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Remembering Tupac Shakur 15 years later
Fifteen years ago today, prolific rapper Tupac Shakur died at age 25 due to complications after a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.
His slaying, like that of peer Christopher Wallace (a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G.), remains unsolved. Over the last 15 years, theories about who gunned down the two have been debated by everyone from law enforcement and scholars to journalists and fans.
The circumstances of Shakur's death notwithstanding, there isn't much to pen about his life, his many troubles with the law or his indelible sonic contributions to rap that hasn't already been written. A robust posthumous catalog has cemented Shakur's musical legacy and continued to inspire new generations of rappers who hold his "thug life" brand of wayward teaching close to their chests as they hope to glean an ounce of Shakur's swag.
A great number of his fans and theorists hold on to the hope that Shakur has been among us all along and that he will one day rise again. We here at Pop & Hiss know his music is at least ever present, and while there are plenty of hits to choose from to remember Shakur on this day, here are a few favorites:
"Keep Ya Head Up"
"How Do U Want It"
"I Get Around"
"Dear Mama"
Album review: Grace Jones' 'Hurricane'
Album review: George Strait's 'Here for a Good Time'
Album review: Lindsey Buckingham's 'Seeds We Sow'
-- Gerrick D. Kennedy
twitter.com/gerrickkennedy
Photo: Tupac Shakur in the documentary movie "Tupac: Resurrection." Photo by Albert Watson /Courtesy Paramount Pictures.

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Show with Crann Mór at "Follow the rhythm pelo Ibérico"
Backstageselfies before our big show with Crann Mór at " Follow the Rhythm pelo Lobo Ibérico"!
Some of our dancers from Lisbon and Carcavelos had their first show with live music. The show was fantastic and even the audience made it up on stage to dance a polka in our breaks. Thank you to the organisers of Follow the rhythm!


I'm a firm believer in passing along books, but I can't do that in this medium. However, I can tell you about those I really enjoyed in the hopes that you might as well. Also, I think it's good to give credit to work you enjoy. So, this is the first of an ongoing series. I hope it introduces you to something new, or returns you to something you love already.
I found The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher when I stumbled on the short lived TV series, which you can read about here. Since I hadn't read the books first, I enjoyed the series, though it lasted only one season. (It's currently available on Netflix). As I understand it, many of the more die-hard fans weren't happy with the series because it wasn't "true" to the novels, but no television series will be. Even Game of Thrones, which spreads each book over an entire season, diverges from the books in a number of ways.
The series is wonderful, and possibly one of my favorites. In the spirit of full disclosure, I've "read" only one of the books, Side Jobs. All the others I've listened to on audio book, and they are awesome! James Marsters is an incredible voice actor, and actor in general. I'd say his performance had a lot to do with why I love this series so much; he doesn't just read, he embodies the character. However, he doesn't read the thirteenth book, Ghost Story, and while the actor does a fine job, it just wasn't the same to me.
The protagonist is Harry Dresden, "the only openly practicing professional wizard in Chicago," he's even in the phone book.
Harry also has the aid of a spirit of intellect, who happens to live in a skull, and is named Bob.
Bob is the best comic relief I've ever read. He's a lecherous incorporeal spirit with a fondness for bodice ripper romance novels, but is also sarcastic, witty, and a perfect foil to Harry. Harry, is an old fashioned gentleman, opening doors, coming to a lady's defense. Bob, however, on more than one occasion possesses someone and turns a sorority party into something Caligula would admire. He also has great lines; one that I keep coming back to is: "What you know about women, I could juggle." The other characters also step off the page. Actually, they leap off and do a rather impressive song and dance routine. I'm also impressed by the detail with which Mr. Butcher has created his world and its mythos.
If you like fantasy and/or urban fantasy, I think you'll enjoy The Dresden Files. If you like audiobooks, I can't recommend it enough. I've listened to them all at least twice, some three times, and I'm anxiously awaiting the next release. The series is entertaining, exciting, hilarious, and an excellent escape. It might just have you wanting to make a trip to Chicago to look for his office. If you find it, let me know!
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Ги Арсизе (; род. 23 июня 1939 года, Париж) — французский общественный деятель, врач. Великий мастер Великого востока Франции (2010—2012 гг.)

Биография
Врач общей практики. Был экстерном Парижского госпиталя. С 1968 года по 2005 года работал в Баньоле, Сен-Сен-Дени.

Член Социалистической партии.

Масонская деятельность
В масонстве с 1986 года.

Был председателем Конгресса лож Иль-де-Франс и советником ордена с 2005 по 2008 год.

31 августа 2010 года избран великим мастером Великого востока Франции. Избрание сосотялось на конвенте в Виши. Был избран во втором туре голосования 18 голосами против 17. Перизбиран на второй срок в 2011 году. 30 августа 2012 года покинул этот пост.

Награды
 Кавалер ордена Почётного легиона (22 апреля 2011 года).

Взгляды и убеждения
 В 2011 году, во время пребывания в Ереване (Армения), заявил, что не верит в Бога.

Примечания

Великие мастера ВВФ

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\section{Introduction  }

In this work we consider the problem of the one-dimensional
Anderson localization \cite{Anderson,Lee} for the nonlinear
Schr\"odinger equation (NLSE) \cite{bwFSW,bwDS,kivshar}. In spite
of the extensive research, many fundamental problems are still
open, and, in particular, it is not clear whether in one dimension
(1D) Anderson localization can survive the effects of
nonlinearities. This problem is relevant for experiments in
nonlinear optics, for example disordered photonic lattices
\cite{f1,lahini}, where Anderson localization was found in presence of
nonlinear effects as well as experiments on Bose-Einstein
Condensates (BEC) in disordered optical lattices
\cite{BECE1,BECE3,akkermans,SanchAspect,BShapiro}. The interplay
between disorder and nonlinear effects leads to new interesting
physics \cite{BECE3,akkermans,bishop1,aubry,mackay,aub1}. In
particular, the problem of spreading of wave packets and
transmission are not simply related \cite{doucot, pavloff}, in
contrast with the linear case.

We consider one-dimensional  localization of stationary solutions
of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLSE) in a random
$\delta$-correlated potential $V(x)$ with a Gaussian distribution (white
noise), of zero mean and variance  $2D$, namely,
$\langle V(x)V(x')\rangle=2D\delta(x-x')$.
The linear version of this model
was studied extensively in the past \cite{LGP}. Following our
previous analysis \cite{if2007} we study Anderson localization of
stationary solutions with energies $\omega$ in the framework of
the stationary NLSE
\begin{equation}\label{nlse_A1}
\omega\phi(x)=-\partial_{x}^2\phi(x)+\beta\phi^3(x)+V(x)\phi(x)\, ,
\end{equation}
where $\phi(x)$ is real, the variables are chosen in
dimensionless units and the Planck constant is $\hbar=1$. For the
lattice version of the model, it was established rigorously
\cite{bwFSW,AF1,AF2} that the stationary solutions of this
equation are exponentially localized for a wide range of
conditions. It  was  also  argued that the rate of growth of moments for
the stationary NLSE (\ref{nlse_A1}) coincides exactly with the
linear case \cite{if2007} and determines the localization length.

We will specifically calculate $\langle\phi^2(x)\rangle$ of solutions of
Eq. (\ref{nlse_A1}) that are found for a certain $\omega$, with
given boundary conditions at some point, for example $\phi(x=0)$
and $\phi^{\prime}(x=0)$, where prime means the derivative with
respect to $x$. This will be done with the help of the analogy with the
Langevin equation \cite{LGP,if2007,halperin}. In particular, we will
calculate the growth rate of the second moment,
\begin{equation}\label{nlse_A2}
2\gamma=\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{ \ln\langle\phi^2(x)\rangle}{x}>0\, ,
~~~\xi=\frac{1}{\gamma}\, ,
\end{equation}
that will turn out to be independent of $\beta$, where $\xi$ is the
localization
length. Note, it is different from the usually studied (in the
linear case) self averaging quantity
$\gamma_s=\frac{1}{2}\frac{d}{dx}\langle\ln\phi^2(x)\rangle=
\frac{1}{2}\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{\langle\ln\phi^2(x)\rangle}{x}$, and $\gamma$
is a smooth function of energy. Since the distribution of the random
potentials is translationally invariant, it is independent of the
choice of the initial point as $x=0$. Like in the linear case,
starting from a specific initial condition, $\phi(x)$ will
typically grow. For specific values of $\omega$ at some point this
function will start to decay, so that a normalized eigenfunction
is found. This is the approach  {\it \`a la} Borland
\cite{borland,mott} that was made rigorous for the linear case in
\cite{delyonA,delyonB}.
Here, following \cite{if2007} we extend this approach, in a heuristic form,
to the nonlinear case. The envelope of the
wave function will grow exponentially if we start either from the
right or from the left. The value of $\omega$ results from the
matching condition, so that an eigenfunction has some maximum and
decays in both directions as required by the normalization
condition. The exponential decay is an asymptotic property, while
the matching is determined by the potential in the vicinity of the
maximum. This observation is crucial for
the validity of this approach and enables us to determine the
exponential decay rate of states from the solution of the initial
value problem (\ref{nlse_A1}).
In \cite{if2007} a linear equation for the moments of $\phi(x)$ of Eq.
(\ref{nlse_A1}) and its Langevin analog was derived and it was shown
that the exponents that control the growth of the moments are identical to
the ones of the linear system $(\beta=0)$.
In the present paper it will be shown that this is also correct
for the asymptotic behavior of the moments.

The outline of the paper is as follows. The analogy with the Langevin
equation and dynamics of the moments is outlined in Section II. The
generalized Lyapunov exponents, that are the eigenvalues which
determine the growth of the various moments, are presented in Section II
and their asymptotic behavior is derived analytically for the first time
in Appendix A (they were
found numerically in \cite{pikovsky}). The resulting asymptotic expansion
for the growth of the moments is presented in Section III. The results are
summarized in Section IV.

\section{The Fokker-Planck equation and Lyapunov exponents}

Following Ref. \cite{if2007}, we perform the calculation of
$\langle\phi^2(x)\rangle$ by using the analogy with the classical
Langevin equation \cite{LGP,halperin}. Therefore,  considering the
$x$-coordinate as the formal time variable on the half axis
$x\equiv\tau\in[0,\infty)$,  Eq. (\ref{nlse_A1}) reduces to the
Langevin equation
\begin{equation}\label{nlse4}
\ddot{\phi}+\omega\phi-\beta\phi^3-V(\tau)\phi=0
\end{equation}
with the $\delta$ correlated Gaussian noise $V(\tau)$. Now we
introduce new variables $u=\phi$ and $v=\dot{\phi}\equiv
\frac{d\phi}{d\tau}$ (that play the role of position and velocity in the
Langevin equation) and a distribution function
of these new
variables is $P=P(u,v,\tau)$. The dynamical process in the
presence of the Gaussian $\delta$-correlated noise is described by
the distribution function that satisfies the Fokker-Planck
equation: (FPE) \cite{if2007,kmpmarcq}
\begin{equation}\label{nlse5}
\partial_{\tau}P-[\omega u-\beta u^3]\partial_vP+v\partial_uP-2D u^2
\partial_{v}^2P=0\, ,
\end{equation}
where $2Du^2$ is the only nonzero component of the diffusion
tensor.

\subsection{Equation for moments}

We are interested in the average quantum probability density
$\langle\phi^2(x)\rangle\equiv \langle u^2(\tau)\rangle$, where
\[\langle u^2(\tau)\rangle=\int u^2P(u,v,\tau)dudv\, .\]
From the FPE we obtain a system of equations for the moments
\begin{equation}\label{nlse6}
M_{k,l}=\langle u^kv^l\rangle\, ,
\end{equation}
where $k,l=0,1,2,\dots$. Substituting $u^kv^l$ in the FPE and
integrating over $u$ and $v$, one obtains the following relation
for $M_{k,l}$
\begin{equation}\label{nlse7}
\dot{M}_{k,l}=-l\omega M_{k+1,l-1}+kM_{k-1,l+1} +l(l-1)2D
M_{k+2,l-2} +\beta l M_{k+3,l-1}\, ,
\end{equation}
where $ M_{k,l}$ with negative indexes are assumed to vanish. We
note that only terms with the same parity of $k+l$ are coupled.
Since we are interested in $M_{2,0}=\langle u^2\rangle$, we study only
the case when this parity is even, namely $k+l=2n$ with
$n=1,2,\dots$.
  The sum of the indexes of the moments
is $2n$, except the last term $\beta l M_{k+3,l-1}$, where the sum
is $2(n+1)$. This leads to the infinite system of linear equations
that can be written in the form
\begin{equation}\label{nlse8}
\dot{\bf M}={\cal W}{\bf M}\, ,
\end{equation}
where the column vector is ${\bf
M}=\left(M_{2,0},M_{1,1},M_{0,2},M_{4,0},M_{3,1},\dots\right)$ and
${\cal W}$ is the corresponding matrix. The matrix elements
${\cal W}_{k,l}$ are determined by Eq. (\ref{nlse7}). The solutions of
the system of linear equations (\ref{nlse8}) are linear
combinations of the eigenfunctions at time $\tau$
\begin{equation}\label{nlse9}
{\bf M}_{\lambda}(\tau)=\exp(\lambda\tau){\bf U}_{\lambda}\, ,
\end{equation}
where ${\bf U}_{\lambda}={\bf M}_{\lambda}(t=0)$ is the
eigenvector of ${\cal W}$ corresponding to the eigenvalue $\lambda$
found from the equation
\begin{equation}\label{nlse13}
{\cal W} {\bf U}_m=\lambda_m {\bf U}_m\, , ~~ ~{\bf U}_m\equiv {\bf
U}_{\lambda_m}\, .
\end{equation}
The infinite matrix ${\cal W}$ consists of two parts. The first one is
independent of $\beta$ and consists of independent diagonal blocks
$A_n$  of size $(2n+1)\times (2n+1)$. The second one consists of
the $\beta$ dependent terms which couple the $n$-th  and  the
$(n+1)$-th blocks and are located above the $(n+1)$ block and to
the right of the $n$-th block. Consequently, the $\beta$ dependent
terms do not affect the characteristic polynomial, as can be shown
by elementary operations on determinants. Therefore, the
characteristic polynomial of ${\cal W}$ reduces to a product of the
block determinants \cite{if2007}
\begin{equation}\label{nlse10}
\prod_{n=1}^{\infty}{\rm det}\left(A_n-\lambda I_n\right)=0\, ,
\end{equation}
where $I_n$ is an $(2n+1)\times(2n+1)$ unit matrix. The diagonal block
$A_n$ of  the infinite matrix ${\cal W}$ defined in equation~(\ref{nlse8}),
that couples the moments of order $2n$ with one another, is a
band-diagonal square-matrix of size $(2n+1)$.
The explicit form of this matrix is given by:
\begin{equation}
A_n  =  \left( \begin{array}{ccccccccc} \quad \quad  0 \quad
\quad   &\quad \quad 2n  \quad  \quad   &
 \quad  \quad   0  \quad  \quad  &  \quad  \quad & \quad  \quad
  & \quad  \quad & \quad  \quad  & \quad  \quad & \\
 -\omega & 0  & 2n-1 &  0 &  & &  \\
 2  D&  -2\omega & 0  & 2n-2 & 0 & &   \\
   0  &  6 D&  -3\omega & 0  & 2n-3& 0&   \\
       &   &  . & . & . &  .  & \\
  &   &   &.  & . &  . &  .  &   \\
  &   &   &  & . &  . &  .  &  . \\
         &  &    &  &  0 &  (2n-2)(2n-1) D \quad  \quad&
    -(2n-1)\omega & 0  & 1 \\
         &  &     &   &  & 0 &   (2n-1)2n D& -2n \omega & 0
\end{array}  \right)
\label{formulaAn}
\end{equation}
Let us denote by $\lambda_{{\rm max}}(n)$ the maximal eigenvalue of this
matrix. The vector of the moments in this block is ${\bf M}_n=
(M_{2n,0},M_{2n-1,1}\dots, M_{2n-l,l},\dots,M_{0,2n})$.
In Appendix A it is proven that for $\omega=0$ the maximal Lyapunov
exponent $\lambda_{\rm max}(n)$ behaves for large $n$ as
 \begin{equation}
  \lambda_{{\rm max}}(n)  \simeq \frac{3}{4} D^{1/3}  (2n)^{4/3}  \, .
\label{eq:scalingIIB}
 \end{equation}
Then it is argued and verified numerically that also for other values
$\omega\neq 0$ it behaves in this way.

\section{Asymptotic growth of the moments}

\subsection{Eigenvalue problem for the moments}

Taking into account Eqs. (\ref{nlse9}) and (\ref{nlse13}), we present
the solution of Eq. (\ref{nlse8}) as an expansion
\begin{equation}\label{asy1}
{\bf M}(\tau)=\sum_mC_m(\tau){\bf
U}_m=\sum_me^{\lambda_m\tau}c_m{\bf U}_m\, ,
\end{equation}
where $c_m\equiv C_m(\tau=0)$. Due to the block structure the
eigenvectors are characterized by two indexes $m=(n,k)$, where $n$
indicates number of block, while  $k=1,2,\dots\, , 2n+1$  counts
elements
inside each block. Therefore, the eigenstates
${\bf U}_m\equiv{\bf U}_{n,k} $
are found from the following algorithm. For the block $n=1$ there are
3 eigenvalues $\lambda_{1,k}$ with corresponding eigenvectors
$\bar{\bf U}_{1,k}$ determined by the first block $A_1$.
Therefore, ${\bf U}_{1,k}=(\bar{\bf U}_{1,k}, {\bf O})$, where
${\bf O}$ is an infinite zero vector. For the second block $n=2$ there are
5 eigenvalues $\lambda_{2,k}$ with corresponding eigenvectors ${\bf
U}_{2,k}=({\bf R}_{1,k},\bar{\bf U}_{2,k},{\bf O})$, where ${\bf
R}_{1,k}$ is a 3 dimensional vector, while $\bar{\bf U}_{2,k}$ is
a 5 dimensional vector, and $k=1,2,\dots,5$. Here $\lambda_{2,k}$
and $\bar{\bf U}_{2,k}$ are determined from the second diagonal
block matrix $A_2$, while ${\bf R}_{1,k}$ is determined by $A_1$
and by the  corresponding $\beta$-dependent  off diagonal block.
Continuing this procedure, we obtain $2n+1$ eigenvectors for
$\lambda_{n,k}$ in the form
\begin{equation}\label{asy2}
{\bf U}_{n,k}=({\bf R}_{n-1,k},\bar{\bf U}_{n,k},{\bf O})\, ,
\end{equation}
where ${\bf R}_{n-1,k}$ is a $(n^2-1)$ dimensional vector
determined by $n-1$ diagonal and off diagonal blocks of the
truncated matrix ${\cal W}$.

Summation over $m$ in Eq.
(\ref{asy1}) is broken into the sum over
the block numbers $n\in[1,\infty)$ and the sum over indexing
inside each block $l\in[0,2n]$. Thus, Eq. (\ref{asy1}) reads
\begin{equation}\label{asy3}
{\bf M}(\tau)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\sum_{l=0}^{2n}
c_{n,l}e^{\lambda_{n,l}\tau}{\bf U}_{n,l}\, .
\end{equation}
The vector ${\bf M}$ consists of the block vectors ${\bf M}_n$:
${\bf M}=({\bf M}_1,{\bf M}_2,\dots\, , {\bf M}_n,\dots)$, where
  ${\bf M}_n$ is a vector of $2n+1$ elements defined in Eq.
(\ref{nlse6}) and corresponds to the moments of the order of $2n$.
Therefore, the initial vector at $\tau=0$ is
\begin{equation}\label{asy4}
({\bf M}_1,{\bf M}_2,\dots\, , {\bf M}_n,\dots)=
\sum_{n'}\sum_{l'}c_{n',l'}{\bf U}_{n',l'}\, .
\end{equation}
Assume that at the initial point $\tau=0$, the wave function and
its derivative are small, of the order of $\epsilon$
 in units  of $\sqrt{|\omega/\beta|}$. Then, at
that point the moments scale as ${\bf M}_n\sim\epsilon^{2n}$ with
$\epsilon$ arbitrary small.
As follows from Eq. (\ref{asy4}), one finds $c_{n,l}U_{n,l}\sim
\bar{c}_n\epsilon^{2n}+o(\epsilon^{2n})$ with bounded $\bar{c}_n$
for any $n$, as demonstrated in Appendix B.
In the linear case $(\beta=0)$ the growth rate of each
moment of the order of $2n$ corresponding to the $n$-th block is
determined by the eigenvalue with the largest real part, and we
denote it by $\lambda_{\rm max}(n)\equiv\max({\rm Re\,}\lambda_{n,l}) $,
where the maximum is over the $2n+1$ eigenvalues corresponding to the
$n$th block, indicated by $l$. As shown in
Appendix \ref{sec:Appendix1}, the asymptotic behavior of the
generalized Lyapunov exponent  $\lambda_{\rm max}(n)$ when  $n \to \infty$
is given by  $\lambda_{\rm max}(n)\sim{\cal A} n^{4/3}$, where
${\cal A}=\frac{3}{4}2^{4/3}D^{1/3}$ is a
constant (see Eq. (\ref{eq:scalingIIB})). The leading contribution to the
growth of ${\bf M}_n(\tau)$ in
the nonlinear case $(\beta\neq 0)$ is determined by the following sum
\begin{equation}\label{asy5}
\tilde{\bf M}_n(\tau)= \sum_{m\ge n}\bar{c}_m\epsilon^{2m}e^{{\cal A}
m^{4/3}\tau}\, ,
\end{equation}
as is clear from Eqs. (\ref{asy1})--(\ref{asy4}).

\subsection{Resummation}

This series in Eq. (\ref{asy4}) has a vanishing  radius of
convergence and probably has to be interpreted as an asymptotic series.
It can be used to study  the behavior of $\tilde{\bf M}_n(\tau)$ after
being
resummed. Such a resummation is done with the help of the identity
\begin{equation}
\exp(K^2) = \frac{1}{\sqrt \pi}
\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}  du  \exp(-u^2 + 2Ku)\, ,
\label{HubbStrato}
\end{equation}
known as the Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation. We can  rewrite the
above  series as follows
\begin{equation}\label{HST}
\tilde{\bf M}_n(\tau)=\sum_{m\ge n} \bar{c}_m \epsilon^{2m} \exp( {\cal A}
m^{4/3}\tau) = \frac{1}{\sqrt \pi}
 \int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}  du  \exp(-u^2) \Phi(2u\sqrt{ {\cal A}\tau})\, ,
\end{equation}
 where the function  $\Phi$ is given by
\begin{equation}
 \Phi(y) = \sum_{m\ge n}  \bar{c}_m \epsilon^{2m} \exp(m^{2/3}y) \, .
\end{equation}
 If the coefficients  $\bar{c}_m$ do not grow too fast (which we shall assume
 hereafter)  the function $  \Phi(y)$ is well defined at least for small
values of $y$. Note that for the resummation of Eq. (\ref{HST}) it was not
crucial that the power of $m$ is $4/3$. Such a resummation can be
performed for any power $\bar{\alpha}<2$ replacing $4/3$.

A more explicit resummation procedure for the r.h.s. of
equation~(\ref{asy5})
 can  be developed with the help of fractional derivatives.
First, let us expand the exponential function
\begin{equation}\label{asy5b}
\exp({\cal A}\tau m^{4/3})=\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}\frac{\left({\cal A}\tau
m^{4/3}\right)^k}{k\mbox{!}}\, .
\end{equation}
Then, writing $\epsilon^{2m}=e^{m\ln\epsilon^2}\equiv e^{\zeta m}$, we
obtain
\begin{equation}\label{asy5c}
\tilde{\bf M}_n(\tau)=
\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}\frac{\left({\cal A}\tau\right)^k}{k\mbox{!}}
\sum_{m\ge n}\bar{c}_m m^{4k/3}e^{\zeta m}\, .
\end{equation}
We now  introduce the Weyl fractional derivative of order $q$ of a function
 $f(z)$ by the Weyl integral, see e.g.  \cite{SokKlafBlum},
\begin{equation}\label{asy5e}
\frac{d^q f(z)}{dz^q}\equiv
\frac{1}{\Gamma(-q)}\int_{-\infty}^z\frac{f(y)dy}{(z-y)^{1+q}}
\end{equation}
 where  for $q>0$ the integral should be properly regularized
\cite{SokKlafBlum,gelfand}, and $\Gamma(-q)$ is the gamma function.
For $f(y)=e^{\nu\zeta}$ it takes the form
\begin{equation}\label{asy5d}
\frac{d^qe^{\nu\zeta}}{d\zeta^q}=\nu^qe^{\nu\zeta}\, .
\end{equation}
Substitution of Eq. (\ref{asy5d}) in Eq. (\ref{asy5c}) with $\nu=m$
yields
\begin{equation}\label{asy5f}
\tilde{\bf M}_n(\tau)=
\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}\frac{\left({\cal A}\tau\right)^k}{k\mbox{!}}
\frac{d^{4k/3}}{d\zeta^{4k/3}}\sum_{m\ge n}\bar{c}_m\epsilon^{2m}\, .
\end{equation}
If $\bar{c}_m$ are bounded, as shown in Appendix B, by some $\bar{C}_n$,
the sum in Eq.
(\ref{asy5f}) is bounded by $\frac{\bar{C}_ne^{2n}}{1-\epsilon^2}$,
hence $\tilde{\bf M}_n$ is the fractional derivative of some well defined
function presented in Eq. (\ref{asy5e}) with its regularization.

Therefore, Eqs. (\ref{asy5f}) and (\ref{HST}) describe the long time
asymptotics of the moments. Therefore, Eq. (\ref{asy5})
is an asymptotic expansion and is a good approximation as long as we
sum decreasing terms. The condition is (for bounded $\bar{c}_m$)
\begin{equation}
\epsilon^{2m}\exp\left({\cal A} m^{4/3}\tau\right) >
\epsilon^{2(m+1)}\exp\left({\cal A} (m+1)^{4/3}\tau\right)\, .
\end{equation}
For large $m$ this inequality is
$\ln\frac{1}{\epsilon}>\frac{2}{3}{\cal A}\tau
m^{1/3}$ with $m\geq n$.
Consequently, for the time of the order
\begin{equation}\label{asy6}
\tau< \tau_0^{(n)}\equiv\frac{3}{2}\frac{\ln(1/\epsilon)}{{\cal A} n^{1/3}}
\end{equation}
the $n$-th moment will be dominated by the leading terms and will grow as
in the linear case $(\beta=0)$.

\subsection{The growth of the second moments}

The second moments are of particular interest for the present work. Their
growth for a time that is shorter than $\tau_0^{(1)}$ of Eq. (\ref{asy6})
is dominated by the leading term, namely $\tilde{\bf M}_2=
\bar{c}_2\epsilon^2e^{\lambda_{\rm max}(1)\tau}$. Consequently, for
$\tau<\tau_0^{(1)}$,
 \begin{equation}
 \langle u^2\rangle=M_{2,0}=\bar{c}_2\epsilon^2e^{\lambda_{\rm{max}}(1)\tau}\,
.\end{equation}
This result was verified numerically. Using the analogy between the
stationary Schr\"odinger equation (\ref{nlse_A1}) and the Fokker-Planck
equation (\ref{nlse5}) we identify the generalized Lyapunov exponent
$\lambda_{\rm max}(1)$ with the growth rate (\ref{nlse_A2}) as
\begin{equation}\label{nlse_A2b}
2\gamma=\lambda_{\rm max}(1)  =\lim_{x\to\infty} \lim_{\epsilon\to 0}
\frac{ \ln\langle\phi^2(x)/\epsilon^2 \rangle}{x}>0\, .
\end{equation}
 For $\tau>\tau_0^{(1)}$,  non-linear saturation  effects become relevant
 and the full nonlinear theory should be used.

\section{Summary}

In this work the asymptotic behavior of the generalized Lyapunov exponents
of the linear Fokker-Planck equation (\ref{nlse4}) with $\beta=0$, was
found analytically and is given by Eq. (\ref{eq:scalingIIB}). The
resulting
expression for the moments (\ref{asy5}) is divergent, but it can be
resummed in the form Eqs. (\ref{HST}) or (\ref{asy5f}). Therefore, for
short time $\tau<\tau_0^{(n)}$, the first term in Eq. (\ref{asy5})
provides
a good approximation of the moments. In particular, for the second moment
this result enabled to identify the generalized Lyapunov exponent of the
linear system with the asymptotic growth rate for the nonlinear one,
namely
\[2\gamma=\lambda_{\rm max}(1)\, .\]
According to the implementation of the \textit{\`a la} Borland method, as
outlined in \cite{if2007}, this is the decay rate of the stationary states
of the random nonlinear equation (\ref{nlse_A1}),
showing that it is independent of the nonlinearity $\beta$.

\subsection*{Acknowledgments}
We thank Arkady Pikovsky for instructive comments and criticism of
\cite{if2007}. This work was supported in part by the Israel Science
Foundation (ISF), by the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF),
by the Minerva Center for Nonlinear Physics of Complex Systems, the Fund
for encouragement of research at the Technion and Shlomo Kaplansky academic
chair.

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GATA | The GATA DISPATCHES: Alasdair Macleod details the mechanics of gold price suppression
Alasdair Macleod details the mechanics of gold price suppression
Submitted by cpowell on 11:46AM ET Sunday, May 20, 2012. Section: Daily Dispatches 2:52p ET Sunday, May 20, 2012
This week our friend the British economist Alasdair Macleod presented what he modestly called two "lectures" about gold at the Hard Assets Investment Conference in New York. The "lectures" are actually the equivalents of state papers -- the latter one a masterful and detailed description of the mechanics of the gold price suppression scheme. A few excerpts from that lecture:
It is the leasing activities and other unannounced interventions that are not reflected in central bank gold accounts, the former because in a leasing agreement ownership remains with the lessor so it is not reported, and the latter because they are hidden by the sight account system. The logical conclusion is that 30 years of supplying gold to the market to keep gold well below its free-market value has depleted official gold reserves to a significant degree. And since central banks refuse to discuss the matter, we have no idea how much of the officially declared gold actually exists.
The International Monetary Fund's gold is likely to be held on a sight basis in its entirety. When the IMF disposed of 400 tonnes between 2009 and 2010, they turned down bids from the private sector, selling only to other central banks. I believe this gold was in sight accounts (that is, did not actually exist), so a condition of sale was that it could be transferred and held only between central banks and supra-national government organisations. This certainly seems likely, but the sale terms were never actually made public.
So, to summarise: The central banks at the heart of price manipulation have had the means to sell substantial amounts of bullion without having to account for it. ...
London Bullion Market Association members strongly encourage clients to hold unallocated accounts by charging little or no fees for the privilege. They discourage clients from holding allocated accounts by charging high storage and custody fees. There are very good reasons why this is so. They are unable to make use of allocated gold, whereas every ounce of unallocated gold is used to back the LBMA members' dealings in the market. The disadvantage to the client is that he is exposed to counter-party risk.
Now if you have looked recently at the balance sheets of some of the European banks, you may not wish to take that risk. So while there has never been a bankruptcy in the market (though there have been some covert rescues -- for example, the one I mentioned earlier which [former Bank of England Governor] Eddie George talked about), implying that unallocated accounts are safe, for many clients this is not an assumption they are prepared to accept anymore.
The money in the [gold] market is always unbalanced in favour of the commercial bullion banks. They have lots of money, even your money as a taxpayer if they are too big to fail, and can always bluff anyone not prepared to put up funds for delivery. This is because the non-commercials and speculators have geared positions, which will magnify their losses.
We see this happening time and time again. The big commercial bullies wait for the punters to build up their long positions and then they whack it hard. They know that by doing so they will trigger all those stop-losses. In an afternoon they can make $100 an ounce this way. They make lots more money trading this way than they lose from being continually short in a bull market. You have been warned!
In the chart above I have derived from disaggregated data the net positions of the swap dealers. Two years ago they were short a net 120,000 contracts, which is the equivalent of 373 tonnes of gold. Since March 2011 they have reduced their net shorts from -110 thousand to zero give or take at the peak of the gold market last September. At the same time open interest fell from a peak 650,000 in November 2010 to the 420,000 level.
Why were the swaps short? The only logical reason has to be that the central banks were supplying the market with physical. It is that extra physical that was being hedged two years ago. And what is interesting is that at that time Portugal was rumoured to have given its gold up as collateral to the Bank for International Settlements. The amount that actually showed up in the BIS accounts was 349 tonnes, and the date was late 2009. Fits perfectly! Put another way, Portugal's entire gold stock appears to have been sold and absorbed into the market.
The balance of power has shifted to Asia, particularly China, and central to that power is control of real money, the money that society chooses for itself, not that enforced by government as a monopoly upon us. Untold amounts of gold have disappeared from the advanced economies' central banks, and the London Bullion Market is exposed to a sharp rise in the gold price. With this knowledge, anyone who does not take steps to protect him or herself from the increasingly certain event, a collapse in paper money, a fundamental change in our whole economic paradigm, is nuts.
The first part of Macleod's lecture, explaining gold's central position in economic theory, is posted at his Internet site, Finance and Economics, here:
http://financeandeconomics.org/Articles%20archive/2012.05%20Economic%20s...
The second part, quoted above, about the mechanisms of gold market rigging, likely to be of more immediate interest, is here:
http://financeandeconomics.org/Articles%20archive/The%20gold%20bullion%2...
Because of their supreme importance Macleod's two papers will be posted in the "Documentation" section of GATA's Internet site and should be distributed by gold's advocates as widely as possible.
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
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Only market manipulation props up Facebook IPO at first day's close
Submitted by cpowell on 01:48PM ET Friday, May 18, 2012. Section: Daily Dispatches Facebook Off to Faltering Public Start
By April Dembosky and Telis Demos
Financial Times, London
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c7bfd916-a113-11e1-9fbd-00144feabdc0.html
Facebook's life as a public company got off to a faltering start as technology glitches delayed the opening of trading and underwriters had to intervene to prevent its shares falling below the $38 issue price set on Thursday.
The stumbles, however, did not stop the company from celebrating the successful conclusion of the third largest initial public offering in US history on Friday. The $16 billion it raised trails only Visa's IPO in 2009 and a GM share issue in 2010.
Facebook's closely-watched Wall Street debut defied predictions of a spike in first-day trading and contrasted with the scene at its Menlo Park campus just two hours earlier, when founder Mark Zuckerberg pressed the Nasdaq opening bell and employees exchanged high-fives and hugs.
Andy Borowitz on the phoniness of the financial marketsSubmitted by cpowell on 02:06PM ET Friday, May 18, 2012.
5:10p ET Friday, May 18, 2012
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
People wouldn't be investing in the monetary metals if they hadn't already concluded that the financial markets are now best described by the old song:
It's a Barnum & Bailey world,
Just as phony as it can be.
But at least the satirist Andy Borowitz of the Borowitz Report nails these circumstances uproariously with commentaries arising from Facebook's initial public offering and the bankruptcy of Greece.
Borowitz's commentary on the Facebook IPO is headlined "A Letter from Mark Zuckerberg" and it's posted here:
http://www.borowitzreport.com/2012/05/17/a-letter-from-mark-zuckerberg/
Borowitz's commentary on Greece is headlined "Greece No Longer a Nation; Announces Plan to Become a Social Network," and it's posted here:
http://www.borowitzreport.com/2012/05/18/greece-no-longer-a-nation-annou..
Also, a clarification: The commentary about gold and silver market manipulation by Brett Heath of
KSIR Capital, "Paper Gold and Silver Ponzi Exposed," brought to your attention this morning after its posting at MineWeb --
http://www.gata.org/node/11383
-- originally appeared in a longer form at the firm's blog, the Kwan Box, here:
http://thekwanbox.blogspot.com/2012/05/gold-silver-market-explained.html..
Jesse's Cafe Americain dismisses Doug Casey's 'canard'
Submitted by cpowell on 06:54PM ET Friday, May 18, 2012. Section: Daily Dispatches
Jesse at Jesse's Cafe Americain today dismisses Doug Casey's skepticism about gold market manipulation. Jesse writes, "Anyone who can trot out the canard that a 'market is too big to be manipulated' does not engage my interest for very long." Jesse's commentary is posted here:
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2012/05/chris-powell-answers-do...
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Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, convicted over the Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, has died in Libya, his brother tells news agencies.
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Motor Speedway in Loudon and this is arranged for June 11th - June 13th.
the organisers want to make it a winner.
I know that riders from all over the North America use this forum and hope that this post may get this event some additional exposure.
I hope that the Festival is going to be televised.
Otherwise pls consider coming to the event - the organisers would like to make it a major attraction for 3-wheelers.
Thanks for posting the event. We'll try to pass the word and get as many people as we can to come to the event. I'm only 1 hour away from Loudon so I'll make plans myself to go. Look forward to meeting you guys there. I've often thought it would be great if some of us could do a track day with our HP road sidecars. I'm friends with the track photographer and he's given me the name of a couple of people that run track days at Loudon that he thought might be able to work us in.


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Spain, January 25, 2008 Public sector unions secure Euro 1,000 minimum salary The FSP-UGT and FSAP-CCOO public service federations have secured a minimum Euro 1,000-a-month sa... [more]
The FSP-UGT and FSAP-CCOO public service federations have secured a minimum Euro 1,000-a-month salary for workers on pay band 5 in the general state administration. The lowest annual salary (14 monthly payments) will now be Euro 14,000, an increase of 13.8% and significantly higher than the 5.41% and 6.30% increases for workers on the higher scales 1, 2, 3 and 4.
(English: http://www.epsu.org/spip/cob.php3?id_mot=245; Spanish: http://www.fsap.ccoo.es/webfsap/menu.do?Actualidad:Sindical:Actualidad:16787; http://www.fspugt.es/index.php/mod.noticias/mem.detalle/idnoticia.2880/idimagen.913/relcategoria.7)
Germany, January 24, 2008 Union rejects employers' pay offer in local and central government In December 2007, the bargaining committee of services union ver.di voted to submit an 8% pay cla... [more]
In December 2007, the bargaining committee of services union ver.di voted to submit an 8% pay claim in the negotiations with employers in local and central government, covering in total over 1.3 million employees. The union argues that the pay of public sector workers has been eroded by inflation, particularly higher prices for energy, housing and food and this has hit lower paid workers above all. The union is also claiming a minimum Euro 200 increase. Ver.di wants the pay agreement to run for 12 months. The last agreement ran 27 months, from October 2005 to December 2007.
Following a second round of pay negotiations, ver.di has rejected the government employers' latest offer. The employers claim the deal is the equivalent of a 5% increase on pay, but ver.di argues that in fact by the end of 2009 workers would be worse off than they are today. The employers want a two-year deal with increases of 2.5% from 1 February 2008, 1.0% from 1 October 2008 and 0.5% from 1 March 2009. A further 0.5% in each year would be performance-related and so not available to all workers. The union also criticizes the offer because employers are demanding an increase in working hours to 39.5 a week from 1 July 2008 and then to 40 hours a week from 1 January 2009. In that way, ver.di argues, the workers are effectively financing the deal.
(English: http://www.epsu.org/spip/cob.php3?id_mot=244; http://www.epsu.org/spip/cob.php3?id_mot=245;
German: www.verdi.de/nachrichten)
Netherlands, January 23, 2008 Basic agreement reached in ICT The three unions affiliated with the major confederations, FNV Bondgenoten, CNV Dienstenbond and ... [more]
The three unions affiliated with the major confederations, FNV Bondgenoten, CNV Dienstenbond and De Unie, and the employers' association `ICT' have agreed upon a basic agreement in information, communication and office technology. The agreement will be in force from January 1, 2008, till January 1, 2010. The agreement provides pay increases of twice 3%. Remarkable is the fact that the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment is not willing to declare this collective agreement mandatory extended, as he judges the employers' association not fully representative.
(Dutch: www.ictoffice.nl/index.html; www.computable.nl/news)
Estonia, January 15, 2008 New collective agreement in road transport At the end of 2007, a new sectoral collective agreement was concluded in Estonian road transport,... [more]
At the end of 2007, a new sectoral collective agreement was concluded in Estonian road transport, after intense negotiations and just before the unions were about to announce strike action. Partners in the agreement are the Union of Estonian Automobile Enterprises and the Estonian Transport and Road Workers' Trade Union (ETTA). The new agreement took effect on 1 February 2008 and is valid until 31 December 2009. This is one of the two sectoral collective agreements currently valid in Estonia.
The new collective agreement provides for increases in the minimum monthly wages effective from 1 February 2008. In the case of standard working hours, bus drivers and highly qualified repair mechanics will earn a minimum monthly amount of EEK 7,060 (?451), drivers EEK 6,560 (?419), and unskilled repair workers EEK 5,470 (?350). Minimum wages will be increased further on 1 January 2009, for which agreement has to be reached by 1 October 2008. Yet, according to ETTA, the agreement affects mainly bus drivers working outside the capital city Tallinn, by increasing their monthly wages by EEK 1,500 to EEK 2,000 (?96 to €128). ETTA declared that the agreement on the minimum wage levels will hopefully help to reduce the share of undeclared work in the sector, thereby promoting fairer competition.
(English: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2008/01/articles/ee0801019i.htm)
Bulgaria, January 8, 2008 Unions oppose arbitration plan Bulgarian trade unions threatened to call a general strike in spring if the country's parliament ... [more]
Bulgarian trade unions threatened to call a general strike in spring if the country's parliament passes a controversial amendment bill that would severely curtail the unions' rights to strike. The threat came from the chairman of KNSB, one of Bulgaria's two union confederations after a meeting with labour ministry officials and representatives of the Socialist party, the senior partner in the ruling coalition, and was supported by the chairman of the other major confederation, Podkrepa.
Te amendments, authored by four Socialist MPs, would severely curtail unions' power to call strikes, requiring all labour disputes to go through an arbitration court with the labour ministry. The two confederations are demanding new legislation to establish the right to bargain collectively and to go on strike in compliance to international labour standards.
(English: Watson Wyatt Data Services, New Industrial Relations Europe, 1/2008; http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=89185)
United Kingdom, January 7, 2008 Civil service union plans meetings over pay agreement At the end of 2008 the PCS civil service union secured a framework agreement with the government ... [more]
At the end of 2008 the PCS civil service union secured a framework agreement with the government that allowed efficiency savings to be taken into account in pay negotiations across the civil service. However, the union is keenly aware that the agreement is only the beginning of the process and the challenge now is to monitor what takes place at local level to determine whether individual ministries, agencies and other employers shift their bargaining positions accordingly. The union has decided to organise a round of regional campaign forums during January 2009, to discuss the national agreement and consider the next stage of the union campaign (See also this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 1 No.'s 6, 7, 9 and 10).
(English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/281; http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/news_centre/index.cfm/id/B51C3238-C9C0-4881-8122A073DADA5CFC)
Lithuania, January 3, 2008 National demonstration over pay On November 24 the three Lithuanian union confederations ((Lithuanian Labour Federation, Trade Un... [more]
On November 24 the three Lithuanian union confederations ((Lithuanian Labour Federation, Trade Union Confederation Solidarumas, and Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation) together with non-governmental organisations organized a major demonstration over pay and against the increasing consumer prices. The demonstration called for a significant increase in the national minimum wage (NMW) and for the government to adopt a target for the NMW to be increased to the equivalent of 60% of national average wages. It also called on the parliament of Lithuania to pass the law on wages indexation. Some of the main mottos for the action were: ,European prices - European wages" ,We do not want to beg, we want to have European wages".
Obviously the union pressure has had its impact. Following a recommendation from the Labour Ministry, the government has implemented a 14.3% increase in the national minimum monthly wage from 1 January 2008, three months earlier than originally scheduled and six months earlier than normal. The new monthly rate is LTL 800 (Euro 232).
(English: http://www.epsu.org/spip/cob.php3?id_mot=244; www.ldf.lt/index.php?cid=935; Watson Wyatt Data Services, New Industrial Relations Europe, 1/2008)
Belgium, December 21, 2007 Union confederations urge interim government The Belgian union confederations, ABVV and ACV, have urgently asked the new interim government (V... [more]
The Belgian union confederations, ABVV and ACV, have urgently asked the new interim government (Verhofstadt III) to maintain purchasing power and solidarity. According to the confederations, the new government should show three priorities: support the development of purchasing power; carrying out plans in the social field that have been waiting for quite some time; and strengthening solidarity and communication between the Belgian communities (Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels). Concerning purchasing power, the union movement states that the intentions of lowering tax burdens for notably employers are clear, in contrast with to those concerning the indexation of pensions and wages. Taxes on wages should be lowered. The government is urged to put the brakes on the rise of energy prices and to enable energy saving for every citizen.
(Dutch: http://www.abvv.be/code/nl/c04_0000.HTM)
Belgium, December 20, 2007 New `bridge pensions' agreements signed In the National Labour Council three important collective agreements have been signed, regarding:... [more]
In the National Labour Council three important collective agreements have been signed, regarding:
`Bridge pension' from the age of 56 on, after a career of 40 years
Medical `bridge pension' from the age of 58 on, after a career of 35 years (including handicapped persons, workers exposed to asbestos before 1993, and workers with recognized severe physical problems)
Prolongation of the `bridge pension' from the age of 56 on, after 20 years in night shift in industries without functioning union representation
The ACV union confederation comments that, compared to earlier negotiations, a number of improvements have been reached, especially for workers that started working at a very young age.
(Dutch: http://www.acv-online.be)
Spain, December 19, 2007 National demonstration over partial and early retirement The three main public sector union federations - FSAP-CCOO, FSP-UGT and CSI-CSIF - organized a na... [more]
The three main public sector union federations - FSAP-CCOO, FSP-UGT and CSI-CSIF - organized a national demonstration on 19 December in Madrid to push the government to implement new rules on partial and early retirement. Over 7,000 braved the rain and cold weather to join the march. The unions argue that this is the best way for public services to renew their human resources while still retaining the skills and knowledge of experienced workers.
(English: http://www.epsu.org/spip/cob.php3?id_mot=244; Spanish: http://www.fsap.ccoo.es/webfsap/menu.do?Actualidad:Sindical:Actualidad:12959)


Mother and son duo display snook and redfish caught on shrimp.
If you read my reports on a consistent basis, you know I preach about how nothing out preforms scaled sardines, especially when it comes to snook fishing in the winter months. Well, this winter that hasn't been the case, for me anyway.
I started noticing this in late December and can attribute it to one thing. Some of the areas I fish are frequented by fishing guides who bombard the area with scaled sardine live-bait chum. My theory is the snook have gotten their fill.
Yeah, I was still getting up early and going out to catch bait, but on the way to the boat ramp, I would stop at the bait shop and buy medium-sized shrimp for insurance. Boy, has it paid off! There were days when snook wouldn't even touch a live-bait but pounced on a shrimp. Then I noticed when other guides are in the same area fishing with scaled sardines, we're catching two to three fish to their one.
So, I'm hooked on shrimp for now and until baitfish become more prevalent, I'm done with throwing the cast net at the crack of dawn.
Other benefits of fishing with shrimp: getting a jump on other guides. Lately, I've been starting my charters at 7AM. This puts me in prime fishing areas a good hour before anyone else. Not only that, shrimp are the Sara Lee of baits: everything likes them!
The western shoreline of Tampa Bay that hugs St. Petersburg is a fish smorgasbord right now. I'm catching snook and redfish side by side. Trout have been a lot more difficult to pinpoint due to the fluctuation in water temperature, but when you locate one, you'll catch many.
One species I don't spend very much time on is sheepshead. However, the next couple of months is their spawning season, so now is an excellence time to target them. Residential dock pilings, bridge pilings and artificial reefs attract sheepshead. Sandy potholes on grass flats are also a good place to target sheepshead particularly during the spawn.
Shrimp and fiddler crabs are an excellent choice of bait for sheepshead. Another bait that sheepshead gurus tend to use are barnacles. If you're fishing from a boat, take a shovel so you can scrape barnacles off the pilings as you fish. Scrape some into a bucket also and put a small piece on your hook for bait. That's right, sheepshead love to eat barnacles.
As for solid hookups. It been said, the best way to catch sheepshead is to set the hook before you feel the bite!
One bonus to sheepshead fishing on artificial reefs right now is the abundance of mangrove snapper. To get both fish to become active start a chum slick. I like to chum with pieces of shrimp that I've frozen from previous trips. The cool thing is, you're likely to go back and forth catching sheepshead one bite and mangrove snapper the next.
It's finally beginning to feel like fall. Tampa Bay Fish are Alive and Well!


For the model railroad hobbyist this genuine issue of Scientific American contains a very significant advertisement, being an illustrated ad for "Carlisle & Finch Co." of Cincinnati, Ohio. The ad is for their toy "Electric Railways, $3.50 to $7."
Carlisle & Finch was the creator of the very first electric toy train. It was created in 1894, making this a very early advertisement for this significant development in the world of model railroading.
This issue is complete in 16 pages, measures about 11 by 16 inches, and is in nice condition. The mentioned ad measures a bit less than 1 by 2 1/2 inches.


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Early Settlement of North Dakota
Frontier Era of North Dakota
Part 1: Frontier Era of North Dakota
Part 2: Fur Trade on the Red River
Part 3: The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Section 2: Getting Ready
Section 3: St. Louis to North Dakota
Questions: Sections 1-3
Section 4: The Expedition in North Dakota
Questions: Section 4
Section 5: Heading West
Section 6: Back to North Dakota
Section 7: Honoring Sakakawea
Section 8: Results of the Expedition
Part 3: In a Nutshell
Part 3: Vocabulary
Part 4: Missouri River Fur Trade
Part 5: The Frontier Army
American Indians of North Dakota
Geology, Geography, and Climate
North Dakota Agriculture
President Thomas Jefferson wanted to expand the United States from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition has been called "The Greatest Adventure in American History."
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the Corps of Discovery.
The largest trading center on the continent was located at the confluence of the Knife and Missouri Rivers.
On May 21, 1804, the Corps of Discovery left St. Louis, Missouri, traveling up the Missouri River with a keelboat and two pirogues.
Sergeant Charles Floyd, who probably died of a burst appendix, was the only member of the expedition to lose his life on the journey.
The expedition had its first contact with the Arikara tribe shortly before reaching North Dakota.
Punishment for soldiers who did not follow Army rules was a whipping.
The expedition reached North Dakota on October 14, 1804.
The Mandan and Hidatsa tribes lived along the Missouri and Knife Rivers.
Expedition members built Fort Mandan as their winter home and surrounded it with a stockade.
Charbonneau was hired as a Hidatsa interpreter. Sakakawea was the 16-year-old wife of Charbonneau.
The Indians were interested in Clark's African-American servant, York, because they had never seen a Black person before.
John Shields, the blacksmith, made iron articles to trade to the Mandan and Hidatsa people for food.
Sakakawea's baby was named Jean Baptiste and nicknamed "Pomp."
On April 7, 1805, 12 men took the keelboat back toward St. Louis, and the other members of the expedition continued the journey up the Missouri River.
Seaman was Lewis's dog who traveled along on the expedition.
The explorers were interested in "barking squirrels" which were prairie dogs.
The men found out that grizzly bears were very dangerous animals.
Members of the expedition covered themselves with bear grease as protection against mosquitoes.
Each man in the expedition ate about nine pounds of meat per day.
Sakakawea put herself in great danger to save valuable items from a capsizing boat.
The Shoshone chief turned out to be Sakakawea's brother, Cameahwait, who gave the expedition horses, supplies, and a guide to help them go over the mountains.
On November 7, 1805, expedition members spotted the Pacific Ocean.
The Corps of Discovery spent the winter of 1805–06 in present-day Oregon.
Lewis and Clark had every member of the expedition, including Sakakawea, vote on the location of the 1805-06 winter campsite.
Lewis and Clark separated in Montana and each took a separate route back to North Dakota.
Cruzatte, blind in one eye, accidentally shot Lewis while hunting.
Lewis and Clark appreciated Sakakawea's skill in finding food, making medicine, building shelters, making clothing, and using her many other abilities on the journey.
Sakakawea's Hidatsa home is the present-day site of the Knife River Indian Villages near Stanton, North Dakota.
Sakakawea is one of the most famous women in North Dakota history and has many honors dedicated to her.
The largest lake in the state is named "Lake Sakakawea."
The Lewis and Clark Expedition spent more time in North Dakota than in any other state.
Lewis and Clark described 178 plants and 122 animals that were strange to Euro-Americans and Europeans.
In the years following the Lewis and Clark Expedition, American Indian tribes suffered from smallpox epidemics, destruction of bison herds, and loss of their lands.


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Journey of life with Sai: a summit stop at parenthood-Experience of a Sai devotee.
Share Author: Manisha.Rautela.Bisht on 4:02 PM
Happy Baba's day,
"If you cast your burden on me, I will bear it!If you seek my help and guidance I will immediately give it to you.There shall be no want in the house of my devotee"-Sai Satcharitra.
Anyone who has put complete faith and trust on Sai will experience how true these words of Baba are .Here is another experience of baba's devotee shared below. Jai Sai Ram .
Dear Sai devotees,
I feel extremely blessed that Baba has made me write and share the magic that happened in my life with my fellow Sai devotees. As everybody would know that having Baba in our hearts will keep us from all bad vibrations and miracles are like day to day events. By Baba's grace, I'm sharing mine and I feel really honored.
I was born and brought-up in Tamil Nadu, India by loving parents. While I was growing up, ours was a very compact family (my father and mother, myself). Although we were a middle-class family, we always cared about the society and helped the poor. My parents (especially, my father) taught me all the morals and home science and I wont be who I am now without them. Again, I thank Baba for giving me such wonderful parents. To be honest – Sai Baba has been with us throughout my life, often in the most unexpected ways.
Sai Baba first came into our lives through Vijay TV's "Sai Baba" serial on Wednesday evenings. We didn't watch that as a serial but believed that Baba is coming to our home on Wednesdays. We have always thought that whoever have played Sai Baba's role is the real Baba and we took all the advice given by Baba and tried to follow that in our lives. That's how Baba entered our home and started to rule our hearts . Since then I became a devotee of Baba.
Becoming a hard-core devotee:
Up until my marriage I was only a normal devotee of Baba but I believed him with all my hearts. I never thought that Sai Baba would make his presence so obvious in my marriage. I got married in December 2008 to Vijay at "Kapaleeswarar Karpagambal Thirumana Mandapam" Mylapore, Chennai.
In order to locate the marriage hall easily for our relatives and friends, we ended up printing that the hall is "Opposite of Sai Baba Temple" on our wedding invitations. He made His presence so crystal clear on each and every invitation and has shown me that He is the one who is bonding my life with Vijay and showered his blessings on me. That's when I personally realized that Baba has been with me all these times and yet He proved it again. I was over-whelmed with joy and since then became a hard-core devotee.
Journey to motherhood:
I moved to the USA after my marriage and as every couple, my husband and I have wanted to become parents since our marriage. But we celebrated our second wedding anniversary without a baby. In April 2011, my husband was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Baba called us to Shridi in June 2011. I can still see the divine Dharshan of Shirdi Sai Baba when I close my eyes. What a power??!!! Only after we visited Shirdi did the doctors do additional tests and correctly diagnosed the issue as non-life-threatening and he had to undergo treatment for close to a year.
It was a very tough time of our lives and again Sai Baba carried us on his shoulder and helped us cross the river of sadness and landed us on the other side of the river which is representative of health and happiness. We celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary in 2012, still just the two of us.
In the meantime, I started hearing from many of my friends and relatives who had married after me get pregnant and have had a baby. Well, I felt very happy for them; however, it also reminded me the fact that I'm not a mother yet and that made me miserable. I cried in front of God with a heavy heart.
Life has become hard to even go for a nice evening walk because if I see a baby on a stroller, I'd cry. We even went to a fertility specialist to know what's happening. The doctor said that we both are absolutely normal and it is something called 'unexplained infertility'. Well, yet another 3 consecutive wedding anniversaries passed by with no blessing of baby. As of Dec 2015, I had undergone few painful medical procedures and uncountable blood tests to get pregnant. But all were in vain.
In March 2016, my sister, who lives in Dallas invited me to come and stay with her for a week. I really needed a break at that point of time and I went to Dallas. I got the friendship of Asha (my sister's friend). Asha is the one who told me about Poonthandalam SaiBaba temple. She also introduced me to Ramananji who built the temple. My parents and my in-laws visited the Poonthandalam Sai temple to do the Pooja, and they got the coconut (Matta Thengai) from Baba.
The coconut is the blessing from Baba. However, here in the US, I was very upset and still heart-broken.
In Nov 2016, my husband and I had planned for another treatment. And, one fine day, I got a package of medicines delivered at my door step. I had a big question mark in my mind, whether it's going to work out or not? At that very moment, unexpectedly, I got a call from Asha and she told me to go ahead with the medicines. She also advised me to completely surrender myself to Baba and think of nothing else. I took those words as words from Sai Baba himself. So, I surrendered myself completely to Him and proceeded with the plan.
On Dec 28, 2016 (it was a Hanuman Jayanthi Day), I got a call from the Doctor. I took the call and I said "Hallo". The doctor said, "Congratulations, you are pregnant" and that's all I heard. I was speechless and had gone totally blank. But this time, it was due to happiness. I ran to Baba and kept saying His name. (Sai Smaranai). As I got emotional after what doctor said, my husband took over the conversation with her. The doctor told him that she has to perform a normal ultrasound on me in 2 weeks to hear the heart beat of the baby. We both were on top of the world. However, after a week of pregnancy confirmation, one fine morning, I had a real bad symptom, that made me doubt whether I still carry the embryo or is it disintegrating.
Vijay and I rushed to the hospital and we were on the peak of confusions and fear. Vijay wanted to play some devotional songs on internet radio as it was a long way to the hospital and we wanted to keep our spirits and hopes up. The very first song we heard was "Muzhuthai unarthavar Yaaro Sai Unnai…" by M.S. Subbulakshmi; a song we heard for the very first time. In fact, we did not even realize that M.S. Subbulakshmi had sung a song dedicated to Sai. The moment I heard that song, I realized Sai was travelling with us as well but I couldn't stop worrying about the embryo in me.
We reached the hospital around 6:30 AM and I was the first patient. The doctor did the ultrasound and showed us the embryo, which was very much hale and hearty. YES!!! We did hear the heart beat of the baby for the first time. It was 1 week before the actual doctor's appointment date. Even though, the doctor said that we would be hearing our baby's heart beat in 2 weeks, Sai Baba had different plan for us. He made us hear the heart beat in 1 week. So, that's when I understood that nothing is happening according to the plan of the doctor or the medical specialist or anybody. It's all according to His plan and He always has a better plan for us.
It was absolutely a wonderful pregnancy and on Sep 04, 2017 (On a Thiruvonam day), I gave birth to a handsome little buddy. We named him AUROV (Meaning: First ray of Sun). He definitely is the sunshine of our lives. I'm enjoying my motherhood now and it's because of our Sadguru Sai Baba.
He has given us the 'Bundle of joy'. As I have waited 8 years for this, I could really appreciate the motherhood. My belief on Baba has tremendously increased and I also realize that each and every moment and movement of our lives has already been decided or made by Him.
My story is yet another proof that Sai Baba travels with us in our journey of life and he would carry us if we had to walk on any rough patches in that journey. It's just that we have to let Him do it by "complete surrender".
AUM SAI RAM.
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Omg you're going to Japan!? Congrats!! Ah I'm envious, I wanna go too xD I had to google Comitia tbh since I was only familiar with Comiket so far ^^; But holla, that's amazing! One of my fave artists, Billie Snippet from S. Korea attended too apparantly ^^ I'm really happy for you, it's much deserved! I think your style's gonna fit great <3 How did you get in there btw? I imagine it must be hard as a foreigner no?
I'm so excited for Orange Rouge's Nendoroids too! Did you see these gorgeous customs of the boys that a girl here on MFC is doing? picture/2026592... and picture/2044286... Adorbs!
What have you been up to lately? Doin good? ^-^ Greetings!!
Say whaaaaaaa(*〇□〇)……! Ash Nendo comin our way!? :O Omg bless GSC honestly ♱♡‿♡♰ It's too good to be true xD BUUUT if they're doin Ash they HAVE GOT to do Eiji too, they just have to! Lol I'm so greedy xD And you're a VIP now or what goin to GSC corporate parties and all! _へ__(‾◡◝ )> But in all seriousness, awesome news!! Did you get to watch the 1st episode yet btw?? What do you think??


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Q: NGINX - Validate oauth2 token First, this is the technology I'm using to establish websocket connection:

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*Sock JS for frontend, with STOMP protocol

*NGINX as web proxy

*Spring as socket server with STOMP protocol

I have an NGINX instance provisioned that will proxy web socket request, so far this NGINX config is working fine minus the token validation.
location /wsapp/ {
    proxy_pass http://wsbackend;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "Upgrade";
    proxy_set_header Host $host; }

Want to validate and terminate token in NGINX but don't seem to find a way to intercept the token which is part of stomp header. Is there a workaround for this?

A: For the benefit of everyone who will encounter the same problem, i managed to solve the issue by not relying on the stomp message exchange for token validation.
Instead, token validation happens when establishing websocket connection and token is passed via query string.
let socket = new SockJS('https://example.net/wsapp?myjwt=' + token);
stompClient = Stomp.over(socket);

And NGINX will do the validation using the auth_jwt directive:
auth_jwt "JWT Test Realm" token=$arg_myjwt;

Reference:
NGINX JWT authentication

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Next week brings two very exciting things on the same day – my birthday and the release of SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY by Julie Murphy. In honor of Julie and her debut, I'm putting together a bucket list of my own. Scroll down to see what I want to do before I kick it.
So what's on my bucket list? I have ex-boyfriends, but I think I get along pretty well with all of them so I don't anticipate getting any kind of revenge there. I don't really have an arch nemesis, although if I did it would probably be an elephant poacher or someone who litters a lot. But I do have a few things I'd like to accomplish that I can think of off the top of my head, so here goes.
1. Go To Ireland – This one might seem easy, but in true fashion I'm going to make it more difficult than the average hop across the pond. My goal is to trace my ancestors back to Ireland (I'm close) then trace that line forward to living relatives that I can go visit. Maybe they'll pick me up at the airport and let me sleep on their couch.
2. Ride A Mechanical Bull – Why? I don't know. I think it's because I saw Urban Cowboy too many times when I was growing up because I had a Charlie Daniels addiction. For whatever reason, riding a mechanical bull seems like the biggest way to express your lack of inner concern. Also a grew way to damage your spine permanently, which is why I should probably do it sooner rather than later.
3. Throw My Drink In Someone's Face – I've never really had this opportunity. I generally get along with people and have never had anyone insult me to my face to the point that I felt like dousing them with alcohol. Mostly when people do get really mad at me, I'm so amused at their reason that I mock them. Besides it's a waste of a drink.
4. Way Overdress For A Trifling Event or Way Underdress For A Really Important Event – This just seems like something I would do. I don't know that it would be a smart move, it just seems like a Mindy move. Like I'm going to wear my wedding dress (is there such thing as an ex-wedding dress?) to a book signing and wear jeans to the Oscars (because obviously I get invited every year and just haven't gone yet).
5. Make A Dress Out Of My Book Covers – It would be interesting. I could wear it to the Emmys (which of course, I'm also invited to every year and just haven't made room in my schedule for) and sit next to Lady Gaga.
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Great list Mindy! I can't wait for this book!
You'll be like Sharon Stone at the Oscars and everybody will be like, "Oh, that Mindy in her GAP chic; she's like no one else." Because of course you'll get there someday. As my date.
Rachel – I know! I'm excited for it too. Clever twist.
Mfant – It only ages me if I admit to knowing what you're talking about.
Kel you're in charge when it's time to make my fantasy a reality.


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Stop by the PIC on Thursday April 6th and Tuesday April 11th from 11-1 to submit your guesses.
It costs $3 to play and the top 3 players will be awarded gift cards for their excellent baby recognition!
There are 65 photos total. Good luck!


In a small bowl, mix together the ingredients for the Citrus Soy Sauce.
Pre-heated oven (200 degrees) oven and place the dish. Cook the fish (in the sauce) until done. About 15-20 minutes, when the fish flakes easily.


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Dell Debuts New Latitude XT2 XFR Rugged Convertible Tablet PC
By Shane McGlaun/Oct. 27, 2009 9:37 am EST
Dell has unveiled a new rugged convertible tablet PC today called the Latitude XT2 XFR. The rugged tablet machine has a 12.1-inch screen and is designed to meet the demands of work in the field. The notebook is 1.5-inches thick making it the thinnest rugged convertible around.
The notebook starts at 5.4 pounds with a 4-cell battery and a SSD. Dell engineered the machine to meet MIL-810G standards for operation in harsh environments and Dell expects to meet MIL-810G certification soon. The rugged tablet features Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs and up to 5GB of RAM.
Battery options include 4-cell, 6-cell, and 9-cell units and the machine has QuadCool Thermal management System to allow it to operate in temperatures ranging from minus 10 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. The LED backlit display supports multi-touch and gesture control and hot swappable modules are optional. The machine starts at $3,599.


Milk and cookies, bread and butter, and even eggs and bacon may be good, but chocolate and peanut butter is the best.
Can be made without an ice cream machine! Find out how here.
A double dose of the chocolate peanut butter combination. Peanut butter chocolate cookies topped with Reese's peanut butter cups. Find the recipe here.
Pretty much everything Reese's makes is good...but their cereal makes it acceptable to have the peanut butter chocolate combo for breakfast. Homemade recipe here.
If you though banana bread couldn't get any better...you were wrong. Recipe here.
Yes please. Find out how to make your own here.
Peanut Butter and Chocolate in a mud. Recipe here.
Goes great with graham crackers. Find recipe here.
The new and improved s'more recipe.
A classic. Get the recipe here.
Chocolate, peanut butter, AND oreos! Recipe here.
No baking involved. Find out how here.
The French version. Recipe here.
A little piece of heaven. Recipe here.
See how to make this Ice Cream Sandwich Remix here.
Brownies with that little extra something. Get the recipe here.
Good any time of day. See how to make your own here.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies. Recipe here.


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Sacramento River Train
Ride along a stretch of Gold Country landscape while dining, wine-tasting, or watching a show
Get a feel for the golden era of California railroad travel on this Sacramento train, which combines a historic stretch track with everything from craft beer tastings and live music to Wild West-style shows.
The 14 miles of track, running from West Sacramento to Woodland, were laid in 1911 by the Northern Electric Company, and the line was used for years to transport goods from Yolo County farms into the city. Once Northern Electric merged with Sacramento Northern Railways, the line offered eight daily round-trip passenger trains between Woodland and Sacramento until World War II.
The six-car train that runs today—a combination of open-air cars and enclosed, air-conditioned coaches—got a makeover in 2015, beyond the exterior of California gold and blue, river-like waves. "We enhanced the interior of the cars, harkening back to the proud legacy of passenger rail travel," says Rashael Parker, chief marketing officer for the family-owned company, "with timeless fabrics, tin-inspired ceilings, and wood finishes."
The train cruises along at just 10 to 15 miles per hour, offering a leisurely view of the river and farmlands, and providing enough time for a meal or a show. Take the two-hour RiverTrain Excursion for the views, complemented by a light meal, beer or wine-tasting, and live music. The other excursions offer a variety of experiences—like the Sunset Dinner, the Old Vine Express (with tastings from 20 different area wineries), the Beer Train (with a focus on local craft beers), and the Great Train Robbery, a Wild West-style showdown that ends happily (as in, with a barbecue lunch).
There is also a full slate of holiday trains, from Easter, Mother's Day, and Father's Day trains during spring and summer to the Pumpkin Train and Zombie Train in the fall and the Magical Christmas Train in December, when Santa visits. "The train is a truly unique venue, from its narrow hallways to its rocking motion and open-air patio cars," says Parker."Every moment onboard feels distinctly like traveling through a bygone era."
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Happy Feature Friday! I hope everyone has had an awesome week, been productive, made moves, and left this week better than they started, BUT if you didn't... fear not cause its Friday. #TGIF so kick off your weekend by reading up on our latest creative and enjoy your weekend!
Up this week as our Feature Friday Creative we have Reginald Titus Jr! Reginald is an entrepreneur and filmmaker based right here in Dallas. He is the Executive Producer and Co-founder of Grind Over Matter Inc./ Grind Over Matter Films. Reginald is known for his ability to make high quality productions on smaller budgets that turn a profit. As a director he has worked on music videos, commercials, and feature length films. Reginald's first short film "Why Did You Leave?" debuted in 2009 via the web and was later submitted to the BET's Lens on talent contest. "It's Complicated", his second short film, went into production February 2013 and premiered at the Angelika Theater in Dallas Texas April 23rd, 2013. Reginald's latest project is "Natural Hair The Movie", a documentary film that dives deep into the cultural stigma, history, and beliefs of African Americans with natural hair. If you haven't seen it stay tuned for the next screening and definitely check it out!
Reginald, what do love most about being a filmmaker?
"I love hearing, and seeing the reaction from the audience when a project I've worked on is playing in a theater."
Is there any advice you can offer to other creatives out there?
Do you have any upcoming events or news where people can check out more about you and your work?
"I just recently launched a podcast on iTunes and soundcloud with Casey G. Smith helping filmmakers called "Filmmaker Commentary". We are also launching a podcast about how we created Natural Hair the Movie on May 13th."
Reginald also recently appeared on WFAA News, and sat down with Voyage Dallas Magazine for an interviews. Check them both out in the links below!
To keep up with Reginald Titus Jr. on his latest projects you can follow along via his website(s) or on social media!


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