksoff
Crying Wolf
with Caroline Munroe
Gary with Alice Cooper & Sheryl
with Cliff Richard - Time
The Last Horror Film
Harpooned!
Melchisedic - The Time Lord
Grease - First Night Party with Jim Jacobs & Sally
Rocky in the Rocky Horror Show
Rock Nativity
As Joseph with Sally
Vince Fontaine
Cats - Munkustrap (centre)
The Little Shop of Horrors
Audrey II - Voice of the Plant - Feed Me
The Bishop
The Hunting of the Snark
"Gary Martin is a world renowned voice artist"
Steve Wright (BBC Radio 2 Presenter)
"A plethora of amazing voices and a joy to work with!"
Madeleine Warburg (Head of Development / Executive Producer for Hit Entertainment)
Doug Naylor (Co-creator / Writer of Red Dwarf)
"Working with the Honey Monster was a joy and an honour. And who'd have thought he'd be so very versatile – from scat-singing crooners, to talking frogs and crossdressing, psychotic murdering policemen… nothing fazed him. If in doubt book The Monster!"
Claudia Lloyd (Head of Animation and Childrens. Tiger Aspect Productions)
"Gary is someone I call at the beginning of a project. He doesn't do silly voices – he discovers characters."
Tony Collingwood (Writer / Director Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment Ltd)
"Why do we so often call for Gary Martin? Because who else could conduct a conversation with himself in real time, and convince you it was a worm talking to a beetle, a tortoise talking to a piano, or a paranoid space captain talking to an alien?"
Dan Maddicott (Creative Director for Indie Kids)
Su Blu (Emmy Nominated Animation Director / Actor. LA)
Christopher Skala (VP, Programming and Development, International Hit Entertainment)
"Who's a hell of a nice guy? Who's co-operative? Who's a Brilliant voice artist? Gary Martin of course!
Comes highly recommended!"
"Absolutely the best!"
Martin Gates (MGP)
"When we designed an evil, scary, alien reptile, with a thorny head, from the Planet Golgotha, we immediately thought of Gary to voice it."
Graham Ralph (Director: Silver Fox Films)
Paul Springer (British American Productions)
"He's brilliant. He's the only man I know who can do all the part's to 'What's Opera Doc?', while drinking a glass of water. Blindfolded."
Phil Robinson (Animation Director, Wild Brain Inc. San Francisco)
"Voice Virtuoso"
She Magazine
Grease Crits
"Gary Martin who was tremendous… Gary Martin who stole the whole show"
"Most noticeable Gary Martin's scrumptious DJ"
The Mail on Sunday
Judge Dredd Crits
"He is the law! Never mind Stallone, Gary Martin is clearly the definitive Judge Dredd"
SFX Reviews
"The man of a thousand voices"
Scratchy & Co. (CITV)
Phil RobinsonAnimation DirectorWild Brain Inc.San Francisco
Graham RalphDirectorSilver Fox Films


(T/F) Though regression is related to correlation, the former has a different purpose than the latter.
What are 3 synonyms for "dependent variable"? What are 2 synonyms for "independent variable"?
Excerpt 16.6 has how many predictor variables? How many criterion variables?
(T/F) Bivariate regression is used more often to "predict" than to "explain."
If bivariate regression is used to predict, predictions are made of the ____ (independent/dependent) variable.
In bivariate regression, the "regression line" and the "line of best fit" ___ (do/don't) refer to the same line.
(T/F) In standardized regression equations, the beta weight is very similar to a regression coefficient.
A regression equation's ability to predict well is given by r, for it equals the correlation between Y ' and __.
r2 indicates the proportion of variability in the ______ that's "explained" by variability in the ______.
(T/F) In most regression analyses, a, b, and r are viewed as sample statistics, not population parameters.
(T/F) If, in Excerpt 16.8, the inferential test had focused on r (rather than b), the outcome would have been the same.
If, in Excerpt 16.7, r had been equal to .80 (rather than .93), the predictor would have explained __% of the variance in running performance.
In multiple regression, how many independent variables will there be? How many dependent variables?
Excerpt 16.11 shows that beta weights ____ (can/cannot) be compared.
What 3 terms are used to distinguish the 3 main types of multiple regression from one another?
How does a researcher represent the multiple correlation coefficient? Is it usually squared or left as is?
Is it possible to compute DR2 for a simultaneous multiple regression? For a hierarchical multiple regression?
Adjusted R2 will be _____ (smaller/larger) than R2 because of anticipated ______.
(T/F) Logistic regression is used exclusively within the fields of medicine, health, and epidemiology.
A subset of the independent variables, each called a ______, is typically included for "______" purposes.
(T/F) Logistic regression is like bivariate or multiple regression in that there is only 1 dependent variable.
(T/F) The concept of an "odds ratio" is involved in logistic regression but not in multiple regression.
(T/F) The lowest possible OR is 1.00.
If an odds ratio is computed for a particular independent variable, and if that particular OR takes into consideration the other independent variables, then it is called an "_____" OR.
In Excerpt 16.25, stroke severity was a significant predictor because the OR of 1.24 was quite far away, statisticall speaking, from the null hypothesis number that was equal to ___ .
An OR equal to __ (what number?) would mean that membership in the two categories of the dependent variable is unrelated to the independent variable under consideration.
The issue of "multicollinearity" arises when ___ (low/high) correlations exist among independent variables.
(T/F) In hierarchical multiple regression and logistic regression, efforts at "control" don't work perfectly.
(T/F) If important variables are overlooked in a regression analysis, or if irrelevant variables are included, the regression model is said to be "imploded."


During yesterday's tropo lift there were some incredible signal strengths – particularly from Belgian stations. Video below shows how RTBF's Classic 21 was coming into London like a local.
The tropo was very narrowly defined as can be seen by my log on FMLIST. I did try beaming at 70 degrees but there was no duct to The Netherlands.
This entry was posted in Band II, FM, Tropo and tagged DX, Dxing, Tropo on September 29, 2013 by admin.


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FINANCE COMMITTEE CORNER
Last Sunday $6,368 was received in the offertory baskets at Mass and $2,998 was received through WeShare, for a total of $9,366. Thank you for so generously giving
to our regular collection. The Second Collection in support of the Archdiocese of Military Services totaled $2,265.
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL (PPC)
Blessed Sacrament Church relies on the commitment and dedication of parishioners to maintain an active and vibrant community of believers. The Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) through Pastoral Planning, proposes policies that further the mission of the parish. Together with the Pastor, the council consults on pastoral matters and makes conclusions and recommendations to policies for the pastor's approval.
We are excited to share that the Parish Pastoral Council is looking for new candidates to serve on the PPC. We invite all parishioners to nominate themselves, or candidates whom they believe would be willing and able to serve the parish in this capacity.
Eligible for Candidacy:
Registered Parishioners who are seventeen (17) years of age or older. Registered with Blessed Sacrament for at least one (1) year.
Served in some capacity (committee, council, or ministry) at Blessed Sacrament.
Attributes of a Strong Candidate:
Demonstrated dedication to serving the Church - the people of God. Commitment to discipleship through participating in the sacraments most especially the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and encouraging others to do the same. Commitment to stewardship through willingness to give gifts of time, talent, and treasure as needed. Positive attitude and energy, willingness to work as part of a team, respectful of others opinions.
The Council meets approximately ten times a year (no July or August), usually the second Wednesday of the month from 7:00pm - 8:30pm. If you still would like to explore serving, we invite you to submit your nomination form in two ways:
1. Submit your nomination here: bit.ly/PPCNomination
2. Pick up a paper nomination form from the rectory and once completed, scan and email to mark.murphy6@icloud.com or drop it off at the Rectory to the attention of Mark Murphy.
"THE LITTLE DANCER - A HOLIDAY FAMILY MUSICAL" RETURNS TO THEATRE 71.
On Saturday, December 1, 2019, "The Little Dancer… a holiday family musical" will make a triumphant return to New York City for its second production at Theatre 71.Written by Steven Fisher, the one-hour show tells the heart-warming story of how 14-year-old Marie Van Goethem, Edgar Degas' model for his one and only sculpture, became the most famous ballerina in the world. Last year's premier received rave reviews. "Steven Fisher's 'The Little Dancer' is nothing less than extraordinary," wrote Kristen Morale of Broadway World. "This production captures the very essence of magic that exists in a child's heart." The show was also featured on Good Morning America.The production will once again be directed by Richard Vida and choreographed by Lainie Sakakura, both Broadway veterans.
Recommended for children ages 6 to 106, "The Little Dancer... a holiday family musical"will run at Theatre 71 (152 W. 71st Street, 10023, right off Broadway) throughout the month of December. For more information and to purchase tickets visit https://www.thelittledancermusical.org/
Registration for our Sunday Religious Education Program for Children has reopened. Registration forms must be received by the Wednesday before your child's start date. Classes began September 8th. We gather for the 10:00 Family Mass followed by class instruction in the school.
Registration Packets are posted on the Religious Education web pages of our Parish website:www.blessedsacramentnyc.org/rel-ed
Paper copies are available at the rectory. If you need additional information please call Tina Silvestro at 212-877-3111 or email at tina@blessedsacramentsundayschool.org
Thinking of becoming a Catholic? Are you Baptized Catholic but have not received Communion or Confirmation? Inquiry discussions for adults began on Monday, October 7at 6:30 pm. To register or seek information, please call Tina Silvestro at the parish office (212-877-3111) or email at tina.blessedsacramentnyc@yahoo.com.
YOUTH CHOIR FOR 5:30 CHRISTMAS EVE FAMILY MASS
Each year we organize a Youth Choir to sing for the 5:30 Christmas Eve Family Mass. Children (from grade 3 up) and Teenagers are invited to join this CHRISTMAS EVE YOUTH CHOIR. Rehearsals are on Tuesdays November 19, 26, at 4-5:00 in the Church and Wednesdays December 4,11,18 at 4-5 pm in the Church. The Parent Permission form to sign up can be picked at the rectory office, downloaded from the Religious Education webpages (https://blessedsacramentnyc.org/5-30-christmas-eve-youth-choir). Please call or email Tina Silvestro if you need more information.
212-877-3111; tina@blessedsacramentsundayschool.org
BETHLEHEM O HANDICRAFTS
From the birthplace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Christian community is seeking your love and support through obtaining their handmade olive wood religious articles. These items will be displayed at the church after all masses this weekend November 16th and 17th. Your help can and will make a difference in the lives of your brothers and sisters in Bethlehem.
2020 Passion Play in Oberammegau
Every 10 years since the 17th century the village of Oberammegau, in thanksgiving to God for being spared the plague, has performed a play depicting the Passion of Jesus. We are planning a 10-day pilgrimage: July 3 -12, 2020 which includes not only the Passion Play but several sites in Switzerland and Germany. All inclusive package pricing including round trip airfare from New York is $4,790.00 per person, sharing a twin room. Tickets are limited. If interested please contact the rectory. Brochures are available in the rectory.
A WINTER RETREAT
There will be a weekend retreat at Mariandale Center from December 13 – 15, "A Writer's Winter Retreat". Mariandale Center is run by The Dominican Sisters of Hope and is located near Ossining, NY. The retreat is open to everyone. A private room, all meals and all workshops are included.To register:https://mariandale.org/event/a-writers-winter-retreat/ For information: 914-941-4455.
CARE FOR CREATION BOOK DISCUSSION ("Laudato Si") CIRCLE FORMING!!Our Blessed Sacrament Social Action Care for Creation Ministry knows that many parishioners are concerned about climate change, and that some might like to gather to talk about it. So the committee has decided to form a group and to use Pope Francis' encyclical about our common home, the earth, ("Laudato Si") as the focus of our meetings. The group will meet approximately 8 evenings. Frequency, days and times will be decided by the group. If you would like to be a part of this, please call the Parish Office at 212 877-3111 or contact Tom at tacaffrey@gmail.com or Terry at tkmichnow@gmail.com . Once the group is formed, together we will pick a date in November for our first meeting.
"Meditation is simply a way to enter into God's presence." - John Main OBS, founder of World Community of Christian Meditation. This simple practice facilitated in the Christian traditions with Eastern comparative themes meets in the rectory on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7pm. Pause in your day. Gain perspective. Deepen your faith.Contact Pegs10454@yahoo.com


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"Clearly Australia's mental health system is failing Aboriginal people, with Aboriginal communities devastated by high rates of suicide and poorer mental health outcomes. Poor mental health in Aboriginal communities often stems from historic dispossession, racism and a poor sense of connection to self and community. It is compounded by people's lack of access to meaningful and ongoing education and employment. Drug and alcohol related conditions are also commonly identified in persons with poor mental health.
Today's roundtable convened by the Federal government is a welcome step toward acknowledging the ongoing suicide crisis in Aboriginal communities and the need for an urgent concentrated effort to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal people and address the transgenerational trauma impacting on our communities.
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) Chairperson, Matthew Cooke said while there was no quick fix for the crisis, an integrated strategy led by Aboriginal community controlled health services is a good starting point.
He said the recently released National Mental Health Commission Review recommended the establishment of mental health and social and emotional wellbeing teams in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services, linked to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specialist mental health services.
"Poor mental health in Aboriginal communities often stems from historic dispossession, racism and a poor sense of connection to self and community.
"It is compounded by people's lack of access to meaningful and ongoing education and employment. Drug and alcohol related conditions are also commonly identified in persons with poor mental health.
Mr Cooke said the answers lay with Aboriginal people.
"What we do know is the solution must be driven by Aboriginal leaders and communities – a model that is reaping great rewards in the Aboriginal Community Controlled health sector.
"It must be a community based approach, backed up by governments of all levels.
"I commend the Government for convening the roundtable and welcome the inclusion of NACCHO and its members to developing the solutions with Government as an integral element to the success of any strategy.
"We can't waste a day. We are losing our sons, daughters, brothers, and sisters. Every life that is lost to suicide is a life that should have been saved.
"National Mental Health Commission Review recommended a target to reduce suicides and suicide attempts by fifty per cent over the next decade in the general population.


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\section{Introduction}
The Lamb system, originally introduced by H. Lamb in 1900, is a simple setup made of an oscillator coupled to an infinite taut string [1]. It is a simple and useful model to realize the \textit{radiation damping}. When the oscillator begins to oscillate, its energy diminishes by the waves emitted along the string, which in turn, results in a dissipative force on the motion of oscillator, similar to the phenomenon that takes place in classical electrodynamics when a charged oscillator loses energy by emitting the electromagnetic waves.\\
The original Lamb model is linear, i.e. the oscillator is harmonic. A nonlinear oscillator leads to chaotic reflected and transmitted waves [2]. In a model with two nonlinear oscillators, the reciprocity is lost, which means that the same wave transmits differently in two opposite directions [3]. The long time asymptotics for an anharmonic oscillator are obtained in [4] where it is shown that the finite energy solution decays to a sum of dispersive and stationary waves. A similar setup with massless case is studied in [5]. The lamb system with finite and infinite domains and dispersive medium is investigated in [6]. The problem of instability in Lamb system and its gyroscopic variant in $n$-dimensions is studied in [7]. The scattering problem in the Lamb model is presented by some textbooks, where the equation of motion of the oscillator, i.e. equation (13) is employed to achieve the scattering coefficients [8, 9]. \\
In this work, we consider a Lamb model with an infinite string made of two semi-finite strings of different mass densities $\rho_{-}$ and $\rho_{+}$ joined together at $x=0$. An interesting feature of such a string is that it has a frequency dependent point impedance. So, since the impedance of the string appears in the equation governing the motion of oscillator, it leads to a nonlinear characteristic equation. Therefore, we face with a problem which is of interest from the perspective of the classical perturbation theory.  \\
This paper consists of 6 sections. The section 2, is a review of the problem and the mathematical apparatus used throughout the paper. An emphasis is put on the use of Green's function because the Green's function of a free string yields its impedance. Also, response of the oscillator to an impulse can be obtained using the Green's function of the whole system, i.e. the string plus the oscillator. However, one should be able to analyze the problem solely by using the wave function. In section 3, the equation of motion of the oscillator is obtained in terms of the impedance of the string, starting from the Lagrangian density of the problem. Since the string has a discontinuous mass density, its impedance is a frequency-dependent quantity which in turn leads to a nonlinear characteristic equation for the oscillator. So, in section 4 we apply the perturbation theory to obtain the damping factor and oscillation frequency of the oscillator to first order in expansion parameter. In section 5, we obtain the response of oscillator to an impulse by evaluating the Green's function of the system. We find that the oscillator executes a damped motion with an amplitude decaying exponentially in time. Finally, a short conclusion is included in section 6.
\section{The Lamb problem}
We consider an infinite taut string with a constant tension $T$ and a nonuniform mass density $\mu(x)$. The field $\phi(x,t)$ denotes the displacement of string from the equilibrium. The Lagrangian density for the displacement field is given by
\begin{equation}\label{3}
\mathcal L=\frac{1}{2}\mu(x)\bigg(\frac{\partial\phi(x,t)}{\partial t}\bigg)^2-\frac{1}{2}T\bigg(\frac{\partial\phi(x,t)}{\partial x}\bigg)^2+\phi(x,t)F(x,t)+\mathcal L_{int}.
\end{equation}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=85mm]{U2}
\caption{An infinite string made of two different semi-infinite strings connected at $x=0$ . An oscillator (dashed line) is coupled to the string at $x_0$.}
\end{figure}
Here $F(x,t)$ is an external force acting on the string and $\mathcal{L}_{int}$ denotes the interaction of string with its environment. Inserting the above Lagrangian into the Euler-Lagrange equation yields the equation of motion
\begin{equation}\label{1}
\mu(x)\frac{\partial^2\phi(x,t)}{\partial t^2}-T\frac{\partial^2\phi(x,t)}{\partial x^2}-\frac{\partial\mathcal L_{int}}{\partial\phi}=F(x,t).
\end{equation}
For a harmonic oscillator with mass $m$ attached to string at $x_0$, the mass density and interaction Lagrangian can be written
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\begin{eqnarray}\label{1}
\mu(x) &=&\rho(x)+m\delta(x-x_0),\\
\mathcal L_{int}&=&-\frac{1}{2}\kappa\phi^2(x,t)\delta(x-x_0).
\end{eqnarray}}
where $\kappa=m\alpha^2$ is stiffness of the spring and $\rho(x)$ is the mass density of the free string. Thus, the relations (3) and (4) modify (2) to
\begin{equation}\label{1}
G^{-1}\phi(x,t)=\frac{1}{T}F(x,t),
\end{equation}
with
\begin{equation}\label{1}
G^{-1}=\left(\frac{1}{v^2}\frac{\partial^2}{\partial t^2}-\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2}\right)+\frac{1}{T}\delta(x-x_0)\left(m\frac{\partial^2}{\partial t^2}+\kappa^2\right).
\end{equation}
where the speed of wave is denoted by $v=\big(\frac{T}{\rho}\big)^{\frac{1}{2}}$. A formal solution of equation (5) is given by
\begin{eqnarray}\label{1}
\phi(x,t)=\frac{1}{T}\int^\infty_{-\infty}dx'\int^\infty_{-\infty}dt'G(xt;x't')F(x',t'),\qquad\qquad\qquad t'<t.
\end{eqnarray}
where $G(xt;x't')$ is the retarded Green's function of the system satisfying the relation
\begin{eqnarray}\label{1}
G^{-1}G(xt;x't')=\delta(t-t')\delta(x-x'),
\end{eqnarray}
and can be written
\begin{equation}\label{1}
G(xt;x't')
=\int_{-\infty}^\infty \frac{d\omega}{2\pi}e^{-i\omega(t-t')}g(x,x';\omega).
\end{equation}
with $g(x,x';\omega)$ as its Fourier transform. Then, inserting (9) into (8) reveals that
\begin{eqnarray}\label{1}
\left(\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2}+k^2(x)+V(x)\right)g(x,x';\omega)=-\delta(x-x'),\qquad\qquad\qquad k(x)=\frac{\omega}{v(x)},
\end{eqnarray}
where the potential term is
\begin{equation}\label{1}
V(x)=\frac{m}{T}(\omega^2-\alpha^2)\delta(x).
\end{equation}
In absence of the oscillator, the Green's function $g(x,x';\omega)$ reduces to the Green's function of the free string $g_0(x,x';\omega)$ for which we have
\begin{eqnarray}\label{1}
\left(\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2}+k^2(x)\right)g_0(x,x';\omega)=-\delta(x-x').
\end{eqnarray}

\section{Equation of motion of the oscillator}
The back-reaction of string on the motion of oscillator arises as a dissipative term depending on the impedance of string. To see how this happens, let us first set $F=0$ in (5) and then integrate both sides over an infinitesimal interval including the oscillator. So, we obtain [1-9]
\begin{eqnarray}\label{1}
\left(m\frac{d^2}{dt^2}+\kappa \right)\xi(t)=T\frac{\partial\phi(x,t)}{\partial x}\bigg|^{x_0+\epsilon}_{x_0-\epsilon}.
\end{eqnarray}
where $\xi(t)\equiv\phi(x_0,t)$ denotes the displacement of oscillator. Then with the aid of equation (A.16) we arrive at
\begin{eqnarray}\label{1}
\ddot{\xi}+\frac{1}{m}Z(\omega,x_0)\dot{\xi}+\alpha^2\xi=0.
\end{eqnarray}
which exhibits the role of impedance of the string on the dynamics of oscillator. Assuming a time harmonic solution of the form $\xi\sim e^{-i\omega t}$ yields a nonlinear characteristic equation of the form
\begin{equation}\label{1}
\omega^2+\frac{i}{m}\omega Z(\omega,x_0)-\alpha^2=0.
\end{equation}
This equation poses two solutions of the form
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\begin{eqnarray}\label{1}
\omega&=&h_{+}(\omega),\\
\omega&=&h_{-}(\omega),
\end{eqnarray}}
where the complex-valued eigen-frequencies are given by
\begin{equation}\label{1}
h_\pm (\omega)=-\frac{i}{2m}Z(\omega,x_0)\pm\sqrt{\alpha^2-\frac{Z^2(\omega,x_0)}{4m^2}}.
\end{equation}
The solutions (16) and (17) are exact only when the point impedance is a constant and independent of $\omega$. Otherwise, one must apply an approximation method to obtain the solutions of (16) and (17). Hence, the characteristic equation admits a general solution of the form
\begin{equation}\label{1}
\xi(t)=a_+e^{ih_+ t}+a_-e^{ih_- t}.
\end{equation}
For an under-damped oscillator with ${\mathcal{Z}_-}<2m\alpha$ and the initial condition $\xi(0)=0$, the equation (19) yields the time evolution of the form
\begin{equation}\label{1}
\xi(t)=\xi_0 e^{-\gamma t}\sin\Omega t,
\end{equation}
provided that (18) takes the form
\begin{equation}\label{1}
h_\pm (\omega)=-i\gamma\pm\Omega.
\end{equation}
In next section, we obtain the damping factor $\gamma$ and oscillation frequency $\Omega$ using the method of perturbation theory. At the point $x_0=0$, the impedance is a constant (See Appendix). Thus, for an oscillator coupled at $x_0=0$, with the aid of the equations (16)-(19) and (A.19) we have
\begin{equation}\label{1}
\xi(t)=\xi_0e^{-\frac{1}{2m}(\rho_+v_++\rho_-v_-)t}\sin\left(t\sqrt{\alpha^2-\frac{(\rho_+v_++\rho_-v_-)^2}{4m^2}}\right).
\end{equation}
Also, for a uniform string with constant impedance $\mathcal Z=2\rho v$ we obtain
\begin{equation}\label{1}
\xi(t)=\xi_0 e^{-\frac{1}{m}\rho vt}\sin\left(t\sqrt{\alpha^2-\frac{\rho^2v^2}{m^2}}\right).
\end{equation}
which also can be obtained by letting $\rho_-=\rho_+=\rho$ in (22). We skip the cases $2m\alpha={Z(0)}$ and $2m\alpha<{Z(0)}$ which lead to the critically damped and over-damped motions, respectively.
\section{Perturbative solution of characteristic equation}
For an oscillator coupled at $x_0\neq0$, the impedance is frequency-dependent due to the partial reflection of the wave at the joining point.
A perturbative solution of (16) and (17) is possible by supposing an expansion of the form
\begin{equation}
\omega=\sum_{n=0}^\infty A^n_R\omega_{n,\pm}.
\end{equation}
for the both sides of (16) and (17) in terms of the reflection coefficient $A_R$ as the perturbation parameter. The reflection coefficient is a dimensionless quantity. Furthermore, the uniform string limit, i.e. $\rho_-=\rho_+$ is obtained when $A_R=0$. For the oscillator coupled at $x_0<0$, according to (A.19) the impedance is found to be
\begin{equation}\label{1}
Z(\omega,x_0)=\frac{\mathcal{Z}_- }{1+A_Re^{-i\chi\omega}},\qquad \qquad\qquad \chi=\frac{2x_0}{v_-}.
\end{equation}
Hence, provided that $A_R|e^{-i\chi\omega}|\ll1$, we can write
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\begin{eqnarray}\label{1}
Z(\omega,x_0)\big|_{\omega=\omega_{0,+}+A_R\omega_{1,+}}&=&\mathcal{Z}_- -A_R\mathcal{Z}_-e^{-i\chi\omega_{0,+}}+O(A_R^2),\\
Z(\omega,x_0)\big|_{\omega=\omega_{0,-}+A_R\omega_{1,-}}&=&\mathcal{Z}_- -A_R\mathcal{Z}_-e^{-i\chi\omega_{0,-}}+O(A_R^2).
\end{eqnarray}}
From (24) and by expanding the both sides of (16) and (17) to first order in $A_R$, we have
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\begin{eqnarray}
\omega_{0,+}+A_R\omega_{1,+}&=&h_+(\omega)\big|_{\omega=\omega_{0,+}+A_R\omega_{1,+}},\\
\omega_{0,-}+A_R\omega_{1,-}&=&h_-(\omega)\big|_{\omega=\omega_{0,-}+A_R\omega_{1,-}}.
\end{eqnarray}}
For the right-hand sides we obtain
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\begin{eqnarray}
h_+(\omega)\big|_{\omega=\omega_{0,+}+A_R\omega_{1,+}}&=&-i\frac{\mathcal{Z}_-}{2m}+\sqrt{\alpha^2-\frac{\mathcal{Z}_-^2}{4m^2}}+
iA_R\frac{\mathcal{Z}_-}{2m}\frac{\omega_{0,+}}{\sqrt{\alpha^2-\frac{\mathcal{Z}_-^2}{4m^2}}}e^{-i\chi\omega_{0,+}},\\
h_-(\omega)\big|_{\omega=\omega_{0,-}+A_R\omega_{1,-}}&=&-i\frac{\mathcal{Z}_-}{2m}-\sqrt{\alpha^2-\frac{\mathcal{Z}_-^2}{4m^2}}-
iA_R\frac{\mathcal{Z}_-}{2m}\frac{\omega_{0,-}}{\sqrt{\alpha^2-\frac{\mathcal{Z}_-^2}{4m^2}}}e^{-i\chi\omega_{0,-}},
\end{eqnarray}}
which after equating the both sides in (28) and (29), leads to
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\begin{eqnarray}
\omega_{0,\pm}&=&-i\frac{\mathcal{Z}_-}{2m}\pm\sqrt{\alpha^2-\frac{\mathcal{Z}_-^2}{4m^2}},\\
\omega_{1,\pm}&=&\pm i\frac{\mathcal{Z}_-}{2m}\frac{\omega_{0,\pm}}{\sqrt{\alpha^2-\frac{\mathcal{Z}_-^2}{4m^2}}}e^{-i\chi\omega_{0,\pm}}.
\end{eqnarray}}
But from (21), to first order in $A_R$ we should have
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\begin{eqnarray}
\gamma&=&\gamma_0+A_R\gamma_1, \\
 \Omega&=&\Omega_0+A_R\Omega_1.
\end{eqnarray}}
Thus, with the help of (32) and (33) we get
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\begin{eqnarray}
\gamma_1&=&\gamma_0e^{-\chi\gamma_0}\left(\frac{\gamma_0}{\Omega_0}\sin\chi\Omega_0-\cos\chi\Omega_0\right),\\
\Omega_1&=&\gamma_0e^{-\chi\gamma_0}\left(\frac{\gamma_0}{\Omega_0}\cos\chi\Omega_0+\sin\chi\Omega_0\right),
\end{eqnarray}}
and
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\begin{eqnarray}
\gamma_0&=&\frac{\mathcal{Z}_-}{2m},\\
\Omega_0&=&\sqrt{\alpha^2-\frac{\mathcal{Z}_-^2}{4m^2}}.
\end{eqnarray}}
Then, plugging these results into (21) gives
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\begin{eqnarray}
\gamma&=&\gamma_0+A_R\gamma_0e^{-\chi\gamma_0}\left(\frac{\gamma_0}{\Omega_0}\sin\chi\Omega_0-\cos\chi\Omega_0\right), \\
\Omega&=&\Omega_0+A_R\gamma_0e^{-\chi\gamma_0}\left(\frac{\gamma_0}{\Omega_0}\cos\chi\Omega_0+\sin\chi\Omega_0\right).
\end{eqnarray}}
Therefore, the time evolution of the oscillator to first order in $A_R$ is given by equation (20) with $\gamma$ and $\Omega$ given by the relations (40) and (41). We notice that due to the condition $A_Re^{-\chi\gamma_0}\ll1$ in (40) we have $0<\gamma$, regardless to the sign of $A_R$. Thus, the amplitude of oscillation dies out exponentially according to (20). Needless to say, the validity of first order perturbation holds only for an almost uniform string with $|A_R|\ll1$ or $\rho_-\approx\rho_+$, indeed. Otherwise, the higher order terms in (24) must be taken into account.
\section{Response to an impulse}
Further insight about the motion of oscillator could be obtained by looking at the response of oscillator to an impulse. The response to sudden force $F(x,t)=J_0\delta(x-x_0)\delta(t)$ delivered to the oscillator is attainable from (7) via
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\begin{eqnarray}\label{1}
\nonumber
\phi(x_0,t)&=&\frac{J_0}{T}G(x_0t;x_00)\\
&=&\frac{J_0}{T}\int_{-\infty}^\infty \frac{d\omega}{2\pi}e^{-i\omega t}g(x_0,x_0;\omega).
\end{eqnarray}}
since $\xi(t)=\phi(x_0,t)$. On the other hand, the equation (10) admits the following solution for the Green's function
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\begin{eqnarray}\label{1}
\nonumber
g(x,x';\omega)&=&g_0(x,x';\omega)+\int^\infty_{-\infty}dx^{\prime\prime}g_0(x,x^{\prime\prime};\omega)V(x^{\prime\prime})g(x^{\prime\prime},x';\omega)\\
&=&g_0(x,x';\omega)+\frac{m}{T}(\omega^2-\alpha^2)g_0(x,x_0;\omega)g(x_0,x';\omega).
\end{eqnarray}}
From this expression one can obtain $g(x_0,x';\omega)$ by letting $x=x_0$, on the both sides of (43). Substituting the resultant term back into (43), then yields
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\begin{eqnarray}\label{1}
\nonumber
g(x,x_0;\omega)&=&\frac{g_0(x,x_0;\omega)}{1-\frac{m}{T}(\omega^2-\alpha^2) g_0(x_0,x_0;\omega)}\\
&=&-\frac{T}{m}\frac{1}{\omega^2+\frac{i}{m}Z(\omega,x_0)\omega-\alpha^2}\;\frac{g_0(x,x_0;\omega)}{g_0(x_0,x_0;\omega)},
\end{eqnarray}}
giving rise to
\begin{equation}\label{1}
g(x_0,x_0;\omega)=-\frac{T}{m}\frac{1}{\omega^2+\frac{i}{m}Z(\omega,x_0)\omega-\alpha^2}.
\end{equation}
This is indeed the Green's function of the oscillator described by the equation of motion, although we obtained it without refereing to (14). The denominator of this expression is the non-linear characteristic equation we encountered in (15). So, when (45) is inserted back into (42) the integrand becomes singular at the points given by (16) and (17) on the complex plane. On the other hand, the causality condition requires that the above integral to be vanished for $t<0$. This is possible only when the singular points are placed on the lower half plane, thus demanding $0<\gamma$ in (21). Therefore, upon employing the residue theorem and enclosing the integration contour in the lower (upper) half-plane for $0<t$ ($t<0$), the integral is found to be
\begin{eqnarray}\label{1}
\int_{-\infty}^\infty \frac{d\omega}{2\pi}\frac{e^{-i\omega t}}{\omega^2+\frac{i}{m}Z(\omega,x_0)\omega-\alpha^2}=-\frac{i}{h_+-h_-}\left(e^{-ih_+t}-e^{-ih_-t}\right).
\end{eqnarray}
which, after inserting into (42) and invoking (21), yields
\begin{equation}\label{1}
\phi(x_0,t)=\frac{J_0}{m\Omega} e^{-\gamma t}\sin\Omega t.
\end{equation}
This is the same result we obtained in section 3 with the amplitude $A=\frac{J_0}{m\Omega}$ and the parameters given in (40) and (41).
\section{Conclusion}
In this paper we considered a Lamb model with a string of discontinuous mass density. A discontinuous density results in a nonlinear characteristic equation for the oscillator coupled to the string. We solved the characteristic equation by applying the perturbation method and showed that to first order approximation, the oscillator evolves in time as a damped oscillator. Then using the Green's function method, we obtained the time evolution of the oscillator subjected to a sudden impulse. We found that the oscillator begins to oscillate with a decaying amplitude due to the emission of its energy along the string albeit the partial reflection of the waves at the discontinuity point.   \\

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Nine dead in California shooting
Nine people were killed in a shooting Saturday night in a predominantly Asian-populated town in southern California, law enforcement officials said Sunday.
Specialist investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office are "assisting Monterey Park Police in an investigation into a fatal shooting," according to a statement. "There are nine people who died."
The alleged shooter is a man, the statement added, but no information was available on whether he was still at large.
The shooting occurred near a site where the Lunar New Year had just been celebrated in Monterey Park, a city of some 61,000 inhabitants of majority Asian origin, located about 13 km east of the center of Los Angeles. .
According to press reports, the shooting occurred in a dance hall on Saturday evening, an hour after the Lunar New Year holiday.
A resident of the city, Wong Wei, told the Los Angeles Times that his friend was in the club and was in the bathroom when the shots broke out. When she came out, she saw an armed man and three bodies – two women and a person he identified as the club boss.


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Kenyan bishops celebrate mercy by donating food, clothing to thousands
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A woman cooks outside her destroyed residence after hundreds of homes were demolished in 2015 during forced evictions in Nairobi, Kenya. The Kenyan bishops donated clothes and food to more than 4,000 households in the slums of Ngong after the launch of their national Lenten campaign. (CNS photo/Daniel Irungu, EPA)
By Mike O'Maera
NGONG, Kenya (CNS) — A prominent Kenyan bishop said Lent is a time to celebrate and experience God's mercy, then donated clothing and food to more than 4,000 households on behalf of the bishops' conference.
Bishop Cornelius Arap Korir of Eldoret, preaching in Ngong, called on Kenyans to forget their past experiences and to forgive and love one another as the country moves toward the general election in 2017. The bishop is chairman of the national Catholic justice and peace commission.
Launching the bishops' national Lenten campaign Feb. 7, Bishop Korir said Kenyans "need to shun corruption, negative ethnicity and radicalization that tears the country apart and embrace oneness, tolerance of one another and creation of job opportunities for the youth."
He added that "in the season of Lent, the Catholic Church calls her faithful to be in fellowship and solidarity with their brothers and sisters who are less fortunate and support the church through prayers, self-denial and almsgiving."
Before the service in the city's cathedral, local and regional church leaders joined government officials in a walk through Ngong. Later, the food and clothing were donated to households in Ngong's Mathare slum.
The bishops' Lenten campaign asks Kenyans to pray and reflect on responsible citizenry, care for the environment, family values, insecurity and corruption.
In the preface to the bishops' Lenten guide, Bishop Korir said, "Kenya is a blessed country, but when we do not take responsibility of our affairs and when we remove God from our dealings, we lose a lot."
The bishop said Kenya had security challenges, "such as radicalization of the youth, abuse of drugs and alcohol among the youth, cattle rustling, rape, mob justice and general lawlessness. We may not have many ways of coping with insecurity, but if we cooperate with government, we shall reduce insecurity."
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Last month, the US Department of State hosted the first ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. The three-day conference was hosted by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, and the week was packed with a number of side events, including one hosted by the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) on religious freedom in Southeast Asia. The purpose of the ministerial was to build on the leadership the United States exerted over the last 10 years, building international support for international religious freedom (IRF) advocacy at the United Nations and in other multilateral fora.
The event was well attended with nearly 90 countries represented, about half of which were represented at the foreign minister level.
As a part of the ministerial, the US government released the Potomac Declaration, a comprehensive statement on the foundation and nature of religious freedom in the international context. The content of the statement expands upon Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and provides a useful reference point for the contours and practical elements of religious freedom.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims in Article 18 that "everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance." The freedom to live out one's faith is a God-given human right that belongs to everyone. The freedom to seek the divine and act accordingly—including the right of an individual to act consistently with his or her conscience—is at the heart of the human experience. Governments cannot justly take it away. Rather, every nation shares the solemn responsibility to defend and protect religious freedom.
The opening statement of the Potomac Declaration is not just an articulation of religious freedom—it is a robust and theologically rich declaration on the source of human rights and the God-determined parameters for human government. It was a welcome surprise to encounter the US government asserting these arguments.
One of the most interesting storylines of the ministerial was Uzbekistan's invitation to the event. Uzbekistan is on the State Department's list of Countries of Particular Concern (CPC), the US government's list of the worst violators of religious freedom around the world. The other CPCs are Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. None of these countries received an invitation to the ministerial.
At the press conference, the Uzbek foreign minister, justice minister, and two top legislative officials laid out a number of reforms aimed at restoring religious freedom and other civil and political rights. Whether Uzbekistan can secure its removal from the CPC list will depend on its ability to actually implement these reforms, but its announcement was an important first step.
This positive development in Uzbekistan was possible in part because for nearly 20 years Chris Seiple and the Institute for Global Engagement (IGE) have been building relationships and trust with members of the Uzbek government. IGE was well positioned to assist diplomatic efforts led by the State Department. Seiple has been a part of the IRF advocacy community from the beginning, co-founding the IRF Roundtable, which has become the center of gravity for civil society working with Amb. Brownback.
Brownback has brought impressive energy to this issue of religious freedom within the State Department, and this energy has caused the advocacy community to grow.
There was a huge cast of characters present at the ministerial—it was standing room only from the start of the event, with a number of additional participants watching on simulcast. Many organizations who had not worked in the international religious freedom space were seeking ways to engage, given this administration's focus on the theme as a part of its foreign policy.
There has been a multi-faith community of advocates working on IRF issues for nearly 15 years. It takes time to develop relationships, which lead to mutual respect, which lead to trust, leading ultimately to groups' ability to rely on each other. The success of the ministerial was built on this strong foundation.
One of the challenges moving forward, however, is that there are new players that threaten this community of trust. Some of these figures and organizations assert or have asserted, for instance, that Islam is not a religion but a political ideology and therefore not eligible for the full protections of the First Amendment. Some of these figures have promoted conspiracy theories attacking Muslim members of the IRF community. Bracketing these claims' absurdity for a moment, attacks against Muslim members of the community of IRF advocates are especially galling given the strong and consistent stands these Muslim leaders have taken against extremism and terrorism.
It's taken 15 years to build this advocacy community, and its future depends on its members' collective resolve to stand firm on its core commitment of robust religious freedom for members of all faiths or no faith at all. The IRF community also depends on leadership from the government to reject arguments about Islam that ultimately undermine religious freedom for everyone.
One major surprise was Secretary Pompeo's announcement that the ministerial will become an annual event, which will provide ongoing opportunities to continue to grow international consensus and networks for advocacy on religious freedom. The State Department has also expressed a desire to assist and foster regional conferences and regional religious freedom coalitions focused on the specific issues those regions face.
Last month was a significant step forward for international religious freedom advocacy, but much work remains to be done. I'm grateful for Brownback's leadership and advocacy on this issue both internationally and within the State Department itself.
Travis Wussow is vice president for public policy and general counsel at the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (ERLC). Travis led the ERLC's first international office located in the Middle East prior to joining the Washington, DC, office. He received a BBA in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin and a JD from The University of Texas School of Law.
Photo Credit: US Ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback delivers closing remarks at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, on July 26, 2018. State Department photo.


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Q: Create multiple sources according to descriminating index using reduce and scan have a stream which get gather data as response from its receptors.
so assuming i have n receptors, in the frame data received i'm able to know from which receptor index it was received and perform a filter and create a new source for each one as following.
-------a1------b1-----c1----a2-----a3----c2----b2-
-------a1-----------------a2-------a3-------------
---------------b1------------------------------b2-
----------------------c1---------------c2---------
For each receptor :
Knowing that each data packet has a timestamp. At this stage :

*

*i want to computes the delay between each two packet and calculate the sum of delta

*Create a stream of deltas and calculate the cumulated delay within each two seconds from a sample of 3 deltas

*Finally, create a stream of delays where i take only the last emmited delay from each receptor.

Here where i'm :
List<Integer> indexes = Arrays.asList(1,2,3,5);
    for(int receptorIndex : indexes) {
        observeSource(data, receptorIndex)
        .map(messages -> computesDelay(store, messages.get(1), messages.get(0)))
        .buffer(2000L, TimeUnit.SECONDS, 3)
        .map(periods -> {
            Long delta = 0L;
            for(Long period : periods)
                delta += period;
            return delta;
        })
        .scan((x,y) ->  {return x+y;})
        .takeLast(1)
        .reduce((seed, value) -> {
            return seed + value;
        })
        .subscribe(System.out::println);
    }

public static long computesDelay(Map<String, Long> list, Data one, Data another){
        long expectedDelay = list.get(one.getMessage()) - list.get(another.getMessage());
        long effectiveDelay = one.getTimestamp() - another.getTimestamp();
        return effectiveDelay - expectedDelay;
    }

    public static Observable<List<Data>> observeSource(Observable<Data> data, int ReceptorIndex) {
        return data
        .filter(receptor -> receptor.getIndex() == ReceptorIndex)
        .buffer(2,1)
        .filter(list -> list.size() == 2);
    }

The problem is that when i'm using reduce or takeLast(1) after the scan it render 0 element.
What i am missing here guys.
I want the final output as following (case a):
------a1------b1-----c1----a2-----a3----c2----b2--------a4---------
-------a1-----------------(a1,a2)-------(a2,a3)---------(a3,a4)----
----------------------------2-------------1----------------6--------
---------------------------9-----------------

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