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God of War sequel and Gran Turismo 7 coming to PS4 as well as PS5
The list of PS5 exclusives becomes thinner
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Gran Turismo 7 and the next God of War game won't be exclusive to PlayStation 5 — they will also be released on PlayStation 4, according to a new interview with Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios.
In the interview, which was conducted for the Official PlayStation Podcast, Hulst shared details on what's to come from PlayStation, along with some of his thoughts on PS5 and PS4 development. Sony published excerpts from the chat in a PlayStation Blog post on Wednesday.
Hulst said that the 7-year-old PS4 is "very much" a focus for future game development at Sony, and that the company can't and won't walk away from the 110 million PS4 owners out there. "I think that'd be bad news for fans of PS4, and frankly not very good business," he said. (For a comparison, Sony said that it had shipped 7.8 million units of the PS5 as of March 31.)
As a result, said Hulst, Sony will "continue looking" at developing PlayStation games for both PS4 and PS5. He named Guerrilla Games' Horizon Forbidden West — which Sony previously said would be a cross-generation title — as well as the next God of War game and Gran Turismo 7.
Sony delays new God of War to 2022
"Where it makes sense to develop a title for both PS4 and PS5 — for Horizon Forbidden West, the next God of War, GT7 — we'll continue looking at that," said Hulst. "And if PS4 owners want to play that game, then they can. If they want to go on and play the PS5 version, that game will be there for them."
The PS4 news comes as a surprise particularly for Gran Turismo 7, which Sony marketed as a "PlayStation 5 Exclusive" in a sizzle reel of PlayStation games published in December. And in an investor presentation last week, the company listed the next God of War title as part of its lineup of upcoming PS5 games, but left it out of the PS4 lineup.
Sony has previously dodged questions related to platform exclusivity. In an interview with The Telegraph around the launch of the PS5, PlayStation president and CEO Jim Ryan said he had "nothing to say about that" when asked to confirm whether the new God of War game would be a PS5 exclusive.
In Wednesday's interview with the PlayStation Blog, Hulst also spoke about release windows, saying that the sequel to 2018's God of War is now scheduled to launch in 2022 — and that Horizon Forbidden West may or may not hit its previously announced 2021 time frame.
"For Horizon, we think we are on track to release this holiday season," said Hulst. "But that isn't quite certain yet, and we're working as hard as we can to confirm that to you as soon as we can."
As for Gran Turismo 7, Sony announced in February that it had delayed that game to 2022.
We've reached out to Sony for further comment, and we'll update this article with any information we receive.


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There used to be a local bus that would take you near Khao San Road and then you would just have to walk, this service has been shut down (current as of March, 2012).
To get to the airport, the cheapest way (oddly enough) is with the tourist van. The cost per person is 120THB. Unless you have 4 people to share a taxi, this is a great price. The minivan goes every hour on the hour, has a/c and takes the toll road (making the ride only about 20 mins long). You can book this at any travel agency.
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State troopers received reports of the collision a little after 4 am on March 31, 2018. Investigators determined that a car headed toward Statesville had run off the left side of the highway, struck the cable barriers along the median, and reentered the roadway. The semi driver could not avoided the car, and his big rig overturned after hitting it.
The truck driver died at the scene while all three people in the car survived with serious injuries. One of the injured car passengers needed to be flown by helicopter to WakeMed in Raleigh for lifesaving treatment.
Law enforcement officials announced their intention to charge the driver of the car with causing the deadly crash but did not specific what those charges would be. One likely alleged offense is reckless driving, which section 20-140(b) of the North Carolina General Statutes says occurs when "any person … drives any vehicle upon a highway or any public vehicular area without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property."
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Q: Boost preprocessor - strange result Check the following macro:
#define INPUT (char, "microsecond", "us")(int, "millisecond", "ms")(int, "second", "s")(int, "minute", "min")(float, "hour", "h")

Goal is to add double parentheses around each tuple resulting in:
((char, "microsecond", "us"))((int, "millisecond", "ms"))((int, "second", "s"))((int, "minute", "min"))((float, "hour", "h"))

Now I use the following macros to do this job:
#define ADD_PAREN_1(A, B, C) ((A, B, C)) ADD_PAREN_2
#define ADD_PAREN_2(A, B, D) ((A, B, C)) ADD_PAREN_1
#define ADD_PAREN_1_END
#define ADD_PAREN_2_END
#define OUTPUT0 ADD_PAREN_1 INPUT
#define OUTPUT1 BOOST_PP_CAT( OUTPUT0, _END )

The result is as follows:
OUTPUT0 is fine:
((char, "microsecond", "us")) ((int, "millisecond", C)) ((int, "second", "s")) ((int, "minute", C)) ((float, "hour", "h")) ADD_PAREN_2

But when BOOST_PP_CAT is called the result of OUTPUT1 is:
float

I do not understand this behaviour. Any hints ?
Note I use Visual Studio 2010

A: The preprocessor works by scanning and expanding. So when it expands your OUTPUT0 macro, it gives:
ADD_PAREN_1 INPUT
^

Then it scans the next token to see if it is a parenthesis, and if it is it will invoke ADD_PAREN_1 as a function macro. However, it will only see INPUT, So it doesn't invoke ADD_PAREN_1. Next it scans and expands the next token:
ADD_PAREN_1 INPUT
            ^

Which will result in this:
ADD_PAREN_1 (char, "microsecond", "us")(int, "millisecond", "ms")(int, "second", "s")(int, "minute", "min")(float, "hour", "h")
            ^

Next when you try to use OUTPUT1, it will expand to this:
BOOST_PP_CAT( OUTPUT0, _END )

Which BOOST_PP_CAT will expand OUTPUT0 and then concat the tokens, so you will ultimately get this:
 ADD_PAREN_1 (char, "microsecond", "us")(int, "millisecond", "ms")(int, "second", "s")(int, "minute", "min")(float, "hour", "h") ## _END

As you can see you are concating a parenthesis with _END, which is not allowed, and results in a compiler error. In Visual Studio, you may see different results, as their preprocessor works in mysterious ways.
Ultimately, to make it work you just need to apply an extra scan in the OUTPUT0 macro, something like this:
#define X(x) x
#define OUTPUT0 X(ADD_PAREN_1 INPUT)

Which will work in C preprocessors, I don't know if it will exactly work in Visual Studio(I don't have access to it right now to check), but I do know this works:
#define ADD_PAREN(x) BOOST_PP_CAT(ADD_PAREN_1 x, _END)
#define ADD_PAREN_1(A, B, C) ((A, B, C)) ADD_PAREN_2
#define ADD_PAREN_2(A, B, D) ((A, B, C)) ADD_PAREN_1
#define ADD_PAREN_1_END
#define ADD_PAREN_2_END
#define OUTPUT1 ADD_PAREN(INPUT)

Which is similar to how they do it in boost. See how the BOOST_FUSION_ADAPT_ASSOC_STRUCT_FILLER macro is used here.

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La chiesa della Beata Vergine del Rosario è un luogo di culto presente nell'abitato di Ozieri.

Storia
La chiesa fu edificata intorno al 1630-1638 dalla Confraternita del Santo Rosario, esistente già da qualche decennio, a seguito della fondazione dell'adiacente convento delle Clarisse, nel XVII secolo e XVIII secolo fu utilizzata dalle monache di clausura.

Architettura
La chiesa, edificata in stile barocco, sorge nel rione Episcopiu, a brevissima distanza dalla cattedrale dell'Immacolata e dalla sede della Curia.

La facciata principale si presenta pressoché quadrata, completata in sommità da un cornicione semplicissimo, completato dalla presenza di una croce in ferro lavorata di epoca posteriore; il portale di ingresso è privo di cornici ed è sovrastato da un semplice arco di scarico.

Ai lati del portone di ingresso sono presenti due finestre circolari che illuminano le due prime cappelle, mentre al di sopra del portone si apre una lunga finestra centinata che dà luce alla cantoria.

Di particolare interesse è il fregio in pietra presente al di sopra del portone centinato, in cui è scolpita l'epigrafe:

L'interno si compone di un'aula coperta a botte con tre cappelle laterali per parte, anch'esse coperte a botte, il presbiterio risulta rialzato rispetto alla navata e anticipato da un arco trionfale.

All'interno sono conservate molte statue del XVII secolo - XVIII secolo, ed un grande affresco naturalistico del 1699 firmato nella prima cappella a destra, detta delle Anime.:

Note

Vergine del Rosario
Ozieri
Chiese barocche della Sardegna

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\section{\label{intro}Introduction}
The study of electron transport through a (quantum) dot in the Coulomb Blockade regime, or
Coulomb-blockade spectroscopy, serves as an important first-step in semiconductor-based quantum
computing (QC) implementations. At the single electron limit, quantum dots (QD) represent the
physical qubits in both spin and charge-based QC schemes. On the other hand, a (quantum) dot with
few (hundred) electrons, weakly tunnel-coupled to large electron reservoirs, and capacitively coupled
to a control gate, constitute a single electron transistor (SET). SETs act as extremely sensitive
electrometers, which enable projective measurement of the qubit-state, for both charge and spin qubits\cite{KouwenhovenFewelectronquantumdots2001,HansonSpinsfewelectronquantum2007}. From DC Coulomb-blockade spectroscopy (CBS), information about the
orbital and spin states of the QDs, the electron g-factor, the electron temperature, the strength of the
QD's tunnel coupling to the source (S) and drain (D) reservoirs, and its capacitive coupling to the
control gates can be determined\cite{nazarovbook}. However, the excited-state resonances of the QD are often
marred in the CBS data by fingerprints of features "extrinsic" to the QD\cite{EscottResonanttunnellingfeatures2010}, particularly by those
due to non-uniform density-of- states (DOS) or local density-of- states fluctuations (LDOSF) in the
source and drain reservoirs.\\
\indent Appearance of such DOS/LDOSF-related features have been reported for a variety of systems, such as
gated single/multi-donor devices\cite{Fuechslesingleatomtransistor2012a,TanTransportSpectroscopySingle2010,LansbergenGateinducedquantumconfinementtransition2008,PierreSingledonorionizationenergies2009,FuechsleSpectroscopyfewelectronsinglecrystal2010a}, MOS-based \cite{LimObservationsingleelectronregime2009} and nanowire-based \cite{ZwanenburgSpinStatesFirst2009} SETs in silicon, and nominally two-dimensional (2D) resonant tunnelling structures fabricated in GaAs/AlGaAs heterosystems \cite{SchmidtSpectroscopylocaldensity1996,SavchenkoResonantTunnellingSpectroscopy2000,FalkoImagelocaldensity1997,HolderEnhancedFluctuationsTunneling2000,SchmidtEnergyDependenceQuasiparticle2001,KonemannCorrelationfunctionspectroscopyinelastic2001,SleightElectronspectroscopicstudyvertical1996}. While these features reveal several interesting information
about the disorder and carrier localization in the leads, they complicate the analysis of the features
related to the QD itself. The challenges involved in probing the QD states in the presence of extrinsic
resonances are discussed in Refs. \onlinecite{EscottResonanttunnellingfeatures2010,Fuechslesingleatomtransistor2012a,TanTransportSpectroscopySingle2010,LansbergenGateinducedquantumconfinementtransition2008,mthesis,MottonenProbecontrolreservoir2010}. Additionally, Ref. \onlinecite{MottonenProbecontrolreservoir2010} suggests one method to
distinguish between the features due to the discrete states of the QD, and those appearing due to the
non-uniform DOS of the quasi-1D S/D leads. However, the approach requires additional gates in the
SET design, to independently control the energy states of the leads.\\
\indent In this Letter, using Coulomb blockade rate equations, we demonstrate that the DOS non-uniformity (or LDOSF) fingerprints may be completely eliminated via the pump-probe technique, originally introduced by Fujisawa et al.\cite{FujisawaAllowedforbiddentransitions2002,FujisawaTransientcurrentspectroscopy2001a,FujisawaTimedependentsingleelectrontransport2006}. Here, the SET current is measured by applying square wave voltage pulses to the top gate (together with a DC component) in the presence of a relatively small S/D bias. We show that the excited-state (ES) resonances are preserved in the data\cite{FujisawaTransientcurrentspectroscopy2001a,FujisawaTimedependentsingleelectrontransport2006}, provided voltage pulses of sufficiently high frequencies can be applied to the plunger gate(s). We then show that DOS-related features may also be suppressed in usual DC Coulomb blockade spectroscopy by judiciously modifying the way in which the S/D bias is applied. Our results suggest that the latter technique is more versatile and possibly easier to implement.\\
\begin{figure}[htb!]
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Fig1.png}
\caption{(a) Schematic illustration of a SET, depicting the different mutual capacitances and the tunnel-resistances in the circuit. (b) The energy landscape from the source (S) to the drain (D) reservoir, via the quantum dot (Q), showing the non-uniform DOS in the S/D leads and the discrete energy states of Q. (c) Schematic representation of the differential conductance of the SET, revealing the excited state resonances (blue and red lines), along with features due to DOS of the S/D leads (grey lines).}
\label{fig1}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure*}[htb!]
\includegraphics[width=6in]{Fig2.png}
\caption{(a) Simulated differential conductance map of the single-P-donor SET. (b) Plot of the density of states in the source and drain leads. (c) Schematic illustration of the P-donor potential, depicting the single-electron ($D^0$) and two-electron ($D^-$) ground states, along with the excited $D^0$- states.}
\label{fig2}
\end{figure*}
\indent To elucidate the complications associated with the appearance of DOS/LDOSF features in DC CBS data, we consider the SET circuit shown schematically in Figure~\ref{fig1}(a). The QD (labeled Q) is tunnel-coupled to the S/D leads (characterized by the capacitances $C_S$  and $C_D$, and tunnel-resistances $R_S$ and $R_D$) and only capacitively coupled to the plunger gate (G), (characterized by the capacitance $C_G$). Mutual capacitances between the S/D leads and G have been ignored for the sake of simplicity. Figure~\ref{fig1}(b) depicts the energy landscape of the SET under an applied source-drain bias ($V_{SD}$). The voltage ($V_G$) on the plunger gate controls the electrochemical potential of the dot ($\mu_Q$), with respect to that of the reservoirs ($\mu_S$  and $\mu_D$). Together with the discrete energy states of the QD, the continuum of energy states in the S/D leads, characterized by a non-uniform energy-dependent DOS (or LDOSF), is also sketched in Fig.~\ref{fig1}(b). In the corresponding schematic 2D-map of the differential conductance of the SET (Figure~\ref{fig1}(c)), which contains diamond-shaped Coulomb-blockaded regions with well-defined electron count on the dot (N), the fingerprint of the DOS non-uniformity/LDOSF is depicted as (grey) lines parallel to one of the diamond edges. These fluctuations of the SET conductance appear in the CBS data since the discrete energy state of the QD acts as an efficient spectrometer for probing the DOS/LDOSF in the leads, when it is plunged through the $V_{SD}$ bias window, by varying $V_G$ \cite{SchmidtSpectroscopylocaldensity1996}. The resolution of the spectrometer is only limited by the level broadening of the QD energy states, which depends on the strength of the tunnel-coupling between the QD and the S/D leads and/or the electron temperature. Thus, at milli-Kelvin temperatures and for weak tunnel-coupling, typical of SETs used as sensitive electrometers, the DOS/LDOSF features can be very well-resolved, which makes identification and analysis of excited-state resonances of the QD (depicted by blue and red lines in Fig.~\ref{fig1}(c)) challenging.\\
\indent To model the conductance map of DC Coulomb blockade spectroscopy, as well as to demonstrate the results of the pump-probe spectroscopy, we consider a realistic SET lay-out, similar to that reported in Ref. \onlinecite{Fuechslesingleatomtransistor2012a}. Here, the entire SET is fabricated on a single atomic plane within a Si crystal, by selected-area phosphorus doping, using a scanning-tunnelling-microscopy (STM)-based lithography technique. The QD of the SET is defined by a single P donor, incorporated between the S and D leads, similar to the design schematically shown in Fig.~\ref{fig1}(a).  For the mutual capacitances in the SET layout, we assumed experimentally obtained values \cite{mthesis} for the same device. \\
\indent For the steady state transport through the SET in the Coulomb blockade regime, the addition and removal of electrons is described by a rate equation\cite{MuralidharanProbingelectronicexcitations2006,MuralidharanGenericmodelcurrent2007} for the non-equilibrium probability $P_i^N$ of each N-electron many-body state $|N,i>$ with total energy $E_i^N$. The master equation involves transition rates $R_{(N,i)\rightarrow(N\pm 1,j)}$  between states differing by a single electron, leading to a set of independent equations, defined by the size of the Fock space:
\begin{align}
\frac{dP_i^N}{dt}= -\sum_j[R_{(N,i)\rightarrow(N\pm 1,j)} P_i^N - R_{(N\pm 1,j)\rightarrow(N,i)} P_j^{N\pm 1} ] + R_{r}
\label{eq1}
\end{align}
and the normalization equation,  $\sum_{i,N}P_i^N = 1$. $R_{r}$ is the relaxation term given by:
\begin{align}
R_{r}=
\begin{cases}
    \frac{\sum_{j\neq i} R_{(N,j)\rightarrow(N,i)}}{\tau_r} P_i^N,& \text{if } i = GS\\
    - \frac{1}{\tau_r} P_i^N,              & \text{otherwise}
\end{cases}
\end{align}
where $\tau_r$ is the relaxation time constant. The transition rates are given by:
\begin{align}
R_{(N,i)\rightarrow(N-1,j)}=\sum_{\alpha=S,D}\Gamma_\alpha [1-f(\mu_{ij}^{Nr} - \mu_\alpha )], \\R_{(N-1,j)\rightarrow(N,i)}=\sum_{\alpha=S,D}\Gamma_\alpha f(\mu_{ij}^{Na} - \mu_\alpha )
\label{eq2}
\end{align}
where $\mu_\alpha$ are the electrochemical potentials of the S/D contacts, and $f$ is the corresponding Fermi function, with single particle removal and addition
transport channels $\mu_{ij}^{Nr}=\mu_i^N - \mu_j^{N-1}$ and $\mu_{ij}^{Na} = \mu_j^{N+1}-\mu_i^N$, respectively. Here, $\Gamma_\alpha$ denote the tunnel rates, which contain the expression of DOS of the respective leads. In steady state, $(\dfrac{dP_i^N}{dt}=0)$, the current through the SET ($I_{SD}$ ) can be equated to the current across one of the barriers as
\begin{align}
I_{SD} &= I_S = -I_D \nonumber \\
&=\pm \frac{e}{\hbar} \sum_{ij}[R_{(N,i)\rightarrow(N\pm 1,j)}^S P_i^N - R_{(N\pm 1,j)\rightarrow(N,i)}^S P_j^{N\pm 1}]
\label{eq3}
\end{align}
\indent Figure~\ref{fig2}(a) shows the simulated differential conductance map for the device. Here, the tunnel coupling of the QD to the S/D leads is assumed to be symmetric (with tunnel rates $\Gamma_S$= $\Gamma_D$=100 GHz\cite{TettamanziProbingQuantumStates2017}), while the energy relaxation rate from the ES to the ground state GS is taken to be W=$\tau_r^{-1}$=100 MHz\cite{TahanRelaxationexcitedspin2014a,VolkProbingrelaxationtimes2013}. The map reflects the positively-charged ($D^+$), neutral ($D^0$), and negatively-charged ($D^-$) charge states of the P-donor\cite{Fuechslesingleatomtransistor2012a}.  The potential profile for an isolated P donor in bulk Si is shown in Figure~\ref{fig2}(c). The $D^0$ and $D^-$ ground states (GS) are situated below the Si conduction band edge ($E_{CB}$ ) by their respective binding energies (45.6 meV and 1.7 meV). Also shown are the $D^0$ ES, together with their energy separation from the ground state. In the $D^0$ diamond of Fig.~\ref{fig2}(a), the spectra of the excited states (marked by the arrows) appear at $V_{SD}$  values which correspond to their energies, as shown in Fig.~\ref{fig2}(c). However, superposed on this spectrum are additional resonances, which are attributable to the energy-dependence of the DOS of the S and D leads. \\
\indent To model the DOS in the S/D leads (Fig.~\ref{fig2}(b)), we have considered an ideal DOS of a 70 nm wide wire\cite{TanKuanthesis}. Although this simplification possibly underestimates the randomness of the DOS energy-dependence, by neglecting the non-regular geometry of the actual S/D leads and any LDOSF, the observations related to the study of their appearance in the CBS data are expected to remain the same. It is also important to note that, though we demonstrate the results of our modelling for the device design of Ref. \onlinecite{Fuechslesingleatomtransistor2012a}, the conclusions of this work may be generalized for any SET lay-out. Figure~\ref{fig2}(a) clearly demonstrates that the DOS related features make the identification of the resonances due to the donor ES complicated, and in many cases impossible \cite{PierreSingledonorionizationenergies2009,FuechsleSpectroscopyfewelectronsinglecrystal2010a,ZwanenburgSpinStatesFirst2009}.  \\
\begin{figure}[htb!]
\includegraphics[width=3.4in]{Fig3.png}
\caption{Differential conductance maps simulated around the $D^0\leftrightarrow D^-$ transition (a) for $\Gamma_S= \Gamma_D=100$ GHz, $V_{SD}$ applied to the D terminal, (b) for $\Gamma_S= \Gamma_D=100$ GHz, $V_{SD}$ applied to the S terminal, (c) for $\Gamma_S=100$ GHz, $\Gamma_D=10$ GHz, $V_{SD}$ applied to the D terminal, and (d) for $\Gamma_S=10$ GHz, $\Gamma_D=100$ GHz, $V_{SD}$ applied to the D terminal.}
\label{fig3}
\end{figure}
\indent Characteristic features of the DOS spectrum in DC CBS data are further explained in Figure~\ref{fig3}. Figure~\ref{fig3}(a) shows a close up image of the region demarcated by the rectangle in Fig.~\ref{fig2}(a). Here, $V_{SD}$ is applied to D, while S is grounded (See representation of Fig.~\ref{fig1}(b)).  The DOS resonances in this case run parallel to the Coulomb-diamond-edge with negative slope $\dfrac{dV_{SD}}{dV_G}<0$. However, when $V_{SD}$ is applied to S (with D grounded), the DOS resonances run parallel to the Coulomb-diamond-edge with positive slope $\dfrac{dV_{SD}}{dV_G}>0$, as shown in Figure~\ref{fig3}(b). We note that this finding is in contrast to claims made in several previous reports\cite{EscottResonanttunnellingfeatures2010,mthesis,MottonenProbecontrolreservoir2010}, where the DOS resonances have been schematically shown and argued to run parallel to both diamond edges, for $V_{SD}$ applied to either of the left/right terminals. According to our survey, only Ref. \onlinecite{LansbergenGateinducedquantumconfinementtransition2008} makes a correct depiction of the DOS resonances. \\
\indent In case of significantly asymmetric S/D tunnel coupling ($\Gamma_S \neq \Gamma_D$), $I_{SD}$ is determined by the slower tunnel-rate \cite{FujisawaTimedependentsingleelectrontransport2006}. Therefore, features due to only the DOS of the weaker-coupled lead appears in the conductance map. Figure~\ref{fig3}(c) and 3(d) depict the cases where $\Gamma_D=0.1\Gamma_S$  and $\Gamma_S=0.1\Gamma_D$, respectively. In comparison to Fig.~\ref{fig3}(a) ($\Gamma_S=\Gamma_D=100$ GHz), fewer DOS- resonances are observed in both cases. However, it is also evident that the QD ES-transitions are pronounced only on the $V_{SD}>0$ ($V_{SD}<0$) half of the conductance map, in Fig.~\ref{fig3}(c) (Fig.~\ref{fig3}(d)). For the other half of the corresponding maps, electron extraction (injection) takes place on a slower (faster) timescale, thus making relaxation to GS more likely. This can complicate the analysis, albeit it can be mitigated to some extent by judiciously choosing the lead, to which $V_{SD}$ is applied.\\
\indent In contrast to the DC Coulomb blockade spectroscopy, the pump-probe spectroscopy (PPS) technique allows complete elimination of the DOS-resonances\cite{TettamanziProbingQuantumStates2017}. In PPS, a rectangular voltage pulse $V(t)$, is applied to the gate (Figure~\ref{fig4}(b)), together with a DC voltage, and $V_{SD}$ is maintained small.  Here, the time-integrated non-equilibrium transient current is mapped out as a function of the DC gate voltage ($V_G$) and the amplitude of the rectangular pulse ($|V_p|$), as originally introduced by Fujisawa et al. \cite{FujisawaTransientcurrentspectroscopy2001a}. A schematic of the current ($I_{SD}$)-map is shown in Figure~\ref{fig4}(a).  The DC Coulomb peak (i.e. for $V(t)=0$) corresponding to the $GS(N-1)\leftrightarrow GS(N)$ transition appears at a particular value of $V_G (=V_G^0)$ . On the other hand, for $|V_p|>0$, the same transition occurs at two different values of $V_G (=V_G^L$ and $V_G^R)$, which are equidistant from the $V_G=V_G^0$ line (See Fig.~\ref{fig4}(a)). To explain this current map, we first consider the situation at $V_G=V_G^L$. In the low-level of the voltage pulse $(V(t)=-V_p)$, both GS and ES electrochemical potentials, $(\mu_Q^G (N)$  and $\mu_Q^E (N))$, are well above the $V_{SD}$ window, so that the SET is in the Coulomb blockade regime, with  N-1 electrons on the QD. When $V(t)$ is 'instantaneously' increased to $+V_p$,  both $\mu_Q^G (N)$ and $\mu_Q^E (N)$ are plunged down. The SET current, $I_{SD}$, is switched on once at  $V_p=+V_p^G$, when $\mu_Q^G (N)$ is plunged down into the $V_{SD}$ window (with $\mu_Q^E (N)$ situated above the window), and again at $V_p=+V_p^E$, when $μ_Q^E (N)$ is plunged down into the $V_{SD}$ window (with $\mu_Q^G (N)$ situated below the window). In case of the later, electron transport takes place as long as the $\mu_Q^G (N)$ remains unoccupied. On the other hand, at $V_G=V_G^R$, $\mu_Q^G (N)$  and $\mu_Q^E (N)$ are situated well below the $V_{SD}$ window for $V(t)=+ V_p$ (Coulomb blockade regime, with  N electrons)  and plunged up when $V(t)$ is instantaneously decreased to $- V_p$. Here, the SET current switches on only for $V_p=- V_p^{(G)}$, when $\mu_Q^G (N)$ is plunged up into the $V_{SD}$ window. For a larger magnitude of $|V_p|$, the transitions take place at values of $V_G$ farther away from $V_G^0$, explaining the characteristic V-shape for the GS transition and the slope of the ES resonance.\\
\indent Although the current map of the pump-probe technique resembles that of DC CBS, there are several important differences. The energy of the ES (above the GS) cannot be directly read off from the vertical axis of the pump-probe current map (unlike the case of a DC CBS current/differential-conductance map). This is because the voltage $V(t)$ is applied to the gate terminal, which yields the energy of the ES only when the correct lever arm $(\alpha_G = \frac{C_G}{C_\Sigma})$ is accounted for. Secondly, the slope of the edges of the V-shape are independent of the mutual capacitances of the SET circuit, unlike that of the diamond edges in DC CBS (ideally, $\frac{dV_G^P}{dV_G^{DC}})=1$). Finally, as demonstrated next, the DOS features do not appear in the pump-probe current map. \\
\begin{figure*}[htb!]
\includegraphics[width=6.6in]{Fig4.png}
\caption{Schematic illustration of (a) current map recorded in pump-probe spectroscopy (PPS), (b) the voltage pulse function, and (c) the pulse instances corresponding to the 'blue' and 'red' lines in (a). (d) Simulated current map of PPS. (e) Plot showing the excited-state current for different rise times along the white dashed line in (d).}
\label{fig4}
\end{figure*}
\indent For the single-P-donor SET considered earlier, the time-integrated current of the pump-probe technique:
\begin{align}
I = \frac{1}{T}\sum_{t=0}^T \frac{I_S(t)-I_D(t)}{2}
\end{align}
is simulated by obtaining the non-steady state solution to Equation\eqref{eq1}, using a finite-difference backward Euler scheme. The simulated current map (with $\Gamma_S= \Gamma_D=100 GHz$, and $W=\tau_r^{-1}=100$ MHz), for a range of $V_G$ around the $D^+\leftrightarrow D^0$ transition, is shown in Figure~\ref{fig4}(d). The first two ES resonances of the $D^0$-state can be seen in the map, without the interference of features due to the DOS of the S/D leads. It is easy to comprehend why the DOS features vanish from the pump-probe data. Since the $\mu_S$  and $\mu_D$ are kept fixed, the 'spectrometer' ($\mu_Q$) cannot scan the DOS of either of the leads. Even temporal-fluctuations of DOS will only modulate the current along the V-shape, but will not result in additional resonances in the current map. \\
\indent It is also important to note the conditions under which the ES-resonances remain visible in the PPS technique. Electron tunnel rates across S/D barriers, can range from 1 MHz to 100 GHz in typical SETs \cite{FujisawaTimedependentsingleelectrontransport2006}. In contrast, momentum relaxation rates are typically $W\geq 10$ MHz \cite{TettamanziProbingQuantumStates2017}. For the PPS technique to reveal the orbital ES-resonances, the pulse-high time ($t_h$), needs to satisfy the condition $W<t_h^{-1}<\Gamma_S,\Gamma_D$. While $t_h^{-1}<\Gamma_S,\Gamma_D$ ensures that within each cycle of the voltage pulse, $\mu_Q^E (N)$ resides for sufficient time within the bias window for  measurable electron tunnelling processes to occur, $t_h^{-1}>W$ warrants that orbital relaxation does not populate the GS, and thereby, block the SET current. Thus voltage pulses of at least a few MHz are typically required to record ES-resonances in PPS. On the other hand, the spin relaxation rate in silicon is $\sim$ Hz. Hence, identification of the spin ES of a single electron confined to a QD can be amply performed by the PPS technique, even for weak tunnel coupling to the S/D leads. In real devices, often the S/D tunnel-coupling to the QD is highly asymmetric.  For such cases, electron injection (extraction) across the slower (faster) barriers is an additional requirement for good visibility of the ES-resonances.\\
\indent Another requirement for the visibility of the ES-resonances is that the rise time of the pulse is much shorter than $\Gamma_{S,D}^{-1}$. Figure~\ref{fig4}(e) plots $I_{SD}$  for a section of the ES-resonances in Fig.~\ref{fig4}(a) (shown by the dotted white line), for different pulse rise-times (corresponding to $\Gamma_S= \Gamma_D=100$ GHz and $\tau_h^{-1}= 20$ GHz). It is observed that the current corresponding to the ES-resonances falls sharply with increasing rise-time. For a higher rise-time, electron-tunnelling to the GS (situated below the $V_{SD}$ window) becomes more likely, which blocks the current through the ES (situated within the $V_{SD}$ window), due to Coulomb blockade. \\
\indent While ES-resonances can be resolved in the PPS data, without being obfuscated by the DOS fingerprint, their visibility is contingent upon an intricate balance between the different rates. A favourable ratio of $W$ and $\Gamma_{S,D}$ may not be always accessible, either due to constraints imposed by the device architecture or the intrinsic timescales of the (energy) relaxation processes. In this section, we demonstrate that the DOS features may also be eliminated from the differential conductance data of the usual DC CBS, by sweeping the bias voltage on both S and D terminals, in a ratio determined only by the mutual capacitances $C_S$ and $C_D$. The electrochemical potential ($\mu_{ij}^N$) of the QD is related to the voltages applied to the different terminals as \cite{HansonSpinsfewelectronquantum2007}:
\begin{align}
\mu_{ij}^N = (N-1/2)E_C - \frac{E_C}{|e|}(C_S V_S + C_D V_D + C_G V_G ) + \Delta E
\label{eq5}
\end{align}
\begin{figure}[htb!]
\includegraphics[width=3.4in]{Fig5.png}
\caption{The simulated (a) current and the (b) differential conductance maps for the DC biasing scheme shown in (c). }
\label{fig5}
\end{figure}
Here, $E_C=e^2/(C_S+C_D+C_G )$ is the charging energy of the QD, $\Delta E=E_j^N-E_i^{N-1}$ is the difference between the eigenenergies of the $|N,j>$ and the $|N-1,i>$ states, and $V_S,V_D,V_G$ are the voltages applied to the S, D, and G terminals, respectively. If the S/D-bias is applied such that $V_S=\alpha V_{SD}$ and $V_D=-(1-\alpha) V_{SD}$ (See Figure~\ref{fig5}(c)), where $\alpha=C_D/(C_S+C_D)$, $\mu_{ij}^N$ will depend only on $V_G$. In such a scenario, the DOS-resonances in the current map will appear as lines parallel to the $V_{SD}$-axis, as shown in Figure~\ref{fig5}(a). In the corresponding differential conductance map (Figure~\ref{fig5}(b)), the DOS-signature is completely suppressed. We believe that this method is easier to implement and less-constrained than the PPS technique, as the current through the ES is not restricted by the gate voltage pulse-rate or blockaded by the loading of the GS.  \\
\indent In conclusion, we demonstrated in this work that excited-state resonances of quantum dots can be obtained without interference of features due to the non-uniform density-of-states of the source and drain reservoirs in pump-probe spectroscopy and also in usual Coulomb blockade spectroscopy, provided the source-drain bias (in the latter case) is applied is a particular ratio to both terminals. The results bode well for computer-automated initialization\cite{baart_computer-automated_2016} of large array of spin/charge qubits.\\
\textit{Acknowledgements}: AM and SM acknowledge useful discussions with Aritra Lahiri and Sven Rogge, respectively.

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Caught on camera: Moment Florida cops arrest woman who allegedly shot sick husband of 50 years in hospital bed
Blog, News / By Er Abhishek Kumar Agrahari
A terminally ill Florida man apparently asked his wife to shoot him in his Daytona Beach hospital bed, and she agreed, according to local police, who arrested his wife at the scene on Jan. 21.
Volusia County authorities have charged Ellen Gilland, 76, with one count of premeditated, first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after she allegedly shot her husband of more than 50 years, Jerry Gilland, to death.
Recently released police-worn body camera footage shows Daytona Beach police arresting Gilland at AdventHealth Daytona Beach.
"Drop the gun!" officers tell her repeatedly from the hospital hallway.
FLORIDA WOMAN WHO REPORTEDLY SHOT, KILLED TERMINALLY ILL HUSBAND AT HOSPITAL CHARGED WITH MURDER
Volusia County authorities have charged Gilland, 76, with one county of premeditated, first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after she fatally shot her husband of more than 50 years, Jerry Gilland.
(Volusia County Jail/ Ellen Gilland Facebook)
One officer observes that she is "sitting right beside the bed" in her husband's hospital room.
FLORIDA POLICE SAY WOMAN SHOT TERMINALLY ILL HUSBAND AT HOSPITAL
Another officer can be heard trying to get Gilland to talk and drop her firearm: "Tell me what's going on. I don't want to hurt you. We don't want to hurt you. Tell me what's going on. Just talk to me. Talk to me. What's going on? Why can't you drop the gun?"
Police negotiated with Gilland for four hours before eventually using a flash bang and taser to get the 76-year-old woman drop her weapon, according to FOX 35 Orlando.
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Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said during a Sunday press conference that Gilland was "already in a depressed state" due to her husband's illness "and knowing that the end was near" when she allegedly shot him, FOX 35 reported.
Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said during a Sunday press conference that Gilland was "already in a depressed state" due to her husband's illness "and knowing that the end was near" when she shot him, FOX 35 reported.
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"They had a conversation about it, and they actually planned this approximately three weeks ago that if he continued to take a turn for the worst that he wanted her to end this," Young said.
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In a July 2016 Facebook post, Gilland shared an old photo of herself and her husband marking their 47th anniversary.
Ellen Gilland and her husband, Jerry, were together for more than 50 years before Gilland shot him, apparently at his request, in a Daytona Beach hospital.
"Our 47th Anniversary today. This pic is from our 7th at Disney," she wrote, along with the photo. "Still having a great time with one of the sweetest guys I have ever known. Lucky, lucky me. Happy Anniversary, Dumplin."
Gilland is now being held without bond at the Volusia County Jail.
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Fox and National Geographic are investigating astrophysicist and television host Neil deGrasse Tyson after multiple women made claims of sexual misconduct against him, the companies said in a statement Saturday.
Tyson is the host of science docuseries "Cosmos" that both Fox and National Geographic are scheduled to air in March 2019, reported USA Today.
"We have only just become aware of the recent allegations regarding Neil deGrasse Tyson. We take these matters very seriously and we are reviewing the recent reports," Fox and National Geographic said in a joint statement, according to USA Today.
The producers of "Cosmos" are also taking part in the investigation, which comes after Tyson, who is married, has been accused of misconduct, including rape.
"The credo at the heart of 'Cosmos' is to follow the evidence wherever it leads," the producers said in a statement, according to Business Insider. "The producers of 'Cosmos' can do no less in this situation. We are committed to a thorough investigation of this matter and to act accordingly as soon as it is concluded."
The two most recent allegations were published by Patheos Thursday. Katelyn N. Allers, who teaches physics and astronomy at Bucknell University, alleges Tyson groped her at an after-party in 2009, according to Patheos. Tyson's former assistant Ashley Watson claims she quit working for him because of a pattern of inappropriate sexual advances, reported Business Insider.
Allers said she told colleagues about Tyson's behavior after the party, when he noticed a solar system tattoo she has across her arm, collar-bone and back, according to Patheos.
"Tyson was there, and he was dancing and drinking and all of that at the party, so a friend and I decided to get pictures with him," she told Patheos. "After we had taken the picture, he noticed my tattoo and kind of grabbed me to look at it, and was really obsessed about whether I had Pluto on this tattoo or not … and then he looked for Pluto, and followed the tattoo into my dress."
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Tyson has addressed a 2005 recording of President Donald Trump making lewd comments about a woman that was published in October 2016.
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Here is another page of data, respecting two articles, the first a three page article by Charles Cowper that was published in 'Sea Breezes' magazine of Jun. 1963, (Vol. 35 #210). And secondly an illustrated article that was published in 'The Outlook' in its Oct. 25, 1913 issue, and two related images that were published a week later, on Nov. 1, 1913.
A copy of the particular 'Sea Breezes' issue was sold in early Apr. 2005 via e-Bay for GBP 5.50 or approximately U.S. $10.50).
I would have liked to find a way to contact Mr. Charles Cowper, to seek his permission for the use of his interesting first-person article. But without success! But since he was serving aboard Carmania at the time of the Volturno disaster in 1913, he surely has now long since passed away. If anyone can help in that regard, do please do so.
'Sea Breezes'? (cover of Jun. 1963 issue at left, incidentally) A very long established magazine, it would appear, having first published in 1919. The 'Sea Breezes' website is here & a magazine subscription can be arranged through that site. Do go visit!
This section has been made possible by the kindness of retired mariner Mr. Peter Baron, of Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, whom we most sincerely thank.
A new "Carmania", formerly the "Saxonia", has recently made her appearance in the fleet of the Cunard Steam-Ship Co., Ltd. This article tells the story of the part played by the first "Carmania" in rescuing many passengers and crew from the steamer "Volturno", on fire in the North Atlantic, nearly half a century ago.
Shortly before 8 a.m. on Thursday, October 9, 1913, the wireless operator on board the Cunard liner Carmania, in which I was serving, heard the SOS distress signal, sent by the operator in the London steamer Volturno, (3,602 gross tons) who also informed us that the ship was on fire, forward in Nos. 1 and 2 holds. The position of the Carmania at 8 a.m. was 78 miles from the Volturno and Capt. J. C. Barr immediately set his course; the watch of firemen was doubled, and the Cunarder proceeded at her utmost speed, steaming through a gale and nasty head sea at a speed of 19� knots, arriving abreast of the burning ship at 11:55 a.m. As the Carmania was the first rescuing vessel to arrive, she was manoeuvred into position on the lee side of the Volturno, which was rolling heavily in the trough of the sea.
A lifeboat in charge of First Officer Gardener was lowered from our port side, and tried to get alongside the burning ship, but a very high sea was running which prevented the boat getting near her. Some two or three hours elapsed before our lifeboat got back to the ship again, and then only by skilful manoeuvring and at great risk was it pulled up. The boat's crew had lost all their oars but three, and several oars had to be thrown into the water, but were picked up before the boat managed to reach the ship's side.
We stood by until 3.30 p.m. when the German steamer Seydlitz arrived on the scene, and leaving her to stand by, we steamed in search of two lifeboats, which had drifted away from the Volturno prior to our arrival. We saw no trace of the missing boats, which were full of passengers and some crew; and evidently they had foundered in the high sea which was running.
On our return to the scene of the disaster, we found another German liner, the Grosser-Kurfurst also standing by, and so we at once manoeuvred abreast of the burning ship, to a position about 100 yards away from her. We then slowly went astern until the stem of the Carmania was within hailing distance from the stern of the Volturno. Truly our captain handled his ship with great skill, and many persons commented on the praiseworthy manner in which he handled the big liner.
What a sight met our eyes. We plainly saw men and women passengers, and some of the crew herded together round the after part of the Volturno, thereby keeping as far as possible from the devouring flames and suffocating smoke. One woman held up her infant for us to see and beckoned us; a most pitiful sight and one which touched many a heart on board our ship. I hope that devoted mother and her baby were eventually saved.
The crew of the Volturno lowered lines attached to life buoys into the sea, but these would not float away from the ship's side owing to suction caused by the rolling and pitching of the helpless vessel, and as darkness was setting in we reluctantly had to move away for safety.
During the night the steamers Asian, Devonian, Minneapolis and Kroonland came up, and in the early morning the French liner La Touraine, the Russian steamer Czar and the steamer Rappahannock arrived, together with the oil tank steamer Narragansett. At a time like this, one could appreciate the importance of the wireless telegraphic system, and the part it plays in maritime affairs. There were 11 ships, the majority of them being ocean passenger and mail steamers, all called to a given position on the face of the trackless ocean by that invisible agent electricity, which spread over the waters, in spite of all adverse weather conditions, in the face of a roaring gale. The call was picked up simultaneously by all these vessels, though hundreds of miles apart from each other.
About 10 p.m. some of our crew forward heard a cry from the water under our starboard bow; our searchlight was flashed down on to the water, and there we saw a man struggling for his life. Lifelines and rope ladders were immediately lowered over the ship's side and our first officer went down a rope ladder to help fasten a line round the swimmer, who by this time had drifted close to the ship. He was greatly exhausted, having jumped overboard from the Volturno an hour previously, and was unable to hold on to the lifeline which had been put within his reach several times. It was at this juncture that Quartermaster Heighway lowered himself down a rope into the water and fastened a line round the struggling and benumbed survivor. Amid a roar of cheers, both men were hauled on board to safety.
Later we learned from the doctor that the rescued man was a German seaman who with two other men had donned lifebelts, and cast themselves into the raging sea from the burning ship. This man providentially had drifted and swum two miles to be rescued, while his two companions, in the darkness had drifted beyond our ship and drowned.
About 10.30 p.m. our attention was particularly drawn to the burning ship, for with a loud report which could be heard for miles around, the bunker hatches blew up, the flames soon demolishing the bridge and superstructure of the ship immediately forward of the funnel. Everybody on board our ship believed that the life of every soul on board the Volturno was doomed, but providentially the flames did not creep aft of the funnel during the whole fearful night. Each ship was a blaze of light shining from deck lights and portholes, the vessels keeping a safe distance apart from each other. The silence of the night was occasionally broken by the sound of blasts from the steam whistles of the various ships, denoting the intended movement to avoid close proximity to another vessel.
At 4.30 a.m. a lifeboat containing an officer and boat's crew was espied and under the rays of our search light, it gradually drifted to the side of the Carmania, and when the crew had been hauled on board we learnt from the officer in charge that he had left the Minneapolis seven hours previously. Three times had this gallant little band pulled their boat under the stern of the Volturno, and requested people to jump into the water, from which they would be rescued, but all to no purpose. The people would not take the risk, and so eventually the lifeboat's crew became exhausted, their boat got out of control and the men were very glad to reach our ship. I noticed they could hardly pull their oars, and one man to whom I spoke said their work had been all for no purpose.
Now, by this time 5 a.m., the water and wind had died down to an appreciable extent and the light of early dawn began to show in the sky, and each liner manoeuvred for position to attempt rescue. We were thankful to see that the flames had only reached the after side of the funnel of the Volturno, and felt that now was the time to attempt the work of rescue.
The Carmania took up her position, some distance from the other ships, for Capt. Barr was instructing the other vessels in the rescue of the people on the doomed steamship. Lifeboats from the Devonian, Grosser-Kurfurst, Czar, Kroonland, Seydlitz, La Touraine, Minneapolis, Narragansett and Rappahannock, were lowered, and by means of rope ladders and life lines 523 people including 25 of the crew, were saved from certain death. The death roll is estimated at about 135, including the persons who left the ship in four lifeboats which were swept away and smashed up previous to the arrival of the Carmania, and also those who tried and failed to swim to safety.
The oil tank steamer Narragansett especially helped in the rescue of life, for Capt. Barr instructed the tanker to pump some of her oil cargo on to the water, and although the sea ran high, the water did not break around the lifeboats. By 8 a.m. every soul was rescued, and the burning vessel left to her fate. Capt Inch was the last to leave the ship, and saved his papers.
There was no more to be accomplished, the great work was done, and we left the scene of the disaster, after transferring the officer and boat's crew of the Minneapolis to that vessel. As we proceeded a sharp lookout was kept for the two drifting lifeboats, but nothing was sighted, and we steamed for Queenstown.
I was interested to read in the text above that the German swimmer, whose name in fact was Walter Trentepohl, was stated to be a seaman. That begs the question as to whether he was possibly a member of the Volturno crew. I now believe that he was a member of the Volturno crew and that Arthur Spurgeon's data as to his being employed by a firm of Barcelona merchants and being on his way to a job in New York City was incorrect. Walter Trentepohl has his own page on this site incidentally, complete with his image, available here, and you can read there why I say what I have just said. And, in passing, to the best of my knowledge as can be read elsewhere on this site, Heighway who rescued him, (Edward John Heighway) was an able seaman rather than a quartermaster. He can be seen also lower on the page at that link just provided. And that page even has a most dramatic image of Heighway effecting the rescue! He is referred to on many of the site pages, re the many awards he received for his gallantry.
And next, the content of an illustrated article that appeared in the Oct. 25, 1913 issue of 'The Outlook'. Its inclusion here has been made possible by the kindness of Steve Godwin of Tallahassee, Florida. Who provided both the text & the images. We thank you Steve!
Do NOT miss the related images, which appear lower on this page. Two of them are most interesting. The first, is an image taken by a passenger aboard the S.S. Grosser Kurf�rst. It is the first image I have so far seen which shows the savagery of the sea at the time of the disaster. Most images make the sea look almost calm. In this image the sea is seen to be very rough indeed.
The second image? Photographs of Captain Inch seem to be most scarce. And an image of his dog Jack has long eluded me to an extent that I wondered if any image of the dog existed. But it does indeed! The second image, a composite image, includes two photographs that were published in 'The Outlook' on Nov. 1, 1913. Captain Inch is seen holding his dog Jack, which looks to me to be a small black labrador retriever. That dog was in the last party to leave the Volturno in the arms of his master and wrapped in a blanket. In Captain Inch's words 'Just before I left the ship I wrapped my dog in a blanket tied a rope around him and told the officer commanding to "catch my baby." He did so and when he took Jack out of the blanket he laughed and said 'why it is a dog' and so it was and one of the best and most companionable little fellows that ever lived.' Captain Inch gave Jack to Captain Peter Kreibohm, the Captain of the Kroonland, as a token of his appreciation. I presume, but obviously do not know, that Jack continued to serve honourably as 'ship's dog' and as Captain Kreibohm's faithful companion thereafter - but on the Kroonland of course.
The paragraph headings that follow throughout the article that follows were inset within the text in the original, something which the webmaster would have great difficulty in duplicating on this page.
Measured by actual loss of life, the burning at sea of the British steamship Volturno, of the Uranium line, was less than one-tenth as widespread in tragical extent as that of the Titanic ; but cold-blooded statistics do not in the least express the intensity of that day and night of agonized waiting, or the extraordinary gathering by wireless of vessels to the rescue, or the many dreadful hours in which the succor near at hand could not avail, or the courage and endurance of the fighters of fire on the doomed ship and of the rescuing sailors who manned boats in a raging ocean.
The lasting impression made is chiefly that of a heroic fight against fire and ocean in which Captain Inch of the Volturno stands out as a brave and modest seaman of unflinching determination to hold out to the last minute of time and the last bit of unburned deck-room. Faltering or weakness on his part or that of his crew meant wholesale destruction. Only a few years ago such an unquenchable fire in the open sea would almost certainly have meant a total loss of life and a report of " ship never heard from." Here within twelve hours eleven ships speeding from all directions reach the scene of danger. To quote one of many word-pictures of the scene on Thursday night, one's imagination vividly sees " the blazing hulk with its affrighted company huddled in the stern ; around it the rescuing fleet of ten vessels representative of four nationalities ; the waves illumined by the searchlights of the Cunarder ; and every now and then, tossed high on the crest of a wave, a tiny craft battling to reach the doomed ship.
It was early on Thursday morning (October 9) that fire broke out. The vessel's hold was filled with terribly inflammable substances, such as chemicals, oils, and cotton. Some say that a cigarette thrown down a grating started the blaze, others that chemical action produced so-called " spontaneous combustion." At all events, the fire spread with startling rapidity. Captains Inch's own story says. " The flames gained rapidly and soon reached the height of the foremast light. The fire imprisoned the watch below, who were burned to death in the forecastle." Later a series of terrific explosions took place. The sea was running high, the ship rolling heavily ; one boat was smashed to pieces and fifty lives were lost ; two got away from the ship with crews and some passengers, but they were never seen again, and their loss makes up a large proportion of the 136 who perished out of a total of about 665 passengers and crew. Hope lay only in the wireless. The Carmania was nearest and fastest. She arrived at eleven o'clock Thursday morning, and lowered a boat, which was barely saved from instant wreck, searched in vain for the missing boats of the Volturno, and then, as other ships were arriving, Captain Barr of the Carmania left the boat work to them and used his big ship as a wind shield and guard for the others, helping also at night with his searchlights. Captain Barr has been censured by some, but Captain Inch praises highly the work of the Carmania.
As night came on the sea became calmer and two oil vessels poured great streams on its surface with good effect. Boats from the rescuing ships clustered around the stern of the Volturno, to which her distressed people had been driven. All day long the flames had made a glowing furnace of the forward part of the ship, and the officers knew that the conflagration was rapidly eating its way aft in the lowest holds. In the midnight hours passengers were urged to drop into the water and be picked up by the boats. Many men did this, but the women all refused. When daylight came Friday, the work of rescue was easy. Splendid work that night and morning was done by the crews of the Grosser Kurfuerst, the Kroonland, and the other vessels ; and soon the rescue ships were speeding east and west to various ports with their quotas of saved. Most of these were steerage passengers, and in the hurry and confusion families were separated and all arrived half-clad, hungry and distressed. When the Grosser Kurfuerst reached New York on Wednesday of last week with the largest number of saved people (105, all men), they were given a hearty welcome, were fed by the Hebrew Immigrant Society, aided with money by the Red Cross, sent free by rail to their destinations by the steamship companies, and relieved of most technical restrictions by the United States Immigration Service. One of them, a Russian Jew boy, exclaimed, " God be thanked! America is paradise!" The next day the Kroonland arrived in New York with Captain Inch and eighty-seven other survivors.
I want to say that Captain Inch is one of the bravest men I ever saw. He was always in the place of danger, always courageous and firm and cheerful. He had a hundred things to do all at once, but he was never wanting.
On Thursday afternoon a rush of flame nearly finished him. It burned off his hair and eyebrows and scorched his face. His uniform was in rags and his shoes were about burned from his feet. He was worn out from toil and worry, but he stuck to his post.
Captain Inch, Mr. Lloyd, and others denied emphatically that the crew acted like cowards and abused the passengers, and that they were driven to their work by threats and pistols.
There is much that is reassuring about this tragedy. Best of all, it shows that seamanship and courage are not extinct. Captain Inch and his officers fought like tigers. The ship was kept before the wind by skilled work ; if it had not been, death and destruction would have instantly followed. Crew and passengers were handled with judgement.
The question of boats differs from that provoked by the Titanic disaster ; it is said that the Volturno's boats were few and poor (although Captain Inch denies this) ; but no number would have availed on Thursday. On the other hand, only fine handling of adequate boats by the rescuers could have been of avail as early as it was. The disaster does not, as some people seem to think, indicate that the question of boats is unimportant, but only that other matters are of at least equal moment.
The foremost of these is the shipment of explosives and combustibles. Surely if a passenger ship is to carry such things it should be under strict control and rigid precautions. The American Steamboat Inspection Service regulate the matter in detail. What is needed is an international agreement as to foreign-going commerce. The British investigation of the Volturno disaster ought to make this question of explosives and combustibles at sea of paramount importance. It would be interesting to know how far and under what representations this cargo was insured. The passenger in mid-ocean has a right to full protection from the horrors threatened by a dangerous cargo. The deaths of those men in the Volturno's fore part call out for investigation and action.
The glory of the wireless as a ready help at sea has again been demonstrated. But that it is so valuable and necessary is just the reason why it should also be more strictly regulated and controlled by governmental authority. Still another lesson of governmental control is seen in the fact that the Volturno is still floating, a dangerous derelict. When next the question of appropriation for such work as derelict-hunting comes up, let not an incident as this be forgotten.
Happily there has been in this case no question of personal shrinking from danger or responsibility such as followed the Titanic disaster. In the main the story of the Volturno calamity has been one of fortitude and endurance.
The first (next) image was taken by J. W. Jarrott, a passenger aboard the Grosser Kurfuerst (or the Grosser Kurf�rst), as the caption states. How angry is that sea!
And the second image, a composite image as you can see, shows at left Captain Inch with his dog Jack. I suspect, from the interested seamen in the image background, that the photograph was taken aboard the Kroonland after the rescue & while the vessel was en route to New York. And at right, an image of two children presumably rescued from the Volturno, but not necessarily so, I guess. Their names & the name of the vessel which probably rescued them - that I do not know. These two images appeared in 'The Outlook' on November 1, 1913.
If YOU have any new data about the Volturno, or in any way related to the Volturno, I would welcome your dropping me a line.


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Q: Is there no way to display an o with a macron (ō) in the Gill Sans supplied with OSX / iOS? I'd like to use the character 'ō' in an app we're building, and in its accompanying promotional website. We're using Gill Sans for the interface font, but it seems to lack this character in the regular weight (it's there in light). Am I missing something?

A: I just checked the font, and it's correct, that character is not there in Gill Sans, Gill Sans Bold, Gill Sans Italic, or Gill Sans Light Italic.  In fact, I've been checking out Monotype who made the font files, and they don't have that character in most of their versions of the typeface either.  Monotype does offer a Gill Sans Cyrillic Volume which you could license, if Gill Sans and the o with a macron are both essential to your app.
From Monotype's site, here's a sample of Gill Sans Cyrillic Regular:

A: The closest one I could find is
ō
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH MACRON
Unicode: U+014D, UTF-8: C5 8D
Now you could try to add it as special character to your keyboard using System preferences, Language and Text, and assign it to your keyboard.

Did I mention you can find it in the Character viewer, and copy it from there in the Special character keyboard setting. I used the alt+shift+o for it, but you can choose any combination you want to create it in text documents.
This is a sample how it looks in my notes.

A: The only way to have that character in Gill Sans is to add it using a font editor.  Whether the font license would allow that for the kind of use envisaged I don't know.  Common font editors are FontLab, FontForge, RoboFont, Type, and Glyphs.
o macron is Not present in my Gill Sans Light either, at least when I checked it via FontBook > Preview > Repertoire.


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This Sick 3D Gesture Control Hardware Will Only Cost About £75
By Jamie Condliffe on at
Leap Motion's amazing-looking gesture control debuted last May, and it's had developers crawling all over it ever since. Now, the company is finally getting ready to sell it to you—and it'll only cost about £75 all-in.
According to Leap Motion, the new technology is 200 times more accurate than anything else on the market, capable of imaging all ten of your fingers, over a 150-degree field of view, at 290 frames per second. Supposedly accurate to around a hundredth of a millimetre, the device monitors a space four cubic feet in size, and can deftly track individual finger tips, the whole hand, or inanimate objects. The video above shows how impressive it's set to be.
Initially the device will be supported in Windows Vista, 7 or 8, and Mac OS 10.7 or 10.8. Having had over 12,000 developers working with it over the last year, at launch there will be compatible software available through the company's own Airspace app store. It'll feature programs from the likes of Autodesk and Corel, as well as a bunch of games including Sugar Rush and Cut the Rope. No doubt that list will grow swiftly.
Pre-orders of the device will ship from May 13th, and it will then go on sale in stores in the US from May 19th, hopefully the UK soon after. At that price, this thing looks set to fly off the shelves.
Jamie Condliffe
By Germain Lussier on at
Rise of the Resistance is as Much a Star Wars Story as it is a Theme Park Ride
No Number of Avengers Can Save the Boring, Unfunny Dolittle
Colin Trevorrow's Alleged Star Wars Episode IX Ending Features Some Familiar Themes
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A New Fairytale Begins: The Bachelor Australia Series 2. Starts 7.30pm, Wednesday, July 30. On TEN.
Super yachts, helicopters, Aston Martins, sea planes and some of the most luxurious and breathtakingly romantic dates will set pulses racing when The Bachelor Australia returns to TEN with a brand new Bachelor, Blake Garvey on Wednesday, July 30.
The tall, dark and handsome Perth real estate auctioneer and licensed agent will melt hearts Australia-wide two nights a week as he searches for his dream girl among 24 dazzling Bachelorettes.
While confessing he doesn't have a type when it comes to women, Blake is looking for some key qualities in his potential partner.
Blake says: "I'm looking for someone who enjoys being active, has a great sense of humour and a sense of adventure.
Ready to fall in love and start a family of his own, the engaging 31-year-old believes his soul mate is waiting for him in the Bachelorette mansion.
As The Bachelor Australia arrives, is this be the beginning of the fairytale?
See the ultimate love story unfold each Wednesday and Thursday nights on TEN.
Hosted by Osher Günsberg, The Bachelor Australia is a Shine Australia production for Network Ten.


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8-10am-(Bldg. 3-room 142) – Librarian Dave Patterson on the History of Community Colleges/Open Forum.
10am-12 noon-(Bldg. 3-room 142) — Next Steps: College Students and Workers Speak Out. This panel will include students from the budget cuts movement at SFSU, workers at Cañada, Prof. Robert Ovetz on the attacks on public services, and Cañada Strikes Back.
8:10-9:25am-(Bldg. 13-room 113) – Robert Ovetz, David Patterson, and Cañada Strikes Back! A panel on neoliberalism, the history of community colleges, and student activism.
10:00-11:30am-(Theater) – Estamos Aqui! with an introduction by Javier Garay, a participant in the April 2005 UCSC strike.
12 noon-2:00pm-(Theater) – Walkout!, a 2006 HBO film based on the 1968 East LA High School walkouts in response to inequality in education.
Save Our Colleges! Stop the Budget Cuts!
• $60 billion has been cut from the state's budget in the last two years.
• $16 billion was cut from social programs, health care & education in 2009.
• $2.4 billion will be cut from K-12 education and community colleges in 2010-11.
• $10.6 billion will be cut from public & higher education in the next 2 years.
• These cuts will make California the last state in the US in terms of funding-per-student.
• $840 million has been cut from the community colleges in the last 2 years.
• Student fees have been increased, taking another $80 million dollars out of students' pockets.
• Enrollment is up by 5% at the community colleges (9.5% at SMCCD) due to cuts denying entry into the CSUs & UCs.
• Lost $25 million in cash and bond investments in Lehman Brothers when it went bankrupt in 2008 ($250 million was lost countywide).
• $15-20 million in cuts are planned take place between 2009-2011.
• $5.4 million was cut from the San Mateo Community College District's (SMCCD) budget in 2009.
• SMCCD students will pay a total of $250,000 in extra fees this year.
• About 3.4% fewer students will be allowed to enroll.
• CSM Coastside campus will be closed in Spring 2010 after being open only 4 semesters.
• KCSM TV station will be privatized.
• $1-$1.6 million cuts are being planned for 2010-2011.
• 3/4th of the cuts are to faculty and counseling.
• 45% of Counseling staff will be reduced by 2011.
• 121 sections/3,000 seats will be cut.
• 33% of Basic Skills & ESL classes will be cut by 2011.
• 76% cuts to faculty, staff and counseling but only about 7% to administration.
The state government is taking money away from education to subsidize tax cuts for the rich and corporations in California totaling more than $20 billion a year—the same amount cut from the state budget last summer. In fact, corporations received an additional $2.5 billion tax cut in early 2009.
Education and public services including bus, trains, health care and parks are being slashed while the government continues spending money on war and destruction ($6,700 per family in the San Jose region in 2007), and bailing out the big banks and corporations. California is the 8th largest economy in the world with a $1.8 trillion economy. The money is there for all of us to receive the education and services we need.
No cuts to classes and student services! Cut at the top, not in the classroom!
Tax the rich and corporations, don't destroy our colleges!
Education is a right not a privilege!


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During the World Cup Finals in Dortmund, Germany in 1990, the young, inexperienced horse, Maybe Forever, was filling in for my seasoned grand prix horse, Eastern Sunrise, who was out with an injury. Who would have thought he would be the only horse to go double clear over one of the most challenging indoor courses Olaf Petersen has ever designed.
One of the more difficult horses I've trained in my life, I couldn't be more proud of him here and it just stamps the merits of consistent training and perseverance!
I competed again in the World Cup Finals with Maybe Forever in my own "backyard" of Del Mar, CA, where we finished 5th overall. The following two photos are from that time.


Dane is a new orca character I came up with. He big, he's fat, and he's hungry! If you see a part two and a part three, then some has been added, so you'll have to keep reading to see the update! Let me know what ya think!
Dane let out a deep loud belch for the fifth time that night. The expelled gas wasn't because he was full; he had nothing but gas, and he was eager to fill up his empty gut.
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Microsoft Announces Retirement of MCSE+I, MCP+Site Building
Microsoft announced today via its Web site that it will retire its MCSE+Internet and MCP+Site Building certifications.
According to the announcement, most of the core exams for MCSE+I will be retired on February 28, 2001. Those candidates who earn the certification before that date will retain their title until Dec. 31, 2001. No upgrade path is planned.
Exam 70-055: Designing and Implementing Web Sites with MS Front Page 98, a core exam for the MCP+Site Building designation, will be retired on June 30, 2001. However, tests 70-057: Designing and Implementing Commerce Solutions with Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition, and 70-152: Designing and Implementing Web Solutions with Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 will continue to be available. Thus, candidates may continue earning the MCP+Site Building credential with exam 70-057 and 70-152 through June 30, 2002. No upgrade path is planned; instead, Microsoft recommends that candidates consider upgrading to the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) certification.
These announcements weren't unexpected: The three exams required for MCP+Site Building have been out of date for quite some time. In the February 2001 issue, Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine will quote Anne Marie McSweeney, the acting director for Microsoft's Certification Skill and Assessment group, acknowledging the upcoming retirement of the MCSE+I. She said: "We won't be coming out with [a new version of the] MCSE+Internet. We've upped the bar on the MCSE. Those individuals who have been challenged [with the MCSE+I] - I think they're going to be challenged with the [new] MCSE [for Windows 2000]."
For more information, visit:http://www.microsoft.com/trainingandservices/default.asp?PageID=mcp&PageCall=retire.
--Becky Nagel, CertCities.com.
We'd love to hear what you think about the retirements of these certifications. Write to editor@mcpmag.com; put "Re: MCSE+I/MCP+SB Retiring" on the Subject line of your message. Some of your comments may be used in an upcoming newsletter or online news story.


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Since joining the UC Davis faculty in 2004, Sanford and colleagues have worked closely with shellfish industry businesses—like the Hog Island Oyster Company in Marshall, Calif. and the Cultured Abalone Farm in Santa Barbara, Calif.—to promote sustainable aquaculture for ecologically and economically important coastal species. Such businesses recognize the importance of sustainable aquaculture, which has been an economic driver in California since the late 1800s.
For as long as Sanford can remember, he's been drawn to the ocean and marine life. Raised in Massachusetts, he and his family vacationed in Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard. His parents encouraged his passion for natural history and the outdoors. That sense of encouragement Sanford felt as a child is something he cultivates in his own classes at the Bodega Marine Laboratory.
Marine invertebrates first caught Sanford's attention while he was a sophomore at Brown University. There, he took a course on invertebrate zoology and learned about marine animals that lack a backbone, from shellfish and sea stars to octopuses and jellyfish. He delved further into academia, enrolling in a zoology Ph.D. program at Oregon State University, where he was advised by Distinguished Professor Jane Lubchenco and Professor Bruce Menge, both of the Department of Integrative Biology.
"That was a great partnership because Bruce has traditionally been very involved in basic research, like understanding how oceans work, and Jane is a pioneer in ocean conservation who was recently the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Obama Administration," said Sanford.
Since receiving his Ph.D., Sanford said his research has followed in the footsteps of his mentors, merging basic research with ocean conservation. And he's at the perfect location to conduct such work.
For shellfish—like oysters, mussels and abalone—ocean acidification adversely affects their development. These creatures secrete shells of calcium carbonate throughout their lifecycles. As the chemistry of the ocean shifts to more corrosive conditions, it becomes more difficult for shellfish to produce their shells. But the red abalone of Northern California may be more tolerant to lower pH levels.
Lower pH-resistant red abalone could help bolster the shellfish economy.
Sanford and colleagues at the Bodega Marine Laboratory will continue their work with ecologically and economically important species in California, fueled by a passion for conservation, foundational research and the ocean.


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 au Canada, Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams (en français, équipes intégrées de la sécurité nationale), des forces de sécurité antiterroristes canadiennes ;
 en France, Institut national spécialisé d'études territoriales.

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