We propose a novel 1×3 planar optical switch using aspheric lenses and carrier-induced tunable prisms on InP. An input light beam is collimated by the aspheric lenses in a slab waveguide. The tunable prism, whose refractive indices are tuned by the carrier plasma effect, deflect the collimated light beam and guide it to the output ports. The switching operations of the 1×3 optical switch that consists of five lenses and eight prisms with a footprint of 500×3500µm are performed by three-dimensional beam propagation methods. A static switching operation with a 5-dB insertion loss and a 13-dB extinction ratio is obtained with 70-mA current injection for each prism. This device has a simple structure and low power consumption and may be useful for optical packet switching systems.
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Pastrix Chapters 16, 17, 18, and 19
Frank	Book Notes, Uncategorized	 February 24, 2014 March 1, 2014 5 Minutes
Chapter 16: Dirty Fingernails
"The notion that our names are spoken by Jesus, and that this is what makes us turn and recognize him, had become important to me, especially in light of how I was called by God." (Page 167)
"He confessed that after nine months at our church he still wasn't so sure about this Jesus thing. But he knew something real happened in church, especially in the Eucharist." (Page 168)
"The best I could do in that moment was to assure Michael that I didn't care that he felt like Jesus was ignoring him." (Page 169)
Nadia reminds Michael about how they first met, and what has happened since. (Easter Sunday sermon at Red Rocks)
"Easter is not a story about new dresses and flowers and spiffiness. Really, it's a story about flesh and dirt and bodies and confusion, and it's about the way God never seems to adhere to our expectations of what a proper God would do (as in not get himself killed in a totally avoidable way.)" (Page 172)
"New doesn't always look perfect. Like the Easter story itself, new is often messy." (Page 174)
"God simply keeps reaching down into the dirt of humanity and resurrecting us from the graves we dig for ourselves through our violence, our lies, our selfishness, our arrogance, and our addictions. And God keeps loving us back to life over and over." (Page 174)
"Lack of connections is death," he told me as we sat in Hooked on Colfax, nine months after he'd first visited HFASS. "The opposite of that is being able to hug a perfect stranger." (Page 175)
There are times when I hear my name, turn, and recognize Jesus. There are times when faith feels like a friendship with God. But there are many other times when it feels more adversarial or even vacant. Yet none of that matters in the end. How we feel about Jesus or how close we feel to God is meaningless next to how God acts upon us." (Page 176)
Chapter 17: The Wrong Kind of Different
"It was the summer of 2011, and three months earlier a bad thing and a couple of good things had happened" (Page 178)
Bad: HFASS was evicted from the church building they had been in for three years
Good: Nadia preached at Red Rocks and the Denver Post cover feature, with her picture, had been printed.
"This will change everything, I'd thought." (Page 179)
Up to this point HFASS rarely had more than 45 people show up on Sunday
"When I dreamed of my church growing, I dreamed of having seventy people at liturgy." (Page 179)
"The very next week after Easter — after the Post and after Red Rocks — our church doubled in size." (Page 180)
"But what we didn't realize was that they were going to stay, and that they wouldn't look like us."
"As the weeks progressed during the early summer, I found it increasingly more difficult to muster up a welcoming attitude toward a group of people who, unlike the rest of us, could walk into any mainline protestant church in town and see a room full of people who looked just like them." (Page 181)
"I called a meeting for the church to talk about the 'sudden growth and demographic changes.'" (Page 182)
"For the two weeks prior to the meeting, I had been engaged in a heated emotional battle, but now I felt calm." (Page 183)
"I had lost in what I felt like divine defeat. A few days before the meeting, I underwent what I can only describe as a heart transplant."
"A few days before the meeting, I had called my friend Russell who pastors a church in St. Paul with a similar story and demographic as HFASS." (Page 184)
"But Russell refused to play along, 'Yeah, that sucks,' he said sarcastically. 'You guys are really good at welcoming the stranger when it's a young transgender person. But sometimes the stranger looks like your mom and dad." (Page 184)
Russell was right.
"Then Asher spoke up. 'As the young transgender kid who was welcomed into this community, I just want to go on the record and say that I'm really glad there are people at church now who look like my mom and dad. Because I have a relationship with them that I just can't with my own mom and dad.'" (Page 185)
"Aaaaand heart transplant healed." (Page 186)
"Out of one corner of your eye there's a homeless guy serving communion to a corporate lawyer and out of the other corner is a teenage girl with pink hair holding the baby of a suburban soccer mom. And there I was a year ago fearing that the weirdness of our church as going to be diluted." (Page 187)
Chapter 18: He's a Fuck-up, But He's Our Fuck-up
"Being conned is up there with throat cancer in terms of things I want to avoid. I had already been had by a Denver pimp and I hardly was up for repeating the experience with a Denver con man. So when Rick Strandlof showed up at church in August of 2011, my first instinct was to try to get rid of him. You know, like Jesus would do." (Page 191)
"Yet the fact that I manage to now move from 'fuck you' to something less hostile, and the fact that I am often able to make the move quickly, well, once again, all of it makes be believe in God. And every time, it feels like repentance." (Page 192)
"Repentance in Greek means something much closer to 'thinking differently afterward' than it does 'changing your cheating ways.'" (Page 192)
"Repentance, 'thinking differently afterward,' is what happens to me when the truth of who I am and the truth of who God is scatter the darkness of competing ideas. And these truths don't ever feel like they come from inside me." (Page 193)
"the real Rick has a history of childhood neglect, mental illness, and alcohol abuse." (Page 193)
Chapter 19: Beer & Hymns
"Singing vespers in a bar is something even we had never done, but it was July 20, 2012, and nineteen hours earlier and nine miles east of us, a gunman had walked into a midnight showing of a Batman movie and opened fire, killing twelve people and injuring dozens more. Some of our friends had been in that theatre." (Page 196)
"It took a few minutes for me to pinpoint the uniqueness of how these hymns were being sung. But then I knew. It was defiance." (Page 197)
"The greatest spiritual practice is just showing up. And Mary Magdelene is the patron saint of just showing up. Showing up, to me, means being present to what is real, what is actually happening." (Page 197)
"And it was her, a deeply faithful and deeply flawed woman, whom Jesus chose to be the first witness of his resurrection and to whom he commanded to go and tell everyone else about it." (Page 198)
"To sing to God amidst sorrow is to defiantly proclaim, like Mary Magdalene did to the apostles, and like my friend Don did at Dylan Klebold's funeral, that death is not the final word." (Page 201)
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The Novice (2021)
A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
Incluvie Movie Critiques
Atreyo Palit
The Novice Captures the Essence of An Obsessed Artist's Anxiety in the Context of College Athletics
TW: Self-harm A few months ago, I came across the trailer of a film that looked, at the risk of sounding cliché, like a cross between Whiplash and Black Swan. Lauren Hadaway's directorial debut draws inspiration from both of them, but is a semi-autobiographical film about her own experience about rowing while in college, as she herself mentioned in an interview with Variety. It follows Alex Dall as she navigates the ruthless world of college athletics, fueled by her self-destructive perfectionism. She pushes herself to inhuman limits, even resorting to self-harm to handle her obsessiveness. Isabelle Fuhrman as Alex Dall, has embodied performance anxiety down to the subtlest physical tics, and the fact that this is a performance is difficult to believe. The story's disturbingly familiar in today's world of cut-throat competition, and its design as a psychological thriller actually impresses on the mind of the audience, the horror of such a competitive existence. It would fit into a tragic structure as well, but fear is the main emotion that fuels the narrative here, just as the fear of failure fuels the protagonist, and that's why this feels rather organic. And with the focus on mental health, it's naturally fitting to portray self-destructive tendencies in a psychological thriller or horror, instead of approaching the storytelling from an impersonal direction. The lines between sympathy and pity are blurred to the extent you aren't sure if you're scared for her or of her, and soon enough, you'll be feeling the extreme fear she does. And that's how the film manages to make a scarring impact, but also makes a humanitarian case. Alex gets the perfect character introduction. She's shown taking a test, looking around while thinking about the answers. And then the T.A. announces that class is over, so everyone starts getting up. Cut to a frame of an empty hall with Alex alone at her place in the gallery. Cut again, to a shot of her leaving the classroom, and the T.A. calling after her asking why she took the test twice, after finishing first. What does this tell us about her? Firstly, she's very conscious of her competition. Even if she's concentrating on her work, she keeps track of her competitors' behaviour. Secondly, she is oblivious of perception beyond performance. It doesn't bother her that she's the only one left in the room if that's what's necessary. And finally, she's obsessive and possibly a perfectionist. She took the same test twice, most probably because she believes repeating will improve her, and we're already introduced to her grinding attitude through this. It slowly becomes clear as the film progresses that this analysis isn't off base, as her issue is definitely performance anxiety as opposed to social anxiety. She makes minimum effort to fit in, and is actually comfortable being a lone wolf. She mumbles something when asked why she wants to row, and while that comes across as feeling put on the spot in front of a crowd, I believe it's a nod to the fact that her need to challenge herself is the only motivation, and she's unsure if the lack of personal attachment will make a bad impression on the coach. She doesn't even bother huddling and just takes notes from afar to avoid performing poorly. It's true that a person is layered and an affliction doesn't define who you are, but there's only one facet of Alex Dall that's expressive in the scope of the experience around which the film is constructed. And in that respect, the film gets lost in a good way, in exploring the multifaceted all-consuming issue that is anxiety. Dall starts out as slightly neurotic, although uncomfortably unforgiving of herself, and gradually descends into self-harming chaos before somehow making her peace with the necessity to step away, and almost cathartically leaving behind her teammates to fend for themselves, possibly realizing that there's more to life than proving you're the best. The personal satisfaction she hunts for through the film, never seems to really come to her, because she does miss out on the scholarship after unsympathetic teammates sabotage her seat race, but the smile on her face when she erases the board after writing down her record-breaking score, tells you she's come to terms with herself. The catharsis is merely implied and you're not sure the patterns won't repeat, but it's clear she's at least acknowledged herself, maybe even for the first time in her life. What's messed up about the ending however, is that she actually proved herself by breaking the record, and the satisfaction comes immediately after. So, you can't know if she's taken a step towards a less toxic relationship with herself, or if it's simply her performance that allowed her to suddenly not show off that she's the best. Anxiety has no look, and it can manifest in a million ways, but the common tics are perfected by Fuhrman who delivers a nuanced performance that's practically an embodiment of performance anxiety. In the car, Alex sits in the backseat biting her nails while her teammates joke about getting the scholarship, and who's best. When her closest friend in the team informs her she was the second choice for the senior team, she starts fidgeting with her trousers, her mind tuning out the rest of the conversation. She avoids eye contact, and dresses intimidatingly, embracing the resultant seclusion. The warmth that naturally seeps into her eyes after she starts dating, is a testament to Fuhrman's talent. Alex's lips aren't naturally sitting in a frown until she needs to smile, and are in fact curled upwards generally. The moment competition comes up, it vanishes, and the balance between excitement and tension is expressed in her gait and facial expression. Her poker face is back, and she's tuning out others. The throwing up and breaking down looks rather authentic as well. And then there's the scene of cutting herself. She marks her skin like a woman possessed, numbed out of feeling pain from the blade, and finally there's the outburst that the composed performance had been foreshadowing throughout. Her delivery of the lines saying that she can work herself to the bone to be the best is haunting. The crazed look she gives the record holder before the final race is the peak of her obsessive behaviour, and it's perfectly followed up by her almost suicidal race in the lightning. The closing shot where she looks right into the camera, like a fourth wall break, reveals her exhaustion without words. Any discussion about The Novice would be incomplete without mentioning the cinematography and editing. The very first scene itself prepares you for visuals that will complement the protagonist's frame of mind, and will definitely make you anxious as a viewer. It shows Alex running out of class to make it in time for the rowing club meet. The shot opens onto a winding staircase and slowly zooms out in a vertigo-inducing manner, to quickly cut to a shot of Alex running from behind, tracking her, followed almost immediately by another cut into another similar shot. Right then, the title card appears, and after that, she is shown running through a dimly lit corridor with low ceilings. So, there are essentially three tracking shots from behind, of her running. In the first one, she's running down a narrow metal staircase, bound by railings on either side, and the camera follows her up close like the cameraman could touch her hair if they reached out. In the next one, it's a wider space, and she runs in through a door. Here, we aren't as close, although the camera is still moving at the same speed as her, and accelerates to catch up by the time the door closes behind her to reveal the notice. And finally, as she runs through the wide empty corridor, the camera is barely moving, and she's far away. The viewer is made to sit up and take note from the top view of the staircase, and then gets shocked into becoming wide awake by the rapid run, followed by getting attentive enough to read the words on the notice stuck to the door, and then settling in for the film as the camera motion relaxes. From there, the camera becomes a character, or rather a narrator, controlling our perception of the circumstances. It's an interesting tactic to have the camera control our perspective in a story that possibly teaches us to make our peace with the lack of control we have over our lives. There aren't many extended shots in the film except two close-up moments, one where we first realize Alex is pushing herself beyond what her body is possibly able to take, and another when she suddenly crumbles under the stress and harms herself. Both times, the handheld camera lingers over her, not moving or zooming, just shaking the minimum amount, and focusing on Alex, with her occupying over 60% of the frame, allowing her state to loom largely on the viewer's mind. Most of the film employs fast cuts. Except for conversations where the cuts are only to shift from one speaker to the other, the depiction of races, and practice sessions, don't have the camera focusing on the same shot for longer than 10 seconds. This rapid shifting of perspectives makes the audience more unsettled and further better equipped to understand what Alex is going through. The love-making scene, however, is edited with similar fast-cuts, but the focus is blurry or the visuals are close-ups, of hands, arms, and this removes the anxiety-inducing element of this technique of editing but ensures the viewer is engrossed. And finally, the shutting-out-the-world grueling practice sessions! Close-ups of hands, arms, feet, equipment, rapidly cutting from angle to angle, are most intoxicating, reflecting her frame of mind when she's in the zone. The incorporation of eroticism into the training, with the inebriating visuals of sweaty skin, is the perfect tactic to help us appreciate her own obsession with perfection. There's something very attractive in the presentation of the grind, just like Alex herself is attracted to the idea of grinding till perfect. This is an interesting contrast from Black Swan, as the practice scenes there
Genre:Drama, Thriller
Directed By:Lauren Hadaway
Written By:Lauren Hadaway
In Theaters:12/17/2021
Studio:Picture Movers Anonymous, H2L Media Group
Nikki Duval
Try-Hard
Eve Kanyo
Groundman
Lauren Hadaway
Isabelle Fuhrman
Alex Dall
Jamie Brill
Dilone
Coach Pete
Kate Drummond
Coach Edwards
Charlotte Ubben
Sage Irvine
Chantelle Bishop
Highsmith
Jeni Ross


An inside look at the secretive world of elite philanthropists—and how they're quietly wielding ever more power to shape American life in ways both good and bad.
An inside look at the secretive world of elite philanthropists–and how they're quietly wielding ever more power to shape American life in ways both good and bad.
While media attention focuses on famous philanthropists such as Bill Gates and Charles Koch, thousands of donors are at work below the radar promoting a wide range of causes. David Callahan charts the rise of these new power players and the ways they are converting the fortunes of a second Gilded Age into influence. He shows how this elite works behind the scenes on education, the environment, science, LGBT rights, and many other issues–with deep impact on government policy. Above all, he shows that the influence of the Givers is only just beginning, as new waves of billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg turn to philanthropy. Based on extensive research and interviews with countless donors and policy experts, this is not a brief for or against the Givers, but a fascinating investigation of a power shift in American society that has implications for us all.


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package com.flipkart.connekt.busybees.streams.flows.formaters

import com.flipkart.connekt.commons.entities.DeviceDetails
import com.flipkart.connekt.commons.iomodels._
import com.flipkart.connekt.commons.utils.StringUtils._

import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContextExecutor
import scala.concurrent.duration._

class AndroidHttpChannelFormatter (parallelism: Int)(implicit ec: ExecutionContextExecutor) extends AndroidChannelFormatter(parallelism)(ec) {

  override def createPayload(message:ConnektRequest,
                           devicesInfo:Seq[DeviceDetails],
                           appDataWithId:Any):List[GCMPayloadEnvelope] = {

    val pnInfo = message.channelInfo.asInstanceOf[PNRequestInfo]
    val timeToLive = message.expiryTs.map(expiry => (expiry - System.currentTimeMillis) / 1000).getOrElse(6.hour.toSeconds)
    val tokens = devicesInfo.map(_.token)
    val validDeviceIds = devicesInfo.map(_.deviceId)
    val payload = GCMHttpPNPayload(registration_ids = tokens, priority = Option(pnInfo.priority).map(_.toString), appDataWithId, time_to_live = Some(timeToLive), dry_run = Option(message.isTestRequest))

    List(GCMPayloadEnvelope(message.id, message.clientId, validDeviceIds, pnInfo.appName, message.contextId.orEmpty, payload, message.meta))
  }
}

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What's more, these discussions often take place in public, comprising recorded knowledge – for example, Facebook comments on a public page can be viewed by anyone. This puts businesses in a position where they have to reply. Otherwise it may seem like they're trying to avoid complaints and questions.
Traditional social media strategies regard social media as a place where organizations can use outbound marketing messages to enhance brand advocacy and awareness. Furthermore, when consumers try to engage with their favorite brands via Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, they rarely get a response, if ever.
And in the rare event that a brand eventually responds, they tell the consumer to visit their official page or contact them by telephone. The result is that, typically, the majority of the brands don't take advantage of the opportunity to socialize with consumers in real time, missing on the chance to gather invaluable data in the process, because they direct them elsewhere.
Traditional Customer Relationship Management focuses on collecting and managing static customer data, such as past purchase information, contact history and customer demographics. This information is often sourced from email and phone interactions, commonly limited to direct interactions between the company and the customer.
An essential advantage that organizations can draw from a social CRM is the capability for consumer interaction in an omnichannel environment. This gives the online user capacity to interact with their brands of choice at the time of their preference, through the channel they want, something that brands can later monitor, benchmark, and improve.
Through these metrics, you will be able to combine your current knowledge of every customer – current or prospective –with new data around their sentiments, intentions and the way they use the media.
SCRMs allow you to monitor and manage discussions in a level of detail that's only seen on regular email or telephone inquiries. In the same manner, brands will be able to take faster action, give smarter responses, and also project customer needs in advance.
In reality, almost 60 percent of your client base use social media like Facebook and Twitter to engage with brands like yours. What's more, social media use is on the rise: Twitter reports that more than half a billion tweets are fired every day. Granted, not every message on social media is targeted at brands and other companies, but some of them are.
Social media can become the secret weapon of many small businesses. It can play multiple roles: From a marketing engine and a research/insight/lead generation platform to a customer service tool. Social media networks are based on an incredible amount of interactions, which can provide small businesses with a wealth of data that they can use to improve their services and products, as well as their overall business approach.
Meanwhile, firms must show more respect to the social networks and acknowledge their interactive nature. For instance, if companies utilize social media to provide customer support, how can they ignore complaints and negative comments? Actually, 33 percent of social media users users prefer to contact brands using social media rather than the telephone.
Small businesses have traditionally strived to provide premium service to their customers at the highest possible degree. Social media is the most recent communication channel through which firms can engage with their customer base, so it's the rational expectation to have it change the way that small businesses manage their relations with their customers.
Business elements such as marketing, sales and customer service can reap significant gains from the use of social tools, in the form of improved inter-communication, as well as an improved profile for each individual client. Pleasing your customers will cost you less. And your customers will experience a brand that is open to their desires and reacts to them in a convenient way, through several channels. A win-win situation for everyone.


The Department is the inheritor of the Research group "Religious and philosophical paradigms and Intercultural Dialogue" (2003) former sections "Philosophy of Religion" ( till 2008) by the Institute for Philosophical Research – BAS and section "Sociology of values, religions and everyday life "(till 2010) of the former Institute of Sociology.
This is the only one at the moment in Bulgaria secular, academic Department of World Religions.
World religions – currently known over 2000 denominations in the US, 600 in the EU and 110 were registered in Bulgaria. Religion accompanies and determines the entire history of mankind.
The personal life of the man – religions and beliefs are existential need for individual and integrator of mental 'life.
Social processes and mental health – religions and beliefs are important to everyday life, behavior in society, geopolitics, culture and for inter-personal relations.
The history and present state of religious doctrines& philosophy of religion, theology, sociology, psychology of religion; purely religious aspects of ethics, aesthetics, anthropology and social doctrines.
Logic, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Worldview/ Weltansicht/ in Philosophy of world-religions.
The Department is open for discussions with representatives of the atheistic worldview and scientism.
Actuality: The importance of forming worldview, understanding of social processes and culture. Create geopolitical and behavioral strategies. Religion is directly correlated with the worldview and even outlook, values and human spirituality. Religion and beliefs have: personal motivating, socio-governing, state-forming, values and mental-regulating and integrating spiritual functions.
Necessity: It is currently the only not bound to a specific denomination or secular academic structure Department of Religion in Bulgaria. It constantly has 6 to 8 proven professionals (of which 4 are currently habilitated / 1 professor, 3 associate professors / and the rest are doctors of philosophy) with the ability to complete research and doctoral studies.
-In the report in 2011. Members of the department have: Monographs: 4; Studies: 11; articles in thematic collections or journals: 19; abroad: 2 items; Published reviews- 2; scientific popularisations 1 / Total: 39 publications .
–In 2012, members of the department have 25 publications, 11 citations and are organizers of one international and two national conferences.
In 2013 members of the department have: 32 scientific papers publications; 8 studies, 24 articles. Of these 28 belongs to permanent staff and 4 to PhD students. One is abroad and one in foreign language; 18 citations. We organized 1 international and 1 national conference.
In 2014 The members of the department have: 30 scientific papers publications; of which: studies – 8; Articles- 20; Abroad: 2; Other publications -.2; citations – 22; participation in conferences – 19; national- 9; international -10 ; national and internal seminars – 13; lectures 2.
In 2015, the Department has issued three separate monographs/books: Prof. DSc. St. Penov ( "Dialectical Logos of Religion. The Philosophy or the Abrahamic Religions", Publishing House "Propeller", 452 p.); assoc. Prof. Dr. Veselin Bosakov ("Islam and Modernity", Publishing House "Ivray", 362 p.) and assoc.Prof. Dr. Emilia Il. Petrova (Europeanization and national identity S.IK "St. Iv. Rilski", 124 p.). The stuff of the Department Religion issued a total of 30 scientific papers and articles. The department and research group have conducted 1 international and 1 national conference. We have been quoted 25 times.
Until now the Department organized three international projects with 5 conferences outside the BAS system, we have participation in 6 international and over 20 national conferences.
Completed a research project to MES – from 2005 -2010: Religious and geostrategic paradigms and the future of Orthodoxy in the EU; Assessed as "excellent" in 2011 / SSH 1505.
Lectures and seminars at universities – 300 hours (120 +80).
Expert Services: Parliamentary Committees on "Religions affairs", "Education and Science". National Investigation Service; Prosecutor's Office of Bulgaria; Headquarters of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, National Council of Religions in Bulgaria.
Section and groups prepared in 2011 international academic Conference "Dynamics of world religions and orthodoxy" in a joint project with foreign universities. We edited a same-titled collection.
In 2012 section and Research group "Religious and philosophical paradigms and Intercultural Dialogue" held under the patronage of the President of BAS academician Stefan Vodenicharov International Russian-Bulgarian academic conference in Sofia RCIC with participants from BAS, Sofia, St. Petersburg and Elec state universities on the theme: Religion ,Values, Orthodoxy and intercultural dialogue.
In 2014, section Religion and research groups organized and held under the patronage of the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Academician. St. Vodenicharov in RCIC in Sofia conference with international participation from Russia, Israel and Bulgaria: Religion and Science in the XXI century.
In 2015. Section Religion and research groups organized and held under the patronage of the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Academician. St. Vodenicharov RCIC in Sofia international conference on the project of the Department of Religion and research group: Traditional religious Worldviews and the Values of the XXI century.
Head of the Department, together with the Chairman of the Board of National Council of Religions – associated member of the section and ISSK -Dr Rupen Krikorian participated in the preparation of the Declaration of Tolerance between religions and ethnicities signed in BAS 5.02.2013. On 16.02.2015 there was a meeting between the President of BAS Acad. Stefan Vodenitcharov and NCRB to discuss different views on fundamental national objectives and the sustainable development of Bulgaria.There were undertaken joint activities in education. After meeting NCRB issued a statement in line with the Declaration of BAS – address on the occasion of introducing subject "Religion" in Bulgarian schools.
The Department and scientific Research group preparing traditional 2005 till now / 2005- 2016 / joint Russian-Bulgarian projects with international conferences, Religion, Values, Orthodoxy ; Bulgaria and Russia in the 21st century. (for the R Sc. group, see archives); "Religion and science in XXI century". "Traditional religious worldviews and the values of the XXI century". The head of the Department-Prof., DSc St. Penov in his capacity as Chairman of the Expert Scientific Council of the National Council of Religious Communities in Bulgaria and Institute of Interreligious and Ethno-Cultural Dialogue together with the Chairman of NCRCB and Director of IIECD – Dr. Rupen Krikorian organize annual conferences on general theme: HUMANISM-SCIENCE-RELIGION and RELIGION, WORLDVIEW, VALUES.
To the Department there is group- for Research& Science: Religious and philosophical paradigms and intercultural dialogue, created in 2003, which conducts RS projects and joint research with scientists, philosophers and theologians from Bulgaria and abroad-Russia, Great Britain and Israel and international academic departments and institutions.
Permanent seminar: From 2011 till now acts/marked as a permanent and steady evolution sectional seminar: RELIGION – VALUES – INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE, and by June 2015 seminar is subordinated to our new project: TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS WORLDVIEWS AND VALUES OF THE XXI CENTURY.
– 2009 – 2012 years – Religious and Philosophic and geostrategic Paradigms and the future of Orthodoxy. Head- DSc St. Penov.
– 2012 – 2015 years – Religion, Values, Orthodoxy thinking and Intercultural Dialogue (Europe and the world in the XXI century.). Head – DSc. Stefan Penov; participants: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elena Petrova, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Veselin Bosakov, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Borislav Ninov; Prof. Emilia Petrova; Assist Dr. Lyudmil Petrov, Dr. Sevdelina Nikolova.
–New 3 years our academic project for the period June 2015-June, 2018: Traditional Religious Worldviews and Values of the XXI century. Head – Prof. DSc Stefan Penov, members of the research team/ staff/: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Veselin Bosakov; assoc.Prof. Emilia Petrova, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Borislav Ninov; Assist. Prof. Lyudmil Petrov; Assist. Prof. Dr. Sevdelina Nikolova; Prof. DSc, PhD Petko Ganchev; Dr. Sergey Metodiev.
Personnel training – the Department of Religion prepares doctoral students in philosophy and the sociology of religion. Until now successfully defended dissertations to acquire the educational and scientific degree PhD are – Dr. Sevdelina Nikolova / 2013 / Dr. Sergei Metodiev / 2015 /. In 2012 Prof. Dr.Stefan Penov acquired scientific degree – Doctor of Sciences.
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Alpinism's Greatest Feat? Nims Purja Is on the Brink
Photo credit: Nims Purja/Red Bull Media House
The record time for climbing every 8,000m mountain stands at nearly 8 years. Now, a former Nepali soldier stands to smash that record in spectacular fashion.
Less than 7 months ago, Nirmal "Nims" Purja began his attempt to climb all of the world's 14 8,000m peaks in under a year. Now, he's on his last one.
Purja, who began the mountaineering Project Possible on April 23, just finished climbing Manaslu (his 13th 8,000m peak) last week. The final peak on his list, Shishapangma, lies in the Himalayan region but is located entirely within Tibet. That means to climb, he needs a permit from China's government.
And that final hurdle to his last massive climb was just lifted. Purja finally received a message from the China and Tibet Mountaineering Association that his team would get a special permit for Mt. Shishapangma at the request of Nepal's government, reported the Himalayan Times.
Purja on K2 and Nanga Parbat summits; photo credit: Project Possible
Purja is most well-known for his work as a mountaineer and photographer, especially for his photo of the "traffic jam" on Everest that went viral in May.
He's now proving himself as arguably the greatest high-altitude mountaineer of all time. His checklist for 2019 is beyond impressive, with literally every one of the world's tallest mountains represented in a remarkably tiny timeframe.
Nepali Mountaineer Attempting All 14 8,000-Meter Peaks in a Single Year
If successful, Nirmal 'Nims' Purja's goal to climb every 8,000-meter peak in one year would be amongst the greatest feats in mountaineering history. Read more…
Nims Purja 2019 Summits by Date
Annapurna (April 23)
Dhaulagiri (May 12)
Kanchenjunga (May 15)
Everest (May 22)
Lhotse (May 22)
Makalu (May 24)
Nanga Parbat (July 3)
Gasherbrum I (July 15)
Gasherbrum II ( July 18)
K2 (July 24)
Broad Peak (July 26)
Cho Oyu (Sept. 23)
Manaslu (Sept. 27)
Yes, you read that right: He climbed both Everest and Lhotse in one day.
Before becoming a mountaineer, Purja spent 16 years in the British Army as a U.K. Special Forces member. He grew up in a town less than 1,000 feet above sea level.
Watch: David Lama and Conrad Anker Attempt Unclimbed Nepali Peak
Conrad Anker and David Lama set out to climb Lunag Ri in 2016. During the pair's second attempt, Anker survived a heart attack. Read more…
6 Other Records Purja Set in 2019
Of course, if you're climbing 14 peaks taller than 8,000 m in a year, you're going to set some others along the way. Purja has already set six world records, according to Project Possible:
Most 8,000m mountains in the spring season (6)
Most 8,000m mountains in the summer season (5)
Fastest summit of the three highest mountains in the world (Everest, K2, and Kanchenjunga)
Fastest summit of the five highest mountains in the world (Everest, K2, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, and Makalu)
Fastest lower 8,000m mountains (Gasherbrum 1, Gasherbrum 2, and Broad Peak)
Fastest higher 8000m mountains (consecutive summits of Everest, Lhotse, and Makalu in 48 hours, which beat his own previous record of 5 days)
The current records for the 8,000m peak attempt are both just under 8 years. In 2013, Korean climber Kim Chang-ho completed the feat in 7 years and 10 months, and earlier in 1987 Polish climber Jerzy Kukuczka made it up in 7 years and 11 months.
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GearJunkie will continue to follow Purja's attempt as he prepares for Shishapangma.
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At Last! A Book Awards Run By Another Author
Hi, my name is Billy Bob Buttons and I'm a UK-based children's author. I'm pretty successful. My books, sixteen in all, including Felicity Brady and the Wizard's Bookshop, The Gullfoss Legends, TOR Assassin Hunter, TOR Wolf Rising and I Think I Murdered Miss, sell thousands a year, many of them directly to UK primary and secondary schools. Not bad, I guess, for any independently published author.
But for all my success, I detest entering book awards. Not that I don't do okay. I was a runner-up in the Rubery Book Awards and the prestigious UK People's Book Prize. In fact, I won the 2014 UK People's Book Prize for my children's novel, I Think I Murdered Miss. The problem with many book awards for independently published authors is they don't seem particularly interested in the books. All the organisers seem to want to do is sell 'Winner!' and 'Runner-up' stickers.
So, a few years ago, I (my real name is Edward Trayer, Billy Bob Buttons is simply a pen name) set up The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. I wanted to offer other independently published authors a very different award to what was presently offered on the internet. I wanted authors who enter to feel 'involved' and I wanted them to know we will judge their books thoroughly.
The Wishing Shelf Awards
I visit approximately 200 primary and secondary schools a year giving literary workshops. Here, I thought, was the perfect judging panel. I convinced a number of the headteachers (six, in fact) to allow their students to read and judge the children's books entered in the award. This way, not only are the finalists and winners decided by the intended readers and not a panel of so-called 'experts', but the feedback they send to us we then send on to the authors.
The adult books are judged by two Reading Groups, one in London where I often work and one in Stockholm where I live. They love reading the books and discussing them for hours over coffee and cake.
The next problem I faced was cost. I wanted to keep it cheap so as not to exclude any authors; but also, the award cost a lot to run. I had to set up and pay for the website, cover the cost of posting the picture books (Category 1) between schools (Category 2 - 6 work with PDFs of the books, saving the author the costs of posting and printing the books), have a 'very cool' certificate designed and printed, a medal designed and produced and, most importantly, I wanted to advertise the finalists on a popular 'reader' website. In the end, I set the price at £39 or US$49; a lot, LOT cheaper than other awards. But you can, if you wish, pay £79 or US$99. Then, whether you win or not, you will get feedback from the judging, an honest Amazon and Goodreads review based on the readers' comments, and a catchy quote for the back of your next book or reprint. And I decided to advertise the finalists on Goodreads.com. It costs a fortune, but I think it's worth it and it helps the authors to sell their books.
The Wishing Shelf Book Awards boasts 100% satisfaction from every publisher and author who has, so far, entered (42 in the first year, 104 in the second and 155 in the third) . The problem with other awards is, if you win, you win. Fantastic! But if you don't, you get nothing. With our award, every entrant (who pays £79), finalist or not, gets all the feedback from the judging, a catchy quote for the back of their next book or reprint and a review on Amazon and Goodreads. Then, if you are a finalist, you also get a medal, a logo, a certificate, marketing on the web and their book advertised on Goodreads.com. In 2013, we even organised for the all finalists in the children's category to have their book reviewed by The School Librarian. The authors were very happy.
With so many awards right now, particularly for self-published authors, the author is simply a '$' or a '£' sign. Even if they win, by then the organisers are concentrating on getting next year's authors to enter. But we answer every email personally and we ask authors to send us the blurb of their book prior to entering; if we think it's not the sort of thing our readers will enjoy, we urge them not to enter (we turn away approx. 10% at the moment; I often read the first chapter on Amazon (Look Inside) and if it's full of errors and needs a good edit, I recommend the author not to enter). There is even a Facebook page so the authors can make suggestions on how to improve the awards and how to best spend the entry fees to best market their books.
If you are interested in entering The Wishing Shelf Book Awards, everything you need to know is right here. I can promise you your work will be respected and the benefits will far out-weigh the cost. To see what authors think of the awards, go HERE.
All the best and good luck with your writing.
(Edward Trayer)
The Mithras Conspiracy
Corpse of a Vatican scholar
floating in the Tiber!
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THE CHOCOLATE CLOUDS
A magical journey through
a world of chocolate & sweets.
Equilibrium meets Divergent.
Series about a teen empath.
Orc Road Trip
"Punching isn't the answer,"
said no orc ever.
TRIVIA BOOKS
Educational and Entertaining.
In audio format! Bestseller!!!
www.raiseyourbrain.com
To Bury the Cloud
A journey where physical and
emotional roads intertwine
Sven and the Purse of Silver
An exciting Viking story
for 5 to 8 year-olds
THE BELLYBUTTON QUESTION
Do dinosaurs have
bellybuttons? For ages 2-5
www.damonartsnola.com
The Wandering Investor
Personal adventures, business
outlooks and observations
Bookbaby
Weapons of Remorse
Accidental shooting shatters
three American families
Masters of the Broken Watches
A time, myth, and
science adventure thriller.
F'lorna of Rodesh
Life's more than simply song &
dance. Destiny cries out!
Anya and her Wings
'Enchanting! A FINALIST
and highly recommended' TheWSA
Award-winning UK-based
dystopia. Time to be brave…
Signs in the Dark
1 deaf teen captive,1 innocent
suspect. Suspense & romance.


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Alexis Cruz (* 29. September 1974 in Bronx, New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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Alexis Cruz wurde am 29. September 1974 in Bronx, New York City geboren. Seine Theatererfahrung umfasst landesweite Tourneen mit Latinologues. Ferner ist er Absolvent der New Yorker High School of Performing Arts.
Seinen ersten Auftritt vor der Kamera hatte er bei einer Werbung für Mackaroni and Cheese.

Seinen Durchbruch als Film-Schauspieler erzielte Alexis Cruz durch seine Rolle in dem Kinofilm Stargate, in dem er den jungen Rebellen Skaara spielte. Er nahm die Rolle der Figur später in der Serienfortsetzung Stargate – Kommando SG-1 wieder auf.

Alexis Cruz hat auch in anderen Serien mitgewirkt: in der Anwaltsserie Shark war er als junger Bezirksstaatsanwalt Martin Allende zu sehen und in Ein Hauch von Himmel spielte er den Engel Raphael. Unter anderem hatte er Gastauftritte in The District, CSI und in ganz frühen Jahren in der Sesamstraße.

Für seine Rolle in Todesschüsse im Klassenzimmer wurde er für einen American Latino Media Arts Award als Bester Darsteller nominiert.

Alexis Cruz ist heute in Los Angeles ansässig.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1984: Die Bill Cosby Show (The Cosby Show, Fernsehserie, Folge 1x23)
 1987: The Pick-up Artist
 1989: Rooftops – Dächer des Todes (Rooftops)
 1990: Der alte Mann und das Meer (The Old Man And The Sea)
 1990: Gryphon
 1990–1991: Sesamstraße (Sesame Street)
 1994: Stargate
 1994–2003: Ein Hauch von Himmel (Touched by an Angel, Fernsehserie, 16 Folgen)
 1995: Emergency Room – Die Notaufnahme (ER, Fernsehserie, Folge 1x14)
 1995: Price of Love
 1996: Dangerous Minds – Wilde Gedanken (Dangerous Minds, Fernsehserie, Folge 1x10–1x11)
 1997: Riot
 1997: The Brave
 1997: Detention: The Siege at Johnson High
 1998: Why Do Fools Fall in Love – Die Wurzeln des Rock'n'Roll
 1998–2004: Stargate – Kommando SG-1 (Stargate SG-1, Fernsehserie, 5 Folgen)
 1999: Learning to Swim
 2000 New York Cops – NYPD Blue (NYPD Blue, Fernsehserie, Folge 7x14)
 2000: That Summer in LA
 2001: Providence (Fernsehserie, Folge 4x04)
 2001–2002: The District – Einsatz in Washington (The District, Fernsehserie, Folge 2x02, 2x21)
 2002: Bug
 2003: DarkWolf
 2004: Spectres
 2004: CSI: Den Tätern auf der Spur (Crime Scene Investigation, Fernsehserie, Folge 5x10)
 2004: Tortilla Heaven
 2006–2007: Shark (Fernsehserie, 11 Folgen)
 2006: Slayer
 2009: Drag Me to Hell
 2013: Castle (Fernsehserie, Folge 6x07)
 2013: Perception (Fernsehserie, Folge 2x01)
 2014: Altergeist

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Why your electronic personal assistant has the right to remain silent.
Did you get an Amazon Echo for Christmas? Were you psyched by the idea that with just a few words—"Hey Alexa…"—you could wake up that obsidian column, ask it to play music or order dinner or read your kids "Goodnight Moon" for the six thousandth time, and keep your hands free to play Super Mario Run on your phone? Great! Just make sure you don't say anything the police could later use against you in a court of law.
On December 27, just days after millions of new users—by Amazon's count—found the device under their Christmas tree, news broke that in the course of investigating a murder, an Arkansas police department had asked the company to fork over data from the suspect's Echo. It's possible, the authorities argued, that the personal assistant sprang to life during the killing and recorded some crucial audio. Amazon declined, arguing that it "objects to overbroad or otherwise inappropriate demands as a matter of course." But the whole affair was enough to make a reasonable tech adopter wonder how long Jeff Bezos can hold the barking dogs of justice at bay and whether Echo users had welcomed a cloud-connected Trojan Horse into their homes.
The uncomfortable fact is, this is nothing new. Your phone's AI—Siri, Cortana, Google Assistant—is always listening, just waiting for you to ask where to get the best dumplings. "We're entering a world in which we should expect that our most private moments are being recorded, archived, and saved," says Will Scott of the Seattle Privacy Coalition, a surveillance watchdog. Which is scary enough, but what happens if authorities ask Amazon for the right to spy on us through our devices?
Our best defense may be those companies' self-interest. It can take time to pass tech legislation—like, say, tighter restrictions on police access to our online lives. But nothing can effect change quite like the potential for lost profit. "People underestimate how much companies work toward having a good reputation for protecting your data," says Emily McReynolds, a cyberlaw expert and associate director of the Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington. "They're going to put the customer first because it's good for business." Score one for capitalism.


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Frankin Surname Ancestry Results
Our indexes 1000-1999 include entries for the spelling 'frankin'. In the period you have requested, we have the following 9 records (displaying 1 to 9):
frankerewe frankes frankesch' frankeswell franket franketon franketon' frankewell frankfeld frankford frankford-moore frankfort frankfritt frankfull frankfurt frankham frankhau frankhom frankhum franki frankine franking frankinstein frankis frankisch frankish frankishe frankiskos frankiss frankissh frankissheman frankithe frankjlin frankl franklaine franklan frankland franklands franklanf franklanmd
Charles County, Maryland, Court Minutes (1658)
Pages 1 to 34 of Liber A, the first book of Charles County court minutes, from June to December 1658.
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Masters and Apprentices (1737)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's father's name and address, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 1 January to 31 December 1737
Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions (1773)
Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments, and bankrupts, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
Traders and professionals in London (1805)
Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805 to 1807 includes this 'London Alphabet of Businesses, Professions, &c.': coverage is good; about 30,000 individuals are recorded.
Deaths, Marriages, Bankrupts, Dividends and Patents (1820-1821)
Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, bankrupts and dividends, and patents, as reported in the Monthly Magazine or British Register. Includes some marriages and deaths from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
The Post Office London Directory for 1851 includes this 'Commercial and Professional Directory', recording about 80,000 individuals.
Sailors and marines awarded the Baltic Medal (1854-1857)
During the Crimean War, a British and French fleet entered the Baltic, and captured Bomarsund harbour and one of the Aland Islands (now part of Finland). Bomarsund is the sound between the islands and the Swedish island of Vardo; and at the fine harbour on Bomarsund, dominating the entrance of the Gulf of Bothnia, and indirectly that of the Gulf of Finland, the Russians had constructed a northern naval base, and this was destroyed in the attack. The British fleet taking part in the Baltic expedition comprised Her Majesty's ships Aeolus, Ajax, Alban, Algiers, Amphion, Archer, Arrogant, Basilisk, Belleisle, Blenheim, Boscawen, Bulldog, Caesar, Calcutta, Centaur, Colossus, Conflict, Cornwallis, Cossack, Cressy, Cruizer, Cuckoo, Cumberland, Dauntless, Desperate, Dragon, Driver, Duke of Wellington, Edinburgh, Esk, Euryalus, Exmouth, Falcon, Firefly, Geyser, Gladiator, Gorgon, Hannibal, Harrier, Hastings, Hawke, Hecla, Hogue, Imperieuse, James Watt, Leopard, Lightning, Locust, Magicienne, Majestic, Merlin, Miranda, Monarch, Neptune, Nile, Odin, Orion, Otter, Pembroke, Penelope, Pigmy, Porcupine, Prince Regent, Princess Royal, Pylades, Resistance, Retribution, Rhadamanthus, Rosamond, Royal George, Royal William, Russell, St George, St Jean D'Acre, St Vincent, Sphinx, Stromboli, Tartar, Termagant, Tribune, Tyne, Valorous, Volage, Volcano, Vulture, Wrangler and Zephyr. This is the medal roll of the naval and marine claimants who qualified for the Baltic Medal for service in 1854 to 1855. The medals were dispatched in batches from early 1857, the first batch being numbered B A 1, the next B A 2, &c.; then follows the destination (a place or, more usually, a ship) and the date of dispatch. Most of the medals had been sent by the end of 1857.
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County Court Judgments in England and Wales
County Court Judgments in England and Wales. January to March 1886


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Distributions of pore sizes and atomic densities in binary mixtures revealed by molecular dynamics simulations
Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 2018. Vol. 97. P. 023002-1-023002-8.
Makeev M., Priezjev N.
We report on the results of a molecular dynamics simulation study of porous glassy media, formed in the process of isochoric rapid quenching from a high-temperature liquid state. The transition to a porous solid occurs due to the concurrent processes of phase separation and material solidification. The study is focused on topographies of the model porous structures and their dependence on temperature and average density. To quantify the pore-size distributions,we put forth a scaling relation that provides a satisfactory data collapse in systems with high porosity. We also find that the local density of the solid domains in the porous structures is broadly distributed, and, with increasing average density, a distinct peak in the local density distribution is displaced toward higher values.
Research target: Physics
Priority areas: engineering science
Keywords: Molecular Dynamics Simulationsporous glassesGlass Transition
Quantum nuclear effects in water using centroid molecular dynamics
Kondratyuk N., Norman G., Stegailov V. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2018. Vol. 946. No. 012109. P. 1-7.
The quantum nuclear effects are studied in water using centroid molecular dynamics (CMD) method. The aim is the calibration of CMD implementation in LAMMPS. The calculated intramolecular energy, atoms gyration radii and radial distribution functions are shown in comparison with previous works. The work is assumed to be the step toward to solution of the discrepancy between the simulation results and the experimental data of liquid n-alkane properties in our previous works.
Study of viscosity of aluminum melt during glass transition by molecular dynamics and Green–Kubo formula
Kirova E. M., Pisarev V. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2016. Vol. 774. P. 1-6.
Molecular dynamics study of shear viscosity behavior of liquid aluminum is performed. The embedded atom method potential is used at the simulation of isobaric cooling. The viscosity is calculated using the Green–Kubo formula. The stress autocorrelation functions are obtained in the range 300–1200 K. The calculated kinematic viscosity is in agreement with the experimental data for the temperatures above melting temperature. The steep change of the shear viscosity is found below 650 K which we associate with the glass transition and is in a good agreement with the temperature which is obtained using the calorimetric criterion Kolotova et al (2015 J. Non-Cryst. Solids 429 98). The viscosity coefficient can not be calculated using the direct atomistic simulations below that temperature
A significant reduction of ice adhesion on nanostructured surfaces that consist of an array of single-walled carbon nanotubes: A molecular dynamics simulation study
Bao L., Huang Z., Priezjev N. et al. Applied Surface Science. 2018. Vol. 437. P. 202-208.
It is well recognized that excessive ice accumulation at low-temperature conditions can cause significant damage to civil infrastructure. The passive anti-icing surfaces provide a promising solution to suppress ice nucleation and enhance ice removal. However, despite extensive efforts, it remains a challenge to design anti-icing surfaces with low ice adhesion. Using all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we show that surfaces with single-walled carbon nanotube array (CNTA) significantly reduce ice adhesion due to the extremely low solid areal fraction. It was found that the CNTA surface exhibits up to a 45% decrease in the ice adhesion strength in comparison with the atomically smooth graphene surface. The details of the ice detachment from the CNTA surface were examined for different water-carbon interaction energies and temperatures of the ice cube. Remarkably, the results of MD simulations demonstrate that the ice detaching strength depends linearly on the ratio of the ice-surface interaction energy and the ice temperature. These results open the possibility for designing novel robust surfaces with low ice adhesion for passive anti-icing applications.
Molecular structure and dynamics of nano-confined water: Computer simulations of aqueous species in clay, cement, and polymer membranes.
Kalinichev A. G. In bk.: Transport and Reactivity of Solutions in Confined Hydrosystems, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Dordrecht: Springer, 2014. P. 99-111.
Molecular-level knowledge of the thermodynamic, structural, and transport properties of water confined by interfaces and nanopores of various materials is crucial for quantitative understanding and prediction of many natural and technological processes, including carbon sequestration, water desalination, nuclear waste storage, cement chemistry, fuel cell technology, etc. Computational molecular modeling is capable to significantly complement the experimental investigations of such systems by providing invaluable atomic-scale information leading to improved understanding of the specific effects of the substrate structure and composition on the structure, dynamics and reactivity of interfacial and nano-confined aqueous solutions. This paper offers a brief overview of recent efforts to quantify some of these effects for individual H2O molecules and hydrated ions confined at the interfaces and in nanopores of several typical hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials. The first molecular layer of aqueous solution at all substrates is often highly ordered, indicating reduced translational and orientational mobility of the H2O molecules. This ordering cannot be simply described as "ice-like", but rather resembles the behavior of supercooled water or amorphous ice, although with very significant substrate-specific variations.
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Phase diagrams of gas hydrates: molecular simulation studies
Smirnov G., Stegailov V. In bk.: Computational Materials and Biological Sciences. 2015. P. 175-185.
In this work, we perform coexistence simulations of methane hydrates for pressures up to 5000 bar for different water models. We calculate the kinetic stability boundary of the superheated metastable sI structure and analyze the effects of the heating rate, system size and cage occupancy. We also report molecular dynamics simulation of several possible structuresfor the new hydrogen hydrate clathrate. We show the strength of molecular simulation as a supplement tool for the analysis of experimental data. © 2015 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.
Development of lithium CPS based limiters for realization of a concept of closed lithium circulation loop in Tokamak
Zharkov M. Y., Vertkov A., Lyublinski I. et al. In bk.: 1st YAWL Symposium 2013; Sankt Augustin; Germany; 7 June 2013. Elsevier, 2015. P. 47-51.
Cooling of tokamak boundary plasma owing to radiation of non-fully stripped lithium ions is considered as a promising way for protection of plasma facing elements (PFE) in tokamak. It may be effectively realized when the main part of lithium ions are involved in the closed circuit of migration between plasma and PFE surface. Such an approach may be implemented with the use of lithium device whose hot (500-600 °C) area to be effected by plasma serves as a Li-emitter and the cold part (∼180 °C) as a Li-collector in the shadow. Capillary-pore system (CPS) provides the returning of collected and condensed lithium to emitting zone by capillary forces. The main goals of the last T-11M lithium experiments were investigating Li ions transport in the tokamak scrape of layer (SOL) and their collecting by different kinds of limiters. The design of devices based on lithium CPS with different ratio of emitting/collecting area is the main subject of this paper. © 2015 The Authors.
All joint von Neumann measurements on a quantum state admit a quasi-classical probability model
Elena R. Loubenets. quant-ph. arXiv. Cornell University, 2012. No. 1210.3270.
Научно-техническая конференция студентов, аспирантов и молодых специалистов НИУ ВШЭ им. Е.В. Арменского. Материалы конференции.
М.: МИЭМ НИУ ВШЭ, 2016.
Лекции по вариационному исчислению
Перескоков А. В., Амосов А. А., Зубков П. В. М.: Издательский дом МЭИ, 2011.
Dynamics of the Davydov-Scott soliton with location or velocity mismatch of its high-frequency component
Blyakhman L. G., Gromov E., Onosova I. V. et al. Physics Letters A. 2017. Vol. 381. No. 17. P. 1490-1492.
The dynamics of a two-component Davydov-Scott (DS) soliton with a small mismatch of the initial location or velocity of the high-frequency (HF) component was investigated within the framework of the Zakharov-type system of two coupled equations for the HF and low-frequency (LF) fields. In this system, the HF field is described by the linear Schrödinger equation with the potential generated by the LF component varying in time and space. The LF component in this system is described by the Korteweg-de Vries equation with a term of quadratic influence of the HF field on the LF field. The frequency of the DS soliton`s component oscillation was found analytically using the balance equation. The perturbed DS soliton was shown to be stable. The analytical results were confirmed by numerical simulations.
Kinetical processes in the non- equilibrium nitrogen-oxygen plasma//
Kostinskiy A., Matveev A., Silakov V. Preprint IOFAN. PL. Gen. Phys. Insth, 1990. No. 87.
Kinetical processes in the non- equilibrium nitrogen-oxygen plasma
Upper bounds on violation of Bell-type inequalities by a multipartite quantum state
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Самара: Предприятие "Новая техника", 2018.
Collective magnetic response of inhomogeneous nanoisland FeNi films around the percolation transition
Kovaleva. N. N., Bagdinov A. V., Stupakov A. et al. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 2018. Vol. 20. No. 4. P. 10901-10914.
By using superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometry, we investigated anisotropic high-field (H less than or similar to 7T) low-temperature (10 K) magnetization response of inhomogeneous nanoisland FeNi films grown by rf sputtering deposition on Sitall (TiO2) glass substrates. In the grown FeNi films, the FeNi layer nominal thickness varied from 0.6 to 2.5 nm, across the percolation transition at the d(c) similar or equal to 1.8 nm. We discovered that, beyond conventional spin-magnetism of Fe21Ni79 permalloy, the extracted out-of-plane magnetization response of the nanoisland FeNi films is not saturated in the range of investigated magnetic fields and exhibits paramagnetic-like behavior. We found that the anomalous out-of-plane magnetization response exhibits an escalating slope with increase in the nominal film thickness from 0.6 to 1.1 nm, however, it decreases with further increase in the film thickness, and then practically vanishes on approaching the FeNi film percolation threshold. At the same time, the in-plane response demonstrates saturation behavior above 1.5-2T, competing with anomalously large diamagnetic-like response, which becomes pronounced at high magnetic fields. It is possible that the supported-metal interaction leads to the creation of a thin charge-transfer (CT) layer and a Schottky barrier at the FeNi film/Sitall (TiO2) interface. Then, in the system with nanoscale circular domains, the observed anomalous paramagnetic-like magnetization response can be associated with a large orbital moment of the localized electrons. In addition, the inhomogeneous nanoisland FeNi films can possess spontaneous ordering of toroidal moments, which can be either of orbital or spin origin. The system with toroidal inhomogeneity can lead to anomalously strong diamagnetic-like response. The observed magnetization response is determined by the interplay between the paramagnetic-and diamagnetic-like contributions.
Radiation effects on spacecraft materials
Novikov L., Mileev V., Voronina E. et al. Journal of Surface Investigation: X-Ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques. 2009. Vol. 3. No. 2. P. 199-214.
Radiation conditions are described for various space regions, radiation-induced effects in spacecraft materials and equipment components are considered and information on theoretical, computational, and experimental methods for studying radiation effects are presented. The peculiarities of radiation effects on nanostructures and some problems related to modeling and radiation testing of such structures are considered.
Современные проблемы автоматизации расчётов надёжности
Жаднов В. В., Жаднов И. В., Полесский С. Н. Надежность. 2007. № 2. С. 3-12.
Communications in Computer and Information Science
Dudin A. Vol. 356: Modern Probabilistic Methods for Analysis of Telecommunication Networks. Belorusian Winter Workshops in Queueing Theory, BWWQT 2013 . Heidelberg; NY; Dordrecht; L.: Springer, 2013.
This volume presents new results in the study and optimization of information transmission models in telecommunication networks using different approaches, mainly based on theiries of queueing systems and queueing networks .
Экологические риски в пригородных и межселенных территориях. Электронный атлас
Гунько М., Зотова М., Кашницкий И. С. и др. М.: Институт географии РАН, 2013.
Public sector e-innovations. E-government and its impact on corruption
Proskuryakova L. N., Abdrakhmanova G. I., Pitlik H. Science, Technology and Innovation. WP BRP. Высшая школа экономики, 2013. No. 04/STI/2013.
The paper aims at assessing indicators and individual elements of e-government of selected countries in 2009-2010, and the interrelation of e-government with corruption in the public sector. The authors explore possible causal and dependency relations of the established interlink between e-government and public sector corruption. Although it is universally acknowledged that corruption is an evil, there is much debate over which determinants of corruption are important. Using econometric analysis for sizeable country samples the authors verified the closeness of interrelation between e-government indicators and ICT Development Index indicators, such as online services quality and ICT usage, on one hand, and the level of perceived public sector corruption, on the other hand. The major research papers were analyzed, along with international rankings and databases of international organizations. Based on the analysis recommendations for overcoming international e-government measurement constraints are put forward, as well as suggestions for future studies of the topic.
Альтернативные подходы к построению моделей измерительных приемников для виртуальных исследований в области ЭМС
Лемешко Н. В., Захарова С. С. Труды Научно-исследовательского института радио. 2013. № 1. С. 40-45.
Разработка методов и средств для проектных исследований надёжности радиоэлектронной аппаратуры
Кн. 2: Разработка моделей надёжности для проектных исследований надёжности радиоэлектронной аппаратуры. М.: МИЭМ, 2010.
Equal Weights Coauthorship Sharing and Shapley Value are Equivalent
Karpov A. V. Science, Technology and Innovation. WP BRP. Высшая школа экономики, 2012. No. 03.
The publication credit allocation problem is one of the fundamental problems in bibliometrics. The solution of this problem provides the basis of further research. There are two solutions which do not require any additional information: equal weights measure and Shapley value. Until recently Shapley value is not used because of hardness of computing. The paper justifies the equal weights measure by showing equivalence with the Shapley value approach for sharing coauthors performance in specific games.
Разработка модели фликерметра для вертуальных исследований кондуктивных помех в электросетях
Захарова С. С., Лемешко Н. В. Труды Научно-исследовательского института радио. 2012. № 4. С. 48-54.
Developing a statistical framework for the measurement of enabling technologies and their applications: draft guidelines for collecting and interpreting technology data
Gokhberg L., Fursov K., Perani G. Working Party of National Experts on Science and Technology Indicators. DSTI/EAS/STP/NESTI. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2012. No. DSTI/EAS/STP/NESTI(2012)9/ANN1.
The paper provides a number of proposed draft operational guidelines for technology measurement and includes a number of tentative technology definitions to be used for statistical purposes, principles for identification and classification of potentially growing technology areas, suggestions on the survey strategies and indicators. These are the key components of an internationally harmonized framework for collecting and interpreting technology data that would need to be further developed through a broader consultation process. A summary of definitions of technology already available in OECD manuals and the stocktaking results are provided in the Annex section.


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Q: How to match a list of simple alternating patterns in R In R, I have data a vector of integers.
run <- sample.int(9, 1000, replace=T)
run[sample.int(1000, 100)] <- NA

If at least one of the following patterns, c(1, x, 1, y) or c(x, 1, y, 1) where x and y are either whole numbers or NA, is present, I would like to print out the start index of each pattern and update a count variable for each instance of a pattern. What is the most efficient way of doing this?
I was thinking of using the rle function and testing for every 4 consecutive values for a length of 1, and then testing whether they conform to one of the patterns. However, I am having problems with NAs with this approach since each NA is treated separately. Perhaps there is a better way to do this.

A: Taking your usage of sample.int as implying your vector only contains values from 1:9 and NA, here's a regular expressions approach:
run <- c(1, NA, 1, 3, 1, 1, NA, NA, NA, 1)
run[is.na(run)] <- 0
pat1 <- "(?=1[0-9]1[0-9])" # using a lookahead assertion around the pattern is a way to allow overlapping matches
pat1.idxs <- unlist(gregexpr(pat1, paste(run, collapse=''), perl=TRUE))
pat1.idxs
# match indexes
# [1] 1 3
length(pat1.idxs)
# counts
# [1] 2

Then you would do second pattern similarly.

A: This kind of task could be done with the rollapply function from the zoo package.
set.seed(42)
run <- sample.int(9, 1000, replace=T)
run[sample.int(1000, 100)] <- NA

# a list of the patterns
pattern <- list(c(1, NA, 1, NA), c(NA, 1, NA, 1))

library(zoo)

colSums(rollapply(run, length(pattern[[1]]),
                  function(x) sapply(pattern, identical, x)))

The result is a vector including the counts of the patterns in the pattern list:
[1] 0 0

Note. If the lengths of the patterns were different, rollapply had to be executed multiple times.

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package net.sbbi.upnp.samples;

/*import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.management.MBeanServer;
import javax.management.ObjectName;
import javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorServer;
import javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorServerFactory;
import javax.management.remote.JMXServiceURL;

import net.sbbi.upnp.jmx.UPNPMBeanDevice;
import net.sbbi.upnp.jmx.upnp.UPNPConnectorServer;

import java.lang.management.ClassLoadingMXBean;
import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
import java.lang.management.MemoryMXBean;
import java.lang.management.RuntimeMXBean;
import java.lang.management.ThreadMXBean;*/

/**
 * Sample class to expose JRE 1.5 JVM MBeans as UPNP devices
 *
 * @author SuperBonBon
 * @version 1.0
 */

public class JDK5ManagmentAsUpnp {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		/*
		 * Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
		 *
		 * public void run() { UPNPMBeanDevice jdk5Device = new UPNPMBeanDevice(
		 * "JDK5Management", 1, "SBBI", "JDK 5 UPNP JMX Interface", "UPNPLIB", null );
		 * UPNPMBeanDevice jdk5Device2 = new UPNPMBeanDevice( "JDK5Management", 1,
		 * "SBBI", "JDK 5 UPNP JMX Classloader Interface", "UPNPLIB", "BEAN2" );
		 *
		 * try { MBeanServer defaultServer = ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer();
		 *
		 * JMXServiceURL url = new JMXServiceURL( "service:jmx:upnp://192.168.0.3:8080"
		 * ); Map env = new HashMap(); env.put(
		 * JMXConnectorServerFactory.PROTOCOL_PROVIDER_PACKAGES, "net.sbbi.upnp.jmx" );
		 * env.put( UPNPConnectorServer.EXPOSE_MBEANS_AS_UPNP_DEVICES, Boolean.TRUE );
		 * env.put( UPNPConnectorServer.EXPOSE_EXISTING_MBEANS_AS_UPNP_DEVICES,
		 * Boolean.TRUE );
		 *
		 * JMXConnectorServer connectorServer =
		 * JMXConnectorServerFactory.newJMXConnectorServer( url, env, null ); String
		 * upnpConnectorBeanName =
		 * "Connectors:protocol=upnp,host=192.168.0.3,port=8080"; ObjectName
		 * cntorServerName = ObjectName.getInstance( upnpConnectorBeanName );
		 * defaultServer.registerMBean( connectorServer, cntorServerName );
		 * connectorServer.start();
		 *
		 * RuntimeMXBean mbean = ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean(); ObjectName name =
		 * new ObjectName( ManagementFactory.RUNTIME_MXBEAN_NAME );
		 * jdk5Device.addService( mbean, name, defaultServer, "RUNTIME_MXBEAN",
		 * "RUNTIME_MXBEAN_TYPE", 1 ); ThreadMXBean mbeanThread =
		 * ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean(); name = new ObjectName(
		 * ManagementFactory.THREAD_MXBEAN_NAME ); jdk5Device.addService( mbeanThread,
		 * name, defaultServer, "THREAD_MXBEAN_NAME", "THREAD_MXBEAN_NAME_TYPE", 1 );
		 *
		 * MemoryMXBean mbeanMem = ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean(); name = new
		 * ObjectName( ManagementFactory.MEMORY_MXBEAN_NAME ); jdk5Device.addService(
		 * mbeanMem, name, defaultServer, "MEMORY_MXBEAN_NAME",
		 * "MEMORY_MXBEAN_NAME_TYPE", 1 );
		 *
		 * ClassLoadingMXBean clBean = ManagementFactory.getClassLoadingMXBean(); name =
		 * new ObjectName( ManagementFactory.CLASS_LOADING_MXBEAN_NAME );
		 * jdk5Device2.addService( clBean, name, defaultServer,
		 * "CLASS_LOADING_MXBEAN_NAME", "CLASS_LOADING_MXBEAN_NAME_TYPE", 1 );
		 *
		 * jdk5Device.addChildMBean( jdk5Device2 ); System.out.println(
		 * "devices created" ); jdk5Device.start(); System.out.println(
		 * "devices started" ); } catch ( Exception ex ) { ex.printStackTrace(); return;
		 * } while ( true ) { try { Thread.sleep( 1000 ); } catch ( InterruptedException
		 * intEx ) { Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); break; } } try {
		 * jdk5Device.stop(); System.out.println( "devices stopped" ); } catch (
		 * Exception ex ) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } };
		 *
		 * Thread thrd = new Thread( runnable ); thrd.setDaemon( false ); thrd.start();
		 */

	}
}


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There are "Dirty Pretty Things" in the "Swimming Pool"
by Eric Melin on August 29, 2003
in Print Reviews
Released slowly across the country earlier this summer, these two original European imports are currently causing quite a stink on the art-house movie circuit. Ironically, both films seem to want to give you one thing, and then sneakily deliver another while you get sidetracked with what you think to be the main story.
At first glance, both seem to be standard thrillers. In director Stephen Frears' ("The Grifters," "High Fidelity") fearless and capable hands, "Dirty Pretty Things" starts out a rather shocking thriller. The terrific Chiwetel Ejiofor plays a Nigerian illegal alien in London who finds a human heart in the hotel that he works at as a desk clerk. From there, he and another immigrant, Audrey Tautou ("Amelie"), uncover a shocking underworld.
"Swimming Pool" also has a mystery at its core, as Charlotte Rampling ("Stardust Memories," "Under the Sand") plays an English mystery novelist caught up in a murder plot while trying to relax and finish her new book at her editor's vacation home in the south of France. Ludivine Sagnier plays her editor's sexually aggressive daughter, who also comes to visit the house.
But what we are treated to instead is something all the more challenging than a traditional mystery plot. The deeper the hole that is dug for Ejiofor and Tatou in "Dirty Pretty Things," the more layers are added to their characters. Seeing these people's reactions to the mounting terror of being discovered by the authorities, and the depths of their desperateness gives you deeper appreciation for them.
The struggle becomes more of a focus, and a way of revealing even more about the characters. Through this, and not essentially the mystery element of the plot, you begin to see the real story come into focus. Or I did, at least.
"Dirty Pretty Things" exposes a world I never thought existed, and yet here I was wrapped up in a love story as well. Who knew? I would be remiss if I forgot to mention, however, the chilling performance of Sergi Lopez, who was so great a couple of years back in "…With A Friend Like Harry."
French filmmaker Francois Ozon wrote and directed "Swimming Pool," which at all points is a more challenging and yet slightly less successful endeavor overall than "Dirty Pretty Things." It is a very slow build, and there are hints along the way that something is not quite right.
Yes, there is a murder here, but it's not handled like some clichéd whodunit, like Rampling's character may have written. Instead, the murder itself is more a means to an end. The repressed Rampling learns more about herself and much about creative inspiration in the process, and I appreciated how wide the story was drawn. But the final twist left me a bit cold and somewhat unimpressed.
It's almost as if the idea were better than actually executing it, although through no fault of the actors, who are uniformly believable and watchable (especially Sagnier, who is naked all the damn time).
Both of these movies show a darker, more mysterious side to London and France that I am not used to seeing, and both leave you with something to think about when you exit the theater.
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