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God Is Good
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When we say "God is love" we must never think His love is more important than His other attributes. The doctrine of God's simplicity tells us God's love never operates apart from His holiness, mercy, justice, omnipotence, omniscience ...Read More
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God or Chance?
Read Amos 4:6–10; Hebrews 12:5–11; and 1 Peter 1:6–7. From these passages why might God cause "bad things" to happen? What should our response be when we are confronted with difficult circumstances? Work to ...Read More
God Our Father
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God Our Father
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God Remembered Noah
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God's Almighty Power
Dr. R.C. Sproul comments on today's passage: "Paul is not suggesting that if God is for us, nobody will ever stand to oppose us. The import of his declaration is simple: all the human opposition that rises against us ...Read More
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A consultant is working on plans for both a Lake Park version and a larger scale regional version of a shooting range.
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Anderson was taken to Sanford Hospital in Rock Rapids with non-incapacitating injuries, VanderBrink was not injured. VanderBrink's vehicle sustained approximately $2,300.00 in damages. The Anderson vehicle sustained approximately $5,500.00 in damages. The Lyon County Sheriff's Office was assisted by the Lyon County Ambulance and the Rock Rapids Fire Department.
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The 2014 Winter Games are chaired by Jeremy Morrison of BonFire Web Co. and Alison Schmitz of Rembrandt Enterprises. For more information on getting involved in the Winter Games, planned for Jan. 24-26, 2014, visit www.uofowintergames.com.
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The pursuit for detecting the existence of Majorana fermions is a challenging task in condensed matter physics at present. In this work, we theoretically propose a novel nonlinear optical method for probing Majorana fermions in the hybrid semiconductor/superconductor heterostructure. Our proposal is based on a hybrid system constituted by a quantum dot embedded in a nanomechanical resonator. With this method, the nonlinear optical Kerr effect presents a distinct signature for the existence of Majorana fermions. Further, the vibration of the nanomechanical resonator will enhance the nonlinear optical effect, which makes the Majorana fermions more sensitive to be detected. This proposed method may provide a potential supplement for the detection of Majorana fermions.
Keywords:Majorana fermions; Nanomechanical resonator; Coherent nonlinear optical spectroscopy
The search for Majorana fermions (MFs) in hybrid nanostructures of condensed matter systems has become an important topic in quantum information processing. Unlike the usual Dirac particles, MFs obey non-Abelian statistics, which will open the potential applications in topological quantum computation [1-3]. In recent years, a number of systems that might host MFs in solid-state scenarios have been proposed. Several typical proposals include atoms trapped in optical lattices [4,5], heterostructures of topological insulators and superconductor [6,7], carbon-based materials [8], p-wave superconductors [9-11], and graphene or graphene-like materials [12]. Beyond these proposals, one promising scheme is to use semiconducting nanowires (such as InAs and InSb nanowires) with strong spin-orbit coupling placed in proximity with a superconductor and biased with an external magnetic field [13,14]. After the prediction that Majorana bound states (MBSs) can be observed in the hybrid semiconductor/superconductor heterostructure, various experiments have indeed reported signatures of MFs in such systems recently [15-20].
Since MFs are their own antiparticles, they are predicted to appear in tunneling spectroscopy experiments as zero-bias peaks [21-23]. Such peaks have been observed in several experiments and have been interpreted as the signatures of MFs [15-19]. Unfortunately, a zero-bias anomaly might also occur under similar conditions due to a Kondo resonance once the magnetic field has suppressed the superconducting gap enough to permit the screening of a localized spin [18,24], and these experiments are not spatially resolved to detect the position of the MFs. Additionally, in many instances, the presence of disorder can also result in spurious zero-bias anomalies even when the system is not topological [25-27]. Except zero-bias conductance peak, the Josephson effect is another signature which can demonstrate Majorana particles in the hybrid semiconductor-superconductor junction [20,28,29]. However, most of the recent experiments proposed and carried out have focused on electrical scheme, and the observation of Majorana signature based on electrical methods still remains a subject of debate. Meanwhile, other effective methods, such as optical technique [30,31], for detecting MFs in the hybrid semiconductor/superconductor heterostructure have received less attention until now.
In recent years, nanostructures such as quantum dots (QDs) and nanomechanical resonators (NRs) have been obtained significant progress in modern nanoscience and nanotechnology. QD, as a simple stationary atom with well optical property [32], lays the foundation for numerous possible applications [33]. On the other hand, NRs are applied to ultrasensitive detection of mechanical signal [34], mass [35,36], mechanical displacements [37], and spin [38] due to their high natural frequencies and large quality factors [39]. Further, the hybrid system where a QD is coupled to the NR also attracts much interest [40-42]. Based on the advantages of QD or NR, several groups propose a scheme for detecting MFs via the QD [43-48] or the NR [49] coupled to the nearby MFs. Here, we will propose an optical scheme to detect the existence of MFs in such a hybrid semiconductor/superconductor heterostructure via a hybrid QD-NR system.
In the present article, we consider a scheme closed to that of the recent experiment by Mourik et al. [15]. Compared with zero-bias peaks and the Josephson effect, we adopt an optical pump-probe technique to detect MFs. The nonlinear optical Kerr effect, as a distinct signature for demonstrating the existence of MFs in the hybrid semiconductor/superconductor heterostructure, is the main result of this work. Further, in our system (see Figure 1), the NR as a phononic cavity will enhance the nonlinear optical effect significantly, which makes MFs more sensitive to be detected.
Figure 1. Sketch of the proposed setup for optically detecting MFs. An InSb semiconductor nanowire (SNW) with strong spin-orbit interaction (SOI) in an external aligned parallel magnetic field B is placed on the surface of a bulk s-wave superconductor (SC). The two green stars at the ends of the nanowire represent a pair of MFs. The nearby MF is coupled to a semiconductor QD embedded in a nanomechanical resonator under a strong pump laser and a weak probe laser simultaneously. The inset is an energy-level diagram of a semiconductor QD coupled to MFs and NR.
Model and theory
Figure 1 presents the schematic setup that will be studied in this work. An InSb semiconductor nanowire with spin-orbit coupling in an external aligned parallel magnetic field B is placed on the surface of a bulk s-wave superconductor (SC). A MF pair is expected to locate at the ends of nanowire. To detect MFs, we employ a hybrid system in which an InAs semiconductor QD is embedded in a GaAs NR. By applying a strong pump laser and a weak probe laser to the QD simultaneously, one could probe the MFs via optical pump-probe technique [30,31].
Benefitting from recent progress in nanotechnology, the quantum nature of a mechanical resonator can be revealed and manipulated in the hybrid system where a single QD is coupled to a NR [40-42]. In such a hybrid system, the QD is modeled as a two-level system consisting of the ground state |g〉 and the single exciton state |ex〉 at low temperatures [50,51]. The Hamiltonian of the QD can be described as with the exciton frequency ωQD, where Sz is the pseudospin operator. In a structure of the NR where the thickness of the beam is much smaller than its width, the lowest-energy resonance corresponds to the fundamental flexural mode that will constitute the resonator mode [40]. We use a Hamiltonian of quantum harmonic oscillator with the frequency ωm and the annihilation operator b of the resonator mode to describe the eigenmode. Since the flexion induces extensions and compressions in the structure [52], this longitudinal strain will modify the energy of the electronic states of QD through deformation potential coupling. Then the coupling between the resonator mode and the QD is described by , where η is the coupling strength between the resonator mode and QD [40]. Therefore, the Hamiltonian of the hybrid QD-NR system is .
Since several experiments [15-20] have reported the distinct signatures of MFs in the hybrid semiconductor/superconductor heterostructure via electrical methods, we assure that the MFs may exist in these hybrid systems under some appropriate conditions. Based on these experimental results, in the present article, we will try to demonstrate the MFs by using nonlinear optical method. As each MF is its own antiparticle, one can introduce a MF operator γMF such that and to describe MFs. Supposing the QD couples to γMF1, the Hamiltonian of the hybrid system [43-46] is , where S± are the pseudospin operators. To detect the existence of MFs, it is helpful to switch from the Majorana representation to the regular fermion one via the exact transformation and . fM and are the fermion annihilation and creation operators obeying the anti-commutative relation . Accordingly, in the rotating wave approximation [53], HM can be rewritten as , where the first term gives the energy of MF at frequency ωMF, and with the wire length (l) and the superconducting coherent length (ξ). This term is small and can approach zero as the wire length is large enough. The second term describes the coupling between the right MF and the QD with coupling strength g, where the coupling strength depends on the distance between the hybrid QD-NR system and the hybrid semiconductor/superconductor heterostructure. Compared with electrical detection scheme which the QD is coupled to MF via the tunneling, here in our optical scheme, the exciton-MF coupling is mainly due to the dipole-dipole interaction. Since in current experiments the distance between QD and MF can be adjusted to locate the distance by about several tens of nanometers. In this case, the tunneling between the QD and MF can be neglected. It should be also noted that the term of non-conservation for energy, i.e. , is generally neglected. We have made the numerical calculations (not shown in the following figures) and shown that the effect of this term is too small to be considered in our theoretical treatment, especially for calculating the nonlinear optical properties of the QD.
The optical pump-probe technology includes a strong pump laser and a weak probe laser [54], which provides an effective way to investigate the light-matter interaction. Based on the optical pump-probe scheme, the linear and nolinear optical effects can be observed via the probe absorption spectrum. Xu et al. [30] have obtained coherent optical spectroscopy of a strongly driven quantum dot without a nanomechanical resonator. Recently, this optical pump-probe scheme has also been demonstrated experimentally in a cavity optomechanical system [31]. In terms of this scheme, we apply a strong pump laser and a weak probe laser to the QD embedded in the NR simultaneously. The Hamiltonian of the QD coupled to the pump laser and probe laser is given by [54], where µ is the dipole moment of the exciton, ωpu (ωpr) is the frequency of the pump (probe) laser, and Epu (Epr) is the slowly varying envelope of the pump (probe) laser. Therefore, one can obtain the total Hamiltonian of the hybrid system as H=HQD-NR+HMBS+HQD-L.
According to the Heisenberg equation of motion and introducing the corresponding damping and noise terms, in a rotating frame at the pump laser frequency ωpu, we derive the quantum Langevin equations of the coupled system as follows:
where N=b++b. Γ1 (Γ2) is the exciton relaxation rate (dephasing rate), κMF (γm) is the decay rate of the MF (nanomechanical resonator). Δpu=ωQD-ωpu is the detuning of the exciton frequency and the pump frequency, is the Rabi frequency of the pump field, and δ=ωpr-ωpu is the probe-pump detuning. ΔMF=ωMF-ωpu is the detuning of the MF frequency and the pump frequency. is the δ-correlated Langevin noise operator, which has zero mean and obeys the correlation function . The resonator mode is affected by a Brownian stochastic force with zero mean value, and has the correlation function , where kB and T are the Boltzmann constant and the temperature of the reservoir, respectively. MFs have the same correlation relation as the resonator mode. Actually, we have neglected the regular fermions (i.e. normal electrons) in the nanowire that interact with the QD in the above discussion. To describe the interaction between the normal electrons and the QD, we use the tight-binding Hamiltonian of the whole wire as [55,56], where ck and are the regular fermion annihilation and creation operators with energy ωk and momentum obeying the anti-commutative relation and ζ is the coupling strength between the normal electrons and QD (here, for simplicity, we have neglected the k-dependence of ζ as in [57]).
To go beyond weak coupling, the Heisenberg operator can be rewritten as the sum of its steady-state mean value and a small fluctuation with zero mean value: , , fM=fM0+δfM and N=N0 +δN. Since the driving fields are weak, but classical coherent fields, we will identify all operators with their expectation values, and drop the quantum and thermal noise terms [31]. Simultaneously, inserting these operators into the Langevin equations (Equations 1 to 4) and neglecting the nonlinear term, we can obtain two equation sets about the steady-state mean value and the small fluctuation. The steady-state equation set consisting of fM0, N0 and is related to the population inversion () of the exciton which is determined by . For the equation set of small fluctuation, we make the ansatz [54], 〈δS-〉=S+e-iδt+S-eiδt, 〈δfM〉=fM+e-iδt+fM-eiδt, and 〈δN〉=N+e-iδt+N-eiδt. Solving the equation set and working to the lowest order in Epr but to all orders in Epu, we can obtain the nonlinear optical susceptibility as , where and χ(3)(ωpr) is given by
where b1=g/[i(ΔMF-δ)+κMF/2], b2=g/[ i(ΔMF+δ)+κMF/2], , , , , , d2=i(Δpu-δ+ωmηN0)+Γ2-gb1w0-d1h2, , d4=i(Δpu+δ+ωmηN0)+Γ2-gb2w0-d3h5 (where O∗ indicates the conjugate of O). The quantum Langevin equations of the normal electrons coupled to the QD have the same form as MFs; therefore, we omit its derivation and only give the numerical results in the following.
Numerical results and discussions
For illustration of the numerical results, we choose the realistic hybrid systems of the coupled QD-NR system [40] and the hybrid semiconductor/superconductor heterostructure [15-17,20]. For an InAs QD in the coupled QD-NR system, the exciton relaxation rate Γ1=0.3 GHz, the exciton dephasing rate Γ2=0.15 GHz. The physical parameters of GaAs nanomechanical resonator are (ωm, m, Q)=(1.2 GHz, 5.3×10-15 g, 3×104), where m and Q are the effective mass and quality factor of the NR, respectively. The decay rate of the NR is γm= ωm/Q=4×10-5 GHz. The coupling strength between quantum dot and nanomechanical resonator is η=0.06. For MFs in the the hybrid semiconductor/superconductor heterostructure, there are no experimental values for the lifetime of the MFs and the coupling strength between the exciton and MFs in the recent literature. However, according to a few experimental reports [15-17], it is reasonable to assume that the lifetime of the MFs is κMF=0.1 MHz. Since the coupling strength between the QD and nearby MFs is dependent on their distance, we also expect the coupling strength g=0.03 GHz via adjusting the distance between the QD-NR hybrid structure and the nanowire.
Firstly, we consider the case that there is no coupling between the QD and NR (η=0), i.e. only a single QD is coupled to the nanowire. Figure 2 plots the optical Kerr coefficient Re(χ(3)) as a function of the probe detuning Δpr. In Figure 2, the blue curve indicates the nonlinear optical spectrum without the QD-MF coupling, and the red one shows the result with the QD-MF coupling g=0.03 GHz. It is obvious that when the MFs are presented at the ends of the nanowire, the two sharp sideband peaks will appear in the optical Kerr spectrum of the QD. The physical origin of this result is due to the QD-MF coherent interaction, which makes the resonant enhancement of the optical Kerr effect in the QD. This result also implies that the sharp peaks in the nonlinear optical spectrum may be the signature of MFs at the ends of the nanowire. Because there also includes normal electrons in the nanowire, in order to determine whether or not this signature (i.e. the sharp peaks) is the true MFs, we plot the inset of Figure 2, which uses the tight binding Hamiltonian to describe the normal electrons. In the figure, the parameters of normal electrons are chosen the same as MFs so that we can compare with the case of MFs. From the figure, we can observe that there is no sharp peak and only a nearly zero line in the spectrum (see the green line in the inset). This result demonstrates that the coupling between the QD and the normal electrons in the nanowire can be neglected in our theoretical treatment. In this case, one may utilize the optical Kerr effect in QD to detect the existence of MFs provided that the QD is close enough to the ends of the nanowire.
Figure 2. Optical Kerr coefficient as function of probe detuningΔpr with two different QD-MF coupling strengths. The inset shows the result for the normal electrons in the nanowire that couple to the QD at the coupling strength ζ=0.03 GHz. The parameters used are Γ1=0.3 GHz, Γ2=0.15 GHz, η=0, γm=4×10-5 GHz, ωm=1.2 GHz, κMF=0.1 MHz, GHz2, ΔMF=-0.5 GHz, and Δpu=0.5 GHz.
Secondly, we turn on the coupling to the NR (η≠0) and then plot the optical Kerr coefficient as a function of probe detuning Δpr for η=0.06 as shown in Figure 3. Taking the coupling between the QD and NR into consideration, the other two sharp peaks located at ±ωm will also appear. The red and blue curves correspond to the optical Kerr coefficient with and without the QD-MF coupling, respectively. Without the QD-MF coupling, the two sharp peaks locate at the resonator frequency of nanomechanical resonator induced by its vibration, i.e. two peaks are at Δpr=±1.2 GHz as shown in Figure 3. The physical origin of this result is due to mechanically induced coherent population oscillation (MICPO), which makes quantum interference between the resonator and the beat of the two optical fields via the QD when the probe-pump detuning is equal to the resonator frequency [58]. Turning on the QD-MF coupling, in addition to two sharp peaks located at ±1.2 GHz, the other two sideband peaks induced by the QD-MF coupling appear at Δpr=±0.5 GHz simultaneously.
To illustrate the advantage of the NR in our system, we adjust the detuning ΔMF=-0.5 GHz to ΔMF=-1.2 GHz, in this case, the location of the two sideband peaks induced by the QD-MF coupling coincides with the two sharp peaks induced by the vibration of NR, so the NR is resonant with the coupled QD-MF system and makes the coherent interaction of QD-MF more strong. Figure 4 gives the result of the optical Kerr coefficient as a function of probe detuning with or without the QD-NR coupling for the QD-MF coupling g=0.03 GHz. The blue and red curves correspond to η=0 and η=0.06, respectively. It is obvious that the role of NR is to narrow and to increase the optical Kerr effect. In this case, the NR as a phonon cavity will enhance the sensitivity for detecting MFs.
We have proposed a nonlinear optical method to detect the existence of Majorana fermions in semiconductor nanowire/superconductor hybrid structure via a single quantum dot coupled to a nanomechanical resonator. The optical Kerr effect may provide another supplement for detecting Majorana fermions. Due to the nanomechanical resonator, the nonlinear optical effect becomes much more significant and then enhances the detectable sensitivity of Majorana fermions. Finally, we hope that our proposed scheme can be realized experimentally in the future.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
HJC finished the main work of this paper, including deducing the formulas, plotting the figures, and drafting the manuscript. KDZ conceived of the idea, participated in the discussion, and provided some useful suggestion. Both authors are involved in revising the manuscript. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The authors gratefully acknowledge support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10974133 and No. 11274230).
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It occured to me today that there is a problem with the current ReplayGain spec, or rather, my proposal for doing it in Vorbis.
The issue is combining replaygain and clipping prevention.
If applying the replaygain would cause the track to clip, clipping prevention kicks in, and reduces the level. This will make the output loudness different from the ideal, 'equal' level.
When running in radio/track mode, there is no way around this, since you don't know in advance what you are going to encounter. The best you can do is set the default level low enough so you can hope it'll never happen. I believe this was the idea (among possibly other things) behind setting the default level to K-20 in the new MPC decoders? (Frank? )
If the implementation in the current Vorbis players is correct, a similar effect can be reached by setting the preamp in the plugin to -6dB or so.
In album gain, you could avoid this from happening for the entire album you're listening to, since you already ReplayGain-processed them in group and thus know what is coming up, however, my current proposal poses problems for doing this: You would need to read in all files that belong to the album, read in the peak values, and remember the largest, and use that as the peak value for the individual tracks.
This is what I originally envisioned, however, looking back, this is both ugly, cumbersome and it may not even be possible in some player/plugin architectures.
I think the correct solution would probably be to store an album-peak value.
It would be trivial to implement in the ReplayGain tools, and require only minimal changes in the players without all the uglyness the current method would require (which isn't done correctly by anyone anyway).
The disadvantage is that it requires another tag. However, since the Vorbis people seem to have gotten a bit more enthousiastic about ReplayGain lately, perhaps that isn't so much of a problem.
I believe it's valuable to do this, as it may post a real problem in practise. Moreover, the proposal as it is now is broken by design in this regard, and I'd prefer to fix it while it's still fixable.
Also, the ReplayGain proposal on David's site doesn't mention anything about this? Is there another way to address this problem?
There's two other issues with the current spec that I'd like to discuss about while it's still possible.
1) Change RG_* into REPLAYGAIN_*
This was proposed by Segher, with the idea that someone looking at the tags and that doesn't know what they are can at least google to find out, whereas you'd be left clueless with the current 'RG'. I think this idea is valuable and good.
2) Source/version tag
I didn't include one originally because I saw no way to keep it consistent if you allow the user to edit the tags (you can't require them to know the spec...), and because I didn't see the RG calculations being improved for quite a while. Unfortunately, Frank Klemm has already proven me wrong on the latter. I don't see a way to make such a tag actually _work_ though.
I'd like feedback from everyone about all of this. Is it worthwhile to change the current proposal and fix some of the above issues?
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Couple of thoughts..
I use replaygain; I use ogg; I like them both.
On tags in general, what if all 'special' tags were prefixed with something to mark them as 'not designed for human digestion'? That doesn't necessarily mean they're not human readable, just that it would be kind of silly to human-edit them.
Also, I like the 4 fields. I can understand your frustration, Garf, (as much as someone who is not trying to do the same thing can) but is it truly necessary to get Xiph endorsement of replaygain in order to use it? I mean, it is preferable no doubt, but is it essential? Or would things just get less happy-friendly if you just went ahead and did it separately?
I mean, I can understand the idea of using an external database, I don't even mind it, but it is not much help for things like burning individual files to a CD if you want to burn 50 tracks, but not the database for all 5000 tracks you may have. From this perspective, I think tags on the individual files are better.
Of course, in this case, Album gain may be unimportant; but that said, if you don't want it then you can always ignore it. That dozen or so bytes is not going to fill the hard drive notably quicker (or at least, one would hope not).
Just a few thoughts on the table, sorry for any ranting; caffine levels are a tad high this morning.
btw. garf: In case I didn't get the message across, I really like your work on replaygain. WD+THNX.
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To the Honorable General Assembly
of the State of Rhode Island:
We the undersigned, citizens, would respectfully represent, that the colored citizens of
Providence, Newport, and Bristol, are deprived of their just and constitutional rights. They
are subjected to hardships above others residing in these same towns. Their children are forced
to walk long distances to reach the schools assigned to them, and are deprived of the advantages of
the High School altogether. The Constitution of this State makes no distinction among citizens
on account of color, but guarantees to colored citizens every civil and political right and privil-
ege which it secures to every other class. Article 1st, section 2d, reads thus : "All laws,
therefore, should be made for the good of the whole." Again, the Constitution charges the
General Assembly with the duty of promoting education by public schools, which, like the sun-
light of heaven, should be free to all, however high or low; however rich or poor. The colored
people of this State bear their full proportion of every public burden, are peaceable and law-
abiding, and are anxious to perform all the duties of citizens. They feel themselves entitled to
all the privileges belonging to that relation; nevertheless they are subjected to serious and pecu-
liar inconveniences. The school houses exclusively appropriated to them are, in many instances, so far removed from the residences of the parents, that the attendance of the pupils is, of neces-
sity, irregular, and their education imperfect; therefore they do not enjoy an equal participation
of the advantages for which they contribute their equitable proportion; and by the establishment
of a distinction founded on the principle of caste, their children suffer from a feeling of social
degradarion, and lose the benefit which arises from equal and honorable emulation. The effect
of this distinction is unfavorable to their intellectual and moral improvement, and consequently to
the best interests of the community at large. We respectfully ask that these disabilities may be
removed, and thus do away with the last remaining relic of Slavery and Barbarism in Rhode
Island, and permit us to give our children as wide and comprehensive an education as is accorded
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Marathon Monday, a Wellesley Tradition
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Debating Political Extremism
The ability to engage in thoughtful discourse, the ability to take a position and defend it– to debate effectively– is one of the many outcomes of a liberal arts education. Last night I enjoyed, as I always do, seeing students practice these important skills during The Wellesley Debates. The topic debated was: Political Extremists are Destructive to American Progress.
Those arguing against the motion stressed, among other points, the formative influence of previous political extremists (our founding fathers and leaders of the suffrage and civil rights movements). Among the points made by those arguing for the motion was the paralysis that comes to government from the lack of willingness to compromise for the public good. Both sides made many excellent points and it was a lively and interesting debate. The before- and after-balloting revealed that those arguing against the motion gained adherents following the debate.
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Justin Verlander nailed it.
He opined that Oakland definitely had the Detroit Tigers on its brain with the Athletics recent acquisition of starting pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel from the Cubs.
Notorious penny-pinchers, the As struck boldly because they saw the overall American League landscape for what it is as the second half starts today. Defending World Series champion Boston is last in the American League East, struggling mightily offensively. The Red Sox are hardly a threat. Injuries decimated the Yankees rotation in the first half, and Blue Cross should consider becoming a presenting sponsor for the Rangers considering the length of their infirmary list.
The Tigers are the primary target in the American League.
The As have the better record but not the better recent postseason history specifically as it pertains to Verlander, who twice slammed the door on the hopeful As with consecutive decisive Game 5 masterpieces in the 2012-13 American League Division Series ... in Oakland.
Some interpreted Verlanders candor as ill-timed smugness, especially considering it came from a former MVP and Cy Young Award winner struggling to cope with his lost dominance. But his comments spoke to this teams unwavering self-confidence. Though they clearly pressed during a horrendous 9-20 stretch, they never panicked. They see their blemishes a serious left-handed-hitting deficiency and an overall uncertainty regarding the back end of the bullpen. But theres little doubt that the front office will sufficiently address the needs before the nonwaiver trading deadline in another two weeks.
Barring catastrophic injury to any of their key components, the Tigers will win their fourth straight AL Central championship. Though an appreciable level of consistency, it doesnt define a successful season for a team that has invested the time and treasure that the Tigers have. At the very least, the Tigers must win their second pennant in three years to categorize 2014 as a success.
And that might entail beating Oakland a third time in the past three years.
Yes, the As have the Tigers in their heads.
Its comparable to the Indiana-Miami battles in the NBA over the past two seasons. It didnt matter if the Pacers excelled against the Heat in the regular season or earned the higher playoff seeding. If they still couldnt beat them when it mattered most, then theyre forever branded the hungry pursuer left starving.
The Tigers must make sure that second-half confidence doesnt become conceit.
They know they need upgrades. They cant count on outfielder Andy Dirks and reliever Joel Hanrahan contributing as they might have hoped a month ago. Both have experienced setbacks in their recoveries from back surgery and elbow surgery, respectively.
Caulking the remaining gaps in the bullpen assumes a higher priority in the publics mind because late-inning collapses stand out more. And as we all know fans love fretting about anything that comes to mind. And bullpen issues normally are easier to solve.
But, usually, the bigger long-range issues are those not immediately noticeable. The Tigers need another productive left-handed bat that can better balance a predominantly right-handed batting order.
The Tigers lead the AL in batting average and slugging percentage. According to Baseball-Reference.com, the Tigers OPS (on base plus slugging percentage) is .002 point higher against right-handed starters than it is against left-handed starters, although the teams batting average against lefty starters is 14 points higher than against righties. Since June 14, theyve had seven innings in which theyve scored five or more runs.
But that cant blind the Tigers from knowing that when the offense stalled, it was largely the result of dominating right-handed starting pitching.
And look who just added a power right arm?
Samardzijas a staff ace on a good team.
Yes, the As have the Tigers in their heads.
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Unless you are a child whose safety and life depend on hearing this, "no" is possibly the most damaging word in our vocabulary. That one, simple, stupid word will likely kill my mom one day. It nearly killed me years ago.
My mom has always been the type who's first response to any question was "no."
"Mama, do you want to go to the store with me?"
"Want to go on a trip?"
"Want me to wash the dishes tonight, Mama?"
"No, honey."
You see when "no" becomes our first response, we command more attention.
"Oh, please, Mama, go with me to the store. Please go with me on a trip. You worked so hard with dinner, please let me wash the dishes."
You get the drift. If the woman had ever answered "yes" to those questions, suddenly she wouldn't matter at all.
"Mama, go with me to the store, okay?"
So she goes. She means nothing more to that trip than the upholstery in the '64 Bonneville. But if she declines the invitation, waits to be begged to make the trip, then her importance is raised to a level that even out-does that Bonneville's electric radio antenna.
I know all this. I understand it perfectly. I was a No-Guy for 18 years. When I was in High School, my good friend Rudd used to try and get me to do fun things. Just like Mama, my first response was always, "No."
"Why not?" Rudd would ask.
"I've got too much to do."
"Like what?"
"Well, homework, stuff. You know, things."
"Ah, come on, Moon. It will be fun."
"I really don't think...."
"We need you with us."
Rudd made me feel important. But it was my initial "no" that created all of Rudd's attention towards me. Saying "no" at first makes one feel special.
At some point early in my college career, I understood this. And I understood just how much I was missing by saying that word. Those college guys weren't nearly as patient as Rudd was with me or as I was with Mama. If I told them "no," they usually just said, "Okay." And they were off for an enjoyable evening without me. After a couple of weeks in my dorm room, listening to my college roommate inhale and blow smoke from his pipe while he sat otherwise silent, reading Ernst Hemingway novels, I decided to change my ways. I vowed one night that when anyone asked me to do anything, I would reject my past and say, "Yes." No matter what. And I did.
It saved my life. It kind of ruined my college career, but it did save my life. One time during final's week, someone from my dorm asked me to go to a favorite beer joint. I didn't say "no," but I did say, "I have to study for my German exam."
My friend replied, "Well bring your book. You can study there."
"Okay," I said.
So I took the German book. I didn't even open it. And I failed the test the next day. But my life was saved from a lonely existence of tobacco smoke and "The Sun Also Rises." I had a great time.
My mom never changed her ways. "No" is still her first response to everything. She is 90 years old now and in the hospital with many age-related health issues. One of the most important things she needs to do each day is to sit up in a chair. It helps her lung function. The other important thing she needs to do each day is to eat good meals. She needs her strength. Now her nurses didn't live with and know Mama for 56 years like I did. They don't seem to understand that "no" means, "beg me."
So they ask Mama every day, "Mrs. Moon, would you like to get out of bed?"
"No, Honey."
"Okay then."
"Mrs. Moon, would you like to eat now?"
"No, Honey."
"Okay then."
This is the routine these days. And when my sister goes to see Mama, she asks the nurses, "So why isn't she out of bed? Why hasn't she eaten?"
Nurse: "She didn't want to. Poor thing is just worn out."
Say "yes," Mama. Say it and live.
The funny thing is, the nurses never say, "Want us to draw blood from you, Mrs. Moon?"
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The Reds drafted Yonder Alonso, though they already had Joey Votto, because they thought Alonso's bat was too good to pass up. "He's a talented kid with a great work ethic," instructor Bill Doran said. "That's a real nice combination."
Yonder Alonso's last act before he was optioned to Double-A Carolina was to hit a home run to straightaway center field in Clearwater, Fla.
It was the kind of home run that gets people's attention - a line drive that went 410 feet.
Alonso's bat was too good for the Reds to pass up in last June's draft. They picked him seventh overall and signed him to a $4.55 million, big-league contract. That basically means he has to be in the big leagues by 2011. ...


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Giroux has been called a game-time decision by Philadelphia coach Peter Laviolette, but whether or not he's on the ice, the Stars know they're in for a tough fight, even if the Flyers enter on a two-game winless streak.
"Yeah, I hope he picks a different day to come back. If he does, we just have to play the same way," Dallas coach Glen Gulutzan said. "We know they play heavy in the offensive zone. Like Anaheim did, they'll pinch and they keep pressure on you and they forecheck hard. I think that we have to be disciplined and make sure we play a patient defensive game.
"They are aggressive in their offensive zone, and we have to stay below the puck and make sure that we wait for opportunities maybe for a mistake to happen. Offensively, we have to get on their D and make sure we play that grind game against them. I think they're well-rounded, well-coached and for a reason, they're one of the top teams."
-- Dallas coach Glen Gulutzan
Gulutzan will have a game-time decision of his own, as veteran defenseman Stephane Robidas took a puck off his skate during the morning practice and is questionable to play. Should Robidas not be able to go, Adam Pardy will likely step in alongside Sheldon Souray on Dallas' top defensive pairing.
"Robidas is a little bit of an issue right now with his foot. We'll have game-time decisions. I've told Toby Petersen and Adam Pardy to both be ready to play," Gulutzan said. "If [Robidas] comes out, there is going to be some power-play time that is going to have to be taken up and a defenseman will have to come in."
One player who will be on the ice for Dallas tonight is winger Adam Burish, who has missed the last 15 games due to a broken hand. Burish will most likely return on the fourth line, bringing a grittiness and willingness to do the little things like dig pucks out of the corner and block shots.
Dallas heads into this game two days removed from a 5-3 win over Anaheim on Monday night to start a three-game homestand on a positive note. In that victory over the Ducks, the Stars built a 3-0 lead only to see Anaheim draw even before Dallas pulled away in the final period with a pair of goals.
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"We know they're up there [in the standings]," Stars defenseman Nicklas Grossman said. "They've been playing real good all year. Every team has a couple of bumps on the road. They have a real solid team in the back end and especially up front with [Jaromir] Jagr and all those guys. We know what kind of game it's going to be tonight. It's going to be a hard-working game. They like to hit and play physical."
And even though this is only December, Grossman has no illusions about how big a game this is.
"We need to make a statement here," he said. "Sure, we got some wins together lately, but we still want to keep pushing forward. We want to keep doing better and show our fans here that we can play good at home. It's going to be a big game for us here."


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Before Sen. Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, began to talk about costs, President Obama and Sen. Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennesse, engaged in a high-profile debate over the effects of the Senate legislation on the cost of premiums. Sen. Alexander said the Congressional Budget Office has found that individual premiums would rise as a result of health care reform. Obama said Alexander's wrong, premiums will go down. Who's right? From what I can tell, they both are.
Here's the CBO report in question. It found: "CBO and JCT estimate that the average premium per person covered (including dependents) for new nongroup policies would be about 10 percent to 13 percent higher in 2016 than the average premium for nongroup coverage in that same year under current law." Point goes to Alexander.
But the report continues:
Those figures indicate what enrollees would pay, on average, not accounting for the new federal subsidies. The majority of nongroup enrollees (about 57 percent) would receive subsidies via the new insurance exchanges, and those subsidies, on average, would cover nearly two-thirds of the total premium, CBO and JCT estimate. Thus, the amount that subsidized enrollees would pay for nongroup coverage would be roughly 56 percent to 59 percent lower, on average, than the nongroup premiums charged under current law. Among nongroup enrollees who would not receive new subsidies, average premiums would increase by somewhat less than the 10 percent to 13 percent difference for the nongroup market as a whole because some factors discussed below would have different effects for those enrollees than for those receiving subsidies.
So, when you factor in the subsidies, premiums will go down for 57 percent of the new individual customers. Point goes to Obama.
Of course, that leaves 43 percent of enrollees in the individual market who won't be subsidized and will therefore see costs rise.
The larger argument is the subsidies will act as a marginal tax hike that will hinder people from increasing their income because they'd lose the subsidy as a consequence. Not to mention the whole debate about whether the federal government should involve itself totally in one-sixth of the economy. Also, if you have read this entire post and understand the CBO / JCT report, you should apply for a job at the Bureau of Economic Analysis.


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Oleg was born in Novosibirsk, Russia in 1976. He spent most of his early childhood there, in the district of Akademgorodok, a Siberian scientific center. In 1979-81 he and his family spent two years in Mozambique. In 1986, Oleg's family moved back to Moscow. Oleg attended School #130 in Novosibirsk, and School #79 in Moscow as well as the Moscow Chemical Lyceum (aka MCL or MHL).
In 1992, Oleg started his studies in the Higher Chemical College of the Russian Academy of Sciences (aka HCC or VHK) as part of only third entering class. During his first year in college, Oleg joined the laboratory of Professor Nikolai Ustynyuk in the Nesmeyanov Institute of Organo-Element Compounds (aka INEOS) as an undergraduate researcher. In the Ustynyuk group, Oleg gained experience working with vinylidene complexes of manganese. In 1995, Oleg spent a summer doing research on organosilicon dendrimers at the University of Kentucky in the laboratory of Professor Folami Ladipo. Oleg then returned to Russia to finish his coursework at HCC. Encouraged by the positive experience at UK and the appeal of Lexington, Oleg returned to UK in the Fall of 1996 to start his Ph.D. studies while remaining an HCC student on leave. He obtained his chemistry Diploma at HCC in 1998. Oleg's research in Kentucky focused on unusual steric effects of modified calixarene ligands in the chemistry of titanium. He defended his Ph.D. dissertation in the Spring of 2000.
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In the spring of 2002, Oleg accepted an offer to join the Department of Chemistry at Brandeis University as an assistant professor of chemistry. He arrived in July of the same year to assume his new position. Oleg was promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure in 2006. In January of 2009, Oleg relocated to Texas A&M University where he is now Professor of Chemistry. His research interests are in synthetic organometallic chemistry and its applications in catalysis and energy-related problems.


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Tony Romo is the eighth highest-paid quarterback in the NFL this season, but one analyst doesn't think he's the eighth best quarterback.
ESPN's Ron Jaworski released his preseason rankings of the 32 best quarterbacks in the NFL this week. While Romo was No. 8 at the end of last season, Jaworski has dropped the Cowboys' signal caller to No. 12 on his list.
"Romo was in a tough situation last year. Dallas' defense was terrible (last in yards per game allowed), and most of the season he was playing from behind," Jaworski said in his rankings.
Jaworski also said Romo needs to avoid "critical crunch-time mistakes that have plagued his career" and that the Cowboys' defense and running game will need to get better before Romo can move up the list.
Romo was the second-highest ranked quarterback in the NFC East, behind only Giants' quarterback Eli Manning at No. 11.
Just behind Romo was 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
Topping the list was reigning MVP and Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning.
See the full list here (ESPN Insider subscription required).