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\section{Introduction}

Since Bender and Boettcher proposed the concept of parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry~\cite{bender1,bender2}, it has attracted a lot of attentions due to its potential applications. Remarkably, the system with $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry can undergo a phase transition when the parameter that controls the non-Hermiticity surpasses a critical value which is usually called exceptional point (EP)~\cite{bender2,AM}. Below the EP, all of the eigen-values of the non-Hermit Hamiltonian are real, and some or all of the eigen values become complex beyond the EP.

The broken of $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry will lead to a lot of interesting phenomena. For example,  people have observed the non-reciprocal photonic transmission in the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric structure~\cite{long,xiaomin,wujh,songzhi,HR,ZL,LF1,NB1}, and predicted the enhancement of nonlinear interaction due to field localization~\cite{jiahua1,jiahua2}.  Moreover, the unique property of the system with $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry has potential application in various fields, such as loss-induced or gain-induced transparency~\cite{Guo,Jing}, efficient photon or phonon lasing~\cite{BP,LF,HH,HJ,BH}, ultralow-threshold optical chaos~\cite{CT, xinyou} as well as quantum metrology~\cite{jingzhang}.

On the other hand, the coupled-cavity system is widely used to coherently control the photon transfer. In the coupled-cavity-array with infinite length, the defect can be introduced to construct a singe-photon switcher~\cite{sun1,wang0}, router~\cite{sun2} and frequency converter~\cite{wang}. Moreover, within the capacity of current experiments, a lot of attentions have been paid on the optical dimmer (also called optical molecule~\cite{MB,YP}, which is composed of two coupled cavities), such as the coherent polariton~\cite{xiao} and state transfer~\cite{state}. Furthermore, motivated by the simulation of photosynthesis harvest system
in recent years, there are also studies about the photon~\cite{ultrastrong} and thermal transport~\cite{thermal} in the trimmer structure.

In this paper, we focus on an optical trimmer with $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry. Here, our scheme is composed of an active gain cavity and a passive loss cavity, which simultaneously couple with a third cavity without loss and gain, to form a coupled-cavity-array as shown in Fig.~\ref{trimmer}. With balanced gain and loss, which are described phenomenally in this paper, we show a $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase transition in the non-Hermitian system.  In the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase, all of the eigen-values of the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian are real and the corresponding eigen-states show the same $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric character as that of the Hamiltonian. On the contrary, in the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phase, the complex eigen-values emerge, and the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry of the eigen-states disappear. In this sense, the system will undergo a spontaneous symmetric breaking as the phase transition occurs.  In addition, the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase transition is accompanied by the field localization. That is, the photon shows an equal weight distribution between the passive and active cavity in $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase and localized at the active cavity in $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phase. Compared with the phase transition in optical molecule or dimmer~\cite{long,xiaomin,jiahua1,jiahua2}, the critical coupling strength in optical trimmer is much smaller, and is therefore easier for experimental realization.

In such a system, we study the unidirectional single-photon transmission in both of the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric and $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phases. In the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase, it shows a periodical oscillation, and the unidirectional
transmission results from the  breaking of time reversal symmetry. In the
$\mathcal{PT}$ broken symmetric phase, where the gain compensates the loss~\cite{long}, the single-photon transfer exhibits a non-periodical feature and the unidirectional transmission stems mainly from the field localization.

The rest of the paper is organized as follows. In Sec.~\ref{model}, we present a $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry model by an optical trimmer with balanced loss and gain and discuss the
$\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase transition. In Sec.~\ref{transmission}, we illustrate the
unidirectional single-photon transmission in both of the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase and $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phase. At last, we give a brief conclusion in Sec.~\ref{conclusion}.

\section{Model and $\mathcal{PT}$ phase transition}
\label{model}
As shown in Fig.~\ref{trimmer}, our model consists of an array of three single-mode cavities~\cite{ultrastrong}, where a passive and an active
cavity (labelled by ``$-1$" and ``$1$" respectively) simultaneously couple to the third cavity (labelled by ``$0$") without loss and gain. By describing the gain and loss in our scheme
phenomenologically, the Hamiltonian is written as
\begin{eqnarray}
H&=&(\omega_{-1}-i\gamma_{-1})a_{-1}^{\dagger}a_{-1}+\omega_{0}a_{0}^{\dagger}a_{0}
+(\omega_{1}+i\gamma_1)a_{1}^{\dagger}a_{1}\nonumber\\&&+
J(a_{-1}^{\dagger}a_0+a_0^{\dagger}a_{1}+a_{0}^{\dagger}a_{-1}+a_1^{\dagger}a_{0}),
\label{PTH}
\end{eqnarray}
where $a_l (l=-1,0,1)$ is the annihilation operator for the $l$th cavity with resonant frequency
$\omega_l$. $J$ is the photon-tunneling strength between the two nearest cavities, which can be
adjusted by changing the distance of them. In addition, we use $\gamma_{-1}(>0)$ to denote the decay of the passive cavity and $\gamma_1(>0)$ to denote the gain of active cavity. Hereafter, we consider the
case that $\omega_{-1}=\omega_0=\omega_1=\omega$ and $\gamma_{-1}=\gamma_{1}=\gamma$, therefore the Hamiltonian
satisfies a $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry, that is $[H, \mathcal{PT}]=0$. Here $\mathcal{P}$ represents the mirror
reflection $1\leftrightarrow-1$ and $\mathcal{T}$ denotes the time reversal $i\leftrightarrow-i$~\cite{bender2}.
\begin{figure}[tbp]
\begin{centering}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{trimmer}
\end{centering}
\caption{(Color online) Schematic illustration of $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric optical trimmer. In this setup, the passive cavity $-1$ and active cavity $1$ simultaneously couple to the central cavity $0$, which is without loss or/and gain.}
\label{trimmer}
\end{figure}

To deeply investigate the $\mathcal{PT}$ phase transition in our system, we write the Hamiltonian in the form of
\begin{equation}
H=\left(\begin{array}{ccc}
a_{1}^{\dagger} & a_{2}^{\dagger} & a_{3}^{\dagger}\end{array}\right)\mathcal{H}\left(\begin{array}{c}
a_{1}\\
a_{2}\\
a_{3}
\end{array}\right),
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}
\mathcal{H}=\left(\begin{array}{ccc}
\omega-i\gamma & J & 0\\
J & \omega & J\\
0 & J & \omega+i\gamma
\end{array}\right).
\label{mh}
\end{equation}
Solving the secular equation ${\rm det}(\mathcal{H}-EI)=0$, where $I$ is a $3\times3$ identity
matric, we will obtain the eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenstates of the Hamiltonian $\mathcal{H}$,
yielding
\begin{eqnarray}
E_0&=&\omega,\,\,|E_0\rangle=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2+(\gamma/J)^2}}(-1,-i\frac{\gamma}{J},1),\\
E_{\pm}&=&\omega\pm\sqrt{2J^2-\gamma^2},\,\,|E_{\pm}\rangle=\frac{1}{\mathcal{N_{\pm}}}(a_{\pm},b_{\pm},1).
\end{eqnarray}
where $\mathcal{N}_0$ and $\mathcal{N}_{\pm}$ are the normalized constants and we have defined
\begin{eqnarray}
a_{\pm}&:=&\frac{J^2-\gamma^2\mp i\gamma\sqrt{2J^2-\gamma^2}}{J^2},\\
b_{\pm}&:=&\frac{-i\gamma\pm\sqrt{2J^2-\gamma^2}}{J}.
\end{eqnarray}

We note that  the eigenvalue $E_0$ is always real and is independent of $J$ and $\gamma$, and
the eigen-state satisfies the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry, that is $\mathcal{PT}|E_0\rangle=e^{i\pi}|E_0\rangle$.  However, the other paired eigenvalues $E_{\pm}$ are dependent not only on $\omega$, but also on $\gamma$ and $J$.

To obtain a purely real spectrum, we need a strong inter-cavity coupling strength, i.e., $J>\gamma/\sqrt{2}$. It then satisfies $\mathcal{N}_+=\mathcal{N}_-=2$ and the eigen-state $|E_\pm\rangle$ can be simplified as
\begin{equation}
|E_\pm\rangle=\frac{1}{2}(e^{\mp i\theta_1},2e^{\mp i\theta_2},1),
\end{equation}
where $\theta_1:=\arctan[\gamma\sqrt{2J^2-\gamma^2}/(J^2-\gamma^2)]$ and $\theta_2:=\arctan[\sqrt{2J^2-\gamma^2}/\gamma]$.
A simple calculation tells us
\begin{equation}
\mathcal{PT}|E_\pm\rangle=e^{\pm i\theta_1}|E_\pm\rangle,
\end{equation}
which implies that the wave functions $|E_\pm\rangle$ are transformation invariant under
the $\mathcal{PT}$ operation (except for a global phase).
On the other hand, for the situation of $J<\gamma/\sqrt{2}$, the imaginary parts of $E_{\pm}$ emerge and $E_{\pm}=\omega\pm i\sqrt{\gamma^2 -2J^2}$. Meanwhile, we can not find a global phase $\phi$ to satisfy $\mathcal{PT}|E_\pm\rangle=e^{\pm i\phi}|E_\pm\rangle$. In other words, when the system undergoes a spontaneous symmetry breaking as the inter-cavity coupling crosses the EP $J=\gamma/\sqrt{2}$. In this sense, we name the phase in the regime $J>\gamma/\sqrt{2}$ as the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase and that for $J<\gamma/\sqrt{2}$ as the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phase.

In Figs.~\ref{eigs} (a) and (b) , we give the real and imaginary parts of $E_{\pm}$ respectively. In the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phase ($J<\gamma/\sqrt{2}$), the small coupling strength protects the gained energy flowing from the active cavity to the passive one, and the long lifetime supermode $E_+$ is localized at the active cavity as shown in Fig.~\ref{eigs} (c) , where we plot $|a_+|$ as a function of the coupling strength $J$. On contrary, in the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase ($J>\gamma/\sqrt{2}$) , the gained energy is transferred to the passive cavity quickly, and the photon yields an equal weight distribution in the passive and active cavities, that is $|a_\pm|\equiv1$.

\begin{figure}[tbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{eigsys}
\caption{(Color online) The real parts of $E_{\pm}$ (a), imaginary parts of $E_{\pm}$ (b),
and $|a_+|$ as a function of the coupling strength $J$. We have chosen
$\omega=5\gamma$, and all of the other parameters are in units of $\gamma=1$.}
\label{eigs}
\end{figure}

We point out that here, the similar $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase transition also occurrs in optical dimmer which consists of two cavities with balanced loss and gain (see Refs.~\cite{long,xiaomin} and the references therein).  The differences stems in the following two aspects: On the one hand, in our optical trimmer system, there exist a single real energy level $E_0$, and the corresponding wave function is always invariant under the $\mathcal{PT}$ operation, independent of whether the phase transition occurs. On the other hand, the EP of optical trimmer system is $J=\gamma/\sqrt{2}$ instead of $J=\gamma$ in optical dimmer~\cite{long,xiaomin,jiahua1,jiahua2}, that is, a smaller coupling strength is needed, which is more easily to be realized in experiments.

\section{single-photon transmission}
\label{transmission}

To show the effect of $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase transition on the dynamics of the system, we in this section consider the different behaviors of single-photon transmission when it is excited in the passive or active cavity initially, in both of the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric and $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phases.

\begin{figure}[tbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{sps}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{sas}
\caption{(Color online) The illustration of dynamics of the system when the single photon
is initially excited in the passive (a) and active (b) cavities. The parameters are set as
$\omega=5\gamma, J=5\gamma$, and all parameters are in units of $\gamma=1$. Under these parameters, the system is in the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase.}
\label{ss}
\end{figure}

Since we only consider the transmission of single photon in this paper, the wave function at arbitrary time $t$
can be assumed as
\begin{equation}
|\psi(t)\rangle=\alpha(t)|1;0;0\rangle+\beta(t)|0;1;0\rangle+\xi(t)|0;0;1\rangle,
\end{equation}
where $|m;n;q\rangle:=|m\rangle_{-1}\otimes|n\rangle_{0}\otimes|q\rangle_{1}$, and $|n\rangle_{i}(i=-1,0,1)$ represents that the $i$th cavity is in the Fock state $|n\rangle$.

Governed by the Hamiltonian in Eq.~(\ref{PTH}), the dynamics of the system is determined by the
Schoedinger equation $i\partial_t|\psi\rangle=H|\psi\rangle$, which gives
\begin{subequations}
\begin{eqnarray}
i\frac{d}{dt}\alpha(t)&=&(\omega-i\gamma)\alpha(t)+J\beta(t),\\
i\frac{d}{dt}\beta(t)&=&\omega\beta(t)+J[\alpha(t)+\xi(t)],\\
i\frac{d}{dt}\xi(t)&=&(\omega+i\gamma)\xi(t)+J\beta(t).
\end{eqnarray}
\label{cof}
\end{subequations}

\subsection{Single-photon transmission in $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase}
We now study the behavior of the single-photon transmission in the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase, that is $J>\gamma/\sqrt{2}$. Firstly, we consider the situation that the photon is excited in the passive cavity initially, that is $\alpha(0)=1,\beta(0)=\xi(0)=0$, we can obtain explicitly the probability amplitudes for finding a photon  in the three cavities as
\begin{eqnarray}
\alpha_s(t)&=&\frac{2J^2e^{-i\omega t}}{\Delta^2}\cos^2(\frac{\Delta t+\phi_1}{2}),\nonumber \\ \\
\beta_s(t)&=&\frac{2 iJ^2e^{-i\omega t}}{\Delta^2}\sin(\frac{\Delta t}{2})\sin(\frac{\Delta t-\phi_2}{2}),\\
\xi_s(t)&=&-\frac{2J^2e^{-i\omega t}}{\Delta^2}\sin^2(\frac{\Delta t}{2}),
\end{eqnarray}
where $\Delta=\sqrt{2J^2-\gamma^2},\phi_1=\arctan[\Delta \gamma/(J^2-\gamma^2)],\phi_2=2\arctan(\Delta/\gamma)$.
Secondly, when the single photon is initially excited in the active cavity, that is $\alpha(0)=\beta(0)=0,\xi(0)=1$, the solution of Eqs.~(\ref{cof}) are obtained as
\begin{eqnarray}
\alpha'_s(t)&=&-\frac{2J^2e^{-i\omega t}}{\Delta^2}\sin^2(\frac{\Delta t}{2})
, \\
\beta'_s(t)&=&\frac{2 iJ^2e^{-i\omega t}}{\Delta^2}\sin(\frac{\Delta t}{2})\sin(\frac{\Delta t+\phi_2}{2}),\\
\xi'_s(t)&=&
\frac{2J^2e^{-i\omega t}}{\Delta^2}\cos^2(\frac{\Delta t-\phi_1}{2}).
\end{eqnarray}

In Figs.~\ref{ss} (a) and (b), we plot the corresponding probabilities $|h_s(t)|^2$ and $|h'_s(t)|^2$ $(h=\alpha,\beta,\xi)$ as functions of evolution time $t$. As shown in
the figure, when the system is in the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase, the dynamics shows regular periodical oscillations. If the single photon is excited in the passive cavity, i.e., $\alpha(0)=1$, the decay makes $|\alpha_s(t)|^2$ directly decrease to zero and then the revival occurs. However, if it is excited in the active cavity, i.e., $\xi(0)=1$, with the assistance of the gain effect, $|\xi'_s(t)|^2$ firstly reaches its maximal value $[2J^2/(2J^2-\gamma^2)]^2$, which is obviously larger than $1$ and then oscillates between the maximal value and zero. As for the central cavity, we can also observe that $\beta_s(t)\neq\beta'_s(t)$. In this sense, our system exhibits a unidirectional phenomenon in the single-photon level even in the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase. Furthermore, we find that the initial phases $\phi_1$ and $\phi_2$ are $\gamma$ dependent and $\phi_1(-\gamma)=-\phi_1(\gamma),\phi_2(-\gamma)=-\phi_2(\gamma)$. As a result, by regarding the  amplitudes as functions of $t$ and $\gamma$, we will reach the relationship
$\alpha_s(t,-\gamma)=\xi'_s(t,\gamma),\beta_s(t,-\gamma)=\beta'_s(t,\gamma)$ and $\xi_s(t,-\gamma)=\alpha'_s(t,\gamma)$.  Meanwhile, it is obvious from Eq.~(\ref{mh}) that $\mathcal{H}(i\leftrightarrow-i)=\mathcal{H}(\gamma\leftrightarrow-\gamma)$, therefore, the
single-photon unidirectional transmission in $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase comes from the breaking of time reversal symmetry, that is $[\mathcal{T},\mathcal{H}]\neq0$.

\subsection{Single-photon transmission in $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phase}

In this subsection, we will continue to study the dynamics of single-photon transmission in the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phase, where $J<\gamma/\sqrt{2}$. On the one hand, we consider that the single photon is initially excited in the passive cavity, then the dynamics of system is obtained as
\begin{eqnarray}
\alpha_b(t)&=&-\frac{e^{-i\omega t}}{\delta^2}[J^2+(J^2-\gamma^2)\cosh(\delta t)+\gamma\delta\sinh(\delta t)],\nonumber \\ \\
\beta_b(t)&=&-\frac{iJe^{-i\omega t}}{\delta^2}[\gamma\cosh(\delta t)-\gamma-\delta\sinh(\delta t)],\\
\xi_b(t)&=&-\frac{2J^2e^{-i\omega t}\sinh^2(\frac{\delta t}{2})}{\delta^2}.
\end{eqnarray}
where $\delta=\sqrt{\gamma^2-2J^2}$. On the other hand, when the single photon is initially excited in the active cavity, the dynamics of the system is described by
\begin{eqnarray}
\alpha'_b(t)&=&-\frac{2J^2e^{-i\omega t}\sinh^2(\frac{\delta t}{2})}{\delta^2},\\
\beta'_b(t)&=&-\frac{iJe^{-i\omega t}}{\delta^2}[\gamma\cosh(\delta t)-\gamma+\delta\sinh(\delta t)],\\
\xi'_b(t)&=&-\frac{e^{-i\omega t}}{\delta^2}[J^2+(J^2-\gamma^2)\cosh(\delta t)-\gamma\delta\sinh(\delta t)].\nonumber \\
\end{eqnarray}

\begin{figure}[tbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{bps}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{bas}
\caption{(Color online) The illustration of dynamics of the system when the single photon
is initially excited in the passive (a) and active (b) cavities. The parameters are set as
$\omega=5\gamma, J=0.5\gamma$, and all parameters are in units of $\gamma=1$. Under these parameters, the system is in the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phase.}
\label{bb}
\end{figure}
 In Fig.~\ref{bb}, we depict the dynamics of the system when it is in the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phase. Obviously, it shows a completely different behavior compared with the case in the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase.  As shown in Fig.~\ref{bb}(a), when the single photon is initially excited in the passive cavity, the photon will experience a loss firstly and then the gain in the active cavity will compensate the loss. As a result, the probability for finding the photon in the cavities will  increase as the time elapse. As for the central cavity, the incident photon will hop to it, but the obtained photons will jump to the other two cavities due to the coherent coupling until the gained photon from the active cavity jumped back to it. Furthermore, at the time $t=\text{arctanh}[\gamma\delta/(\gamma^2-J^2)]/\delta$, the probability for finding the photon in the passive or the central cavities achieve their smallest values simultaneously. On the other hand, the probability for finding a photon in the active cavity will increase monotonously due to the combinational effect of the photonic hopping from the central cavity and the gain from the surrounding environment.

 In Fig.~\ref{bb}(b), we show the results when the single photon is initially excited in the active cavity. In such a situation, the gain effect will take action from the very beginning and the probabilities for finding photons in all of the cavities will undoubtedly increase as the time evolution.

 Comparing the results in Figs.~\ref{bb} (a) and (b), we also observe the unidirectional single-photon transmission in $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phase. It can be explained from the following two aspects. Firstly, similar to that in $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase,  the time reversal symmetry breaking of the Hamiltonian naturally results in the different transmission behaviors for the photons initially excited in the left and right sides of the system. However, the periodical triangle functions which describe the dynamics of the system in the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase is replaced by the monotonous hyperbola function in the broken phase. Therefore, the fixed phase difference between $\alpha_s(t)$ and $\xi'_s(t)$ does not hold any longer for $\alpha_b(t)$ and $\xi'_b(t)$. Secondly, the unidirectional transmission also comes from the field localization in the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phase. As shown in Sec.~\ref{model}, the long lifetime eigen-state $|E_+\rangle$ has a lager distribution weight in the $1$th cavity, that is, the photon is localized in the active cavity when the system is in the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phase. As a result, for the single-photon excited in the active cavity, the overlap between the initial state and $|E_+\rangle$  is much larger than that excited in the passive cavity, and leading to a different transmission behavior.

 \section{conclusion}
 \label{conclusion}
 In conclusion, we have studied the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase transition by demonstrating
 the spontaneous symmetry breaking in an optical trimmer with balanced loss and gain. In the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase, all of the eigen values are real and the corresponding eigen states show a balanced distribution in the passive and active cavities. In the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phase, the imaginary parts of the eigen values appear and the supermode with long lifetime is characterized by a strong field localization in the active cavity. Comparing with the optical molecule/dimmer system, which was broadly studied recently, the critical coupling strength of the phase transition is much smaller in our trimmer structure and  is therefore easier to be realized experimentally. As a signature of the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase transition, we subsequently find the dramatically different single-photon transmission behaviors when the system is in the two phases. Our results show that the regular periodical oscillation is replaced by the non-periodical behavior as the system transfers from
 the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric phase to $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry broken phase. Moreover, we find a unidirectional single-photon transmission phenomenon in both phases. We hope our study about the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry in optical trimmer will be helpful for the designing of photonic device based on coupled-cavity system.

 {\bf Note added.} Recently, we have learned of recent related work about the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry trimmer systems, which cares about the single-photon transmission at the EP~\cite{Jin}.

\begin{acknowledgments}
This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (under Grant Nos. 11404021 and 11504241), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (under Grant Nos. 2412016KJ015 and 2412016KJ004).

\end{acknowledgments}

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FB and Twitter are conducting major elimination of conservatives tonight. Our local Patriot Party FB page administrator was warned that he cannot allow any references to the stolen election or similar items. If it happens the page will be erased.
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I have been advised that pages displaying or posting articles, memes or images contesting the election outcome or claiming fraud, advocating or inferring violence will be removed from Facebook. Evidently they have removed a large number of group and personal pages today and will continue to do so. Please be careful what you post on this page. I will have a Parler account set up in a few days and we can migrate to that account.
The Purge has begun. I have posted on FB my answer.
My Lord and Savior. We are doing our best to be forgiving in nature, but our enemies test us in new ways. They are gagging us and preventing us from expressing our views of this RECENTLY STOLEN ELECTION. Our patience has been tried fiercely. We have trusted in the sanctity of our elections, and WE HAVE BEEN BETRAYED BY THIEVES. Our President has been beleaguered by LIARS AND HYPOCRITES! Their FRAUD AND ABUSE of our Constitution is evident to all. We are trying very, very hard to refrain from VIOLENCE AND MAYHEM, but it is so difficult, my Lord. Please provide me with patience and reinforce my faith in my fellow Americans. Or I might just have to KICK SOME ASS!
In Jesus' sweet name, I truly pray. Amen.
God bless Texas.
– Robert Oberlender
Yes, I am currently banned from FB, Instagram,Twitter.
doc Flo says:
I'm so sad.
Here in Europe my family in law don't see the problem. They're following the mainstream merdias: Trump is a treat to democracy… Pitiful…
I hope Trump will do the job theses next 11 days.
When I speak with my honest and hard worker neighbours who are just informing themselves with mainstream it's the same sad problem.
But most part of my patients aren't blind.
I have one of the only job still authorized to work (dentist) and the psychiatrists have their hands full.
So they come to speak.
And a good part of them don't swallow this fraude ans these lies.
But the federal council is compromised. They discretely signed an agreement with CCP: their agent can now act freely on the Swiss territory.
Same thing in France.
It's my last post here.
They're tracking us.
I'll follow you on mewe and parler.
By the way, except if Robinette is not president, consider when you shut down the website, erasing our emails.
I gave you previously a big brother email.
Now I'm moving on proton mail with the highest encryption.
God please bless and save America and the world.
Will do. Thank you. Be strong.
Kelly Curtis says:
Interesting! Take care and thank you for following.
Thanks for your readership.
I saw some inside footage, but it was like a B movie with bad acting with policeguard running up the stairs inside after he pretended to keep the planted Antifa at bay. Pathetic. Scam.
Parler is now down thanks to Amazon servers. The reason they gave is " until Parler learns to toe their line," or some bullshit like that. Now that big tech has taken over, we should all be afraid of what will happen when Biden takes office. I read different takes on the reset, and most are far out there. One thing I am certain of, is that our government will be coming for the conservatives and Christians. We had a hill to fight for, but our representatives in DC gave up on us. Let us hope that Pelosi fades away during the night, that would be a good start.
The View From My Front Porch – 01 10 2021
First, Mom (Vonnie Hector) is still doing great. She got to talk to my niece Tracy the other day, and it was a right-on-time call. Tracy's husband, Lorenzo is having some serious medical issues that are life-threatening. He was doing better today, so your prayers and the Lord are having effect. Please keep the prayers coming. I respect Lorenzo as a man like few others. And Tracy has become such a great woman.
Now for the other news. Last night and today, I have received seven (eight now) reports via secondary or tertiary sources of a great event ready to happen in D.C.. None of the people who've made me aware of this are connected to each other, although there is one case of triple reporting of the same secondary source. The common threads in the reporting are:
· Based on information received from "a friend or acquaintance" in "the government/military" in DC, people are putting out "close-hold" information to be "ready for some huge/important news/event" coming from Washington D.C. in the next several days.
· Secondary sources are being told to spread the information around to their friends and family.
· The information/event will at first appear to be negative for the Conservatives and Christians, but will turn out to be greatly positive.
· There will be "confusion and upheaval" once this information/event occurs.
· Be prepared for security and safety issues due to the disorder (or chaos in two reports). Reports provide some pretty good guidance on how to be prepared for an emergency, such as ensuring "food for two weeks" (stated in three reports verbatim), shelter, water, power (batteries, generators, etc.) and weapons and ammunition in two reports.
· Some reports referred to martial law being imposed, or the EO that President Trump issued concerning foreign interference with the election.
· Some reports came from pastors, with the message to the effect that "God is on our side, and will make things right".
· Other reports did not have a religious aspect, but hinted that Mr. Trump will be inaugurated for a second term.
Analysis: There is probably some circular reporting occurring here. However, the separate religious and secular appeals may not be connected. It is likely that some of the initial sources are desperate for some good news and may have sent the original posts/calls out for a semblance of hope. There are pastors who are creating prayer rings/Vblog postings/calls for prayer in hopes, or because of faith, that Mr. Trump will remain President.
I drove by SOUTHCOM HQ this afternoon to check the parking lot. If NORTHCOM were anticipating some military activity or "martial law", I'm certain the SOUTHCOM HQ would be in a supporting role. I did not see any unusual parking on Ft Sam.
None of my former or current colleagues in the relevant fields have given me any indication of warnings or indicators of "something big coming". Of course, most of those colleagues are old, retired, out-of-the-loop, and decrepit like me.
Conclusion: Barring direct intervention from the Lord, I am not expecting anything so dramatic as to change the results of the election. I would expect more "explosive" rumors (RUMINT) and "breaking news" to be published by media and pundits on both sides of the aisle. I don't see any positive result of a declaration of martial law. I believe that if the EO is invoked, it will create a whirlwind of rumors and false information, but probably won't stop an inauguration of Mr. Biden. At most, it may cause the creation of a Special Counsel.
Now, I don't think the Lord whispers His plans into my ear. The only thing He has promised me is Salvation. If He does plan on intervening, He's not giving me a position on His planning staff. I guess he has Archangels Michael and Gabriel for that. That being said, I pray for the salvation of our Republic. Daily.
Robert Oberlender
Robert C. Oberlender rcoberlender@gmail.com US Mobile: 830 444 9496
Here is note I received from friend yesterday. I don't know how he came across
HUGE military presence in Washington DC right now. pic.twitter.com/X9dieF4oDK
— Jeremy Kappell (@JeremyKappell) January 10, 2021
The military presence in DC is in all likely hood the rehearsals for the inauguration. Happens every four years. NG and active duty MPs for traffic control, Cadets to march in the parade.
Clip I Saw look like they were stationed to guard
Who is commanding the troops. They would not move on US soil without the president involved correct
The Commander, Military District of Washington (MDW) is the senior officer for the DC region, and responsible for all troops serving in and around DC. He is also responsible for the ceremonies and parades that go on in DC. The assignment is usually given to a real fast-burner officer, who is destined for very senior command (https://www.mdwhome.mdw.army.mil/docs/default-source/biographies/mg-jones-bio–5aug19.pdf?sfvrsn=18af3b04_24). There is an Air Force brigadier general specifically in charge of the Inauguration (https://www.mdwhome.mdw.army.mil/docs/default-source/biographies/bgbowie.pdf). All these parades and ceremonies are a REALLY BIG DEAL. They are giant logistical muscle movements. The rehearsals are meticulous, because they will be broadcast the the world. Even if Biden decides not to have a parade, these guys will rehearse up until the last minute, just in case. Traffic control is very carefully planned and heavily enforced, which requires a lot of troops and effort to emplace and remove obstacles. Yes, there will be a heavier guard force this year, I expect it. They wouldn't want us Trumpers to interfere.
"It would be another act of domestic terrorism, donch'a know."
Supposedly over 7000 troops on the ground in DC
Supposedly it's national guard from other states
I'm not sure how that works. who has control Of national guard when send them outside of your own state
Doesn't that become federal for national guard to leave the state
Has anybody commented on the legality of threatening the President of the United States. Threatening the office of the presidency. Threatening the vice president to take action.
Have some members of Congress and Pelosi violated law in their approach. And the threats?
Just thinking out loud
Interesting that President Trump will speak from Alamo Tuesday. I no longer believe in coincidences so I assume this is meaningful
Also read there's over 12,000 troops now in DC. I assume this is on federal land so the troops would be fully under the command of President Trump. Also does anybody know which states the national guard has been deployed to the capital. I recall hearing Pennsylvania and Virginia. Be interesting to know the states as that might be symbolic as well.
Good questions. I've been contacting and communicating all day with nothing concrete to offer. Agree on Alamo.
Another one out of Europe
Anybody know who these people are
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q5q73_Wbz9Y
Trump is not going to the Alamo. He is going to the city of Alamo, Tx. It's a border town hours away. He will commemorate reaching 400 miles completion of the Wall.
Alamo the Alamo just semantics 🙂
I attached a video on the last one I don't know who these people are they're from Europe I guess. After everything we've her I assume this is just fun talk or whatever
I don't see a video. Of course if it's from Twitter I'm not on it.
Here is another my friend from Australia just sent me it was posted on YouTube 16 hours ago but I don't know who posted it or who made it
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5k44oQwh5ek&feature=youtu.be
The National Guard confirmed that up to 15,000 troops will be authorized to be deployed around Washington D.C. ahead of Inauguration Day on Jan. 20.
"Right now, we have approximately 6,200 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from 6 states and the District of Columbia on the ground in the NCR [National Capital Region] supporting civilian authorities," said Gen. Daniel Hokanson in a statement on Monday.
The general noted that he's received requests from the Secret Service, Capitol Police, and Park Police for guardsmen to be deployed in the city.
They have also "been authorized to provide up to 15,000 Guard members to meet current and future inauguration support requirements," he said. "To date, our troops have been requested to support security, logistics, liaison, and communication missions."
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she asked President Donald Trump and acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to make a declaration of a disaster for the D.C. area to allow for more resources, adding that public gathering permits should be canceled between Jan. 10 and Jan. 24.
Bowser also urged Americans to avoid the city during the inauguration.
Wolf said Monday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will start "the National Special Security Event operations for the 2021 Inauguration effective Wednesday, January 13th instead of January 19th."
That's a big number of troops for small area

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A Makeover for Viking Orbiter Views of Mars
I originally wrote this in late 2014. This project has stalled due to other, less-involved projects taking precedent, but I hope to get back around to it sometime.
I remembered I had a copy of the 1980 NASA publication Viking Orbiter Views of Mars, a photobook containing a number of mosaics and images of interesting locations and features on Mars. The pictures show their age, though. Despite being processed with state-of-the art techniques available at the time, a lot of them are pale copies of the data that the Viking Orbiters originally returned to Earth. So, I got to thinking, "how would these images look if more modern image processing techniques were applied to them?"
Let me start by posting one of the original mosaics that was printed in Views of Mars.
*landslide photo*
(Source: NASA History Office free online reprint of Viking Orbiter Views of Mars)
When this mosaic was originally made, the most sophisticated techniques were mostly still a pair of scissors and an airbrush. The individual subframes could have a little distortion digitally applied to remove some of the geometric distortions created by the operating details and viewing angles of the imaging system. But the task of actually assembling the mosaic fell to a team of people working carefully with scissors and glue to piece the printouts of Viking images into mosaics like the one you see above. Once the mosaic was assembled, it was rephotographed. Those photographs eventually became the mosaics that went on public display at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and universities involved with the Viking Project.
There are a few problems with that approach, chief among them generation loss. Often, the Viking mosaics you see published are 3rd or 4th generation copies. (1st generation - original image; 2nd generation - printout from digital copy; 3rd generation - photograph of the assembled mosaic; 4th generation [if you're really unlucky and get something like the one above] - scan of a print of the 3rd generation copy) Printing generally has a poor dynamic range - you end up losing some of the subtle differences in brightness present in the original data. Bright areas tend to overexpose, dark areas don't expose enough. The end product ends up garish and fuzzy and not at all a decent representation of what Viking actually saw. This loss of dynamic range is part of the reason the edges of the individual frames in the mosaic are brighter than the centers - the subtle differences in brightnesses across the detector are exaggerated by the multiple reprints.
Viking Orbiter used vidicon detectors for to image the surface. These were the standard imagers in use at the time, and I've written about some of the drawbacks of them as applied to the Voyager missions in other posts. Those can be found here, here, and here. For funsies, here's a picture of the Viking Orbiter imaging package:
*viking camera system*
(Source: NASA History Office)
See the two telescopes? Each one went to a separate vidicon imager. As Viking Orbiter went around Mars, it would take a picture through one camera, and as it read the image onto the spacecraft's tape drive, it would take another picture through the other. Each camera had a slightly different field of view, with a bit of overlap between the two. In the above mosaic, you can see two tracks of images moving diagonally - each track was taken by a different "eye" of Viking's camera system. Viking didn't have to move to take pictures, it let its orbital motion carry a new portion of the imaging area into its cameras' fields of view. While it saved on the use of attitude control propellant, it meant that it created slight differences in viewing angles between objects in subsequent images. But even that could be turned into a plus. It allowed the Viking team to create stereograms, which allowed project scientists to view small areas in 3D and get an idea of the surface topography.
Mosaics could be made larger on by combining images from multiple passes. You'd think this would cause differences in lighting conditions, but Viking was placed in a special Sun-synchronus orbit, meaning that the Sun angle would remain the same over imaging areas on multiple orbits. Mars's orbit around the Sun would carry a new area into view with every orbit Viking completed, with a little bit of overlap with a previously imaged area. Some of the mosaics in Viking Orbiter Views of Mars spanned multiple orbits - one particularly complex mosaic used data from 5 sequential orbits.
Anyway, the original data from the Viking Orbiter imagers has a much greater dynamic range than the eventual published mosaics. The original data was archived and eventually stored in NASA's Planetary Data System, and is easily accessible to all interested parties. (Data formatting is an issue, and a topic for another post on another day.) I've downloaded the images used to make many of the mosaics in the book, and I'm starting to get my first results. Here's my digital reprocessing of the mosaic featured at the start of my post:
*remastered photo*
A couple of hours is all it took to produce this in Photoshop. I've removed all the calibration marks from the images, as well as the dust spots and noise. There's less contrast enhancement from the original, but overall there's a lot more detail since there's almost no generation loss (there is some from jpg compression) between the original data and this image. Despite that, there's a lot more fine detail visible in some of the areas that were blown out in the original image.
I'm starting work on another mosaic, this one a lot bigger than the one I've posted here. Already some of my test stitches come in at over 6000 pixels in one dimension, and it's only about 2/3 finished. Can't wait to share it soon!


Carluke Rovers former home, now occupied by Tesco.
This series of images were taken by my good friend and fellow photographer Dave Taylor. Dave has titled this set of photographs 'The Final Days of Loch Park Stadium' and although a home to be proud of not only for the Rovers but Law and District Athletics Club, these images show the state of the Stadium just prior to demolition and our move to the John Cummings Stadium.
A huge thanks to Dave Taylor for allowing us to add these images to the site.


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Dehydration is when your body does not have enough liquid to function properly. Children and babies can get dehydrated either from not drinking enough or from losing fluids. This normally happens when they are vomiting or have severe diarrhea (or both). It can also happen in hot climates and when they have a fever. Keeping your child well hydrated is an important part of your kids health.
Vomiting and Diarrhea in Children. Keeping Hydrated.
If they don't like ORS try water or water with sugar syrup. Fizzy drinks and fruit juice are not good as they are acidic and will probably come back up. Fizzy drinks that are left to go flat are alright.
Breastfed babies can continue with breast milk.
Offer small amounts of fluids frequently. Start small, such as a teaspoon every 5 minutes. If they don't vomit, you can increase it a little bit. If you allow them to drink a large amount, they will probably vomit again.
How do I Stop My Well Child from becoming Dehydrated?
If your child is well, they just need to drink enough fluids to stay hydrated. Water is the best fluid to keep them hydrated.


JERUSALEM, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Israel has proposed paying compensation to relatives of Turks it killed during a raid on a Gaza-bound ship, in exchange for Ankara's help in indemnifying the Israeli navy against lawsuits, officials said on Thursday.
The offer, broached by envoys in Geneva over the weekend, included measures for patching up ties but appeared to have fallen short of Turkey's demand that Israel formally apologise for the deaths of the nine pro-Palestinian activists in May.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose delegate to a U.N. probe of the bloodshed attended the rapprochement talks, also faces opposition to such a deal from his hawkish foreign minister and government coalition partner, Avigdor Lieberman.
We made a compensation offer, and asked the Turks to do what needs to be done to address our legal concerns. We also want to see them return their ambassador and allow us to appoint a new ambassador in Ankara, an Israeli official said.
For now, however, there are still big obstacles.
The draft offers Turkey some $100,000 each to families of the men shot dead by Israeli marines during brawls aboard the converted cruise ship Mavi Marmara, and an Israeli expression of regret over the incident, Israeli diplomatic sources said.
On Wednesday, Netanyahu adviser Ron Dermer said Israel and Turkey were discussing the phrasing of a compromise that both sides can live with ... (and) that will get our relations with Turkey back on track and remove the whole affair from the international agenda.
We must remember that there are those at the United Nations, there are forces which would like to see our personnel arrested, Dermer told Israel Radio.
What is important to the prime minister is to protect the marines and commanders. We have said at every discussion, at every meeting, that the troops acted in self-defence -- there's no question about it -- and not out of malice.
Rattled over private war-crimes suits filed abroad against its military brass and politicians by pro-Palestinian groups, Israel has tried to stave off any similar Turkish actions in global forums by quickly setting up two internal investigations whose findings will become its submission to the U.N. inquest.
Turkey has dismissed the Israeli probes as insufficient.
The rapprochement talks followed Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's dispatch of planes to help Israel battle a forest fire that raged out of control last week. Netanyahu had pledged to find ways to express our appreciation to the Turks.
But Erdogan, leader of the Islamist-rooted AK Party and a frequent scolder of Israel's Palestinian policies, on Tuesday signalled no flexibility in Turkey's terms. He even added an older demand that Hamas-ruled Gaza's borders be opened.
If there are those who want to start a new period, I repeat: They must accept their guilt, apologise and pay compensation. I say too that the embargoes, which have been eased but not enough, should be lifted, he told AK lawmakers.
The Mavi Marmara led an aid-ferrying flotilla that tried to breach Israel's Gaza blockade, imposed with the declared aim of keeping arms from Islamist Hamas cadres. A world outcry at the high seas seizure prompted Israel to allow more goods to reach Gaza's 1.5 million Palestinians by land, but not by sea.
Among the most vocal champions of the blockade is Lieberman, who leads the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu party in alliance with Netanyahu's rightist Likud. Political sources say Lieberman is often excluded from Israel's more sensitive diplomatic contacts. Noting that several marines were injured in the Mavi Marmara raid, a Lieberman confidant told Reuters: It's the Turks who should be paying us compensation, and not the other way around.
That foreshadowed a possible showdown in Netanyahu's cabinet should the proposed rapprochement deal be brought for approval.


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@import XCTest;
@import Darwin.Availability;
#import "MCGraylog.h"
#import "Internals.h"

static NSTask* logstash;
static NSPipe* inputPipe;
static NSPipe* outputPipe;

#define MINIMUM_OUTPUT_LENGTH 20
#define LOGSTASH_TIMEOUT 2.0

@interface MCGraylogIntegrationTests : XCTestCase
@property (nonatomic) NSMutableData* logstash_output;
@property (nonatomic) dispatch_semaphore_t output_semaphore;
@end

@implementation MCGraylogIntegrationTests

@synthesize logstash_output;
@synthesize output_semaphore;

+ (void)setUp {
    logstash   = [[NSTask alloc] init];
    inputPipe  = [[NSPipe alloc] init];
    outputPipe = [[NSPipe alloc] init];

    [logstash setLaunchPath:@"/usr/local/bin/logstash"];

    NSBundle* bundle     = [NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]];
    NSString* configFile = [bundle pathForResource:@"logstash"
                                            ofType:@"conf"];
    [logstash setArguments:@[@"-f", configFile]];
    logstash.standardInput  = inputPipe;
    logstash.standardOutput = outputPipe;
    [logstash launch];

    // wait until started up...
    [[inputPipe fileHandleForWriting]
        writeData:[@"blocking..." dataUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding]];
    [[inputPipe fileHandleForWriting] closeFile];

    [outputPipe.fileHandleForReading availableData];
}

+ (void)tearDown {
    [logstash terminate];
}

- (void)setUp {
    [super setUp];

    int result = graylog_init([NSURL URLWithString:@"http://localhost/"],
                              GraylogLogLevelDebug);
    XCTAssertEqual(0, result, @"Failed to initialize graylog correctly");

    self.logstash_output  = [[NSMutableData alloc] init];
    self.output_semaphore = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);

    outputPipe.fileHandleForReading.readabilityHandler = ^(NSFileHandle* fh) {
        [self.logstash_output appendData:[fh availableData]];
        dispatch_semaphore_signal(self.output_semaphore);
    };
}

- (void)tearDown {
    graylog_deinit();
    outputPipe.fileHandleForReading.readabilityHandler = NULL;
    [super tearDown];
}

- (NSDictionary*)parseResponse:(NSData*)data {

    NSError* parse_error = nil;

#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wassign-enum"
    NSDictionary* response = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data
                                                             options:0
                                                               error:&parse_error];
#pragma clang diagnostic pop

    XCTAssertNotNil(response,
                    @"Failed to parse logstash response: %@. Error: %@",
                    [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding],
                    parse_error);

    return response;
}

- (NSDictionary*) waitForResponse:(NSTimeInterval)timeout {
    long result = dispatch_semaphore_wait(self.output_semaphore,
                                          dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW,
                                                        timeout * NSEC_PER_SEC));
    if (result) return nil;

    if (self.logstash_output.length < MINIMUM_OUTPUT_LENGTH)
        return [self waitForResponse:timeout];

    return [self parseResponse:self.logstash_output];
}

- (NSDictionary*) logstashResponse {
    return [self waitForResponse:LOGSTASH_TIMEOUT];
}

- (size_t) over9000 {
    srand([[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970]);
    return (rand() * 1000) + 9000;
}

#define WAIT_FOR_RESPONSE NSDictionary* response = [self logstashResponse]
#define WAIT_FOR_NO_RESPONSE                                                \
    if (graylog_queue()) dispatch_barrier_sync(graylog_queue(), ^() {});    \
    NSDictionary* response = [self waitForResponse:1];

#pragma mark Tests

- (void) testCorrectlySendsFacilityAndShortMessage {

    graylog_log(GraylogLogLevelInformational, @"test", @"message", @{});
    WAIT_FOR_RESPONSE;

    XCTAssertEqualObjects(response[@"message"], @"message",
                          @"Short message should be test");
    XCTAssertEqualObjects(response[@"facility"], @"test",
                          @"Short message should be test");
}

- (void) testLogLevels {
    [@[
       @(GraylogLogLevelUnknown),
       @(GraylogLogLevelFatal),
       @(GraylogLogLevelEmergency),
       @(GraylogLogLevelAlert),
       @(GraylogLogLevelCritical),
       @(GraylogLogLevelError),
       @(GraylogLogLevelWarning),
       @(GraylogLogLevelWarn),
       @(GraylogLogLevelNotice),
       @(GraylogLogLevelInformational),
       @(GraylogLogLevelInfo),
       @(GraylogLogLevelDebug)
       ]
     enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(id obj, NSUInteger idx, BOOL* stop) {
         graylog_log((GraylogLogLevel)[obj integerValue],
                     @"test",
                     [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld", [obj longValue]],
                     nil);
         WAIT_FOR_RESPONSE;
         XCTAssertEqualObjects(response[@"level"],
                               obj,
                               @"Wrong log level in response: %@", response);

         self.logstash_output = [[NSMutableData alloc] init]; // reset
     }];
}

- (void)testCustomTextField {
    graylog_log(GraylogLogLevelWarning,
                @"test",
                @"message",
                @{
                  @"custom_field": @"hello"
                  });
    WAIT_FOR_RESPONSE;

    id lhs = response[@"custom_field"];
    id rhs = @"hello";
    XCTAssertEqualObjects(lhs, rhs);
}

- (void)testCustomNumberField {
    graylog_log(GraylogLogLevelWarning,
                @"test",
                @"message",
                @{
                  @"custom_field": @5
                  });
    WAIT_FOR_RESPONSE;
    XCTAssertEqualObjects(response[@"custom_field"], @5);
}

- (void) testLoggingIDUserInfoKeyIsMangled {
    graylog_log(GraylogLogLevelWarning,
                @"test",
                @"message",
                @{ @"id": @"hello" });
    WAIT_FOR_RESPONSE;
    XCTAssertNil(response[@"_id"], @"hello", nil);
    XCTAssertEqualObjects(response[@"userInfo_id"], @"hello");
}

- (void) testManyConcurrentLogs {
    XCTFail(@"Finish implementing me!");
    return;

//  dispatch_queue_t q = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH,
//                                                 0);
//  dispatch_apply(9000, q, ^(size_t index) {
//      GRAYLOG_ALERT(@"test", @"%zd", index);
//  });
//
//  // some sort of assertion goes here...
}

- (void) testMessageChunking {
    XCTFail(@"Finish implementing me!");
    return;

    NSString* string = @"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNTxr2NJHa0 ";
    for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++)
        string = [string stringByAppendingString:string];

    GRAYLOG_NOTICE(@"test", @"%@", string);
    WAIT_FOR_RESPONSE;
    XCTAssertEqualObjects(response[@"short_message"], string,
                          @"Message was corrupt?");
}

- (void) testMessageNotLoggedIfLevelTooHigh {
    graylog_set_log_level(GraylogLogLevelEmergency);
    GRAYLOG_DEBUG(@"test", @"herp derp");
    WAIT_FOR_NO_RESPONSE; // wait a reasonable amount of time for the response
    XCTAssertNil(response,
                 @"Something was still logged to graylog: %@", response);
}

- (void) testHandlesLoggingUnserializableObject {
    graylog_log(GraylogLogLevelDebug,
                @"test",
                @"message",
                @{
                  @"data": [NSData data]
                  });
    WAIT_FOR_RESPONSE; // block until we get the response

    NSString* actual = response[@"@short_message"];
    NSRange   range  = [actual rangeOfString:@"Failed to serialize message"];

    XCTAssertTrue(range.location != NSNotFound,
                  @"Expected serialization failure message, got: %@", response);
}

- (void) testLoggingEmptyString {
    GRAYLOG_ALERT(@"test", @"");
    WAIT_FOR_RESPONSE;
    id lhs = response[@"message"];
    XCTAssertEqualObjects(lhs, @"", @"%@", [response description]);
}

- (void) testLoggingEmptyFacility {
    GRAYLOG_ALERT(@"", @"message");
    WAIT_FOR_RESPONSE;
    XCTAssertEqualObjects(response[@"facility"], @"",
                          @"%@", [response description]);
}

- (void) testFacilityAndMessageMustNotBeNil {
    XCTAssertThrows(graylog_log(GraylogLogLevelError, nil, @"message", nil),
                    @"graylog_log should throw when given nil facility");
    XCTAssertThrows(graylog_log(GraylogLogLevelError, @"test", nil, nil),
                    @"graylog_log should throw when given nil message");
}

- (void) testLoggingGoesThroughNSLogIfNotInitialized {
    graylog_deinit();
    GRAYLOG_ALERT(@"test", @"message");
    WAIT_FOR_NO_RESPONSE;
    XCTAssertNil(response, @"Got a message before init");
}

@end

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I have this philosophy that I seem to live by lately. Since I am so busy working on or in my businesses, I really hate to sit down and figure stuff out. I am at the point in my life where I can live without that frustration. I would rather just someone sit me down and tell me to do this, then this, then this. Order or a check list is something I can relate to and would rather spend my time with. Figuring something out is dead time for me; I would rather pay someone else to teach me how to be an expert in something.
Outsourcing talent like this is the mentality you need to absorb if you want to be successful in small business and in e commerce. When I was a kid I loved sports. My father was not a sports guy, so throwing the ball around in the backyard and getting instruction was not in the cards for me. So I learned by myself and figured it out by trial and error. Is this a bad thing? It might be or it might not matter at all, depending on what your goals are.
Today I enjoy teaching my son sports and giving him instruction. I think about the fact that if he learns some fundamentals and some good form now, he will be ahead of the pack later on. This may or may not be true if the boy does not show talent or is not interested. The same goes for business. Think of all the research time you spend trying to figure something out. I have spent countless thousands of hours trying to figure out concepts or business models just to decide if something is worth pursuing or not. A lot of time is spent figuring out if the "guru" who is teaching me or guiding me knows what they are doing or are a legitimate example. I have seen so many products or eBooks claiming they will show you everything you want to know to become the expert in a certain area. Half the battle for me is deciding if this person is a real expert or someone that is just trying to con me out of my hard earned money. There are people who can teach and there are people who "do" I want the guy that can do both.
Enter the business coach. So what does this business coach do for you? Well for me, I like the practical approach. I say, here are my goals, what are the steps to attain it? Give me a list to check off and show me what I don't know. I want to be reassured I am going in the right direction, not that the direction is worth following. I will gladly pay you money if you show me what to do. This should be your approach too. Do enough homework to know what direction you want to go in. Get educated in what the avenues are so that you can start down one when given instruction. A good example of this is search engine optimization if you have a web site. There is a ton of different ways to market your site, but which one is best? Get familiar with a lot of them and then hire a coach.
Tell him what your goals are, if he is listening and has some experience they will know what to tell you. If they don't, you will have just enough knowledge to know to move on to the next one.


Now that's the million dollar question, isn't it? Especially in a world like ours where it seems somebody is always against somebody else and everyone else gets caught up in the middle of such feuds. There's constant chaos and hate and violence… enough to the point where it gets overwhelming, especially to those sensitive to the emotions of the masses. It's been enough to physically make me sick, as indicated earlier in the week. In such a world, how and where do we find peace?
Among all the chaos in your mind and what's going on around you, let's take a moment to stop. Breathe for a little bit; more specifically, take slow, deep breaths. If you have the time, close your eyes for a moment and I want you to think about a place that makes you simply feel calm and serene. It could be a moment in your life, or it could be a location. Or it could even be with a specific person. Does that place make you smile? Does it ease your heart and help you relax? If it does, I want you to hold on to that feeling as you commence your day. Maybe even leave this entry open and just glance at it throughout the day as a reminder.
Life gets stressful, and it can really beat you down. It's awful, but we need to hold on to what we love. Keep yourself calm when you're weathering the storm, and you'll bring others to be calm with you. We've got this.


You're doing something highly physical and highly refined; you've spent hundreds if not thousands of hours rehearsing specific movements, planned and refined to the last subtle detail, which you then execute in a short "moment of truth" requiring not only perfect execution, but creativity and adaptability.
2. Practice slow, execute fast.
Those old people practicing slow-motion tai chi in the park are, in fact, practicing a real martial art that can be executed very quickly when necessary. Every musician knows that the only way to execute a fast or complex musical passage is to practice it slowly first. The challenge is how to translate the slow version of the passage into the fast one, and I'll save that for a different blog post.
Martial arts are famous for elegant movements based on deep understanding of anatomy, as well as seemingly inhuman feats of power and dexterity. It was a great insight for me when I realized that my instrument simply isn't ergonomic, and I shouldn't expect it to be. Instead, my job was to develop the skill to play it as if it was.
4. Power comes from the earth, is carried through the skeleton, and is merely directed by the muscles.
*I'll always remember watching a petite friend of mine throwing large men around in Aikido practice. Another important principle at play there was the power of circular movement, but we won't get into that here.
It's really true that if you cultivate a sense of your physical and mental center so you will be able keep calm and grounded under performance pressure.
Nowhere is the power of breath more evident in a well-executed "kiai." Singers and wind players know all about "breath support," but a deeper study of breath and how it interacts with the rest of movement will reveal that it's just as important for instrumentalists.
7. Cultivate a soft focus to become aware simultaneously of the littlest details and the big picture.
The martial artist needs to be aware of the slightest movement of their own body, as well as the movements of opponents caught out of the corner of the eye. The musician needs to be in control of the shape of a single note within the context of the harmony and the phrase.
Less obvious is the fact that musicians need to attend to their environment every bit as much as fighters do. Not only do you need to catch the cue of a conductor or a colleague out of the corner of your eye, but the sense of awareness of yourself in space will reduce the hyper-focused, fight-or-flight intensity that leads to excess tension and gets in the way of musical expression.
Maybe I'll finish the list sometime, but for now, if you have anything to add, please share it in the comments!


An image is a lightweight, stand-alone, executable package that includes everything needed to run a piece of software, including the code, a runtime, libraries, environment variables, and config files.
A container is a runtime instance of an image—what the image becomes in memory when actually executed. It runs completely isolated from the host environment by default, only accessing host files and ports if configured to do so.
Containers run apps natively on the host machine's kernel.
Docker daemon - The background service running on the host that manages building, running and distributing Docker containers.
Docker client - The command line tool that allows the user to interact with the Docker daemon.
Docker Store - A registry of Docker images, where you can find trusted and enterprise ready containers, plugins, and Docker editions. You'll be using this later in this tutorial.
An important distinction with regard to images is between base images and child images.
· Base images are images that have no parent images, usually images with an OS like ubuntu, alpine or debian.
· Child images are images that build on base images and add additional functionality.
· Official images are Docker sanctioned images. Docker, Inc. sponsors a dedicated team that is responsible for reviewing and publishing all Official Repositories content. This team works in collaboration with upstream software maintainers, security experts, and the broader Docker community. These are not prefixed by an organization or user name. In the list of images above, the python, node, alpine and nginx images are official (base) images. To find out more about them, check out the Official Images Documentation.
· User images are images created and shared by users like you. They build on base images and add additional functionality. Typically these are formatted as user/image-name. The user value in the image name is your Docker Store user or organization name.


The new school website address is http//ocs.manistee.org. You can get to the "old" Onekama.k12mi.us pages from the new main page. All you have to do is click on OCS Archive which is located on the left side of the page near the bottom of Quick Links.
Middle School student council meeting in Mrs. K's room on Thursday, Nov, 21 during seminar.
7th grade wreaths may be picked up from the top parking lot after school on Tuesday, November 26. Please make arrangements to retrieve these!


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It is important to continuously innovate in business, to discover new ways to do old activities, to constantly navigate change.
We must change the direction of our thoughts.
Go beyond the fear of failure and keep trying, surely succeed.
In life or in business, we fear things which we don't understand.


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