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Active Messages: a Mechanism for Integrated Communication and Computation
by Thorsten Von Eicken, David E. Culler, Seth Copen Goldstein, Klaus Erik Schauser , 1992
"... The design challenge for large-scale multiprocessors is (1) to minimize communication overhead, (2) allow communication to overlap computation, and (3) coordinate the two without sacrificing processor cost/performance. We show that existing message passing multiprocessors have unnecessarily high com ..."
tremendous flexibility. Implementations on nCUBE/2 and CM-5 are described and evaluated using a split-phase shared-memory extension to C, Split-C. We further show that active messages are sufficient to implement the dynamically scheduled languages for which message driven machines were designed
Abstract Active Messages: a Mechanism for Integrated Communication and Computation
by Thorsten Von Eicken, David E. Culler, Seth Copen Goldstein, Klaus Erik Schauser
"... The design challenge for large-scale multiprocessors is (1) to minimize communication overhead, (2) allow communication to over-lap computation, and (3) coordinate the two without sacrificing processor cost/performance. We show that existing message pass-ing multiprocessors have unnecessarily high c ..."
"... The design challenge for huge-scale multiprocessors is (1) to min-imize communication overhead, (2) allow communication to over-lap computation. and (3) coordinate the two without sacrificing processor cost/performance. We show that existing message pass-ing multiprocessors have unnecessarily high c ..."
tremendous flexibility. Impkmentations on nCUBE/2 and CM-5 are described and eval-uated using a split-phase shared-memory extension to C. Spfif-C. We further show that active messages are sufficient to implement the dynamically scheduled languages for which message driven machines were designed
Transactional Memory: Architectural Support for Lock-Free Data Structures
by Maurice Herlihy, J. Eliot B. Moss
"... A shared data structure is lock-free if its operations do not require mutual exclusion. If one process is interrupted in the middle of an operation, other processes will not be prevented from operating on that object. In highly concurrent systems, lock-free data structures avoid common problems asso ..."
based on mutual exclusion. Transactional memory allows programmers to define customized read-modify-write operations that apply to multiple, independently-chosen words of memory. It is implemented by straightforward extensions to any multiprocessor cache-coherence protocol. Simulation results show
Synchronous data flow
by Edward A. Lee, et al. , 1987
"... Data flow is a natural paradigm for describing DSP applications for concurrent implementation on parallel hardware. Data flow programs for signal processing are directed graphs where each node represents a function and each arc represents a signal path. Synchronous data flow (SDF) is a special case ..."
with data flow evaporates. Multiple sample rates within the same system are easily and naturally handled. Conditions for correctness of SDF graph are explained and scheduling algorithms are described for homogeneous parallel processors sharing memory. A preliminary SDF software system for automatically
Efficient Processing of Spatial Joins Using R-Trees
by Thomas Brinkhoff, Hans-peter Kriegel, Bernhard Seeger , 1993
"... Abstract: In this paper, we show that spatial joins are very suitable to be processed on a parallel hardware platform. The parallel system is equipped with a so-called shared virtual memory which is well-suited for the design and implementation of parallel spatial join algorithms. We start with an a ..."
Abstract: In this paper, we show that spatial joins are very suitable to be processed on a parallel hardware platform. The parallel system is equipped with a so-called shared virtual memory which is well-suited for the design and implementation of parallel spatial join algorithms. We start
Performance Evaluation of Memory Consistency Models for Shared-Memory Multiprocessors
by Kourosh Gharachorloo, et al.
"... The memory consistency model supported by a multiprocessor architecture determines the amount of buffering and pipelining that may be used to hide or reduce the latency of memory accesses. Several different consistency models have been proposed. These range from sequential consistency on one end, al ..."
The memory consistency model supported by a multiprocessor architecture determines the amount of buffering and pipelining that may be used to hide or reduce the latency of memory accesses. Several different consistency models have been proposed. These range from sequential consistency on one end
Performance Isolation: Sharing and Isolation in Shared-Memory Multiprocessors
by Ben Verghese, Anoop Guptag, Mendel Rosenblum - In Proceedings of ASPLOS-VIII , 1998
"... Shared-memory multiprocessors (SMPs) are being exten-sively used as general-purpose servers. The tight coupling of multiple processors, memory, and I/O provides enormous computing power in a single system, and enables the effi-cient sharing of these resources. The operating systems for these machine ..."
Shared-memory multiprocessors (SMPs) are being exten-sively used as general-purpose servers. The tight coupling of multiple processors, memory, and I/O provides enormous computing power in a single system, and enables the effi-cient sharing of these resources. The operating systems
The sprite network operating system
by John K. Ousterhout, Andrew R. Cherenson, Frederick Douglis, Michael N. Nelson, Brent B. Welch - IEEE Computer , 1988
"... Sprite is a new operating system for networked uniprocessor and multiprocessor workstations with large physical memories. It implements a set of kernel calls much like those of 4.3 BSD UNIX, with extensions to allow processes on the same workstation to share memory and to allow processes to migrate ..."
Sprite is a new operating system for networked uniprocessor and multiprocessor workstations with large physical memories. It implements a set of kernel calls much like those of 4.3 BSD UNIX, with extensions to allow processes on the same workstation to share memory and to allow processes to migrate
Bucket Elimination: A Unifying Framework for Reasoning
by Rina Dechter
"... Bucket elimination is an algorithmic framework that generalizes dynamic programming to accommodate many problem-solving and reasoning tasks. Algorithms such as directional-resolution for propositional satisfiability, adaptive-consistency for constraint satisfaction, Fourier and Gaussian elimination ..."
, finding the most probable explanation, and expected utility maximization. These algorithms share the same performance guarantees; all are time and space exponential in the inducedwidth of the problem's interaction graph. While elimination strategies have extensive demands on memory, a contrasting


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The Cancer-Causing Metal Millions Eat, Wear or Have Injected Into Their Kids
By Sayer Ji
Aluminum is considered by most government health authorities perfectly acceptable to eat, wear as an antiperspirant, and inject into your body as a vaccine ingredient, but research indicates it has cancer-causing properties, even at levels 100,000 times lower than found in certain consumer products.
A concerning study published in the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry demonstrates clearly that exposure to aluminum can increase migratory and invasive properties of human breast cancer cells. This has extremely important implications, because mortality from breast cancer is caused by the active spread of the tumor and not from the presence of the primary tumor in the breast itself. This profound difference, in fact, is why a groundbreaking National Cancer Institute commissioned expert panel recently called for the complete reclassification of some types of non-progressive 'breast cancer' and 'prostate cancer' as essentially benign lesions – bittersweet news for the millions who were already misdiagnosed/overdiagnosed and mistreated/overtreated for 'cancer' over the past 30 years.
Another recent relevant study, also published in the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, foundincreased levels of aluminum in noninvasively collected nipple aspirate fluids from 19 breast cancer patients compared with 16 healthy control subjects. The researchers commented on their findings: "In addition to emerging evidence, our results support the possible involvement of aluminium ions in oxidative and inflammatory status perturbations of breast cancer microenvironment, suggesting aluminium accumulation in breast microenvironment as a possible risk factor for oxidative/inflammatory phenotype of breast cells."[1]
A key implication of this research is that the common ingestion (food additive), injection (as a vaccine adjuvant), and topical application (antiperspirant) of forms of aluminum may be contributing to the burgeoning cancer epidemic in exposed populations. Given this possibility, the further use of aluminum in foods, cosmetics and drugs should be halted until adequate risk assessments can be made thoroughly proving its safety. (Since we do not use the precautionary principle to guide risk assessments and their regulation in the US, instead opting for a chemical and drug-industry favoring "weight of evidence" standard, this likely will not happen; however, we can use this information to apply the precautionary principle in our own lives)
When it comes to aluminum's presence in antiperspirant formulas, a very concerning study published last year in the Journal of Applied Toxicology identified the primary form of aluminum used in underarm cosmetics – aluminum chloride – as capable of altering breast cancer cells in a way indicative of 'neoplastic transformation,' or, the transformation of a healthy cell into a cancerous one:
These results suggest that aluminium is not generically mutagenic, but similar to an activated oncogene [cancer-causing gene], it induces proliferation stress, DSBs and senescence in normal mammary epithelial cells; and that long-term exposure to AlCl(3) generates and selects for cells able to bypass p53/p21(Waf1) -mediated cellular senescence. Our observations do not formally identify aluminium as a breast carcinogen, but challenge the safety ascribed to its widespread use in underarm cosmetics."
Even more concerning was their finding that these changes, which included "contact inhibition and anchorage-independent growth" (two markers of malignancy), were caused by concentrations "…up to 100 000-fold lower than those found in antiperspirants, and in the range of those recently measured in the human breast."[2]
This nstudy dovetails with similar research demonstrating that aluminum binds to cellular estrogen receptors, indicating it may disrupt and/or drive proliferation within hormone-sensitive tissues. One research team coined a new term – "metalloestrogen" – to describe an entirely new class of metal-based endocrine disrupters, including aluminum, antimony, arsenite, barium, cadmium, chromium (Cr(II)), cobalt, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, selenite, tin and vanadate. This reclassification of what were formerly perceived to be hormonally inert substances should help to alert consumers to the significant health risk associated with the use of 'unnatural' products containing these elements.
While there is little extant animal research demonstrating aluminum's cancer causing properties, which is why it has not yet been classified with respect to carcinogenicity, "aluminum production" has been classified as carcinogenic to humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).[3] There is also a 2011 study published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology that found aluminum content is higher in nipple aspirate fluid of breast cancer-affected women versus healthy controls.
Aluminum, of course, is widely distributed within our environment (reaching, at present, the highest level in documented history), and has even been implicated in atmospheric aerosols (i.e. geoengineering/ 'chemtrails'); which, incidentally, may be one reason why our soils are becoming saturated with the metal to levels toxic to plants, and why biotech corporations are presently working on developing aluminum-tolerant GM plants. It has also been linked to the rapidly expanding epidemic of autism spectrum disorder diagnoses, as discussed in two previous articles:
High Aluminum Levels Contaminate Brains of Autistic Children
Aluminum in Vaccines Cause Autism
Because our regulators consider aluminum perfectly 'safe to eat,' apply topically, and inject into our bodies to "improve natural immunity," the emerging view of aluminum as possessing cancer-causing effects will put additional responsibility on consumers to educate themselves and make choices to protect themselves from avoidable exposure.
Learn more about how to protect yourself against aluminum by reading the following articles:
Is Eating and Injecting Aluminum Safe As Our Regulators Say?
Can We Continue To Justify Injecting Aluminum Into Our Children?
[1] F Mannello, D Ligi, M Canale. Aluminium, carbonyls and cytokines in human nipple aspirate fluids: Possible relationship between inflammation, oxidative stress and breast cancer microenvironment. J Inorg Biochem. 2013 Jul 12. Epub 2013 Jul 12. PMID: 23916117
[2] André-Pascal Sappino, Raphaële Buser, Laurence Lesne, Stefania Gimelli, Frédérique Béna, Dominique Belin, Stefano J Mandriota. Aluminium chloride promotes anchorage-independent growth in human mammary epithelial cells. J Appl Toxicol. 2012 Jan 6. Epub 2012 Jan 6. PMID: 22223356
[3] Daniel Krewski, Robert A Yokel, Evert Nieboer, David Borchelt, Joshua Cohen, Jean Harry, Sam Kacew, Joan Lindsay, Amal M Mahfouz, Virginie Rondeau. Human health risk assessment for aluminium, aluminium oxide, and aluminium hydroxide. J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev. 2007 ;10 Suppl 1:1-269. PMID: 18085482
Originally published: 2013-09-04
Article updated: 2019-06-11
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Forbes Top 10 Highest Paid Actress 2020 in the World
After publishing the list of highest paid actors in world 2020, Forbes has released the list of highest paid female actresses 2020. With the earning of US$ 43 million, Sofia Vergara is a new in the ranking list gained the top position. Sofia as the TV star led a surge of small-screen paydays that eclipsed those in the movie business.
In all, the ten highest-paid actresses earned a combined $254 million in the 12 months leading up to June, down 20% from last year. All but two—Angelina Jolie and Emily Blunt (No. 6; $22.5 million)—made the bulk of their earnings from television and streaming. Those who made most of their money from traditional films earned an aggregate of $58 million this year, down from $136.5 million in 2019. Let's find out who are others and their earnings.
List of Top 10 Highest Paid Actress 2020
#1 Sofia Vergara: $43 million
Vergara concluded her run on ABC's Modern Family and began her tenure as a judge on America's Got Talent. She pads those earnings with endorsement and licensing deals, including a line of jeans at Walmart and furniture at Rooms To Go.
#2 Angelina Jolie: $35.5 million
One of the few actresses on the list to pocket nearly all of her money from traditional films, Jolie's biggest paycheck comes from her starring role in The Eternals, the upcoming Marvel movie that has a $200 million budget.
#3 Gal Gadot: $31.5 million
With Wonder Woman 1984 on ice, Gadot turned to Netflix, collecting $20 million for her role in Red Notice. It's a steep price, insiders say, but a tiny part of the streamer's $17 billion content budget.
#4 Melissa McCarthy: $25 million
The comedic actress stars in two streaming films directed by husband Ben Falcone—one on HBO Max and one on Netflix—and hosts NBC's Little Big Shots. Next year: her role as Ursula in the live-action version of The Little Mermaid.
#5 Meryl Streep: $24 million
The screen legend joined director Steven Soderbergh for the comedy Let Them All Talk, which was sold to HBO Max for $33 million. Streep's cut of the action: at least $5 million. The rest came from The Prom and last year's Little Women.
#6 Emily Blunt: $22.5 million
The first A Quiet Place grossed $341 million on a $17 million budget, and Blunt negotiated an eight-figure upfront salary on the sequel, due out next year. Her role in Jungle Cruise will earn her a check in the high seven figures.
#7 Nicole Kidman: $22 million
Kidman will join Streep in Ryan Murphy's The Prom on Netflix, which will pay her an eight-figure upfront salary. She will earn about $1 million per episode for her upcoming miniseries on HBO, The Undoing.
#8 Ellen Pompeo: $19 million
After a contract renegotiation in 2017, Pompeo is earning about $550,000 per episode for her starring role on ABC's Grey's Anatomy. She reportedly adds about $6 million a year from her share of syndication profits.
#9 Elisabeth Moss: $16 million
Hulu paid her $1 million per episode to star in the dystopian The Handmaid's Tale. She shared in the profits of Invisible Man, a surprise hit that cost just $7 million and grossed $134.3 million.
#10 Viola Davis: $15.5 million
Davis makes the list for the first time thanks to seven-figure checks from her roles as Annalise Keating on How to Get Away with Murder and Ma Rainey in Netflix's film adaption of the August Wilson play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
The methodology to calculate the earnings of these actors is based on data from Nielsen, ComScore, Box Office Mojo and IMDB, as well as interviews with industry insiders. All figures are pretax and reflect earnings between June 1, 2019, and June 1, 2020; fees for agents, managers and lawyers (generally 10%, 15% and 5%, respectively) are not deducted.
Though, Hollywood's these gorgeous beauties have multiple sources of earnings. But these actress hit movies make them popular among fans, resulting they charge a hefty amount of fees for brand endorsement and social media posts.
Also Read: Do You Know How Much Celebrities Get Paid for Per Instagram Post?
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Forbes Highest Paid Actors 2020: World Top 10 Earning Actors
Amid the prolonged pandemic, most of the state Governments have decided to reopen the Cinema halls and Multiplexes with limited sitting capacity and other strict rules and regulations to ensure the keep control of COVID-19 spread among the audiences. Actually, due to lockdowns, the entertainment industry suffered lots of losses.
But thanks to OTT platforms low-budget movies, TV shows and web series of Bollywood & Hollywood are released on Amazon Prime, Netflix, Disney Hotstar and Zee5 etc. that you can watch at your home on your smart TV or smartphone. You can find here the latest movies or web series released this week with their trailer videos.
New Movies & Web Series on OTT in Oct 2021
Top Best New Movies on Amazon Prime
# Dybbuk – Movie
Streaming On: Amazon Prime
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Nikita Dutta & Manav Kaul
Directed By: Jay K
Dybbuk Official Trailer Video
The Story is all about a newly married woman Mahi, who brings an antique Jewish box into her home. When Mahi and her husband Sam begin to have paranormal experiences, they soon learn that the box is a dybbuk containing an evil spirit. The couple then seeks the help of a rabbi to unravel its mystery. Will they survive this ordeal before their child is born?
Top Best Movies & Web Series on Disney+Hotstar
# Hum Do Hamare Do – Movie
Streaming On: Hotstar
Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Kriti Sanon, Paresh Rawal, Ratna Pathak, Aparshakti Khurana, Manu Rishi, Prachee Shah Pandya & Mazel Vyas
Directed By: Abhishek Jain
Hum Do Hamare Do Official Trailer Video
The story revolves around Rajkummar and Kriti being in love and wanting to get married. Rajkummar has no family and Kriti's only condition is to go to a household that's complete with elders and a pet dog. In the quest, Rajkummar, along with his friend Aparshakti Khurana, go out to 'hire' parents. Turns out, the adopted mother-father has a personal history.
Paresh is already smitten by Ratna and his performance is only real love for her. In fact, to get rid of Paresh's lover-boy shenanigans, Ratna even plans his fake 'death' atop a mountain. But Paresh Rawal is undeterred. He is out proposing to Ratna to be his actual wife. From confusions about how the parents first met to why they have different surnames, Hum Do Hamare Do hints at a laugh riot.
Latest Web Series on NetFlix
# Call My Agent: Bollywood – Web Series
Streaming On: NetFlix
Cast: Aahana Kumra, Ayush Mehra, Rajat Kapoor & Soni Razdan
Directed By: Shaad Ali
Call My Agent: Bollywood Official Trailer Video
Call My Agent: Bollywood', the Indian adaptation of the popular French series 'Dix Pour Cent' and Turkish version "Menajerimi Ara". Four savvy, street smart talent agents manage fragile star egos and real human emotions to save their agency from closure after the sudden death of the founder.
The show takes on an exciting wild ride into the world of Bollywood, glamour and celebrity. A funny, quirky, heartwarming and emotional take on the dazzling rollercoaster world of showbiz.
Best Movies Released on Zee5
# Aafat-e-Ishq – Movie
Streaming On: Zee5
Cast: Neha Sharma, Ila Arun, Namit Das, Amit Sial & Deepak Dobriyal
Directed By: Indrajit Nattoji
Aafat-e-Ishq Official Trailer Video
Aafat-e-Ishq is based on the multi-awarded Hungarian film 'Liza, The Fox-Fairy'. It is a dark comedy romantic thriller film with a touch of supernatural elements.
The story revolves around Lallo, a woman in her 30s who is yet to find love for which she is looking desperately. Even when men try to come close to her an unknown force keeps Lallo away from them. But that's not the only trouble she is in, when her wealthy employer Bahuji leaves the property in Lallo's name, Bhauji's relatives file a case against her. During all this she is accompanied by a ghost named Atmaram. Will Lallo find her true love and also save herself from the trouble she is in?
Best Web Series on Zee5
# Sanak Ek Junoon – Web Series
Streaming On: MX Player
Cast: Rohit Bose Roy, Aindrita Ray, Pawan Chopra, Rushad Rana, Antara Banerjee & Amaara Sangam Directed By: Krishna Bhatt
Sanak Ek Junoon Official Trailer Video
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I know you are waiting for the upcoming movies or web series to be released next week on OTT platforms, so that you can make your weekend entertaining watching these TV shows on your smart TV or smartphones. Hence, we brought the list of must-watch web series and movies to be released on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5 & MX Player etc.
Upcoming Movies & Web Series on OTT in Aug & Sep 2021
Upcoming Movies on Netflix
# Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw – Movie
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Helen Mirren, Eiza González, Eddie Marsan, Eliana Su'a, Cliff Curtis, Lori Pelenise Tuisano, John Tui, Joshua Mauga, & Leati Joseph Anoa'i
Directed by: David Leitch
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Official Trailer Video
# SAS: Rise of the Black Swan
Cast: Sam Heughan, Ruby Rose, Andy Serkis
Directed by: Magnus Martens
SAS: Rise of the Black Swan Official Trailer Video
# Money Heist: Part 5 Volume 1 – Web Series
Money Heist: Part 5 Official Trailer Video
# Mai – Web Series
Cast: Sakshi Tanwar, Wamiqa Gabbi, Vivek Mushran, Prashant Narayanan, Raima Sen
Mai Official Trailer Video
Upcoming Movies & Web Series on Amazon Prime
# Cinderella – Movie
Cast: Camila Cabello, Billy Porter, Idina Menzel, Nicholas Galitzine, Pierce Brosnan, Maddie Baillio, Charlotte Spencer, Minnie Driver, Missy Elliott,
Directed by: Kay Cannon
Cinderella Official Trailer Video
Upcoming Movies & Web Series on Disney Hotstar
# The Empire – Web Series
Streaming On: Disney+Hotstar
The Empire Official Teaser Video
# Bhoot Police – Movie
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Yami Gautam, Jacqueline Fernandez, Arjun Kapoor & Javed Jaffrey
Bhoot Police Official Trailer Video
Also Read: Top Best Latest Movies & Web Series Released on OTT Platforms
Forbes has released the list of highest-paid actors in the world 2020 in which Indian National Award-winning actor Akshay Kumar also secured the 6th position leaving behind Hollywood's popular actors like Jackie Chan and Will Smith.
The top position is retained by action movie hero Dwayne Johnson who is also known as "The Rock" among the WWE fans. Thanks to Netflix and other OTT platforms these actors earned lots of money this year. So, let's find out who are the others on the list.
List of Top 10 Highest Earning Actors 2020
The Rock tops the list for the second year in a row, thanks to a $23.5 million check from Netflix for the upcoming film Red Notice and his successful Under Armour line, Project Rock.
Again thanks to Netflix's, Reynolds made more than $20 million a piece on Six Underground and Red Notice. In July, the streamer announced it was shelling out for a third Reynolds film, which will undoubtedly mean another eight-figure payday.
Wahlberg's action-comedy Spenser Confidential became Netflix's third-most-watched original film after it debuted in March. He's also made millions producing docuseries McMillions and Wahl Street.
After a brief hiatus, Affleck returned to the big screen this year, starring in The Way Back and Netflix's The Last Thing He Wanted.
The Fast & Furious Movies Series star missed out on the chance to collect a massive back-end payday this year after the film's release was pushed to April 2021. He kept the franchise embers burning by acting as producer on the animated Netflix series Fast & Furious Spy Racers.
The only Bollywood actor on the list, Kumar is working on his first television series The End for Amazon Prime. Most of his money, though, comes from endorsement deals; he shills for everything from multivitamins to toilet cleaners.
Disney acquired worldwide movie rights to the original Broadway production of Hamilton for $75 million this year, putting Miranda on the list for the first time. Even with Broadway closed for the remainder of 2020, he can expect another big payday next year when the film version of In the Heights comes out.
The Fresh Prince can still earn big checks for lead parts, such as his upcoming role in King Richard, in which he portrays Richard Williams, father of tennis greats Serena and Venus. He fills the earnings gaps with mobile phone hits, including a Snapchat series and his popular Instagram account.
The comedian has found his home at Netflix. In January, he signed another deal to create four more movies for the platform after his film Murder Mystery became one of the streamer's most-popular films of all time.
Six decades into his career, the martial arts star is as active as ever, making five movies in the past year. He pads his film income with millions from endorsement and licensing deals.
Also Read: Forbes Top 10 Highest Paid Actress 2020 in the World
These actors mainly earn from various sources but acting and producing movies are the major source, making them earn a hefty amount of money. However, they also earn from the endorsement of brands or charge for social media posts which is also another source of income for many popular celebrities globally.


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> Folk Music > Books > Everyman's Book of British Ballads
Everyman's Book of British Ballads
Roy Palmer (editor)
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1980
ISBN 0 460 04452 4
A Book of British Ballads
Llanerch Publishers, 1998
ISBN 0 186143 061 2
I Who Hung the Monkey? Tall Stories
Who Hung the Monkey?
The Congleton Bear
The Doctor Outwitted by the Black (Roud 2310)
The Private Still (Roud 2342; Henry H103)
Wha's Fu'? (Roud 473; G/D 8:1703)
Sandy Dawe (Roud 19103)
Paddy and the Whale (Roud 6342)
The Christmas Hare
Lancashire Dick (Roud V8313)
Dixie's Dog
The Pear Tree (Roud 1713; TYG 38)
The Three Merry Travellers (Roud V19718)
O'Reilly and Big MacNeil
The Old Woman and Her Pig (Roud 746)
II Cold Blows the Wind: The Supernatural
The Wife of Usher's Well (Roud 196; Child 79)
Cold Blows the Wind (Roud 51; Child 78)
The Lover's Ghost (Roud 179; Child 248)
The Holland Handkerchief (Roud 246; Child 272; Henry H217)
The Cruel Ship's Carpenter (Roud 15; Laws P36A; G/D 2:201, 2:202)
The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73)
Molly Bawn (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114)
The Grey Silkie (Roud 197; Child 113)
The Twa Magicians (Roud 1350; Child 44; G/D 2:334)
The Maid on the Shore (Roud 181; Laws K27)
'Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330)
The Miner's Dream (Roud 2334)
The Well Below the Valley (Roud 2335; Child 21)
The Cherry Tree Carol (Roud 453; Child 54; G/D 2:327)
III Bid the World Adieu: Death and Disaster
Sir Patrick Spens (Roud 41; Child 58; G/D 1:17)
The Mistletoe Bough (Roud 2336)
Lord Thomas (Roud 4; Child 73; G/D 2:212)
Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236)
Andrew Lammie (Roud 98; Child 233; G/D 5:1018)
Lord Gregory (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226)
The Betrayed Maiden (Roud 156; Laws M20; G/D 6:1094)
The Swan Swims So Bonny (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213)
The Sheffield Apprentice (Roud 399; Laws O39; G/D 5:998; Henry H31; TYG 71)
Little Montgrove and Lady Barclay (Roud 52; Child 81)
Green and Yellow (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814)
The Poor Little Fisher Boy (Roud 912; Laws Q29; G/D 5:961)
Rambling Robin (Roud V5416)
IV An Awful Story: Deeds of Daring
The Lambton Worm (Roud 2337)
Dilly-Dove (Roud 29; Child 18)
Long John, Old John and Jackie North
The 'Golden Vanity' (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37)
Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford (Roud 2338; Child 144)
Johnnie o' Braidisleys (Roud 69; Child 114; G/D 2:250)
MacPherson's Rant (Roud 2160; G/D 3:697)
The Draggletail Gipsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124)
The Female Sailor (Roud 1699; Laws N3)
Grace Darling (Roud 1441)
The Proud Tailor (Roud 16577)
The Rambling Royal (Roud 982; Laws J15; G/D 1:82)
Erin-Go-Bragh (Roud 1627; Laws Q20; G/D 2:236)
V Sentence Passed: Crime and Punishment
Lambkin (Roud 6; Child 93; G/D 2:187; Henry H735)
Mrs Dyer, the Baby Farmer (Roud 2347)
Young Henry Martin (Roud 104; Child 250)
The Bold 'Princess Royal' (Roud 528; Laws K29; G/D 1:47)
Jack Donahue (Roud 611)
Heather Jock (Roud 2339; G/D 2:255; Henry H39)
The Parson's Peaches
Young Johnson (Roud 12718)
The Highwayman Outwitted (Roud 2638; Laws L2)
Jack Williams the Boatswain (Roud 1906; Laws L17)
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Pier Paolo Pasolini | Mamma Roma
the evil you do
Pier Paolo Pasolini (writer and director) Mamma Roma / 1962
While Pier Paolo Pasolini's Mamma Roma was awarded the International Critic's Prize at the Venice Film Festival and received Italy's Silver Ribbon, the 1962 film was not well-received, with many critics criticizing Anna Magnani's over-the-top performance, and some audiences finding the work immoral.
Seeing it the other day, however, almost 55 years after it was made, I found it just as Gary Indiana describes it in an essay accompanying the Criterion release, "among Pasolini's most audaciously shaped and satisfying movies." Over the years, it now appears less of a neorealist "slice of life" as it is a sort of contradictory statement about the relationship of the Italian postwar world, where the rich and pious are represented as frauds, while the poor and peasant aspirants to the bourgeoisie, like Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani), are portrayed as Christian saints.
Pasolini, as we know, was an agnostic Marxist, but still carried with him, in nearly all of his films, the Christian ideology, which pushed his films into different directions than almost any other filmmaker of his day. If his early work appears to be grounded in realism, it is in fact related far more to the theatrical tradition, which is why Magnani is so good in this role. While hardly anyone has much to say in the Rome of Pasolini's imagination (Mamma's son, Ettore [Ettore Garofolo] being almost a mute, and the others figures mumbling) Mamma is constantly shouting at the top of her lungs, lecturing the various passersby in one long ongoing speech as if everyone in the world was her audience. She truly is the "mother of us all," using language itself to alter the society in which she is entrapped.
Even as the film begins, at a wedding party where her former pimp, Carmine (Franco Citti) is marrying the young Bruna, Mamma steals the show by bringing three dressed-up pigs to the affair, symbolizing not only her own feelings about Carmine, but joyfully celebrating the event. She is now free, is planning a new life, one which will take her abandoned son Ettore from the country back to Rome where she plans to move into a suburban neighborhood and run a vegetable stall to better provide for her him.
The problem, inevitably, is that the past will not let go of her, as Carmine shows up
again a few days later, his marriage having failed, to demand that she return to the streets. And although she is determined to help Ettore find a job, her methods are those of a street person, as she manipulates a local restaurant owner by hooking him up with one of her street-walking friends. To shift Ettore's interests away from a local woman with a child, she arranges the same whore, Baincofiore (Luisa Loiano), to make love to her son.
Although she clearly desires, in short, to live a reformed life of the middle-class, her earthly laugh and booming voice will always mark her as a woman of the streets and the peasant class, which put her in conflict with her insipid aspirations. And it is precisely that past that will also be the undoing of her son.
Even Mamma becomes aware of how the past effects the present and the future, telling Baincofiore "The evil you do is like a highway the innocent have to walk down."
Her "innocent," of course, is her son. Throughout the film Pasolini shows Ettore as a kind shuffling, lumbering beast, despite his suit and tie, who aimlessly sleepwalks through a life through which Mamma forcefully strides. An attempt to teach him to dance the tango (one of the most beautiful scenes of the film) results in her landing, as she puts it, on her butt. Ettore cannot succeed, even in his job at the restaurant, because he is a brute with no ability to think. Yet, it is these very brutes of peasant stock, whom the director most desires and loves; and it was just such a figure, a ragazzi picked up at a local bar,
who eventually killed him. Pasolini clearly thought of these born-losers as being as close to saintly as any humans on earth. If they are fools, they are fools the way Erasmus spoke of Christ in The Praise of Folly. Throughout the film, Ettore and his friends, mostly petty thieves, are represented in poses and momentary tableau vivant as figures out of religious and classical art.
As internet film critic Jim Clark has observed, many of the images of Ettore are alarmingly reminiscent of Caravaggio paintings, particularly his Bacchus and Boy Bitten by a Lizard; the last scenes of Ettore, imprisoned on a punishment bed (letto di contenzione), clearly references to the death of Christ on a kind of horizontal cross.
And throughout Mamma Roma, despite her sufferings and inner despair, it is Mamma who remains genuinely funny in a world of general bleakness, and it is only she who almost endlessly laughs.
If these scenes can be tied to neorealism I lack a perspective on the everyday. No, Mamma Roma's world is a highly artificed one, a world of make believe which protects her, for the most part, from the terrible pain of those with whom she lives. Pasolini upended Rossellini's Open City by using the same actress in a very different way. If she is a bit manic, one might argue that she is the only character in Pasolini's film who truly seems alive.
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Youth are our promise for the future. So how do we attract more of them to the promotional products industry? With 50 percent of industry professionals aged 45-69, according to PPAI Expo data, one of the biggest industry concerns is attracting and developing future generations.
For more than a century, our industry has largely been built by those who happened upon it while pursuing other opportunities, but future leaders are more likely to make promotional products an intentional career choice thanks to the expanded efforts of organizations like PPAI and the many dedicated individuals who serve the industry now.
PPB's annual search to spotlight the industry's Rising Stars (see this year's lineup starting on page 29) is an exciting way we're bringing attention to this vital demographic, but there are a number of other efforts under way to attract young people to the industry—and some start at the high school level.
Since 1989, the Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF) has awarded $1.9 million in college scholarships to the children of industry employees—and to college-bound industry employees as well. In the past five years, PPEF has doubled its funding for college scholarships; this year it gave out $200,000 to worthy applicants. Regardless of whether the student chooses a career in the promotional products industry, providing financial support for their education enhances the overall awareness of the industry and provides an important avenue for all of us to invest in the future. Read about the 132 college-bound students who won this year's scholarships in PPB's October issue.
Many schools from the elementary to the college level host programs that expose students to myriad career options by inviting experts from a wide range of professions. For more than a decade, PPAI has worked to train industry professionals to speak to groups, including students, about the industry and its opportunities. Five years ago, a new ADvocate Program shared by PPAI and ASI was announced. The training is free, and participants become certified as industry ADvocates. As a plus, both organizations actively promote the availability of speakers to schools, community groups and key industries—so it also puts their business in the limelight. Find more information at advocate.ppai.org.
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This…Right Here, Is The Best!
Before I begin the post, I just want to take a moment to wish all the Moms out there a blessed and wonderful Mother's Day. You are amazing! My mom was one of those amazing people. She was there for me; behind me to support and to help when I needed it. She went through a bad patch when I was in high school for a couple of years, but God took care of that matter. She was always willing to help someone, and loved to craft and had many projects going at one time. She was also known to have a completely different looking room or house by the time we got home from school. It was wild a few times! I will always be grateful for all she did for me, my home, my kids and my life. Thanks mom.
How many joys and blessings do we miss out on because we don't see them, or we take them for granted? I have been thinking about that this week as I have pursued getting healthy after a horrible sinus infection. I have a trip coming up in two weeks and I don't want to deal with being sick while I am gone. I am better but still not 100%. As I rested and resisted pushing myself, I was thinking about the opportunities that God has given me in my life. It's so easy to get cruising with life, and forget that we have the life we have because of the blessings God has bestowed on us. It has once again caused a shift in my thinking. I seem to have had a lot of those shifts lately. I think God has a plan.
Because of this shift, I found myself on my first drive out after being sick, pulling in to park at our home, and just feeling an overwhelming sense of thankfulness for our home. God has been good to us, providing this home, and giving us many of the items we desired to have in our home. For me, He has given me many of the dreams that I was looking for in a home for this season of my life. That isn't just happenstance. I have found myself, in spite of the troubles with my eyes and sinus these last months, feeling very thankful for being healthy over all, and able to take this trip without worry or concern. It has filled me with wonder as I consider God's provision to take my middle son and my grandson on this trip. I'm also very thankful to have a husband who believes that this is important enough in my life and that of the boys, to help make it happen. It means so much to me. It is hard to describe how I feel when I go to Norway. It is like going home. It is hard to explain, but it is there non-the-less…that deep connection.
I don't want to just see it, but see it in the way that helps me experience it at that moment. I want to have more and more of those times when I say, "Wow! This right here? This is living! This is a great moment!" As Andy Andrews talks about, "It is also about creating those perfect moments…". I agree. I do that for myself and family whenever I can. It is just a great way to live. We have to become intentional about it, however. I have become more and more aware of how God wants me to stay in tune with that.
I was even excited to get my old glass frames with new prescription lenses put in them, so I have glasses that not only work better, but I like them better than my current glasses. So now, I feel better about that too each day. Saved $200 by doing it that way too. Score! It's in the little things that God does for us that makes up the whole of a life well-lived.
As I have thought about the upcoming trip, I am having fun planning and executing the schedule so it comes together well. I have my ironing board out to iron this next week so I can finish packing. I have connected with the airline to find out what time we need to be at the airport, and about checking bags, and all those little details. What fun! My youngest son is bringing his brother and nephew down to the airport, so we will meet up and have a nice lunch before going to the airport to check in. The anticipation of going is pretty exciting for the three of us. This will be Ethan's first time on a plane, let alone traveling internationally. I got a kick out of him as we talked about the money. He thought it was so dumb that our money wasn't the same as theirs, and that given one day or a few days later, could be worth even less, or maybe worth more. So cute. But he will learn all about that exchange first hand. Learning first hand is always best. I hope this trip will be something they will never forget. I love the idea of giving them some historical background about where they came from. I am also very thankful to those who make it possible while we are there, to meet up, and share history with us. And of course, anytime I can walk outside and immediately see the fjord, I feel like I am getting a glimpse of heaven. I thank God every day I am there for the beauty!
So grab those moments of joy where everything feels right. Create them in your lives, as well as in the lives of those around you. Don't wait for the special times to come to you. Instead create them. Look for them. Take pictures of them. Write them down.
Speaking of writing them down… I now have a prayer wall. I have a window between my cabin/office and the dining room. It is a wavy glass window; not real practical. I have my kitchen queen on the dining room side, and so I thought I might as well make good use of my side. So I made it into my prayer wall. It's coming along nicely. I'm digging in and not letting the devil get any foot hold here! Prayers up!!!
While I am on a rabbit trail of good things to help make us strong, I am also reading Priscilla Shirer's book called, Fervent. GREAT book!! That will fire you up!!!
I will close this post with a hope that you are finding more in your life to notice that is good, than what isn't going the way you want right now. It's so much more fun to look for what is right than what is wrong. A whole new perspective will come into view! It is my wish that you think again about what makes life good for you and do more of it! It's all waiting for you…call it in.
God bless you to that end.
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Eve Reed
August 28, 1919 - March 29, 2021
Eve Reed passed away at the age of 101 on Monday, March 29, 2021, at her daughter's home in Centennial, Colorado. Eve's daughter, Judy, was Eve's sole caregiver. Eve lived with Judy for nearly five years. Eve's parents, Emma and David Shanfield, courageously followed other members of the family and made a dangerous escape from the oppression of the Russians in the Ukraine in about 1913 by fleeing through a forest and over the ocean to the United States. They passed away years ago; we have been eternally grateful for their having taken the risk so that we'd be born in America. Eve was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 28, 1919, and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1937. Husband, William, known as Bill, and Eve, with 5-year-old daughter Judy, moved to Los Angeles, California, in about 1955. Eve's last, great love affair was with Freddie the Freeloader, a 20-year-old Maine Coon cat who was attached to her like glue. Fred was right next to her as she passed and wouldn't leave her side. Fred adored Eve's constant petting and kissing. He couldn't get enough, and neither could she! Eve had many feline love affairs over the course of her life, and her rescues were many. Her first "rescued" cat was when she was about 7 years old. She lugged a large, full-grown feline up three flights of stairs to her parents' flat. Of course, she wasn't allowed to keep the cat, who probably had a home elsewhere. Eve's husband of 36 years was the human love of her life, constant companion, and soul mate. Bill, Seaman First Class, was sent by the Navy to Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana, where Eve joined him while he completed the Navy's electrical course. When Bill boarded the battleship SS So Dakota following his course, the Navy learned of his photography skills; he was assigned to be the ship's photographer — which assignment lasted throughout his service in the South Pacific during World War II. One of Bill's photographs was on the cover of Life at the end of the War. With shock and heartbreak, Eve suddenly lost Bill to heart failure in 1974 at the age of 57. She would want to share her obituary with him as her final act of love, as they did everything together. Bill had a Navy burial at sea, bugle included (Bill was also a bugler!). Eve was presented with a folded flag and an album of photographs of the ceremony. A talented artist, Eve drew the likenesses of her family and many celebrities, a talent which really should have been advanced. She also loved and had an aptitude for writing lyrical poetry. Eve's interests included traveling with Bill, and they visited many states. She took up photography, with Bill's instruction, and turned out to be an excellent photographer too. Eve had a keen eye for a good picture. In fact, Eve won first and other top prizes for several of her shots at the Los Angeles County Photography Club. In 1992, Eve and Judy relocated to Centennial, Colorado, where they each bought a home. Eve enjoyed living in her condo until it was no longer safe to live alone, and she drove her red Super Sport Toyota until about age 95. Eve is survived by her daughter, Judy Reed, aged 74. In lieu of flowers, please donate to The Cat Care Society, 5787 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood, CO 80214 (303) 239-9680
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\centerline{\bf RENORMALIZATION GROUP AND SCALING WITHIN}
\centerline{\bf THE MICROCANONICAL FERMIONIC AVERAGE APPROACH}
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\centerline{V. AZCOITI, V. LALIENA}
\centerline{\em Departamento de F\'\i sica Te\'orica, Facultad
de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza,}
\centerline{\em 50009 Zaragoza (Spain)}
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\centerline{G. DI CARLO, A. F. GRILLO.}
\centerline{\em Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare,
Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati,}
\centerline{\em P.O.B. 13 - Frascati (Italy).}
\centerline{A. GALANTE}
\centerline{\em Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universit\'a
dell'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, (Italy)}
\centerline{\em and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare,
Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati,}
\centerline{\em P.O.B. 13 - Frascati (Italy).}

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The MFA approach for simulations with dynamical fermions in
lattice gauge theories allows in principle to explore
the parameters space of the theory (e.g. the $\beta, m$ plane
for the study
of chiral condensate in QED) without the need of computing the
fermionic determinant at each point.

We exploit this possibility for  extracting
both
the renormalization
group trajectories ("constant physics lines") and the
scaling function, and
we test it in the Schwinger Model.
We discuss the applicability of this method to realistic theories.
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In this paper we present a further test of the potentialities of the
Microcanonical Fermionic Average (M.F.A.)\cite{GEN} method.
We apply this procedure to
the Schwinger Model.
Since in this approach, the main computer
cost resides in the evaluation of an effective fermionic action at
fixed
pure gauge energy by evaluating {\it all} the eigenvalues of the
fermionic
matrix at $m=0$, it is possible, at no extra
cost, to move in the plane $\beta, m$.

We have made full use of this fact for obtaining the
constant physics trajectories of the model, whithout any a priori
assumption of their form, which is exactly known in the Schwinger Model,
since here the Renormalization Group amounts to simple dimensional
analysis.

The continuum Schwinger model \cite{REUTER} is confining; it is
exactly solvable at zero fermionic mass, so
that we can compare the results of our simulations with
exact ones. It is superrenormalizable and
the Callan-Symanzik $\beta$ function vanishes.
The chiral current is
anomalous;
if the chiral limit is obtained from
$m \ne 0$, then the $\theta=0$ vacuum is selected.
In this vacuum the chiral condensate is (with one flavour)
$
 e_c^{-1}\langle \bar\psi\psi\rangle_c = 0.15995
$
This is the value of the chiral condensate to be compared with the
results
of lattice simulations, where its chiral limit is obtained from
$m \ne 0$.

The M.F.A. method is fully described in \cite{GEN}.
Starting from the partition function written
as
sum of the fermionic and
pure gauge contributions, we define the density of states at fixed
pure gauge Action ({\it i.e.} Euclidean Energy)
and an effective fermionic action
which is (minus) the logarithm of the average
of the fermionic determinant over fixed energy configurations.
All the thermodynamical quantities can be computed as 1-dimensional
integrals; bosonic operators can be directly computed at $m=0$
In the present simulation
 we use 1 flavour of
staggered fermions, and
the pure gauge part is described in terms of
{\it non compact} fields, so that the density of states is
analytically known
\cite{}.

 Since
$e_c$ is dimensionful, $\beta$ explicitely contains the lattice
spacing:
$\beta={1 \over a^2 e^2_c}$ so that the
continuum limit of the theory is approached, assuming
super-renormalizability, at $\beta \to \infty$.
The limit must be reached keeping fixed the
dimensionless ratio ${m_c \over e_c} = {\sqrt \beta} m$.
This ratio defines constant physics trajectories.
We present here the
results for the $100^2$ lattice.

We compute all the eigenvalues of the fermionic
matrix;
this allows us to compute exactly the fermionic determinant, and hence
the Effective Action for all values of
the mass,
including $m = 0$. We have done so for $8$ values of the energy,
from $0.02$ to $0.25$.

The chiral condensate
at $m=0$ vanishes on a finite lattice,
so it must be
obtained as the limit $m \to 0$. To reach the
correct continuum value,
this limit has to be taken simultaneously with the
$\beta \to \infty$ one,
keeping the product ${\sqrt \beta} m$ fixed.
This can be easily done with this method,
which does not require a separate
simulation of the fermionic contribution
for each pair of parameters $(\beta,m)$ \cite{prd}.

We have repeated this procedure for $10$ values of
$m_c / e_c$, always finding a clear  scaling window, where we
compute the chiral condensate.
Using a quadratic fit for the experimental points,
we obtain for the intercept:
$e_c^{-1} \langle \bar \psi \psi \rangle = 0.159 \pm 0.003 $
in perfect agreement with the theoretical value.

To better show  the potentialities of the method, we have investigated
the possibility of defining constant physics trajectories without
any a priori
knowledge of their behaviour. This procedure would be
the appropriate one in
any perturbatively renormalizable theory like QCD.

We identify as physical observables the continuum chiral
condensate and the
charge, and look for constant physics trajectories in the plane
$(\beta,m)$.

Since $ a \langle \bar \psi \psi \rangle_c =
  \langle \bar \psi \psi \rangle_L $, and that the plaquette
behaves as $1/\beta$ as $\beta \to \infty$: in this limit
$\langle E \rangle_L \to e^2_c a^2$. This implies that
\begin{equation}
R(\beta,m) =
{(\langle \bar \psi \psi \rangle_L)^2 \over \langle E \rangle_L}
\to
{(\langle \bar \psi \psi \rangle_c)^2\over e^2_c}
\end{equation}
is independent on the cutoff and then defines the constant physics
trajectories as the values in the
$\beta,m$ plane where R is constant.

Constant level lines on the surface defined by R
are thus the trajectories we
are looking for, and they are reported in Fig. 1, compared with
$\sqrt \beta m = constant$.

It can be seen that the agreement is indeed very good,
apart from large
masses and/or small $\beta$ where we are affected by
finite cutoff effects.

It is important to discuss also the applicability of
these results to more realistic
theories, for instance QCD.
The choice of the operators to be fixed in the
renormalization procedure is dictated by physical
motivations, and the
choice of the continuum charge is
intrinsic of the Schwinger model.

On the other hand, to
fully exploit the potentialities of the MFA method,
one is restricted to the
use of either bosonic operators, or fermionic ones
related to the
eigenvalues of the fermionic matrix.

In QCD a convenient choice would be the ratio of the
longitudinal to transverse
susceptibilities \cite{KOG}
$ R(\beta,m) = {\chi_L / \chi_T}$
where both numerator and denominator are computable from
the eigenvalues of
the fermionic matrix.

Once constant physics trajectories (which are
renormalization group
trajectories in renormalizable theories) have been defined,
any other physical
observable should be constant if computed along them.
For instance, if we compute hadronic masses in lattice units
$m_h a$, all their dependence  on bare parameters along
R.G. trajectories
will come from the lattice spacing $a$.
In this way one can extract the scaling functions.
This allows to extract the continuum values of
the observables.

This work has been partly supported
through a CICYT (Spain) - INFN (Italy)
collaboration.

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\noindent
Constant Physics trajectories in ($\beta,m$) plane (continuous
lines); circles are $\beta^{1/2} m=constant$ lines.

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Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) and Chattogram Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) jointly organised the discussion on Disability Inclusive Skills & Employment Opportunities in the Private Sector.
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People with disabilities can become human resources If their talents are utilised properly without taking a different attitude towards them, said participants in a webinar on Tuesday.
And if this can be implemented properly, there will be no more negative attitude towards them in society, they said.
Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) and Chattogram Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) jointly organised the discussion on "Disability Inclusive Skills & Employment Opportunities in the Private Sector".
Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury spoke as the chief guest at the programme moderated by BBDN Head of Operation Aziza Ahmed.
The BBDN, which is made up of business associations, non-governmental organisations and people with disabilities, helps people with disabilities find decent jobs and employers find interested candidates.
Mohibul said, "We still have different attitudes towards common people and the disabled in our society. Our government has taken various steps to overcome that.
"But, this problem cannot be solved by policy alone. For this, first of all, the social barrier has to be removed. And this education must be imparted to everyone from families."
CCCI President Mahabubul Alam said, "First of all we should keep in mind that people with disabilities are also human beings. We must have a positive attitude towards them. But they have also created examples that they can play a role in the development of the country like other people in society."
Leonard Cheshire Bangladesh Country Representative Zahir Bin Siddique said, "Women with disabilities, in particular, are facing many adversities for unequal opportunities and assistance in entering the job market in Bangladesh. Overcoming this obstacle is a big challenge.
BBDN Chief Executive Officer Murteza Rafi Khan highlighted the overview of the organisation of the programme.
Vashkar Bhattachearjee, national consultant for accessibility of the government-run Access to Information (a2i) Programme.
BBDN Chairman Salahuddin Kasem Khan said, "If we can utilise the people with disabilities across the country, I believe they can play a role in achieving 1% of GDP. For this, private and government organisations have to work together."
Sadaf Saaz Siddiqi, a trustee and the chair of the BBDN board delivered the closing remarks and vote of thanks at the programme.
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THE FALL OF COUNTRY WESTERN MUSIC
Last night, at the CMT Awards, Country Music showed itself to be its fundamental transformed entity of the dark side. Just like many other iconic "American" identities, the death of our traditional two stepping, waltzing, and polkaing around the Country Western dance floor have given way to something I don't recognize. For over a year we have witnessed the injection of rap into Country, and a lot of songs that – given the T & A in the videos – bandy around lyrics like "gotta get me some of that." Talk about a war on women – I do not want my granddaughters growing up in a world where their identity is just as a sex object. After women have traveled so far to be seen as viable members of society as mothers, and in the workplace, it is disheartening to see them falling into the pit of being primarily sex objects again.
Conspicuously missing from this year's CMT Music Awards were George Strait, Reba McIntire, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Vince Gill, Scotty McCreery, Dolly Parton, Trace Adkins, Martina McBride, Brad Paisley, Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Sawyer Brown, Kenny Chesney, Randy Travis, Toby Keith, Chris Young, Zac Brown Band, Hank Williams Jr., Kelly Clarkson, Sheryl Crow, Gretchen Wilson, Gloriana, Shooter Jennings, Willie Nelson, Taylor Swift, and Thompson Square. Perhaps they were there and the camera did not land on them. Perhaps I just missed seeing all of them giving and receiving awards, but I don't think so.
Perhaps crossover hits from Love and Theft . . . would have been preferred by me . . . over Brantley Gilbert's death and satanic visual effects, and the most blatant satanic hand signs of the night. At least Jason Aldean back stage had the presence of mind to flash his required satanic hand sign while looking away from the camera – seeming ashamed even as he did it. The kids may not know what it really is, but I assure you that the artists and their promoters do. When we saw these hand signs in heavy metal, everyone knew what they were. When I wrote about these hand signs recently, I got a lot of ignorant rhetoric about it being a "love" sign. Ignorance is no excuse when Satan himself is watching a hand sign that for millennium has been Satanic being required of artists that many young people worship . . . and in the audience one can see the masses mimicking what their "idols" do.
Ray Price died this year and someone should have sung "For the Good Times" and delivered a eulogistic thank you for his music contributions over the decades. Where was the memorial for George Jones?
As for me, I have watched my last CMT Awards show; and I will be listening to the Oldies Country station, adding it to the Oldies Rock and Roll, and Oldies in general. This "older woman" will encourage my children and grandchildren to follow suit.
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The number of homes available for sale in Seattle is increasing at the second-highest rate in the country as the red-hot real estate market of the past few years begins to cool, says a new report. The report, by real estate marketing site Zillow, found that there were 3,324 more homes on the market in Seattle during January than there were at the same time in the previous year - an increase of 36.9 percent. That's the second-highest increase in the nation, behind only San Jose, Calif., which saw an increase of 42.9 percent in for-sale home inventory. San Diego saw the third-highest increase, at 31.9 percent, Los Angeles was fourth at 29.1 percent and San Francisco was fifth at 25 percent. Across the nation as a whole, there were 1.2 percent more homes for sale in January than there were in the previous year - a much smaller increase than in Seattle, but still the first time in more than five years that the nationwide for-sale home inventory has grown in January. The rising number of homes for sale is good news for buyers, who now have more selection than they have had in years and less competition from other buyers. Mortgage rates just over 4 percent also remain very reasonable by historic standards. The bad news for buyers - home prices are continuing to go up at an average year-over-year rate of 7.5 percent nationwide. And the inventory of homes for sale is still 20 percent less than the recent high of more than 2 million set in July 2014. The study also found that rents are rising at an average rate of 2.1 percent over the same time last year.
Three cities in the South Sound have been named among the most culturally diverse in America, according to a study by WalletHub. Kent, Renton and Federal Way all made the list, which compared 501 of the most populated U.S. cities across three key metrics: Ethnoracial diversity, Linguistic diversity and Birthplace diversity, the study's authors wrote. The research was limited to just 10 cities from each state. Kent ranked 10th most diverse, while Renton came in at 20th and Federal Way at 24th. Other Washington cites on the list: Bellevue at 42nd, and Everett at 131st, Tacoma and 133rd and Seattle and 138th. The most diverse city was Jersey City, New Jersey while the least diverse was Miami suburb Hialeah, Florida --96.4 percent of their population identified as Hispanic or Latino, the study found. The study also peered into how many people in each state were born there, or are transplants, and if so, where did they come from? In Washington, less than half of its residents were born in the state -- just under 47 percent, according to WalletHub. 14.4 percent were born out of the United States and 19 percent were born elsewhere in the West. Just under 4 percent were born in the Northwest, while nearly 8 percent are from the Midwest and 6.4 percent from the South.
Washington lawmakers have proposed a carbon fee as part of a transportation funding package, the third major attempt at limiting the atmosphere-warming gas through such a policy there since 2018. If passed the measure would be the first of its kind in the nation, but similar proposals in the state have failed in recent years. At $15 per ton, the fee would raise about $7.9 billion over the next ten years, part of a $17 billion fee-and-bond package. The package also includes a 6-cents-per-gallon fuel tax increase, and would fund projects including highway maintenance, the state ferry system, and court-mandated culvert replacement projects.
Best Neighborhood, a neighborhood analysis and data visualization website, analyzed incomes and home prices across the country and found that as of 2019, 27 percent of homeowners would not be able to safely afford their same house today. That number combines the about 14.2 percent of homeowners who would definitely not qualify for a mortgage loan and the 12.8 percent who may or may not qualify but would be financially stretched if they did. In Seattle, that number jumps to 52.8 percent. But it doesn't get much better outside the Emerald City - Washington as a whole ranks among the states where most homeowners would not be able to afford their house today. Though Washington is not the worst. There are five states where homeowners are even less likely to be able to afford their current homes in today's market. When looking at cities, all of the worst 25 cities are located in California - though two states are worse overall than the Golden State. Compare that to 1990, when over 50 percent of homeowners would be able to afford their homes in that market - and just 4.3 percent of homeowners would definitely have not qualified for a mortgage. So why the change? Nationwide, wages are not increasing as quickly as home prices - not even close. For all but the top 10 percent of earners, wages have largely stagnated, according to Pew Research Center. "If wages do not continue to rise to match home prices, our analysis provides evidence that current real estate price increases are far from sustainable," Best Neighborhood said in its analysis. The analysis cites a 2015 Harvard study showing that homeowner rates among young adults has been falling and is expected to continue falling.
It now takes $105,367 annual income to buy a median home in the Seattle-Tacoma area, according to HSH.com, a mortgage resource company based in California. A median home in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue market was priced at $489,600 as of the fourth quarter of 2018 (National Association of Realtors). One catch, that's the income you'll need if you can afford a 20 percent down payment, nearly $98,000. If you can only put down 10 percent, you'll need $122,484. Seattle is the seventh most expensive city in they U.S. to buy a home. Of the 50 largest metro areas in the country, Pittsburgh is the least expensive. It takes just $37,660 in income. The median home price there is $141,625. No surprise, San Jose is most expensive. You need a quarter of a million dollars to buy the median home there ($1.25 million). Portland clocked in at 10 at $85,173.
Seattle isn't cheap to live in, and raising a child is a surefire way to dramatically decrease your spending budget, so it may make sense that Washington has some of the higher childcare costs around the country. A new study from Haven Life, an online life insurance agency, broke down the cost of childcare in each state and the percentages parents take out of their incomes, and ranked each state. Washington fit into the top 10, along with other states that line the coasts of the country. Midwest and southern states rounded out the bottom 10 states, mostly. But what's most significant about the study isn't how much childcare costs in each state, but the strain they put on households. For example, while Washington on average has a higher cost of childcare than Illinois, it takes out about 57 percent of a minimum wage income compared to 78 percent in Illinois. The study also answered the most important question: Is it affordable? What they said is that for couples with dual incomes, which the study describes as "married-couple family incomes," only two states have affordable childcare: Alabama and Mississippi. It said no states were affordable for single-parent incomes or minimum wage incomes.


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* Altogether, 11,206 new companies were established in 2016 as compared to 13,483 new companies established in 2015. Like before, most of the new companies established in 2016, or 61.4%, were small capital limited liability companies.
In the World Bank's Doing Business 2017 survey, covering 190 countries of the world, Latvia climbed to 14th position in 2017 from 22nd position in 2016. Latvia earned the highest score in accessibility of loans, taking 7th place among the 190 countries.
* In Doing Business 2017, Latvia is ranked 22nd among the 190 countries in the world where it is easier to start a business. Latvia's position in that respect remains unchanged.
* The Commercial Law requires disclosure of the true beneficial owners or owners of offshore companies owning Latvian companies. In accordance with the Commercial Law, a shareholder who holds equity capital shares or stock on his or her behalf, however, acquiring at least 25% of the capital company shares for the benefit of another person, has a duty to notify the capital company thereof within 14 days, indicating the person, for whose benefit such shares are held.
* Business registration procedures are not expensive – they cost around EUR 170, which includes a EUR 142.29 stamp duty and EUR 27.03 to be paid for the publication of a notification in the official gazette Latvijas Vestnesis. Founders of limited liability companies must also be prepared to set aside EUR 2,800 for the company's capital. Since 2010, small capital limited liability companies can be registered even with a capital as small as EUR 1, but such enterprises have to meet certain requirements, for instance, they can have no more than five employees and their annual turnover must not exceed EUR 100,000.
In 2016, a total of 11,206 new entities were recorded in the Register of Enterprises, with small capital limited liability companies making up 61.4% of that number. Last year, the number of Latvia-registered companies declined by 2,277. The number of liquidated companies, meanwhile, continued to rise, growing by 2,161 year-on-year to 12,227 in 2016. Most of the companies liquidated last year had been involved in retail trade, wholesale and construction of buildings.
* In comparison with a large part of European countries, in Latvia a significant number of enterprises still belong to the state. These state-owned companies include the leading providers of infrastructure services in areas like energy, maintenance of railway infrastructure, freight transportation by rail and telecommunications. There are currently 142 companies in Latvia in which the state is a shareholder, including 69 companies in which the state owns all 100%. Local governments, meanwhile, are shareholders in 605 enterprises, 323 of which are belong entirely to local governments, and in 39 enterprises local governments have a controlling interest.
* Citadele Bank, one of the largest state-owned enterprises, was sold off at the end of 2014 to U.S. equity firm Ripplewood Advisors L.L.C. and a group of multinational investors. At the beginning of 2016, a private investor – German businessman Ralf Dieter Montag-Girmes – was attracted for airBaltic national airline. He provided around EUR 52 million to the company. A search for a strategic investor for airBaltic is still ongoing, though. The privatization of telecommunications companies Latvijas Mobilais Telefons and Lattelecom has been on the government's agenda for quite a long time already, with more active talks about the two companies' future expected this year.
* To date, agencies have assigned the following long-term foreign currency sovereign credit ratings on Latvia: Moody's Investors Service – 'A3', Outlook Positive, Standard & Poor's – 'A', Outlook Positive, Fitch Ratings – 'A', Outlook Stable and R&I – 'BBB+' Outlook Stable.


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The plan is to cancel the implementation of standards that would have required most bulbs sold in the U.S. to be energy-efficient LED or fluorescent.
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The Department of Energy announced a plan Wednesday to roll back energy efficiency standards for light bulbs sold in the U.S.
The regulation was a combined effort of former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, set to start being enforced in January 2020. It requires most bulbs sold in the country be LED or fluorescent, gradually phasing out the less efficient incandescent or halogen bulbs. As the enforcement date has drawn closer, stores have become increasingly stocked with energy efficient bulbs.
The Trump administration's plan to cancel the energy-saving regulations has been in the works since at least February. It's a decision that's expected to increase greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, keeping inefficient light bulbs will require "at least 25 power plants' worth of extra electricity every year."
The public has two months to comment on the administration's 193-page proposal.
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Pres. Biden withdrew 180 million barrels from the strategic reserve over several months, bringing the stockpile to its lowest level since the 1980s.
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Why officials haven't provided solutions to securing US power grid
Key pieces of U.S. infrastructure have been subject to attacks recently, but protecting against these isn't a simple feat for any certain agency.
Is there a link between the power grid attacks and extremism?
Recent attacks on the power grid seem to have a common thread of perpetrators sharing extremist ideologies hoping to create chaos and panic.
Kansas City will face Philadelphia in the Super Bowl on Feb. 12 in Glendale, Arizona.
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