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Alarm in Germany as 'corona demos' take off
A growing wave of protests has shocked Germany, with many of the demonstrators spouting conspiracy theories
A growing wave of protests has shocked Germany, with many of the demonstrators spouting conspiracy theories (AFP Photo/John MACDOUGALL)
Pauline CURTET with David COURBET in Dortmund
Munich (Germany) (AFP) - Angered by a slew of lockdown measures, purported vaccine plans or alleged state surveillance, thousands took to the streets on Saturday in Germany in a growing wave of demonstrations that has alarmed even Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Initially starting as a handful of protesters decrying tough restrictions on public life to halt transmission of the coronavirus, the demonstrations have swelled in recent weeks to gatherings of thousands in major German cities.
Huge numbers of anti-lockdown protesters, conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers or extremists massed across Germany again on Saturday, with more than 5,000 gathering in Stuttgart, at least 1,500 in Frankfurt and around 1,000 in Munich.
"Corona is fake", claimed one poster held aloft in Stuttgart, "Isolation, Masks, Tracking, Vaccine -- that's a no go", cried another.
Police in Berlin made 200 arrests as scuffles broke out, while in Hamburg, conspiracy theorists clashed with anti-lockdown protesters.
The growing demonstrations have sparked comparison to the anti-Muslim Pegida marches at the height of Europe's refugee crisis in 2015, raising questions over whether the strong support that Merkel is currently enjoying due to her handling of the virus crisis could evaporate.
Just as it won popularity by fanning anti-migrant sentiment five years ago, the far-right AfD party is now openly encouraging protesters and repositioning itself as an anti-lockdown party.
A recent poll commissioned by the Spiegel news magazine found that almost one in four Germans surveyed voiced "understanding" for the demonstrations.
The development has shocked the political establishment, with Merkel reportedly telling the top brass of her centre-right CDU party of the "worrying" trend that may bear some hallmarks of Russia's disinformation campaigns.
- 'Vilification' -
Germany in March took unprecedented measures to shut down public life.
While a huge majority of Germans back the action, giving Merkel's government a big boost in approval ratings, dissent is fomenting, particularly online where YouTube videos championing conspiracy theories or quack medical advice are attracting tens of thousands of views.
Seeking to counter absurd claims, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that although he wasn't a medical practitioner, he could safely suggest that the "uncomfortable and cumbersome face mask is more to be recommended than a tin-foil hat".
But protesters bristled at being dismissed as loonies.
Markus Windebrandt, 43, who was protesting in Munich, said the "measures of compulsory mask wearing and social distancing are simply no longer necessary.
"COVID-19 is a serious disease that must be taken seriously but the consequences of the disease must be compared to the negative consequences that these measures may have. There is no medical evidence that wearing the mask works. "
In Dortmund, another protester who would only be identified as Sabine, 50, said she turned up because she was "worried about public freedoms -- under the cover of fighting the pandemic... the exceptional laws go against our basic constitution".
"We want a return to normality and to not have any impediment on our public freedom. If someone is sick, then he or she should be just put in quarantine."
After a public outcry over unruly protests last weekend, the AfD placed itself squarely on the side of the demonstrators.
Party co-chief Alexander Gauland said it was "completely correct that people are exercising their fundamental rights and demonstrating against corona measures."
Any resulting split in society over the demonstrations should not be blamed on the protesters, but on "the sweeping vilification of participants as right-wing extremists, nutcases or conspiracy theorists", he charged.
Sometimes violent in nature, the demonstrations have also been increasingly tinged by anti-Semitism.
Underscoring the increasingly virulent atmosphere, a mock tombstone was found in front of Merkel's electoral offices, apparently to oppose lockdown measures.
- Second populist wave -
"I consider this type of protest to be extremely dangerous," Felix Klein, the government's pointman on tackling anti-Semitism, told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
"We must take the emergence of these movements very seriously and cannot hope that with the end of the corona crisis these forces will disappear again," he said.
Spiegel also cited the urgent need for Merkel to get a grip on the situation.
"If she doesn't take counter action now, a second populist wave of anger could break over Germany," it warned.
Time could be pressing.
Hermann Binkert, who heads the polling institute INSA, said the strong support for Merkel's government could quickly melt away when the health imperative recedes.
"When the unifying theme of health fades and the debate focuses on solving the labour market, economic and financial crisis, the consensus ends," he warned.


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If you struggle to know what to do on social media, or are a quiet person who wants to make an impact without shouting or bragging - this post is for you!
There are lots of different definitions of Thought Leadership out there. In truth, you may already be doing some of these things.
One simple definition is that a thought leader notices, shares and comments on ideas and themes that are of interest to their sector or niche – and shares them consistently over time in such a way as to develop an audience for themselves, their company or their brand.
It's about establishing a relationship with and delivering something of value to your peers, clients and customers that aligns with your values. By doing this you go beyond selling a product or service and establish yourself as an expert in that field. This makes people think about you differently in significant ways.
They get to like your point of view and look out for the contributions you make.
One of the great things about thought leadership is you don't need to be well-known or famous in order to establish yourself. You can start in tiny ways and build this up over time. What do you notice each day? What do you find yourself liking on Linked In, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter? Is there a consistent theme to this? The main principle of thought leadership is that there is consistency in what you find interesting and of value - and that you then go on share these things with your peers and followers. This technique works whether your interest is in parenting, neuroscience, interior decoration, architecture or baking! The same principles apply across the board.
Storytelling is important. A great story will allow others to connect with you and your values. If they connect with your values, you'll get the empathy you need to build trust. When you get the trust, your reader or follower gets closer to the point where they will buy into your ideas – and when the trust turns to loyalty they will keep coming back – not just the once, but over and over. The storytelling part of thought leadership is when you add your own comments on the same subjects within your own posts and perhaps even write your own articles around the same themes.
4.Engaging with a variety of learning preferences.
Do you like sharing audio, video or narrative (articles and links to things that others have written)? Many thought leaders choose a specific form of sharing – podcasts, say, or videos on a YouTube channel. Or, you can share a variety of all these things – this can be quite a successful technique to build an audience quickly.
To become a top notch thought leader, you must work towards creating original material – the very best thought leaders work on this principle – and they don't just write about or promote themselves. They have an opinion – or interview others and share a range of opinion around a topic.
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Description of Artwork: Buchner helped author The Hessian Courier. In 1834 he printed a letter protesting the new grand duke of Hesse, writing, "The political circumstances are enough to drive me mad. The wretched people patiently pull the cart on which the princes and liberals play their monkey tricks." His 1836 play Storm and Stress describes a society in chaos and his publisher insisted on cuts.
Soldier: Oh Christina, my Christina, when we play the concertina does it leave you sore, sore, sore.
Results of Incident: Buchner studied biology and continued writing plays after leaving Hesse. He was awarded a doctorate and lectureship in natural history from the University of Zurich where he taught and wrote until his early death in 1837 from typhus at the age of 23.
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Adjust to suit your own taste.
Slice leeks and celery. Peel and cut potato into 1/2" cubes.
Saute leeks and celery in butter until almost tender. Don't brown.
Add the potato cubes saute for a few minutes until tender.
Add the minced garlic. Cook for a minute.
Add a splash of white wine, chicken broth and fresh thyme.
Season with salt and pepper and simmer for five minutes.
Add the heavy cream. Simmer for another 5 minutes.
Add the clams, cover and cook just long enough for the clams to open.
Throw away any that don't open.


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Will Canada's New PM Undo Damage of Harperism?
Like millions of Canadians, I allowed myself to bask in the warm afterglow of our recent federal election–one that saw the triumph of 43-year-old Justin Trudeau and the end of the Harper era.
Who could have resisted the image of the telegenic and triumphant young Trudeau, radiating warmth and humanity–qualities sorely lacking in ex-prime minister Stephen Harper–as he strode onstage to make his victory speech, Hadani Ditmars wrote for RT.
Mere weeks earlier, it looked like Harper's politics of fear and division–his odd but apparently vote garnering insistence on making the wearing of the niqab an election issue, his government's establishment of a "hotline" to report "barbaric cultural practices" and his call for stripping dual citizens convicted of terrorist acts of their Canadian citizenship–were going to usher in another Conservative government. But October 19th's victory speech was all about inclusiveness and diversity.
Real Change
Trudeau spoke of "real change" and invoked the ghost of prime minister Wilfrid Laurier citing his comment on "sunny ways" over divisive politics. He reached out to First Nations Communities–who just enjoyed a precedent setting election of 10 members of parliament and to Muslim Canadians–who had been targeted by Harper under Islamophobic "anti-terror" policies. He even held out an olive branch to Conservatives–who had targeted him in "attack ads", calling them "our neighbors", "not our enemies."
His statements that "Canada was built by people from all corners of the world, all cultures and all faiths"–and "our enviable inclusive society didn't happen by accident"–recalled the multi-cultural policies of his father Pierre. These were policies that ushered in an era of internationalism and diversity, and one that earned Canada a global reputation as a place where human rights were upheld at home and abroad.
Sadly, it's become more myth than reality. There is much damage to be undone and one hopes the young Trudeau is up to the challenge.
Wearing a Canadian flag anywhere in the Middle East these days could prove dangerous–thanks to Harper's unflagging support for rightwing Israeli policies. Canada's traditional image of "peacemaker" had been replaced by an aggressive militarism. Harper's refusal to sign the Kyoto protocols, unwavering defense of toxic tar sands in Alberta and pipeline construction, not to mention his censure of scientists researching global warming have made a mockery of Canada's environmental record.
And then, of course, there's Bill C-51, criticized by civil libertarians and human rights groups for its unprecedented breach of privacy and targeting of activists under the pretense of the failed "war on terror"–in a nation where citizens are more likely to die during an encounter with a moose than with a "terrorist."
How exactly will Trudeau's call for "real change" actualize? It's easy to forget that the Liberals also voted for Bill C-51–although promised to "amend" it if elected (while the third place NDP party promised to repeal it.) They also voted for the so-called "Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act" in June of this year–a bizarre piece of legislation aimed at whipping up xenophobia in places like rural Quebec, where an earlier incarnation called "Reasonable Accommodation" (for religious and cultural differences) had also appealed to racists and Islamophobes.
Already there is speculation that he will soon reverse Harper's "best friend of Israel" policies for a more traditionally balanced approach to the situation in Israel/Palestine.
While Trudeau has promised immediate action on the refugee crisis (the photo of dead Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi washed up on a Turkish beach underscored the Conservatives' failed refugee policies and cost them votes) he will have to beef up foreign service bureaucracies abroad, after Harper governments cut back key personnel.
Keep Promises
In the heat of the campaign trail last month, Trudeau promised that a Liberal government would invest $380 million into the country's cultural and creative industries, reversing Harper's policy of antipathy toward federal funding for the arts. This includes $150 million of annual funding for the beleaguered national broadcaster–the CBC/Radio Canada who only a month ago, were facing looming sales of many of their buildings.
But it was Trudeau's promise of purposely running a deficit (while both the Conservatives and the NDP promised balanced budgets) to invest in job-creating infrastructure and restoring cuts to seniors, veterans and other vulnerable groups that many say turned the tide of public opinion in his favor—that are most eagerly awaited in recessionary Canada.
For too long, Canadians have been living not only with economic uncertainty, but also with a climate of fear, repression and a certain mean-spiritedness (Harper's immigration minister Chris Alexander–since voted out of office–even called for cuts to medical assistance for refugees.)
Harper was notorious for holding personal vendettas, holding court with an ever shrinking band of confidantes, blocking media and lacking transparency.
Even former supporters were glad to see the back of Harper. Conrad Black, a former backer of the Conservative ex-prime minister gave Harper his due for keeping Canada relatively unscathed after the 2008 global recession. But he recently cited his "humourlessness" (many believe it was Harper who intervened and had a civil servant fired for writing a protest song called Harperman) and paranoia–not to mention his gagging of parliament and attacks on the Supreme Court of Canada-describing Harper as a "sadistic Victorian schoolmaster."
Certainly, Trudeau's image–that of a handsome young idealist–could not be further from Harper's. One can only hope that Trudeau's "sunny ways" and appeal to the "better angels of our nature" will translate into the promised "real change" that is sorely needed in Canada.
Let's hope that our last leader's contempt for democracy, diversity and his combative partisanship will really be replaced by Trudeau's promised new vision of pluralism and hope. Things can only get better.
Canada: From Harper's Darkness to Trudeau's Light
Harper's Political Future Hits Rock Bottom
Canada's Next Prime Minister?
Canada to Withdraw From Anti-IS Coalition
Canadian PM Honors "Sibling" Obama
Canada Pledges $2b to Fight Climate Change

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Blended Scotch whisky, Black Bottle, has made a bold appointment for its newly created position of Global Ambassador with the highly respected and well-renowned Scottish bar expert Mal Spence taking up the reins. The Burn Stewart-owned whisky is on an ambitious roll-out plan to ensure it becomes the blended Scotch whisky of choice for the world's best bartenders.
With more than 15 years experience tending, managing and building up the reputation of some of Scotland's best bars, Mal brings with him a wealth of knowledge and inspiration that will help the brand achieve its aims. Mal has a close connection with Black Bottle, having created the whisky's key simple serves and working with bartenders around the world to develop more complex cocktails.
During his career, Mal's expertise and influence has been recognised with a number of awards and accolades – he is the only Scottish bartender ever to make the Havana Club Grand Prix World Final; a former SLTN Mixologist of The Year two years running; winner of Maxxium's Liquid War competition; and industry bible Class Magazine bestowed the 2011 Best Bar Menu award for Mal's work at the Blythswood Square Hotel in Glasgow.
In addition to his role with Black Bottle, which will see him visiting key markets around the world, Mal will continue to direct operations at the much-feted Kelvingrove Café in Glasgow, winner of the Best Cocktail Bar at the 2013 Scottish Bartenders Network Awards, which he helped establish in 2013.
Plans for taking Black Bottle to new audiences in its key markets around the world are well underway. The inspirational story of its creator, Gordon Graham, the striking new-look packaging first unveiled last year and the flexibility of its liquid in creating a vast array of serves, ensures Mal has a credible and quality product to present to key influencers in these markets.
"Blended Scotch whisky has been unjustly forgotten by many bartenders in recent years and with its liquid profile and striking presentation, I'm confident we can encourage bartenders and drinks enthusiasts to reconsider the category and put Black Bottle into their speed rails," added Mal.
Having set the standard and re-energised the tradition of hotel bars with his award-winning work at Blythswood Square Hotel in Glasgow from 2009, Mal has become a leading figure of the Scottish bar industry. Mal will start his visits to key markets in September and report into Marco Di Ciacca, Black Bottle Global Marketing Manager.


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Q: How to read and write data from mysql to JSON and then use for google table chart I have employee table in mysql database
Table columns as..
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sal...etc
I am creating custom query page..where user will type there query in textarea and then click on submit button..I want to retrive data from mysql according to user requested column and want to show google chart table.
I tried through JSON but no luck
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Please advise on this as I am not getting table chart

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and it would be suggested to add a function to call the charts maybe with a json data parameter.

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What words can you make with membered?
An unofficial list of all the Scrabble words you can make from the letters in the word membered. Anagrams and words you can make with an additional letter, just using the letters in membered!
47 words can be made from the letters in the word membered.
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Legend of the SEA DEVILS - Doctor Who Returns Spring 2022
A Familiar Foe is set to return in the next 2022 special due to air in Spring 2022.
Frist appearing in the Third Doctor Serial "The Sea Devils", the Sea Devils will return in "Legend of the Sea Devils"
Legend of the Sea Devils finds the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Dan (John Bishop) in 19th century China, where a small coastal village is under threat – from both the fearsome pirate queen Madame Ching (Crystal Yu) and a monstrous alien force which she unwittingly unleashes. Will the Doctor, Yaz and Dan emerge from this swashbuckling battle with the Sea Devils to save the planet?
Last Appearing in the Fifth Doctor's "Warriors of the Deep", the Sea Devils haven't been seen on TV Screens for nearly 38 Years - there land based cousins "The Silurian's" reappeared in Series 5 of the revival show.
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the Doctor, Yaz and Dan turn up in 19th century China, where a small coastal village is under threat – from both the fearsome pirate queen Madame Ching (Crystal Yu) and a monstrous alien force which she unwittingly unleashes. Will the Doctor, Yaz and Dan emerge from this swashbuckling battle with the Sea Devils to save the planet?
Sarah owns and runs ELF storage, and Nick is a customer who visits his unit every year on New Year's Eve. This year, however, their night turns out to be a little different than planned as they find themselves joining forces with the Doctor, Dan and Yaz in a fight against the Daleks.
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Through arduous study, Linda Wallestad has passed the regulatory exam qualifying her to be an extra watchdog for clients at Landaas & Company.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has conferred Linda with a Series 24 license as a general securities principal. She joins Chief Compliance Officer Jean Baley and President Bob Landaas with that designation. FINRA is a self-policing agency overseen by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission focused on protecting the best interests of investors.
Those investor protections are rooted in the aftermath of the Great Depression and the stock market crash of 1929 and seek to ensure that individuals are treated fairly and honestly and receive truthful information about the risks involved in investing.
To pass the exam – on her first attempt, which is uncommon – Linda had to demonstrate command of rules and regulations dating back nearly 80 years and ever-changing with updates and interpretations.
Her knowledge and license let Linda assist Jean in supervising Landaas & Company office operations, employees, transactions and communications to ensure compliance with rules.
The bottom line is watching out to see that everyone always is doing what's best for the client. As Jean says, what's best for the client is best for the firm in the long run.
Linda says her studies have reemphasized that.


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Albali pertence à classe espectral A0 e possui uma magnitude aparente de +3,8.

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F.C. PTAs Sign Onto Campaign to Win Passage of Bond Referendum
September 10, 2014 10:44 PM by Nicholas F. Benton
GABI SANDOZ (left) president of the Mason High PTSA and Trish Horowitz, president of the Elementary PTA, compared notes Tuesday at the annual Thomas Jefferson Ice Cream Social and Information Fair. A record attendance at the school year kick-off event provided plenty of opportunities for case to be made for passing the November referendum. (Photo: News-Press)
Falls Church's Elementary PTA organization, representing the Thackrey Pre-School, Mt. Daniel and Thomas Jefferson Elementary Schools, voted formally Tuesday night to join the fight to pass the $15.6 million school bond referendum on this November's ballot in the City. The George Mason High School PTSA followed suit at a meeting at the high school last night.
Tuesday's announcement marked an unusual step for the Elementary PTA organization to take such a strong stand on a ballot measure. Trish Horowitz, president of the Elementary PTA, was enthusiastic and excited by the development, as was Gabi Sandoz, president of the GMHS PTSA, anticipating that her organization would follow suit, as they did last night.
Hundreds of informational fliers entitled "7 Things You Need to Know About the Bond Referendum" were circulated Tuesday night at the annual Thomas Jefferson Ice Cream Social and Information Fair. Parents from all three elementary schools were there with their children, and the gym, the lunch room and the playgrounds outside were mobbed by one of the largest turnouts in history.
The bond referendum will be on the November 4 ballot for Falls Church citizens, who will also be voting for U.S. Senator, Congressman (8th District), and City Treasurer on the same ticket.
Local pundits concur that it will take a strong mobilization by the pro-school community to win passage of the referendum, due to general economic squeeze conditions on City residents and despite the outstanding reputation of the City's school system that has contributed "value added" to the local housing stock.
According to the "7 Things" flier that will also be circulated at this Saturday's Fall Festival and Taste of Falls Church in the parking lot behind City Hall, the bond referendum will fund needed classroom expansion, and modernization to comply with the American Disability Act (ADA) at the Mt. Daniel Elementary site. The cost will be $15.6 million.
The current building at Mr. Daniel is over capacity by over 100 students due to the recent years' surge in enrollment. As a result, there is no longer room for a library or a music room there. Three classes are now being held in trailers and all current space is being fully utilized.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is also crowded. The school bond would allow FCCPS to move the second grade, now at Thomas Jefferson, back to Mt. Daniel, freeing up much needed space at Thomas Jefferson.
The new construction will add 65,820 square feet in brand new classrooms, a new gym, a separate new cafeteria, a new media center and new day care offices. The 65,820 new square feet will add to 21,316 existing square feet that was added to the site less than 10 years ago.
The new construction is expected to last over 50 years and although predictions of enrollment are difficult going into the future, it is expected that it will take at least 20 years for all 12 classrooms to fill up in every grade.
If the referendum fails, on the other hand, more trailers would be required with a life expectancy of 15 years, in the long run actually costing more than if the referendum passed. Also, physical education classes would need to be limited and with the current gym doubling as a cafeteria going forward children will need to eat lunch starting around 10:45 a.m. in order to manage the shared space.
Also, valuable outdoor space will be lost at both Mt. Daniel and Jefferson to trailers.
Built many years ago before safety features such as cameras, buzzer entrances and ADA compliance were the standard, the new construction will address all these issues and add sprinklers to a section of the building currently not covered. If the referendum does not pass, these matters will not get fixed.
If the referendum passes, construction would begin almost immediately and the new building would be ready for occupancy by October 2016.
Author: Nicholas F. BentonNicholas F. Benton is owner and Editor-In-Chief of the Falls Church News-Press.


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Q: Phase shifting operator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_phase_space#Phase-shifting_operator
operator of phase shift is defined as
$$U(\theta)=e^{-i\theta N}$$ where N is number operator.
How to prove that
$$A=U^*(\theta)aU(\theta)=ae^{-i\theta}$$
$a$ is anahillation operator
Ok, we have differentiate respect to theta we have as on wikipedia link
$$ \frac{d}{d\theta}(U^{*}aU)=-iU^*aU$$
Solution of this differential equation is
$$U^*aU=e^{-i\theta}\neq ae^{-i\theta}$$
How ?

A: A constructive way of looking at the solution is to see what happens under the rug. Before performing the actual calculation, we write-down some useful expressions for later use: $$\begin{array}{l}
\left[ {a,N} \right] = a,\\
\left[ {a,{N^2}} \right] = aN + Na.
\end{array}\tag{1}\label{comm}$$
The second commutation can be found by the use of the identity $\left[ {A,BC} \right] = B\left[ {A,C} \right] + \left[ {A,B} \right]C$.
Now the operator $A = {U^\dagger }\cdot a \cdot U$ is writtens in the form
$$\begin{align}
A & = {U^\dagger }\cdot a \cdot U, \\
  & = \exp \left( {i\theta N} \right) \cdot a \cdot \exp \left( { - i\theta N} \right), \\
  & = \left[ {1 + \left( {i\theta N} \right) + \frac{{{{\left( {i\theta N} \right)}^2}}}{{2!}} + \frac{{{{\left( {i\theta N} \right)}^3}}}{{3!}} +  ... } \right]  a  \left[ {1 + \left( { - i\theta N} \right) + \frac{{{{\left( { - i\theta N} \right)}^2}}}{{2!}} + \frac{{{{\left( { - i\theta N} \right)}^3}}}{{3!}} +  ... } \right]. \tag{2}\label{powerseries}
\end{align}
$$
We collect the powers of $\theta$ from Eq. \eqref{powerseries},
\begin{array}{l}
{\theta ^0}:a,\\
\\
{\theta ^1}: - ai\theta N + i\theta Na,\\
\\
{\theta ^2}:a\frac{{{{\left( { - i\theta N} \right)}^2}}}{{2!}} + i\theta Na\left( { - i\theta N} \right) + \frac{{{{\left( {i\theta N} \right)}^2}}}{{2!}}a. \tag{3} \label{thetas}
\end{array}
We massage each term as follows:
\begin{align}
{\theta ^1}& :~ - ai\theta N + i\theta Na, \\
             & =  - i\theta \left( {aN - Na} \right), \\
             & =- i\theta a. \tag{4} \label{theta_1}
\end{align}
In the last line of the Eq. \eqref{theta_1}, we used the forst commutation in Eq. \eqref{comm}.
Now we take care of the second power of $\theta$ $-$
\begin{align}
{\theta ^2}& :a\frac{{{{\left( { - i\theta N} \right)}^2}}}{{2!}} + i\theta Na\left( { - i\theta N} \right) + \frac{{{{\left( {i\theta N} \right)}^2}}}{{2!}}a, \\
& = \frac{{{\theta ^2}}}{{2!}}\left( {2NaN - {N^2}a - a{N^2}} \right), \\
& = \frac{{{\theta ^2}}}{{2!}}\left( {NaN - {N^2}a + NaN - a{N^2}} \right), \\
& = \frac{{{\theta ^2}}}{{2!}}\left( {N\left[ {a,N} \right] + \left[ {N,a} \right]N} \right), \\
& = \frac{{{\theta ^2}}}{{2!}}\left( {Na - aN} \right), \\
& =  - a\frac{{{\theta ^2}}}{{2!}}, \\
& = a\frac{{{{\left( { - i\theta } \right)}^2}}}{{2!}}. \tag{5} \label{theta_2}
\end{align}
Here we have repeatedly used the first commutation in Eq. \eqref{comm}. Now we collect everything from Eqs. \eqref{thetas}, \eqref{theta_1} & \eqref{theta_2}, namely
$$\begin{align} A & = a + a\left( { - i\theta } \right) + a\frac{{{{\left( { - i\theta } \right)}^2}}}{{2!}} +  \cdots,  \\
& = a \cdot \exp\left( { - i\theta } \right).~~\left(\mathrm{QED}\right)
\end{align}$$
Note: The third power of $\theta$ has the same trend, although the calculation is a little cumbersome. In that calculation, you will need the second commutation in Eq. \eqref{comm}.

A: You are missing the constant of integration. The differential equation you have is $\frac{d}{d\theta}(U^{\ast}a U) = -i U^{\ast}a U \Rightarrow \ln(U^{\ast}a U) = -i \theta + ln C$ By solving the differential equation you get $C e^{-i \theta}$ where you can fix the constant, $C$, by using the condition $U^{\ast}a U= a$ at $\theta=0$.


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It's Not Just China: Trump's Trade War Is Raging on Several Fronts
Trump has a difficult path to following through on his trade agenda while avoiding damage to a strong U.S. economy
By Jacob Pramuk | CNBC	• Published at 10:08 pm on May 13, 2019
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China isn't the only country that President Donald Trump has engaged in a trade conflict.
The president is also deciding whether to add or remove tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico and the European Union.
Trump faces a pivotal period in his push to overhaul U.S. trade relationships ahead of his 2020 reelection bid.
President Donald Trump's trade war with China is not the only conflict with a major trading partner raging ahead of his reelection bid.
Trump, who campaigned in 2016 on cracking down on what he calls unfair trade practices, has stirred trade conflict on even more fronts. From Canada and Mexico to the European Union and Japan, the president faces pivotal moments in his crusade to reshape U.S. trade relationships ahead of the 2020 election.
Trump has a difficult path to following through on his trade agenda while avoiding damage to a strong U.S. economy. He will have to decide whether to slap threatened tariffs on the $325 billion in Chinese products that remain untaxed. He aims to ratify updates to the North American Free Trade Agreement, but some lawmakers want him to remove steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico before they will support a deal.
Trump already put duties on steel and aluminum imports from the EU. Now, the president is set to decide in the coming days whether he will slap tariffs on European cars. The EU could retaliate if Trump makes good on his threat.
Here are the areas where the president will have to navigate trade conflicts in the coming months.
Beijing fired the latest shot in the economic struggle Monday, raising tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. goods to as high as 25%. China retaliated following the Trump administration's decision to hike duties on $200 billion in Chinese products.
The Trump administration has slapped tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese goods so far. Beijing has put duties on $110 billion in products from the United States.
Still, the conflict could widen even more after Monday's retaliation from China. Trump has already threatened to put 25% tariffs on the $325 billion in Chinese goods that remain untaxed. He said Monday that he has not decided yet whether to levy the duties.
Trump hopes the tariffs will force China to strike a trade agreement. But the longer the conflict goes on, the more it could hurt American consumers and businesses. Farmers — a key political constituency for Trump — have suffered from lower crop prices caused in part by the trade war.
"The sentiment out in farm country is getting grimmer by the day. Our patience is waning, our finances are suffering, and the stress from months of living with the consequences of these tariffs is mounting," John Heisdorffer, chairman of the American Soybean Association, said in a statement Monday.
The Trump administration still hopes it can salvage a trade agreement. On Monday, Trump said he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit in Japan next month. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin also told CNBC that trade talks with China are ongoing.
Canada and Mexico
Last year, the Trump administration decided not to spare its neighbors from tariffs of 25% and 10% on steel and aluminum, respectively. Both Canada and Mexico retaliated.
Canada retaliated by putting duties on more than $12 billion worth of U.S. exports, including whiskey and maple syrup. Mexico also slapped tariffs on about $3 billion worth of American goods. Both countries have reportedly considered new retaliatory measures to pressure the U.S. to drop the metals duties.
Congress — and particularly the Democratic-held House — has shown little haste in trying to ratify the updates to NAFTA, which Trump has dubbed the United States Mexico Canada Agreement. The Trump administration and the Mexican and Canadian governments have pushed for ratification as soon as this summer.
Tariffs have tripped up progress toward approving the deal. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has pushed the president to remove the duties before Congress ratifies the agreement.
Trump has so far shown reluctance to scrap the tariffs.
The U.S. and EU are working to avoid an escalation in a limited trade conflict. Last year, after Trump put tariffs on steel and aluminum from the European bloc, the EU levied duties on $2.4 billion worth of products such as whiskey and motorcycles.
Trump faces a May 18 deadline to decide whether to put tariffs on up to $53 billion worth of European cars. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem reportedly thinks the Trump administration could delay the deadline as it focuses on inking a deal with China.
The EU has prepared another round of retaliatory tariffs to put in place if Trump goes through with the auto duties.
The Trump administration also hopes to reach a trade agreement with the EU, but officials representing the bloc have said they do not want to negotiate under the threat of tariffs.
Japan and the U.K.
The Trump administration has to handle other trade negotiations as it tries to deescalate conflict with China, its North American neighbors and the EU. The White House hopes to reach a bilateral trade deal with Japan that could increase U.S. agricultural access to the country and stop potential U.S. tariffs on Japanese cars.
Trump took on the task of striking a direct deal with Japan after he withdrew from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement shortly after he took office in 2017.
The president also hopes to strike a new trade agreement with the United Kingdom. The U.K. has seen delays in its plans to leave the European Union, which was previously expected to happen at the end of March.
Trump will likely address trade when he visits the U.K. in June.
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EU Files Antitrust Charges Against Google
By Brian P. Rubin Law, News April 15, 2015
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The European Union has formally filed antitrust charges against Google, alleging that the search company "infringes EU antitrust rules because it stifles competition and harms consumers." Google, of course, has denied that this is so.
Google's graph for showing its poor performance among shopping sites in France.
According a press release published on Wednesday, the EU's accusations are hinged on the fact that Google uses its dominance as a search engine to skew search results towards its own products and shopping options:
"The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Google alleging the company has abused its dominant position in the markets for general internet search services in the European Economic Area (EEA) by systematically favouring its own comparison shopping product in its general search results pages. The Commission's preliminary view is that such conduct infringes EU antitrust rules because it stifles competition and harms consumers."
Google's graph for showing its poor performance among shopping sites in the United Kingdom.
Meanwhile, Google has published a press release of its own, posted on the Official Google Blog, which offers up data it says proves that Google's retail performance in Europe hasn't been as good as the completion—proving that the EU's accusations don't hold water, since its competition hasn't, in fact, been stifled:
"Companies like Axel Springer, Expedia, TripAdvisor, and Yelp (all vociferous complainants in this process) have alleged that Google's practice of including our specialized results (Flight Search, Maps, Local results, etc.) in search has significantly harmed their businesses. But their traffic, revenues and profits (as well as the pitch they make to investors) tell a very different story.
[…]Indeed if you look at shopping—an area where we have seen a lot of complaints and where the European Commission has focused in its Statement of Objections—it's clear that (a) there's a ton of competition (including from Amazon and eBay, two of the biggest shopping sites in the world) and (b) Google's shopping results have not the harmed the competition."
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. As a non-lawyer, tech-website writer, it seems likely to me that Google might wind up winning the day—but that's obviously a pretty uninformed position I'm taking.
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My main thought here, though, is that Microsoft faced antitrust probes years ago, in that it used its dominance as the de facto operating system in computers to push its software, while pushing other software out. Google, however, seems like a different kind of animal, in a different scenario. There are other search options—way more than there were operating system options in the days when Windows was the king. Microsoft itself has Bing, while there's still Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo, among others.
In short, I have a hard time believing that even if Google does stack the deck in its own favor on its search engine that people who want a good deal can't find it—even with Google itself.
But what do I know? Google will have its day in court, and we'll all watch and learn.
[Source: 9to5Google]
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Max Immelmann (1890. szeptember 21. – 1916. június 18.) német vadászpilóta.

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Ifjúkora
Drezdában született, apja gazdag iparos volt. Az iskola elvégzése után belépett a hadseregbe, az Eisenbahnregiment Berlin kötelékébe, azonban a kiképzést unalmasnak találta, ezért nem lépett aktív szolgálatba, hanem 1912-től a drezdai Technische Hochschule hallgatójaként gépészetet tanult.

Katonai szolgálata
Az első világháború kitörésekor Immelmannt behívták aktív szolgálatra és a Luftstreitkräfte egységéhez került és pilótakiképzésre küldték 1914 novemberében. Először Franciaország északi részén állomásozott mint felderítő repülő. 1915. június 3-án gépét lelőtte egy francia pilóta, de sikerült a német vonalak mögött biztonságosan leszállnia. Megkapta a Vaskeresztet a repülőgép megmentéséért. Később az egyik első olyan német pilóta lett, aki a háború kezdeti szakaszában jelentős számú légi győzelmet nyert meg igen rövid idő alatt. Megkapta az Adler von Lille (lille-i sas) becenevet.

Immelmann volt az első pilóta, aki megkapta a Pour le Mérite érdemrendet, Németország legmagasabb katonai kitüntetését. Ez a medál később a "Kék Max" néven vált ismertté Immelmann emlékére. A kitüntetését II. Vilmos császár adta át 1916 januárjában, ugyanakkor amikor Oswald Boelcke is megkapta ezt az érdemrendet. 17 győzelmet tulajdonítottak Immelmannnak. Utolsó győzelmét 1916. március 30-án érte el.

Immelmann neve összekapcsolódott a Fokker Eindecker nevével, ami Németország első vadászrepülőgépe volt, és egyben az első gép, amely szinkronizált géppuskával volt felszerelve, amivel előre is lehetett tüzelni a légcsavar körén keresztül. Nagy szerepe volt a háború elején elért légi fölény kivívásában. Kiváló repülési képességeinek köszönhetően a katonai repülés egyik úttörőjévé vált. Leghíresebb "találmánya" az Immelmann-forduló, amelyet később számos pilóta használt.

Immelmann egy a Royal Flying Corps F.E.2b típusú géppel vívott légi csatában halt meg az észak-franciaországi Sallaumines felett 1916. június 18-án. A hivatalos brit jelentések szerint G.R. McCubbin és J. H. Waller lőtték le. Azonban más források szerint, ideértve a korabeli német légierőt, a gép elvesztése baráti tűz következménye volt, mert a német légvédelem lőtte le tévedésből. Más feltételezések szerint a szinkronizált géppuska meghibásodása következtében a saját légcsavarját találta el és ez vezetett a katasztrófához.

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Emlékezete
Max Immelmann nevét viseli a jelenlegi német légierő, a Luftwaffe egyik százada.
Két különböző műrepülő manőver is viseli Immelmann nevét.

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A Német Birodalom katonái az első világháborúban
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Steve Durbach is a very creative and engaging character – artist and ex-scientist, he originally hails from South Africa where he had researched and lectured in the area of molecular genetics, and since 2008 has called Australia home. I first met Steve a few years ago and have witnessed his intriguing artistic progression. Initially Steve was still finding his artistic feet and experimenting with a range of media, but over the last few years has zoned in on his scientific roots with a series of works that explore different concepts including evolution and genetic mutation, chaos and order, and the psychology of self. His home studio in Sydney is a hotspot of spontaneous combustion – both in terms of ideas and art-making. Steve is a very literate and articulate guy but despite this he can sometimes come across as a little crazy, so without knowing what to expect I asked him some questions about his recent work. Here's what transpired.
BH: Steve, you seem to have an affinity for birds and fish – they often appear in your art, are they metaphors and, if so, for what exactly?
SD: Yes I have a lot of affinity for fish and birds.. they are clearly symbolic and their meaning plays on different levels.. when I first started painting I noticed that I always painted fish.. and in a macabre way – they were either dead or had their back-ends missing..like half a fish. I started to see them as self portraits.. I once painted a picture called 'fish self portrait where I had a fish painting a picture of itself but seeing me in the mirror! I only started painting birds in recent years,, and the birds only took to flight in the last 2 years. This has come to represent for me, my own emergence as an artist.. where once I was a fish out of water lately I have become the bird – taken to flight – as I emerge into myself.
BH: Are their religious connotations?
SD: Biblically, my obsession with fish and birds came about through reading Genesis.. a story which has held huge power for me.. primarily as a document which is grappling and meditating on our own coming to terms with an awareness of ourselves. I happened also to read that it was on the 5th day of creation that both winged creatures of the air (birds!) as well as creatures of the sea (fish!) were created. So much of my work speculates on that origin.. and it fascinates me that things needed to take to the air and waters before we could emerge.. I wonder how that sits in our consciousness! I explore these ideas – hoping that in the unconscious musings.. things / revelations can manifest into some clarity… fish and birds.. are ways we explore different realms of ourselves.. accessible through flight or in the murkier depths.
BH: In relation to one of your signature artworks ("The effect of butterflies on boat building blocks" see image pictured above), what is it about the butterflies…. is this relating to the famed butterfly effect? Or is there something about butterflies you also identify with?
SD: No.. you nailed that one.. I was fascinated by the emergence of the overall form through the introduction of 'errors'.. or rather irregularities of the building blocks.
BH: This artwork seems to explore the subtle amplification of individual mutations on the repeating pattern, similar to that experienced in biology and indeed other natural phenomena. If you were to mutate your own genes what traits would you alter and why?
SD: Ooh.. that's a hard one! Going to have to think about it.. but I am pretty certain my answer would be none of them… I like the challenge of manoeuvering my way somewhat awkwardly.. oddly.. curiously.. lovingly.. through this world… seeing how far I can go with the lot I have.
BH: And finally, staying with the same theme, do you believe there is a genetic basis for enhanced creativity in different fields – be it art or science?
SD: I would say there is.. but it would not be a gene for creativity (obviously).. but a whole bunch of genes with subtle effects.. perhaps an obvious one.. genes that control 'risk '… taking… but with any complex trait there will be a massive environmental component.. i.e. we can learn to greater or lesser extents (depending on the genetic constraint) to be more creative.. or our environments may induce greater creativity… i.e. stressful situations could 'bring out' more creative aspects of ourselves.


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Xavier Alaoui being patient with UFC call, focused on UAE Warriors 14 title bout
November 23, 2020 Joel Griffith
Xavier Alaoui's time on the big stage is coming, and he knows it.
But first, Canada's Alaoui (11-3) must get through Cameroon's Jaures Dea (7-2) when they meet at UAE Warriors 14 to determine the new bantamweight champion on Friday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
After being offered and accepting a fight on UFC's Fight Island against Youssef Zalal in September, which ended up falling through, Alaoui, 29, said he knows it's only a matter of time before he gets the call for good.
Xavier Alaoui celebrates his win at UAE Warriors 13. (Credit: UAE Warriors)
"Eventually, they're going to give be a call for something again. It could be soon, it could be in a few months, or it could be in a year or two. But it's going to come," said Alaoui in an interview with MMA Empire.
"I don't really like to think about the next fight. I know when I want to fight next, but I don't really like to think about the what ifs. I just want to go out there and finish this dude."
Despite his impressive record and 14 fights under his belt, this will be Alaoui's first title fight of his professional career.
Alaoui said he's thought a lot about winning the belt in the lead-up to this fight, and said it would mean everything to him right now to bring the belt home to Canada.
"I don't pressure myself, I have no pressure, but I want this belt so f**king bad. I want this belt more than the PS5, and I really f**king want the PS5," said Alaoui.
"I just want to have it around my waist and have it on the plane on the way home. I just keep picturing that every day."
Alaoui built for championship rounds
Although he's no stranger to going the distance in three-round fights, having done so on eight occasions as a professional, this will be Alaoui's first look at a potential 25-minute fight.
Alaoui said he believes if the fight reaches the championship rounds, that's where he'll be at his best and really able to shine.
Xavier Alaoui lands a leg kick on Shamil Shakhbulatov in their bout at ACB 79. (Credit: ACA MMA)
"I'm a cardio monster; I get stronger round-by-round. I get turned on when I'm tired. That's my favourite part of fighting is when we're exhausted," said Alaoui.
"These fights are meant for me. I'm meant for one 30-minute round, but I'll settle for five five-minute rounds."
Alaoui has had no shortage of time to prepare for Dea, having originally been scheduled to face him at UAE Warriors 13 back in September. Dea was forced out due to unknown circumstances.
Alaoui said he believes he has the upper hand on Dea in every aspect of the fight, but will be looking to fight a smart fight and target Dea's weaknesses.
"I think I have an edge everywhere, but, to be smart, it's going to be on the ground. I can definitely out-strike this guy, I can out-wrestle this guy, and I can even out-kick him. But MMA is about being smart, so I'll take it anywhere he doesn't like it," said Alaoui.
"If he doesn't like the boxing, I'm going to box him. If he doesn't like the ground, I'm going to take him to the ground. I definitely don't think he's on my level in jiu-jitsu, so that's going to be a big thing to exploit."
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Q&A: New lending manager at ASSETS Lancaster talks about making very small loans.
LNP did a Q&A with our new lending manager, Deb Flores, about her position with ASSETS, how her past work experience is shaping what she will do in her new position, Lending Circles and her goals. To view this article in it's original format, on LNP, click here.
During her 10 years in the banking industry, Deb Flores learned what it takes to get a small business loan.
And she also knows what often prevents small businesses from getting the funding they need to grow.
In her previous job as a credit union branch manager, the 38-year-old said she often had to turn away entrepreneurs who didn't have a good credit score, the required accounting records or enough years in business.
But in her new job as lending manager at ASSETS Lancaster, Flores is rolling out the welcome mat for the kind of borrowers she previously had to turn away.
"We're basically saying, "Hey, we're here. We can lend you money, we're willing to take a risk on you,'" Flores said.
In her new position, Flores is in charge of publicizing and growing the microloan program, which is modeled after successful international programs.
Lancaster-based ASSETS wrapped up its first yearlong lending circle in March. The lending circle consisted of nine small business owners who got one-year loans for $1,200 or $3,600 and then meet monthly for technical support and networking.
Graduates of that first lending circle are eligible for a loan of up to $5,000 in a new lending circle set to begin in June.
Meanwhile, ASSETS, as it looks to expand the program, is continuing to meet with borrowers who were part of a lending circle that began in December.
Flores talked about microlending, ASSETS and her new job during a recent interview in her office.
It is a new concept (in Lancaster), but it's been done for many years.
It was in the early 1970s when Muhammad Yunus, an economics professor in Bangladesh, realized that traditional lending models weren't working in his country. Basically only the rich had access to capital.
Yunus came up with the concept of microlending. He implemented it, and it became so large that he eventually founded his own bank, Grameen Bank, which now lends millions of dollars to people.
What are the loan amounts in the ASSETS program?
For someone who is going through the circle for the first time, typically the loan is $1,200.
Once that loan is paid off and he or she decides to do it again, the person has access for up to $5,000.
It is a steppingstone so that once the borrower needs that larger capital, he or she is ready to go to the traditional banks and isn't considered a risky borrower anymore.
ASSETS' focus is to serve the underrepresented populations in our community.
Those include people who have no collateral to offer, people who have poor credit history, people who have a language barrier, who lack business skills or are members of groups categorized as minorities, such as women, African-Americans and Latinos.
Those are the people that we want to serve, particularly in south Lancaster city, which has a higher poverty rate than in the rest of the city.
Why would business owners need to get a loan from ASSETS?
We had a call from a gentleman who had tried to get a loan and was declined because of a poor credit history. This gentleman had a trucking business on the side and hadn't done it for less than a year. The credit union actually referred him to ASSETS.
Those are the type of scenarios we're looking for: people who have been declined by traditional banks because they have poor credit history, their business is too young or they lack financial statements.
What does it mean to become a part of the lending circle?
It is them and potentially 10 other people who are also in the same situation. They're all business owners, so they get to know each other. They get to network and share their experience and create this bond.
What happens at the lending circle's monthly meetings?
We're offering business skills and technical assistance. The group decides what they want that curriculum to look like.
It could be saving for retirement or creating financial statements. It could be social media, marketing or accounting basics. Sometimes we facilitate ourselves and sometimes we bring someone in.
We always cover understanding your credit score, because that is often a big reason they are in the group.
Can a small loan really help to grow someone's business?
Monetarily, there's not a whole lot you can do with $1,200. However, it's everything that comes with that. It's preparing people to get access to more capital, which is where you have the potential to truly make a difference.
But without having gone through the ASSETS program, it would be very difficult to almost impossible to get that.
Could someone keep getting microloans from ASSETS?
We don't want ASSETS to be their main bank. The idea is that once they go through that second round, they're ready to step out and go to a traditional institution. We don't want them in and out of circles.
What is one of your goals for the program?
I wish I knew about this program when I was a branch manager because I can't tell you how many people were turned away and I didn't know where to refer them.
So that's my goal. I want managers and people making those decisions to understand there are other alternatives out there, like ASSETS.


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The SAMI Galaxy Survey: The cluster redshift survey, target selection and cluster properties
Owers, M. S.; Allen, J. T.; Baldry, I.; Bryant, J. J.; Cecil, G. N.; Cortese, L.; Croom, S. M.; Driver, S. P.; Fogarty, L. M. R.; Green, A. W.; Helmich, E.; de Jong, J. T. A.; Kuijken, K.; Mahajan, S.; McFarland, J.; Pracy, M. B.; Robotham, A. G. S.; Sikkema, G.; Sweet, S.; Taylor, E. N.; Verdoes Kleijn, G.; Bauer, A. E.; Bland-Hawthorn, J.; Brough, S.; Colless, M.; Couch, W. J.; Davies, R. L.; Drinkwater, M. J.; Goodwin, M.; Hopkins, A. M.; Konstantopoulos, I. S.; Foster, C.; Lawrence, J. S.; Lorente, N. P. F.; Medling, A. M.; Metcalfe, N.; Richards, S. N.; van de Sande, J.; Scott, N.; Shanks, T.; Sharp, R.; Thomas, A. D.; Tonini, C.
We describe the selection of galaxies targeted in eight low redshift clusters (APMCC0917, A168, A4038, EDCC442, A3880, A2399, A119 and A85; 0.029<z<0.058) as part of the Sydney-AAO Multi-Object integral field Spectrograph Galaxy Survey (SAMI-GS). We have conducted a redshift survey of these clusters using the AAOmega multi-object spectrograph on the 3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope. The redshift survey is used to determine cluster membership and to characterise the dynamical properties of the clusters. In combination with existing data, the survey resulted in 21,257 reliable redshift measurements and 2899 confirmed cluster member galaxies. Our redshift catalogue has a high spectroscopic completeness (∼94%) for rpetro≤19.4 and clustercentric distances R<2R200. We use the confirmed cluster member positions and redshifts to determine cluster velocity dispersion, R200, virial and caustic masses, as well as cluster structure. The clusters have virial masses 14.25≤log(M200/M⊙)≤15.19. The cluster sample exhibits a range of dynamical states, from relatively relaxed-appearing systems, to clusters with strong indications of merger-related substructure. Aperture- and PSF-matched photometry are derived from SDSS and VST/ATLAS imaging and used to estimate stellar masses. These estimates, in combination with the redshifts, are used to define the input target catalogue for the cluster portion of the SAMI-GS. The primary SAMI-GS cluster targets have R<R200, velocities |vpec|<3.5σ200 and stellar masses 9.5≤log(M∗approx/M⊙)≤12. Finally, we give an update on the SAMI-GS progress for the cluster regions.
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Far-Left Democrat Rep. Karen Bass Wins Los Angeles Mayoral Race Even Though Rick Caruso Was in the Lead on Election Day After Polls Closed
Published November 16, 2022 at 7:45pm
Far-left Democrat Rep. Karen Bass 'won' the Los Angeles Mayoral race and will replace Eric Garcetti.
Bass defeated billionaire Rick Caruso 53.1% to 46.9%, according to AP.
Caruso was in the lead on Election Day after the polls closed but Karen Bass magically took the lead a week later and 'won' the race.
Another post-Election Day Democrat miracle!
KTLA reported:
Karen Bass will be the next mayor of Los Angeles, according to projections by the Associated Press.
The AP called the race in Bass's favor around 3:35 p.m. Wednesday.
Bass currently leads Rick Caruso by 46,578 votes with 74% of ballots counted.
Bass, who represents the California's 37th Congressional District, will become the first woman to be elected mayor of Los Angeles and the second Black person to hold the position.
One week ago when polls closed, Caruso carried an overnight lead in the race to replace incumbent Mayor Eric Garcetti, who is termed out and is awaiting confirmation as ambassador to India.
Since then, Bass has outpaced Caruso, quickly closing the gap before ultimately overtaking him.


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Recent developments in Structure-from-Motion approaches allow the reconstructions of large parts of urban scenes. The available models can in turn be used for accurate image-based localization via pose estimation from 2D-to-3D correspondences. In this paper, we analyze a recently proposed localization method that achieves state-of-the-art localization performance using a visual vocabulary quantization for efficient 2D-to-3D correspondence search. We show that using only a subset of the original models allows the method to achieve a similar localization performance. While this gain can come at additional computational cost depending on the dataset, the reduced model requires significantly less memory, allowing the method to handle even larger datasets. We study how the size of the subset, as well as the quantization, affect both the search for matches and the time needed by RANSAC for pose estimation.


Looks great even without decals. What paint/color did you use? I like the reddish quality to it and thought it might look good on a LRDG Chevy.
With regards to the comments here about this being finished, I honestly think it looks very good. The weathering is there. It is subtle, but there never the less. As well, after looking at thousands of referance photos on OIF, I find that many modelers tend to "over weather" many of the new Sand colored vehicles. Many of the modlels are so dirty, they look as if they have been in battle for months without ever being cleaned or maintained. This is just not what I have observed in actual pictures;particularly in the middle through current stages of OIF. Most vehicles exhibit a predominant desert yellow color with minor signs of sand, drit, debris, exhaust, etc. Another thing to consider with this model is that it is a mortar carrier, and would not likely be exposed to front line fighting. This thing would likely be iun the rear or parked outside a city somewhere to provide fire missions to specific targets. it wouldnt look as dirty as say an AAVP7A1 that just drove 300 miles through the desert or through a brick wall. Well, those are my observations. I like it. Again, great job Gino!
Well, I would not go so far to say these types of tracks would be less dirty. The mortar tracks were right up there w/ the main body and in one good example, at Objective Curly during the second thunder run of OIF1 they were right in the middle of it all, sitting on the road putting rounds down range (not that far down range though). Even rear echelon vehicle types get quite dirty. Just take a look at the HEMTTs and other support vehicles. They go through much of the same ground as the front line vehicles. Also, the dust clouds in those convoys are something to behold as I have witnessed at the NTC. Just driving around in a desert environment gets them dirty. Weathering is more a matter of taste. Either end of the spectrum can be correct. In OIF1 there was rain early in the campaign, so there are even opportunities for mud on vehicles. As both the Army and Marines got closer to Baghdad they stayed on roads moreofte, but not STRICTLY, so even in the later period of OIF1 the vehicles were plenty dirty. I have spoken to Gino about his weathering before, and he likes to take the equally correct stance of not so much mud and dirt, etc, since he likes to show off the vehicle itself (sorry Gino if I did not quite word your argument so well), and many of his builds are desk models for customers. Many times I do the same especially when I have done some detailing which I do not want to cover up. I for one do not think modelers overdo the weathering (maybe the chipping though - at times) as it looks cool, and many of us like to show vehicles and machines in their toughest environments, which includes dirt and mud. I think besides the "things go boom" cool factor, we like AFV modeling because these machines are TOUGH. What better way to show that than weathering the thing? Finally, be cognizant of the photo resolution when looking at whether a vehicle is clean or not. If you study most photos you will see at least subtle weathering all around a vehicle. At first glance the attached mortar track is not really dirty, but when you really look at it you can see the obvious dirty back ramp, but even the rain streaked fuel tank is evident and the tracks have dust in them as does the wire coil. If you were able to zoom in on this photo like I can you can see rain streaks all down the sides of this vehicle, and even some grey numbers in the Velcro square.
Thanks for the comments all. Just got back on the net after the PCS move to AL. As to the weathering, as Bob says above, I prefer light weathering. Also, it is washed out by the lights and photography. It is based on pictures of the actual vehicle, and looks very close. It is from a stateside deployment to NTC and was not in OIF, hence, no large tactical markings. I did convert the Tamiya M106A1, as you have to use the roof and some of the interior parts from it to make the mortar carrier version. It is made using the MR set, which was not too bad. I recommend it. It is painted using Testors Model Master Sand, FS 33531, a perfect match for modern CARC Sand.


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Кирил (; ) е православен духовник, мелнишки митрополит от средата на ΧΙV век.

Биография
Вероятно заема катедрата в Мелник много преди 1356 година. В Мелник Кирил на свои разходи възстановява запуснатата кадетрална църква "Свети Никола", огражда я със зид и изгражда към нея кула. Подобно на Яков Серски и Кирил Мелнишки чрез царица Елена Българска измолва от цар Стефан Душан да му даде малко църковно имение като неограничена лична бащиния.

И Кирил Мелнишки, подобно на Сава Серски и Венедикт Новограчански, е принуден да напусне епархията си и да се оттегли на Света гора, вероятно в Хилендар, където и днес се пази хрисовула му за църковния имот, писан от царския логотет Драгослав през май 1356 година по заповед на цар Стефан Урош V.

През юни 1355 година подписва акт на гръцки език.

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