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The chief of the U.S. Army has ordered that training for the military on "extremists" be halted until the program can be corrected and standardized to eliminate reported Christian-bashing
It was earlier this month that one such "training" course was reported to have labeled the pro-family American Family Association as a hate group – a designation that earlier was applied to the group by the domestic terror case-linked Southern Poverty Law Center.
According to Fox News Radio's Todd Starnes, Army Secretary John McHugh has given military leaders a memo with the orders.
"On several occasions over the past few months, media accounts have highlighted instances of Army instructors supplementing programs of instruction and including information or material that is inaccurate, objectionable and otherwise inconsistent with current Army policy," the memo said.
Starnes reported an Army spokesman, David Patterson Jr., said McHugh "directed that Army leaders cease all briefings, command presentations or training on the subject of extremist organizations or activities until that program of instruction and training has been created and disseminated."
It was a soldier at a Camp Shelby in Mississippi who presented evidence to media that an Army presenter at a briefing identified AFA as a "hate group" because of its stance on homosexuality and marriage.
Army spokesman George Wright later confessed the characterization of AFA was "acquired from an Internet search" and "did not come from official Army sources, nor was it approved by senior Army leaders, senior equal opportunity counselors or judge-advocate personnel."
Tim Wildmon, president of AFA, one of the country's largest Christian ministries, said: "We are probably going to be taking legal action. The Army has smeared us. They've defamed the American Family Association."
Brian Fischer, AFA's director of issues analysis, said the Internet source likely was the Southern Poverty Law Center, which routinely labels Christians who adhere to biblical teaching on homosexuality as "hate groups."
At the time, he said: "The blatantly false 'hate' allegation is coming from the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is now a thoroughly discredited source on any subject, especially hate. In fact, for spreading malicious lies about pro-family groups, SPLC belongs on its own hate group list. They've made a despicable career out of using lies, distortions and innuendo to whip up reckless and dangerous animosity against groups which defend the values of the Founders."
Fischer said the "real hate group here is the SPLC."
That isn't news to anyone familiar with the terror attack on the Washington headquarters of the Family Research Council, an organization with standards and beliefs like those of AFA.
The convicted assailant, Floyd Lee Corkins, said he chose to attack FRC because the organization was listed as an "anti-gay" hate group by SPLC on its website.
FRC promotes traditional Judeo-Christian beliefs about the family and homosexuality, but SPLC claims the organization's "real specialty is defaming gays and lesbians."
Corkins, a former volunteer at an LGBT community center, pleaded guilty to domestic terrorism. It was on Aug. 15, 2012, when the heavily armed Corkins walked into FRC headquarters and began shooting with the intent of killing "as many people as I could." He managed to shoot and injure just one person, facilities manager Leo Johnson, who is credited with heroically stopping the attack.
In a speech at recent the Values Voter Summit 2013, Alveda King, a niece of Martin Luther King Jr., condemned the practice of labeling Christian organizations "hate" groups.
She said Corkins "came to FRC as a gunman, fueled by hate mongering from the Southern Poverty Law Center."
"The shooter admitted he was directed to FRC's location by the Southern Poverty Law Center's website. While SPLC claims to fight against hate, they have been saying hateful things about the Family Research Council and perhaps other groups who are represented her today," she said.
"Today the shooter is behind bars as the result of being convicted for domestic terrorism. But the SPLC and many others, who couch hate and anger in false claims of civil rights activism, still roam free to confuse the masses with their deceptions," said King.
See King's speech:
Sandy Rios, another vocal advocate on behalf of Christian organizations, also spoke at the summit.
"We have 2.5 million constituents, we have 190 radio stations, we have a journal. And just, not that long ago, the SPLC has decided that we are in fact a hate group," she said.
It was the SPLC's own letter asking members of Congress to boycott the summit that gave supporting evidence, she said.
She quoted from the SPLC letter: "Given the demonizing lies about the LGBT community spread by the host, the Family Research Council and another major sponsor of the event, the American Family Association, we urge you not to lend the prestige of your office to the summit."
Rios continued: "We all know that a little more than a year ago, Floyd Corkins came into the offices of the Family Research Council because he had looked on the Southern Poverty Law Center's website, checked their list of 'hate' groups, found FRC and a couple of others, gone into the building with the idea that he would commit mass murder. With a bag full of Chick-fil-A sandwiches that he was going to stuff in their mouths after he murdered them."
She noted SPLC has refused to apologize and remove FRC and AFA from their list of hate groups.
"But let me tell you something about why this is important," she said. "The Southern Poverty Law Center sounds great, doesn't it? You know it's always had a reputation, sort of a history of helping people in the civil rights movement. And they had a good reputation. That's what people think they do. But that's not really what they do."
Rios said SPLC "now has millions of dollars in funding, endowments in excess of $223 million, and lots of off shore accounts."
"Let me just say that the American Institute of Philanthropy has given an F grade to the SPLC for their excessive reserves," she said.
Rios charged SPLC's "main business is attacking and suing conservative organizations."
"They are out to destroy people like the Family Research Council, the American Family Association, and people like you," she said.
"Hate is a cottage industry for the SPLC," charged Rios.
"And let me give you just an idea of some of the things that they do. They have a hate map and they list on their hate map, at least at this writing, they listed 1,018 groups," she said.
"So, the interesting thing about it is the statistics on crime, the hate crimes, between 1996 and 2011 decreased by 29 percent while the number of hate groups the SPLC identified rose 69 percent. A little strange. So when law enforcement and others looked into this list they found that many of these groups don't even exist. So the SPLC I have to say is not to be trusted. And yet, the reason I am spending so much time telling you about them is that, in fact, they are used as a resource by the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Pentagon, and thousands of local law enforcement agencies. They conduct trainings all around this country, informing these groups of who the haters are and we are on that list. We are on that list."
See Rios' speech:
Starnes' latest report noted that Ron Crews of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty welcomed the orders from McHugh.
"Men and women of faith – who have served the Army faithfully for centuries – have been likened to those who regularly threaten the peace and security of the United States. It is dishonorable for any U.S. military entity to allow this type of improper characterization," he told Starnes.
The Camp Shelby episode also drew the attention of Congress, where Reps. Doug Lamborn, Steve Scalise, John Fleming, Joseph Pitts and Tim Huelskamp joined in a letter to the Pentagon stating: "This most recent mislabeling of a Christian organization reflects what appears to be a troubling trend of religious intolerance in the military."
Starnes noted that Fort Hood soldiers also were warned that contribution to evangelical Christian groups could result in military punishment, and earlier this year a training brief listed Catholics and evangelical Christians as extremists.
WND reported that the U.S. military already had been caught teaching that the Founding Fathers, whose beliefs and political positions could accurately be described in today's terminology as conservative, were "extremists."
Also, a study at the West Point Military Academy asserted people who are part of the ideological right wing of American society constitutes a danger to the nation.
Then it was revealed that SPLC was caught providing information to a terrorist later convicted of a domestic attack who was "advising" the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
'Hostile to Christian faith'
AFA's Fischer suggested that if the "military wasn't headed by a commander in chief who is hostile to Christian faith, these allegations would be laughed off every military base in the world."
"The truth is that AFA doesn't hate anyone," he said. "We love everybody. We love homosexuals enough to tell them the truth about the moral, spiritual and physical dangers of homosexual conduct."
… The Obama administration's attacks on conservatives date back to just weeks after he took office.
At that time a newly unclassified Department of Homeland Security report warned against the possibility of violence by unnamed "right-wing extremists," including opponents of abortion.
The report was followed days later by a report from the Missouri Information Analysis Center that warned law enforcement officials to watch out for individuals with "radical" ideologies based on Christian views.
DHS officials later told WND they would refuse to identify the authors of the report or comment on any actions taken in response to the controversy.
But the steady drumbeat of statements from the administration even prompted members of both parties in Congress to blast the reports.
The Department of Defense later was caught teaching that those who oppose abortion are "low-level terrorists."
Weeks later, SPLC confirmed to WND it published a report and delivered it to law enforcement officers across the nation that lumped adherents of constitutional principles with crazed killers.
It further was revealed SPLC was advising DHS formally on how to "combat violent extremism." The DHS also was caught monitoring a blog posted by a Christian who was forced to flee Brazil because of the conflict between that nation's pro-homosexual "hate crimes" agenda and his advocacy for traditional marriage.
The Obama administration declined comment on its decision to monitor Julio Severo's unabashedly Christian Last Days Watchman blog.
Early this year a West Point study from the U.S. Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center linked opposition to abortion and other "fundamental" positions to terrorism.
The study, "Challenges from the Sidelines: Understanding America's Violent Far-Right," cites "anti-abortionists" as an active threat for terrorist activity.
"The anti-abortionists have been extremely productive during the last two decades, amassing 227 attacks, many of them perpetrated without the responsible perpetrators identified or caught," author Arie Perliger wrote. "And while, in both cases, the 1990s were more violent than the last decade, in the case of anti-abortion, the trend is much more extreme, as 90 percent of attacks were perpetrated before 2001."
American Life League President Judie Brown called it a smear tactic.
"I can see exactly what is going on with reference to the pro-life movement. The use of two words expose the bias and hatred for what we stand for as a movement. Those words are 'attacks' and 'violence'," Brown said.
Herb Titus, a constitutional law professor, former dean of the Regent University School of Law and distinguished fellow with the Inter-American Institute for Philosophy, Government, and Social Thought, says it's an attempt to link conservative thought with violence.
"Professor Perliger has adopted the strategy of many left-wing members of the professoriate, concentrating on the behavior of a few in order to discredit many who hold similar views but who do not engage in any form of violence," Titus said.
"His theory is that of the iceberg, that which as seen may be small, but it hides what is a much larger threat just below the surface. Obviously, the professor disagrees with those who favor small government, cutting back of federal government encroachments upon the powers of the state and to discredit this movement focuses on a few gun-toting militia," Titus said.
Titus turns his attention to whom he believes is the source of the study.
"Like so many in the Obama administration, Perliger does not want to engage in any dialogue on the issues, but just discredit an entire political movement by ad hominem charged words," Titus said. "Perliger is not a serious scholar, but a propagandist for the existing regime."
The military teaching that the colonists were "extremists" was traced back to SPLC.
Judicial Watch, a government corruption monitor, said it obtained records regarding the "preparation and presentation of training materials on hate groups or hate crimes distributed or used by the Air Force."
The teaching claimed: "In U.S. history, there are many examples of extremist ideologies and movements. The colonists who sought to free themselves from British rule and the Confederate states who sought to secede from the Northern states are just two examples."
The 9/11 attacks by Muslims who killed nearly 3,000 people are called a "historical event."
Tagged AFA, evangelical, homosexuality, homosexuals, Unruh, WND
Army Considers Christians, Tea Party, a Terror Threat
by Todd Starnes // Oct 23 2013 // 5:27pm
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Soldiers attending a pre-deployment briefing at Fort Hood say they were told that evangelical Christians and members of the Tea Party were a threat to the nation and that any soldier donating to those groups would be subjected to punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
A soldier who attended the Oct. 17th briefing told me the counter-intelligence agent in charge of the meeting spent nearly a half hour discussing how evangelical Christians and groups like the American Family Association were "tearing the country apart."
Michael Berry, an attorney with the Liberty Institute, is advising the soldier and has launched an investigation into the incident.
"The American public should be outraged that the U.S. Army is teaching our troops that evangelical Christians and Tea Party members are enemies of America, and that they can be punished for supporting or participating in those groups," said Berry, a former Marine Corps JAG officer.
"These statements about evangelicals being domestic enemies are a serious charge."
The soldier told me he fears reprisals and asked not to be identified. He said there was a blanket statement that donating to any groups that were considered a threat to the military and government was punishable under military regulations.
"My first concern was if I was going to be in trouble going to church," the evangelical Christian soldier told me. "Can I tithe? Can I donate to Christian charities? What if I donate to a politician who is a part of the Tea Party movement?"
Another soldier who attended the briefing alerted the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty. That individual's recollections of the briefing matched the soldier who reached out to me.
"I was very shocked and couldn't believe what I was hearing," the soldier said. "I felt like my religious liberties, that I risk my life and sacrifice time away from family to fight for, were being taken away."
And while a large portion of the briefing dealt with the threat evangelicals and the Tea Party pose to the nation, barely a word was said about Islamic extremism, the soldier said.
"Our community is still healing from the act of terrorism brought on by Nidal Hasan – who really is a terrorist," the soldier said. "This is a slap in the face. "The military is supposed to defend freedom and to classify the vast majority of the military that claim to be Christian as terrorists is sick."
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, tells me the Pentagon is pushing anti-Christian propaganda.
"On the very base that was the site of mass murder carried out by a radicalized Muslim soldier, it is astonishing that it is evangelical groups that are being identified as a 'threat,'" he said. "Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel must immediately intervene to stop this march against the rights and freedom of our soldiers."
The soldier said they were also told that the pro-life movement is another example of "radicalization."
"They said that evangelical Christians protesting abortions are the mobilization stage and that leads to the bombing of abortion clinics," he said, recalling the discussion.
An Army spokesman at the Pentagon tells me they do not maintain or publish a list of organizations considered extremist.
"None of these slides [shown at the briefing] were produced by the Army, but by soldiers who included information found during an Internet search," the spokesman said.
He said commanders and other leaders were cautioned that they should not use "lists of extremists, hate groups, radical factions or the like compiled by any outside non-governmental groups or organizations for briefings, command presentations, or as a short cut to determining if a group or activity is considered to be extremist."
Meanwhile, the public affairs office at Fort Hood is denying the soldiers' allegations.
"The allegations you are asking about were brought to the attention of the Fort Hood leadership immediately and a (sic) inquiry is occurring," read a statement from Tom Rheinlander, the public affairs director at Fort Hood. "At this time, initial information gathered about the training and what you claim occurred is not substantiated by unit leadership and soldiers present at this training venue."
I sent the public affairs officer additional questions about the specific content of the briefing but he declined to respond.
But this is not the first time an Army briefing has labeled evangelicals as extremists. Last April an Army Reserve briefing classified Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism as "religious extremism."
In a letter to Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), Secretary of the Army John McHugh said the briefing in April was an isolated incident and the material used was not sanctioned by the Army.
McHugh said it was a "misguided attempt to explain that extremism is not limited to a single religion."
Two weeks ago, several dozen active duty troops at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, were told the American Family Association, a well-respected Christian ministry, should be classified as a domestic hate group because it advocates for traditional family values.
Again, the military called it an isolated incident with a trainer using material that was not sanctioned by the military.
That explanation is wearing thin with American Christians.
"How much longer can the Army claim no knowledge or responsibility for these things?" Berry asked.
"These repeated incidents show either that this training was directed from Army leadership at the Pentagon, or else the Army has a real discipline and leadership problem on its hands because a bunch of rogue soldiers are teaching this nonsense."
The most recent allegations at Fort Hood have drawn sharp rebuke from religious liberty groups around the nation.
"Why is the Army engaged in these anti-Christian training propaganda briefings?" asked Perkins, himself a veteran of the Marine Corps. "The only explanation is that this is a deliberate effort of the Obama administration to intimidate and separate soldiers from Christian groups that they support and that support them."
Ron Crews, executive director of the Chaplain Alliance, called the military's behavior dishonorable.
"Far from mere 'isolated incidents,' as the Army has dismissed previous occurrences, this latest incident demonstrates a pattern and practice of Army briefings identifying mainstream religions, such as Evangelical Christianity, Judaism, and Catholicism, as examples of 'religious extremism' similar to Al Qaeda, Hamas and the Ku Klux Klan," he told me.
Perkins said it's time for the Pentagon to "ensure that instructors carry out their role to train our troops to defend our freedom, and not push anti-Christian propaganda."
Tagged Army, domestic terror, evangelical, Pentagon, Tea Party, terror, terrorism
JPMorganChase Limits Cash Withdrawals, Bans International Wire Transfers
Capital controls imposed on small business owners
BREAKING: Chase Bank Claims Concern About Capital Controls is an "Overreaction"
Image: One Chase Manhattan Plaza in NYC.
UPDATE: Alex Jones: The fact that these letters were being sent out to Chase customers was confirmed at the time that we published, but in the last 24 hours we have confirmed that even large businesses doing international transactions have also received the same letters.
I personally visited Chase Bank and inquired about setting up an account and asked if I could wire money out of the country or withdraw the amounts of cash listed in their letter. I was told no, and that I would have to "qualify" with them for a special type of international bank account and would have to deposit huge amounts of money and pay fees to be able to access those services.
What this constitutes is a war on cash and a war on small business and individuals. Two years ago we saw a giant backlash against Bank of America when they announced customers would be charged for using their own money via their debit card. We have crossed the rubicon where now the currency has been so devalued that you will have to pay fees to have your money in a bank or use a debit card.
In saying that international wire transfers are too much of a risk, Chase Bank might as well be bankrupt because it is telling you there is no money to withdraw.
This is where the mega banks have wanted to take us all along – a total cashless society that destroys all privacy and allows them to fine and fee the general population into serfdom. This is clearly a major step towards capital controls as we saw with the Cyprus bail-in.
We are now receiving reports from business partners who we know well that they are being told by their banks that similar regulations to those adopted by Chase are coming within the next few months.
Chase would not be implementing a business killing strategy like this unless all other major banks were also planning to follow suit. What we see is mega banks leading the way to set the precedent that all the others will follow.
Chase needs to issue a statement clarifying exactly why they are imposing these capital controls.
It is clear that these regulations are being enacted for three different but equally plausible reasons, all of which contribute to the ultimate goal of sacrificing the global economy on the altar of derivative monster zombie banks.
1) Capital controls to prevent money leaving the country as the US dollar continues to devalue. Note that Chase will allow international wire transfers coming in, but not going out of the accounts. Note that they are only concerned about "risks" when the money is being moved out of the account.
2) Forcing businesses to abandon cash and switching everything over to digital currency that can be more easily tracked, traced and controlled.
3) Part of the preparatory phase for Cyprus-style bail-ins where the government announces a new "tax" to gouge out a percentage of people's savings.
Customers need to rally and speak out against this and immediately move their money to smaller and local banks that will promise to give them good service and not rake them over the coals. We need diversity and competition within the banking system, not giant zombie banks endangering the world economy with derivatives and cheating their customers.
It should also be noted that JPMorgan Chase runs most of the welfare system and EBT cards and really constitutes the top of the pyramid in the corporate-banking-governmental structure.
Finally, we've seen the IRS attempting to bar Americans from leaving the country simply if the IRS has opened an investigation on them. This isn't shades of tyranny, this is hardcore authoritarianism and everyone should be concerned. If you were planning on getting your money out of the country, now is the time. If you haven't withdrawn your cash from the bank, you should have done it yesterday.
Chase Bank has moved to limit cash withdrawals while banning business customers from sending international wire transfers from November 17 onwards, prompting speculation that the bank is preparing for a looming financial crisis in the United States by imposing capital controls.
Numerous business customers with Chase BusinessSelect Checking and Chase BusinessClassic accounts have received letters over the past week informing them that cash activity (both deposits and withdrawals) will be limited to a $50,000 total per statement cycle from November 17 onwards.
The letter reads;
Dear Business Customer,
Starting November 17, 2013:
– You will no longer be able to send international wire transfers. You will still be able to send domestic wires and receive both domestic and international wires. We'll cancel any international wire transfers, including reccurring ones, you scheduled to be sent after this date.
– Your cash activity limit for these accounts(s) will be $50,000 per statement cycle, per account. Cash activity is the combined total of cash deposits made at branches, night drops and ATMs and cash withdrawals made at branches (including purchases of money orders) and ATMs.
These changes will help us more effectively manage the risks involved with these types of transactions.
Another letter (PDF) received by Peak to Peak Charter School, an Elementary School in Colorado, states that the option to send both international and domestic wire transfers has been withdrawn from Chase business savings account holders.
Shortly after we posted this story, other Chase business customers confirmed they had also received similar or identical letters.
"I'm a Chase customer with both of the type accounts mentioned and got the letter posted," wrote one.
"I have been a loyal customer of Chase for 11 years and I received the letter for my business and when I called about this I was told basically piss off and find another bank!" added another.
Chase Bank later confirmed in a tweet, "Certain biz accounts will no longer allow intl wire & large cash transactions,but customers can opt for Chase accounts that do," (in other words accounts that are far more expensive).
Natural News' Mike Adams also confirmed his company received the letter. "This is happening, folks! The capital controls begin on November 17th. The bank runs may follow soon thereafter. Chase Bank is now admitting that you cannot use your own money that you've deposited there," writes Adams.
Meanwhile, financial expert Gerald Celente said the news was a sign that Americans should prepare for a bank holiday.
Chase is obviously very keen to make it hard for their customers to have any kind of control over their savings and is trying to prevent them from sending dollars abroad, prompting concerns that Cyprus-style account gouging could occur in America.
The move to limit deposits and withdrawals while banning international wire transfers altogether is a bizarre policy and will cripple many small and medium-sized businesses with Chase accounts. Buying stock from abroad in any kind of quantity will now become impossible for many companies, while paying employees will also be a headache. Grocery stores or restaurants that turnover more than $50k a month will be unable to use their account.
Why has Chase announced such a ludicrous and restrictive policy change? Speculation is rife that the bank is preparing for some kind of economic crisis by "locking down" its customers' money.
Others fear the move to restrict international wire transfers is part of a plan to protect against a near-future collapse of the US dollar.
Whatever the truth behind the policy change, Chase really needs to publicly explain its reasoning in order to quell the speculation.
The bank's reputation was already under scrutiny after an incident earlier this year where Chase Bank customers across the country attempted to withdraw cash from ATMs only to see that their account balance had been reduced to zero. The problem, which Chase attributed to a technical glitch, lasted for hours before it was fixed, prompting panic from some customers.
Earlier this month it was also reported that two of the biggest banks in America were stuffing their ATMs with 20-30 per cent more cash than usual in order to head off a potential bank run if the US defaults on its debt.
The image below shows two more examples of Chase business customers receiving the same letter.
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UPDATE: Chase Bank confirmed to Infowars that all business account holders were being subjected to these new regulations. Given that even a relatively small grocery store or restaurant is likely to turnover more than $50k a month in cash payments, this appears to be part of a wider move to shut down businesses who mainly deal in cash. Chase told us customers would have to upgrade to much more expensive accounts to avoid the capital controls, meaning larger corporations will not be affected. The bottom line is that banks think your money is their money and will do everything in their power to prevent you from withdrawing it in large quantities.
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One incident that highlights the corruption of the Raleigh City Council
This month I planned to discuss the professional background of Council member Randy Stagner. I wanted to question why a highly placed retired Colonel who worked in the Pentagon with the State Department would choose to devote all of his time to the Raleigh City Council (RCC). In particular I wanted to ask the retired Colonel if his extensive military experience prepared him to help transform Raleigh into a sub compact city. Council Member Odom, the only alleged Republican on the Council, objected that I address a specific member of the Council during my allotted 3 minutes. (It's also telling that the RCC routinely permits certain people to go well over 3 minutes but most who object to RCC polices are strictly limited to 3 minutes.) Mayor McFarlane also interrupted me. It seemed absurd that the Council was threatened by my citing what's included on Stagner's bio posted on the RCC website.
Councilmember Stagner retired from the US Army in 2008 at the rank of full colonel. After tours of duty in the 25th Infantry Division, the 82nd Airborne Division and the XVIII Airborne Corps, he served as a detachment commander, company commander, battalion operations officer, and battalion commander in the US Army Special Operations Command (Airborne), Ft. Bragg, NC. After battalion command, he was assigned to the Pentagon with duty at the Department of State. His major deployments include Operation Joint Endeavor (Bosnia) and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Councilmember Stagner speaks Russian and holds advanced degrees in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Kansas and in National Security Strategy from the National War College at Ft. McNair, Washington, DC. His last military assignment was as the Washington Office Director for an element of the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). After military service, Colonel Stagner served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs in Washington, DC before returning to his home in Raleigh.
Stagner and the RCC are proud of the new UDO (Unified Development Ordinance) which is openly designed to increase population density in Raleigh. At an RCC candidate forum held on September 16 current RCC members as well as least one candidate openly endorsed increasing population density in Raleigh. Increasing population density is sold as a component of "sustainability". The ordinance to adopt the UDO proudly reads at its inception,
Whereas, the City of Raleigh adopted a new Comprehensive Plan in 2009 calling for more of the City's growth to be directed away from rural and environmentally sensitive lands, and towards major transit corridors and walkable mixed use settings
Sustainability is a euphemism for Agenda 21 or the United Nations Agenda for the 21st century. Raleigh is deeply committed to Agenda 21 – the city has been a member of ICLEI. ICLEI is a UN front group that was founded in 1990 as the 'International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives'. ICLEI retained the same acronym but changed their name in 2003 to mean Local Governments for Sustainability. Raleigh also operates an Office of Sustainability.
The Mysterious Office
An email I received from the Raleigh OMB dated 8/6/13 reads, "The FY14 operating budget for Sustainability is $569,351. In the FY14 Capital Improvement Program (CIP), Council appropriated an additional $1.5 Million for a sustainability revolving fund. The Sustainability Office is currently designing the program to use those funds." This "Office" has a full time staff of 5 with combined salaries of $350,544. And we can be certain that some program will be developed to spend the additional $1.5 million. Much money can always be spent by bureaucrats intent on transforming Raleigh into a sub compact city – however it's never been a priority to sustain the public's money.
Tagged Agenda 21, Office of Sustainability, Raleigh, Raleigh City Council, Stagner, sustainability
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Q: Too many first chance exceptions in Visual Studio 2013 project using WCF I am using WCF in my project. The project was working fine before. Suddenly it has started throwing errors. I can build the project successfully but when I run it, a lot of first chance exceptions are being thrown. Most of them are related to microlib.dll.
A few AccessViolationException in System.Web.dll and WcfSvcHost.exe are also being thrown.
All other visual studio solutions are working fine except this one.

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*I have tried running the project in both Debug and release mode.

*I have tried deleting IISExpress folder in Documents Directory

*My VS solution contains many class liberaries and all are running in Any CPU configuration.

I cannot figure out the reason what is causing the issue. I checked the microlib.dll in C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/assembly and saw it is last modified in January.
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standard to use Fourier transform scanning tunnelling spectroscopy
(FT-STS)~\cite{sprunger} techniques to extract, e.g., the
characteristic wavelengths of Friedel-type
oscillations~\cite{friedel} and, if present, the background charge
 order. In a simple metal, the local density of states
around an impurity varies as $\sim \cos 2k_F r/r^3$, so the
wavelength of the local density of states (LDOS) ``ripples" caused
by a single impurity is a measure of the Fermi wave vector of the
pure system~\cite{sprunger}. In the quasi-2D $d$-wave
superconductor, the spherical shell of maximum FT-STS intensity
with radius 2$k_F$ is replaced by a discrete set of peaks at
positions ${\bf q}_\alpha$, $\alpha=0...7$ (see Fig.~\ref{fig:BZ})
which connect an octet of points of high density of states in
momentum
space~\cite{Hoffman1,Tingfourier,WangLee,andersen,Tingfourierfewimp,Franz}.
The fact that in optimally doped BSCCO the measured dispersion of
these peaks with STM bias~\cite{Hoffman1,McElroy,McElroy04} agrees
semi-quantitatively with the predictions based on $d$-wave
BCS-theory
is considered as strong evidence for the existence of well-defined
quasiparticles in the superconducting state of optimally doped
cuprate superconductors, and for the applicability of $d$-wave
BCS-theory in this regime.  Recent attempts to relate ARPES
spectral functions to  STM Fourier transform patterns have met
with reasonable success, supporting this
conclusion~\cite{Markiewicz,Chatterjee05,McElroyARPES05}.

At lower doping, the dispersing peaks are still present, but
additional nondispersing peaks  are observed corresponding to wave
vectors along the Cu-O bonds with wavelength close to four lattice
spacings~\cite{McElroy04,momono05}. Nondispersing peaks have
been reported in overdoped samples as well, and have been discussed in terms
of stripelike charge ordering~\cite{Kapitulnik2,Kapitulnik3}.  The
nature and degree of charge ordering and the existence of the
nondispersive peaks in these materials is still controversial,
however.  In this work we neglect charge ordering and discuss
exclusively the Fourier transform LDOS response of the $d$-wave
superconducting state to disorder.

Despite the overall success of interpreting the Fourier STM
patterns in terms of quasiparticle interference, none of the existing
models has been able to correctly account for the observed weights and widths of
the dispersive $q$-space peaks.
The pointlike single-impurity
theories~\cite{Hoffman1,Tingfourier,WangLee,andersen,Tingfourierfewimp,Franz}
yield peak structures which are sharp, and linear or arclike in
structure, in contrast to the experimental features, which appear
as a series of broad, roughly round spots. Depending on the
assumed form of the impurity potential and its  strength, the
relative intensity weights of the different octet peaks change,
but there has been no choice of potential found which adequately
accounts for the experimentally observed weights. In particular,
all such calculations appear to drastically underestimate the
weight of the dispersing ${\bf q}_1$-peaks and in contrast to
experiment predict many
 ``background'' features, i.e., strong intensity in regions of
$q$-space other than the octet peaks.

Many-impurity calculations with weak scatterers displayed some of
the same features as the single-impurity calculations, and showed how
increasing disorder eventually swamps the octet peaks by raising
the noise floor, but were not notably more successful in
reproducing the experimental FT-STS patterns~\cite{capriotti}. It
was therefore suggested by Zhu {\it et al.}~\cite{ZAH04} that it
is essential to consider a more realistic disorder model for
BSCCO, including the effect of roughly 0.2\% in-plane native
defects, which are generally considered as strong pointlike
scatterers due to the resonances they generate near zero
bias~\cite{native}, as well as the effect of out-of-plane defects,
which most likely act as weak extended scatterers due to poor
screening within the CuO$_2$-planes. Using this disorder model Zhu
{\it et al.} were able to reproduce the experimental FT-STS patterns at
low biases of order 10-15meV reasonably well,  but at higher
energies agreement was rather poor. They attributed the low-energy
behavior to the in-plane native defects and interpreted the role
of the extended weak out-of-plane scatterers as broadening the
octet peaks. A broadening of small-momentum features
has also been reported by Dell'Anna {\it et al.}~\cite{DellAnna}
due to mesoscopic inhomogeneities.

\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=.6\columnwidth]{BZ2.eps}
\end{center}
\caption{Schematic depiction of the first Brillouin zone in cuprate
superconductors. Green (blue) regions represent $\Delta_{\bf k}>0$
($\Delta_{\bf k}<0$). Red dots are intersections of constant
quasiparticle energy contours with the Fermi surface. The fraction
of octet vectors, ${\bf q}_1$, ${\bf q}_4$, ${\bf q}_5$ which should in principle
be visible in the case of a ``pointlike'' (4-bond)
$\tau_1$-scatterer are denoted with solid lines, the remaining
octet vectors are indicated with dashed lines.} \label{fig:BZ}
\end{figure}

In this paper we show that a realistic treatment of the out-of-plane
disorder plus the consideration of in-plane native defects
is necessary to understand the key features of the
experimental Fourier transform patterns.
There are at least two major sources of out-of-plane disorder in this
material: (i)  non-stoichiometric oxygen dopant atoms and (ii)
random substitution of Bi at the Sr-sites~\cite{Eisaki}. Very
recently, direct information on both types of impurities has been
obtained by STM.  Kinoda {\it et al.}~\cite{Kinoda05} succeeded in
imaging the excess Bi$^{3+}$  at a bias of 1.7~eV, finding an
areal concentration of about 3\%, consistent with earlier estimates
from bulk measurements~\cite{Eisaki}.  In addition, McElroy {\it et
al.}~\cite{DavisScience05} imaged a set of atomic scale defects at
-0.96 eV, whose concentration scales with
doping. These defects, which  were  ultimately identified as the interstitial oxygen
dopant atoms, were shown to correlate strongly and
positively with the local gap size in the superconducting state.

We have recently suggested that the above mentioned experimental
observations can be understood based on the simple assumption that
the main effect of the interstitial dopants
(i.e. disorder (i)) is to increase the
pair interaction locally~\cite{NAMH05}.
This assumption yields
gap modulations which correlate positively with the dopant
positions, gives rise to particle-hole symmetric spectra and
suppresses high-energy coherence peaks as observed in experiment.
The underlying assumption is that each  interstitial oxygen  distorts the
``cage" of atoms around it, thereby modulating the pair
interaction locally.
Alternatively, these order parameter modulations could also arise from
sources other than microscopic pairing disorder, e.g. via coupling of
ordinary electrostatic impurity potentials to phases which compete
with $d$-wave superconductivity, see e.g. Ref.~\cite{chakravarty}.
Nevertheless, the phenomenological assumption of microscopic
pairing disorder has already proven successful with respect to
many experimental observations in BSCCO. Scattering by order
parameter variations has been reported to improve dramatically the
fit to the inelastic tunneling spectroscopy
experiments~\cite{BalatskyIETS}. Fang {\it et al.}~\cite{Fang}
reported very sharp coherence peaks in small gap regions
consistent with an Andreev bound state in a region of suppressed
order parameter, as discussed in Ref.~\cite{NAMH05}. Very
recently, J.-X. Zhu explored the effect of dopant modulated Cu-Cu
hopping within a Bogoliubiov-de Gennes framework~\cite{JXZhu05}.
Finally, order parameter modulations with a phase twist have been
found to yield low-energy impurity bound state energies and a
spatial distribution of the LDOS  similar to those observed near
Zn-impurities in BSCCO-2212~\cite{phaseimp}. Thus it is intriguing
to explore the consequences of this unusual quasiparticle
scattering from the order parameter modulations further, in
particular its effect on the FT-STS patterns.

Unlike the oxygen dopants, the Bi$^{3+}$ defects, i.e.
disorder component (ii), most likely act
as conventional weak and extended potential scatterers due
to the different charge of the Sr- and Bi-ions and the smaller
deformation of the lattice itself.
The existence of a large concentration of
extended weak potential scatterers is also supported by an
analysis of transport properties in BSCCO~\cite{microwave}.

The final aspect of the disorder we discuss  is the small
concentration of in-plane native defects, about 0.2\% per Cu,
imaged by STM~\cite{native}. It is believed that these are Cu
vacancies in the CuO$_2$ plane, although  no direct proof exists.
Individually, these defects provide a resonant signal centered
within 1 meV of the Fermi level similar but not identical to Zn.
The resonance modulates the LDOS primarily below 15 meV or less,
and then furthermore at energies not far from the gap edge where
the resonant spectral weight originates.  We model these defects
as strong pointlike unitary potential scatterers, as in Zhu {\it et
al.}~\cite{ZAH04}, noting that because the concentration and resonance
energies of these defects are known from experiment, they do not
introduce new model parameters.

Thus, we believe that a realistic model of the disorder in BSCCO
should contain a net out-of-plane disorder consisting of
extended weak potential scatterers (approx. 3\%, i.e., the
concentration of Bi-defects) and extended off-diagonal
scatterers (approx. 7.5\%, i.e., half the doping, because
each oxygen dopant most likely contributes two holes) plus a
concentration of 0.2\% pointlike and strong in-plane defects. It is
the purpose of this paper to investigate the effect of these three
disorder components on the FT-STS patterns.

\section{Model}
As a model for the homogeneous system we use the usual BCS
Hamiltonian given by
\begin{equation}
{\mathcal{H}}_0=\sum_{{\mathbf{k}},\sigma}
\varepsilon_{\mathbf{k}} \hat{c}^\dagger_{{\mathbf{k}}\sigma}
\hat{c}_{{\mathbf{k}}\sigma} + \sum_{{\mathbf{k}}} \left(
\Delta_{\mathbf{k}} \hat{c}^\dagger_{{\mathbf{k}}\uparrow}
\hat{c}^\dagger_{-{\mathbf{k}}\downarrow} + {\rm H.c.} \right),
\end{equation}
where $\varepsilon_{{\bf k}}$ is the quasiparticle dispersion proposed to
fit the ARPES data~\cite{norman}: $\varepsilon_{{\bf k}}=\sum_{n=0}^5
t_n\chi_n(k)$, where $t_{0-5}=0.1305$, $-0.5951$, $0.1636$,
$-0.0519$, $-0.1117$, $0.0510$ (eV), and $\chi_{0-5}(k)=1$,
$(\cos k_x+\cos k_y)/2$, $\cos k_x\cos k_y$, $(\cos 2k_x+\cos
2k_y)/2$, $(\cos 2k_x\cos k_y+\cos 2k_y\cos k_x)/2$, and $\cos
2k_x\cos 2k_y$. For $d$-wave pairing we have,
$\Delta_{\mathbf{k}}=2\Delta_0 (\cos k_x - \cos k_y)$
with $\Delta_0=12{\rm meV}$.

In terms of the Nambu spinor
$\hat{\psi}^\dagger_{{\mathbf{k}}}=(\hat{c}^\dagger_{{\mathbf{k}}\uparrow},
\hat{c}_{-{\mathbf{k}}\downarrow})$,
the corresponding bulk Green's function in Matsubara
representation is given by
\begin{equation}\label{nambugreensfunctions}
{\mathcal{G}}^{0}({\mathbf{k}},i\omega_n)=\frac{i\omega_n\tau_0+\xi_{\mathbf{k}}\tau_3
+\Delta_{\mathbf{k}}\tau_1}{(i\omega_n)^2-E_{\mathbf{k}}^2},
\end{equation}
where $E_{\mathbf{k}}^2=\xi_{\mathbf{k}}^2+\Delta_{\mathbf{k}}^2$,
and $\tau_0$ is the $2\times 2$ identity matrix, whereas
($\tau_1,\tau_2,\tau_3$) denote the three Pauli matrices. In
real-space, the perturbation due to the conventional point-like
potential scatterers in the diagonal $\tau_3$ channel and
modulated pairing amplitude in the off-diagonal $\tau_1$ channel
can be written as
\begin{equation}
{\mathcal{H}}^{\prime}({\mathbf{r}},{\mathbf{r}}')=\hat{\psi}^\dagger_{{\mathbf{r}}}
\left[ V({\mathbf{r-r'}})\delta({\mathbf{r-r'}}) \tau_3 + \delta
\Delta({\mathbf{r}},{\mathbf{r}}') \tau_1 \right]
\hat{\psi}_{{\mathbf{r}}'}.\label{Hprime}
\end{equation}
Note that
the conventional impurity scattering occurs with Pauli matrix
$\tau_3$ in (\ref{Hprime}), whereas the order parameter
modulation, or Andreev scattering term,  occurs with $\tau_1$.  We
will henceforth adopt the convenient shorthand of referring to the
two types of processes as $\tau_3$ or $\tau_1$ disorder,
respectively.

We use a Yukawa form to model the extended conventional potential
of an out-of-plane defect:
\begin{equation}
V({\bf r})=\frac{V_0 r_z}{e^{-r_z/\lambda}} \frac{e^{-d/\lambda}}{d}
\quad {\rm with} \quad d=\sqrt{r^2+r_z^2} \,,
\end{equation}
where ${\bf r}$ is an in-plane vector, $r_z$ is the distance of the
defect from the CuO$_2$-plane and the potential is normalized to
$V_0$ in the CuO$_2$-plane directly below the defect. An extended
$\tau_1$-scatterer is modeled by using the same functional form
in the $\tau_1$ channel as
\begin{equation}
\delta \Delta ({\bf r}, {\bf r}')= \frac{\delta \Delta \, r_z}{e^{-r_z/\lambda}}
\frac{e^{-d/\lambda}}{d}\,\, {\rm with} \,\, d=\sqrt{(\frac{1}{2}({\bf r}+{\bf r}'))^2+r_z^2}\,.
\end{equation}
We note that there is no microscopic justification for this form,
nor any direct connection with a physical screened Coulomb
potential; this is merely a convenient way to introduce a length
scale to the order parameter modulations induced by the dopant
atoms.

In order to determine the resulting LDOS as a function of energy
and lattice sites, one needs to obtain the full Green's function
${\mathcal{G}}({\mathbf{r}},{\mathbf{r}}',i\omega_n)$ given by the
Dyson equation
\begin{equation}\label{dyson}
{\mathcal{G}}({\mathbf{r}},{\mathbf{r}}')={\mathcal{G}}^{0}({\mathbf{r}}-{\mathbf{r}}')
+\sum_{{\bf r}'',{\bf r}'''} {\mathcal{G}}^0({\mathbf{r}}-{\mathbf{r}}'')
H^{\prime}({\mathbf{r}}'',{\mathbf{r}}''')
{\mathcal{G}}({\mathbf{r}}''',{\mathbf{r}}').
\end{equation}
Thus, by calculating
\begin{equation}\label{G0realspace}
{\mathcal{G}}^{0}({\mathbf{r}},i\omega_n)= \sum_{\mathbf{k}}
\frac{(i\omega_n\tau_0+\xi_{\mathbf{k}}\tau_3+\Delta_{\mathbf{k}}\tau_1)}{(i\omega_n)^2-E_{\mathbf{k}}^2}
\exp(i {\mathbf{k}} \cdot {\mathbf{r}}),
\end{equation}
the remaining problem is that of a simple matrix inversion, and
the LDOS $\rho({\bf r},\omega)$ can be extracted from the imaginary
part of the full Green's function, $\rho({\bf r}, \omega) =
-\frac{1}{\pi} \mbox{Im} {\mathcal G}_{11} ({\bf r}, {\bf r}, \omega)$.

\begin{figure*}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=.99\textwidth,bb=50 210 560 750]{FTpatterns.ps}
\end{center}
\caption{Effect of out-of-plane scattering potentials of different
type on the power spectrum.  Shown is the power spectrum for: 1st
column: pointlike $\tau_3$-scatterer with strength $V$=120meV, 2nd
column: extended $\tau_3$-scatterer with $V_0$=40meV,
   $\lambda=r_z=1.5a$,
3rd column: pointlike $\tau_1$-scatterer with $\delta
\Delta=\Delta_0$
   on the four central bonds,
4th column: slightly extended $\tau_1$-scatterer with
$\delta \Delta=\Delta_0$,
   $\lambda=r_z=1.2a$,
5th column: combination of 7.5\% extended $\tau_1$-scatterers
   ($\delta \Delta=\Delta_0$, $\lambda=r_z=1.2a$) and 3\% extended
   $\tau_3$-scatterers ($V_0$=40meV, $\lambda=r_z=1.5a$),
6th column: same as 5th column plus 0.2\% unitary ($V$=3.9meV)
  pointlike scatterers,
7th column: experimental power spectrum~\cite{McElroy,McElroy04}.}
\label{fig:FTdos}
\end{figure*}

\section{Results}

 We now examine the effect of a single scatterer
on the FT-STS patterns.  The philosophy of calculations of this
type~\cite{WangLee,Tingfourier} is simply that the ``Friedel
oscillations" in the $d$-wave quasiparticle sea around a single
impurity will contain many of the wavelengths present in the fully
disordered system. The FTDOS due to the impurity is then given by
\begin{equation}
   \rho({\bf q},\omega) = \sum_{{\bf r}\in L\times L} e^{-i{\bf q}\cdot {\bf r}} \rho({\bf r}, \omega)
 \end{equation}
where $L\times L$ is a square set of $L^2$ positions at which
measurements are made, and ${\bf q} = 2\pi(m,n)/L$ are vectors in the
associated reciprocal lattice. The power spectrum~\cite{footnote}
is simply the 2D image obtained from the amplitude
$|\rho({\bf q},\omega)|$. In the case that several disorder components
are present we calculate the power spectrum as
$|\rho({\bf q},\omega)|=|\sum_i n_i \rho_i ({\bf q},\omega)|$, where
$\rho_i$ and $n_i$ denote the FTDOS and concentration of each
disorder component.

Fig.~\ref{fig:FTdos} compares the resulting power spectra for
different impurity models computed for $L=53$. In the 1st column,
the power spectrum for a weak pointlike $\tau_3$-impurity,
discussed previously in Refs.~\cite{WangLee,ZAH04}, is reproduced.
In contrast to the experimental power spectrum, the calculation
for a pointlike $\tau_3$-impurity predicts strong weight at large
wavevectors especially near $(\pi,\pi)$, which is observed
experimentally only at very low frequencies. In the case of an
extended $\tau_3$-scatterer (2nd column in Fig.~\ref{fig:FTdos}),
on the other hand, the high-momentum features are suppressed due
to the rapid fall-off  of the impurity potential $V({\bf q})$ in
momentum space. This is, however, not the only difference between
pointlike and extended $\tau_3$-scatterers. The FT-patterns also
change for small momenta; most noticeably, the ${\bf q}_7$-peaks are
enhanced due to small-angle scattering of quasiparticles by the
smooth potential. Whereas the ${\bf q}_7$-peaks appear only as tiny
spots in the case of a pointlike impurity~\cite{ZAH04}, too small
to be resolved in Fig.~\ref{fig:FTdos}, they become broad spots in
the case of an extended impurity and are clearly visible at the
energies $|\omega|=14$meV, 22meV in Fig.~\ref{fig:FTdos}. This
supports the proposal by Zhu {\it et al.}~\cite{ZAH04} that the
enhancement of forward scattering due to spatially extended
impurities broadens the octet peaks.

In addition to the existence of weak extended $\tau_3$-scatterers,
which could arise e.g. due to random substitutions of Sr by Bi,
the pair interaction is most likely modulated due to the presence
of non-stoichiometric oxygen dopant atoms~\cite{NAMH05}. This
results in inhomogeneities in the magnitude of the superconducting
order parameter and enhanced Andreev scattering which can be
modeled as $\tau_1$-scattering within a single-impurity approach.
The 3rd column in
Fig.~\ref{fig:FTdos} shows the power spectrum for a ``pointlike''
$\tau_1$-scatterer, i.e., a modulation of the order parameter on
the four bonds surrounding the impurity site as $\delta \Delta
(0,\pm \hat x)=\delta \Delta (\pm \hat x,0)= -\delta \Delta (0,\pm
\hat y)=-\delta \Delta (\pm \hat y, 0)=\delta \Delta$. Obviously,
the resulting FT-pattern looks very different from a pointlike
$\tau_3$-scatterer. The background features, i.e., the finite
FTDOS at wavevectors that do not correspond to one of the octet
peaks, are much less pronounced. At high energies
($|\omega|=30$meV, 38meV), the power spectrum is clearly dominated
by ${\bf q}_1$-peaks, whereas the ${\bf q}_7$-peaks are completely
absent even at the lowest energies. This behavior can be
understood in terms of the momentum dependence of the scattering
matrix element for a ``pointlike'' $\tau_1$-scatterer. Fourier
transformation of the ``pointlike'' order parameter modulation
yields
\begin{equation}
\delta\Delta_{{\bf k}\k'} = \delta\Delta (\Delta_{\bf k}+\Delta_{{\bf k}'})/\Delta_0 \,,
\end{equation}
i.e., $\delta\Delta_{{\bf k}\k'}$ vanishes for wavevectors ${\bf k}$ and
${\bf k}'$ which connect points of the Brillouin zone where $\Delta_{\bf k}$
and $\Delta_{{\bf k}'}$ have opposite signs but equal magnitudes. Among
the octet vectors, only ${\bf q}_1$, ${\bf q}_4$ and ${\bf q}_5$ are allowed
scattering processes contributing to the  FTDOS for a
``pointlike'' $\tau_1$-scatterer, whereas ${\bf q}_2$, ${\bf q}_3$, ${\bf q}_6$
and ${\bf q}_7$ are suppressed because the matrix element
$\delta\Delta_{\bf k,k'}$ vanishes for these ${\bf q}$, see
Fig.~\ref{fig:BZ}. The 4th column of Fig.~\ref{fig:FTdos} shows
the power spectrum for the case of a slightly more extended
$\tau_1$-scatterer. The primary effect of extending the spatial
range of the order parameter modulation is analogous to the $\tau_3$-case, i.e.,
the intensity at large momenta and background features are
suppressed resulting in even more pronounced ${\bf q}_1$-peaks.

The 5th column of Fig.~\ref{fig:FTdos} presents the power spectrum
of an extended impurity with a combined $\tau_1$- plus
$\tau_3$-potential, where each single component corresponds to the
potential used for the extended $\tau_3$/$\tau_1$-case in the 2nd
/4th column. Since we assume that the extended $\tau_3$-scatterers
result from the 3\% Sr/Bi-disorder and the extended
$\tau_1$-scatterers from the 7.5\% dopant oxygens the FTDOS of
each component has been weighted with a prefactor corresponding to
the ratio of these two concentrations. Alternatively, a scatterer
with combined $\tau_1$- and $\tau_3$-character could also arise
due to the fact that each oxygen dopant, besides modulating the
pair potential, most likely also possesses a small but finite
conventional potential component.
 The extended
$\tau_1+\tau_3$-case obviously combines the main characteristics
of the extended $\tau_1$ and the extended $\tau_3$-case. At
$|\omega|=14$meV the power spectrum is dominated by ${\bf q}_7$-peaks, at
$|\omega|=22$meV both the ${\bf q}_7$- and the
${\bf q}_1$-peaks are present, whereas the highest frequencies $|\omega|=30$meV and
$|\omega|=38$meV are clearly dominated by ${\bf q}_1$-peaks.

In addition to out-of-plane impurities, a realistic description of
the disorder in BSCCO has to take into account the in-plane native
defects with concentration estimated as 0.2\% from STM. These
defects are usually modeled as pointlike unitary impurities
located within the CuO$_2$-planes. The 6th column of
Fig.~\ref{fig:FTdos}
 displays the power spectrum resulting from the combined effect
 of the extended $\tau_1$- and $\tau_3$-scatterers, as
displayed in the 5th column of Fig.~\ref{fig:FTdos}, plus 0.2\%
pointlike unitary impurities (here $V$=3.9eV). The
existence of native defects within the CuO$_2$-planes of BSCCO is
only of minor importance for the high-frequency power spectrum,
because their concentration is much smaller than that of the
out-of-plane defects. At smaller frequencies, however, the strong
pointlike impurities produce additional large-momentum features,
especially close to $(\pi,\pi)$. This is precisely what is
observed in  experiment:  large-momentum octet vectors are only
observed at low frequencies.
The reason why the large-momentum features
appear only at low energies can be understood from
Fig.~\ref{fig:LinescanDiag}, where the power spectrum along the
Brillouin zone diagonal is compared for a single unitary pointlike
scatterer with the power spectrum resulting from a single weak
extended scatterer.
Note, that the intensity of  the large-momentum peak, which results
from the pointlike unitary scatterers, is almost frequency
independent (see Fig.~\ref{fig:LinescanDiag}). However, its weight
relative to the small-momentum features of FTSTS signal  decreases
for large bias values. This occurs mainly because the intensity of
the low momentum features, contributed by the weak scatterers,
grows rapidly with frequency.

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\begin{minipage}{.49\columnwidth}
\includegraphics[width=1.0\columnwidth,clip=]{LinescanDiagw014.eps}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{.49\columnwidth}
\includegraphics[width=1.0\columnwidth,clip=]{LinescanDiagw030.eps}
\end{minipage}
\end{center}
\caption{Cut along the diagonal of the Brillouin zone ($k_x$=$k_y$)
through the power spectrum of a strong
pointlike $\tau_3$-scatterer with $V$=3.9eV (solid line), a weak
extended $\tau_3$-scatterer with $V_0$=40meV, $\lambda=r_z$=1.5a (dashed
line) and a ``pointlike'' $\tau_1$-scatterer with $\delta \Delta=\Delta_0$
(dotted line) for an energy of (a) $\omega$=14meV and (b) $\omega$=30meV.}
\label{fig:LinescanDiag}
\end{figure}

Overall, the power spectrum calculated within our realistic
disorder model (6th column in Fig.~\ref{fig:FTdos}) reproduces the
experimental one (7th column in Fig.~\ref{fig:FTdos}) very well.
This allows us to interpret some of the key features of the
experimental power spectrum in the following way: (i) the dominant
${\bf q}_1$-peaks arise mainly from scattering by the  order parameter
 modulations, i.e., by $\tau_1$-scattering,
(ii) the broadness of the ${\bf q}_7$-peaks, which are quite pronounced
at small energies, is caused by poorly screened out-of-plane
potential impurities, which act as extended $\tau_3$-scatterers,
(iii) the large momentum features at small frequencies originate
from the in-plane native defects, which are modeled as pointlike
unitary scatterers.

\section{ Conclusions}

We have suggested that a realistic model for the out-of-plane
disorder in BSCCO-2212 should include: (i) order parameter
inhomogeneities, which we have previously attributed to the fact
that the oxygen dopant atoms modulate the pair interaction
locally~\cite{NAMH05} and which result in enhanced Andreev or
$\tau_1$-scattering, (ii) extended weak potential  or
$\tau_3$-scatterers, which could originate e.g. from the random
substitution of Sr by Bi and which are spatially extended due to
poor screening within the CuO$_2$-planes. In combination with the
0.2\% in-plane native defects observed by STM, which we model as
pointlike unitary potential scatterers, our model for the
out-of-plane disorder is able to reproduce the essential
characteristics of the experimental Fourier transform patterns in
BSCCO.
The fact that the out-of-plane scatterers are spatially extended
explains the absence of large-momentum octet peaks and the
suppression of ``background'' features at higher energies. The
large-momentum features at small energies are caused by the 0.2\%
pointlike strong in-plane scatterers. The ${\bf q}_7$-peaks are
broadened considerably due to enhanced forward scattering caused
by the spatially extended potential impurities. The
$\tau_1$-scattering, which arises from the order parameter
inhomogeneities observed in BSCCO, strongly enhances the
dispersive ${\bf q}_1$-peaks especially at higher energies. The reason
why $\tau_1$-scattering mostly contributes to ${\bf q}_1$-peaks is a
simple consequence of the $d$-wave symmetry of the corresponding
scattering matrix elements. \vskip .2cm

The agreement of the qualitative features of the power spectrum
predicted by the model introduced in Ref.~\cite{NAMH05} for the
out-of-plane O dopants with experiment is further evidence in
support of the contention put forward there that the O defects in
the BSCCO-2212 system are actually modulating the pair interaction
$g$ locally.  Of course comparisons of this type cannot directly
determine the microscopic origin of the modulation of $g$, but
since the experimental data with which we compare are from
slightly overdoped samples, it seems unlikely that significant
inhomogeneity is being driven by  competition with a second order
parameter.  This therefore suggests that an atomic-scale
modulation of electronic hopping parameters or electron-phonon coupling
constants is indeed taking place in these materials near the dopant
atoms.\cite{NAMH05}.

\vskip .2cm

{\it Acknowledgements.} The authors acknowledge valuable
conversations with W.A. Atkinson,  A.V. Balatsky, J.C. Davis,  J. Lee and
K. McElroy.  We would especially like to thank  J.C. Davis, J. Lee and K.
McElroy for sharing with us their data.
Partial support for this research (BMA, TSN and PJH) was provided
by ONR N00014-04-0060. TSN was supported by a Feodor-Lynen Fellowship
from the A. v. Humboldt Foundation, and AM by the Institute for Fundamental
Theory of the University of Florida.

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Геннадий Фадеевич Шляпин (1912—1970) — советский военный. В годы Великой Отечественной войны командир 196-го гвардейского стрелкового полка 67-я гвардейская стрелковая дивизия. Герой Советского Союза.

Биография
Геннадий Фадеевич Шляпин родился в 1912 году в городе Казалинске ныне Кызылординской области Казахстана.

Окончил агроиндустриальный техникум. Работал на Казалинской МТС, затем в облсовете Осоавиахима. В Красной Армии в 1934—1936, 1939 и с 1940 года. Окончил Ташкентское военное пехотное училище в 1941 году. Как отличник учёбы, стал преподавателем в этом училище. В первые дни Великой Отечественной войны с группой командиров-добровольцев Г. Ф. Шляпин выехал на фронт. Начав войну младшим лейтенантом, Г. Ф. Шляпин закончил её в звании гвардии полковника.

На фронте в Великую Отечественную войну с июля 1941 года. Командир 196-го гвардейского стрелкового полка (67-я гвардейская стрелковая дивизия, 6-я гвардейская армия, 1-й Прибалтийский фронт) гвардии майор Шляпин отличился в ходе операции. 23—24 июня 1944 года его полк прорвал сильно укреплённую оборону противника в районе деревни Заборье (Сиротинский район Витебской области), перерезал железную дорогу Витебск—Полоцк. На подручных средствах форсировал Западную Двину у деревни Узречье (Бешенковичский район) и с плацдарма перешёл к преследованию противника.

Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 22 июля 1944 года гвардии майору, командиру 196-го гвардейского стрелкового полка 67-й гвардейской дивизии Г. Ф. Шляпину присвоено звание Героя Советского Союза.

В 1947 году окончил курсы «Выстрел», в 1957 году — Высшие академические курсы при Военной академии Генштаба. С октября 1956 по ноябрь 1957 года командовал 70-й гвардейской стрелковой дивизии в 38-й армии Прикарпатского военного округа (управление дивизии — Ивано-Франковск). С 1958 года полковник Шляпин — в запасе. Жил и работал в Казалинске и Ташкенте.

Награждён орденами Ленина, Красного Знамени, Богдана Хмельницкого 2 степени, Суворова 3 степени, Отечественной войны 1 степени, двумя орденами Красной Звезды, медалями.

Умер 13 августа 1970 года.

Награды
 Герой Советского Союза;
 орден Ленина;
 орден Красного Знамени;
 орден Богдана Хмельницкого 2-й степени;
 орден Суворова 3-й степени;
 орден Отечественной войны I степени;
 два ордена Красной Звезды;
 медали.

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Члены КПСС
Командиры полков в Великой Отечественной войне
Похороненные на Боткинском кладбище Ташкента

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Mindfulness has gained considerable popularity for its health benefits, and weight loss is no exception. Research has shown mindfulness based practices can improve eating behaviours and reduce weight, with a recent study finding mindfulness based interventions may be particularly useful for long-term weight management.
Mindfulness is a state of conscious awareness that arises from purposefully paying attention to experiences in a non-judgemental and accepting manner. It involves observing your thoughts, feelings, emotions and body without criticism – it's simply about noticing them. Mindfulness may be cultivated through formal meditation practice, or informal exercises incorporated into daily life. When applied to eating, dubbed 'mindful eating', it involves becoming completely aware of the sensations experienced – for example, chewing slowly, removing distractions (such as phones, TV, work) and noticing the colours, smells, flavours and textures of food. It also involves bringing awareness to the experience of eating and your body's hunger and satiety (fullness) signals. This can help you determine if you're letting your emotions or the environment dictate and drive your eating habits. For example, noticing if you're drawn to eating a packet of chips after a hard day, or that you're hardwired to purchase junk food when grocery shopping simply because they're heavily marketed.
Ultimately, the goal is to bring awareness, rather than judgement, to emotional eating triggers and experiences. When your awareness is heightened, this may interrupt habits to overeat in response to stress or cues such as the sight of food.
Over the next few days start experimenting with mindful eating. Next time you notice the drive to eat, ask yourself, am I physically hungry? Observe the feeling of hunger and fullness throughout the day, and take note of when cravings occur, observing any emotions or stimuli that trigger these cravings. It can be helpful to keep a craving journal.
If you feel overwheled by this or knowing where to start on your weight loss journey get in touch with me today. Life's to precious to waste not feeling your best! I have a genuine desire to help others get well and stay well. So I want to encourage you to take control of your own health so you can feel great every single day. Don't hesitate and waste another day or week, flick me a message if this is something you're struggling with and let's start your journey to wellness!


Having a family history of alcohol use disorder (AUD) increases one's likelihood of developing an AUD. The mechanisms underlying this risk are unclear, but familial AUD-related premorbid differences in brain circuitry have been demonstrated. Further, studies comparing the subjective responses to alcohol in family history- positive and family-history negative (FH+/FH-) individuals indicate that FH+ individuals report more stimulation and less sedation than FH- individuals, and these effects are seen across the ascending and descending limbs of the blood alcohol curve (BAC), respectively. These subjective phenotypes are associated with the perpetuation of alcohol use. However, little is known about concurrent alterations in brain circuitry across the BAC and the extent to which these alterations, and differing subjective effects, reflect underlying neurobiological differences in AUD risk. Accordingly, we aim to address this knowledge gap using functional magnetic resonance imaging techniques. We will compare patterns of functional connectivity in FH+ and FH- individuals, matched for drinking history, across the BAC during acute alcohol intoxication. Specifically, functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (fcMRI) will be examined in relation to the BAC, using a 90-min scanning protocol in a total of 72 young adults (36 FH+/36 FH-; age 21; groups matched for prior drinking history). Twenty minutes prior to beverage consumption, a pre-beverage assessment will occur and an intravenous (IV) line will be placed to allow repeated blood draws. Next, participants will consume a beverage (0 [placebo], 0.6 g/kg [total alcohol dose]; order counterbalanced between sessions for a within subjects dosing design) and scanning will begin, including 70 minutes of fcMRI across the BAC. Every 10 minutes throughout the fcMRI data collection (at the same times blood samples are taken), subjects will also complete a brief subjective effects questionnaire, so that subjective effects (stimulation, sedation) can be recorded and related to fcMRI between specific brain regions. Comparing functional connectivity underlying response to acute alcohol intake across the BAC in the brains of at-risk, compared to lower risk, individuals will provide useful information about the neurobiology of alcohol's actions and interactive factors associated with abuse liability (subjective response), which may ultimately inform intervention efforts.


The first fight I got into with my best friend from college happened when I equated his type of artists to bangers. Connor was a drummer—a batteur, the French kids called him—so I studied the stigma: percussionists were beat keepers and timesticks, not melodic or musical. They simply banged on things.
Through four years of recitals I was repeatedly proven wrong—and I was again today after witnessing the work of French Wikidrummer Julien Audigier, late of De Palmas and Nina Attal.
In this video, he lays down two minutes of sound-shifting funk through the amplification system that is our really real world. What you find plays out like a John Cage experiment for the YouTube era: The music comes from everywhere. In Audigier's case, tones echo off every garage roof, soccer field, courtyard, and industrial factory, with about six more scenes intermixed within the clip.
"No artificial reverb added," he stressed. Just a kick, hat, carpet, and snare.


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Over the rainbow?
Posted on 11 July 2019 by Nancy Kelley, Deputy Chief Executive .
Tags: British Social Attitudes, LGBT, diversity, relationships
It's Pride month, our timelines are full of rainbows, and this week Westminster voted to extend same sex marriage rights to Northern Ireland.
So are we really getting less tolerant of lesbian and gay relationships?
The short answer is 'no'. This year's British Social Attitudes survey found that 66% of the public think that lesbian and gay sexual relationships are 'not wrong at all'. Although this number is 2 percentage points lower than last year, the difference is not statistically significant – which means it may have happened by chance rather than representing a real and durable change.
What we can see are some signs that the long trend of increasingly accepting attitudes may be levelling off, leaving behind a section of the population who feel uncomfortable with or actively opposed to lesbian and gay relationships.
So how big is that population, and what might drive their views?
When we ask this question, we provide six options, ranging from 'not wrong at all' to 'always wrong'. Here they are:
The public is pretty clear about this issue (not many 'don't knows', 'depends' or refusals). Two thirds of us think gay and lesbian sexual relationships are not wrong and 10% think that they are always wrong.
If we're interested in identifying the percentage of the population that are homophobic, we can group together the people who think gay and lesbian sexual relationships are 'always' and 'mostly' wrong.
Today, 16% of the population could be described as holding homophobic views. When we look at the trend, not only can we see this group shrinking rapidly over the decades (despite an upturn during the HIV/Aids crisis), we can also see that the percentage of the population who hold actively homophobic views is still in decline. No levelling off visible here, and every reason to expect the trend to continue.
We can't say with certainty what lies behind these attitudes, but we do know that faith plays a role. While many religious people are socially liberal on this and other issues, for others accepting gay people means rejecting religious teachings they hold dear. Among people who identify as 'other Christian', 28% think lesbian and gay relationships are 'mostly' or 'always' wrong, and among people who identify with non-Christian faiths, that rises to 43%.
There is a lot to celebrate about the long-term trend in public attitudes to lesbian and gay people, and every reason to hope that trend will continue. But its not all rainbows and unicorns. For LGBT+ people, particularly those who are raised in socially conservative religious communities, living with homophobia can still be a day-to-day challenge.
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This four-volume dictionary is the first to register the specialist terminology of dictionary research in about 5,600 headwords, 7,200 reference headwords and 50,000 headword equivalents in nine languages, and thus forms the foundation for future lexicography. It is aimed at academics, students and translators and is intended as an aid both to reading and to composing and translating specialist… texts. Apart from an introduction to the subject in both English and German, it provides bilingual definitions and contexts together with multilingual translations of the headwords.


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«Умная Эльза» () — сказка братьев Гримм, представляющая собой фарс о молодой девушке, которая, прослыв «умной», делала массу глупостей, видела будущее в мрачном свете и "заражала" своими необоснованными страхами остальных. По системе классификации сказочных сюжетов Aарне-Томпсона, имеет номера 1450 и 1383.

Сюжет
В родительском доме живёт умная Эльза, которую мать считает весьма рассудительной, поскольку та слышит, как «ветер по улице гуляет», и «мухи кашляют».

За Эльзу приходит свататься Ганс. Чтобы отметить сватовство, её посылают в погреб за пивом. Девушка видит на стене кирку, случайно забытую каменщиками. Она предполагает, что кирка в будущем может убить её ребёнка, если вдруг упадёт со стены.

Эльза забывает про пиво, и начинает плакать. В поисках пропавшей Эльзы в погреб последовательно спускаются служанка, слуга, мать, отец. Все они, узнав причину горя, тоже заливаются слезами. Наконец, устав от ожидания, в погреб спускается и будущий жених. Ганс решает проблему весьма просто: он снимает кирку со стены. Все поднимаются наверх и тут же справляют свадьбу.

Пожив немного с молодой женой, Ганс отправляется на заработки. Эльза идет в поле жать пшеницу. Но она сначала решила поесть, а затем поспать. Поздно вечером Ганс вернулся домой и не застал жену. Он подумал, что та ещё работает в поле. Отправившись за ней, он увидел несжатое поле. Тогда он набросил на спящую Эльзу рыболовную сеть с бубенчиками.

Когда Эльза проснулась, то впала в замешательство от звона бубенчиков. Она задаётся вопросом: «Я ли это, или не я?». Решив выяснить этот вопрос у мужа, она стучит в дверь и спрашивает: «Дома ли Эльза»? Ганс соврал, якобы Эльза дома. «Ах, боже мой, значит это не я!» — пугается Эльза. Она стучится в другие двери, но ей никто не отпирает.

Так Эльза прошлялась всю ночь; а утром, подойдя к водоёму, увидела в нём своё отражение и поняла: «Да, это я — умная Эльза».

Интерпретации
Литературовед Эрика Альма Мецгер рассматривает родство имени «Эльза» с ундиной Ильзе, владеющей бездной, видя в её образе процесс развития параноидной шизофрении. Теолог, автор работ по психоанализу  считает, что в Эльзе явлен пример разрушения личности через неправильное воспитание. Писатель Хайнц-Петер Рёр диагностирует у Эльзы истерическое расстройство личности.

«Синдром Умной Эльзы»
«Синдромом Умной Эльзы» или «синдромом бедной Эльзы» в психиатрии называется состояние навязчивой тревоги человека касательно своего будущего, которое видится в мрачных тонах. Описан  в 1945 году. Этот синдром нередко проявляется среди молодых матерей, которым постоянно кажется, что их детям со всех сторон угрожает опасность. В крайних проявлениях синдром может вылиться в навязчивый невроз полностью контролировать жизнь подросшего ребёнка и любой ценой удерживать его рядом с собой.

Синдром также усугубляет состояние детей, предрасположенных к обсессивно-компульсивным расстройствам. Чрезмерное потакание страхам и желаниям ребёнка близких ему людей отрицательно влияет на его психику.

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I started blogging in 2006 when I became director of IRIS. Since returning to being a full-time Biology professor, after doing my 7 years as an administrator, I've incorporated blogging assignments into my teaching. I find that both blogging, and using social media are great ways for students (and professors) to practice writing.
In 2014, I contributed three posts to the inventive #AdventBotany blog run by Dr. Alastair Culham and Dr. Jonathan Mitchley at Reading University: Amaryllis, Red-Osier Dogwood, and Poinsettia. This was a fun writing challenge, that was very different from writing journal articles and lectures.
I enjoyed it so much, that the other week, I got in touch with Jonathan and Alastair to ask if they planned a new 2015 Advent Botany series, and whether they would consider broadening the contributors to include other plant ecologists and botanists on twitter. They said "yes", so I offered 4 posts. You can read them below in various stages of development.
The first post went up on December 1st and you can compare my version with Alastair's. He made some different choices of image and placement.
Much of Canada's landmass is dominated by the boreal forest ecosystem. The characteristic tree species of the boreal biome are conifers such as pines, firs and spruces. Another boreal evergreen species, white cedar, has a range that extends further south, and it's common in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region to the south of the boreal.
In the United Kingdom, traditional Christmas greenery includes holly and ivy, but in Canada and the northeastern USA, balsam fir, eastern white cedar and red and white pine are very popular in Christmas decorations (right). Many Canadian homes have real, rather than fake greenery in them over the holiday season.
In Canada, balsam fir (Abies balsamea), which also makes excellent wreaths, is one of the most popular species of Christmas tree. Lauren, who works at Toronto Parks' historic Colborne Lodge, built in 1837 by John Howard, can be seen at right, below, with a traditional balsam fir wreath on the front door, and inside (left, below), with a balsam fir Christmas tree. Those are real candles on the tree, for which the decorative style is intended to evoke a Victorian Christmas.
John Howard, one of Toronto's first architects, engineers, and surveyors, acquired the land, which is now High Park, Toronto, and it was never actually farmed or built upon. His home, Colborne Lodge, a regency-style cottage, contains much of the original furniture that John Howard built. It's open to the public and is decorated in Victorian holiday style for the seasons. My favourite fact about Colborne Lodge is that it had the first indoor toilet in the City of Toronto!
Balsam fir has a wide range from Alberta in the west, across to eastern Canada and the USA (range map, below, adapted from Wikimedia: Elbert L. Little, Jr., U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service). While cutting a tree from the local wood lot is still popular, these days, most trees are grown on Christmas tree farms. While you can buy them pre-cut, many families also head out to cut their own tree from a tree farm.
In addition to its popularity for Christmas decorations, balsam fir is also the source of resin, which oozes from blisters on the trunk. This sticky resin has many uses, including for mounting specimens for microscopy! Though, I understand that mostly synthetic resins are used these day. I can personally attest to the fact that resin on the hands and clothing is tough to get off, so my advice is, if you want to hug a tree, make it something other than a balsam fir!
Joanne at Willem & Jools flowers wrangles cedar garland!
Eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) is popular for use in garlands and ropes used for door and window decorations during the Christmas holiday season in Canada. White cedar fronds are floppy, with scaly leaves rather than needles, so it's not very good as a Christmas tree. My friend, Joanne, owner of Willem and Jools florist in Toronto, is holding a cedar garland at left.
White cedar would have been used to decorate Colborne Lodge when John and Jemima Howard lived there during the 1800s (near right). Because live and cut plants have a place everywhere in the world, it also fits in well with trendy shops, like Grateful Head, one of Toronto's hippest hairdressers (far right).
Well before European colonists arrived in North America, white cedar was hugely important in traditional Anishinabe culture as the major purifying plant. Jordan Paper (2007 ch. 8) describes its important role in the Anishinabe sweat lodge or Spirit Lodge, madodoswun, ceremony. The Anishinabe First Nation living in what is now the Greater Toronto Area when John Howard built Colborne were the Mississaugas. The Mississaugas First Nation is a strong and active community today, and a leader in advocating for urban trees.
The range of eastern white cedar extends from Canada's boreal forest biome south into the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence ecozone of Ontario and Quebec. (Range map from "Atlas of United States Trees" U.S. Geological Survey digitized by Elbert L. Little, Jr.). The congeneric (same genus) species, western red cedar, Thuja plicata, occurs in British Columbia. Eastern white cedar does not grow nearly as tall as western red cedar.
White cedar grows in a wide range of habitats, from swamps to dry areas. In the winter white cedar stands provide important cover for white-tailed deer which "yard" or crowd into them. The snow is not as deep in these stands of trees, and the deer feed on the cedar branches.
White cedar can be very slow growing, and can survive in stressful habitats such as limestone cliff face nooks and crannies. Botany professor, Doug Larson, now retired from Guelph University, studied white cedars along the Niagara Escarpment. He and his students found that some of these scraggly looking trees were 400 years old (Kelly and Larson 1999). Doug's 2007 book with Peter Kelly, The Last Stand: A Journey Through the Ancient Cliff-Face Forest of the Niagara Escarpment is all about this previously unrecognized unique forest ecosystem.
On a more pedestrian note, white cedar is a popular hedging plant. Unsuspecting homeowners plant small cedar trees in cute little hedges, which, when untended, grow into Canadian versions of the too-tall, out-of-control British hedge.
White cedar wood is brittle, so isn't used much for indoor furniture. But, the wood is durable and rot-resistant, so the trunks are commonly used for split rail fences, roofing shingles, and also, for outdoor furniture.
Cedar-lined closets are popular in many Canadian homes, where they are used to protect clothes from moths. However, the research into the effectiveness of cedar-lined trunks and closets suggests that the any benefits have less to do with toxic cedar volatiles protecting your textiles, and more to do with the sealed unit, into which one places moth-free textiles! If you're already battling clothes moths, you will have more luck with buying a chest freezer for clothes storage, since it will actually kill the moth life stages.
So, there you have it: eastern white cedar, a plant of great cultural and historic significance for Canada's First Nations and European colonists, with relevance in the trendiest places. It's truly evergreen.
Kelly, P.E. and Larson, D.W. 2000. An Ecological Assessment of the Long-Term Survival of Ancient Populations of Eastern White Cedars on Cliff Faces of the Niagara Escarpment. pp 275-281 in Pollock-Ellwand et al. eds. Proceedings of the Parks Research Forum of Ontario AGM 22-23 April1999. PRFO, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Kelly, P.E. and Larson, D.W. 2007. The Last Stand: A Journey Through the Ancient Cliff-Face Forest of the Niagara Escarpment. Dundurn Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Paper, J.D. 2007. Native North American Religious Traditions: Dancing for Life. Praeger Publishers. Westport CT USA.
Paperwhite bulbs are a species of Narcissus which includes daffodils.Narcissus papyraceus is native to the mediterranean, but are naturalized in other regions with mediterranean climates, such as California. They're very popular Christmas flowers, along with Amaryllis and Poinsettia, in Canada, and bulbs available for forcing are easily grown on gravel, in the same way that hyacinths and snowdrop bulbs are grown in bulb vases. -- add in photo of a bulb vase here.
Paperwhites have a wonderful, strong fragrance.
This is the bit where I link to the research that Alastair told me about.
Peppermint candy canes are the North America equivalent of rock. They are ubiquitous during the holiday season in North America, showing up every where -- on Christmas trees, in hot chocolate and as gift decorations.
In recent years, a novelty Chrysanthemum flower, has appeared. It has green and red stripes running through a white flower. I wanted to include it in the Advent Botany series, because it's a bit crazy and is a manufactured appearance that recalls a simple plant sciences experiment that many people would have done as a child. This is my Ladybird book about plants dating back to the 1960s: Plants and how they grow. It definitely inspired me to become a scientist and a plant ecologist!
I'm leaving this post in draft form to show how it looks on December 3 2015, when I received the email telling me that I didn't need to supply the Advent Botany series with 4 posts (I breathed a sigh of relief). You can see it in the 2016 series.


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Mount Hillaby är ett berg i Barbados. Det ligger i parishen Saint Andrew, i den centrala delen av landet. Toppen på Mount Hillaby är  meter över havet.

Mount Hillaby är den högsta punkten i trakten.

Omgivningarna runt Mount Hillaby är främst täckt av skog.

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Berg i Barbados
Berg i Barbados 200 meter över havet eller högre


You can totally make 10k a month in your health business. It's true. But you likely won't be able to do it selling one off sessions to clients, and it's not your fault if that's what you've been doing, because that's what you were taught to do.
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Ар'єплуг (, північносаамською Árjepluovve) — селище на півночі Швеції, у лені Норрботтен. Має статус містечка (). Адміністративний центр комуни Ар'єплуг. Лежить на південному березі озера Гурнаван. Площа — 2,29 км², населення — 1977 осіб.

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 Arjeplog. // Svensk uppslagsbok. — Carlquist, Gunnar (red.) — 2 upplagan. — Band 1. — 1947. — S. 261—262.

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text:
/* jshint -W030 */
'use strict';
var mockery = require('mockery');
var expect  = require('chai').expect;
var sinon   = require('sinon');

describe('Enforce SSL', function() {
    var moduleUnderTest = './enforce-ssl';
    var module;

    before(function() {
        mockery.enable({
            //warnOnUnregistered: false,
            useCleanCache: true
        });
    });

    beforeEach(function() {
        // Load module under test for each test
        mockery.registerAllowable(moduleUnderTest, true);
        module = require(moduleUnderTest);
    });

    afterEach(function() {
        // Unload module under test each time to reset
        mockery.deregisterAllowable(moduleUnderTest);
    });

    after(function() {
        mockery.deregisterAll();
        mockery.disable();
    });

    it('should redirect if GET not secure', function() {
        var middleware = module();
        var req = {
            method: 'GET',
            originalUrl: '/ORIGINAL_URL',
            headers: {host: 'HOST'}
        };
        var res = {
            redirect: sinon.spy()
        };
        var next = sinon.spy();
        middleware(req, res, next);
        expect(res.redirect.called).to.be.true;
        expect(next.called).to.be.false;
    });

    it('should send 403 if other methods not secure', function() {
        var middleware = module();
        var req = {
            method: 'POST'
        };
        var res = {
            send: sinon.spy()
        };
        var next = sinon.spy();
        middleware(req, res, next);
        expect(res.send.called).to.be.true;
        expect(next.called).to.be.false;
    });

    it('should proceed if secure', function() {
        var middleware = module();
        var req = {
            secure: true
        };
        var res = {};
        var next = sinon.spy();
        middleware(req, res, next);
        expect(next.called).to.be.true;
    });

});

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


WordPress version 4.2 changed up the default database table collation. Swapping to utf8mb4 provides support for a wider range of characters, including emojis. If the contents of your content editor are deleted when saving with an emoji in it, this is probably your issue.
If you upgraded to WordPress 4.2 while running MySQL version 5.5.2 or lower, this wouldn't have happened automatically like it should have. MySQL 5.5.2 and lower don't support the new collation.
The following code can be added to your functions or a custom plugin to force-run the upgrade on all database tables once you're running an updated version of MySQL.
This update also brought changes to the size of the indexes. That database upgrade should have happened regardless of your MySQL version, so you shouldn't need to worry about updates to that.


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Daily Pitch: Games played May 16, 2017
May 17, 2017 (Wednesday)
By Ron Kaplan, contributor
Co-mazels of the day: Kevin Pillar doubled (#12) and homered (#6) in five at-bats, but the Toronto Blue Jays (17-23) lost to the visiting Atlanta Braves, 9-5. According to a flattering profile by SportsNet, Pillar "lives the way he plays: spontaneously, without fear and confident in what he can do."
Richard Bleier pitched the last 1.2 innings for the Baltimore Orioles (23-15) to pick up his first win of the year, beating the host Detroit Tigers (18-19), 13-11, in 13 innings. Bleier allowed one hit, issued an intentional walk, and struck out one. On the other side of the diamond, Ian Kinsler had two singles — one of them against Bleier — and a double (#5) in eight at-bats, scoring twice and driving in one for the Tigers.
Alex Bregman grounded out as a pinch-hitter in the eighth and remained in the game at second base as the Houston Astros (28-12) beat up on the host Miami Marlins, 12-2. Click here to read about Bregman's hero — and how he hit a grand slam in front of him.
Craig Breslow struck out one in 1.2 innings of scoreless relief but his Minnesota Twins (19-16) lost to the visiting Colorado Rockies, 7-3.
Danny Valencia was 2-for-3 with a walk and was caught stealing in the Seattle Mariners' (18-22) 9-6 loss to the visiting Oakland As.
Joc Pederson was 0-for-4 as the LA Dodgers (22-18) were eked out by the host San Francisco Giants, 2-1.
Ryan Braun remains on the disabled list as the Milwaukee Brewers (22-18) beat the host San Diego Padres, 6-2.
Scott Feldman has had back-to-back good starts. Can he make it three tonight when the Cincinnati Reds take on the Cubs in Chicago?
Ron Kaplan (@RonKaplanNJ) hosts Kaplan's Korner, a blog about Jews and sports. He is the author of three books, including The Jewish Olympics: The History of the Maccabiah Games and the forthcoming Hank Greenberg in 1938: Hatred and Home Runs in the Shadow of War.
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