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Carlos Lacayo
Via Vai One-Of-A-Kind Italian in Astoria
Photo Credit — Anna Frumenti
Via Vai is an Italian eatery located on 31–09 23rd Ave, and the Michelin-recognized Italian experience worth crossing the bridge to Astoria. The chef-owner run operation is helmed by Roman native Antonio Morichini, who has crafted and oversees each individual aspect of the restaurant from the dishes to the wine list and even décor with the help of his wife, Cynthia. Devoted to bringing the real tastes of Italy to New York, Chef Morichini's menu is an ever-evolving love letter to his homeland, and in particular Rome, infusing his own modern and inventive twists for surprising flavor profiles. Each plate served is beautifully constructed with delicate precision and can be complemented by their impressive, and not to be forgotten, Italian wine list. In Astoria, the husband and wife team have been serving the community for over five years and bring authentic Italian cuisine, wine and hospitality to the forefront crafting an inviting mini vacation with the feel of Italy for its diners.
I immediately felt the quaintness of the restaurant; especially on a Saturday afternoon. My date and I were seated within five minutes and the most amazing focaccia was brought over; freshly baked and paired with a garlic and rosemary-infused olive oil. We devoured and it and more was brought over throughout the meal, which was a welcomed surprise.
Foie Gras Torchon Photo Credit — Anna Frumenti
I was then served an extremely crisp prosecco (easily the best I've ever had) and some Polpette (beef meatballs served in pasta sauce), a fan favorite, was brought over. The meatballs were perfectly cooked and the in-house tomato sauce gave the freshness you've come to expect from a high-caliber Italian restaurant. I wanted to try some things that I would usually skip over when I went out for Italian, so I tried the Salmone (House-cured salmon tartare with capers, shallots, avocado and horseradish dressing) and I'm glad I did. Some Cavolo Salad was brought over (arugula, kale, hazelnuts, avocado, green apple, ginger vanilla dressing) and pairing it with the Salmone was a true delight.
Raviolo di Gamberi Photo Credit — Anna Frumenti
For our Secondi, we had a branzino tagliatelle, made with fresh, in-house pasta, black olives, cherry tomatoes and basil. Even if I learned how to make pasta myself, I don't think I can make pasta quite like this. The taste is truly its own and I can see what all the talk was about. My date enjoyed a Maiale (pork tenderloin prosciutto and sage saltimbocca, with truffle mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus). I managed to sneak a bit or two; Simply divine!
While we ended our feast with tiramisu, Chef Antonio came out the kitchen to have a couple of words with us. He's a really great guy and you can tell that he is passionate about food and the food business. All the praise this restaurant has received thus far is well-warranted. viavai-ny.com
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2Tor becomes 2U
2TOR 2B 2U: 2Tor, the Landover, Md.-based company that aims to extend the reach of bricks-and-mortar schools into virtual territory, has changed its name to "2U." That's a long-overdue move: The company doesn't "tutor" students. Unlike online university programs such as Coursera, Udacity and EdX, 2Tor--or now, 2U--doesn't even create its own courses. It "brings the university to you," says CEO Chip Paucek--and by that he means the brand and classes of specific institutions. Those currently include six partners such as Georgetown University's School of Nursing and recently Washington University Law School. VentureBeat had an exclusive look at some of these programs that are now available on smartphones. We're fascinated by the divergent directions that universities are taking as represented by Coursera, Udacity, EdX and 2U. Of those 2U has the deepest revenue stream; Coursera has the most students. Newton's first law tells us that bodies in motion stay that way unless other forces act on them. Seems like there are plenty of forces at work: we'll keep you posted on what changes.

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UW-Milwaukee 64, IUPUI 57: Panthers will hit the road on an upswing
Darius Roy scores a game-high 25 points and DeAndre Abram adds 19 as UWM wins its second straight home game. A challenging five-game road trip is next up.
UW-Milwaukee 64, IUPUI 57: Panthers will hit the road on an upswing Darius Roy scores a game-high 25 points and DeAndre Abram adds 19 as UWM wins its second straight home game. A challenging five-game road trip is next up. Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uwm/2019/01/19/uw-milwaukee-64-iupui-57-panthers-hit-road-upswing/2607289002/
Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 9:28 p.m. CT Jan. 19, 2019
UW-Milwaukee guard Darius Roy puts up a jumper against Cleveland State during a Horizon League game Jan. 3. Roy scored a game-high 25 points Saturday night in a 64-57 victory over IUPUI at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. (Photo: Dave Kallmann / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
With a challenging five-game Horizon League road trip looming, the UW-Milwaukee Panthers made sure they took care of business on their home court Saturday night.
Darius Roy returned to form offensively by scoring a game-high 25 points and DeAndre Abram added 19 to lead the way in a 64-57 victory over IUPUI at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.
It was the second victory in three days for the Panthers (9-11, 4-3 conference), who won't play another game in Milwaukee until Valentine's Day, and a virtual must-win if they want to remain in the mix in a Horizon League that is pretty much up for grabs this season.
"No doubt about it," said coach Pat Baldwin. "We've talked about protecting our home court, and we didn't do a great job of that early. But this was huge to get — especially when we're going on a long road swing.
"If you want to be in contention and keep yourself in the race and have your name up close to the top, you've got to protect your home court. You've got to win those games and then try to steal some of those games on the road."
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Roy, who suffered through a tough shooting night in an 81-69 win over Illinois-Chicago on Thursday, hit 9 of 11 shots — including all 3 of his three-pointers — and all four of his free throws in an efficient 38-minute outing.
He did commit six turnovers, but his 17 second-half points helped UWM withstand several comeback attempts by the Jaguars (11-9, 3-4), who entered having won at UW-Green Bay two days earlier.
Abram, meanwhile, scored 14 of his points in the second half as he continues to team with Roy to give the Panthers a potent 1-2 offensive punch. Abram is getting better at using his lanky 6-foot-8 frame to create mismatches against smaller defenders.
During a crucial 11-0 UWM run that bridged the end of the first half and the start of the second, Roy scored on a pair of layups, a jump shot and a three while Abram added a jumper of his own.
IUPUI went 10 minutes 22 seconds without scoring over that span as the Panthers opened a 29-21 lead.
The Jaguars didn't fold, however, and it was a one-possession game with 8:55 remaining before Abram knocked in the second of his 3 threes from the top of the key that gave UWM a little more breathing room at 45-39.
Abram then threw down a breakaway dunk after a defensive breakdown by IUPUI on an inbounds play and Roy hit all four of his free throws in the final 24 seconds as UWM finally put the game out of reach.
"They really helped us out in a stretch where it could have gone either way, when IUPUI was coming back," said Baldwin. "They did a great job finding their spots. Anytime we had an opening and those two guys got the basketball, some good things happened."
The Panthers also beat the Jaguars on the glass, 35-33 — a solid effort considering IUPUI came into the game leading the Horizon League both in rebounding and rebounding margin.
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Firefighters have been called to two incidents at properties in North Lincolnshire.
Crews from Humberside Fire and Rescue Service attended the incidents, which both happened yesterday afternoon.
The first saw firefighters called to an address on Berkeley Street in Scunthorpe at 4.07pm, where a grill pan had caught fire.
The fire service said the pan and the oven door seal were damaged by the fire and light smoke and fire damage to the kitchen was recorded. Firefighters used a PPV fan while at the scene.
The second incident happened at a property on Barrow Road in New Holland and the fire service was called to it at 4.54pm.
This time, it involved a frying pan but the fire had been extinguished by the occupier of the property using a garden hose before the crew arrived.
The fire service reported smoke damage to the kitchen and said its crew members isolated the utilities and carried out a home safe and well visit.
The cause of the fire was identified as accidental ignition.


The FBI Admits It Uses Fake Cell Phone Towers to Track You | Motherboard.
It's no secret that the FBI uses Stingrays—"cell-site simulator" devices which force all nearby cell phones to connect to it before rerouting traffic through a real cell phone tower—in order to track callers and suspect movements. The American Civil Liberties Union has detailed law enforcement use of the devices, which have been ruled unconstitutional in two states, at length.
But the FBI very rarely talks about the devices, and has even directed local law enforcement departments to notify them whenever media members make Freedom of Information Act requests about the use of Stingrays, in an attempt to keep their use secret.
So it was surprising to see FBI Director James Comey talk openly about Stingrays, and about asking local law enforcement to keep their mouths shut when using them, in a recent media appearance in Charlotte. In fact, Comey said that the FBI is telling local law enforcement who use its equipment to stay mum about the whole thing.
"When we're talking about using a device to find the location of a particular individual and where they might be using their cell phone, it's not about intercepting their calls," Comey said.
The press conference actually occurred back in October, but the video didn't surface until this weekend and hadn't been reported on until the Charlotte Observer's excellent investigation into the use of Stingrays by local police was published on Sunday.
Stingrays work by allowing police to track the movement of a suspect, and are often used without a warrant, which was recently declared unconstitutional by the Florida Supreme Court.
Comey's comments are about par for the course for the director—lots of talk about "bad guys" and semantic arguments: "'Bulk collection' means something very different to me, and also 'collection' to me means something very different," he said.
@csoghoian IT'S NOT CONTENT AND SO NOT COLLECTION AND DEFINITELY NOT BULK!!
And he only reverted to his "Bad Guy" crutch 3 times in 1:32.
Comey also said that the agency has "nothing to hide" from "good people," but that secrecy is important if Stingrays are going to be effective. Comey doesn't note, however, that, in trying to track down any one "bad person," the agency law enforcement necessarily tracks the locations of everyone within a wide geographic radius, thanks to the way the technology works.
The ACLU, meanwhile, has said that every year, millions of good people are getting wrapped up in a surveillance dragnet they didn't ask to be involved in.


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\section{Introduction}
The standard model(SM) is consistent with almost all of the
experiments.  Most of the experiments are consistent with
the predictions of
 SM with sufficient accuracy.
However, the recent experimental data at LEP shows that there are the
deviations from the standard model prediction
in the Z boson partial width ratios
$R_b =\Gamma[Z \to b {\bar b}] / \Gamma[Z
\to hadrons]$
and $R_c$. The experimental values $R_b = 0.2219 \pm 0.0017$ and
$R_c = 0.1540 \pm 0.0074$ have already been different from the values
$R_b^{SM} = 0.2157$ and $R_c^{SM} = 0.1722$ which are predicted by SM with top
quark mass $m_t = 175GeV$\cite{hagi}. If these
deviations show the existence of new
physics, we must examine all of the possibility
of beyond SM.

At present, the predictions for $R_b$ and $R_c$ in many
beyond the standard models are compared with the
experiments, any of them can not explain the deviations
\cite{civpro}.
In minimal supersymmetric model, in order to explain the deviation of
the $R_b$ there must be light
chargino and top squark\cite{WKK}.
In the
extended technicolor model(ETC),
in the works \cite{wu} it is shown that the diagonal
extended technicolor(ETC) interaction may solve the
problem.
However, the effect contribute to $T$ parameter, too\cite{yosi3}.
If the contribution of the
diagonal interaction to $Zbb$ vertex
is large enough to cancel the other corrections
for the $Zbb$ vertex, $T$ is unacceptably large.

In those
 works mentioned above, the corrections to  $Zbb$ vertex from loop contribution
of new particles
 are  mainly studied.
 In this paper,
 we consider the shift of Z coupling at tree
level  in the context of the non-trivial extension
of quark sector into the forth generation.
The shift comes from the flavor mixing
like CKM\cite{CKM} matrix.
In this work, we discuss the effect of
a vector-like SU(2)doublet quarks as the fourth generation to the $Zbb$
vertex.
In this model
the right-handed Z coupling differs from that of the SM.
Hence, the Z
decay widths are  different from  those of  the SM at tree level. The effects
of the vector-like doublet quarks as the third generation,
 were already studied in
Ref.\cite{ple}.  However, because  they assume that the  vector
like  quarks are the third
generation,
their model can not satisfy the constraint from the
forward-backward asymmetry, $A_{FB}^b$.(See section 2.)
Therefore, we study a vector-like doublet quarks as the forth generation.

This paper is developed as following. In section 2, we
discuss  the model including a vector-like doublets as the
forth generation. In section 3, the effects on
$R_b$ and $R_c$ is shown in  the simple case that the  flavor mixing occurs
only between the third and the forth generation.
In section 4, we show the relation between the mixing angle
and mass of new quarks.  Section 5 is devoted to the
conclusion.

\section{The Model}
First, we study the effects of new fermions which are
 transformed in a vector-like way
under the electro-weak symmetry $SU(2)_L \otimes U(1)_Y$.
 The SU(2) and hypercharge of ordinary
fermions $Q$
and new vector-like fermions $Q^\prime$ are assigned in  the following
way.
\begin{eqnarray}
  Q_L^i =  \pmatrix{
             u^i  \cr
             d^i
                    }_L \sim ( 2, \frac{1}{3} ),
  u_R^i \sim ( 1, \frac{4}{3}),
  d_R^i \sim ( 1, - \frac{2}{3}), \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
\begin{eqnarray}
  Q_L^\prime = \pmatrix{
                 u^\prime \cr
                 d^\prime
                        }_L \sim ( 2, \frac{1}{3}),\nonumber \\
  Q_R^\prime = \pmatrix{
                 u^\prime \cr
                 d^\prime
                        }_R \sim ( 2, \frac{1}{3}). \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
Because the vector-like fermions   are SU(2)
doublet,  the left-handed and right-handed
chiralities have  the same charge under
$SU(2)_L$ transformation.

The neutral current interactions of fermions can be written as
\begin{eqnarray}
{\cal L} = - \frac{g}{2 cos\theta_w}
                   \sum_i [ L_i \bar{Q}_L^i
                                    \gamma^\mu
                                       Q_L^i
                           + R_i \bar{Q}_R^i
                                    \gamma^\mu
                                       Q_R^i
                           ] Z_\mu ,
\end{eqnarray}
where $Q_{L(R)}^i$ show left(right)-handed quark doublet and
$i$ shows the generation number. For ordinary quarks,
 the coefficients of couplings
$L_i$ and $R_i$ are
\begin{eqnarray}
L_U = L_{ui} = 1 - \frac{4}{3}\sin^2\theta_w, \\
R_U = R_{ui} =   - \frac{4}{3}\sin^2\theta_w,
\end{eqnarray}
for up sector and
\begin{eqnarray}
L_D = L_{di} = -1 + \frac{2}{3}\sin^2\theta_w, \\
R_D = R_{di} =      \frac{2}{3}\sin^2\theta_w,
\end{eqnarray}
for down sector, where $\theta_w$ is Weinberg angle.
For the vector-like quarks,
 the couplings for right-handed
fermions are the same as the left-handed ones, that is,
\begin{eqnarray}
R^\prime_U = L_U, \\
R^\prime_D = L_D.
\end{eqnarray}

For the case that the fourth generation is a
vector-like doublet fermions, the neutral current are
explicitly given by the following equation.
\begin{eqnarray}
       - \frac{g}{2 cos\theta_w}
                   &[& \pmatrix{
                 \bar{u}^1 & \bar{u}^2 & \bar{u}^3 & \bar{u}^4
                                  }_L
                     \pmatrix{
                              L_U & \  & \  & \  \cr
                              \  & L_U & \  & \  \cr
                              \  & \  & L_U & \  \cr
                              \  & \  & \  & L_U \cr
                               }
                                    \gamma^\mu
                     \pmatrix{
                              u^1 \cr u^2 \cr u^3 \cr u^4
                              }_L  \nonumber \\
               &+& \pmatrix{
                 \bar{u}^1 & \bar{u}^2 & \bar{u}^3 & \bar{u}^4
                                  }_R
                     \pmatrix{
                              R_U & \  & \  & \  \cr
                              \  & R_U & \  & \  \cr
                              \  & \  & R_U & \  \cr
                              \  & \  & \  & R^\prime_U \cr
                               }
                                    \gamma^\mu
                     \pmatrix{
                              u^1 \cr u^2 \cr u^3 \cr u^4
                              }_R \nonumber \\
               &+&  \pmatrix{
                 \bar{d}^1 & \bar{d}^2 & \bar{d}^3 & \bar{d}^4
                                  }_L
                     \pmatrix{
                              L_D & \  & \  & \  \cr
                              \  & L_D & \  & \  \cr
                              \  & \  & L_D & \  \cr
                              \  & \  & \  & L_D \cr
                               }
                                    \gamma^\mu
                     \pmatrix{
                              d^1 \cr d^2 \cr d^3 \cr d^4
                              }_L \nonumber \\
              &+& \pmatrix{
                 \bar{d}^1 & \bar{d}^2 & \bar{d}^3 & \bar{d}^4
                                  }_R
                     \pmatrix{
                              R_D & \  & \  & \  \cr
                              \  & R_D & \  & \  \cr
                              \  & \  & R_D & \  \cr
                              \  & \  & \  & R^\prime_D \cr
                               }
                                    \gamma^\mu
                     \pmatrix{
                              d^1 \cr d^2 \cr d^3 \cr d^4
                              }_R
                           ].
\end{eqnarray}
Note that only the right-handed coupling for the forth
generation of quark  differs from
those of the other three generations.
With paying attention to the difference  of the right-handed
couplings, we transform the bases from  weak eigenstate to mass
eigenstate by the unitary transformation.
\begin{eqnarray}
       - \frac{g}{2 cos\theta_w}
                   &[& \pmatrix{
                 \bar{u} & \bar{c} & \bar{t} & \bar{u^\prime}
                                  }_L
                               L_U
                                    \gamma^\mu
                     \pmatrix{
                              u \cr c \cr t \cr u^\prime
                              }_L  \nonumber \\
               &+& \pmatrix{
                 \bar{u} & \bar{c} & \bar{t} & \bar{u^\prime}
                                  }_R
                   \{ R_U +
                        V_{LU}^\dagger \pmatrix{
                              0 & \  & \  & \  \cr
                              \  & 0 & \  & \  \cr
                              \  & \  & 0 & \  \cr
                              \  & \  & \  & R^\prime_U - R_U \cr
                               } V_{LU} \}
                                    \gamma^\mu
                     \pmatrix{
                              u \cr c \cr t \cr u^\prime
                              }_R \nonumber \\
               &+&  \pmatrix{
                 \bar{d} & \bar{s} & \bar{b} & \bar{d^\prime}
                                  }_L
                              R_U
                                    \gamma^\mu
                     \pmatrix{
                              d \cr s \cr b \cr d^\prime
                              }_L  \\
              &+& \pmatrix{
                 \bar{d} & \bar{s} & \bar{b} & \bar{d^\prime}
                                  }_R
                     \{ R_D +
                     V_{RD}^\dagger \pmatrix{
                              0 & \  & \  & \  \cr
                              \  & 0 & \  & \  \cr
                              \  & \  & 0 & \  \cr
                              \  & \  & \  & R^\prime_D - R_D \cr
                               } V_{RD} \}
                                    \gamma^\mu
                     \pmatrix{
                              d \cr s \cr b \cr d^\prime
                              }_R
                           ].  \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
In the mass eigenstates,
the left-handed current dose not change but the right-handed current
 changes as following;
\begin{eqnarray}
g_R^U = - \frac{g}{2c_w}\{ R_U
              + \pmatrix{
                  \mid V_{14}\mid^2 & V_{14}^\ast V_{42}
                  & V_{14}^\ast V_{43} & V_{14}^\ast V_{44}
                  \cr
                  V_{24}^\ast V_{41} & \mid V_{24}\mid^2
                  & V_{24}^\ast V_{43} & V_{24}^\ast V_{44}
                  \cr
                  V_{34}^\ast V_{41} & V_{34}^\ast V_{42}
                  & \mid V_{34}\mid^2 & V_{34}^\ast V_{44}
                  \cr
                   V_{44}^\ast V_{41} & V_{44}^\ast V_{42}
                  & V_{44}^\ast V_{43} & \mid V_{44}\mid^2
                         }_{RU} \}, \\
g_R^D = - \frac{g}{2c_w}\{ R_D
              - \pmatrix{
                  \mid V_{14}\mid^2 & V_{14}^\ast V_{42}
                  & V_{14}^\ast V_{43} & V_{14}^\ast V_{44}
                  \cr
                  V_{24}^\ast V_{41} & \mid V_{24}\mid^2
                  & V_{24}^\ast V_{43} & V_{24}^\ast V_{44}
                  \cr
                  V_{34}^\ast V_{41} & V_{34}^\ast V_{42}
                  & \mid V_{34}\mid^2 & V_{34}^\ast V_{44}
                  \cr
                   V_{44}^\ast V_{41} & V_{44}^\ast V_{42}
                  & V_{44}^\ast V_{43} & \mid V_{44}\mid^2
                         }_{RD} \}.
\end{eqnarray}
As shown in the above equations, there are FCNC among four
generations in general.
Because  FCNC among light quarks  like $Z \to ds$ are
strongly constrained by the experiments,
we simply suppose that there are no couplings which produce FCNC among
the light quarks in this model. The model which  corresponds to the
simple assumption will be discussed in section 2.
Before going into the  model that the quark of the forth
generation is vector-like doublet,
 let us briefly study the models
that the quark of the third generation is a vector-like
doublet \cite{ple} and show why those models are not
consistent with the experiments.
In the case that the third generation is a vector like
doublet and there is no more generations,
 the right-handed coupling of $Z$ boson is
\begin{eqnarray}
g_R^{(U,D)} = - \frac{g}{2c_w}\{ R_{(U,D)}
              \pm \pmatrix{
                  \mid V_{13}\mid^2 & V_{13}^\ast V_{32}
                  & V_{13}^\ast V_{33}
                  \cr
                  V_{23}^\ast V_{31} & \mid V_{23}\mid^2
                  & V_{23}^\ast V_{33}
                  \cr
                  V_{33}^\ast V_{31} & V_{33}^\ast V_{32}
                  & \mid V_{33}\mid^2
                         }_{R(U,D)} \}.
\end{eqnarray}
{}From the unitarity of matrix $V_R$, we obtain the
following constraint for the mixing of right-handed quarks.
\begin{eqnarray}
\mid V_{13}\mid^2 + \mid V_{23}\mid^2 +\mid V_{33}\mid^2 = 1.
\label{uni3}
\end{eqnarray}
In order to avoid the FCNC among light quarks,
the values of $V_{13}$ and $V_{23}$ must be very
small. Then, by using the unitarity condition
eq.(\ref{uni3}), $\mid V_{33}\mid \sim 1$.
This means that the  the right handed coupling of b quark
must be almost the same as that of  the left-handed.
However,in that case, the constraint from $A_{FB}$ can not
be satisfied.
 If the right handed coupling of b quark
is the same as that of  the left-handed one, there is no neutral axial
vector current in $Z bb$ vertex and  the forward-backward
asymmetry, $A_{FB}^b$, must disappear.

Even if we add more vector-like doublet quarks, the
situation is not changed. To show this, we consider
 the case that the third generation and the forth
generation are vector-like
doublets.
 The right-handed coupling of $Z$ boson to down
type quarks is given by,
(Here we assume that there is no FCNC among the
light quarks.)
\begin{eqnarray}
g_R^{(D)} = - \frac{g}{2c_w}\{ R_{(D)}
              -  \pmatrix{
                  0 & 0
                  & 0 & 0
                  \cr
                  0 & 0
                  & 0 & 0
                  \cr
                  0 & 0
                  & \mid V_{33}\mid^2 + \mid V_{34}\mid^2
                  & V_{33}^\ast V_{34} + V_{34}^\ast V_{44}
                  \cr
                   0 & 0
                  & V_{34}^\ast V_{33} + V_{44}^\ast V_{43}
                  & \mid V_{34}\mid^2 + \mid V_{44}\mid^2
                         }_{R(D)} \},
\end{eqnarray}
where we put $V_{13} \sim V_{23} \sim V_{14} \sim V_{24}
\sim 0$.
{}From the unitarity of the matrix $V_R$,
\begin{eqnarray}
\mid V_{33}\mid^2 +\mid V_{34}\mid^2 = 1.
\label{uni4}
\end{eqnarray}
Again eq.(\ref{uni4}) show that $Zbb$ coupling must be
vector type
and it contradicts
with  the ${A^b}_{FB}$ because of the
same reason as the first  case.

Hence, we consider the model in which only the forth generation
is a vector-like doublet quarks.

\section{A Simple Model}
There are mixings among the heavy quarks but are not
among the light quarks to avoid the problems of FCNC from $Z$
couplings.  The neutral couplings of the ordinary quarks are
\begin{eqnarray}
g_L^u = g_L^c &=& L_U,  \\
g_L^d = g_L^s = g_L^b &=& L_D,  \\
g_R^u &=& R_U,  \\
g_R^c &=& R_U + {V_{RU}^{42}}^2,  \\
g_R^d = g_R^s &=& R_D, \\
g_R^b &=& R_D - {V_{RD}^{43}}^2,
\end{eqnarray}
where $V_{RU}^{42}$ and $ V_{RD}^{43}$ are the component of unitary
matrix $V_R$. The difference of the sign of the $V^2$
between $g_R^c$ and $g_R^b$ come from one of the isospin.
The experiment favor positive
contribution for $R_b$ and negative contribution for$R_c$.
Then the partial width $R_b$ and $R_c$ is
\begin{eqnarray}
R_b^{tree} &\sim& \frac{{g_L^b}^2 + {g_R^b}^2}
             {{g_L^u}^2 + {g_L^c}^2 + {g_L^d}^2 + {g_L^s}^2 +
                  {g_L^b}^2 + {g_R^u}^2 + {g_R^c}^2 +
                  {g_R^d}^2 + {g_R^s}^2 + {g_R^b}^2 } \nonumber \\
           &\sim& \frac{ L_D^2 + (R_D - {V_{RD}^{43}}^2)^2}
             { 2 L_U^2 + 3 L_D^2 + R_U^2 + 2 R_D^2 +
               (R_U + {V_{RU}^{42}}^2)^2 + (R_D - {V_{RD}^{43}}^2)^2},
\end{eqnarray}
\begin{eqnarray}
R_c^{tree} &\sim& \frac{{g_L^c}^2 + {g_R^c}^2}
             {{g_L^u}^2 + {g_L^c}^2 + {g_L^d}^2 + {g_L^s}^2 +
                  {g_L^b}^2 + {g_R^u}^2 + {g_R^c}^2 +
                  {g_R^d}^2 + {g_R^s}^2 + {g_R^b}^2 } \nonumber \\
           &\sim& \frac{ L_U^2 + (R_U + {V_{RU}^{42}}^2)^2}
             { 2 L_U^2 + 3 L_D^2 + R_U^2 + 2 R_D^2 +
               (R_U + {V_{RU}^{42}}^2)^2 + (R_D - {V_{RD}^{43}}^2)^2}.
\end{eqnarray}
Because of the minus sign of ${V_{RD}^{43}}^2$ in the
$g_R^b$, unless the values is larger than $2 \times R_D$,
the contribution from $V^2$ reduce the $R_b$.
If ${V_{RD}^{43}}^2$ is larger than $2 \times R_D$ and
$R_U + {V_{RU}^{42}}^2$ become smaller, $R_b$ may be
enhanced and $R_c$ may become smaller.
While, we must also examine the allowed region of these parameter
$V_{RU}$ and $V_{RD}$ for forward-backward asymmetry
$A_{FB}^c$ and $A_{FB}^b$. The values of the experiment are
$A_{FB}^{0,b} = 0.0997\pm0.0031$ and
$A_{FB}^{0,c} = 0.0729\pm0.0058$\cite{hagi}.
The prediction of SM are $A_{FB}^{bSM} = 0.1039$ and
$A_{FB}^{cSM} = 0.744$ with $m_t = 175GeV$ and Higgs mass
$m_H = 1TeV$. In Fig.1 and Fig.2, we plot the
behavior of $\delta A_{FB}^b$ and $\delta A_{FB}^c$ which
are shifting the SM result due to $V_{RD}$ and
$V_{RU}$.
The formalism of the forward-backward asymmetry is
\begin{eqnarray}
A_{FB}^f = \frac{\sigma_F - \sigma_B}{\sigma_F + \sigma_B}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\sigma_F$ and $\sigma_B$ are the cross sections for
the outgoing fermion, f, to go forwards or backwards
relative to the direction of the incoming electron. When the
center of mass, $\sqrt{s}$, is about the mass $M_Z$,
the forward-backward asymmetry, $A_{FB}$ is shown by the
following,
\begin{eqnarray}
A_{FB}^f = \frac{3}{4} A_e A_f,
\end{eqnarray}
where,
\begin{eqnarray}
A_f = \frac{2 (g_L + g_R)(g_L - g_R)}{(g_L + g_R)^2 + (g_L - g_R)^2}.
\end{eqnarray}
It is interesting that the value of forward-backward
asymmetry do not change by replacing the $g_R$ with $- g_R$.
$R_b$ and $R_c$ have also the same feature.
Hence, we expect that $R_b$ and $A_{FB}^b$ with
${V_{RD}^{43}}^2  = 2 \times R_D$ is same the values with
${V_{RD}^{43}}^2  =  0$.
The range of shifting of the right-handed Z couplings must satisfy
the constraint from the forward-backward asymmetry.
The contribution from the shifting of the neutral couplings
to the forward-backward asymmetry is
\begin{eqnarray}
\delta A_{FB}^b = - \frac{3}{4} A_e ( 1 + A_b )
               \frac{4 R_D ({V_{RD}^{43}}^2 - 2 R_D)}
                      {(L_D + R_D)^2 + (L_D - R_D)^2},\\
\delta A_{FB}^c = - \frac{3}{4} A_e ( 1 + A_c )
               \frac{4 R_U {V_{RU}^{42}}^2}
                      {(L_U + R_U)^2 + (L_U - R_U)^2}.
\end{eqnarray}
Here, we consider the contribution to $A_{FB}^b$ is the
value for the shift of ${V_{RD}^{43}}^2$ from $2 \times R_D$.
In Fig.1, the behavior of the $\delta A_{FB}^b$ is shown.
{}From the experimental data, the allowed region of $\delta
A_{FB}^b$ must be from - 0.0011 to - 0.0073. Then, the value
of ${V_{RD}^{43}}^2$ must be smaller than about 0.38. While, in Fig.2,
the behavior of $\delta A_{FB}^c$ is shown.
The allowed region of $\delta
A_{FB}^c$ must be 0.0043 $\sim$ - 0.0073. Then, the upper
bound for the value
of ${V_{RU}^{24}}^2$ is about 0.033. For the region
satisfying the constraint from forward-backward asymmetry,
we plot $R_b$ and $R_c$ in Fig.3 and Fig.4 in the following
case of ${V_{RU}^{24}}^2$. (1) ${V_{RU}^{24}}^2 = 0.01$, (2)
0.02, (3)0.03. Here, we used the prediction of SM with $m_t = 175GeV$
and add the contribution from shifting the right-hand
coupling to its values. There is a
region which is satisfying both conditions for $R_b$ and $A_{FB}^b$
but not for $R_c$, $A_{FB}^b$ and $A_{FB}^c$. With
${V_{RD}^{34}}^2 = 0.36$, the prediction of $R_b$ reach to
the center values of experiment. The figures
show that
The effect of vector-like doublet as the forth generation
may explain the difference of $R_b$ between the experiment
and SM
but can not explain the difference of $R_c$.

On the other hand the charged current and the KM matrix are
\begin{eqnarray}
{\cal L}_R^{cc} = - \frac{g}{\sqrt{2}}
                   \pmatrix{
                 \bar{u} & \bar{c} & \bar{t} & \bar{u^\prime}
                                  }_R
                     V_{RU}^\dagger \pmatrix{
                              0 & \  & \  & \  \cr
                              \  & 0 & \  & \  \cr
                              \  & \  & 0 & \  \cr
                              \  & \  & \  & 1 \cr
                               } V_{RD}
                                    \gamma^\mu
                     \pmatrix{
                              d \cr s \cr b \cr d^\prime
                              }_R W_\mu^\dagger.
\end{eqnarray}
For example, the KM matrix becomes
\begin{eqnarray}
V_{KM}^{R} = \pmatrix{
              0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \cr
              0 & 0 &
 {V_{RU}^{24}}^\ast V_{RD}^{43} & {V_{RU}^{24}}^\ast V_{RD}^{44}
                                         \cr
              0 & 0 &
 {V_{RU}^{34}}^\ast V_{RD}^{43} & {V_{RU}^{34}}^\ast V_{RD}^{44}
                                         \cr
              0 & 0 &
 {V_{RU}^{44}}^\ast V_{RD}^{43} &  {V_{RU}^{44}}^\ast V_{RD}^{44}
                         }.
\end{eqnarray}
Note that this matrix is not unitary. In this paper, we did
not discussed the effect from the right hand KM matrix. By
upper discussion, we may be able to examine the value of
component of the matrix. We must consider the contribution from the process
like $b \to s \gamma$.

\section{Flavor Mixing}
We must examine whether such large mixing between b quark
and the fourth down type quark is a realistic model.
We consider the simple vector-like doublet
model which are assumed to mix only with the
third generation\cite{han,lav}. Without loss of generality, the quark mass
terms are
\begin{eqnarray}
   \pmatrix{
           \bar{u}^3 & \bar{u}^4
                                  }_L
           \pmatrix{
           m_u & 0 \cr
           J e^{ix} & M_V
                    }
                     \pmatrix{
                              u^3 \cr u^4
                              }_R
+    \pmatrix{
           \bar{d}^3 & \bar{d}^4
                                  }_L
           \pmatrix{
           m_d & 0 \cr
           K & M_V
                    }
                     \pmatrix{
                              d^3 \cr d^4
                              }_R  + h.c.,
\end{eqnarray}
where $M_V$ is a mass of vector-like quarks, $J, K$ show
mixing mass. By using the unitary transformation the mass
matrix is diagonalized as following,
\begin{eqnarray}
\pmatrix{
         c_{LU} & - s_{LU} e^{-ix} \cr
         s_{LU}e^{ix} & c_{LU}
         }
         \pmatrix{
            m_u & 0 \cr
               J  e^{ix} & M_V
                    }
                    \pmatrix{
                         c_{RU} & - s_{RU}e^{-ix} \cr
                         s_{RU}e^{ix} & c_{RU}
                            } =
         \pmatrix{
                 m_t & 0 \cr
                     0 & M_u
                    } \\[5mm]
\pmatrix{
         c_{LD} & - s_{LD} \cr
         s_{LD} & c_{LD}
         }
         \pmatrix{
            m_d & 0 \cr
                K & M_V
                    }
                    \pmatrix{
                         c_{RD} & - s_{RD} \cr
                         s_{RD} & c_{RD}
                            } =
         \pmatrix{
                 m_b & 0 \cr
                     0 & M_d
                    },
\end{eqnarray}
where $c_{XX} = cos\theta_{XX}$ and $s_{XX} =
sin\theta_{XX}$ and the $\theta_{XX}$ show the mixing angle.
The masses of eigen states are
\begin{eqnarray}
m_t^2 &=& \frac{1}{2}[ m_u^2 + M_V^2 + J^2
          - \sqrt{(m_u^2 + M_V^2 + J^2)^2
                   - 4 m_u^2 M_V^2} ],\\
M_u^2 &=& \frac{1}{2}[ m_u^2 + M_V^2 + J^2
          + \sqrt{(m_u^2 + M_V^2 + J^2)^2
                   - 4 m_u^2 M_V^2} ],\\
m_b^2 &=& \frac{1}{2}[ m_d^2 + M_V^2 + K^2
          - \sqrt{(m_d^2 + M_V^2 + K^2)^2
                   - 4 m_d^2 M_V^2}], \\
M_d^2 &=& \frac{1}{2}[ m_d^2 + M_V^2 + K^2
          + \sqrt{(m_d^2 + M_V^2 + K^2)^2
                   - 4 m_d^2 M_V^2}].
\end{eqnarray}
The mixing just corresponding to $V_{34}^2$ are
\begin{eqnarray}
s_{RU}^2 &=& \frac{(m_u^2 - M_V^2 + J^2)
                 (m_u^2 + J^2 - m_t^2) + 2 J^2 M_V^2}
           {(m_u^2 - M_V^2 + J^2)^2
             - 4 J^2 M_V^2},\\
s_{RU} &=& \frac{M_V}{m_t} s_{LU},
\end{eqnarray}
\begin{eqnarray}
s_{RD}^2 &=& \frac{(m_d^2 - M_V^2 + K^2)
                 (m_d^2 + K^2 - m_b^2) + 2 K^2 M_V^2}
           {(m_d^2 - M_V^2 + J^2)^2
             - 4 K^2 M_V^2,}\\
s_{RD} &=& \frac{M_V}{m_b} s_{LD}.
\label{sl}
\end{eqnarray}
In Fig. 5, we plot $s_{RD}^2$ as a function of $K$ in
the several case of $M_V$, 1TeV, and 2TeV and 3TeV. Here, we
put $m_b = 5GeV$. The
Figure shows that there is a region to produce
large mixing.  $V_{34}^2 \sim s_{RD}^2 \sim 0.35$.
It is interesting that even if the mixing for right-hand quark is
very large, the left-hand one is kept very small because
of eq.(\ref{sl}). Hence, the CKM matrix for left-handed
quarks will not make a large different from SM. Since we
assume a very large
vector-like quark mass, the dependence to Oblique correction\cite{pes}
will be small by means of decoupling\cite{lav}.

\section{Conclusion}
We discussed the effect of vector-like doublet quarks to Z
partial decay width. Under consideration of some constraint
from FCNC for light quarks and forward-backward asymmetry,
only model of vector-like quarks as the forth generation is allowed.
We find that this model may explain the difference of $R_b$
between the experiment and the prediction of SM but not do
for $R_c$. We will have to consider the other
contribution to $R_c$.

In this work, we could not do sufficiently discussion for
flavor physics. If we apply this model, the contribution to
$b\rightarrow s \gamma$ must be calculated.

\bigskip
\bigskip

{\noindent {\Large{\bf Acknowledgement}}} \\
I would like to thank Dr.T.Morozumi and L.T.Handoko for
helpful discussions.

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March Public Holiday (Adelaide Cup Day) : Second Monday in March
The March Public Holiday (also known as Adelaide Cup Day) is a local public holiday in the state of South Australia that occurs annually on the Second Monday in March. This is an important day on the calendar in South Australia because of the Adelaide Cup horse race that takes place on this day.
The Adelaide Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually on the Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide. The race was organised for the first time in 1864, just 3 years after the Melbourne Cup was held for the first time. The event began as a sports event but has become one of the most important social events in South Australia.
Although the Adelaide Cup has a long history it became an official public holiday only in 1973. In that time the event took place in May. Since 2006, Adelaide Cup Day is held on the second Monday in March. The public holiday is now called the March Public Holiday and will stay on the calendar at least till 2015. According to a survey, this date is favoured above the previous holiday in May as it allows the habitants of South Australia to make the most of the season and the many festivals and events that are organised in March.
The Adelaide Cup Day is not the only public holiday in Australia that is observed on the second Monday in March. The holiday coincides with Canberra Day that is celebrated in the Australian Capital Territory, the Eight Hours Day observed in Tasmania and Labour Day held in Victoria.
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Google Making Inroads Into Supply Chain And Logistics – BY ADRIAN GONZALEZ
Google Making Inroads Into Supply…
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It's no secret that Google and Amazon.com are continuously looking to outmaneuver each other, especially in logistics-related areas such as same-day delivery and drones…In short, logistics is becoming a greater competitive differentiator for companies across all industries, so if Google wants to seriously compete with Amazon on that front, it needs to become a 3PL, and enhance its logistics software and technology capabilities too.
Earlier that same month, we published an interesting guest commentary by Anthony Vitiello, Director of Marketing at UltraShipTMS at the time, titled, "The Google TMS?" Here are some excerpts:
Is Google TMS a serious possibility? This we know: Google is a company on the move, making inroads into businesses far outside Internet search, and it's well equipped to succeed…Consider that Google already delivers numerous applications and services that it could easily repurpose as the primary building blocks of a TMS…Google Maps, Google Navigation, and Gmail could be strung together to build routing guides and tender loads to carriers. Google Correlate is a tool that identifies patterns related to real world trends, which I suspect would be useful at assisting route selection based on any number of specified business requirements. Bake in the SKU-level information already cataloged by Google Shopping and you have some pretty solid visibility for load building, track and trace, etc.
While it has taken several years, and our predictions didn't hit the bullseye exactly, there's no denying that Google is making inroads into the supply chain and logistics industry.
Back in October 2019, as reported by Jennifer Elias at CNBC, "Google parent company Alphabet held a secret 'logistics summit' [that month] with reps from FedEx and [JD.com, Deliv, Flexe and a former Walmart SVP]." According to the article:
The event, which was held in Silicon Valley, was called the Alphabet Advanced Logistics Summit and hosted by Alphabet's research and development unit, "X," and its recently spun out infrastructure company Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, the company confirmed to CNBC. The objective was to explore potential business models and investment opportunities in the e-commerce space with a focus in logistics and fulfillment, according to three people who attended and photos viewed by CNBC.
In addition to forming partnerships with supply chain and logistics software vendors (mostly focused on Google Cloud and AI and analytics tools ), here are some notable announcements Google has made just in the past year:
Google Cloud Brings End-to-End Visibility to Supply Chains with New Supply Chain Twin Solution
Google and J.B. Hunt Announce Strategic Alliance to Accelerate Innovation in Transportation and Logistics
CN Partners with Google Cloud to Modernize Railway Services and Deliver Enhanced Customer Experiences
The most recent announcement came last week with Google's introduction of its Last Mile Fleet Solution. Here's an excerpt from the announcement:
Last Mile Fleet Solution is available to help fleet operators create exceptional delivery experiences, from ecommerce order to doorstep delivery. The solution allows your business to optimize across every stage of the last mile delivery journey: capturing valid addresses, planning delivery routes, efficiently navigating drivers, tracking shipment progress, and analyzing fleet performance. Last Mile Fleet Solution provides reliable infrastructure that scales with you as your business grows–all with predictable pricing per delivery. It builds on one of our existing mobility solutions, On-demand Rides & Deliveries, which is used by leading ride-hailing and on-demand delivery operators around the world.
There are no shortages of startups in the supply chain and logistics industry, but there is none bigger than Google at the moment. The company is placing bets on multiple fronts: as a hosting/AI/analytics technology partner to existing supply chain software vendors and logistics service providers; as a competitor in the market with its own software solutions, such as its digital twin and fleet management offerings; and via its emerging technologies such as autonomous driving (although Waymo is no longer part of Google, it is still under the Alphabet umbrella).
Will Google ultimately acquire a leading supply chain software company or 3PL too? I'm keeping my chip on that bet too. What have I got to lose?
(I might also place a bet on Microsoft, just to keep it interesting).
Source: https://talkinglogistics.com/2022/03/23/google-making-inroads-in-supply-chain-and-logistics/
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Weekly Gem #210 We Shall Fight
Location: This weekly gem is located just southeast of the British Embassy in Washington, DC (see the Clue Me! Map). The grounds of foreign embassies are territory of the foreign country. If you walk onto the British embassy, you are in Great Britain. Winston Churchill was such a believer in the partnership between the U.S. and the British that his statue is standing in both countries. One foot in the U.S., and one foot in the U.K.
Churchill was an extraordinarily well-rounded man.
As a child, he spent many of his days chasing and collecting butterflies. This was a temporary obsession. He later became an author (43 books, and a Nobel Prize in literature), a painter (over 550 paintings), a soldier, a war correspondent, and of course, a politician.
Somewhat uncoordinated and prone to accidents, he fell a lot, including … off a bridge, off multiple horses, off a ship (but luckily only dislocated his shoulder), and out of the sky (learning to fly in the early 1900s when he crashed his plane). He once got hit by a car in New York City, because he looked right then stepped into the street. He once lost his grip on his towel when Franklin Roosevelt startled him by entering his room unannounced. Churchill had just emerged from the bath, and was wearing only that towel, whereupon he stated: "The British Prime Minister has nothing to hide from the American President!"
He was extremely fallible in war, having ordered the launch of what turned into one of the worst-ever defeats of British troops. Look up Gallipoli.
And yet, he certainly earned this statue. Perhaps the moment that sums up the "why" was June 4, of 1940. Early stages of WWII, just days after Dunkirk. The British had successfully saved almost 340,000 soldiers from death or surrender, through extraordinary effort and sacrifice. But they had lost all of their tanks, artillery, trucks, and equipment. There was virtually nothing left to fight with. Britain was fully defensive, standing alone against Germany.
Churchill made a speech telling his people the reality. The loss that accompanied the saving of these men was "a colossal military disaster." He told his people to prepare for invasion. But he did so in a way that told Adolf Hitler what to expect if he did invade.
'Turning once again to the question of invasion.
We are assured that novel methods will be adopted, and when we see the originality of malice, the ingenuity of aggression, which our enemy displays, we may certainly prepare ourselves for every kind of novel stratagem and every kind of brutal and treacherous maneuver.
I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty … we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone.
Even though large tracts of Europe have fallen and may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.'
Winston Churchill, June 4, 1940.
And then he delivered.
V for Victory
The statue of Winston Churchill at the British Embassy in DC
Winston Churchill is one of only two people to be made honorary American Citizen (the other being Mother Teresa). This statue has one foot on U.S. soil, and the other foot on British soil.
Weekly Gem #224, If you believe that, I've some property in Florida ...
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León came ashore here... possibly.
Weekly Gem #89 Hermann the German
A statue in Minnesota representing the victory by Germanic tribes over the Romans
Weekly Gem #88 Beware the Autumnal Equinox!
The Freemont Troll, grasping a life-sized beetle.
Weekly Gem #201 It's not a buffalo, and it's not roaming
Location: This Weekly Gem is located at the intersection of Goodturn Drive and Hwy 14, in Cody, WY (see the Clue Me! Map ). Nomenclature experts will tell you that the words "buffalo" and...
Weekly Gem #87 Embracing peace
The story behind the photo behind the statue
Weekly Gem #116 ... and they've got grit!
The Fallen Firefighter's Memorial in Seattle.
Weekly Gem #200 Watching Your Step!
Čumil is on the very edge of the street, and as you can see, there's no curb!
Weekly Gem #40 Have a paddle, need a creek
A somewhat humorous statue can lead to surprising and impressive discoveries.
Weekly Gem #85 A companionable Short Cut
Shedding light on the Pike Street Hillclimb.
Weekly Gem #122 You can see that again!
You can see that again! And again! And again gin gin!
Weekly Gem #150 Looking upon everyone with compassion
She has sacrificed her own transition to enlightenment in order to share her mercy and compassion with all people.


Roger Hanson '61 '64, Mary Varney '97, and Norm Sieling '58 were the first three people to correctly answer the question! Congratulations!
The University of Minnesota marching band is a favorite to watch at home football games, especially during the pre-game and half-time show performances. Taking into account the 18-minute pre-game show and the 16-minute half-time show, the 300 members of the Minnesota Marching Band combined walk the equivalent of approximately what distance from TCF Bank Stadium during one football game?
Answer: Farmington Hills, Michigan (525 miles)!


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In this book, Dr Seow-Choen lists 170 species, from 64 genera or subgenera, with 60 new species or subspecies and 4 new genera from Sumatra. He also lists 1 replacement name, 25 new synonyms, 19 new name combinations, 8 revised statuses, and 22 lectotype designations. This is the first book to list all the species of stick insects known from Sumatra.
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Famous today for the Pesta Benak, or Tidal Bore Festival, the Batang Lupar river was the site of a devastating cholera epidemic in the 1900s.
Modern-day Sarawakians might not have heard of the 'Cholera Expedition' that happened during the reign of the Brooke family.
But back in 1902, what was originally a military expedition against Iban rebels down the Batang Lupar river became a disaster, so much so it made headlines across the globe.
Historians and news reports back then called it the "cholera expedition" because one fifth of the 10,000 men recruited to fight against Iban rebels died of the disease.
Batang Lupar flows for 275 kilometers from the Klinkang Range to the South China Sea. It has a large rivermouth and becomes shallow upstream.
The river runs through a number of towns including Lingga, Sri Aman and Engkilili. The Batang Lupar river is the only river in Malaysia which experiences the tidal bore phenomenon. Even though it happens everyday, it becomes more spectacular at king tide during dry season.
The narrower part of Batang Lupar river near Engkilili town.
Vyner Brooke, the eldest son of Charles Brooke, the second rajah of Sarawak, started his career in the then-kingdom as a cadet government officer in 1897.
He first served in Simanggang (now known as Sri Aman), then at Mukah and Oya.
In May 1900, he participated in a punitive expedition against the Muruts in Trusan. Then in June 1902, he took part in another expedition against the Ibans in upper Batang Lupar.
It was an expedition Vyner would never forget.
The expedition was to pacify Iban factions who had started a few raids against their traditional enemies – and Brooke allies – the Ibans from the lower Batang Lupar.
Branded rebels under the Brooke regime, they also refused to pay taxes or follow directives by the Brooke government to move their longhouses to the riverbank.
Charles and Vyner arrived at the fort in Lingga on June 8 where they found more than 10,000 of their Iban and Malay allies in about 800 longboats ready to fight for them.
The next morning, Vyner reported to his father that two men had died outside his bungalow.
Charles refused to listen, assuming his son was trying to escape his duty.
Then on June 9, the Rajah made his way back to Kuching leaving Vyner to carry on the expedition with two English officers, Demetrius Bailey and Harry Deshon.
A wooden bridge across Batang Lupar at Engkilili town.
Vyner's mother, Margaret wrote briefly about the expedition in her book My Life in Sarawak.
"For some unexplained reason, cholera broke out amongst the force just before it had reached the enemy's country," she stated.
When they arrived near the rebels' area, the force was separated into two groups. One group led by the Malay chiefs set out on foot to attack the rebels while the rest including Vyner and his two English officers were left behind.
The remaining force set up camp by the river. By this time, many had suffered from cholera.
In the end about 2,000 men died of the disease.
She was told by the two British officers that Vyner's presence helped to keep discipline and hope among the force.
However, the truth is some who died of cholera were not properly buried.
Although Brooke's forces had returned successfully from battle against the rebels, they found many dead bodies and dying comrades at the camp.
Some were buried in shallow graves at the campsite while some were flung from the boats during their return journey to Simanggang.
The bodies that were brought to Simanggang were stacked into pyres and burnt.
The disease spread even more when – after hearing of the dead bodies – the upper Batang Lupar Ibans came to the campsites to cut off the heads and bring them home.
This caused more people at the upper river to get infected, with some dying from cholera.
Sculptures of doves at the roundabout in modern-day Sri Aman are reminders of the MoU signed on 20 October 1973 between the Sarawak government and the communist organisation, PARAKU. The original name of the town, Simanggang, was also changed to Sri Aman (as "aman" means "peace" in Malay) to recognise the peace declaration.
When the Ranee first read the news about the expedition, she was in Italy.
The Italian paper had mistakenly reported that the Rajah's son died of cholera in Sarawak, as he was leading an expedition into the interior.
Not all of the reports about the Cholera Expedition were inaccurate.
There was one which made it to the pages of The San Francisco Call on July 9, 1902 with the headline "Punitive Expedition is Attacked by Cholera".
The news reported that more than 1,000 deaths occurred among the 10,000 members of expedition within 10 days due to cholera.
It pointed out that the intensely hot weather favoured the rapid progress of the disease.
The Singapore Free Press was more straightforward in its report on the expedition: They put the blame on the second rajah's "arrogant stupidity" for insisting to carry on the expedition despite signs of cholera outbreak.
Plus, the paper observed that with more than 10,000 people travelling along a shallow river which they also used as drinking water, with even just one case of cholera, the rapid spread of the disease was inevitable.
According to Cassandra Pybus in White Rajah: A Dynastic Intrigue, Vyner was determined to turn his people back from the expedition.
But Bailey's fear of the Rajah was greater than his fear of cholera so he insisted the attack must proceed.
As for Vyner, he reportedly never forgave his father for not heeding his warning.
Perhaps he was right: if only Charles had listened to his son's plea, more than 2,000 people would have not been infected by the disease.
Margaret, however, was not that critical of his husband's decision.
According to Margaret, the spread of this waterborne disease in the whole Simanggang area was almost fateful.


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Cannabis Trends & Legalization event at the Bloomberg offices in New York City on November 21, 2016 / PHOTO Cannabis Now
The cannabis industry is experiencing massive growth across the nation in the wake of another wave of state-level decriminalization. And in New York City, the titans of finance are crunching the numbers and starting to feel very bullish on bud.
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Wall Street analysts, investors, and market speculators met Monday to discuss investment opportunities in a rapidly expanding marijuana market, broadened and further legitimized by a growing number of states legalizing this month. Bloomberg Intelligence, the research and analysis arm of financial news and data giant Bloomberg, hosted the event titled, "Cannabis Trends & Legalization."
"On election night, eight out of nine cannabis-related ballot measures passed across the country," Chris Walsh, editorial director of Marijuana Business Daily, told a buttoned-up crowd. "It was almost a clean sweep for marijuana and that was a shock to even the most optimistic people in the industry," Walsh said, from the sleek, glass-paneled room overlooking Park Avenue.
On November 8, U.S. voters doubled the number of states where recreational marijuana use was legal. Eight states and the District of Columbia are now on that list, with California, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Maine voting to legalize it. In addition, voters expanded the availability of medical marijuana to a total of 29 states and the District of Columbia—with Florida, North Dakota, and Arkansas approving it and Montana increasing access to it.
The election results represent a resounding victory for cannabis proponents and will codify shifting national attitudes, one month after a Gallup poll showed 60 percent of Americans are in favor of legalizing marijuana.
In the last week, however, cheers among marijuana advocates have turned to worried whispers after president-elect Donald Trump nominated a virulently anti-pot politician for U.S. attorney general, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions.
During the panel, Walsh acknowledged those concerns, admitting that a Trump presidency and the appointment of Sessions as the nation's chief law enforcement officer, had left "a big question mark" for the industry. The worst case scenario, he said, would be a swift crackdown on companies involved in the cannabis business.
"You lead a CEO away in handcuffs," Walsh said. "And that can have a chilling effect."
But a Trump presidency and a Sessions justice department did not damp the optimism among the panelists. The experts in the room seemed to agree that the burgeoning multi-billion-dollar cannabis industry and its potential to create new jobs meant that the outlook is still good.
"Extremely optimistic," said Asher Troppe, co-founder and CEO of investment firm Tress Capital, noting the wins across the country. California in particular, Troppe said, was "a big deal" as it represents the largest local cannabis market in the world. "We believe it's very hard to put the genie back in the bottle at this point," he added.
(Full disclosure: Tress Capital is a prospective investor in Cannabis Now)
Nevertheless, panelists and audience members rattled off a series of hurdles that remain to investing in cannabis-related business—beyond the recent presidential appointees. Among those issues, panelists noted the major banks' reluctance to open accounts for industry businesses and the resulting cash-only market with its inevitable security problems, the opposition of pharmaceutical companies to pro-legalization initiatives in some states, and other pitfalls for investors including predatory "snake-oil salesmen" and under-educated forays into the unique marijuana market.
But the inherent risks in investing in an industry plagued by legal gray areas is also part of what may make it a potential moneymaker.
"There's this legal uncertainty. I view that as, from an investor's standpoint, a big opportunity," said Gary Kaminsky, an securities expert on regulation, compliance, and risk management who serves as a managing director at BDO Consulting. "What we're talking about here is a very large legal arbitrage."
"If you can navigate that appropriately, you're going to have time to build a profitable business before Phillip Morris, or Yelp, or Amazon come into the business, because they will not come into this business until prohibition is lifted," Kaminsky said, referring to federal laws that continue to list marijuana as a controlled substance.
Several attendees agreed that the panel discussion itself may mark another historic milestone in the legitimization of cannabis as an investment-ready commodity.
"Look where it is," Walsh said after the panel discussion, turning towards a wall of flatscreen panels emblazoned with the Bloomberg logo. It's a far cry from a marijuana convention, he said, noting an absence of tie-dyed t-shirts in the room.
"This was a suits-and-ties type of Wall Street crowd," Walsh said of the nearly 150 attendees. "It's finally being taken seriously."
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EXHIBITION | On the Brink: The Visual Arts in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1941)
25 April 2019 — 15 September 2019
On the Brink: The Visual Arts in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1941)
International Survey Exhibition
Exhibition Curator & Project Manager: Marko Jenko
Opening: 25 April 2019, 8 p.m.
Duration: 25 April – 15 September 2019
Moderna galerija (Museum of Modern Art), Ljubljana
The Honorary Patron of the Exhibition is the President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor.
Selection of Artworks, Other Materials and / or Catalogue Contributions: Ana Bogdanović, Jana Intihar-Ferjan, Marko Jenko, Dejan Kosanović (in memoriam), Lovorka Magaš-Bilandžić, Lidija Merenik, Marja Nikolčić, Kiril Penušliski, Jože Pirjevec, Alenka Pirman, Petar Prelog, Daniel Rafaelić, Božo Repe, Bojana Rogina, Dejan Sretenović, Lara Štrumej, Ivana Udovičić, Zdenko Vrdlovec, Asta Vrečko, Beti Žerovc
Exhibition Concept and Design: Marko Jenko
Special Displays: Dejan Sretenović (Belgrade Surrealism), Alenka Pirman (Louis Adamič)
International Film Program (in Moderna galerija's Auditorium): Daniel Rafaelić, Zdenko Vrdlovec. Special acknowledgement goes to the Yugoslav Film Archive in Belgrade.
The international exhibition of the visual arts in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, this year's main event in Moderna galerija, provides an overview of painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, photography, and film from the time the king's dictatorship was set up (6 January 1929) to the beginning of World War II on Yugoslav soil (April 1941). This period, also due to the dictatorship, heavily influenced the so-called conflict on the artistic Left.
The thread running through the exhibition is – in addition to the art scene – the view of Yugoslavia as presented by Louis Adamič in his travelogue The Native's Return, published in 1934 in the United States, where it became an instant bestseller, reprinted many times. It was forbidden in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The Native's Return enables us to juxtapose the "objective" and "subjective" in the question of what actually is context. Adamič reveals the Kingdom of Yugoslavia – also through his encounters with artists such as sculptor Ivan Meštrović, writer Miroslav Krleža, and painter Petar Dobrović, as well as the king, one year before his assassination in Marseilles – as a country on the brink – a country of stark contrasts, caught between old, premodern customs and the grip of capitalism, with the premonition of its imminent end, also in a broader European and global context. But this turbulent pre-war period, when everything was coming apart at the seams, with different and conflicting ideas of Yugoslavism, from the king's integral Yugoslavism to more egalitarian views of society, also represents the time when the first official shared history of art of all the Yugoslav nations emerged, a history associated with the art historian and curator Milan Kašanin, the Venice Biennale (1938, 1940) and the international cultural policies of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
"Here I shall merely state that when I arrived in Yugoslavia, the country had been for over three years under the ruthless military dictatorship of King Alexander, which I knew but vaguely before I came there. I did not know what that really meant. I was not interested. I did not fully realize till months later that dictatorship meant that thousands of people were in prisons because they believed in such socio-political concepts as democracy, liberty, and economic justice, and dared to talk and act accordingly; that every city swarmed with secret agents; that newspaper, magazine, and book editors and publishers were under strict censorship; that public meetings, except those organized by henchmen of the dictatorial regime, were forbidden; and so on.
Anyhow, that, roughly, very roughly, was the political situation in Slovenia, in the whole of Yugoslavia, when I came there, although I did not see it at once. For three years and longer nearly everyone there had been living under an oppressive and suppressive government. I met people who whispered most of the time. Afraid to talk aloud in restaurants and coffee-houses or in the streets, they had been whispering ever since the dictatorship was established; now they whispered even when they asked me what kind of trip I had had or how I liked spring weather in Slovenia. At first I did not know what the matter with them was."
Louis Adamič, The Native's Return, 1934
The exhibition displays the work of more than 130 artists, archival and library materials from more than 50 public and private collections from ex-Yugoslav countries. Most of the works from abroad are shown in Slovenia for the first time. The exhibition On the Brink is also juxtaposed with art in the post-World-War-II context. In the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, a part of Moderna galerija since 2011, the exhibition Southern Constellations: The Poetics of the Non-Aligned (from March 7) presents us the art and movement of the Non-Aligned of which Yugoslavia was a constitutive part. Moderna galerija's program for 2019 is thus marked by the context of Yugoslavia or two Yugoslavias.
The exhibition On the Brink is accompanied by an international film program in Moderna galerija's auditorium, an educational program, and an extensive, richly illustrated catalogue.
Check our website for the upcoming international film program and public program. English guided tours with the curator Marko Jenko or Moderna galerija's guides can be arranged in advance. Please contact: izobrazevanje@mg-lj.si or +386 1 2416804 (Dana Terzić).
The exhibition and catalogue are supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
General sponsor: Mercator.
LEFT: Petar Dobrović, Portrait of Louis Adamič, 1932, oil on canvas, Heritage House (Gallery Petar Dobrović), Belgrade; RIGHT: Ivana Tomljenović-Meller, photo montage on the cover of the book Diktatur in Jugoslawien, 1930, private ownership, Zagreb.
LEFT: Marko Čelebonović, Globe, 1930, oil on canvas, private ownership, Belgrade; RIGHT: Nikola Martinoski, Skopje, 1933, oil on canvas, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana.
LEFT: Slavko Smolej, A View of the Ironworks, 1937; RIGHT: France Gorše, Agriculture, 1938, plaster; both: Moderna galerija, Ljubljana.
LEFT: Vane Bor, One Minute Before the Murder, 1935; RIGHT: Group of Surrealists (Marko Ristić, Jelica Ristić, André Thirion, Aleksandar Vučo, Lula Vučo, Vane Bor, Dušan Matić, Katia Drenovska), Le Cadavre Exquis N. 17, mixed media on paper; both: Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade.
LEFT: Krsto Hegedušić, Pepek Asleep, from Krsto Hegedušić's Podravski motivi or Podravina Motifs (with a foreword by Miroslav Krleža), 1933, private ownership, Ljubljana; RIGHT: Roman Petrović, Street Children, 1933, oil on plywood, National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo.
LEFT: Lojze Dolinar, Model for the Monument to King Aleksander I, 1938, bronze and plaster, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana; RIGHT: Scene from Marjan Foerster's film The Inauguration of the Monument to King Alexander I in Ljubljana, 6 September 1940, Archive of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene Film Archive), Ljubljana.


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European companies are pressuring U.S. regulators to delay the implementation of a number of provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, according to the Financial Times.
The FT reported that Digby Jones, director general of the United Kingdom's Confederation of British Industry, will send a letter Monday to the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking "a significant extension to the deadline" for non-U.S. companies to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, which requires companies to document their internal controls over financial reporting.
According to the newspaper, about 300 European companies, including more than 100 based in the U.K., file reports with the SEC and are therefore subject to Section 404. Their current compliance deadline is for fiscal years ending after July 15; the U.K. group hopes to push back that date until December 31, reported the FT.
The Confederation of British Industry certainly has an ally in SEC chairman William Donaldson. In a speech late last month at the London School of Economics Donaldson noted that he had asked the SEC staff to consider recommending that the commission "delay the effective date of the internal control on financial reporting requirements for non-U.S. companies," according to the newspaper.
European executives have complained that even if their companies delist from U.S. exchanges, they are still likely to be saddled with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs, noted the FT. Indeed, any company with 300 U.S. shareholders — a difficult threshold for most large companies to avoid — must comply with Section 404.
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Florida politicos: Who is attending Trump's inauguration (and who isn't)
Many Florida political leaders are in Washington, D.C. today to witness a historic transfer of power, as Republican Donald Trump officially begins his term as the 45th president on Friday. Gov. Rick Scott is there and will be attending the National Governors Association Breakfast, the inauguration and the inaguration ball in the evening. But Florida also has its share of no-shows in D.C. today, including former Gov. Jeb Bush, who dropped out of the presidential race in February weeks before Trump won the state's GOP primary. [Source: Naples Daily News]
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Florida Blue enrollment, billing glitches continuing
Complaints to Florida Blue about billing and activation problems are continuing more than a week after the insurer said it had solved a computer glitch that caused thousands of health insurance policies to show up as "cancelled." [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
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One prison is by far the deadliest in Florida
Three years after Dade Correctional Institution was thrust into the national spotlight for the death of an inmate locked in a boiling shower in its mental health unit, deaths at the prison have soared to unprecedented heights. [Source: Miami Herald]
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We all know the famous Beatles British rock band as one of the greatest ever music sensation in the rock era. Not only were they famous for their the rock pattern but they had experimented over several patterns like psychedelic, pop ballards and hard rock by incorporating various classical elements in their different innovative styles. However apart from being great musicians all the fellows seems to jolly-good-people and few of the recently leaked pictures of their earlier times on conversation show that the band could have made a very good career as being comedians even. Here are some of the conversational images about this.
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Why Dubai's princesses are fleeing
by Candace Sutton
22nd Jul 2019 5:13 AM
First it was Princess Shamsa, then Princess Latifa and last month Princess Haya fleeing lives of luxury and untold wealth enjoyed by Dubai's royal family.
The domain of powerful, multi-billionaire ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai is the jewel in the crown of The United Arab Emirates.
The glittering oil rich realm is a playground of luxury shopping, stunning ultra-modern architecture, resorts and a lively night-life.
But first one, then two and now three of its princesses have tried to flee the feudal kingdom.
The first two princesses - both daughters of the Sheikh - were dragged back, with Shamsa reportedly imprisoned in the almost two decades since to keep her silence.
The latest to escape is the Sheikh's wife, Princess Haya who fled Dubai last month with her two young children, aged seven and 11, seeking asylum in London.
The university educated, glamorous 45-year-old fled Dubai with $56m and is living in the Dubai royal family's $150m mansion, with heavy security, across the road from Kensington Palace.
Brewing in the British courts now is one of the biggest royal divorces the world has ever seen.
Princess Haya reportedly escaped via private jet to Germany, helped by foreign diplomats.
Channel 9's 60 Minutes has interviewed an insider to spill the beans on what is going wrong in the cloistered world of this most secretive of the world's royal families.
Himself a member of Dubai's royal clan, Marcus Essabri also had to flee the regime and says if he hadn't he might not have survived.
A royal cousin, Marcus grew up as a girl named Fatima, and only transitioned to a man 10 years ago.
One luxury mega rich state, three fleeing princesses including Shamsa (above): inside the scandal of Dubai's royal family.
"If I had stayed there, if I had been kept there, I don't think I could have survived," he said.
"Because I don't fit in. I don't tick their boxes."
Essabri told 60 Minutes that under the powerful control of Sheikh Mohammed, "there's no freedom".
He said the liberty of the women in the royal family is severely restricted and there are torturous consequences for those who dare to defy those in power.
He said, as a friend of princesses Shamsa and Latifa, he is breaking his silence because he fears they are in danger.
He said that Shamsa told him "that she would rather die than carry on the life there.
"For me is very tough to talk about this, because I feel I've let her down.
"I'm another hope. I believe that everything that anybody does will help Latifa and Shamsa," Essabri said.
In July 2000, 18-year-old Princess Shamsa was holidaying at her family's $130m estate in Surrey, England.
She managed to escape the compound and was free for several weeks while in hiding.
But the powerful clutches of the Sheikh found her and took her forcibly back to Dubai.
Princess Shamsa now allegedly lives as a prisoner in Dubai's gilded cage.
Essabri said Shamsa was imprisoned back in Dubai for eight years on return.
Her sister Latifa says Shamsa is "surrounded by nurses, they watch her take her pills, they make sure that she takes all of her pills.
"These drugs to control her mind, I don't know what they are. So her life is totally controlled."
Last year, Princess Latifa, 33 also tried to flee Dubai.
She and Shamsa are full sisters; Sheikh Mohammed has 30 children from six wives.
According to Dubai royal insider Marcus Essabri (above), the princesses are in danger.
Her elaborate escape plan by boat to India was foiled when armed commandos raided the vessel and dragged Latifa away at gunpoint, returning her to Dubai.
Latifa went missing off the coast of Goa after her daring seaborne bid to escape Dubai.
In March last year, a video was released of Sheikha Latifa in which she claimed she was fleeing from her family, and made allegations of imprisonment, abuse and torture.
Her family insisted she was safe and released a video of her late last year at home with former Irish President Mary Robinson.
London human rights lawyer, David Haigh, told 60 Minutes he believes Haya might have fled Dubai after she finally learning the truth about what happened to Latifa.
He led the chorus of international condemnation, but for months, all he received in return was silence and describes the sheikh's regime as "a dictatorship".
In the 38-minute video made by Latifa, she makes serious allegations which could help derail her father's looming custody battle with Princess Haya.
In Latifa's video, which was released on YouTube, she said she had also tried to flee Dubai when she was a teenager, but was caught and punished.
"I was in prison for three years and four months . It was constant torture, " she says staring into the camera lens."
Princess Haya, visiting the Australian Woodlands Empire in 2006, has fled the stifling atmosphere of Dubai's royal compound.
Princess Haya, the daughter of the late King Hussein of Jordan and half-sister of the current Jordanian king, is attuned to the duties and the cloistered world of Islamic royal wives.
She is nevertheless, an Oxford University graduate, and an accomplished equestrian, having represented Jordan at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
She married Sheikh Mohammed in 2004, becoming his sixth wife.
She was often seen by her husband's side at regional and international functions, greeting dignitaries and delivering speeches, unusual for the wife of a Persian Gulf ruler.
After she ran for her life, the Sheikh filed a lawsuit against her in a UK court, which next week will begin hearings into a custody battle over the estranged couple's children.
60 Minutes reported that a clue to Princess Haya's state of mind before fleeing came in a radio interview she gave in January.
In that interview Haya said she rejected any suggestion of ill-treatment to Latifa and "if I thought for a single second that any shred of this was true, you know, I wouldn't put up with it, or stand for it".
Marcus Essabri said he believed Haya left her husband because she finally realised the truth about what had happened to Latifa.
"It's very sad. It is ... somebody's taken her life away from her," he said.
"The opportunities of her life, it's like you are living, but you have no right to live.
"Is she being locked up? Is she being beaten? Is she being fed?
"I wouldn't treat even an animal the way she has been treated."
Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum and his wife Princess Haya in 2006 at the International Endurance Race in Jordan. Picture: Salah Malkawi.
He also said a photo released last year of Latifa was disturbing.
"Somebody that was there, but not there," he said.
"There was something missing. It's like there was no life.
"I don't know if she was drugged or despair. Emptiness."
The sheikh's wife-on-the-run has now been asked to help free Latifa.
A friend of Princess Latifa, Tiina Jauhiainen, who helped in the failed Goa escape bid, launched a Free Latifa campaign and has begged Princess Haya to help.
"We would urge Princess Haya to use her global power and influence to help free Latifa, who is and suffering because of her own father's treatment of her," Ms Jauhiainen said.
"She may be a princess, but this is about freedom and equality.
Aged 69, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is worth more than £9 billion ($15b) and is a keen racehorse owner and acquaintance of the British royal family.
David Haigh said the sheikh's power was waning.
"We're ... seeing people that were around the family ... for the first time ever are prepared to speak, because his power is falling.
"People are no longer as scared of him as they once were."
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Princess Latifa released a video saying she had been imprisoned and tortured.
Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, above with the Sheikh at Derby day in Epsom, England, in 2017 has now fled with their children. Picture: Mark Cuthbert.
Princess Shamsa escaped in 2001 but was forcibly returned and has been 'imprisoned' ever since.
Marcus grew up in the Dubai royal family as a girl named Fatima (above) before transitioning 10 years ago.
Princess Haya is well-educated and savvy, but after 15 years of marriage she has fled the cloistered world of Dubai's royal family.
One of Dubai's luxury ultra-modern buildings, the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah.
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