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High and Mighty
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In the mid 1980s, two young women-Caroline and Bernie-meet for the first time in an Upper East Side church in Manhattan. On the same day, they are delighted to also meet Will, the new seminary intern, who happens to be a handsome, charming Princeton graduate. The two women and the intern become fast friends and unbeknownst to the women, the two younger gals each become romantically involved with the intern, who is of questionable character. When the possibility of a public scandal arises, the three act out as the worst of us would.  One of them commits a crime within the walls of the church. Friendships, trust and hopes fracture as each character's inner voice tries to steer them through this turning point in their lives. Â
The play contains strong language and is not appropriate for youngsters.
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Donna Gay Anderson is a playwright/lyricist whose career path has always been forged by love for the stage. Her mother was a director, so her earliest memories are of theatrical rehearsals. She worked as an actress before accepting the position of Director of Children and Teens Division at Gilla Roos Talent Agency in New York. Later, she taught theater at the high school level before becoming Director of Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts and its annual festival, Fanfare. Donna Gay is the author of High and Mighty, a musical which debuted in November 2015 at Southeastern Louisiana University, and also received multiple awards of recognition at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region 6. Â She was the first place winner of the So You Think You Can Write, One Act Competition in 2016 for Blues, and was a finalist in the one act play category at the Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival 2016 for Shrimp and Crab. Other produced works are An Act ofCharity(New York) and Formula One(Louisiana and North Carolina) and Red Red Wine(Louisiana). Her work has been presented in development at the First Draft Series at Chicago Dramatists and also by the artists from Kentucky Shakespeare in cooperation with Spalding University in Louisville. Donna Gay has served as a contributing writer for Dramatists Magazine and MusicalWriters.com. She is the founder and facilitator of The Neighborhood Book Club (theneighborhoodbookclub.com), a weekly book club program for young girls.
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A GREAT BLACK SHADOW lay across the land, cleaving the red flame of the red sunset. To the man who toiled up the jungle trail it loomed like a symbol of death and horror, a menace brooding and terrible, like the shadow of a stealthy assassin flung upon some candle-lit wall.
This is the opening of Robert E. Howard's The Moon of Skulls, a Solomon Kane story published in the June-July 1930 issue of Weird Tales.
You can find an e-text of the story here thanks to the good people of the Project Gutenberg of Australia. Like most Solomon Kane stories, it's a nice piece of storytelling, and a testament to Howard's prowess with a words.
I re-read The Moon of Skulls because in the comments, the other day, Keith Taylor wondered whether Cullum's Vampire Queen of N'Gobi could be in any way related to Howard's Vampire Queen of Negari.
After all, Cullum's book came out five years after Howard's story.
Could in some way Cullum have read Howard's The Moon of Skulls, and lifted a few ideas?
"You bear no gifts," said he; "but follow me and I will lead you to the Terrible One, the Mistress of Doom, The Red Woman, Nakari, who rules the land of Negari."
I must say I sort of hoped that the Mistress of Doom that rules the land of Negari was called something akin to Cullum's Ramaanita… that would have been a perfect smoking gun.
But no, the Terrible One of Negari is called Nakari.
Now I'm pretty sure some stories of Howard made it across the pond in his time – The Hour of the Dragon was pitched at a British publisher that would rather publish a novel than a collection of stories.
The British knew at least some of Howard's work during his lifetime.
But everything's hypothetical.
As far as I've been able to find, the first time The Moon of Skulls was printed in the UK was during the 1960s.
But maybe I've been barking up the wrong tree.
What if both Howard and Cullum were inspired by someone else's work they both were familiar with?
The hunt continues.
"My name is Solomon Kane." the white man answered in the same language. "I seek the vampire queen of Negari."
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Thanks, Davide! I speculated in more detail in a couple of two-part posts for that fine weblog, "REH — Two Gun Raconteur". They were called "Captive of the Vampire Queen" and "The City of the Mad", but "REH – TGR" isn't an active website any more, so anyone who's interested may not be able to find them.
Of course, Cullum must have had other influences. "Dracula" and "She" for two. I don't know if he ever read "The Moon of Skulls" or not. But if he never saw an issue of WEIRD TALES in its heyday, when Howard, Smith and Lovecraft were its leading lights, he missed something, that is for sure.
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But for a fact, Cullum's "vampire queen" is not a vampire at all, just a bit of a party girl.
So I think Bram Stoker's out of the picture.
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By popular demand, I am sharing a special Indian recipe from the Club Dine In! test kitchen. This is the perfect dish for a cold winter evening (it's supposed to snow in SF this weekend). Like most Indian dishes, it tastes better the next day so don't worry about having leftovers. I highly recommend using organic, cage-free chicken for health, environmental, and ethical reasons. If you cannot find rasam powder, use 1 tablespoon gharam masala. The gharam masala will change the flavor, but it's a still a good substitute.
1. Rinse the chicken breast under cool, running water. Cut them into 1-inch cubes and marinate in coconut milk and 1 tablespoon oil, garlic, and ginger for 15 minutes.
2. Add 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and then add the onion. Cook for 5-7 minutes, until onions are soft and golden. If the onions start sticking and browning, add 1 tablespoon of water and stir.
3. Add the curry leaves, mustard seeds, rasam powder, asafoetida, red chile powder, turmeric, and salt to the pan and cook for 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes and water. Stir well.
4. Add the chicken with the coconut milk and stir well. Cover and let cook for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally and add a few tablespoons of water at a time if sauce is burning out.
5. Garnish with cilantro and coconut flakes. Serve with basmati rice or roti.


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WEST COVINA — Authorities Wednesday continued seeking a motorcyclist who, along with more than 100 fellow bikers, shut down the 10 Freeway in West Covina over the weekend to propose to his now-fiancee.
The cyclists brought all traffic lanes to a halt and blocked an offramp for the proposal, as some bikers popped wheelies and turned donuts to celebrate.
Online comments posted on viral YouTube videos of Sunday's 1:30 p.m. stunt on the eastbound San Bernardino (10) Freeway at Barranca Avenue range from support to fury.
In addition to numerous traffic violations observed in the YouTube videos, officers are also investigating the incident as conspiracy to commit a crime, which can be prosecuted as a felony.
The motorcyclist had been identified and indicated he would turn himself in to investigators, Stormes said, however that had not taken place Wednesday morning.
The CHP and Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office planned to prosecute the case to the "fullest extent" of the law, Stormes added.
Another group of men who intentionally stopped the Hollywood (101) Freeway in Los Angeles during rush hour in October of 2010 to promote their rock band were charged and convicted of felony charges last year.
The band members stopped a large truck plastered with an advertisement for their band on the southbound 101 Freeway at Sunset Boulevard, blocking all but one lane of the freeway, before climbing on top of the truck and playing their instruments, according to district attorney's officials. The obstruction lasted about four hours.
The three members of an Orange County rock band each pleaded no contest to a felony count of conspiracy, as well as a misdemeanor county of creating a public nuisance and two misdemeanor counts of resisting, obstructing or delaying police.
Christopher Roy Wright, 34, David Paul Hale, 32, and Keith R. Yackey, 33, were sentenced to three years probation and 35 days of community service.
PICO RIVERA — Deputies jailed an auto theft suspect Sunday following a pursuit after a man reported spotting his truck, which had been stolen, parked in a Pico Rivera neighborhood, authorities said.
Suspected Lynwood gang member Daniel Gomez, 44, was booked on suspicion of auto theft, reckless driving and felony evading of police following the incident, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Joe Mendoza said.
A man called sheriff's officials shortly before 2 p.m. to report seeing his red Ford F-150 pickup truck, which had recently been stolen, parked in the 6600 block of Baquette Avenue, Mendoza said.
On arrival, deputies saw a man — later identified as Gomez — and a woman standing beside the truck, the lieutenant said.
As deputies approached, the man jumped into the truck and drove off, initiating a chase, Mendoza said. The woman did not get into the car. She could not be found later.
Deputies chased the truck south on Rosemead Boulevard until it crashed into a curb near Rex Road and the driver got out and ran into a nearby neighborhood.
As officials were working to set up a search perimeter, Gomez made his way back to the truck and again led deputies on a brief vehicle chase, Mendoza said.
Gomez crashed the truck into the gate of an apartment complex in the 9000 block of Burma Road before exiting the vehicle and forcing his way into an apartment. The apartment was later determined to be the residence of an acquaintance of Gomez's.
Deputies followed Gomez into the apartment, found him hiding in a closet and arrested him without further incident, Mendoza said.
Information regarding Gomez's bail and initial court appearance was not available Sunday afternoon.
ARCADIA — A complaint about loud music early Sunday led police to discover a "sophisticated" marijuana growing operation in an abandoned Arcadia home, authorities said.
Chuan Wu Pang, 30, of Alhambra was arrested in connection with the bust, which took place shortly after 2:30 a.m. in the 2500 block of South Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia police Sgt. Tom Le Veque said in a written statement.
It appeared the home's electrical meter had been bypassed as well, allowing Pang to steal electricity from Southern California Edison's grid, officials said.
"Every room, closet, hallway and usable space inside this approximately 2,500-square-foot, four-bedroom home was being used to facilitate the operation," Le Veque said.
Police were first summoned to the home after someone called to report loud music, Le Veque said. Officers encountered Pang in front of the home, and he told officers he would lower the music.
When questioned, Pang told officers the house belonged to a friend, who gave him permission to be there, but he couldn't recall the friend's name, according to police.
The man then showed officers a key, which he demonstrated could be used to open the door.
"When the door was opened, officers saw items consistent with an indoor marijuana grow and smelled the overpowering odor of marijuana," Le Veque added.
The home was secured, and detectives returned with a search warrant.
There was no evidence the marijuana was being grown in compliance with California medical marijuana laws, police added.
According to county booking records, Pang was being held in lieu of $30,000 bail at the Arcadia Police Department's jail pending a scheduled arraignment Wednesday in Pasadena Superior Court.
ARCADIA — Police arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder and other crimes early Sunday after he tried to drive himself and a woman over a cliff, then barricaded himself inside the home of the Santa Anita Dam keeper for seven hours, authorities said.
"Further investigation revealed the driver of the vehicle intentionally hit the guardrail in an attempt to kill both himself and his passenger — changing the focus of the investigation from a traffic accident to attempted murder," Arcadia police officials said in a written statement.
The woman, whose age was not available, was unhurt, police said. Officers searched the area but did not find the driver.
Gonzalez and the woman were believed to be in a relationship or formerly involved in a relationship, Castro said.
But several hours later, just before 1:20 a.m., police received a 9-1-1 call from the home of the dam keeper at the Santa Anita Dam reporting an intruder inside the house, officials said.
The dam keeper and his wife got out of the home safely, but the intruder remained inside, Castro said. It was determined the man who broke into the house was the same man involved in the earlier crash.
Police made repeated attempts to order the suspect — later identified as Gonzalez — to surrender, but he remained holed-up in the house, police said. The residents also advised police that there was a loaded gun inside the house.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department SWAT team members were summoned to the scene and took over the stand-off.
After a little more than seven hours, they entered the home and took Gonzalez into custody, according to Arcadia police.
He was hospitalized in unknown condition for injuries he was believed to have suffered in the crash and while fleeing from it, Castro said. He was not believed to have been injured during his arrest.
MONROVIA — A fire sparked be an electric blanket left an elderly couple homeless Sunday morning, authorities said.
The fire was reported about 9:30 a.m. at a single-story house in the 300 block of South Mayflower Avenue, Monrovia police Sgt. Don Newton said.
The residents continued trying to extinguish the flames themselves by spraying a garden hose through an external window, also without success, the chief said.
A neighbor called 9-1-1, he said. The home was "fully involved" with flames when firefighters arrived.
Firefighters extinguished the fire and kept it from spreading to other structures, but it was a total loss, Donovan said. They encountered "hoarding conditions" inside the home, which provided ample fuel for the flames.
Officials estimated the fire cause about $250,000 worth of damage to the home and its contents.
Officials were working with the Red Cross and local charities to secure temporary lodging for the displaced couple.
GLENDORA — Police arrested three men at a Pomona scrap yard Saturday after they were found with a trailer and other items stolen from a Glendora business earlier in the day, authorities said.
Luis Salazar, 30, and Daniel Saldana, 26, were booked on suspicion of auto theft, burglary and possession of stolen property following Saturday morning's break-in at a business in an industrial neighborhood in the 1100 block of South Nicole Court, according to Glendora police and Los Angeles County booking records.
Alexander Torres, 22, was also arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen property, though he was not accused of taking part in the initial burglary, Glendora police Lt. Rob Lamborghini said.
The investigation began about 8 a.m. when police received a report of a break-in at the Nicole Court business, the lieutenant said.
"The suspects stole a trailer registered to the company, they loaded it up with pallets, propane tanks, scrap metal and other items before they hitched a truck to it and drove away," he said.
At the suggestion of the investigating officer, a business employee began checking area scrap yards to see if he could find any of the stolen scrap, Lamborghini said.
"He located the stolen trailer and the suspects at a scrap yard in Pomona," the lieutenant said.
Glendora police responded and arrested the three men.
Some of the scrap metal was recovered, while other items remained missing, Lamborghini said.
According to county booking records, Salazar was being held in lieu of $45,000 bail, while Saldana was being held in lieu of $20,000 bail. Both were scheduled for arraignment Tuesday in West Covina Superior Court.
GLENDORA — Police arrested an 18-year-old Covina man and a 12-year-old Glendora boy Saturday on suspicion of scrawling graffiti on dozens of spots at a Glendora school, officials said.
Justin Cardoza and the juvenile suspect were accused of felony vandalism following the overnight graffiti spree at the Sunflower Alternative School, 1505 S. Sunflower Avenue, Glendora police Lt. Rob Lamborghini said.
Police estimated the damage to the school, which was vandalized throughout, at more than $2,000.
The vandalism was first reported just before 10 a.m., and within minutes, police had identified the suspects and located them at Wingate Park in Covina, Lamborghini said.
The 12-year-old suspect was released to his parents with a written promise to appear in court, police said.
Cardoza was being held in lieu of $20,000 bail at the Glendora Police Department's jail pending a scheduled arraignment Tuesday in West Covina Superior Court.
COVINA — A convenience store clerk used a "wet floor" sign to fend of a would-be beer robber armed with a pool cue early Saturday, officials said.
Martin Rivera, 21, of San Dimas was arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery following the 3 a.m. incident at 7-Eleven at Citrus Avenue and Covina Boulevard, Covina police Sgt. Gregg Peterson said.
He entered the store brandishing a pool cue above his head and tried to steal a 12-pack of Modelo beer, the sergeant said.
But the clerk, a man in his late 20s, grabbed a "wet floor" sign to defend himself and confronted the would-be robber, Peterson said.
Rivera fled empty-handed after a brief exchange of words, he said.
An officer responding to the call spotted three men arguing outside a nearby home on Covina Boulevard, Peterson said. One of them matched the description of the failed robber. The other two men turned out to be acquaintances of his.
The clerk identified Rivera as the man who tried to rob him, the sergeant said. A pool cue was recovered.
Booking records indicated Rivera was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail at the Covina Police Department's jail pending a scheduled arraignment Tuesday in West Covina Superior Court.
DIAMOND BAR — A thief or thieves turned out the lights overnight and Saturday morning for about 1,500 Diamond Bar residents after stealing wiring from an electrical junction box at a vacant car dealership, authorities said.
The theft took place between 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday at the site of the former Diamond Bar Honda dealership, in the 500 block of Grand Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Angie Wilkinson said.
The majority of affected residents had their power restored by noon Saturday, officials said.


The Haisla said they have withdrawn from Coastal First Nations, amid a debate among aboriginal groups about the environmental impact of West Coast industrial development that has now blown out into the open. The move comes as the Haisla shift their position on oil exports from their traditional territory, which some see as evidence that opposition to Gateway is beginning to wane.
Part of the dispute is grounded in the techniques used to compress and liquefy natural gas for export – and what greenhouse-gas emissions result. The difference is technical, but Coastal First Nations has backed using electric drives, which can be powered by hydro, rather than mechanical drives situated inside the export terminals that are powered by burning gas.
"The CO2 output on [mechanical drives] at a minimum is double the CO2 output of electric drives outside the fence," Coastal First Nations executive director Art Sterritt said in an interview Wednesday.
The Haisla have a substantial interest in the development of LNG in their region and have aligned themselves with several projects. Mr. Sterritt accused them of picking dollars over the environment.
"They ended up totally conflicted on this and they all decided: We're going to do this the dirtiest way possible and get all the money we can," he said.
The Haisla, however, say Mr. Sterritt, whose group has backing from environmental groups, is unfairly comparing the emissions from gas-fired power with hydro power – when there is no guarantee hydro power will materialize.
The Haisla, who have applied months of scrutiny to the question, say a better comparison is between gas-fired electricity and gas-powered mechanical compression – and on that front, they say, there is no emissions difference. In other words, they say, electric drive is no better.
Band council chief Ellis Ross in his role as government collaborator.
For the Haisla, the move away from Coastal First Nations also comes as Mr. Ross strikes a less hostile tone toward the $6-billion Gateway pipeline, which proposes to move Alberta oil to the coast for export. Gateway would build a terminal to feed oil supertankers near Kitimat, B.C., in Haisla traditional territory. For that reason, the Haisla arguably hold the highest profile among first nations with regard to the project. Any change in their position could be important to a pipeline that has become a national priority.
Mr. Ross, for example, has met twice in the past two months with Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver. In an interview earlier this week, Mr. Ross was asked if the outreach by Mr. Oliver could prompt him to reconsider opposition to Gateway.
He suggested that the Haisla are seeking assurance on project specifics.
"You've really got to show me that you've really covered off all the bases in terms of protecting the environment. Because all I can visualize is the Gulf of Mexico, Prince William Sound, Kalamazoo," he said, referring to the potential for spills from the pipeline and the tankers it would fill. He faulted the federal panel reviewing the project for not extracting enough "exact details" on how Gateway would manage safety concerns.
One person close to the Gateway project said the comments from Mr. Ross suggest a change in tone, and may signal that first nations opposition is showing signs of change. "The pendulum continues to shift," the person said.
Coastal First Nations, in contrast, has maintained a far stronger front against Gateway.
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It is sunny and beautiful today.
I am sitting outside enjoying the day at PJ's- our favorite place to use the Internet. I say this and laugh because it is really the only place we use the Internet anymore. We haven't been able to get online at the church for going on three weeks. I am trying to be kind and patient and all of that jazz, but really I want to shake someone. Then I get mad at myself for being so dependent on the Internet and want to shake myself.
Work went well last week. I realized that there is no way that I will be able to effectively case manage every one of the homeowners the Presbytery works with down here, so I have got to get some help. I decided that volunteers that come down on work teams may be interested in visiting folks. Not everyone wants to hammer down shingles, right? So I started creating the paperwork and training materials needed to bring volunteers into the casework program. I tested it out on one of the volunteers and got some great feedback. I also rode along with two different contractors to learn more about the construction needs of our homeowners. Now, when I visit someone, I won't be giving them false hope- I can be honest in telling them whether or not we can help rebuild their home. Hurray for information and honesty.
I also had a fantastic visit with mom this week. She was working hard with her team each day, I was working hard with my job each day, but we had plenty of together time each evening. It was great to have her here to talk with and just to sit with. I feel so blessed.
Yesterday we had in impromptu babysitting session with the Castleman kids. They are sweet and smart and wonderful. It made me miss my munchkins. I can't wait to see some of them in just a few days.
I keep forgetting that I am going to Maryland in just a few days for Thanksgiving. I guess I should start to think about packing.
On this day, sitting in this chair, I don't feel as frustrated as I've been.
i'm am at this moment crouched in the corner of kerry's room "barrowing" wi-f ifrom the nieghbors!
i'm glad we're in this together, eventhough i've been reduced to stealing and hanging out in a smelly boy room!


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\chapter[Fun in 2+1]{Fun in 2+1
\title{Fun in 2+1}

\author{S. Deser\\
\emph{Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics,}\\
\emph{California Institute of Technology}\\
\emph{Pasadena, CA 91125, USA}\\
\emph{Physics Department, Brandeis University}\\
\emph{Waltham, MA 02454, USA}\\
\emph{deser@brandeis.edu}}
\maketitle

\begin{abstract}
\noindent To celebrate Roman Jackiw's eightieth birthday, herewith some comments on gravity and gauge theory models in $D=3$, the chief focus of our many joint efforts.
\end{abstract}

\section{Introduction
It is a pleasure to dedicate this note, on this round birthday, to my long-time friend and collaborator Roman Jackiw. We were born eight years apart at about the same latitude, if slightly different longitudes, in prewar Poland, but first met when he arrived in Cambridge as a Harvard Junior Fellow, after a Cornell PhD --- and a co-authored graduate textbook --- with Hans Bethe. That guaranteed his technical skill and mastery of theory, all of which have been amply borne out by his subsequent contributions. Roman has been an ornament to MIT --- and the Boston area physics community --- ever since. Our own collaboration spanned a quarter century, with fifteen papers garnering some 6500 citations to date. Even so, our joint best seller is only his \#2 work (\#1 would be the ABJ chiral anomaly). These bare statistics miss all the fun we had, ranging from lecturing at a Brazilian school in far-off Ouro Prieto to soirees in his and So-Young Pi's Beacon Hill apartment, to our many violent discussions while collaborating and to the altogether different tenor of the interactions during our related efforts with Gerard 't Hooft.

Our work over those decades had an unplanned, but retrospectively manifest, theme: Quantum field theories and gravity models in lower --- especially $D=3$ --- dimensions. It proved extremely fruitful, giving rise to numerous novel consequences, including massive yet gauge invariant models \cite{deser82a,deser82b} --- the first new classical mass generating mechanism --- amongst all the other new Chern--Simons (CS) physical and mathematical effects, and separately, what we called the dynamics of flat space, finding life in --- seemingly empty --- GR in $D=3$ \cite{deser84a}. These topics having continued to snowball in popularity, this may be a good point to comment on some aspects of their evolution.

\section{Why $D=3$?}
As a child, I recall seeing a popular (prewar) book entitled ``Why split atoms?", one that I assumed pled for less cruelty to them. Here I ask ``why work in $D=3$?" in a rather more positive vein. The obvious Everest defense is of course ``because it's (sometimes effectively) there" but there are good reasons aside from the fun and learning we derive in seeming detours from reality. For example, as I write this, a new posting suggests the use of the strong fields in various gravitational collapses to look for the, slightly generalized $D=4$ extension of, CS gravity whose antecedents can also be traced to ($D=10$!) string theory. The totally different CS application to the quantum Hall effect is instead about planar condensed matter physics. Then there is the enormous and still growing, mathematical physics, pure CS industry, let alone its supersymmetric versions whose existence are a model's sine qua non these days, and brings the whole CS notion to fermions as well \cite{deser83}! Our revival of $D=3$ GR had another spinoff: the BTZ industry --- sourceless black holes entirely due to identifying points in pure AdS \cite{banad92}. Just as $D>4$ physics has been a great source of $D=4$ insights, so clearly is $D=3$.

\section{$D=3$}
In $D=4$, Einstein gravity (GR) is itself a dynamical system whose excitations must have positive energy for stability; this is guaranteed (only) with the canonical gravitational sign choice. As a far from trivial dividend, this same choice leads to attraction between like masses \cite{deser05}. But $D=3$ Einstein gravity \cite{deser84a} is neither dynamical nor does it mediate forces between masses; the former because Riemann and Einstein tensors are equivalent here (they are double duals of each other), so empty ($G_{mn}=0$) space is flat; the latter because space's flatness between sources means it cannot transmit any local (but only global) interactions between them. Nevertheless, there remains a rich global source interaction, including their quantum scattering \cite{deser88,hooft88}! The cosmological, (A)dS, extensions \cite{deser84b} of $D=3$ GR are correspondingly different from their $D=4$ counterparts as well.

Separately, our totally different, odd-dimensional, $D=3$ extensions of gauge theory and of GR, introduced a physical role for their respective first and third derivative order Chern--Simons terms, and incidentally forcing the sign of the (now lower derivative) Einstein component to be opposite to that in $D=4$. These models have deep ``topological" roots: their gauge and gravity terms are the 3D ``descents" $K^4$ of the 4D axial invariant densities $F^*F$ and $R^*R$, each of which is a total divergence $\partial_\mu K^\mu$.

\section{3 topics in 3D}
So much for generalities; let us now briefly consider some specifics, starting with aspects of 3D GR AdS solutions and their relations to the very different nature of the (subsequent) BTZ solutions. Consider the frame in which the source-free AdS metric is
\begin{equation}
ds^2= -F dt^2 + F^{-1} dr^2 + r^2 d\theta^2,   \quad  F=1+ \left(\frac{r}{l}\right)^2.
\end{equation}
In Ref.~\cite{deser84b}, where $\Lambda= l^{-2}=0$, it was shown that a (positive mass $m$) particle action produces the value
\begin{equation}\label{eq2}
F= 1- 4Gm + 0 \quad\rightarrow\quad  F = 1-4Gm + \left(\frac{r}{l}\right)^2.
\end{equation}
 Specifically, (\ref{eq2}) first shows the $\Lambda=0$ point source solution, then how it generalizes to AdS for a positive mass point source and gravitational constant $G$. The conventional (``$D=4$") sign is $G>0$. [We actually generalized to more sources, but that is irrelevant here.] Instead, the BTZ solution is given in the same frame by
\begin{equation}
F^* = -M + \left(\frac{r}{l}\right)^2,
\end{equation}
where $M$ is a positive constant. It is this negative sign choice that provides the black hole (BH) interpretation, a bit like that of the (``1/2") dS intrinsic horizon, where instead the $r^2$ term turns negative and its ``$F$" $=1- (r/l)^2$. The BTZ solution has no explicit matter source; rather, it is pure AdS  but with certain points identified. [In $D=4$, the BH sign is automatically related to overall (necessarily positive) mass, this coefficient of $1/r$ being the total energy of the system, with, or even without, physical matter sources.]  Let us instead consider this metric In terms of our physical point sources as in (\ref{eq2}). The combination $4Gm$ must exceed unity for negative $-M$ (note that only the product $Gm$ enters, BUT $m$ is necessarily $>0$, so only the conventional positive sign of $G$ has a chance.) Recall also that there is no gravitational contribution to the total mass in $D=3$, as noted earlier. As already shown in Ref.~\cite{deser84a}, these are forbidden unphysical, values. Indeed, here is the relevant explicit quote: ``In the above we have taken $m < 1/4G$. When $m$ exceeds this limit, the metric near the particle becomes singular, e.g., the distance from the particle to any other point diverges as $r^{1-4Gm}$. This limitation on the mass may also be understood in terms of the formal equivalence between $a  \leftrightarrow -a$ and the coordinate inversion $r \leftrightarrow l/r$ implied by (2.8). In other words, a high-mass particle at the origin with $m > 1/4G$ is actually a particle at infinity with acceptable mass $1/2G - m$. The geometrical counterpart of this argument is given in Section V, where it is also shown that composite (many-body) sources can have a higher (up to $1/2G$) total mass."  Nothing changes in this analysis for AdS gravity; for example the diverging distance is a purely local effect. The special value $4Gm=1$ is also analyzed there to be a strange cylinder. We conclude that the BTZ solution, while mathematically correct as a pure AdS space with those identifications, cannot be constructed from physical, positive mass, sources. The authors indeed state that theirs are solutions of the source-free Einstein equations, i.e., without matter sources, and specifically without the cone structure emanating from point matter. We have in fact speculated that these solutions are separated from their normally sourced counterparts by a ``superselection" rule \cite{deser10}.

Next, a brief look at closed timeline curves (CTC), a.k.a. time travel in pure GR. This subject, first worried about by Einstein, even before completing GR, as a possible disease of dynamical, as against fixed, spacetime, was of course made concrete by Godel's contribution to Einstein's 70th birthday(!), but was not as scary as local CTC discovered later.

In Refs.~\cite{deser92a} and \cite{deser92b}, 't Hooft, Roman and I responded to a purported Godelian $D=3$ solution involving string sources \cite{gott91}. True to Einstein's original intuition that physically admissible sources would not produce CTC, we showed that the threat was indeed unphysical here as well. Ironically, many years later, the local CTC menace was to arise in the more dangerous $D=4$ massive gravity context \cite{deser13a,deser13b}, this time showing it to be unphysical as well, a welcome echo of our 3D work!

As a final topic in our sampler, we describe the remarkably simple --- in first order form, like its SUGRA predecessor --- locally supersymmetric TMG (its gauge field counterpart is of course simpler still) \cite{deser83}. There are obviously separate fermionic companions to the Einstein and CS parts: the former is, also obviously, the massless Rarita--Schwinger action in a gravitational background with \emph{a priori} independent dreibein and connections to allow for torsion as in $D=4$, and equally obviously as devoid of excitations as GR. Instead, the friend of the CS term must be of second derivative order (always one less than its bosonic equivalent), and all fermionic terms must depend only on the (dual) field strength $f^\mu = \epsilon^{\mu\nu\lambda} D_\nu \psi_\lambda$ (the covariant derivative in the curl is thus only with respect to the spinorial index, namely a connection term) fo retain the original local gauge invariance under $\Delta\psi_\mu=\partial_\mu a(x)$, where $a(x)$ is the fermionic gauge parameter. This, together with the requirement that it must share the fermonic equivalent of the conformal-invariance of the CS term, forces it to be
\begin{equation}
L^{CS}_{3/2} \sim m^{-1} \int d^3x f^\mu \gamma_\nu  \gamma_\mu f^\nu;
\end{equation}
the overall coefficient likewise shares its inverse length dimension. Indeed, even the term's descent from a $D=4 \partial_\mu K^\mu$ is nicely reproduced. All this is gratifying, since there was no \emph{a priori} guarantee that a super version would exist, particularly one so nicely matching the topological bosonic part's properties.

\section{Envoi}
Many more happy years to you and to lower dimension physics progress!

\section*{Acknowledgements}
This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, under Award Number de-sc0011632.

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Q: Am I doing a df.Merge wrong? So I have one df1 which looks has this row amongst others
PlayDate   Timeslot   UserID
2005-09-09   6-16-1   59

and I have df2 which contains:
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59       2005-09-09  6-16-1       1        0.214459

I then try and bring in the extra columns from df2 into df1 using a merge.
df1.merge(df2,how='left',on=['Timeslot','PlayDate','UserID'])
(Note that df1 has more columns than exist in df2 hence why I do a left)
When I review df1 afterwards I see:
PlayDate    Timeslot   UserID   PlayCount   EstProb
2005-09-09   6-16-1      59       NaN         NaN

What am I doing wrong?

A: Check to make sure that your dtypes of your dataframes match.
df1['PlayDate'] = pd.to_datetime(df1['PlayDate'])
df2['PlayDAte'] = pd.to_datetime(df2['PlayDate'])
df1.merge(df2,how='outer',on=['Timeslot','PlayDate','UserID'])

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He now visits his sister in a Saskatoon hospital room, where she recently regained consciousness after she was stabbed multiple times in the stomach and neck in a mass killing on the First Nation.
The ashes of her 66-year-old husband sit in an urn next to her bed.
Joyce and Earl Burns were among the 28 people attacked on the First Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, on Sept. 4.
Ten people, including, Earl Burns, were killed. Two suspects also died.
Doctors had placed Joyce Burns on life support and her family was surprised when she woke up in late September, said her brother.
"It was really touch and go with how she was doing because her lungs filled up with water and her liver too," Sanderson said from his home in Debden, Sask.
"When she got transferred to Saskatoon, she was pretty much leaving us, but then she just turned around. Her body is starting to heal.
"I'm very happy that she's still with us, very much so."
Sanderson said Earl Burns was more than his brother-in-law. He was a mentor.
After Earl Burns joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry with the Canadian Armed Forces, he convinced Sanderson to join up as well.
"He taught me: 'Keep your head up high, don't let anybody knock you down, and always stand your ground.'"
When Earl Burns left the military, he started a family with his wife and they eventually became grandparents. He was also a rodeo competitor and a diehard Toronto Maple Leafs fan.
"He was one hell of a guy. He was a jack of all trades. He loved life, he loved his kids, he loved his grandkids more than anything else," Sanderson said.
"He always protected his family in a good way."
Defending his family and community is how residents of the First Nation are remembering Earl Burns.
They said he bought his own school bus years ago and drove students to Bernard Constant Community School every weekday.
There have been reports that on the Sunday morning of the killings, as Burns was wounded, he got in his bus to chase down one of the suspects. Others have said he went to get help.
He took his last breath on that bus, said Sanderson. A memorial of flowers from his Sept. 17 funeral was placed near where some say the bus went off the road as he died.
Sanderson said he's not sure if one or both of the two suspects — brothers Myles and Damien Sanderson — attacked his sister and her husband.
Court documents show that in 2015 the couple's former son-in-law, Myles Sanderson, repeatedly stabbed Earl Burns with a knife and wounded Joyce Burns. He was sentenced to two years less a day in jail.
Myles Sanderson died after he went into medical distress in police custody. Damien Sanderson died from wounds that were not self-inflicted near one of the many crime scenes on the First Nation.
As his sister begins walking again in the hospital, Victor Sanderson said he's focusing on remembering the laughter — mainly from her husband, who was known for cracking jokes and making people smile.
"He was a really big part of my life," he said.
"On a serious note, he was always about the kids, really. The future of our children (on James Smith Cree Nation) and how they are doing, and which direction our leaders are taking them."
He said the attacks have brought his family members closer, and also changed everything else.
"Our outlook in James Smith — it's going to be totally different," he said.
"The only way that we can (heal) is to just move forward. Look for brighter days and not let this happen again.
"And don't let anybody forget."
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BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union is prepared to offer Britain an unprecedentedly close relationship after it quits the bloc but would not allow anything that weakened the bodys single market, chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Wednesday.
Britains Brexit minister Dominic Raab told lawmakers on Wednesday he was confident that a deal was "within our sights", although he added that there was "some measure of leeway" on the October timetable.
Sterling, which has come under pressure from growing concerns over the chances of Britain leaving the EU without a deal, rallied sharply after Barniers comments.
Earlier this month Barnier said the two sides could have a trade agreement of "unprecedented scope".
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Олигомеризация органов ( — «малый», «немногий», «незначительный» +  — «часть») — уменьшение числа гомологичных (имеющих общее происхождение) органов в процессе эволюции животных.

Гомологичные органы (животных или растений) — органы, имеющие общий план строения, развивающиеся из сходных зачатков и выполняющие одинаковые (например, луковица тюльпана и клубень картофеля — видоизменённые побеги) или неодинаковые (например, крыло птицы и рука человека) функции.

Сходные органы — гомологичные органы у одного и того же индивидуума. Расположены по длинной оси тела симметрично один другому (например, передние и задние конечности позвоночных, конечности и ротовые придатки членистоногих) или без определённого порядка (чешуи, перья, волосы, листья).

Олигомеризация органов реализуется в эволюции всех основных филогенетических стволов многоклеточных животных. Сопровождается прогрессивной морфологической и функциональной дифференцировкой.

Учение об олигомеризации органов как важном морфофизиологическом принципе эволюции многоклеточных животных разработано в 1930—1950-х гг. советским учёным В. А. Догелем.

В эволюции одноклеточных (в отличие от многоклеточных) преобладает не олигомеризация, а полимеризация (увеличение, умножение) частей организма (органоидов клетки). Понятие «полимеризация органов» (увеличение числа гомологичных органов или органоидов в процессе эволюции) как важного морфо-физиологического принципа в эволюции простейших было обосновано В. А. Догелем в 1929 году. У одноклеточных во всех прогрессивных филогенетических ветвях (инфузории, фораминиферы, радиолярии и некоторые другие) наблюдается увеличение числа органоидов. Одно из проявлений — полиэнергидность (множественность ядер).

Необходимо отметить, что олигомеризация наблюдается не только в эволюции животных (у растений, например, олигомеризация приводит к образованию цветка).

Принципы

Множественная закладка новообразующихся органов
Открыт В. А. Догелем

Новые органы в филогенезе обычно возникают во множественном числе, слабо развиты, однородны и часто располагаются хаотически

Олигомеризация
Тенденцию к уменьшению количества и увеличению специализации повторяющихся частей тела организмов заметили ещё Тревиранус (1820—1822), Меккель (1821), Бэр (1828) и Бронн (1858). Иногда утверждение о наличии этой тенденции называют правилом или законом Уиллистона. Позже олигомеризация органов была подробно рассмотрена в работах В. А. Догеля, который сформулировал аналогичное утверждение, получившее название закона олигомеризации Догеля. Эта тенденция имеет много исключений.

По мере дифференциации происходит олигомеризация органов: они приобретают определенную локализацию, а число их все более уменьшается (с прогрессивной морфофизиологической дифференцировкой остающихся) и становится постоянным для данной группы животных

Примеры
Новые органы в филогенезе могут возникать, например, из-за:
 перемены образа жизни
 перехода от сидячего образа жизни к подвижному
 от водного к наземному

У членистоногих в ряде групп количество сегментов сокращается и становится постоянным; иногда они объединяются в группы (голова, грудь и брюшко; просома и опистосома и т. п.), которые специализируются на выполнении определённых функций.

Значения явления
Для решения ряда вопросов эволюции и филогении:
 по состоянию органов (множественный характер или уже подверглись олигомеризации) можно судить о большей или меньшей древности их возникновения,
 по комбинации органов разного возраста часто удается сделать выводы о филогении данной группы.

См. также
 Гомология (биология)

Примечания

Литература

 Боркин Л. Я., Наумов А. Д., Подлипаев С. Ф. 1971. Значение полимеризации и олигомеризации в эволюции систем органов // Вестник Ленинградского университета. № 21. С.7−18
 Подлипаев С. А., Наумов А. Д., Боркин Л. Я. 1974. К определению понятий полимеризации и олигомеризации // Журнал общей биологии. Т.35. № 1. С.100−113
 Городков К. Б. 1985. Олигомеризация и эволюция систем морфологических структур // Зоологический журнал Т.64. № 3. С.325−335
 Полянский Ю. И., Эволюция простейших и морфо-физиологическне закономерности эволюционного процесса, в кн.: Закономерности прогрессивной эволюции, Л., 1972
 Dogiel V., Polymerisation als ein Prinzip der progressiven Entwicklung bei Protozoen, «Biologisches Zentralblatt», 1929, Bd 49, S. 451-69.

Морфологическая эволюция
Органы (биология)
Биологические законы

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The Beat Goes On: Noise issue not over
The Beat Goes on: Noise issue not over despite petition opposition
(Crystal A. Proxmire)
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City Hall was packed on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 as residents came out to speak against the sound ordinance petition being circulated by W. Troy Street resident Sherry Wells, and ten of her neighbors. The neighbors had been attempting to get an ordinance on the ballot that would lower decibels throughout the City to 65 and ban outside amplified music.
To read the petition ordinance, alongside recommendations of the Ordinance Committee please see our previous article – https://oaklandcounty115.com/2010/09/22/ferndale-is-super-awesome/. To watch the video of the Council meeting, go to – http://www.ferndale-mi.com/.
Wells and others are upset over the opening of Rosie O'Gradys on the corner of W. 9 Mile and Allen, and say there are problems with noise from their outdoor patios and loud, disrespectful patrons who use their street for parking. However, the petition they circulated in an attempt to quiet the popular hangout raised concerns from City leaders, business owners, and residents who say they enjoy having a vibrant community and that the restrictions proposed were too strict.
"This petition would silence our city and undo all the hard work we put in to make Ferndale a happening city," said Ferndale Mayor Craig Covey.
W. Troy Street Francine Hachem said "The sound does not bother us at all. We walk Downtown every day. The people are all locals and we love them. I hope businesses don't think we're stabbing them in the back because we're not."
Resident Joanne Wilcock said "I have seen Downtown go from a ghost town to a vibrant down town. I don't want that to change."
Emily Herald who lives in the building directly next to Rosie O'Grady's said, "There cannot be a closer building, but I have never lost sleep."
The owner of Howe's Bayou (22848 Woodward) said that music in his restaurant and on his sidewalk patio creates mood and masks other noises like kitchen noise and conversation and the next table. "We have a satellite music system and when a storm comes by and knocks it out it creates an uncomfortable silence and you can hear other people's conversations," he said.
A dozen residents spoke in favor of keeping Ferndale musically inclined. The show of opposition to the petition brought resident Dave Cottrill to the meeting from his home, where he'd been watching the Council meeting on cable TV. "What you're trading is a nice quiet city and trading it for money. It's just way too loud and is destroying neighborhoods," he said.
Another resident involved with the petition asked the City to justify the need for the music that is played through the speakers along W. 9 Mile, and asking if there are any facts proving that businesses would be financially affected if the music were gone.
Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Director Cristina Sheppard-Decius responded with several studies that addressed background music in shopping settings. Some of the results:
●In October 2009, the independent research company Entertainment Media Research Ltd conducted a survey on the theme of Christmas music among shoppers. 95% of consumers said they prefer shopping with in store music. The survey showed that 85% felt Christmas wouldn't be as good without Christmas music, which brings a "unifying and enjoyable experience," and that 53% of people sing along with Christmas songs at bars and pubs during the holiday season. (http://digitalretailradio.com/christmas-music-radio-news/christmas-music-drives-online-sales-revenues.html)
●According to Digital Retail Radio, changing the tempo of music affects human activities. "Playing slower and softer music encourages customer to stay longer and spend more money." (http://digitalretailradio.com/christmas-music-radio-news/online-music-influences-sales.html)
● "Perhaps the most well-known example of a music research experiment was conducted by North, Hargreaves and McKendrick. This involved playing a mixture of French and German music next to a supermarket display of French and German wines over a two week period. When French music was played, French wine outsold German wine by five bottles to one. Conversely when German music was played, German wine outsold French wine by nearly two bottles to one." (http://digitalretailradio.com/christmas-music-radio-news/online-music-influences-sales.html)
The DDA is currently working on an informational brochure for all businesses educating them on how noise carries, and what they can do to keep the noise from their establishments from carrying out into the neighborhoods.
City Council is considering the noise issue and has heard recommendations from the Ordinance Committee. They decided to do more research, including consulting with a sound expert, to determine what would be an effective way to improve the current noise ordinance to clarify issues of enforcement and to help reduce some of the problem without eliminating music all together.
Joel Petrie, resident and Co-Chair of the Citizens Financial Committee (https://oaklandcounty115.com/2010/09/27/185/) questioned whether the City should be spending money on a sound expert based on the complaints of less than 4% of the City.
Wells, who has spoken at nearly every council meeting over the past two months and called the police over a dozen times about noise at Rosie O'Grady's spoke about the backlash she's received from other neighbors who oppose her petition. "You have to understand that we're on edge," she said. "Just because there are a couple bars who do not want to be good neighbors, don't turn us into complainers."
The petition was submitted last month with 267 signatures on 25 sheets handed in, and 53 were not valid, mainly because people who had signed were not registered voters. They were unable to get enough signatures in time for the Sept. 29th deadline.
Wells said that they've chosen not to get more signatures, but has instead figured out 14 different ways they can proceed. "We have learned a lot and will word the next petition differently," she said. "The beat goes on. Double entendre intended."
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func (client *Client) DescribeResourcePackUsage(request *DescribeResourcePackUsageRequest) (response *DescribeResourcePackUsageResponse, err error) {
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func (client *Client) DescribeResourcePackUsageWithChan(request *DescribeResourcePackUsageRequest) (<-chan *DescribeResourcePackUsageResponse, <-chan error) {
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func (client *Client) DescribeResourcePackUsageWithCallback(request *DescribeResourcePackUsageRequest, callback func(response *DescribeResourcePackUsageResponse, err error)) <-chan int {
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type DescribeResourcePackUsageRequest struct {
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	StartTime       requests.Integer `position:"Query" name:"StartTime"`
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	Interval   int64       `json:"Interval" xml:"Interval"`
	StartTime  int64       `json:"StartTime" xml:"StartTime"`
	EndTime    int64       `json:"EndTime" xml:"EndTime"`
	PackUsages []PackUsage `json:"PackUsages" xml:"PackUsages"`
}

// CreateDescribeResourcePackUsageRequest creates a request to invoke DescribeResourcePackUsage API
func CreateDescribeResourcePackUsageRequest() (request *DescribeResourcePackUsageRequest) {
	request = &DescribeResourcePackUsageRequest{
		RpcRequest: &requests.RpcRequest{},
	}
	request.InitWithApiInfo("ddosbgp", "2018-07-20", "DescribeResourcePackUsage", "ddosbgp", "openAPI")
	return
}

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func CreateDescribeResourcePackUsageResponse() (response *DescribeResourcePackUsageResponse) {
	response = &DescribeResourcePackUsageResponse{
		BaseResponse: &responses.BaseResponse{},
	}
	return
}

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Simply amazing and full of suspense! Couldn't stop reading! A great story line with cherished characters doing what they do best.
Potente come solo un libro di Sarah J Maas può essere, sembra andare verso una direzione per poi svelare un'intereccio incredibile. Sorprendente e dal ritmo incalzante - una volta iniziato, non si riesce a smettere di legge!
This genre so often hits out awesome and then fizzes out two thirds through and the devastation can be heartbreaking. But this series has just kept providing the goods. Not just keeping up with a great level of skill but continuing to get better. Just when you think ball avenues of awesome have been explored and you wonder where the author can possibly take the story now, you are left sitting there staring blankly at the page with your mouth open reveling in the literal excitement a whole new route opening up has filled you with. A fantastic read, true art for the eyes. Thank you so much for sharing this world with us.


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really enjoyed the first 2/3 of the movie. parts of it really creeped me out. the isolation. the lost in the dark. and of course the vampire/zombie things.
but the ending...was just weak. feel like they took the easy way out. it coulda been so so much better. just when it shoulda gotten really good, it just fell apart.