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Equity In the Autism Communityautisminlandempire@gmail.com2022-11-18T11:40:07-08:00
Equity in the
Autism Community
Why Equity Matters
As an organization committed to enabling people to live their absolute best lives, we will continue to focus efforts on improving equity and outcomes for vulnerable populations. It's essential to acknowledge that people of color are disproportionately negatively impacted and experience later autism diagnoses, misdiagnosis, and longer delays from diagnosis to accessing care (see the CDC's 2020 Community Report on Autism).
Equally important, there continue to be many people on the autism spectrum who need services and support and deserve equitable access to culturally sensitive care. Equitable evaluation and diagnosis as early as possible can help people be connected to the services they need. Access to medical treatment and services, issues around education, suspension rates, and safety are a few of the issues we acknowledge these issues and try to work together to overcome.
Together We Are Working on Equity Issues
Significant racial inequities exist in access to services for youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a multitude of systems. The Autism Society Inland Empire works to advocate using data and our families' experiences for removing barriers in accessing treatment and other services, and ultimately experience worse health outcomes.
Individuals with disabilities are 2 to 4 times more likely to die or sustain a critical injury during a disaster than people without disabilities. In 2020 with the help of LISTOS California, we were able to provide vital Disaster Preparedness training to over 16,000 individuals in our community.
The autism community has a 96% unemployment rate. Working together with our partners such as Inland Regional Center, Department of Rehabilitation, and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities – the Autism Employment Collaborative was born with a focus for improving these outcomes. This included looking at systems to create innovative services to promote accountability, creativity, and stable and sufficient funding streams to support person-centered, meaningful lives.
Regional Center Services
In order to address the issue of disparities in accessing Regional Center services for the Latino communities. The Autism Society Inland Empire received grants from the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) to establish a Community of Practice for groups and non-profit organizations that this community. The group was established in 2018 and is named Colaboración, Liderazgo, Abogacía, Servicio y Educación (CLASE) Community of Practice which means Collaboration, Leadership, Advocacy, Service, and Education. This Community of Practice strengthens organizations by providing the latest information on accessing and navigating systems and developing resources to be shared so all groups can be even more impactful in their efforts in improving the lives of the families they serve. As of June 2020, 34 leaders from 20 different organizations who serve over 16,000 families in Inland Empire are members.
Law Enforcement/First Responder Training
Individuals who have autism are seven times more likely to have interactions with police. Through a grant with the California Police Office Standards and Training, we have developed a 4-hour Autism & Developmental Disabilities Curriculum. This training is now being piloted to 240 officers in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. If adopted, it will be used throughout California.
Educational equity means that each child receives what they need to develop to their full academic and social potential. Working towards equity in schools involves ensuring equally high outcomes, interrupting inequitable practices, examining biases, creating inclusive multicultural school environments for adults and children, and discovering and cultivating the unique gifts, talents, and interests that every human possesses. The Autism Society Inland Empire is a leadership and systems change organization committed to increasing opportunities to all students with Autism to develop valuable skills and knowledge that help them live a full life and contribute to society.
Vaccine Equity/Access to Healthcare
COVID brought many challenges to our community. Issues around obtaining PPE, testing, food, resources, wearing masks, and vaccines impacted our community. We have worked with partners to ensure access to these critical resources for our population in the Inland Empire. See our COVID Resource Page including data from this important time in our community.


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Batter-up New York: Let's bring gravity-knife repeal home. (Urgent Update)
Jun 19, 2015 |
UPDATE 6-23: Urgent from Kniferights. I will fix the formatting on this later, but right now if you are seeing this there is a different Senator that needs to hear from us. please call now! (Scroll down to read the background and the original post)
VERY URGENT NEW YORK ACTION ALERT – CALL RIGHT NOW! TIME IS RUNNING OUT! With Knife Rights lobbyist Todd Rathner on the ground in Albany, we are still trying to figure out exactly where A.4821/S.3675 stands (the bill to "Fix" NY's Gravity Knife Law & Stop Thousands of NYC Arrests). We were assured the bill had been "released" by Senator Nozzolio from the Codes Committee, but now we are hearing that it's still in the committee. We are currently trying to find out the truth, but that is almost irrelevant given just hours remain in the session. WE NEED YOU TO CALL RIGHT NOW!
If you live, work or travel to New York please CALL Senator Nozzolio's office and politely request that he "please stop playing politics with A.4821/S.3675 and send it to the Rules Committee so it can move to the floor for a vote. Pushing knife owners off for the second year in a row is not acceptable!"
Senator Nozzolio: 518-455-2366
Or email: nozzolio@nysenate.gov
It's go time New York. In case you missed it, New York's prohibition on what they call "gravity knives" ensnares thousands of innocent knife carriers each year who are bearing tools "in common use" throughout the country. Virtually any EDC blade can fall under the incredibly vague and yet still draconian statute, even if the cops have to cheat to make it open.
Even the Village Voice thinks that these laws need to go. Writer Jon Campbell won the KnifeRights.org Freedom's Voice Award for his piece : How a '50s-era New York Knife Law Has Landed Thousands in Jail and related work.
At the time of this writing the bill is stalled and may actually be killed by New York Republicans in the legislature. From the Village Voice today:
"For the second year in a row, a liberal, downstate Democrat has proposed a bill designed to end the over-criminalization of pocket knives — a subject the Voice has covered extensively. And for the second year in a row, almost all the opposition to the measure has come from the Republican side of the aisle. In some cases, second-amendment-supporting Republican legislators were actively sponsoring bills to roll back restrictions on firearms even as they helped ensure that New Yorkers — overwhelmingly New Yorkers of color — continued to be arrested for possessing knives.
"It's certainly surprising," says Doug Ritter, director of Knife Rights, an Arizona based lobbying group that advocates for relaxing knife rights primarily on second amendment grounds. "Many of [those opposed] are upstate senators whose constituents are going to the city and getting arrested with the same pocket knives they're carrying back home."
If you live, work, or travel through New York State, now is the time to get this one across the finish line and end these miscarriages of justice.
From KnifeRights.org:
June 19, 2015: URGENT ACTION ALERT New York Bill to "Fix" Gravity Knife Law & Stop Thousands of NYC Arrests Needs Your CALLs and EMAILs TODAY! Time is running out, but we are still in the fight after the NY Legislature extended its session into next week. After a major behind-the-scenes lobbying effort, the bill to "fix" New York State's gravity knife law in an effort to protect New York City knife owners, A.4821/S.3675, has finally been released by the Senate Codes Committee and has now been assigned to the Senate Rules Committee. This bill has already passed the Assembly.
A.4821/S.3675 would require that prosecutors prove "unlawful intent" in order for someone to be prosecuted for possession of a "gravity knife." There have been over 60,000 gravity knife prosecutions in NYC in the past 10 years with the rate doubling in recent years.
If you live, work or travel in New York, STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW and EMAIL and CALL Rules Committee Chairman Senator John Flanagan RIGHT NOW and politely request that he move A.4821/S.3675 to the floor for a final vote.
CALL and EMAIL Chairman Flanagan NOW!
Email: flanagan@nysenate.gov
Jake Middleton says:
Thanks for posting this Clay, I emailed just now and will call Monday. As an upstater I don't have to deal with quite as many crazy city laws, but still too many.
It's quite crazy though that our supposedly 2nd amendment supporting Republicans are stalling this.
These "second-amendment-amendment supporting republicans" are the same guys that rushed through NY's Safe Act, after Sandy Hook.

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Liz and Mike hold adventuring and traveling together high on their #couplesgoals. They live their lives based on unforgettable experiences, not just moments in time. Traveling educates them, opens their minds, and brings them closer together on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis. Over the years they have allowed their journeys to shape their personalities individually but also continue to keep their relationship new and exciting. One country that they both found themselves always marveling over was Norway. So it was only natural that after Mike proposed they have never-ending lifetime adventures together, they would set out to plan a wedding in Norway.
They contacted us over a year ago to plan their Norway destination wedding. They were hoping to be in the middle of the true essence of Norwegian countryside. So after reviewing some really kickass options we cooked up for them to consider for the Norway wedding, they decided the Geirangerfjord area was the right fit. The fabulous Hotel Alexandra would act as our Norway wedding base.
Have you ever heard of or stayed the Hotel Alexandra in Loen, Norway? You should! I've stayed at a lot of a hotels being an Adventure Wedding Planner and Photographer and this hotel has infinite potential for weddings, luxury relaxation, and they are currently constructing a very unique experience at the top of Mount Hoven. They are building a cable car lift system that will take you to the top of the mountain (which was previously only accessed by a very long hard via ferrata hike) for an epic view and 5-star dinning. This experience is set to open in May of 2017, keep your eyes peeled and put it on your Norway wedding or honeymoon bucket list!
Back to Liz + Mike and their gorgeously sweet details… Can I get a little swoon swoon over the vow books, Norway wedding dress, the boots, ring box, and the bouquet?!
As unique as Mike and Liz's relationship is, they wanted to hold a ceremony that brought in those elements and also interacted with their guests who travelled so many miles in from California. The Norway wedding ceremony began with the bride and groom parting ways at a beautiful inlet from the nearby fjord, the groom walked over a sweet little bridge and the bride made her grand entrance down a gorgeous red carpet.
The Norway wedding celebrant began the ceremony by inviting each of the guests to hold the bride and grooms wedding rings in an intimate ring warming ceremony. While holding the rings, each guest was asked to think of a positive wish for the bride and groom. It was beautiful.
Liz and Mike spoke their own vows to each other, exchanged those beautiful rings, and even held a super sweet beer unity ceremony where they mixed two into a fun cocktail!
Once the wedding ceremony in Norway concluded the day adventure began… Our first stop was to a secret fjord beach and then onto oh-so many more amazing stops (which stay tuned next week for Part 2 of their amazing Norway wedding adventure, believe me you do not want to miss it!) throughout the famed Geirangerfjord area.
Mike and Liz's Norway wedding adventure concluded with a Norway wedding reception at Hotel Alexandra with decor inspired by the endless forests of Norway and featured a delicious 3 course traditional meal.
Please stay tuned for next week's post as we will share the core of their adventure wedding in Norway!


HIPPA requirements and state board rules on x-ray storage. Are you compliant?
How important it is for your EHR to integrate with your x-ray system. Is it important at all?
Steven J Kraus', DC, FIACN, DIBCN background as a clinic owner, HIPAA compliance expert, and CEO of an EHR Company enables him to provide you with a unique perspective in assessing digital x-ray.
Andrew Cheesman nearly 10 years' experience with digital x-ray systems, expertise on CR, DR technology and background in chiropractic digital radiography will help you understand what to be aware of in digital x-ray.


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The current study examined the effects of choosing among alternatives for five children in a series of experiments. In the first, a concurrent-chains arrangement was used to assess all participant's preferences for choice making. Initial link selections resulted in access to terminal links in which the completed task resulted (a) the choice of identical reinforcers (choice), (b) the delivery of an identical reinforcer (no-choice), or (c) no reinforcer delivered (control). One of the five participants showed an initial preference for choice, the others had either an inconsistent preference or were indifferent. Additional evaluations were conducted (Experiments 2 and 4) to demonstrate whether preference for choice could be established by either increasing variability of the stimuli, or by increasing the number of stimuli from which to choose. Choice-link selections increased for one participant when more items were available from which to choose and for another participant when the items from which to choose varied. Experiment 3 and 5 quantified the value of the opportunity to choose using progressively increasing schedule requirements during the choice terminal link for the three children who demonstrated a preference for choice. All three children continued to select the choice link even when the schedule requirements in the choice link were much higher than that in the no-choice link.


"This is a real treasure and a great learning tool for synthesizers. This multi-voice synthesizer from the mid-1970s was built from a kit and worked when it was retired, though I can't promise it will now. It is solid-state, though, so why not? The schematics, procedure instructions, glossary, and setting/operating instructions are included so you can experiment away. Learn how the various electronics produce the sounds and learn how to control them. This is a nice, quality device.
The build instructions have been marked by the builder, so I won't claim this is mint."
See the seller's other items for some other vintage electronics.


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Make a plan and set a quit date. Give yourself some time to prepare before launching into your quit attempt. Make a list of all your reasons for quitting and put this list where you will see it often. Think about reasons you smoke, including routines that trigger tobacco use, and think about how to change those routines and avoid cues that cause you to light up. Mark your quit date on your calendar and get mentally prepared.
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FAIRBANKS — Doyon Ltd. wants to build a micro-hydroelectric project inside Denali National Park and Preserve to power Kantishna Roadhouse, a backcountry lodge the Fairbanks Native Corporation owns 100 miles inside the park.
The National Park Service supports the project, and Alaska's two senators, Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski, introduced legislation last month — the Kantishna Hills Renewable Energy Act of 2010 — that directs the park service to issue a special-use permit to speed construction of the project and authorizes a 10-acre land exchange between Doyon and the NPS.
Doyon is proposing to build the hydro project on Eureka Creek, a small fishless creek near the roadhouse in the non-wilderness section of the 6 million-acre park. The project would include a 50-kilowatt power plant, a small impoundment dam and a small pipeline to carry water. Doyon currently uses a diesel generator to power the roadhouse.
Doyon would like to start building the power plant next summer, vice president of operations Aaron Schutt said Tuesday. The corporation hasn't done a full engineering design, but Schutt said a "ballpark figure" for the project is $500,000.
The power plant would provide the roadhouse with about half of the electricity it uses during peak operation, which Schutt said would amount to "a few thousand" gallons of diesel fuel per year. The price of diesel fuel in Fairbanks on Tuesday was about $3.60 per gallon but Schutt said the cost of getting it delivered to the roadhouse is substantially higher.
"It's been as high as six or seven bucks a gallon," he said.
The roadhouse uses 80 to 90 to kilowatts of electricity per hour at peak usage. The power plant is expected to generate 40 to 50 kilowatts per hour. The roadhouse would be able to shut its generators off during the night by using hydroelectric power, Schutt said.
Similar hydro-electric power plants are at the Eielson Visitor Center and Camp Denali, another backcountry lodge about 10 miles from the Kantishna Roadhouse, Schutt said.
Murkowski and Begich touted the advantages of the project during a Sept. 29 subcommittee hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
"Hydropower is a clean renewable source of energy that can play a vital role in our energy future and it makes sense to allow its development within the park boundaries," Murkowski testified.
The project will reduce the roadhouse's diesel fuel consumption, improve air quality and result in fewer fuel trucks driving the park road, all of which will benefit Doyon, the park service and park visitors, Begich said.
"This land trade just makes sense," the senator said.
The National Park Service is "in total support" of the project, parks spokeswoman Kris Fister said. The reason it requires legislative action by Congress is that the park service doesn't have the authority to issue a right-of-way for the project, Fister said. The right-of-way is required for the pipeline and electric transmission line, Schutt said.
The 18-inch pipeline would be approximately 4,600 feet long, he said.


While most healthcare organizations have used benchmarking as a way of assessing its processes and outcomes for many years, its use is now expanding in the sector. Emily Rhinehart of Lexington Insurance assesses the implications.
As healthcare risk managers ponder the challenges they face as a result of healthcare reforms, it is predicted more will turn to the use of captives and risk pooling schemes. HRMR explores the pros and cons of this and finds 10 reasons the captive solution can work for organizations.
The increasing complexity of the risks faced by healthcare providers and ACOs means insurers are investing in securing the right products and expertise to provide solutions, as Michelle Hoppes, senior vice president, global risk management & loss control at Allied World explains to HRMR.
Many insurers are developing new products and acquiring expertise to meet the needs of the increasingly complex risk landscape for healthcare bodies. One such organisation is IronHealth, a subsidiary of Ironshore.
The relationship between physicians and hospitals has not always been an easy one. As the two groups once again look to align their interests and organizations, Johnnye Dennis and Kevin Junod of Lockton look at the challenges and opportunities ahead.
Hacking financial data is old news—cyber criminals are now targeting healthcare, as Brian Stromberg and David McElroy of Riskonnect report.
ECRI Institute's 2015 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards highlights many perennial problems plus some newer issues. HRMR rounds up its findings.


FAIR is a residency program at FABRIKKEN for Kunst & Design for artists and curators residing in the Nordic and Baltic countries. FAIR welcomes early career artists and curators, who wish to further and challenge their practice in a generous environment of early to mid-career artists.
The FAIR residency program welcomes 3-4 artists or curators a year for a duration of 3 months each. The FAIR guest receives a monthly grant of minimum 5.000 DKK (approx. 670 EUR), travel expenses to and from the home country (economy only), shared accommodation in Copenhagen, and a large private studio at FABRIKKEN.
The program responds to the individual artistic or curatorial practice of the resident, and preparatory skype meetings between the program manager and the artist/curator will be conducted before arrival to maximise the value of the residency.
Applicants are asked to submit a proposal for an artistic research project. The project should contribute to developing new knowledge and insight into the field in question. The project should be new or recently initiated and of a high standard with regards to content, coherence, and expression. The resident will receive active mentoring and support during the residency.
FAIR connects the resident with Danish artists and other art professionals through meetings, openings, and other professional and social events. During the residency, a public event is organized in collaboration with the program manager.
Applicants are encouraged to motivate their decision to apply for a residency in a Danish art context.
To be eligible for a residency, the applicant must be a professional artist or curator and reside in one of the Nordic or Baltic countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Åland, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia). The program does not accept applications from Danish nationals or residents of Denmark. A jury consisting of artists and curators assesses the applications.
Applicants can expect a reply by late June 2018.
NB! As a resident, a local artist or curator will host you, and you will have access to a private bedroom but share kitchen, bathroom etc. The FAIR program does not offer accommodation to anyone beyond the successful applicants (i.e. family etc.). The FAIR residency program is subject to funding. Artists/curators accepted into the program will be informed of potential changes to the program as early as possible.
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Gebäudetypen » the Rugby Championship
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DENVER -- For one night, Charlie Culberson looked a little bit like the shortstop hes trying to replace. He had the power of Troy Tulowitzki and the nifty moves, too -- jumping out of the way of a shattered bat fragment to cleanly field a grounder. "Not Tulowitzki," cautioned Culberson, "but if they put (me) in the lineup, Ill be ready to play." Culberson hit his first homer in more than a month -- a three-run shot in the fifth -- and Jorge De La Rosa pitched seven effective innings to lift the Colorado Rockies over the Cincinnati Reds 7-3 on Thursday. With Tulowitzki set for season-ending hip surgery Friday, Culberson and Josh Rutledge figure to receive plenty of playing time at shortstop. Culberson definitely made the most of his opportunity Thursday. "Tulo is our guy," Culberson said. "And shortstop is a big spot to fill. ... I feel like both us can go out there and fill in." De La Rosa (12-8) allowed three runs and five hits as he improved to 8-2 at Coors Field this season. Not bad considering he tweaked his Achilles running to first in the second inning. But he came back out to pitch and didnt miss a beat. "It was bothering me a little bit," De La Rosa said. "But I was able to keep pitching in pain. Well take care of that before my next start." Reds All-Star Alfredo Simon (12-8) is winless in six starts since the break. He allowed seven runs -- five earned -- and a season-high 10 hits in five innings. "He made some mistakes and they hit it hard," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "Its just a matter of executing better pitches and having a better mix of pitches." Culberson broke the game open by lacing a 95 mph fastball from Simon into the left-field bleachers. It was his first homer since June 29. The shortstop also flashed his fielding prowess by sidestepping a piece of Todd Fraziers broken bat to field the ball and throw out Frazier by a few steps. "The bat went further than the ball," Culberson said. "Those things happen. Just got to roll with it." Charlie Blackmon broke a 2-all tie in the fourth when he drove in a run on a groundout. Drew Stubbs followed with an RBI single against his former team. Both runs were unearned after Simon threw the ball away trying to turn a double play. "Its good to see some things we did offensively, that weve been struggling to do," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. CARGO DONE FOR SEASON Shortly after the game, the Rockies announced that outfielder Carlos Gonzalez will have season-ending surgery on his left knee Monday. Its been an injury-riddled year for Gonzalez, who is on the disabled list with not only an aching left knee but a sprained right ankle. He was out earlier this season after doctors found and removed a small tumour in his left index finger. BACK ON TRACK Ryan Ludwick was hitless in his last 13 at-bats before breaking out with an RBI double in the second. He added a solo homer in the sixth off De La Rosa that landed near the top of the stands in left. "Today, I just happened to think along with him," Ludwick said. "Lucky guess." TRAINERS ROOM Reds: RHP Homer Bailey is headed to the disabled list with a strained elbow. Price said he will announce a starter to take Baileys spot in the rotation Friday. Theres no timetable for Baileys return. Rockies: OF Michael Cuddyer (broken left shoulder) could be back in the lineup Saturday. The reigning NL batting champ has been on the DL since early June. UP NEXT Reds: RHP Johnny Cueto (14-6, 2.05 ERA) can take over the NL lead in wins by beating the Rockies on Friday. Cueto is 6-0 in seven starts since losing at San Diego on July 2. Rockies: LHP Franklin Morales (5-6, 4.97) will make his first career start against the Reds. Hes faced them five times as a reliever, going 2-0 with two saves. Vapormax 2019 Suomi . Hargreaves began his career in 2008 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and has played with the Edmonton Eskimos and last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Vapormax Flyknit 2 Suomi . The Blue Jackets play Thursday night at New Jersey in their first game after the NHLs Olympic hiatus. A native of Trencin, Slovakia, Gaborik has represented his country at the 2006 and 2010 Olympics but was unable to play in Sochi because of his injury. http://www.vapormaxsuomi.com/vapormax-flyknit-3-ale.html. "Ive got a lot of work to do on this team and the sooner that I can get back to my office and start that work, itll be better," he said straight-faced as the rest of the room erupted in laughter. Vapormax Ale .com) - Oregon wasnt going to let Arizona ruin its national title dreams for a second straight season. Nike Vapormax Suomi . The New York State Supreme Court only partially dismissed the lawsuit, meaning the case could be headed for trial. The tour announced a year ago that Singh would be suspended for saying in a Sports Illustrated story that he took deer antler spray, which was believed to contain the banned substance IGF-1.The Grand Stade de Lyon is on course to sell out for the Champions Cup final between Saracens and Racing 92 on Saturday, live on Sky Sports 2. One thing we can predict for certain is, come the final whistle, there will be a new name on the trophy, as neither side has yet tasted glory in European rugbys premier cup competition.Racing 92 will make their first appearance in a final and are the ninth Top 14 club to play in a European Cup decider, while Saracens will be appearing in the final for a second time after losing 23-6 to Toulon in 2014. Top of the PoolsSaracens swept aside all before them in a tricky Pool 1 that included Toulouse, Ulster and Oyonnax.The north London side kicked off their campaign with a 32-7 win over Toulouse. We take a look Saracens route to the 2016 European Rugby Champions Cup final It was an impressive display from Saracens and they backed it up in Round 2 with a superb second-half performance away to Ulster.Sarries scored 22 points after the break in Belfast to come away 27-9 winners and underline their ambition to go one better than they did in 2014. Owen Farrell will be hoping to help Sarries to their first Champions Cup success Rounds 3 and 4 provided back-to-back wins against Oyonnax - a 45-10 win at Stade Charles Mathon before a Chris Ashton hat-trick inspired them to a 55-13 victory at home the following week. The bonus-point win put comfortable distance between them and the chasing pack in Pool 1.Mark McCalls men then secured their home quarter-final in Round 5 with another impressive win against Ulster, this time winning 33-17 to secure their fourth bonus-point victory of the pool stages.In their final game of the group stages, Saracens kept their 100% record intact as they travelled to Stade Ernest Wallon and beat Toulouse 28-17. When is the Champions Cup final on Sky? When is the Champions Cup final and how can you watch it on Sky Sports? Meanwhile, over in Pool 3, Racing were drawn with Northampton, Glasgow and Scarlets. Their first match was scheduled to be against Glasgow, but was postponed following the terror attacks in Paris.The Top 14 side got their Champions Cup campaign off to a winning start with a bonus-point 29-12 victory over the Scarlets at Parc y Scarlets.Dan Carter then had his first taste of European rugby with the Paris-based side as he helped Racing to a 33-3 win over Northampton in Round 3, but a week later there was a blip as Saints held them to a 9-9 draw at Franklins Gardens. We take a look at Racing 92s route to the 2016 European Rugby Champions Cup final In early January, Racings postponed Round 1 game against Glasgow took place at Stade Yves Du Manoir.dddddddddddd The French side tightened their grip on Pool 3 with a 34-10 bonus-point win, and a week later racked up the biggest win in the tournament when they demolished Scarlets 64-14 at home.The final round was not a good one for Racing, as they were well beaten by Glasgow Warriors in Kilmarnock - 22-5 thanks to a try from Stuart Hogg. However, they had done enough to advance as Pool 3 winners and secure home advantage in the quarter-finals.Knockout stagesRacing hosted three-time champions Toulon in the quarter-finals in battle that went to the wire. The scores were tied 16-16 before a 79th-minute penalty from French scrum-half Maxime Machenaud kicked Racing into their first semi-final, knocking out the reigning champions. PRO12 v Premiership: Who wins? Which league has the best players? In their semi-final against Leicester, it was Machenauds try in the third minute that helped Racing to a 19-9 lead with the game closing out. Though Leicester hit back with a try with a minute remaining, Racing held on for a 19-16 win at City Ground.Saracens came under intense pressure in their quarter-final and had to come from behind to beat Northampton after trailing 10-6 at half-time. Sarries were far from their best but stepped up in the second half to beat their Premiership rivals 29-20. Saracens beat Wasps 24-17 in their semi-final It was another Premiership side in the semi-finals for Saracens as they won a thrilling encounter against Wasps. The power of their back row finally took its toll on Wasps, who made Sarries really fight for their place in the final in a 24-17 win.The finalThe two best teams in Europe will now meet. Will Saracens be able to keep their 100% win record and lift the trophy? No team has ever won the tournament after finishing the group stages as top seeds.Can Racing 92 triumph, propelling Dan Carter into an exclusive club of players who have won the World Cup, the Rugby Championship, the Super Rugby title and the Champions Cup?The five to do so are Bryan Habana, Bakkies Botha, Danie Rossouw, Brad Thorn and Ali Williams. Juan Imhoff scored a try during Racings quarter-final against Toulon The Sky Sports team will be in Lyon to bring you all the action as it unfolds, with special guests Paul OConnell and Jonny Wilkinson joining us to share their views.Tune in from 3.45pm on Sky Sports 2 this Saturday to watch Saracens v Racing 92 in the Champions Cup final Also See: Farrell keen to emulate Carter Champions Cup final on Sky Sports WATCH: Fodens trick shot WATCH: Greenwoods Favourite 5 ' ' '
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Manufacturing: Lessons from the Olympic Apparel Debate
Over the past week a debate has erupted over the sourcing of apparel to be worn by US Olympic athletes in the upcoming Olympic games. The Washington Post explains:
With their bright white pants, double-breasted blazers and bizarre berets, the uniforms designed for the United States Olympic athletes to wear at the opening ceremonies in London won't be making anyone's summer fashion list.
But days after Ralph Lauren released images of its 2012 outfits, U.S. lawmakers responded with a surprisingly visceral reaction to the news that the red, white and blue uniforms were made in... China.
"I am so upset. I think the Olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves. I think they should be embarrassed. I think they should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over again," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), told reporters Thursday. "If they have to wear nothing but a singlet that says USA on it, painted by hand, then that's what they should wear."
Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.): "It's not just a label, it's an economic solution. Today there are 600,000 vacant manufacturing jobs in this country and the Olympic committee is outsourcing the manufacturing of uniforms to China? That is not just outrageous, it's just plain dumb. It is self-defeating."
The issue cuts to the core of ongoing debate over manufacturing in the United States and what, if anything, policy makers should be doing about this particular sector of the economy. Here we have an issue where Republicans and Democrats have found common ground.
The Olympic uniform kerfuffle provides an opportunity to discuss what is wrong with policies focused on protecting certain sectors of the economy from the inexorable forces of globalization and productivity gains, which if well managed, can benefit everyone. These lessons are more broadly applicable to the larger debate over US manufacturing.
To appreciate these lessons, let's dig a little deeper into the Olympic apparel debate.
New York Senator Chuck Schumer (D) has an idea about what should be done:
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today called on the U.S. Olympic Committee to abandon their current uniforms that were made in China and replace them with uniforms made in the United States, and suggested Rochester-based suit maker Hickey Freeman to do the job. This week, ABC News revealed that the U.S. Olympic Committee decided to outfit the American athletes at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in uniforms made in China, instead of enlisting American workers and companies to support their national team. In the wake of this report, Schumer secured a commitment from President Mike Cohen of Rochester-based suit maker Hickey Freeman to produce the sport coats and dress trousers for the Olympic team's uniforms for the opening ceremonies. Today, Schumer called on the Olympic Committee to scrap their current uniforms, have them made in the United States, and consider hiring Hickey Freeman to lead the charge in producing the uniforms in the United States.
The company that Schumer is promoting is of course located in his home state.It is also the same Hickey Freeman that was sold to an Indian company to avoid bankruptcy back in 2010. That is right, Schumer is arguing for Americans to be outfitted by an Indian company.
For his part Schumer argues:
"It's far better to have foreign capital come here and create American jobs than American capital go there and create foreign jobs."
But this is not correct at all.
The reason that Hickey Freeman has any jobs at all in New York is arguably not because of foreign capital investments, but because the NY and US governments have repeatedly propped up the industry and the company with subsidies.
For instance, in 2004 the state of NY and city of Rochester put together a $5 million package to help the company modernize its factory in an effort to remain competitive. In addition, the US Congress has repeatedly supported the industry via tariffs and industry assistance through the "Wool Fabric Trust Fund" created in 2000 and repeatedly reauthorized, most recently in 2010 (see this Congressional description in PDF, at p. 11).
At the time Senator Schumer explained the significance of the legislation to the fate of Hickey Freeman, arguing that that eliminating the Wool Trust Fund, which
provides Rochester's iconic Hickey Freeman with substantial import tax relief, could lead to the closure of the Rochester facility, leading to the loss of 400 good paying jobs. Schumer said that to eliminate this program to pay for a jobs bill would be a bitter irony. Schumer today announced that the Wool Trust Fund program is safe and the Hickey Freeman employees could breathe a sigh of relief.
Louise Slaughter (D-NY) also takes credit for helping to save the company as well, "She was also instrumental working with Hickey Freeman's former parent company Hartmax, their creditors and the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank to avoid liquidation of the company."
Let's take a look at the bigger picture. Shown in the graph below are data on US jobs in the "apparel" sector and its sub-sector "mens and boys clothing" (under which Hinkley Freeman would be found), both of which are sub-categories of "manufacturing."
Since 1990 employment in the apparel sector has declined by 83% and in mens and boys clothing by 87% (data from BLS). Of note, almost all policy attention has been paid to efforts focused on preserving the (now) ~15% of remaining jobs rather than the fortunes of the ~85% of jobs which have been lost (e.g., skill development, job retraining, etc.). More generally, have a look at the graph and ask yourself, how well have the protectionist policies implemented since 1990 worked in any case?
Why have jobs in this industry sector declined? Because low-skilled, low-paying textile jobs are better sourced from outside the US, where "better" means at lower cost to production. Securing lower cost inputs is a key factor in sustaining productivity, which means getting more output for less input, a key factor in how we collectively become wealthier.
Back in 2009, the Indian company (SKNL) that acquired the parent company (HMX) of Hinckley Freeman explained (PDF) the logic of their investment and the strategies that they would employ to return the business to profitability:
At the onset, the first leg of value-creation opportunity is a backend-frontend integration synergy that will boost gross margins significantly. A 30% gross margin is extremely low for a business the size of HMX and operating in the market segment that HMX brands operate in. We believe we will be able to boost gross margin up significantly by backward integration of production through our Indian manufacturing operations and also through opportunistic sourcing from the Far East and Central America. . .
As per our investment plan, we envision outsourcing part of HMX's manufacturing to our plants in India. SKNL is adept at manufacturing products currently manufactured and sold by Hartmarx, including suits, shirts and slacks. SKNL will be able to supply fabrics from Reid & Taylor and Belmonte to HMX and finished garments from our suits and shirt factory in Bangalore which will be operational within a year. This would facilitate diverting export production of factories to better value-added products from our fabric division and also provide immediate capacity for the new shirt and suit factory. By conservative estimates, it is anticipated that the back-end synergy will provide substantial additional profitable business to us within the next 3 years.
The globalization of the apparel industry is a good thing. Resources are used more efficiently. Profits are increased. The economy grows. More jobs are ultimately created. There is downside, as well, such as in jobs lost and skills that have become obsolete or uncompetitive. Policy should focus on effectively managing the downside rather than trying to stop change from occurring in the first place.
Writing at Blomberg Businessweek, Larry Popelka explains clearly why politicians from both parties have things wrong on this issue:
Garment manufacturing is a low-cost commodity business. Most of the value in the apparel industry comes from design, technology, sales, marketing, and distribution—not manufacturing. The successful players in apparel, such as Ralph Lauren and Nike (NKE), figured this out long ago.
Because the economics are bad, most U.S. apparel manufacturing operations folded decades ago. Only 97,000 Americans still have jobs in apparel production, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, and most of them are making highly specialized products like DuPont (DD) Kevlar uniforms that cannot be made elsewhere.
But just because America doesn't manufacture apparel anymore doesn't mean we can't lead the industry. In fact, the world's largest apparel companies are almost all U.S.-based, including Nike, VF (VFC), PVH (PVH), and Ralph Lauren, to name a few. These companies have grown a combined 146 percent during the past 10 years, adding more than $27 billion in revenue. Nike has created more than 15,000 new jobs in the U.S. during this time, Ralph Lauren almost 10,000. And unlike the low-paying production jobs next to sewing machines, these are well-paying jobs in marketing, accounting, design, and management.
These companies are winning globally by out-designing, out-innovating, and out-marketing the competition. Nike, for example, is unveiling a new TurboSpeed running suit at the London Olympic Games that it claims can reduce 100-meter sprint times by .023 seconds. Nike's gear will be used by teams from many countries, including Russia, China, and of course, the U.S.
What Nike and Ralph Lauren don't do is make their own products, in the U.S. or elsewhere—and this has become their competitive advantage.
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From wushu exponent to project engineer – Loh Jack Chang has made quite a transition.
But the former wushu world champion admits he retired at the right time – given the lack of clarity in the Malaysian sports scene.
"Yes, some of them (athletes) have messaged me saying I'm lucky to have left the national team.
"But I feel sorry for my friends who are still athletes. They are not too sure what lies ahead," he said.
A member of Olympic Council of Malaysia's Athletes' Commission, Loh said athletes and even coaches are unsure what the Youth and Sports Ministry is planning for the year and beyond.
The ministry has come under fire in recent times, including public outbursts by elite athletes, due to the so-called lack of clarity and direction. The situation is worrying as there are athletes who have not been training since the start of the year despite the Manila SEA Games 10 months away.
"Among the grouses include their training allowances being slashed and that athletes and coaches are unsure their training programme would be like throughout the year," Loh said.
He added several representatives from the Athletes Commission met Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Steven Sim to give him an idea of what the athletes were going through.
Loh added the ministry, its agencies and the national associations should meet the athletes and coaches to clear the air.
"I remember attending a town hall meeting between athletes and (the then) Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. Many athletes voiced their opinions without holding back. He heard first hand what we had to say.
Loh, however, believes athletes who are eager to prove themselves will continue to strive for the best, regardless of the hurdles they face.
Loh was met after being interviewed on BFM's 'Bar None' at the radio station's studio in Taman Tun Dr Ismail yesterday.
During the interview, Loh spoke about life after sports and how he managed to adapt to the new environment after serving the national team for 13 years.
Catch Loh on 'Bar None' this Saturday at 10am with a repeat show next Thursday (Feb 7) at 8pm.


If you take one of the trains out of Kyoto you will find a little station that runs a steam train through the mountains to Arashiyama. From there you can walk through this bamboo grove.
The good thing about the grove is that selfie sticks blend in to the background so are less of a distraction than usual.


A Northeastern energy-climate scholar and a global environmental scientist are cautioning against advancing solar geoengineering research without building greater societal legitimacy.
Toward Legitimacy of the Solar Geoengineering Research Enterprise by Jennie Stephens, Dean's Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy at Northeastern University, and Peter Frumhoff, director of science and policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, was published this month in The Royal Society as part of a collection of scientific publications examining the physical and social challenges of achieving the fundamental goal of the Paris Agreement. The agreement's goal is to limit global average temperatures from rising 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and as close to 1.5 degrees as possible.
Mounting concerns over climate risks is increasing calls for experiments testing the efficacy of solar geoengineering technologies, such as the sustained injection of sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere, which would reflect sunlight to rapidly lower Earth's surface temperature.
Research proponents acknowledge such experiments may pose significant environmental and geopolitical risks, but argue these must be weighed against the potential benefits of solar geoengineering in limiting climate risks faced by the world's most vulnerable nations and communities. Stephens and Frumhoff scrutinize this argument and call on researchers, research funders and policymakers to ensure proposed experiments are subject to legitimate societal review and informed consent.


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Alex Secures Solid Sixth at Spa-Francorchamps
Alex Albon finished P6 at the Belgian Grand Prix, securing eight more points for him and Aston Martin Red Bull Racing at Spa-Francorchamps.
One year after making his Aston Martin Red Bull Racing debut, Alex returned to Spa-Francorchamps for the Belgian Grand Prix.
The Thai driver enjoyed solid opening practice sessions with P6 an P4 during Friday's running. Alex carried his pace into Saturday where he qualified 5th on the grid for the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Alex, starting P5, had come under pressure from Ocon on the run down the hill to Eau Rouge and on the long straight he lost the position to the Frenchman, who slipstreamed past to demote the Thai driver.
The Safety Car was deployed following a crash from Antonio Giovianzzi, which also wiped out the Williams of George Russell - slewing debris all over the track.
The bulk of the field pitted during the caution, with Alex moving to the medium compound rubber. A swift stop by the pit crew allowed Alex to jump Ocon but with Racing Point's Sergio Pérez and AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly opting to stay out on track Alex now found himself in P7.
Following a lap 15 restart, Alex was soon on the march, however, and he quickly passed Pérez with a good move in the Bus Stop chicane and then he powered past Gasly on the Kemmel Straight to once again rise to P5.
The final third of the race was far more intense for Ale. In the last 10 laps Ocon closed in on Alex who was beginning to struggle on the mediums he had been put on in his sole stop.
In the last five laps the Thai driver was forced to fend off a series of late attacks by the Renault man. He held on until the final lap but this time on the long run to Les Combes he couldn't defend the position and was forced to settle for P6 ahead of the McLaren of Lando Norris at the chequered flag.
Alexander Albon (Car 23):
"It was a frustrating race and it was pretty tricky to do anything. We knew before the race that the Renaults would be hard to overtake with their low downforce and straightline speed and that proved to be the case. I felt pretty good at the start on the soft tyre and then we managed to jump Ocon in the pits when we changed to mediums, thanks to a good stop from the boys in the garage.
I don't think we expected as much degradation as we got on that compound and maybe they weren't the right choice in the end but I pushed as hard as I could to try and do the overtakes and the tyres just dropped off. We'll have a look at it to see what we can learn before our focus shifts towards Monza in a few days but it's nice to move up to fourth in the championship which is a sign we're making progress."
After the first in a triple-header of races, F1 heads next to Monza for the Italian Grand Prix at the Temple of Speed on the 4-6 September.
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\section{Introduction}

The diffusion of particles in a narrow channel is a subject that has brought attention in the last decade because of its ubiquity in nature. Examples of this can be found within blood vessels\cite{pries96,hedlishvili2001}, protein channels in cell membranes \cite{zhou2008}, zeolites \cite{karger, keil} and nano--porous materials \cite{beerdsen} among others. Theoretical description of these systems have been proposed using the Fick--Jacobs equation. For example, the problem of a Brownian particle diffusing in smoothly corrugated channels was studied in \cite{rubi2010, hanggi2009, burada2008, Ai2006}. Bruna \textit{et.al.} \cite{bruna} also investigated the case of finite sized  particles interacting through a hard--core potential and diffusing in a confined environment.

We will focus on identical particles, interacting through a hard-core potential. If the system is one-dimensional, the process is known as single file diffusion, see e.g. \cite{harris, richards, beijeren}. In this paper we are interested in diffusion along a narrow channel of variable transverse area and in the effects of a repulsive interaction among particles. We propose a generalization of the Fick-Jacobs equation in order to take into account the interaction. First we have to obtain the Fokker-Planck equation for interacting particles, since the Fick-Jacobs equation is derived from it. We arrive to the non-linear Fokker-Planck equation for Fermions and Bosons that can be reinterpreted for particles with repulsive or attractive interactions.

This paper is organized as follows. In Sect. \ref{sfj} we introduce the Fick-Jacobs equation. In Sect. \ref{sfp} we derive the non-linear Fokker-Planck equation for a given class of repulsive or attractive interaction potentials. In Sect. \ref{sfji} we use the expression for the particle current derived in Sect. \ref{sfp} to obtain a non-linear Fick-Jacobs equation that takes into account the hard-core interaction.
We test these novel Fick-Jacobs equation by solving it using the two cavities depicted in Sec.~\ref{sec:cavities} and compared this result with the one obtained from Monte Carlo simulations in Sec.~\ref{sec:numerical}. Some final remarks are stated in Sec.~\ref{sec:conclusions}.

\section{Fick-Jacobs equation}
\label{sfj}

Jacobs \cite{jacobs} introduced an effective one-dimensional diffusion equation, usually referred to as Fick-Jacobs equation, for the description of diffusion of non-interacting particles in a tube of varying cross section. If the cross section is constant, the problem is reduced to a simple one dimensional process. But if there is a region with, for example, a larger transverse area, a Brownian particle spends more time exploring the available space and the random walk along the direction of the tube is slowed.

Let us consider the $x$ axis along the center of the tube; $A(x)$ is the transverse area at $x$. For simplicity, we use two dimensional systems, in which $A(x)$ is the width of the channel (it is straightforward to extend the results to three dimensions). The local concentration is $c(x,y,t)$ and evolves according to the diffusion equation
\begin{equation*}
\frac{\partial c}{\partial t}= D\left( \frac{\partial^2 c}{\partial x^2}  + \frac{\partial^2 c}{\partial y^2} \right)
\end{equation*}
where $D$ is a constant diffusion coefficient and the tube geometry is taken into account in the boundary conditions. Jacobs gives an equation for the reduced one dimensional concentration $g(x,t) = \int c(x,y,t) \,dy$:
\begin{equation}
\frac{\partial g}{\partial t} =  D \frac{\partial}{\partial x}\left( \frac{\partial g}{\partial x} - \frac{A'(x)}{A(x)}g \right)
\label{fj1}
\end{equation}
where $A'(x) = \frac{d A}{d x}$.
At equilibrium, $c$ is constant and $g$ is proportional to $A(x)$. An external potential $U(x)$ is included in the more general version \cite{zwanzig}:

\begin{equation}
  \begin{split}
  \frac{\partial g}{\partial t} = D \frac{\partial}{\partial x} e^{-\beta H(x)} \frac{\partial}{\partial x} e^{\beta H(x)}\,g  \\
  = D \frac{\partial}{\partial x}\left( \frac{\partial g}{\partial x} + \beta H'(x)\, g \right)
  \label{fj2}
  \end{split}
\end{equation}
where $H(x) = U(x) - \beta^{-1} \log A(x)$ is the free energy and $k \log A(x)$ is interpreted as the entropy ($\beta = 1/kT$). The main assumption in the derivation of (\ref{fj1}) or (\ref{fj2}) is local equilibrium, i.e., for each point $x$, the particle distribution in the transverse direction is approximately homogeneous, so that we can write
\begin{equation}
 c(x,y,t) \simeq \left\{ \begin{array}{ll}
	 g(x,t)/A(x) & \mbox{inside the channel} \\
	 0 & \mbox{outside}
 \end{array} \right.
\label{aprox}
\end{equation}

The aim is to derive a Fick-Jacobs equation for particles with hard core interaction. In the next section we obtain, as a first step, the diffusion equation for interacting particles. Then we obtain the corresponding Fick-Jacobs equation.

\section{Diffusion with interaction}
\label{sfp}

Let us consider a one dimensional lattice; $n_i^o=0$ or 1 is the occupation number of site $i$, and consecutive sites are separated a distance $a$ (as shown below, the results are easily generalized to higher dimensions). The current between sites $i$ and $i+1$ for a given configuration is:
\begin{equation}
J_i^o = n_i^o P_{i,i+1} - n_{i+1}^o P_{i+1,i}
\label{current}
\end{equation}
where $P_{i,i+1}$ is the transition rate from $i$ to $i+1$, that satisfies the relation
\begin{equation}
\frac{P_{i,i+1}}{P_{i+1,i}} = e^{-\beta(\Delta U_i + \Delta V_i)}.
\end{equation}
We have separated the external potential $\Delta U_i = U_{i+1}-U_i$ from the interaction potential $\Delta V_i = V_{i+1}-V_i$, that depends on the configuration $\{n_i\}$. It is convenient to define the transition rate
\begin{equation}
P = P_{i,i+1} e^{\beta (\Delta U_i + V_{i+1})} = P_{i+1,i} e^{\beta V_{i}},
\end{equation}
so that the current (\ref{current}) takes the form
\begin{equation}
J_i^o = n_i^o P e^{-\beta (\Delta U_i + \beta V_{i+1})} - n_{i+1}^o P e^{- \beta V_{i}}.
\end{equation}
The interaction potential in site $i$, $V_i$, is infinite if the site is occupied and 0 otherwise, so that $e^{-\beta V_i} = 1 - n_i^o$.
We assume that the variation of the external potential is small $\beta |\Delta U_i| \ll 1$, then
\begin{equation}
J_i^o = P (1-\beta \Delta U_i)\, n_i^o\, (1 - n_{i+1}^o) - P \, n_{i+1}^o\, (1 - n_i^o).
\label{curr2}
\end{equation}
We are interested in the configuration average of the current, $J_i = \langle J_i^o \rangle$, and the occupation number, $n_i = \langle n_i^o \rangle$. We take the decorrelation of the product $\langle n_i^o n_{i+1}^o\rangle \simeq n_i n_{i+1}$ (this does not usually hold for occupation number of tagged particles, as explained in \cite{suarez-sfd}, but in our case particles are indistinguishable and it turns out that the decorrelation is a valid approximation). In the continuous limit we replace the discrete variables by fields as follows: $n_i/a \rightarrow c(x)$ , $J_i \rightarrow J(x)$ and $U_i \rightarrow U(x)$, with $x=i a$; we approximate $\frac{n_{i+1}-n_i}{a^2} = \frac{\partial c}{\partial x}$ and consider that the concentration is smooth, $a^2 \frac{\partial c}{\partial x} \ll 1$. After some algebra, from (\ref{curr2}) we obtain
\begin{equation}
J = - D \left( \frac{\partial c}{\partial x} + \beta U' c\, (1-ac) \right)
\label{curr3}
\end{equation}
where the diffusion coefficient $D$ is equal to $P a^2$. In the following, we use the dimensionless space scale $x\rightarrow xa$, so that the lattice spacing is eliminated in (\ref{curr3}). In this case, $c(x) = n(x)$, where $n(x)$ is the continuous limit of $n_i$. We will use $n$ instead of $c$ in order to make clear that we use the dimensionless space scale. The corresponding Fokker-Planck equation, generalized to higher dimensions, is
\begin{equation}
\frac{\partial n}{\partial t} =  D \nabla \cdot \left[ \nabla n + \beta\, \nabla U\, n\, (1- n) \right]
\label{fpeq}
\end{equation}

The result can be generalized to a wider class of repulsive potentials: $e^{-\beta V_i} = 1- n_i^o/b$ ($b \in \mathbb{N}$). The potential becomes infinite when site $i$ is occupied by the maximum number of particles: $b$. The same equation (\ref{fpeq}) is obtained, the only difference is a scaling of the concentration $n \rightarrow n/b$. A value of the concentration equal 1 means that the maximum number of particles is reached.

A further generalization is to consider attractive potentials of the form $e^{-\beta V_i} = 1 +  n_i^o/b$. In this case, using again the scaling $n \rightarrow n/b$, the equation becomes
\begin{equation}
\frac{\partial n}{\partial t} =  D \nabla \cdot \left[ \nabla n + \beta\, \nabla U\, n\, (1+ n) \right]
\label{bosons}
\end{equation}

We arrived to the well known Fokker-Planck equations for Fermions (\ref{fpeq}) and Bosons (\ref{bosons}) \cite{frank} with the peculiarity of a classical context. It can be shown that the stationary solutions (zero current) correspond to the Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics.

\section{Fick-Jacobs equation with hard-core interaction}
\label{sfji}

We consider a two dimensional channel. The diffusion of particles takes place in this confined environment. We are looking for a reduced description in a one dimensional space (the coordinate along the direction of the channel), including effects of the hard-core interaction. We consider an external potential $U(x)$ independent of the transverse direction.

Integrating the continuity equation $\frac{\partial n}{\partial t} = - \nabla\cdot\mathbf{J}$ along the transverse direction $y$, we obtain
\begin{equation}
\frac{\partial g}{\partial t} = - \frac{\partial}{\partial x} A J
\end{equation}
where $g = \int dy \, n \simeq n A$ and we have approximated $\int dy\, J \simeq J A$.
Since the concentration $n$ is approximately constant along the $y$ direction (local equilibrium assumption), then the $x$-current $J$, given by (\ref{curr3}), is also constant in the transverse direction. We obtain:
\begin{equation}
\frac{\partial g}{\partial t} =  D \frac{\partial}{\partial x} \left(\frac{\partial g}{\partial x} + \beta U' \,g\,\left(1 - \frac{g}{A}\right) - \frac{A'}{A} g \right)
\label{fjeq}
\end{equation}

The expression takes a more compact form in terms of $n$:
\begin{equation}
\frac{\partial n}{\partial t} = \frac{D}{A} \frac{\partial}{\partial x} A \left(\frac{\partial n}{\partial x} + \beta U' \,n\,\left(1 - n\right) \right)
\label{fjeqn}
\end{equation}
For the case of non-interacting particles, replacing $(1-n)$ by 1 in (\ref{fjeqn}),
we recover the corresponding Fick-Jacobs equation (\ref{fj2}).

Let us consider the transversely integrated current $j=JA$ produced by $-U' = f/\beta$, where $f$ is a dimensionless force. The condition $\beta |\Delta U_i| \ll 1$ implies that $|f| \ll 1$. From Eq.~(\ref{fjeqn}) we have:
\begin{equation}
  A\frac{\partial n}{\partial x} - f A n (1-n) = -j/D
  \label{eq:fick-jacobs-final}
\end{equation}

We are interested in the stationary state with a constant force, were $j$ and $D$ are constants. In order to find the solution to this equation we use the expansion:
\begin{equation}
  n(x)=b_0+\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}a_k\:\sin\left(\frac{2\pi k}{L_x}x\right)+b_k\:\cos\left(\frac{2\pi k}{L_x}x\right),
  \label{eq:desarrollo}
\end{equation}
with the condition
\begin{equation}
  \int_0^{L_x}A(x)n(x)dx=N,
  \label{eq:m0}
\end{equation}
where $N$ is the total number of particles in the cavity, and $L_x$ is the length of the cavity.

\section{Cavities}\label{sec:cavities}
\begin{figure}
  \begin{minipage}[b]{0.95\linewidth}
      \includegraphics[width=1\textwidth]{{esquema-sim-con-fondo}.eps}
      $(a)$
  \end{minipage}
  \vspace{0.5cm}
  \begin{minipage}[b]{0.95\linewidth}
      \includegraphics[width=1\textwidth]{{esquema-asim-con-fondo}.eps}
      $(b)$
  \end{minipage}
  \caption{(color online) $(a)$ Symmetric and $(b)$ asymmetric cavities used for testing the theory. The distances are expressed in terms of the lattice spacing $a$. See the text for further details.}
  \label{fig:esquemas}
\end{figure}

To test its accuracy, Eq.~(\ref{eq:fick-jacobs-final}) has been solved using smooth cavities, as shown in Fig.\ref{fig:esquemas}. In behalf of simplicity, we selected cavities that are a linear combination of trigonometric functions. In addition to this, we created a discretized version of the same cavities depicted inside a square lattice. Monte Carlo simulations were carried out and we compared the solutions obtained from these two methods. Further details of the numerical simulations are included in Sec.~\ref{sec:numerical}.

Inside each of these cavities we are going to consider a mean concentration of particles,
\begin{equation}
    \bar{c}=\frac{N}{\int_0^{L_x}A(x)dx}
\end{equation}
where, in the discrete case, $\int_0^{L_x}A(x)dx$ is equal to the total number of sites in the cavity.

In the symmetric case we use a cavity with a cosine shape, with top and bottom limits given by
\begin{equation}
  \begin{split}
      w_{\mathrm{top}} &= \alpha\left[1-\cos\left(\frac{2\pi}{L_x}x\right)\right] + \gamma \\
      w_{\mathrm{bottom}} &= -w_{\mathrm{top}}
  \label{eq:sim-lat}
  \end{split}
\end{equation}
so that the transverse width is $A(x) = 2w_{\mathrm{top}}$.

We used the following set of parameters in order to characterize the symmetric cavity: $\alpha=10.5$, $\gamma=4$, $L_x=100$.
It is worth mentioning that in this case, if $\bar{c}=0.5$ only the coefficients $a_k$ in (\ref{eq:desarrollo}) are different from zero, i.e., $b_k=0\;\forall k=1,2,\cdots ,\infty$ and $b_0=\bar{c}$.

We also used Eq.~(\ref{eq:fick-jacobs-final}) to find the steady state of the transversally integrated concentration along the direction of the channel, $n(x)$, in an asymmetric cavity. This is, probably, the most interesting case because a different behavior can be obtained when the force is applied in opposite directions. It is specially compelling because of its application in devices to separate particles of different sizes \cite{Reguera2012, matthias}. The top and bottom borders of the asymmetric cavity shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:esquemas} are given by
\begin{equation}
  \begin{split}
  w_{\mathrm{top}} &= \alpha \left[\sin\left(\frac{2 \pi}{L_x} x\right) + \frac{\Delta}{4}\sin\left(\frac{4 \pi}{L_x} x\right)\right] + \gamma \\
  w_{\mathrm{bottom}}&=-w_{\mathrm{top}}
  \label{eq:asymm-lat}
  \end{split}
\end{equation}
so that $A(x) = 2w_{\mathrm{top}}$.

\begin{figure}
  \begin{minipage}[b]{0.8\linewidth}
      \includegraphics[width=1\textwidth]{{simetrica-c05-f-001-01-05-conHC}.eps}
      $(a)$
  \end{minipage}
  \hspace{0.5cm}
  \begin{minipage}[b]{0.8\linewidth}
      \includegraphics[width=1\textwidth]{{simetrica-c08-f-001-01-05-conHC}.eps}
      $(b)$
  \end{minipage}
  \caption{(color online) Occupation frequency in the stationary state against position $x$ in a symmetric lattice. $(a)$ $\bar{c}=0.5$, $(b)$ $\bar{c}=0.8$. For each mean concentration, the values of the force are $f=0.01$ (red squares), $0.1$ (black circles) and $0.5$ (blue triangles). Parameters of the cavity in (\ref{eq:sim-lat}): $\alpha=10.5$, $\gamma=4$, $L_x=100$. Full lines were obtained with $15$ terms of Eq.~(\ref{eq:desarrollo}). Dots were obtained with numerical simulations. Average over $10^6$ samples between $t=10^4$ and $t=10^8$ Monte Carlo time-steps.}
  \label{fig:simetrica-05-08}
\end{figure}

We used the following set of parameters to characterize the cavity: $\Delta=1$, $\alpha=20$, $\gamma=26$, $L_x=100$. Considering this values, and  $0\leq x\leq L_x$, Eq.~(\ref{eq:asymm-lat}) presents its minimum at $x\simeq 20$, so all the results have been shifted horizontally $20$ units in order to place the bottleneck in $x=0$ and $x=L_x$.
\section{Numerical Simulations} \label{sec:numerical}
 With the purpose of confirming the prediction of Eq.~(\ref{eq:fick-jacobs-final}), Monte Carlo simulations were carried out in cavities of different shapes. We analyzed two cases, symmetric and asymmetric cavities (Fig.~\ref{fig:esquemas}). In a square lattice of $L_x \times L_y$ sites, a discretized version of each cavity was depicted, indicating the region where the particles can diffuse. In this discretized version the contour of the cavities become irregular (see Fig.~\ref{fig:escaladecolor}). Within this region, $N$ particles are placed at random positions. They are allowed to jump freely inside the cavity, except when the new site is occupied with another particle. In this case the particle will remain on its site. We say that one Monte Carlo step has passed when, in average, every particle had had the opportunity to jump once. Periodic boundary conditions were set in the exits to simulate an infinite chain of cavities.

\begin{figure}
  \begin{center}
    \includegraphics[width=0.7\linewidth]{{fuerza-a-la-derecha-3-en-1}.eps}
    \caption{(color online) Stationary state of transversally integrated concentration along the direction of the channel in an asymmetric cavity. $(a)$ $\bar{c}=0.2$ $(b)$ $\bar{c}=0.5$ $(c)$ $\bar{c}=0.8$. In each case, the following values of the force were used: $f=0.1$ (blue triangles), $0.2$ (black squares) and $0.5$ (red circles). Solid lines were obtained with $12$ terms of Eq.~(\ref{eq:desarrollo}). Dots were obtained with simulations ($10^5$ samples between $t=10^4$ and $t=10^7$ Monte Carlo time-steps)}
    \label{fig:perfil-HC}
  \end{center}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
  \begin{center}
    \includegraphics[width=0.7\linewidth]{{3-en-1-escala-de-color}.eps}
    \caption{(color online) Numerical simulation of average density or site occupation frequency in an asymmetric cavity, in the stationary state. Values of the mean concentration: $(a)$ $\bar{c}=0.2$, $(b)$ $\bar{c}=0.5$, and $(c)$ $\bar{c}=0.8$. In all cases the force is $f=0.5$ (to the right). Number of samples: $10^5$.}
    \label{fig:escaladecolor}
  \end{center}
\end{figure}

When there are no forces applied, all the particles have the same jumping rate in all directions. The jumps have a length equal to the size of a particle. If there is a force, $f$, acting along the $x$ axis, the jumping rate will be higher in the direction of the force. Thus, if the force is applied to the right, the jump rates in different directions are
\begin{equation}
  \begin{split}
    p_\uparrow=p_\downarrow=p_\leftarrow=p\\
    p_\rightarrow=p(1+f).
  \end{split}
  \label{eq:rate1}
\end{equation}

Likewise, if the force is applied to the left,
\begin{equation}
  \begin{split}
    p_\uparrow=p_\downarrow=p_\rightarrow=p\\
    p_\leftarrow=p(1+f).
  \end{split}
  \label{eq:rate2}
\end{equation}
We let the system evolve for some time, until it reaches the stationary state. After that we start to measure the amount of particles on every slice of the cavity of width $\delta x = 1$. After performing an average on configurations of this quantity, it is divided by the area of the cavity, $A(x)$, to find an estimation of $n(x)$.

In Figs.~\ref{fig:simetrica-05-08} $(a)$ and~$(b)$ we can see that there is a good agreement between analytical results (full lines) and numerical simulations (dots). For the symmetric cavity we show only the results with the force to the right, in view to the fact that the exact same behavior is expected when the force is applied in the opposite direction.

The results of the stationary concentration obtained with Monte Carlo simulations (dots) and with Eq.~(\ref{eq:fick-jacobs-final}) (full lines) are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:perfil-HC} for the asymmetric cavity. As in the previous case, there is also a good agreement between theory and simulation. We use three values of the force and three different mean concentrations. In all cases the force is applied to the right. However, as a consequence of the particle-vacancy equivalence, it is easy to use the same data to obtain the results with the force to the left. As explained in \cite{suarez-cavidad} a system like this one with mean concentration $\bar{c}$ and a force magnitude $f>0$ (to the right) is completely analogous to a system with mean concentration $1-\bar{c}$ and force $-f$ (to the left), if we consider the diffusion of the holes instead of the particles. So we can write
\begin{equation}
  n_{f,\bar{c}}(x)=1-n_{-f,1-\bar{c}}(x)\:,
\end{equation}
where subscripts indicate the corresponding values of force and mean concentration.

\begin{figure}
 \begin{center}
   \includegraphics[width=0.8\linewidth]{{comparacion-con-sin-HC-f=0.5-c=0.1-y-c=0.5-con-inset}.eps}
   \caption{(color online) Transversally integrated concentration along the direction of the channel for interacting (blue circles) and non-interacting (red squares) particles in the asymmetric cavity. Solid lines were obtained with 12 terms of Eq.~(\ref{eq:desarrollo}). Dots were obtained with numerical simulations. Parameters: $\bar{c}=0.5$ -- $f=0.5$. Inset: same information but $\bar{c}=0.1$. In all cases, numerical simulations were averaged over $10^6$ samples between $t=10^4$ and $t=10^8$ Monte Carlo time-steps.}
   \label{fig:con-sin-HC}
 \end{center}
\end{figure}

The equivalence is based on the fact that for every particle that moves to the left there is an empty site that moves to the right, and vice versa. Let us stress that this symmetry holds in Eq.~(\ref{eq:fick-jacobs-final}) when $n\rightarrow 1-n$, $f\rightarrow -f$ and $j\rightarrow -j$.

In Fig.~\ref{fig:perfil-HC}b a dashed line corresponding to $x=50$ is shown. If the lattice were symmetric then, those three curves should be symmetric around the $x=50$ line. The fact that it is not, shows the effect of the asymmetry of the cavity in the transversally integrated concentration along the direction of the channel.

In Fig.~\ref{fig:escaladecolor} we can see the average site occupation frequency on each site. This gives us extra details about the distribution of particles inside the cavity. In the derivation of Eq.~(\ref{fjeqn}) it was assumed that $n$ is approximately constant along the transverse direction of the channel. It is important to check the accuracy of this assumption. As can be seen from Fig.~\ref{fig:escaladecolor}, the approximation is quite good for $\bar{c}=0.5$, but a deviation from a constant transverse concentration is visible for $\bar{c}=0.2$ or $\bar{c}=0.8$, specially near the exits. This explains the discrepancy between theory and simulation in, for example, Fig. \ref{fig:perfil-HC}(c) for $x\simeq 15$.
Note that we are dealing with a rather large value of the force ($f=0.5$), where the condition $|f|\ll 1$ does not hold (see above Eq.~(\ref{eq:fick-jacobs-final})).
Nevertheless, the equation derived is robust enough to still provide acceptable results in a considerable range of concentrations and values of the force, as shown in Figs.~\ref{fig:simetrica-05-08} and~\ref{fig:perfil-HC}.

To highlight the effect of the hard-core interaction we obtain $n(x)$ for the same cavity and mean concentration considering interacting and non-interacting particles (see Fig.~\ref{fig:con-sin-HC}). The difference in the concentration profile is clearly visible specially in the region with large concentration.
A non-interacting system allows for multiple-occupation of sites. This gives a whole different dynamic to the problem because the accumulation of particles in the bottleneck does not affect their mobility. Also, in this case $n(x)$ is no longer restricted to the $[0;1]$ interval.
As expected the difference between interacting and non-interacting cases increase when the mean concentration of particles increase.

\section{Conclusions}
\label{sec:conclusions}
We obtained the Fick-Jacobs equation for the diffusion of interacting particles in a narrow channel with variable width. The particles are drifted by an external force $f$. The equation gives an approximation for the transversally integrated concentration that holds for $|f| \ll 1$. The accuracy degree of the approximation was checked with numerical simulations.

We obtained a good agreement between theoretical and numerical results even for rather large values of the force ($f=0.5$). This equation has been solved for the case of a symmetric and an asymmetric chain of cavities. The former was selected mainly because of the simplicity to describe it, and the latter because of the importance of the asymmetric diffusion process and its applications. These two geometries exemplify the accuracy of the equation obtained, but we are confident that similar results will be found with different cavities.

Finally, let us note that, using a discrete model, we derived, on one hand, the Fick-Jacobs equation for interacting particles and, on the other hand, the non-linear Fokker-Planck equation for Fermions and Bosons.

\begin{acknowledgments}
This work was partially supported by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y
Técnicas (CONICET, Argentina, PIP 0041 2010-2012).
\end{acknowledgments}

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Q: Three.js shader pointLight position I'm trying to write my shader and add light sources, I sort of figured it out and did it.
But there is a problem, the position of the light source is incorrectly determined, when the camera rotates or moves, something unimaginable happens.
So I get the position of the vertex shader
vec3 vGlobalPosition = (modelMatrix * vec4(position, 1.0 )).xyz

Now I'm trying to make an illuminated area
float lightDistance = pointLights[ i ].distance;
vec3 lightPosition  = pointLights[ i ].position;

float diffuseCoefficient = max(
    1.0 - (distance(lightPosition,vGlobalPosition) / lightDistance ), 0.0);

gl_FragColor.rgb += color.rgb * diffuseCoefficient;

But as I wrote earlier if you rotate the camera, the lighting area moves to different positions.
I set the light position manually and everything became normal.
vec3 lightPosition  = vec3(2000,0,2000);
...

The question is how to get the right position of the light source? I need a global position, what position is contained in the light source I do not know.
Added an example: http://codepen.io/korner/pen/XMzEaG

A: Your problem lies with vPos. Currently you do:
vPos = (modelMatrix * vec4(position, 1.0)).xyz

Instead you need to multiply the position with modelViewMatrix:
vPos = (modelViewMatrix * vec4(position, 1.0)).xyz;

You need to use modelViewMatrix because PointLight.position is relative to the camera.

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Krasny Oktyabr () is a rural locality (a village) in Starokuktovsky Selsoviet, Ilishevsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. The population was 154 as of 2010. There are 2 streets.

Geography
Krasny Oktyabr is located 15 km north of Verkhneyarkeyevo (the district's administrative centre) by road. Ibragim is the nearest rural locality.

References

Rural localities in Ilishevsky District

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According to the plaintiff's attorney, Robert Mongeluzzi of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesk, Princeton Insurance Co. has agreed to the $20 million in mediation of a bad faith claim filed in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Princeton did not admit liability in the settlement, Mongeluzzi said.
The case involved a road worker who was paralyzed after being struck by a drunk driver who left a tavern that Princeton insured.
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Joseph Tuski was left a quadriplegic when a car driven by Michael Petaccio struck him as he directed traffic on Jan. 17, 2001, in Warminster. Petaccio had just left the Ivyland Cafe.
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The tavern assigned its rights to Tuski, who sued Princeton Insurance Co. for bad faith, charging that the insurer failed to negotiate a settlement within the policy's $1 million limits after the verdict.
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