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APS Technology is an established New England-based business with global reach, selling and servicing their highly engineered drilling technologies to customers in APAC, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. Like many companies led by a strong engineering team, talking to technical purchase influencers about features and benefits was simple. Communicating APS' business proposition turned out to be more of a challenge.
SFA helped APS develop a series of communications pieces that would highlight not only their technology differentiation, but the value they bring to customers in terms of return on production, minimizing downtime, 24/7 service access and all the valuable components that go into keeping a drilling operation running on time and on budget.
The transformation was dramatic with a new website launched featuring simplified navigation; 3D animation that really "shows off" their technology; technical and business-focused content. Additionally, we rebranded the company logo, produced a corporate brochure, developed digital and print advertising, and significantly upped their trade show game. | {
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The Terk V2 is a beauty and performs extremely well. It has a two post clamp style deck with one screw per clamp. A major innovation is that the clamps rise up with the screws as you loosen the clamps. It does this because the top of the screw shaft is held in place within the clamping plate, there are no springs.
or stainless steel with stainless deck. | {
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Britain's busiest jockey. He can ride at about 8st and so few horses are off limits for him. Between 2010 and 2015, he had about 8312 rides.
Born in Oxford, Morris is the nephew of one jockey, Jason Tate, and the grandson of another, Joe Tate. After a spell at the British Racing School in Newmarket, he started his career as apprentice to Michael Bell before linking up with Stan Moore.
He is No.1 jockey for Sir Mark Prescott and has a close relationship with his agent, Neil Allan, who has booked his rides right from the very start.
Morris rode his first winner in November 2005, with his first big-race victory coming two years later in the Northumberland Plate aboard Juniper Girl.
He landed his initial Pattern race success in June 2010 in the Group 3 Ballyogan Stakes at Leopardstown aboard Gilt Edge Girl and four months later notched his first (and so far only) Group 1 win when the same horse carried him to victory in the Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp.
He rarely seems to miss an all-weather meeting and, in 2015, rode 189 winners overall. That was a dozen more than Adam Kirby.
In 2017, he partnered flying filly Marsha to victory in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York – the combination prevailing by a nose from Lady Aurelia. | {
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Rabwa oil by Rasasi, one of the leading perfume houses in the Middle East is blended out of exclusive notes that emphasise beauty. The sweetness and warmth of its composition makes it ideal for every occasion. Available as a 19 ml perfume oil in a unique boxed bottle. Ideal as a gift.
Combining a mix of Exclusive ingredients of Heavenly notes.
Rabwa is a World Famous modern scent which exudes a sleek and simplistic elegance enveloping the wearer in a delicate weave of contemporary elements.
appeal to those who seek practical scents, reminiscent of outdoor freshness.
This particular perfume oil is pleasing to all cultures and tastes, it is sensuous, mysterious, strong, unadulatered, with the different notes totally fused together, so the notes are very hard to identify. It is called Rabwa, simply because the notes are pronounced throughout. | {
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During lunch break, from Monday to Thursday, children can stay at the EFB. The school has a room where children can eat.
Meals can be brought by parents or prepared by a lunch service contracted by the school.
For meals brought by parents, the school has a refrigerator where children can store their meals and drinks. All containers must be clearly marked with the child's name. All containers must be removed Thursday afternoon as the refrigerator is cleaned every weekend and turned off for energy saving.
For meals that we prepare, we prioritize a healthy and balanced diet prepared with fresh food, cooked in a clean environment. Vegetarian and non-vegetarian meal can be prepared for a cost of US$ 2 by lunch.
Children can freely use the water fountains that are provided by the school.
During the mid-day break, children are supervised by school staff.
The kindergarten children have lunch in a dedicated room, separated from that of the elementaries / high school.
After lunch, a quiet time (nap / silent reading) was instituted to promote the digestion and the rest of the children.
Any scheduled absence must be communicated to the management on the concerned day, befor 8.30 in the morning so that the right number of meals can be prepared and avoid wasting food.
In this respect, the school has also set up waste sorting for recycling and composting so that we should make an efficient waste recycling. Children help remove their dishes after lunch.
Beyond school hours, the French School Battambang offers extra-curricular activities. This year, language classes have been chosen by the parents of the registered students (French, English and Khmer).
As of September 2019, activities will be organized, depending on availability of teachers and subject to the number of interested children. | {
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Faber has redesigned its word marque as part of a branding strategy designed to "future-proof" the publisher for the digital era.
Launching with its new spring 2014 catalogue, the old "Faber and Faber" marque has been replaced with "Faber & Faber", using the ampersand, and a new Art Deco-inspired font designed by Faber's art director Donna Payne.
The new marque will be used online and on the back of book jackets, as well as on Faber's forthcoming stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Payne has also selected a series of colours based on those used in historic Faber front covers to be employed across print and digital in future.
However, the publisher will keep the "ff" colophon on the spine of its books, and retain the existing design of its poetry titles.
Payne told The Bookseller: "Faber now has various sub-brands like Faber Academy and Faber Factory, and we needed a visual way of tying all these together. So we decided to look at the branding with a view to future-proofing it, and make something which works across print and digital."
She added: "People have used the ampersand when writing the company name informally for a while now, and I think people within Faber have a fondness for it. Changing the 'and' to an ampersand brings the two Fabers closer together. The font is inspired by Art Deco fonts from the 1920s, when Faber was created."
Regarding the colour selections, Payne said: "We are lucky at Faber to have such a fantastic archive, and it was great being able to look back at some of the old titles and see how the colours have faded and changed over the years. Selections include "Naturalist Pink" inspired by Seamus Heaney's Death of a Naturalist, "Bell Silver", inspired by Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and "Union Gold", inspired by Robert Lowell's For the Union Dead.
Faber c.e.o. Stephen Page said: "Faber's trademark 'ff' colophon, created by Pentagram, has sat at the heart of our brand for nearly 30 years, and will continue to do so. In announcing a thrilling list for spring 2014, we are also unveiling a new design for our word marque. Reviewing our brand design in the light of the new world of reading, with its emphasis on readers online and digital publishing, we realised that we needed to find new ways to express our visual identity."
Faber's spring list includes new novels from Hanif Kureishi, Sebastian Barry and Andrew O'Hagan, plus a new volume of poetry from Simon Armitage. | {
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This is a real story based on the life of Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy, a freedom fighter from Rayalaseema. He is known as an unsung hero who first time revolted against the Britishers in 1846, 10 years before India's 1st war of Independence started in 1857.
Get All Latest News, Info and Box Office Updates about Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy via e-mail. | {
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Per Mertesacker is ready to hand Arsenal a major injury boost after declaring that he hopes to make his long-awaited return in the New Year, according to the Mirror.
Mertesacker hasn't featured for the first team yet this season after sustaining knee ligament damage during our pre-season friendly win over Lens way back in July.
The defender has been undergoing an intensive rehabilitation programme back in his native Germany over the past five months but he returned to north London last week in order to enter the final stages of his recovery.
The 32-year-old was spotted back at London Colney earlier this week as he resumed light individual training away from the rest of the first team squad but it looks as though Mertesacker is now eyeing his comeback.
The German international has offered an update on his recovery and says he's now able to run freely without pain and is keen to get back on the pitch in the New Year with the Mirror saying he's pencilled in to make his return in January.
"I'm hopeful that I can join the team properly and be available to the team next year.
"That's my resolution. I want to be back on the pitch and with the ball. I'm able to run now, painless, and it's what it's all about.
It's great to hear that Mertesacker's recovery is going well and hopefully he can avoid any set-backs as he steps-up his return in training over the coming weeks.
He's going to need some time to rebuild his fitness before Arsene Wenger will consider him for the first team but he'll be a very useful player to have around during the second half of the season.
It looks like Shkodran Mustafi has taken Mertesacker's first team spot as he's forged an excellent partnership alongside Laurent Koscielny but Per will still be a great back-up and I'm sure he'll get games due to injuries and rotation. | {
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Thank you for your e-mail received on 27th November 2017 requesting information regarding the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust.
Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and we aim to respond by 27th December 2017, i.e. within the statutory 20 working days, as defined by the Act, subject to the application of any statutory exemptions.
Where consideration is given to the application of any exemptions, the 20 day compliance may be extended under the terms of the Act to a period considered reasonable depending on the nature and circumstances of the request. In such cases, you will be notified and, where possible, a revised time-scale will be indicated. In all cases, we shall attempt to deal with your request at the earliest opportunity.
Thank you for your request for information. The Trust's response is provided in the attached document. Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust covers Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital, Solihull Hospital & Community Services and Birmingham Chest Clinic.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to request a review of our decision, you should write to the Head of Information Governance, Safety and Governance Directorate, Devon House, Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, B9 5SS.
We would appreciate your feedback in order to help us improve our service. | {
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Gnophomyia lugubris är en tvåvingeart som först beskrevs av Zetterstedt 1838. Gnophomyia lugubris ingår i släktet Gnophomyia och familjen småharkrankar. Arten är reproducerande i Sverige. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.
Källor
Småharkrankar
lugubris | {
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Forest Engineer with a Masters degree in Forest Science from ESALQ / USP, Mauro has over twenty years of experience working with various NGOs and at the Brazilian Federal Government. His focus has been on the development of the forest sector and its products, working in partnership with companies and governments. He has comprehensive experience working with voluntary certification schemes and is a founding member of the FSC-Brazil where he co-ordinated the working group of the first Brazilian standard for Amazon dry land forest recognised by FSC International. His key areas of interest are landscape planning, focusing on alternatives for sustainable land use for agricultural production and forest management whilst respecting protected areas and traditional communities.
In 2016 he was appointed the Executive Director of Amigos da Terra – Amazônia Brasileira, a founding member of the RSB.
Runs the process to develop and revise the RSB standard.
Abubakar L. Datun, based in Tacurong City, Philippines is current Executive Director of the Rural Development Institute of Sultan Kudarat (RDISK), Inc.
Alix Grabowski's work as Program Officer of Packaging and Material Science with WWF covers all aspects of packaging and material sustainability concerns, including bioplastics and biomaterials.
Meshack has been employed by KEFRI since 1990 and is now a Principal Research Officer charged with problem analysis, project development and management, science writing, formulation of policy briefs, information dissemination, monitoring and evaluation, training, partnerships and networking.
Laxman Neupane, is the Manager for the Centre for Empowerment and Development (CED) Nepal based in Bhaisepati, Lalitpur, Nepal. He joined CED Nepal in 2013 working for the Governance, Human Development and Sustainability Program, and promotes sustainable smallholder biofuels in Nepal.
Frederic Eychenne has been Airbus Sustainable Aviation Engagement Programme Manager since May 2011 within the Environmental Affairs department.
A Forest Engineer with a Masters degree in Forest Science from ESALQ / USP, Mauro has over twenty years of experience working with various NGOs and at the Brazilian Federal Government.
Liisa Ranta is a Sustainability Manager at UPM Biofuels Development, based in Helsinki, Finland. She is responsible for sustainability and regulative matters related to different biofuels development initiatives.
Leonardo B. Rosario is a development manager with more than 30 years professional experience in project development and management, sustainability auditing and participatory action research, among others. | {
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VIFF 2014: 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Screenwriter Nicole Perlman
Screenwriter Nicole Perlman is in town for the Vancouver International Film Festival and the newly revamped VIFF Industry Conference as a part of the Genre Smash! panel during Totally Indie Day on October 4th. She's most widely known as the first credited female screenwriter on a Marvel Studios film for her work writing on this summer's Guardians of the Galaxy, the year's highest grossing film domestically so far.
Guardians' success is also more distinct as it's her first credited produced screenplay despite an impressive career in screenwriting including appearing on the 2006 Black List (an annual list of the best unproduced scripts in Hollywood) for her award-winning script based on the Challenger investigation (written while she was a writing student at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts) and a script for another unproduced film, a biopic about the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong (she even spent time with him before his death in 2012).
Perlman talked about her love of genre storytelling and sci-fi fantasy in the context of relaying important and meaningful messages or themes told with imagination. "I think that genre is a really fun way to explore themes people might not be normally comfortable exploring." She enjoys layering interesting concepts through world building and fantastical concepts or she called it, "slipping some broccoli into a dessert". Using robots, aliens, and other sci-fi analogues for real-life has long been a way for filmmakers to introduce subversive ideas in a more palatable manner to a wider audience.
You may be wondering why Guardians, a relatively unknown comic book property was even chosen to be adapted in the first place over other more well-known characters. In fact, it was Perlman who chose to work and develop the project after joining the Marvel Writing Program in 2009. After 2.5 years of developing the script herself including many original ideas and stories that made it info the final product, Marvel gave it the go-ahead and hired filmmaker James Gunn to re-write and direct with smash results this summer. Guardians is the only produced film to come from the program, which closed in 2011.
Speaking with Perlman, her thoughtfulness and pragmatism about screenwriting was clear. Her knowledge in expressing the creative process and insight into studio filmmaking was refreshing. She clearly has a love for science and technology that extends from real-life to the limits of the imagination. While mostly working in genres, she uses research and creativity to put her vision to paper. She's also a part of the Science and Entertainment Exchange whose mission is to create synergy between the science and film/TV industries to create more accurate depictions of technology. She sees writing and science as a way of imagining the next step in human existence.
Currently, Perlman's career is unsurprisingly surging as she's juggling multiple screen adaptations including one for the science fiction book The Fire Sermon, the Matthew Swift book series for television, an original film collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, and her Challenger script being re-optioned.
You can learn more from Perlman, along with Simon Davis Barry (creator of Continuum), Dennis Heaton (executive producer of Motive), and Hart Hanson (creator of Bones) who will all be talking genre filmmaking this Saturday at VIFF Industry.
You can listen the raw, unedited audio from my interview with Perlman below.
(As seen in Vancouver Is Awesome.)
More | Script Magazine / Slate / Vancouver Sun
Tags | 2014, comics, festival, interview, movies, radio, vancouver, vancouver is awesome, viff | {
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All UW Bothell classroom ePodia have webcams which you can use to record your voice and image or just simply your voice.
When using the ePodium, faculty must use their personal UW Bothell login (rather than the generic login) on the ePodium PC.
Remember to log out of the ePodium PC. Once you have finished your recording, Panopto will do the rest of the work and upload it.
If you have administrative access to your office computer, you can follow the directions for downloading and installing the Panopto Recorder on your computer.
If you do not have administrative access to your office computer, please fill out a Software Request Form, and Information Technologies will install the software for you.
Here are the directions for downloading and installing the Panopto Recorder on your personal computer.
Log into Panopto by visiting panopto.uw.edu, click on Sign In, and log in using your UW NetID.
After logging in, click on the Download Recorder in the top right corner of the screen. Then select either Windows or OSX as your operating system to begin downloading the installer.
Once the download has finished, open the file and follow the instructions to have Panopto installed on your computer.
View our Recording in a Classroom tutorial for more information on using the Panopto Recorder. | {
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Learn how two club operators who faced location and design roadblocks managed to transform their ideas into brick-and-mortar successes.
Every fitness facility is born in the imagination—as someone's vision of the perfect club. But reality often has a way of tweaking, or transforming, or even trouncing that dream.
You discover that local zoning laws don't afford a suitable location. Or that the physical plant won't accommodate the interior treatment you had in mind. Or that the space really isn't appropriate for the type of programming you'd hoped to do.
The list of obvious obstacles—the ones that can be anticipated—is endless, and, sometimes, you don't know what you don't know until the process is already under way.
The following case studies illustrate how two club operators who faced location and design roadblocks nonetheless managed to transform their virtual flights of fancy into real, brick-and-mortar fitness successes.
The Dream: When Kathy Thurston opened The Real Gym last March, she, like nearly everyone else who opens a club, did so out of a passion for fitness. Her dream for the 2,600-square-foot facility was informed—even driven—by her experiences as a competitive collegiate weightlifter.
That passion was deep and enduring. For 17 long years, during a stint in the corporate world, Thurston harbored a desire to run her own business, an impulse that begged to be satisfied.
The Challenge: Once Thurston set her sights on weightlifting, reality quickly set in, when, for what seemed like an eternity, she just couldn't find a suitable location.
The execution takes the form of black floors, black and grey machines, wooden platforms, and lifting boxes.
It was a mission that grew out of an incident that occurred in college.
In 1997, while attending Pepperdine University, in Malibu, CA, on a golf scholarship, Hunt had a car accident that left his right arm partially paralyzed, resulting in significant chronic pain. The doctors told him that he'd never be able to use the arm again.
After several operations and failed rehab attempts, he began studying the human body obsessively and created his own program, called Bionetics, which he utilized to relieve the pain. Since then, a United States Olympic training center, numerous professional athletes, and various branches of the military, as well as people from all walks of life, have used Bionetics.
Once Hunt had two clubs operating in Texas—the second, launched with a partner, made its debut in 2013—a third one, in Sanford, FL, gave him the opportunity to fully realize his dream. This facility, which opened last September, was designed to be more focused in nature, so he could implement his program more precisely.
This newest "template," as Hunt puts it, is located in the Seminole Towne Center Mall in Sanford, a city with a population of 54,000. It's a 30,000-square-foot facility, coupled with 15,000 square feet of turf that serves as an outdoor workout space. It features locker rooms with towel service, a café, a WiFi lounge, a Spinning room, a mind and body studio, a group exercise room, an indoor and outdoor kids' center, functional CrossFit lifting, a free weight zone, and a fitness zone. The club offers more than 100 group exercise classes per week.
The Challenge: Among Hunt's initial goals was to find a place that already had good foot traffic. He searched for space in shopping centers, but, when the chance arose to put his club inside a mall, he couldn't pass it up. "I just had to see it through because the location made so much sense," he explains.
While Hunt's architect presented him with several great design options, it was a challenge to create what he wanted within the budget he'd set. Fortunately, he'd learned some lessons while building his first club.
He credits Brent Darden, the owner of Brent Darden Consulting, based in Richardson, Texas, and a former chairperson of IHRSA's board of directors, with helping him calculate his costs accurately.
Given the budget constraints, Hunt chose to utilize his money to build bigger rooms. "For example, I had the option to have a really cool lighting pattern that matched the floor design. Instead, we went with solid floors and traditional commercial lighting, and used the money to build an extra room for our CrossFit lifters," says Hunt. "At the end of the day, I think our members are more excited about an additional room than they would be about a cool floor and lighting pattern. It's a tough balance—you don't want your place to feel like a warehouse, so you have to pay close attention to design features. But, at the same time, you want to address the demands of your membership.
"Ultimately, the design exceeded my original vision. At the same time, we still have a lot of room to improve," he concludes. | {
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American Cooking Publisher Cooks Country Kitchen commissioned me to create an entire series of illustrations of their step by step cooking instructions for their top-selling magazine in the USA.
They should be loose and hand drawn looking but clearly show the reader informative images while adding interest to the text around it. It was a fantastic experience working with a client in America who had seen my previous work in the country. | {
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Don't forget the employee experience, wherever your employees happen to be
Keeping smart people means thinking smart … even if you're a building
Joseph Martins
Thu 2 Dec 2021 // 11:30 UTC
Paid Feature Is it really almost two years since those first frantic days of lockdown, when companies scrambled to equip remote workers with even the most basic equipment? When the queues for laptops were longer than the queues for supermarkets, and webcams were almost as scarce as surgical facemasks.
Even when workers had the basic kit, when it came to collaborative remote working, many organisations were making it up as they went along. Major system outages were not uncommon, as were security breaches and privacy outrages. We were all on a fast-learning curve.
Fast forward to today. Platforms are more stable, and most organisations have found a modus operandi to ensure that remote, and hybrid or fully office bound teams can work together. It may not always be ideal, but it generally works. For now.
And plenty of workers like where we are now. Lenovo research shows just 16 per cent of employees at medium-sized firms, and 12 per cent at large firms, want to move back to full time office work. At the same time, just 10 per cent want to work exclusively at home, though interestingly, younger employees are more likely to want to work primarily in the office.
As for the people who actually make this all happen, just 15 per cent of IT decision makers (ITDMs) at medium-sized firms expect their workers to be mainly working from the office in the post-Covid future, a figure that increases to 19 per cent at larger outfits. And just 14 per cent of respondents said collaboration tools had impacted productivity and efficiency negatively.
So, at what point do we need to move beyond improvising for the duration of the crisis, and towards accepting that work has changed permanently? If employers and employees have reached a balance of sorts today, how do they work towards improvements in the future? And where does technology fit in as companies reassess the sometimes jerry-built, and often insecure, systems that have seen them through the worst of the pandemic?
As Lenovo's general manager for worldwide smart collaboration, Shannon MacKay says, the challenge is two-fold. For employees the key question is: "'How do I not have death by meeting' while ensuring they feel connected... companies and leaders who are going to succeed are taking that truly holistic view so that it's 'what do I need to do as a company from an infrastructure perspective AND what do I need to do from a culture perspective'."
Clearly there's no one-size fits all solution, MacKay says: "I think companies are still finding their identity." But, more pressingly, "they're concerned about employees being burnt out and employees leaving. And then, how do you train and develop your people in a virtual world?"
Significantly, employees have a "bigger voice than they've ever had in the process of how and what they need to do their jobs effectively wherever they are."
Now the challenge is setting up the workforce for long-term success, wherever they happen to be day to day. "I think we focused on the what and getting it right, and not necessarily the how," McKay says.
This means focusing on smart collaboration - which includes not subjecting employees to back-to-back meetings and encroaching on what was formerly commute time, or the time spent walking from one meeting room to another, or even one building to another. "Even though I run smart collaboration, I have to remind people in my team 'recharge your batteries, it's OK to take a break."
It's not just laptops that need recharging
At the same time, ITDMs need to look again at what they are doing to equip employees whether they are going to be working full or part time from home. A year and a half ago a laptop, any laptop, would do. And a camera, if you could find one. Desks and chairs could wait – people had laps after all – as could any deep thinking about how this all impacted the way we work long term.
Now it's not just having a laptop. It's having the right laptop, and she continues, it's the right cameras and vanity lights, and sound equipment. "Things that are going to make that experience more enjoyable." By vanity light, we simply mean something that is going to help the employee present themselves in their best possible light, to colleagues and customers. And, of course, this all means ensuring that their internet connection is secure, and easy to manage.
Again, there is no one size fits all here, both in terms of organisations and in terms of individual workers. "This is the first time we have five generations in the workforce," MacKay points out, which has implications for preferred technology and how individuals prefer to work and collaborate.
Older workers might feel more comfortable with a keyboard or voice, while younger workers might be more open to touch, she says. "Even just the interface and what their expectations are and what they expect as employees is very unique."
But there is also the question of ensuring that people still feel connected to the organisation at large. It's easy to forget that while some people are happy to work at home without any "distractions" whatsoever, others thrive on meeting people face to face, whether for purely social purposes or for sparking ideas and creativity.
"If you're not meeting with customers and colleagues, how are you getting enough connection to something that makes you feel valued?" she asks.
This is where companies need to consider the broader effect of the changes the pandemic has wrought. As we all know, many organisations are considering what their real estate footprint should be, given the enormous changes to working patterns over the last year.
But there's more to this than simply shuttering excess office space. However many floorspace organisations have, the question remains, "How do I ensure that people feel like they want to come back into the office because it fosters a culture and is a great experience."
I'm back…hello?
"Proximity bias" is a well-documented phenomenon, which means people will pay more attention to and attribute more value to people who are physically close to them – which can lead to remote workers being cut out of office life, even within a meeting. Countering it can begin with reconfiguring conference rooms to ensure that both remote and on-prem employees are equally engaged, for example by having a horseshoe shaped table rather than the traditional rectangle, with remote employees appearing on screen.
But it also means thinking more deeply about the technologies used, from whiteboard capabilities in software, to high quality sound and vision equipment, with the aim of making the conference room an immersive experience, wherever you are.
For example, says MacKay, "Even if the person talking is not in the room they pop up on the screen, and the sound quality is great, the camera knows where to follow people, those kinds of things."
And this hardware needs to be both unobtrusive and require minimal management by participants, "So you just walk in and it comes on and it works."
This is an industry wide effort. Lenovo can supply and deploy hardware and underlying management platforms, and consult on the best setup, while "partners like Microsoft, Zoom and Google have these communication platforms and they will continue to put features in to make it feel like the camera follows the person talking in the room, with 360 sound."
Stepping up a level, this feeds into the broader management of the workspace for a more fluid workforce, with platforms such as Lenovo's ThinkSmart Manager, which can be used to manage the collaboration devices and room systems.
From there, it's just a step up to considering how to layer in AI and scheduling, to help people find rooms easily, or to work out when a meeting room is reaching capacity and crank up the air conditioning. Or providing a console so that when an employee turns up at an office, they can easily find a vacant space, rather than "walking the halls."
"That's the core foundation that we think takes hybrid work to the next level of 'what does the smart office look like?'" says MacKay.
And this demonstrates just how far we've really come since last year, when it seemed like the traditional office was doomed. "Not everyone is ready to deploy smart buildings," says MacKay. "But we're on the cusp of that."
The point is to remember who the smart building is really for – your smart employees.
Sponsored by Lenovo. | {
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According to some research skipping breakfast doesn't help you to lose your weight. Some people have a misconception that skipping breakfast may help them lose their weight. If you miss your breakfast you may miss some vital nutrients and you will end up snacking more all through the day as you will feel hungry.
If you take your meals regularly maintaining a routine it will help you to burn your calories even faster. It will keep your tummy full and you won't feel cravings for snacks containing high fat and sugar. Try to pick variety of foods from all the food groups. And reduce the consumption of foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar.
Fruits and vegetables are known to be low in calories and high in fiber. Along with fiber, they carry three other essential ingredients which are very helpful for weight loss. They also carry a sufficient amount of vitamins and minerals. As fruits and vegetables contain lots of water in it they help you keep your tummy full and reduce your hunger for food.
One of the key factors to losing weight is to be active. Your regular activity can help you burn the extra calories and fat of your body. They also provide you extra numerous health benefits. The amount of your daily activity depends on your age and the ability you have. But you need to know that your daily works such as shopping and household works don't count in the list, as they don't require hard works and also doesn't get your heart rate up.
Most of the time people confuse their thirst with hunger. You can have extra calories by drinking a glass of water. You should drink at least about six to eight glasses of water every day. In some case more than that- when it's too warm outside or while you are exercising.
Foods the contains a lot of fiber can help you to fill your tummy, which helps to lose your weight. Fiber is found in foods that come from plants example- fruits and vegetables, pasta and brown rice, whole grains, peas and lentils and beans.
Make a habit of reading food labels while you are buying a food product. It will help you to pick the right product that will lead you to a healthier option. Use the calorie information's which will help you to understand how to pick a food that fits into your daily calorie consumption and will help you to get the idea how much it works for your weight loss.
Using small plates will help you to eat small portions. You may at first find it irritating and might not fill your tummy but within time you will get used to it. It takes only 20 minutes for your stomach to give your brain the information that it's full.
Do not ban foods from your list to lose your weight, especially those you like. Eliminating your favorite food from the list will build more craving for that food. Once in a while, you can treat yourself with the foods you love. It will not affect your diet.
Try to think for substitute for junk foods. Do not stock junk foods like chocolates, crisps, biscuits and sugary fizzy drinks at home. Go for healthy snacks like fruits, rice cakes, oats, popcorns etc.
A glass of wine can give you as many calories as a piece of chocolate has. Drinking too much alcohol will only increase your weight.
Make a routine of your breakfast, lunch dinner and snacks time and make sure that you are maintaining the many. To make it easier, first make a plan for a week and continue to follow that. | {
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When a violent event occurs on a school campus, it causes fear and anxiety in children and adults. Here's how to discuss the issue with your kids—and reassure them that they're safe.
Within the past decade, school shootings have made headlines repeatedly. Incidents such as those that occurred in Newtown, Connecticut, and now, Parkland, Florida, leave parents, school staff and children afraid. Although you may try to shelter your kids from these events, they will probably hear about them in school or elsewhere. Follow these steps to help your child deal with school tragedies.
First, make sure the discussion is necessary. With preschoolers and kindergarten-age children, unless they're talking about it or showing other signs they've heard about the incident, you don't have to mention it, says child psychologist Tamar Chansky, Ph.D., author of Freeing Your Child from Anxiety: Powerful, Practical Solutions to Overcome Your Child's Fears, Worries, and Phobias. Older kids are more likely to hear about it from friends or through the media, so you definitely need to address the issue. Start with an open-ended question like "Did you hear anything about what happened at another school today?" That allows you to find out what your child already knows and whether you need to clear up any misinformation. Then explain what took place. You could say, "A sad thing happened at a school in____. A man shot people, and some of them died. The police got the bad guy. A lot of people are very sad, but there will be lots of help to make them feel better." Then ask your child if she has any questions. Let her know she can come to you anytime she has questions or wants to talk.
Even if a shooting has occurred hundreds of miles away, your child will likely have some feelings about it. Ask what he thinks and let him share his emotions. Revealing some of your own feelings, such as, "I feel bad for the victims," will help him understand that sadness, confusion, and anger are normal. Give lots of hugs and attention and let your child know you love him and will take care of him.
After learning of such an event, your child might worry that something similar will happen at her own school. Even if you have concerns of your own, don't tell her. Instead, explain that school shootings are rare. Then, "help the child feel a sense of safety by discussing the ways the school works to keep children safe, such as keeping the front door locked, requiring visitors to identify themselves and sign in, and posting cameras at the entrances," says Marla W. Deibler, Psy.D., a psychologist and executive director of the Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC. For your child's peace of mind, and your own, check with the school or district to see what measures they have in place to keep students and staff safe.
It's hard to control your emotions after such terrible tragedies, but how you react or what you say afterward can be frightening to children. Avoid comments such as "I can't believe those children won't get to spend the holidays with their parents" or "I hope they give them [the perpetrators] the death penalty." Be aware of your behavior, too--no looking around nervously or following the "sketchy man" walking near the school when you drop your child off in the morning. "When we express ourselves like that, children see this as an out-of-control situation," Dr. Chansky says. This can cause your child to be more anxious and fearful. That's not to say you have to bottle your emotions. It's okay to share those feelings with your spouse or another adult, but put on a confident face for your child.
You may be tempted to glue yourself to the TV to find out as much information as you can about the shooting, but because the graphic nature of school shootings is unpredictable, it's best to change the channel or turn the TV off when children are present, Dr. Deibler says. Images may be inappropriate, and some young children don't realize the report they're seeing on the five o'clock news and then again on the six o'clock news are rehashes of the same event. Instead, they may think multiple school shootings have occurred. Dr. Chansky says young children don't need to see any coverage of the event; it's best for you to provide the information. Because adolescents are more independent (and may search out information on their own), she says it's okay if the two of you watch an episode of the news and then discuss it.
Some children are better able to cope with a tragedy if they feel they're doing something to make it better. If your child is interested, help her think of ways she or the family can assist the community affected by a shooting. Doing things like sending cards to students at the school, hosting a bake sale or penny drive to raise money for the families of the victims, or saying a prayer for the injured can make kids feel they're doing some good.
Such a tragic event is difficult for adults to comprehend, so it can be even more so for kids. It's normal for children to show some fear and be a little down in the dumps for a few days after hearing about a school shooting. You should also expect your child to ask questions periodically (and sometimes repeatedly). If your child shows signs of extreme stress or anxiety related to the event, such as changes in appetite, difficulty sleeping, aggression, withdrawal from social activities, or trouble concentrating at school or resistance or refusal to attend, seek help. | {
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This Admin manual is one of several books with important information and procedures for the Splunk administrator.
Splunk Tutorial! This manual provides an introduction to using Splunk.
Search. This manual tells you how to search and how to use the Splunk search language.
Thanks for the heads up, I've fixed the link. | {
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Reliability is critical in a busy workshop, and a Jack – at the heart of the daily workload – is only as reliable as its weakest part. Virtually every component in Majorlift's entire range of jacks is machined, milled, welded, laser cut and finished from the highest grade of steel at Majorlift's premises in Gloucestershire by skilled engineers who take a real pride in their work. We also distribute a range of complimentary equipment. Service is an important part of our business and our engineers provide support in the form of contract maintenance, calibration, equipment installation and repair.
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You can transform little blackboards into practical fridge magnets in no time and hang up important notes, bills, lists or pretty photos and postcards on the fridge.
The blackboards with pegs can be found in arts and crafts stores, but you can also buy the blackboards separately and glue the pegs on yourself.
The self-adhesive magnets have the perfect width for the pegs. Just glue a magnet on the top half of a peg, press it on and let it rest for several hours.
Now you can label the boards with chalk and attach the corresponding list with the peg.
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Farewell for Crestview's Minimax store planned for Sunday
James Barragan
March 5, 2016 local news.
9/1/12 Ralph Barrera/American-Statesman; CRESTVIEW Neighborhood for REAL--The Crestview Shopping Center has been a fixture in the neighborhood for 60 years. At the IGA Minimax owner Ronnie Prellop's father opened the independent grocery store in 1953, He runs the store nowadays reminiscing about starting work at age 11 when he could barely keep his apron off the floor. "My first paycheck was in 1961, so I've been on the payroll for 51 years."
9/1/12 Ralph Barrera/American-Statesman; The Crestview Shopping Center has been a fixture in the neighborhood for 60 years. Minimax owner Ronnie Prellop's father opened the independent grocery store in 1953.
After more than six decades, the Prellop family that has run the Crestview Minimax for nearly 63 years has sold the store and will retire. On Monday, Bexar County Markets, which operates Arlan's Market grocery stores across Texas, will take over ownership, but not before nearby neighbors send off the Prellops with a farewell party Sunday.
The store, at 7108 Woodrow Avenue, has been around since 1953, when Herb Prellop, the current owner's father, became the co-owner of the grocery store originally located on the southern end of the Crestview shopping center. Later, Herb Prellop became the sole proprietor of the store and moved it to the northern end, where it now stands. Ronnie Prellop, who has run the store since his father's death in 1991, started working at the store when he was 11 years old and jokes that he's been on the payroll for 55 years.
When the store started in the 1950s, it was in a convenient location for families to walk to for their groceries. Herb Prellop was known for letting people who were pressed for money shop in the store on credit until they could pay him back and the store quickly became a neighborhood staple.
Many of the kids from the surrounding Crestview and Brentwood neighborhoods got their first jobs at the grocery store, where they could work after turning 15.
The store also got its 15 minutes of fame on both the silver and small screen appearing in movies like "Man of the House" and an episode of "Friday Night Lights," where Ronnie Prellop also made his acting debut as a store owner encouraging people to get to the back of the building when a tornado hit.
Neighbors and long-time customers will say goodbye to the Prellops during a celebration at the store on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. The celebration will be a potluck with music and a few words to bid farewell to the Prellops. Visitors are asked to bring their own plates and utensils.
Watch: Fire department rescues raccoon sleeping on light pole
Jimmy Kimmel reads "Goodnight Ben" in honor of Ben Carson's suspended campaign | {
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Income from events and transactions that are, as the name implies, extraordinary. A retailer might settle an expensive lawsuit, or sell a poorly performing mail-order operation. These items don't happen every day or even every year, and so are separated from operating results. | {
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Q: Uploading duplicated files with Django when reloading page I'm trying to upload some files and I'm having problems with duplication.
To uploading the file I do the following:
views.py:
from django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorage
def contView(request):
if request.method == 'POST' and request.FILES.get('myfile'):
myfile = request.FILES['myfile']
fs = FileSystemStorage()
filename = fs.save('uploads/'+myfile.name, myfile)
uploaded_file_url = fs.url(filename)
# Return
template_name ='cont/mainCont.html'
context = {}
return render(request, template_name, context)
Template:
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">{% csrf_token %}
<div class="input-group">
<input type="file" name="myfile" class="form-control">
<span class="input-group-btn">
<button class="btn btn-default" type="submit">Importar</button>
</span>
</div>
</form>
The upload works perfectly but when I refresh the page it upload the same file again. Why is this happening? I need to empty something?
Thank you very much!
A: This is just the standard behaviour of browsers. If you refresh page from a POST request, all of that POST data is sent again. (Although, normally a browser will warn you that this is the case).
If you want to avoid uploading the file twice there are a few approaches you can take:
*
*You can always check to see if that particular file already exists, and not save it again in such cases.
import pathlib
def contView(request):
if request.method == 'POST' and request.FILES.get('myfile'):
myfile = request.FILES['myfile']
if pathlib.Path('uploads/'+myfile.name).is_file():
# handle file alread uploaded case
...
*Use the post/redirect/get approach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post/Redirect/Get
from django.shortcuts import redirect
def contView(request):
if request.method == 'POST' and request.FILES.get('myfile'):
...
return redirect("some-view or url")
(see https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/topics/http/shortcuts/#redirect)
*Maybe submit your data with AJAX. This can be tricky with file uploads though.
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Artists, Breeds, horse statues
~Celebrating Memorial Day~ Featuring Equestrian Statues~
Vice President Joseph Biden and his wife, Dr Jill Biden, join Mr and Mrs Whiting, parents of a fallen 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Beret, as they lay a wreath in front of the statue during the dedication and unveiling ceremony for the statue at the Winter Garden Hall in Two World Financial Center near Ground Zero 2011. © Staff Sgt. Andrew Jacob
Artist: Douwe Blumberg
Location: World Trade Center Memorial, New York, NYC
"It was a perilous mission. US Special Forces were on the ground in Afghanistan within weeks of the 9/11 terror attacks to begin the war against the Taliban. Despite the raft of high-tech gear at their disposal, it was the trusty horse that proved pivotal in the campaign. The mounted US troops became known as the "horse soldiers". A new monument depicting a soldier on his mount honours their efforts," Major Brandon Bissell reported.
The Special Forces teams faced enormous operational challenges and were required to rapidly adapt 21st century combat technologies and tactics into age-old Central Asian models of guerilla and tribal warfare as they partnered with the Afghan tribes of the Northern Alliance.
Douwe Blumberg, the artist and sculptor of the statue, and Doug Stanton, author of the book Horse Soldiers, stand in front of the 18-foot bronze statue before the start of the New York City Veterans Day Parade. © Spec. Kerry Otjen
This statue is a memorial to the Soldiers and horses that fought and died in the Northern Afghanistan. Needing transportation to navigate the difficult mountainous terrain of Northern Afghanistan, the Special Forces Operational Detachments – Alpha (SFOD-A), or A-teams, were provided horses by the Afghan tribes they were supporting.
Green Berets from the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) walk alongside the newly dedicated De Oppresso Liber statue as it made its way down 5th Avenue as part of the New York City Veterans Day Parade. © Spec. Kerry Otjen
The Green Berets readily accepted this superior form of mobility and proceeded to assist and advise the Northern Alliance fighters from horseback, similar to the cavalry days of old.
Co-ordinating military operations while on horseback with local tribal warlords, the Green Berets accomplished in weeks what many thought would take months, if not years, defeating the Taliban and pushing surviving members of al-Qaeda into the mountains of Pakistan.
Soon after, the Green Berets would adopt the familiar title of Horse Soldiers.
In October of 2012, The statue was rededicated and placed watching over the World Trade Center Memorial.
"Today, just as we gather to rededicate this statue, we pledge to rededicate ourselves to honor the bravest that our nation has to offer," said Vince McGowan, president of the United War Veterans Council.
~George Washington Equestrian Statue~
Artist: Clark Mills
Location: Washington Circle, Washington D.C., USA
~George Washington on Horseback~
Artist: Herbert Haseltine
Location: Washington National Cathedral, Washington D.C.
Artist Kim Corpany
~George Washington Monument~
Artist: Kim Corpany
Location: Valley Forge Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
~The Grant Memorial ~
Artist: Henry Shrady
Year begun: 1902 –Year completed: 1924
West side of the U.S. Capitol Washington D.C.
The platform for the Monument, made of Vermont marble. It is 10,700 pound, 17-foot-2-inch high equestrian statue depicting Grant astride his war horse Cincinnati on a 22½-foot high marble pedestal.
~Major General James B. McPherson~
Artist: Louis Rebisso
Type: Bronze
Location: Washington, D.C.
~General John A. Logan Monument~
Artist: Franklin Simmons
Location: Logan Circle, Washington, D.C.
~Major General George Henry Thomas~
Artist: John Quincy Adams Ward
Location: Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C.
Opening Date: November 19, 1879
~Brevet Lt. General Winfield Scott~
Artist: Henry Kirke Brown
Opening Date: 1874
Location: Scott Circle, Washington D.C.
Artist: Henry Jackson Ellicott
~General Philip Sheridan~
Artist: Gutzon Borglum
Location: Sheridan Circle, Washington, D.C.
~Major General George B. McClellan~
Artist: Frederick William MacMonnies
Location: Intersection of California Street, Columbia Road and Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
Opening Date: May 2, 1907
~General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument~
Artist: Carl Rohl-Smith
Location: Sherman Park, Washington D.C.
~SSgt. Reckless Monument ~
Artist: Jocelyn Russel
Location: National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia
To see my past article on SSgt. Rreckless, click Here.
The Flying Shetlands is approaching it's 1st anniversary and to celebrate, I will be hosting the first ever #EquineArtHour on Twitter! Jocelyn Russel will be doing a live question and and answer session on our first hour on May 31st at 4-5 pm EST, and we have other popular artists signing up for Q&A sessions also. More information will be coming shortly. Hope to see you all there!
I hope you all enjoyed seeing these equestrian statues! Remember both the men and horses that have fought for our freedom!
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Oh, very interesting repor.. I loved specially the story about SSgt. Reckless.. and I wish to know how she ends her corageous life. Specially during WWI, millions of horses, mules, doves and dogs has saddly given their lifes in wars; wars are not an animal issue.. but we sacrified them due to our vanity. Horses died at WWI: round 780.000.
At the end of WWI, the few thousands surviving equines were mostly slaughtered to feed the population; that's how their bitter award was. Only a minimum symbolic of them, were returned to their owners finally…
shyapony says:
So glad the you enjoyed my article, Silvia! Yes, it is very sad indeed that the few war horses that had survived the war were slaughtered. Just horrible.
SSgt. Reckless's story did have a happy ending though. She has brought back to the USA and had VIP treatment for the rest of her life. She also had four foals. Here is a link that has more information about SSgt. Reckless's life if you are interested: http://www.sgtreckless.com/Reckless/About_Reckless.html
oh yes thaks a lot!! I love this kind of stories!!
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El Séfer Raziel HaMalaj (en hebreo: ספר רזיאל המלאך) (en español: El Libro del Arcángel Raziel) o simplemente Séfer Raziel es un grimorio del misticismo judío atribuido al arcángel Raziel.
Es una obra pseudoepigráfica, pues se afirma que fue compuesta por Patriarca Adán, quien lo habría escrito al dictado del arcángel Raziel, de ahí su nombre. Esto lo haría la obra más antigua de la Humanidad.
La primera mención del título, lo cual no implica que el libro mismo existiese, aparece en un texto del : La espada de Moisés, del cual tampoco se conservan más que manuscritos medievales.
La evidencia interna y externa, indica que el libro no es anterior al , si bien puede contener fragmentos provenientes de la Alta Edad Media e incluso de la Antigüedad Tardía. El trasfondo de la obra la remite al movimiento de los Hasidei Ashkenaz medievales. Su redactor, o al menos compilador, fue el rabino Eleazar de Worms (ca. 1176–1238) quien le dio el nombre de Séfer Galei Razia, más tarde convertido en su título actual: Séfer Raziel HaMalaj. A semejanza de otras obras del mismo estilo, como el Sefer Yetzirá, existen diversas versiones, algunas de las cuales contienen opiniones teológicas distintas a las del compilador.
El libro fue muy conocido entre los místicos medievales tanto judíos como cristianos, a tal punto que una de sus más antiguos testimonios es una edición latina; Liber Razielis Archangeli, efectuada bajo el patrocinio del rey Alfonso, el Sabio de Castilla.
La edición hebrea más conocida de este libro se publicó en Ámsterdam en 1701.
Contenido
El libro se presenta como una enseñanza del arcángel Raziel dirigida primero a Adán y luego a Abraham para revelar y explicar las leyes de la Creación. Se divide en cinco libros que tratan sobre la angelología, los Nombres divinos, la gematría, la astronomía y la construcción.
Referencias
Bibliografía
González Sánchez, Ana Rosa El Liber Razielis alfonsí en su contexto hebreo. Espéculo.Nro. 46. Revista de estudios literarios . Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Literatura judía
Mitología del judaísmo
Grimorios
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Q: netty pipeline order for outbound message I am using Netty v4.1.9final and trying to send a message from client to server. I tried setting up the channel client initializer with the handler as follows on the client side:
final Bootstrap bootstrap = BootstrapGenerator.generate();
bootstrap.handler(new XmlClientInitializer());
XMLClientInitializer
public class XmlClientInitializer extends ChannelInitializer<SocketChannel> {
@Override
public void initChannel(SocketChannel ch) throws Exception {
final ChannelPipeline pipeline = ch.pipeline();
pipeline.addLast("fileEncoder", new FileEncoder());
pipeline.addLast("handler", new XmlSenderHandler());
}
}
FileEncoder
public class FileEncoder extends MessageToByteEncoder<String> {
XmlSenderHandler
public class XmlSenderHandler extends ChannelOutboundHandlerAdapter {
private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(XmlSenderHandler.class.getName());
private static ChannelHandlerContext ctx;
@Override
public void write(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg, ChannelPromise promise) {
log.info("attempting to write messages to server {}", msg.toString());
ctx.write(msg, promise);
}
@Override
@SuppressWarnings("FutureReturnValueIgnored")
public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause) throws Exception {
super.exceptionCaught(ctx, cause);
}
}
Even though the FileEncoder is defined first in the pipeline, it gets called after the xml handler (which is not what I am seeking). Is this because the FileEncoder is extending MessageToByteEncoder or am I configuring the channel incorrectly?
A: No, the pipeline is configured correctly. The point is that the inbound event is processed from the first handler to the last, and the outbound event is processed from the last handler to the first one.
ChannelPipeline doc
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NW Hypnosis & Integrated Medicine was developed in December 2009 by clinical hypnotherapist Sherrie' Davis, with a vision to improve health care in our community. With Non-pharmaceutical methods and educate people on the benefits of Integrated Medicine through, specialized behavioral health therapy, Clinical Hypnotherapy, NLP, Reiki Therapy, Counseling & Nutrition.
Dr Sherrie Davis brings a myriad of accreditation to this Vancouver practice, she is a specialized behavioral health therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, (NLP) Nero-Linguistic Programming Practitioner, Counselor, Nutritionist, Reiki Master Practitioner and has a Doctorate of Metaphysics & Ministry and nutritional training.
Sherrie studied clinical hypnotherapy through the American Pacific University and the Association for Integrated Psychology and is a registered clinical hypnotherapist. In addition she obtained a masters in Spiritual Ministry and a Doctorate of Metaphysics at the University Life Church (ULC) and Nutritional Therapy at PCC and has a masters in the methodology of Reiki Healing a Japanese therapy and became a Reiki Master, medical intuitive and public speaker.
With the unique gifts and talents of her therapy she has been able to help improve the lives and health of many people in need of healing and provide a specialized behavioral health counseling.
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Bird flu: Ruffling a few feathers
Written by: KATE SCARFF
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Swooping may not be the only reason to fear birds this Spring. Bird flu has resurfaced and a new avian paramyxovirus (APMV) has been detected in Australia for the first time, killing large numbers of pigeons in Victoria.
While the bird flu can be deadly to humans, APMV causes mild influenza-like symptoms and conjunctivitis.
Commercial poultry is protected from APMV by vaccination but there is no vaccine available for pigeons in Australia. According to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, properties with APMV-infected pigeons have been quarantined as investigations begin into the cause of the outbreak.
Meanwhile, recent developments with the avian H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, have resulted in the UN Food and Agriculture Organization urging heightened readiness and monitoring for a possible outbreak. The warning follows the emergence of a new strain of the virus known as H5N1 – 2.3.2.1 in China and Vietnam.
In addition to the new strain, the number of H5N1 outbreaks since mid-2008 has been rising and associated with the geographic expansion of the H5N1 virus both in poultry and wild birds.
Also making headlines last week was the death of a six-year-old girl from bird flu, Cambodia's eighth victim of the virus this year. The other seven victims were aged between 11 months and 11 years of age and they also died from complications of the infection.
But is the emergence of a new strain of the virus, coupled with increased outbreaks in domestic poultry and increased mortality of the virus in people in Cambodia cause for concern?
The response from the public has been to ridicule the UN FAO warning. Tweets circulating in the twittersphere, including 'My eyes red, i feel dizzy plus my head hurt ; i been up all night doin' hard work. SHIT! i think i got #birdFlU' and 'almost stepped on a bird #birdflu' reflect the general sentiment of the public.
Perhaps the 2009 Swine flu pandemic is to blame for the apparent complacency. Two years ago facemasks were adorned and the manufacture of vaccines fast-tracked as the world prepared for a catastrophe that didn't eventuate. Experts fell off their perch when they realised the pandemic wasn't the life-threatening virus they had been predicting. Despite this, the World Health Organization confirmed that over 18,000 people died from the pandemic.
Across the globe, the number of confirmed human bird flu cases each year has been decreasing since the peak five years ago. According to the World Health Organization, 115 cases and 79 deaths occurred in 2006. This year, 49 cases and 25 deaths have been reported.
Of greater concern to Australia are developments in Indonesia. Indonesia first reported H5N1 outbreaks in poultry in 2004 and the World Health Organization, has since confirmed 178 people with the virus, 146 of which were fatal.
But what relevance does bird flu in Indonesia have for Australia?
Migratory birds could potentially spread bird flu to Australia if they interact with waterfowl that are nomadic within Australia and New Guinea. A Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry study has shown that poultry farms in the Atherton Tableland in Queensland are at risk of an H5N1 outbreak if the virus emerges in New Guinea and nomadic waterfowl subsequently become infected.
Domestic chickens (Source: photobucket)
Migratory birds infected with bird flu show little sign of illness but because they travel great distances, they have been responsible for the emergence of H5N1 in countries where the virus had been eliminated from poultry. The virus infects domesticated bird species including chickens, ducks and turkeys and kills 90-100% within 48 hours.
The appearance of the new H5N1 – 2.3.2.1 strain is further cause for concern. Existing poultry vaccines do not offer full protection from the new strain and hence the virus is likely to spread rapidly once poultry becomes infected.
Most human H5N1 cases have resulted from direct contact with infected poultry or the secretions / excretions of infected birds. The virus cannot be transmitted through properly prepared poultry or eggs.
H5N1 viruses do not easily spread between humans but viruses change constantly so there is a chance that H5N1 could mutate to a strain that can easily spread among people.
Professor Terry Nolan, head of the University of Melbourne's School of Population Health, published an article on The Conversation last week regarding the UN FAO warning. If the H5N1 virus mutates to spread more easily to humans, 'it will make the swine flu outbreak look like a Christmas picnic', he says.
Indeed, the world witnessed a devastating pandemic in 1918-1919 when the Spanish flu claimed the lives of 20 to 40 million people, one third of the world population at the time.
Interestingly, the H5N1 virus has been shown to have structural similarities with the 1918 virus, a bad omen if the virus ever mutates into a pandemic strain.
Only time will tell if the latest developments on the bird flu stage have set wings in motion for a bird flu pandemic. But one thing is certain: the world cannot afford to let its guard down. Bird flu may have fluttered in and out of the news recently but you never know when it may end up in your backyard.
Kate Scarff is a Graduate Diploma in Journalism student at La Trobe University and is part of upstart's editorial team. You can follow her on Twitter: @katescarff
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Democracy and expertise : reorienting policy inquiry
Frank Fischer
This book explores the role of policy expertise in a democratic society. From the perspectives of political science and policy theory, the chapters examine the implications of deliberative democratic governance for professional expertise and extends them to specific policy practices. Following the earlier lead of John Dewey, the discussion focuses in particular on the ways professional practices might be reoriented to assist citizens in understanding and discussing the complex policy issues of an advanced technological society. In doing so, it also explores how public deliberation can be improved through more cooperative forms of policy inquiry. Adopting a deliberative-analytic approach to policy inquiry, grounded in a postempiricist, constructivist understanding of inquiry and knowledge and the participatory practices that support such an approach, the chapters draw on thriving theoretical and practical work dedicated to revitalizing the citizen's role in both civil society and newer practices of democratic governance-in particular deliberative democracy, practical work with deliberative experiments, the theory and practices of democratic governance, and participatory research. Deliberative practices are promoted here as a new component part of policy-related disciplines required for participatory governance. Calling for a specialization of "policy epistemics" to advance such practices, the second half of the book takes up issues related to deliberative empowerment, including the relation of technical and social knowledge, the interpretive dimensions of social meaning and multiple realities, the role of narrative knowledge and storylines, policy inquiry, social learning, tacit knowledge, the design of discursive spaces, and the place of emotional expression in public deliberation.
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This book examines the role of policy expertise in a democratic society. From the perspectives of both political theory and policy studies, the chapters explore the implications of deliberative democratic governance for professional expertise and extends them to specific policy practices. Following the lead of John Dewey, the discussion focuses in particular on the ways professional practices might be reoriented to assist citizens in understanding and discussing the complex policy issues of an advanced technological society. In doing so, it also explores how public deliberation can be improved through more cooperative forms of policy inquiry. Adopting a deliberative-analytic approach , policy inquiry is grounded in a postempiricist, constructivist understanding of inquiry and knowledge and the participatory practices that support it. Toward this end, the chapters draw on thriving theoretical and practical work dedicated to revitalizing the citizen's role in both civil society and newer practices of democratic governance, in particular deliberative democracy in political theory, practical work with deliberative experiments, the theory and practices of democratic governance, and participatory research. Deliberative practices are promoted here as a new component part of policy-related disciplines required for participatory governance. Calling for a specialization of "policy epistemics" to advance such practices, the second half of the book takes up issues related to deliberative empowerment, including the relation of technical and social knowledge, the interpretive dimensions of social meaning and multiple realities, the role of narrative knowledge and storylines policy inquiry, social learning, tacit knowledge, the design of discursive spaces, and the place of emotional expression in public deliberation.
PART I POLICY EXPERTISE AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE PUBLIC REALM
1. Between Technical Knowledge and Public Responsibility: Professional Expertise in Critical Perspective
2. Citizen Deliberation and Participatory Governance: Problems of Knowledge and Policy Complexity
3. Citizens and Experts in Deliberative Democracy: From Theory to Experimentation
PART II SITUATING THE TECHNICAL IN THE SOCIAL: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY DELIBERATION
4. The Deliberative-Analytic Policy Inquiry: Postempiricist Practice
5. Technical Knowledge in Public Deliberation: Toward a Constructivist Theory of Contributory Expertise
6. Public Policy as Social Construct: Multiple Meanings in Sustainable Development
PART III POLICY EPISTEMICS FOR DELIBERATIVE EMPOWERMENT: STORYLINES, LEARNING, AND PASSIONATE REASON
7. Policy Advise as Storyline: Narrative Knowledge and Expert Practices
8. Transformative Learning Through Deliberation: Social Assumptions and the Tacit Dimension
9. Deliberative Empowerment: The Cultural Politics of Discursive Space
10. Passionate Participants: Rethinking Emotion in Public Deliberation
Fischer, Frank
Democracy & expertise
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Q: Explaining formulas for $A$, $B$, $C$ in the equation $Ax+By+C$ of the line through two given points In a computer program, I can make a line equation $Ax + By + C$ from two points like:
$$\begin{align}
A &= y_2-y_1 \\
B &= x_1-x_2 \\
C &= A\cdot x_1+B\cdot y_1
\end{align}$$
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I do not understand how $A$, $B$, $C$ values arise from the points.
Thank you.
A: If the line
goes through the points
$(x_1, y_1)$
and
$(x_2, y_2)$,
then a point
$(x, y)$
is on the line
if and only if
$\frac{x-x_1}{y-y_1}
=\frac{x_2-x_1}{y_2-y_1}
$
or
$x(y_2-y_1)-x_1(y_2-y_1)
=y(x_2-x_1)-y_1(x_2-x_1)
$
or
$x(y_2-y_1)-y(x_2-x_1)
=x_1(y_2-y_1)-y_1(x_2-x_1)
$
which is your equation.
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GERMAN RETAILER NEW YORKER OPENS STORE IN RIVER MALL TRADE CENTER IN DARNYTSKY DISTRICT OF KYIV
New Yorker Ukraine LLC (Kyiv), which is developing the German clothing and footwear network New Yorker in Ukraine, opens a store in the River Mall trade center at 12 Dniprovska Esplanade in Darnytsky district of Kyiv, thereby expanding the Ukrainian network to ten stores.
According to the press service of the mall, the store will be located on the second floor of the facility and will occupy 1,100 square meters.
The outlet will be the fourth one in Kyiv and the tenth one in Ukraine.
The New Yorker network has been developing in Ukraine since 2011.
According to the company's website, as of August 22, 2019, the chain had nine stores in Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv, Kharkiv, Kryvy Rih, and Sumy. The New Yorker international chain has more than 1,000 stores in 40 countries.
Ukraine's banks almost quadruple net profit in Jan-July 2019
KYIV. Aug 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Solvent banks in Ukraine in January-July 2019 received UAH 36.7 billion in net profit, which is 3.7 times more than in the same period in 2018, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has said.
According to its data, the income of banks this year increased by 30%, to UAH 141.4 billion, while expenses by 6%, to UAH 104.7 billion.
Based on the previously released data, in July, the net profit of Ukrainian banks grew by 3.8 times, to UAH 5.69 billion: revenues increased by 23.1%, to UAH 20.34 billion, while expenses decreased by 2.5%, to UAH 14.65 billion.
The main factors in the growth of bank profit are the increase in net interest income by 19%, to UAH 46.3 billion, the growth in net commission income by 16%, to UAH 24.7 billion, a positive result from revaluation and from sale and purchase operations (UAH 10.6 billion), a decrease in deductions for reserves to UAH 6.3 billion against UAH 11.6 billion last year.
The NBU expects the sector returns to remain high in 2019.
As reported, in 2018, the banking system's profit reached a historic high of UAH 21.7 billion.
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June 2005 | Vol. IV - No. 6
Countering the Counterfeiter
By: Chris H. Sieroty
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Article Synopsis
Toy companies lose tens of millions of dollars to counterfeiters annually.
Registering trademarks with the EU helps cut down on bootlegs.
Radio-frequency identification tags track merchandise and reveal fraud.
For years, items such as designer clothing, handbags and jewelry have been prime targets for counterfeiters. And while they've always dabbled in toys and trading cards, these days, they've stepped up production.
The toy industry is bigger than ever before, bringing in between $20 billion and $22 billion in retail sales each year. The loss to toy companies due to counterfeit goods is estimated to be in the tens of millions of dollars annually.
"The economic impact of counterfeit goods is the loss of legitimate sales by toy retailers and the sales taxes that are collected," says Thomas P. Conley, president of the Toy Industry Association, which represents 450 companies. "The issue has a significant impact on the American economy. It´s a huge issue."
Business groups estimate that 5 percent to 7 percent of global trade deals are in counterfeit goods, accounting for $350 billion in illegal sales each year. The loss to American businesses is estimated to be between $200 billion and $250 billion annually.
Mark Traphagan, a member of the intellectual property and international trade practice with Collier Shannon Scott LLC in Washington, D.C., says companies can make themselves a less attractive target by implementing an anti-counterfeiting program. The plan includes prudent trademark management of key brands and registering trademarks worldwide, especially with the European Union.
"As of last year, registering your product with the E.U. gives you protection in all 25 countries," he says. "Registering your trademark then gives you the authority to take action against suspected counterfeits that are being imported." For those companies that produce goods in China, Traphagan recommends they pay the $1,000 fee to have their trademarks registered with local authorities.
He adds that it is crucial for toy companies to work with customs and other law enforcement agencies when they believe a trademarked product may be counterfeited overseas or in the United States.
Other measures used to prevent counterfeiting include radio frequency identification, or RFID tags. In addition to Wal-Mart, retailers such as Albertson´s, Marks & Spencer, Target, Best Buy and others have issued RFID mandates to their suppliers.
The tags are attached to packaging to keep track of inventory as it makes its way through the pipeline from manufacturer to retailer. RFIDs are microchips that listen for a radio frequency and respond by transmitting their unique identification. Most tags don´t have batteries; they use power from the initial radio signal to keep track of inventory.
"They identify the type of product by using a unique serial number," says Jack Grasso, senior director of public relations with EPCglobal US. "The chips are then read as the product makes its way through the supply chain and creates a record of where that product has been and when." Grasso says it´s virtually impossible to inject a counterfeit product into that stream of information.
Currently, the cost to implement RFID programs is high due to low volume, but EPCglobal US expects that within the next five to 10 years the technology will be widely used.
Based in Lawrenceville, N.J., EPCglobal US is a not-for-profit organization that establishes standards regarding the development, implementation and adoption of electronic product code and RFID technology.
Currently, there are more than 500 companies worldwide that have signed up to use RFID tags and are in various stages of implementing this technology, says Grasso. Those companies represent a trillion dollars in retail revenue, he adds.
"The investments they are making now will benefit everybody as the technology becomes more mature," says Grasso.
Until then, buyers and sellers beware.
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Abramovich-backed company gets EU funding to develop cheaper fuel cells
Fuel cell developer AFC Energy has been awarded a £1.5m grant from the European Union to fund the creation of cheaper fuel cells.
The grant will finance its project to develop alkaline fuel cells that can be fed with ammonia for three years, beginning in March 2013.
AFC Energy, which received a £8.6m investment from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich in October, will coordinate the project and receive a £500,000 share of the project funding with the rest of the balance shared between the other project partners.
The key to the wide deployment of AFC Energy's systems will be its ability to be used with many different energy sources.
Ian Williamson, chief executive at AFC Energy, said that the move to integrate ammonia with its fuel cells will allow it to provide "industrial power more rapidly and on a global basis."
"It is not beholden to natural gas systems so we can go off grid with this technology," said Mr Williamson, meaning that factories could start up in even more remote places, without the high infrastructure costs.
The EU grant will help the company get a product to market more quickly than previously planned, with South Korea likely to be its first market because of the feed-in tariffs in place, followed by Germany and America.
I know we have a grant fund for looking at this over a longer period of time but we would like to come to the marketplace with different places more rapidly than that."
Ammonia, which is readily around the world because it comes from the chemical and fertiliser industry, has a high energy density and can be very easily converted to hydrogen, which powers AFC Energy's fuel cells, by heating it in the presence of a catalyst – a process known as "cracking".
AFC Energy's alkaline fuel cell system enables the efficient use of the hydrogen liberated by cracking, giving it the potential to be more economic than other fuel cell types.
AFC Energy's alkaline fuel cells can tolerate traces of ammonia in the fuel stream, which means that there no expensive cleanup process is required.
Ammonia fed alkaline fuel cell systems are more efficient than known current diesel alternatives and the only emissions from this process are water and nitrogen. Ammonia fuelled systems are suited for both industrial and small scale back-up and off-grid power solutions.
The Surrey-based company has acquired Diverse Energy after it fell into administration. Diverse Energy, which has a number of contracts to produce fuel cells fed with ammonia into the mobile phone mast power market in Africa.
AFC Energy hopes to use its patented technology alongside its own equipment in a move that will thousands of pounds on each system.
"They're using the wrong fuel cell," said Williamson. "Their fuel cells require high quality hydrogen as it cannot tolerate any ammonia in the hydrogen. This meant they were buying a membrane cleanup system, the most expensive piece of equipment that there is within the whole system – costing thousands of pounds."
Williamson plans to substitute that with existing AFC technology so the membrane cleanup system is not needed. The product can then be sold in higher volumes.
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MIFF 2018: Ima Sabitri, The Cinema Travellers, Tokri win top honours
While Ima Sabitri won Silver Conch for Best Documentary (under 60 minutes), Tokri bagged Best Animation Film award in the National Competition section.
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Stills from The Cinema Travellers, Ima Sabitri and Tokri.
Suparna Thombare
Austrian filmmaker Stefan Bohun's documentary Brother Jakob, Are You Sleeping? won the prestigious Golden Conch award for Best Documentary in the International Competition category at the 15th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) for Documentary, Animation and Short Films, which concluded today (3 February) in Mumbai.
Cash rewards worth Rs58 lakhs were given away at MIFF this year.
While Maharashtra governor Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao was the chief guest, filmmaker Shyam Benegal was presented the V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement award at the closing ceremony.
Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Documentary in the International Competition section was given to The Cinema Travellers, directed and produced by Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya. The Marathi-Hindi film also won Best Cinematography Award in National/ International Competition section.
Silver Conch for the Best Short Fiction Film in the International Competition category was awarded to two films: Aaba (The Grandfather), directed by Amar Kaushik, and Nakyung Kim's Korean film Nae Chalye (My Turn).
The Pramod Pati Special Jury Award in the International Competition section was given to Bengali film I Am Bonnie (2017), directed by Satarupa Santra, Farha Khatun and Saurabh Kanti Dutta, and produced by Films Division.
In the National Competition category, the Silver Conch for Best Short Fiction (under 45 minutes) was awarded to Bengali film Sakhisona, directed by Prantik Basu and produced by the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
In the animation film category, the Silver Conch for Best Animation Film in the National Competition section went to Tokri (The Basket), directed by Suresh Eriyat.
The Silver Conch for Best Documentary (under 60 minutes) in the National Competition category was awarded to Manipuri film Ima Sabitri, directed by Bobo Khuraijam, whereas the Silver Conch for Best Documentary (above 60 minutes) in the same section was handed to Santhal Family To Mill Recall, directed and produced by RV Ramani.
The jury recommended granting a certificate of merit to two other films — Naachi Se Baanchi, directed by Biju Toppo and Meghanath, and I Am Jeeja, directed by Swati Chakraborty.
In the technical awards category, Best Sound Design award went to Pinja Mustajoki for the Finnish film My Secret Forest and the award for Best Editing was given to Kislay for the bilingual InstaStories.
Shreyas Dasharathe's Gujarati film Bismaar Ghar (Withering House) bagged the award for Best Student Film in the National Competition. This award has been instituted by the Indian Documentary Producers' Association in the honour of veteran documentary maker Vijaya Mulay.
Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari Award for Best Debut Film went to Hindi film Jaan Jigar (Beloved), directed by Ranjan Chandel.
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Dame Kelly Holmes Trust has today published new research highlighting the severity of loneliness amongst young people in the UK.
The national charity, which uses world class athletes to transform the lives of young people facing disadvantage through mentoring, conducted the study in partnership with YouthSight across a sample of 1,013 young people aged between 16 and 24.
Only 31% of young people who stated they had recently felt lonely or isolated reported being motivated or resilient. This is compared to 70% of young people who said they never felt lonely.
Loneliness amongst young people has been shown to increase the likelihood of poor physical and mental health, the risk of becoming involved in criminal activity and reduce future employment opportunities.
Speaking about today's findings Emma Atkins, CEO at Dame Kelly Holmes Trust, said: "It's always sad around this time of year to hear about the growing problem of loneliness amongst the elderly, however today's announcement shows it's also a major issue for young people within modern society.
"We work with thousands of young people facing disadvantage every year and a large amount of them suffer from isolation and loneliness for a diverse range of reasons. It's a spiral that's very difficult to escape from, especially as society becomes increasingly disconnected and we witness a decline in large aspects of community.
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Description 38m 52s; black and white, sound
Narrator Norman R. Bander, '54
Producer Robert L. Allen for Dartmouth College Films
Photographer and Editor Blair Watson
Technical Assistance Adrian Bouchard
This is the story of President Eisenhower's trip to the Dartmouth campus on Saturday June 13, 1953, to receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws and give the Commencement Address. The film includes preparations for the Presidential visit (stage-setting) and all of the major events (welcoming party, Commencement) from the time the President landed at Lebanon airport to his departure eighteen hours later.
President Dickey took charge of planning the visit and the College Librarian welcomed the party when they arrived at the College. After the Commencement Eisenhower spoke informally to the graduating class. There is an automobile tour of the campus with College President Dickey and portions of Eisenhower's speech "Don't join the book burners." Views of Dartmouth Green, Baker Library lawn, and Lebanon airport are included. See Library Catalog entry.
NARRATOR: On Saturday, June 13, 1953, the President of the United States arrived in Hanover, New Hampshire to receive the honorary degree Doctor of Laws from Dartmouth College. Following the commencement exercises on Sunday, June 14, he spoke informally to the graduating class. He was at Dartmouth eighteen hours. This is the story of his visit.
The central committee started its long series of meetings in April, as soon as word was received from the White House that President Eisenhower had accepted Dartmouth's invitation. President Dickey, assisted by Vice President and Treasurer John Mack (?), took charge of all planning. Sidney Hayward, chairman of the Commencement Committee, presided at many of the meetings. Mr. Chamberlain was liaison with the Secret Service, Mr. Premberton (?) and Mr. Jordan handled press matters, and Mr. Allen was in charge of seating on commencement morning. The responsibility for much detail was assumed by Richard Olmstead, who, as head of the Department of Plans and Operations, compiled thirty pages of charts, maps, and directives for his large crew.
From the start, it was clear that preparation for our visitor would mean more than just tidying up the guest room. For the second time in its 185-year-history, a president of the United States would receive an honorary degree from Dartmouth, and the college wanted to be ready.
We could expect about three times as many guests as we have citizens in our town. We could be sure that everything would be stretched to the limit: living accommodations, parking space, eating facilities, and our supply of folding chairs. The University of New Hampshire helped by loaning some, and others came in vans from New York. And there was the question of where we could set out 10,000 chairs. Finally, the lawn in front of Baker Library was selected.
The public address system was tried out at the commencement rehearsal. The rehearsal was time-consuming, but the whole program had to be taken up in detail, and all of the new procedures ironed out thoroughly. Sometimes it was best to settle a point with an impromptu committee meeting. John H. Sigler, valedictorian of 1953, was one of the students who took his place behind the rostrum. The rostrum had been made to exact specifications from Washington. True, it was larger than usual, but it wasn't until Mr. Chamberlain checked the line of sight that it was realized that the rostrum would cut the view of the platform for several hundred people in the audience. It was another problem on a hot afternoon. The old pine rostrum that had been used for many other Commencements was called back into service, and proved to be a fine background for the presidential seal that was soon to be hung on it.
On the evening of the president's arrival, the group that was to travel in the motorcade to the airport assembled well beforehand. Two buses were reserved for the press, and the reporters from The Dartmouth were out in full force. The Secret Service directed the operation, and was in touch with the progress of President Eisenhower's plane by radio. The radio crackled back and forth as everyone waited for the signal to [INAUDIBLE]. The special built car that had been driven up from Washington to take President Eisenhower from the airport drew its share of sightseers. The radio crackled once more, and the signal was given.
The road to the airport was completely cleared for the trip. The stairway that had been flown into the Lebanon field for the president's use was almost as tall as the airport building. While the group waited, the weather office confirmed the obvious: the outlook was gray, perhaps black. The forecast was rain with no letup in sight. Attention focused on President Dickey as President Eisenhower's host, not only for Dartmouth College, but on behalf of the whole North Country. The special National Guard detail posted around the field had raincoats, but President Eisenhower's driver, with one last look at the sky, proclaimed himself an optimist.
Whatever other features the car might have had, it certainly lacked a push-button top. The airport is partially rimmed by hills, and the first plane appeared quite suddenly. It carried the press that travels with the president. The plane carrying the president and his party was flying near the field in a wide circle, waiting for the press plane to land so its passengers could be on the job when the Columbine set down.
Although President Eisenhower was flying in from North Dakota, the field was not strange to his pilot. He had made a special flight to Lebanon a month beforehand to practice landings. President Dickey greeted President Eisenhower and Sherman Adams, Class of 1920, the assistant to the president, who would also receive an honorary degree.
People lined the road all the way from the airport. In Hanover, the motorcade slowed almost to a walk as they were forced to clear a way through the crowd for the president's car. A number of people peeped over President Dickey's wall, hoping to catch a glimpse of his house guest. But they'd have to wait until the next day.
On Sunday morning, the Dickey household was up early, and Christina and Rusty compared notes on how it seemed to have two presidents in the house. Mr. Adams wanted to be sure that President Eisenhower had a good look at Dartmouth, and so a private tour was made early in the morning to avoid crowds. Our photographer was permitted to ride in the Secret Service car that followed President Eisenhower. Mr. Adams' son, Sam, joined them for the tour. At Baker Library, they were met by the college librarian Richard Morgan and taken on a tour. In front of the library, a crew was wiping the dew off the chairs. By then it was certain that there would be no rain. All of the weather forecasters had been wrong. The party left the library by a rear door. The Secret Service men kept the situation well in hand at all times.
The president headed up the Lyme Road to the golf course. They were greeted by Tom Keene, Dartmouth's golf coach, at the famous fourteenth ski jump hole. If the president had his clubs with him, he might have taken a few practice shots. But that was taken care of. Would he? Or wouldn't he? He wouldn't. But at least President Dickey pointed out the angles.
There was a fine view of the fairways near the outing club house. As they drove by Occom Pond, Mr. Adams suggested that they drop in unexpectedly on Dr. John F. Gile, longtime trustee of Dartmouth. It wasn't much past breakfast time. (14:10) But the audience had already started gathering for the Commencement. It was bright and clear. Former Dean Neidlinger and President Emeritus Hopkins, walking to get their robes, agreed that the weather was perfect. A Green Key man escorted the Commencement speaker Lester B. Pearson, Canada's Minister for External Affairs.
Because of the number of visiting newsmen, including radio and television, they were housed in South Massachusetts Hall, and a newsroom was set up in Dartmouth's little theater, complete even to a battery of teletypes. The usual formal pictures of the trustees and honorary degree recipients would be taken. Others who would receive honorary degrees were Grenville Clark, John J. McCloy, Joseph M. Crosscower, and Hugh Greg, the governor of New Hampshire.
Only after they had been shot from every angle could the procession start. The procession went south along Main Street, then east to the middle of the campus, and then down through the long center aisle to the platform in front of Baker Library. The faculty marched after the students, followed by the honorary degree recipients. Although a complete alternate plan was in hand for use if heavy rain had forced the exercises indoors, including such details as just who was responsible for putting cups of water on the speaker's platform, it was fortunate that the plan didn't have to be used, because only about one-fifth the number of spectators could have been accommodated. About the only hazard from the weather was the chance of sunburn, and this had been taken into account for those on the platform. The platform awning had been made based on calculations from the Astronomy Department that placed the sun to be at an angle of 59 degrees, 40 minutes.
Mr. Pearson's address was well received. The honorary degree recipients were then called forth in turn by the Dean of the Faculty Donald H. Morrison. The last called was Dwight David Eisenhower.
MORRISON: Mr. President, in 1952, you were a relatively innocent bystander at a new discovery of awesome portent for American political geography. Establishing that the high road from Texas via Kansas to Washington runs plum through New Hampshire. The eminence of the presidency precludes the bestowal of greater honor. And all too often sends off even those words of encouragement and gentle praise on which each man's life is somewhat borne forward. May we not, however, mark this historic Dartmouth day with these few words for your remembering. No great captain ever gave to free men everywhere such confidence in the reality of their collective strength for the common defense of God's peace. To you who have given us this and more, our appreciation paradoxically is best expressed by the quality of what we ask for tomorrow. That, sir, in daily deed, is the measure of the liberating arts we here profess. In this mission, and with your honored acceptance of her Doctorate of Laws, Dartmouth is privileged to [INAUDIBLE] you her [INAUDIBLE].
Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, there is a small item by way of a dividend which goes with that degree. STUDENT: On behalf of the class of 1953, this senior cane, the traditional symbol of Dartmouth friendship. EISENHOWER: Thank you very much.
Members of Dartmouth's family and their friends. Your president possesses a brash bravery approaching foolhardiness when he gives to me, at this platform, in front of such an audience with no other admonition except to say, "Speak informally," and giving me no limits of any other kind. But I have certain limitations of my own I've learned throughout these many years. And I think they will serve to keep me from offending too deep. But, even if I do offend, I beg in advance the pardon of those families and friends, sweethearts that are waiting to greet these new graduates with a chaste handshake of congratulations, and assure you that any overstaying of my time was unintentional and just merely a product of my past upbringing.
First, I could not pass this occasion without the traditional congratulations to this class. The completion of four years of arduous work at a college of such standing as Dartmouth, and of which there is no higher. Next, I think I may be pardoned if I congratulate you on the quality of the addresses you have heard today up to this moment. I think that your commencement address and the two valedictory addresses established a standard that could well be one to be emulated even here and the future.
Now with your permission I want to talk about two points, two qualities today, that are purely personal. I'm not going to be an exhorter, as Secretary Pearson has said. I want to talk about these two things and merely suggest to you certain ideas. I'm going to talk about fun, joy, happiness—just fun in life. And I'm going to talk a little about courage. Now as to fun. To get myself straight at once, for fear that in my garrulous way I might stray from my point, I shall say this. Unless each day can be looked back upon by an individual as one in which he has had some fun, some joy, some real satisfaction, that day is a loss. It is unchristian and wicked in my opinion to allow such a thing to occur. Now, there are many, many different things, thoughts, and ideas that will contribute, and the acts of your own will contribute to the fun you have out of life.
You go along a bank, a stream bank in the tropics, and there is a crocodile lying in the sun. He looks a picture of contentment. They tell me that often they live to be a great age, a hundred years or more. They're still lying in the sun, that's all they do. Now by going to Dartmouth, by coming this far along the road, you have achieved certain standards and one of those standards is, it is no longer so easy for you to have fun. You can't be like a crocodile and sleep away your life. And besides that, you must do something, and normally it must involve others, something you do for them. The satisfaction, it's trite but it's true, the satisfaction of a clear conscience. No matter what happens, you get a lot of fun out of shooting a good game of golf. But you wouldn't have the slightest fun out of it if you knew to achieve that first 79, if you broke 80 today. If you did it by teeing up in the rough or taking the slightest advantage anywhere and no one else in the world but you knew it, that game would never be a 79 to you. And so it wasn't worthwhile because you had no fun doing it.
Whatever you do, a little help to someone along the road, something you've achieved because you worked hard for it, like your graduation diploma today. Those things have become worthwhile, in your own estimation will contribute to your happiness. They will measure up to your standards because your standards have become those that only you know, but they have become very high and if you do those things, they are the kind of thing that satisfy you, and make life something that is joyous that'll cause your face to spread out a little instead of drawing up this way, and there's too much of that in the world anyway. You are leaders, you're bound to be leaders, you've had advantages that make you a leader to someone whether you know it or not. There will be tough problems to solve, you've heard about them. You can't solve them with long faces, they don't solve problems. Not when they deal with humans. Humans have to have confidence, you've got to help give it to them.
This brings me up to my second little topic, which is courage. You must have courage to look at all about you with honest eyes. Above all, yourself. When we go back to our standards, have you actually measured up? If you have, it's that courage to look at yourself and say, "Well, I failed miserably there, I hurt someone's feelings needlessly, I lost my temper." Which you must never do except deliberately. Each of us as he passes along should strive to add something. It isn't enough merely to say, "I love America," and to salute the flag and take off your hat as it goes by, and to help sing the Star-Spangled Banner. Wonderful. We love to do them. And our hearts swell with pride because those who went before you worked to give to us today standing here this pride.
Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book as long as any document does not offend any of our own ideas of decency. That should be the only censorship. How will we defeat Communism unless we know what it is? What it teaches, and why does it have such an appeal for men? Why are so many people swearing allegiance to it? It's almost a religion, albeit one of the nether region. And we've got to fight it was something better, not trying to conceal the thinking of our own people. They are part of America and even if they think ideas that are contrary to ours, their right to say them, their right to record them, and their right to have them in places where they are accessible to others is unquestioned or it's not America.
I could not go back to my chair without saying that my sense of distinction in Dartmouth's honorary doctorate, in the overgenerous, extravagantly overgenerous remarks of your president, in awarding me that doctorate. In the presence of this cane from the young men of the graduating class, all of these things are very precious to me. I have been fortunate in that my life has been spent with America's young men. Probably one of the finest things that has happened to me in a very long life. I thank you again for this.
NARRATOR: President Eisenhower had to be on Long Island that afternoon. It was a tight schedule. His crew waited for him while he finished a hurried lunch at President Dickey's house and then left for the airport at 2:05 PM. He was to be aboard at 2:25. The Air Force made sure the Columbine's propellers were lined up. Walter Proger (?), Dartmouth's ski coach, helped out with the crew's luggage. The president arrived right on schedule. He thanked some of the policemen who had worked with the Secret Service on security matters. And then there was a warm farewell with President Dickey. It was difficult to realize that he had been with us only 18 hours. But the words he spoke will remain with Dartmouth College and other free institutions everywhere that are dedicated, in the words of President Dickey, to the maintenance of a free and honest marketplace for the exposition, exchange, and evaluation of ideas.
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'Soldier of Fortune: Payback' is the third game in the Soldier of Fortune series. It was developed by Cauldron and released by Activision Value. The game was generally received poorly by critics and fans alike, who claimed its only redeeming quality is the series' signature bloody dismemberment. Shooting an enemy's limb could result in it being blown off, exposing the bone, and blood spewing from the wound onto the surroundings. The game also features 12 player multiplayer, but is scarcely populated in this post 'Call of Duty 4' world. Luckily, the gore is maintained in multiplayer.
The 'Soldier of Fortune' series has always been in hot water for its excessive violence, and the trend continues with 'Payback'. The game was effectively banned in Australia on October 16, 2007, being denied a rating as well as sale in the country. The game was, however, eventually planned for release in New Zealand with a rating of R18. 'Soldier of Fortune: Payback' came out on schedule in North America.
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A small number of these connectors, known a turnbuckles, are failing along the Labrador-Island Link transmission line. The connectors secure the twin power lines to what are called dead-end towers, which are larger structures with four foundations. Pictured are an intact connector, top, and one that snapped in recent weeks. (Terry Roberts/CBC - image credit)
Three sections of conductor wire along the trouble-ridden Labrador-Island Link have dropped to the ground since early December, and as crews continue their repair efforts, N.L. Hydro officials say they're still trying to find out what's causing the failures.
But the focus is squarely on a rigging device called a turnbuckle, a piece of adjustable hardware that secures the power line to the larger, four-foundation towers along the transmission line. These so-called "dead-end" towers account for about one of every 20 towers.
During a stretch of freezing rainfalls in December and early January, some of these turnbuckles broke, and now Hydro personnel are scrambling to find out why, and what it might mean for the future of the link.
"We need to determine: are these failures weather-related? Are they component-related? What is the best plan of approach to be able to remedy the situation?" said Walter Parsons, Hydro's vice-president in charge of the Labrador-Island Link.
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Details about the latest software and structural setbacks to hit the nearly $4-billion, 1,100-kilometre high-voltage transmission line from the Muskrat Falls generating station in Labrador to the Soldiers Pond terminal outside St. John's are contained in Hydro's monthly update to the public utilities board.
They reveal how challenging repairs can be when failures occur in remote areas, and why N.L Hydro believes it will require a robust backup system when the link, known as the LIL, is eventually commissioned and integrated into the province's power grid.
In early December, a turnbuckle failed on a tower on the Northern Peninsula, near Hampden, and one of the link's two power lines dropped to the ground.
A contractor was hired to clear snow from a 72-kilometre access road, and the repair was completed on Dec. 12, nearly two weeks after the problem was discovered.
In late December and early January, a similar failure was discovered in the same area of the Northern Peninsula, and a third was found in southern Labrador. In all three cases, the power lines were coated with ice.
The turnbuckles are made of forged steel and are designed to withstand heavy loads, including ice buildup. So the broken turnbuckles are being tested in a laboratory, and Hydro has commenced an investigation that will also include outside consultants.
Parsons said it's not uncommon for failures to occur in the early years of operation of a new asset like the LIL, but he's not ruling out the possibility of having to upgrade the link's infrastructure in areas prone to freezing rain events.
"There may be some additional investments in the Labrador-Island Link," he said. "We don't estimate these are going to be massive investments. We're not talking about redesigning the Labrador-Island Link here."
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The LIL comprises two power lines — known as Pole 1 and Pole 2 — and is capable of transmitting up to 900 megawatts. If one of the lines fail, the other line is designed to operate in overload mode, and safety stabilize the system.
The link is undergoing regular testing prior to final commissioning and has been routinely transmitting roughly 300 megawatts for use on the island power grid and for export to Nova Scotia via the Maritime Link.
The line failures have not resulted in widespread outages because the oil-fuelled thermal generating station in Holyrood, which has a capacity of roughly 500 megawatts and has been a key source of generation in the province for a half-century, is fully operational.
Meanwhile, LIL repairs are ongoing, and Hydro says the link is being taken out of service during the day to create a safer work environment for line crews.
The line failures are in addition to a setback that occurred in late November as a high-power test — the final milestone before commissioning — was carried out on the LIL.
On Nov. 24, Hydro and its contractor, GE Canada, attempted a 700-megawatt overload test. The test was initially successful, with Pole 2 successfully compensating when Pole 1 was intentionally tripped. But after just 44 seconds, Pole 2 unexpectedly tripped, and 58,000 customers in Newfoundland temporarily lost power.
Parsons said GE is working on a new version of the operating software, and another high-power test is expected to take place in February or March.
Despite all the setbacks, Parsons said, "This is the most confident that we've been."
It's the latest chapter in a troubled history for the Lower Churchill project, which was sanctioned by the provincial government a decade ago and has been plagued by cost overruns and schedule delays.
The 824-megawatt generating station at Muskrat Falls was commissioned in 2021, but ongoing problems with the control and protection software and the reliability and design of three large synchronous condensers at Soldiers Pond have delayed commissioning of the link.
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I have long been intrigued by the series Undercover Boss (currently shown in CBS) but never got the chance to watch it— until last Sunday. I am so happy I did. I learned a lot of business insights from the one and only episode that I have watched so far. I just saw a replay of an episode that was first aired in February 2010. It's the one where Joe DePinto, CEO of 7-Eleven, goes undercover in his own company by working in different operations jobs. Among DePinto's responsibilities were: working the night shift, making donuts, and driving a delivery truck.
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"I'll be focusing on spending time in the field, where the rubber meets the road. I'm going to see what we're not doing well, and that's only going to make us better in the long run."
In the end, Joe DePinto witnessed a lot of great and inspiring things from ordinary employees of varying backgrounds and at the same time he saw some areas of opportunity. I think his undercover stint was a worthwhile learning experience for him and will only improved the way he manages 7-Eleven. Here are seven management lessons that I learned from this Undercover Boss episode:
1. Know your customers
DePinto's first stint as undercover boss was in Shirley, NY where he worked the early morning shift at the store that sells the most coffee among all the 7-Eleven stores. He wanted to understand the secret as to why this branch was selling more coffee than other stores. Here DePinto met Dolores — 7-Eleven employee for 18 years. He saw her passion and dedication despite her sickness; she has only one kidney and has to undergo dialysis every single day. What's amazing was how Dolores knew all the customers by name and greeted them affectionately. She showed an up-beat and positive attitude all the time. DePinto quickly realized that the reason why that store was selling 2,500 cups of coffee per day was because of Dolores and her relationship with her customers — definitely not just because of their coffee.
2. Replicate what works
By going undercover, DePinto discovered what he set out to discover. He learned and observed first hand how Dolores' personal relationship with her customers brought them back to her store again and again. DePinto wanted to replicate the success of Dolores' store in order to improve 7-Eleven's business in coffee sales. Duplicating what Dolores does is not an easy task, but if 7-Eleven can develop a customer service culture patterned after how Dolores treats her customers, it could work!
3. Know your employees
DePinto's next stint was working at 7-Eleven's largest bakery in Baltimore, Maryland. Here he was trained by Phil, the shift supervisor and aspiring artist. DePinto was visibly impressed byPhil's talent as he was shown a sketch pad-full of great drawings inspired by, what else, donuts. This casual encounter in the break room led DePinto to spot a talent that could be harnessed by the company's marketing department. Just like DePinto, I think managers should seek to know more about their employees and discover their other talents and capabilities. They must be open to harness these talents if it creates mutual value for the employee and the company. Providing employees the training and opportunities to showcase their other talents is a win-win situation for the company and its people.
4. Employees can inspire management
The last day of Undercover Boss finds DePinto working with Igor on a delivery truck. Igor, an immigrant from Kazakhstan, inspired DePinto with his humble story. DePinto affirmed Igor for his hard work, can-do attitude, and passion for the job during their meeting at the company's headquarters when he finally revealed himself as the CEO. Igor replied, "I can't say anything, I'm just doing my job." Igor talked passionately about his "American Dream" and how grateful he is to be living it. He told DePinto how he and his wife work only see each other during the weekends because of Igor's night shifts. Igor's inspiration and dedication was rewarded— he is now managing one franchise for 7 Eleven.
5. Communication is key
Remote operations and thousands of franchisees makes the communication of programs and messages challenging for companies like 7-Eleven. During the show, DePinto was surprised to find out that one store routinely trashed day-old bakery items which were supposed to go to charity. He was visibly disappointed that these items — that should have been sent to charities as per company policy — were being thrown into the trash. It showed his real concern for the homeless and hungry. However, he understood that it was a case of miscommunication and it something that can surely be improved through better coordination and communication from the head office.
6. Support your frontline
In addition, the episode showed one store that needed to replace many of its lights in the store area and in the storage area. It was one of the chain's highest grossing stores and its lights had been out for some time. It not only negatively affected 7-Eleven's image to its customers (the store did not seem well-maintained due) but was also a potential safety hazard for the employees. DePinto, as "Danny" the entry level employee, was actually tasked to call maintenance and request for the lights to be changed. As "Danny", he was told that it was a low priority request and the store's lights can only be fixed in 30 days during the monthly maintenance visit. DePinto had to call his chief operations officer to prioritize the maintenance job. How we support our frontline is important to our business. They are the people that serve our customers directly. Managers need to know the reality of what's happening in the field in order to make more sensible decisions according to the situation in the frontline.
7. Great people make great companies
While working on the donut production line, DePinto couldn't keep up with the speed of the conveyor belt. This was until his trainer, Phil, showed him the trick to doing it more efficiently. That's the case with every task in business, no matter how big or small and strategic or operational. In another segment, DePinto asked Waqas — a young Pakistani who served as boss for the night — about career plans and discovered that Waqas doesn't consider his job at 7-Eleven to be a "career." Waqas works the night shift in order to finish his college education during the day. Despite earning a college degree, Waqas views his position in 7-Eleven as a dead-end job because there are no opportunities for him to move up in the company. DePinto was saddened to hear this. The CEO felt that an employee who has already worked four years for the company and is working for higher education should feel that they have other possibilities and opportunities within the company. DePinto went to say, "Great people make great companies; we can't let them think their jobs are dead-end, we can't win without our great soldiers."
Image courtesy of 7-Eleven.
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8 thoughts on "Seven Business Lessons from 7-Eleven"
Ira Fialkow says:
Thanks for sharing your insights Glenn. These are great lessons. I will make sure I DVR the show…it sounds like a good one!
Thanks Ira, the new season starts this Sunday 9pm CT.
RamblingIvy says:
I really liked this episode. Not only is DePinto seemingly genuinely concerned about his employees but he is also eager to make the changes necessary. It makes me want to work for him!
Steve Small says:
Glenn – I have seen this series before, but not that particular episode. I really enjoyed reading your article, and I feel that this gives CEO's a better appreciation of their company and provides valuable insight into how to make their company better.
May Ann says:
Now, I have to check if I have CBS channel, hope I can watch it. I like the scenarios given, it shows the impact in the business that sometimes not all levels of organization can see. Great article Glenn!
Thanks May, actually Ivy and I just watched two more episodes tonight. They are equally great. It's so humbling for those CEOs to work undercover and you can see for most of them they are having such an enriching experience.
This is a nice one. I'll be watching this series, quite interesting. And Depinto hits it right on, great companies must nurture talent provide means for their employee to grow within the company in the hopes that they will become great people.
I thought that show was a joke! I work at a 7 Eleven on the graveyard shift and I think Joe should've tried that stint—alone. Working in the shadows of the night not knowing if you're going to get robbed or not. Afraid to get on the ladder to get coffee cups down for fear of falling and no one to come to your aid except maybe the next customer. For safety reasons no one should have to work in a convienience store alone. But we all know it's about the money. Or is it about the money? The food I throw away every night is ridiculous! All of it is edible and worthy to be passed on to the salvation army, maybe the homeless, etc….but NO!!!! If I were to even eat one of those donuts that I have to throw away, I could be fired for it. Joe seemed so disturbed about the waste of the donuts on the show, but here in VA, nothing has been done about it. It seems as if it were all for SHOW. And that Russian dude he gave a store to, he hardly seemed grateful. He also had an attitude that he was going to do what was expected of him and no more while being a CDC driver. WHATEVER! 7 Eleven really caters to the foreigners in franchising their stores. What's up with that? Indians (not american indians) are going wild in NO VA hogging up 7 Eleven stores. | {
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To and From the Past
Lee Niemi
Corrine Woodman Gallery
Reception: January 19, 2023
To and From the Past is a continuation of work by local artist Lee Niemi about childhood, gender, and communication. Despite Niemi's faulty memory, through his work he is able to connect with his youth.
In an attempt to embrace the past, Niemi was compelled to take an almost childlike approach to this exhibition. "My relationship with my art has shifted to be very similar to that I had as a young kid, and I'm learning to forget a lot of how I've been conditioned to act since then."
By creating abstract self-portraits, Niemi clearly communicates and connects with others. With this work, Niemi explores themes of maturing, and defines his own identity after being scared for so long. "I'm mostly optimistic about the future now; I think my younger self would be as well given a glimpse of this future," says Niemi. | {
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Mothers of Invention
There have always been women inventors…even if they've been overlooked by the history books. Here are a few you may not have heard of.
Invention: Windshield wipers
Background: In 1903 Anderson, an Alabaman, took a trip to New York City. One snowy afternoon she decided to tour the city by streetcar, but instead of sightseeing found herself staring at the streetcar conductor, who had to keep stopping to wipe the snow off his windshield.
On the spot, Anderson made a drawing in her sketchbook of a device consisting of a lever that "activated a swinging arm that mechanically swept off the ice and snow" from the windshield.
She got her patent the following year; ten years later windshield wipers were standard equipment on automobiles.
Donna Shirley
Invention: Sojourner Mars Rover
Background: In 1991 Shirley, an aerospace engineer, was appointed manager of NASA's Mars Explorer Program. Her team was charged with developing the rover vehicle that would go to Mars aboard the unmanned Pathfinder spacecraft. The rover was to be about the size of a pickup truck, with rockets to blast it off the surface of Mars and back to the Pathfinder for its return to Earth.
They'd already built a one-eighth-scale prototype; now they were using it to design the full-scale rover. There was just one problem: sending a truck-sized rover to Mars and then returning it to Earth was too expensive. The craft only had a budget of $25 million. That may seem like a lot but, says Shirley, "for a planetary spacecraft it's incredibly cheap; $25 million would pay for a few commercials for the Super Bowl." That's when Shirley got the idea that saved the mission.
"While her male colleagues were ready to scrap the whole project, Shirley suggested that perhaps size was not that important," Ethlie Vare writes in Patently Female. "Could not the prototype of the rover become the vehicle itself?" It could and it did: On July 4, 1997, the Sojourner Rover landed on Mars and began exploring the surface. It's going to be there a while, too—the rockets that were supposed to send it home got cut from the budget.
Laura Scudder
Invention: Potato chip bag
Background: Before a Southern California businesswoman named Laura Scudder came along in the mid-1920s, potato chips were sold in bulk in large barrels. When you bought chips at the store, the grocer scooped them out of the barrel and into an ordinary paper bag. If you got your chips from the bottom of the barrel, they were usually broken and stale.
It was Laura Scudder who hit on the idea of taking wax paper and ironing it on three sides to make a bag, then filling it with potato chips and ironing the fourth side to make an airtight pouch that would keep the chips fresh until they were eaten. Scudder's self-serve, stay-fresh bags were instrumental in turning potato chips from an occasional treat into a snack food staple.
Martha Coston
Invention: Signal flare
Background: Martha Hunt was only 14 when she eloped with a Philadelphia engineer named Benjamin Coston…and only 21 when he died bankrupt in 1848, leaving her destitute with four small children. Not long after his death she found something interesting among his possessions: a prototype for a signal flare. She hoped that if it worked, she could patent it and use it to restore her family's fortunes. But it didn't—so Martha started over from scratch, and spent nearly 10 years perfecting a system of red, white, and green "Pyrotechnic Night Signals" that would enable naval ships to communicate by color codes over great distances at night. (Remember, this was before the invention of two-way radio.) The U.S. Navy bought hundreds of sets of flares and used them extensively during the Civil War. They are credited with helping main- tain the Union blockade of Confederate ports, and also with saving the lives of countless shipwreck victims after the war.
Rommy Revson
Invention: Scünci
Background: In 1987 Revson was divorced from Revlon cosmetics heir John Revson, and the divorce settlement was so bad that she had to find a job to support herself. Appearances count, so she had her hair bleached before she started applying for jobs. Big mistake— the chemicals damaged her hair to the point that "it was coming off in handfuls," Revson remembers. She decided the only thing to do was pull her hair back into a ponytail, but it was so brittle that she couldn't use rubber bands. She came up with something better: an elastic band covered with soft fabric. So did Revson ever get around to applying for a job? Who knows—she decided to patent her ponytail holder instead, naming it the Scünci after her Lhasa Apso puppy. Today they're better known as "scrunchies," and at last count Revson has sold more than two billion of them.
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The creation of a professional organization for integrative medicine marked a turning point in CAM.
BY Kathy LaTour
In 2003 a number of health professionals formed the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO), a nonprofit, multi-disciplinary organization for the study and application of complementary therapies and botanicals. SIO provides a forum for presentation, discussion and peer review of evidence-based research and treatment modalities, making a clear distinction between "alternative" (unproven) and "complementary" (tested) therapies in cancer care.
The organization educates oncology professionals, patients, caregivers and relevant others about state-of-the-art integrative therapies, including their scientific validity, clinical benefits, toxicities and limitations.
Founding president of the organization, Barrie Cassileth, PhD, chief of Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, says that the creation of the organization was prompted by the constantly growing number of cancer patients who are turning to both alternative and complementary therapies.
"It is essential that oncologists have ready access to information about research, existing treatment programs and both the benefits and dangers of the wide range of complementary therapies available today," says Cassileth.
SIO held its first International Conference in November 2004, which included sessions on acupuncture for symptoms, botanicals, music therapy and medical massage in addition to sessions on understanding complementary therapies and developing integrative practices.
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The Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) is reaching out to inform wartime veterans and surviving spouses of deceased wartime veterans about an under-used, special monthly pension benefits called Aid and Attendance.
Many elderly veterans and surviving spouses whose incomes are above the congressionally mandated legal limit for a VA pension may still be eligible for the special monthly Aid and Attendance benefit if they reside in an assisted living community. To qualify, claimants must be incapable of self support and in need of regular personal assistance. The basic criteria for Aid and Attendance benefit include the inability to feed oneself, to dress and undress without assistance, or to take care of one's own bodily needs.
For a wartime veteran or surviving spouse to qualify for this special monthly pension, the veteran must have served at least ninety (90) days of active military service, one day of which was during a period of war, and be discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
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Q: Create the minimum number of sets to cover all data I have a problem to create a minimum number of sets to cover the whole data set.
The problem has a data domain and a few exclusivity constraints. The exclusivity constraint states which data should not be in the same set.
The goal is to find minimum number of sets. The number of the sets doesn't have to be as balanced as possible (but would be nice to have).
Example 1:
Domain = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
Exclusivity = 1!=2, 3!=4, 4!=5, 5!=6,
Answer is two sets: {1, 3, 5}, {2, 4, 6}
Example 2:
Domain = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
Exclusivity = 1!=2, 2!=3, 3!=4, 4!=5
anwser is two sets: {1, 3, 5, 6}, {2, 4}
Example 3:
Domain = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
Exclusivity = 1!=2, 2!=3, 3!=4, 4!=5, 5!=1
answer is three sets : {1, 3}, {2, 4}, {5}
Example 4:
Domain = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
Exclusivity = 1!=2!=3!=4, 4!=5,
answer is four sets : {1, 5}, {2}, {3}, {4}
The != here is transitive.
Does anyone know such an algorithm to solve this problem efficiently. I couldn't remember any algorithm I leard from school that solves this problem, but that was more than 10 years ago.
Help is appreciated.
JT
A: Ignoring balance, this is graph coloring.
domain <=> vertices of the graph
set <=> all vertices with a particular color
exclusivity constraints <=> edges of the graph.
Unfortunately, graph coloring is NP-hard, and the provable approximation ratios are not good. There are many, many heuristics.
A: From my point of view I think you could create a weighted graph. For nodes that exclude each other set weight of verticies to Int.MAX, for others to 0.
Then you could try to reduce this graph for nodes that have zero routes to each-other. (I'm sure there exist some algorithm for this problem).
HTH
A: Firstly, describing this problem as a covering problem is a bit misleading. It's actually a set partitioning problem with constraints on the partitions.
Solution 1
Formulate and solve it as an integer linear program (ILP). Google revealed the Java ILP. If you're interested, I can post more info on how to formulate your problem as an ILP.
Solution 2
Let each element in your dataset (the Domain set) represent a node in an undirected graph. Start with a complete graph (i.e. all the nodes are connected to each other) and drop edges based on your exclusivity constraints (i.e. if you are using an adjacency matrix A to represent your graph, 1!=2 implies A(1,2) = 0 and A(2,1) = 0).
Then find the minimum clique partition which is equivalent minimum graph coloring.
You could however list all maximal cliques and work from there.
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Liz's Paper Loft: Guest Designer: Sarah!
My super sweet crafty friend Liz from Liz's Paper Loft recently had some surgery. While she is recovering, she asked some fellow bloggers to fill in for her. I was so glad she asked me....I have been a "stalker" of her for years and recently had the chance to meet her and some of my other favorite bloggers!!! It really was one of the greatest days that I will never forget!!!!
Anywhoo....onto my project! I decided to cover and decorate one of those dollar wooden frames you can get at Michaels. They really are great to have on hand for a quick personalized gift.
I made this one for a friend of mine who loves Hello Kitty and polka dots!
Before you go......Liz has some exciting news to share with you, but not quite yet. However, in the meantime, while she's recovering, she is reading every comment! Not only is she reading them, she's counting them, because at the end of all this, she will have two announcements! The first will be a winner of some exciting BLOG CANDY! The second, it's a big one...and no, she's not coming out with stamps...you just have to wait and see!
Thanks for stopping by and hope you feel better my sweet Liz!!!
Thank you Sarah of Live, Love, and Scrap, for your FABULOUS project and help during my recovery!
WOW~ Liz!! Sarah did an amazing job today!! Love the adorable Hello Kitty and of course those polka dots!! Thanks for sharing another fab crafter!!
Sarah, I am LOVING your frame! Gorgeous colors, and the banner and Hello Kitty are too cute!!!
Very cute frame! I love the polka dots!
What a cute frame!!!! Hope your healing up nice, Liz!!!Like your blog!!
Very cute--I like the colors and the adorable banner.
Beautiful project!!! The colors are gorgeous - and I LOVE those banners!!!
Fantastic frame, love the colors and the design! Adorable. TFS Liz - hope you are healing quickly!
So pretty! Liz, I hope you feel better really soon! I can't wait to hear what you are coming up with!
A very cute project/gift...I really like the way you used the build a banner for the frame!
Cute frame Liz. I love the colors.
So adorable!! I love Hello Kitty so I'm biased, but this is beyond cute! Love the color combo and the polka dots!
Your frame is adorable!!! :) Your friend is going to love it! I would like more details as to how you made it (for example, did you use modge podge to adhere the paper to the frame?).
I love your frame, the banner is just the right thing to add the Pop to it!
Can't go wrong with polka dots and Hello Kitty that's for sure. What a fun project.
Love this altered frame, it is just adorable!
Gorgeous frame. I'm gonna have to try one. My daughter would just love this one.
This frame is adorable!!!!!!! love it.
What a CUTE frame! LOVE how you did the banner! Hello Kitty is too CUTE! Your friend will LOVE it!
Liz ~ hang in there ~ the home stretch..hopefully!
I love Hello Kitty and she looks fabulous on this frame!! I love how the red really pops against the other colors.
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A YOUNG woman is fighting for her life in hospital after being struck down by a police car on Friday night, sparking a brawl between her friends and officers on the streets of Sydney.
Carmela Pronesti, 20, was celebrating at an 18th-birthday party at the Mykonos Restaurant in Parramatta when she was hit by the marked police car outside the venue.
Some witnesses claim the vehicle had its warning lights on but no siren.
"She walked out on to the road, we said 'stop', then the cop car came flying through and hit her," he said.
Friend Murray Reilly said Ms Pronesti's boyfriend and police at the scene became embroiled in an altercation.
"We just ran in to see if she was OK," he said.
"She was lying on the road; she wasn't moving."
More than 12 police cars arrived as plain-clothed officers and uniformed police were confronted by Ms Pronesti's friends.
A sergeant-ranked policeman, from Parramatta Local Area Command, was behind the wheel of the car and was allegedly responding to a report of a brawl in the area.
Witnesses said the car collided with the woman, who had just left the party with friends and was walking on the road.
She was taken to Westmead Hospital where she remains in intensive care in a serious but stable condition.
A critical incident investigation, led by police from Eastwood Area Command, is under way.
It will explore conflicting statements between friends of Ms Pronesti and the officer, who may have run a red light when he allegedly ran her down.
The sergeant will also be quizzed by members of the NSW Police Force Professional Standards Command, a Parramatta source told The Sunday Telegraph.
"He's certainly the subject of an investigation," the source said.
"He was responding to a brawl and he got into one."
The internal police investigation will also examine allegations of police brutality.
Another witness, John-Ross Campbell, claimed he was mistreated when he tried to break up the melee.
"The police stopped us, then they shoved me against the wall," he said. "We we're just, like, 'We want to know if she's all right.' We all just got roughed up. I was just helping my mate who was on the ground. I fell to my knees and I put my hands up to give in." | {
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Underhill Rose
Album: Live
Website: http://www.underhillrose.com
What happens when you get to that 'difficult 4th album' point in your musical career? Well if you're Underhill Rose, then wisely you buy yourself some time by releasing the ubiquitous and often obligatory live album. And of course there have been some epic live albums over the years - I'm sure we can all reel off a few each of varying genres that have hit just the right spot to satisfy even the most demanding and cynical music critic. This isn't one of those epic live albums (the place that Underhill Rose inhabit probably doesn't allow that), but what it is (and probably what it was intended to be), is a snapshot in time of 3 extremely talented songwriters and musicians giving their audience what is in effect a live 'greatest hits' package.
If you're new to the sparkling, sunshine world of Underhill Rose then I guess this is as good a place to start as any - Molly Rose Reed, Eleanor Underhill and Salley Williamson are the kind of musicians that have that uncanny and unmeasurable propensity to touch the soul, and bring a warm knowing smile to their audience's faces. This is acoustic music where guitar, banjo and doghouse bass are bent into a loving shape to produce a brand of music that can uplift spirits with ease. Whispers of bluegrass, blues, country and pop entwine to form a sound that when accompanied by the girls sugar-sweet harmonies is uniquely their own.
The album is a veritable smorgasbord of top notch self-penned tune-age, from the pickin' whimsy and chunky chorus of "Who Bought The Sun" to the lush three part harmonies on the autobiographical "Little House", and on a generous 15 song album they've also found time to include a couple of crowd pleasing favourites - "Bette Davis Eyes" and the stomping good time swing of "These Boots Were Made For Walkin" where bass handler Salley Williamson gets a rare lead vocal outing.
"Live" will act as a great souvenir for those seeing Underhill Rose for the first time, and a welcome addition to their already impressive back catalogue to those more familiar with their undeniable pop-tinged country charms. This album isn't breaking down any doors, but it certainly whets the appetite for studio album number four, and if these songs are anything to go by, then it's going to be a capricious cracker!
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Target: Sparrow Unit (internationally released as Sparrow Unit: The Termination Squad) is a 1987 Filipino action film directed by Ben "M7" Yalung. It stars Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr., Ronnie Ricketts, Debbie Miller, Sonny Parsons, Dick Israel, King Gutierrez and E.R. Ejercito.
Ricketts won the PMPC Star Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Plot
Young idealists form the liquidation squad of the left known as the Sparrow Unit, summarily executing the perceived enemies of the people until they are cornered and eventually defeated by government. The Sparrow Unit derived their name from sparrows, birds that can adapt in any environment.
Cast
Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr.
Ronnie Ricketts
Debbie Miller
Sonny Parsons
E.R. Ejercito
Allan Bautista
Dick Israel
King Gutierrez
Bomber Moran
Vic Diaz
Mario Escudero
Romeo Rivera
Robert Talabis
Ernie Forte
Fred Moro
Jimmy Reyes
Ernie David
Johnny Vicar
Jose Romulo
Ernie Zarate
Ver Pineda
Connie Angeles
Lucita Soriano
Rey Tomenes
Bebot David
Lito Francisco
Boy Mediavillo
Dante Abadeza
Boy Sta. Maria
Joe Estrada
Accolades
See also
Other film depictions of the Sparrow Unit starring Ronnie Ricketts:
Target... Maganto (1988)
Ambush (1988)
Alex Boncayao Brigade (1989)
References
External links
1987 films
1987 action films
Filipino-language films
Films about terrorism in Asia
Philippine action films
Tagalog-language films
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\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:intro}
Galaxies can be selected via their gas cross-section when there is a
chance alignment with a background quasar along the line of sight. In
neutral hydrogen (\ion{H}{i}), the most \ion{H}{i}-rich absorbers are
the Damped Lyman-$\alpha$ Absorbers (DLAs; $\ensuremath{\log({\rm N_{H\, \textsc{i}}\: /\: cm}^{-2})} \geq 20.3$;
\citealt{Wolfe1986}) and sub-DLAs ($19.0 \leq \ensuremath{\log({\rm N_{H\, \textsc{i}}\: /\: cm}^{-2})} < 20.3$; e.g.,
\citealt{Peroux2003, Zafar2013}). Such high column densities imprint
deep \ion{H}{i}\ absorption lines with characteristic Lorentzian damping
wings on the quasar spectrum, and are always accompanied by
low-ionisation metal line complexes \citep{Prochaska2003,
Noterdaeme2012, Rafelski2014}. Unless otherwise specified, sub-DLAs
and DLAs will collectively be referred to as \emph{strong}
\ion{H}{i}\ \emph{absorbers} throughout this work.
DLAs alone account for $>80\,$\% of the neutral gas out to redshift
$z\sim 5$ \citep{Prochaska2005, Noterdaeme2012, Crighton2015,
SanchezRamirez2016}, and combined with the contribution from
sub-DLAs, strong \ion{H}{i} absorbers effectively probe the neutral,
chemically enriched gaseous environments of galaxies. The connection
that strong \ion{H}{i} absorbers hold to their harbouring galaxies can
be studied by correlating absorption properties with complementary
information of the host in emission. Such analyses suggest that
absorption-selected galaxies are consistent with the faint end of
Lyman-break galaxies \citep{Moller2002}, and that they probe a more
representative portion (low mass, faint end of the luminosity
function) of galaxy populations across cosmic time than conventional
luminosity selections \citep{Moller2002, Fynbo2008, Berry2016,
Krogager2017}.
A recent string of observations indicates that galaxies associated
with strong \ion{H}{i}\ absorbers at $z\sim 0.7$ exhibit suppressed star
formation rates (SFRs) compared to the stellar-mass--SFR relation at
this redshift \citep{Kanekar2018, Moller2018, Rhodin2018}. Such a
suppression of the SFR at a given stellar mass is surprising since
\ion{H}{i}\ absorption-selected galaxies are thought to trace gas-rich and
actively star-forming galaxies \citep{Moller2002, Fynbo2008,
Krogager2017}. The difference observed at low-redshift may be due
to redshift-evolution in the cross-section of \ion{H}{i}\ gas leading to
different samples of absorption-selected galaxies
\citep[e.g.][]{Rhodin2019}; However, samples of high-redshift galaxies
with stellar mass measurements are currently too small to draw
meaningful conclusions.
At high redshifts ($z\gtrsim 2$), the small sample size is caused by a
combination of low angular separation and a high brightness contrast
between target galaxy and background quasar; an increased surface
brightness dimming with redshift; and the lower mean mass (and
therefore luminosity) of galaxies selected by gas cross-section.
Indeed, the lack of detections and reported survey statistics are
consistent with scaling relation arguments, which suggest that the
emission-line targets often fall below detection-limits in blind
surveys; whilst pre-selecting on the absorption metallicity yields
higher detection rates \citep{Fynbo2010,Fynbo2011} as metal-rich
galaxies tend to be more massive, and therefore more luminous
\citep{Krogager2017}.
Observations at $z\sim 2-3$ allow for simultaneous measurements of the
neutral hydrogen column density from the damped \mbox{${\rm Ly}\alpha$}\ absorption
profile and detailed absorption analysis of metal lines with
ground-based spectroscopy \citep{Noterdaeme2012}. This has ensured
high fidelity data to base followup campaigns on in search of the
counterparts in emission. Indeed, the damped \mbox{${\rm Ly}\alpha$}\ absorption trough
effectively blocks out the quasar light and can be used to search for
\mbox{${\rm Ly}\alpha$}\ emission from the hypothesised host. Owing to the resonance
nature of the hydrogen \mbox{${\rm Ly}\alpha$}\ line, which is known to affect the
emerging line-flux from high-$z$ galaxy populations
\citep{Verhamme2008,Laursen2009,Hayes2010} and to its efficient
destruction by dust in more chemically enriched, massive and luminous
galaxies (which could mitigate any selection on absorption
metallicity), such Ly$\alpha$ searches often resulted in
non-detections of absorber counterparts \citep{Fynbo2011, Fynbo2013,
Krogager2017}. However, taking advantage of the large wavelength
coverage in modern spectrographs to simultaneously detect
strong-rest-frame optical emission lines, ground-based observational
efforts have become increasingly successful, most prominently seen in
the high detection-rate achieved with the Very Large Telescope (VLT)
X-Shooter \citep[VLT/X-Shooter,][]{Vernet2011} campaign
\citep{Fynbo2010,Krogager2017}.
Whereas spectroscopic searches for galaxy counterparts in the past
primarily focused on identifying the correct host, analyses of the
emission originating from their stellar components were typically
reported as individual case studies
\citep{Moller2002,Fynbo2013,Krogager2013,Augustin2018}. Even though we
have assembled a significant sample of $z\gtrsim2$ absorber--galaxy
pairs, a comprehensive investigation of their stellar properties is
lacking. Here, we take advantage of the detailed information
available from ground-based spectra to search for the counterparts of
strong \ion{H}{i} absorbers at $z \sim 2-3$ using multi-band imaging
from the \emph{Hubble Space Telescope} (\emph{HST}). With its
exquisite spatial resolution and in absence of the Earth's atmosphere,
\emph{HST} allows us to disentangle the emission from the intervening
galaxy and background quasar and, thereby, determine stellar masses
and sizes. This directly addresses the low-number statistics; enables
the exploration of scaling relations at high-$z$ independently of
samples at low redshift; and allows us to probe the low-mass
extensions of any relations established from luminosity-selected
galaxy samples.
The paper is organised as follows: Sect. \ref{sec:obs} describes our
sample selection, observations, and data-reduction;
Sect. \ref{sec:results} presents our imaging, photometry,
morphological analysis, and spectral energy distribution (SED) based
stellar mass measurements; and Section \ref{sec:discussion} places our
findings in context with known high-redshift galaxy scaling relations.
In Sect.~\ref{sec:conclusions}, we summarise our conclusions.
Throughout this paper, we assume a flat $\Lambda$ cold dark matter
($\Lambda$CDM) cosmology, with $\mathrm{H}_0 =
70.4~\mathrm{km~s}^{-1}~\mathrm{Mpc}^{-1}$ and $\Omega_{\Lambda} =
0.727$ \citep{Komatsu2011} to ensure consistency with prior work
\citep[e.g.][]{Christensen2014,Moller2018,Rhodin2018}. Magnitudes are
reported in the AB magnitude system. Star formation rates and stellar
masses are derived using the \cite{Chabrier2003} initial mass function
(IMF). To quantify the degree of consistency between two measurements,
$\mu _1 \pm \sigma _1$ and $\mu _2 \pm \sigma _2$, we report the
number of sigmas statistical tension as $\lvert \mu _1 - \mu _2 \rvert
/ \sqrt{\sigma _1 ^2 + \sigma _2 ^2}$. All logarithmic quantities are
expressed in base 10.
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.50}
\begin{table*}
\caption{Log of \emph{HST} observations.}
\label{tab:obslog}
\begin{tabular}{lclcccc}
\hline
Target & R.A.$^{a}$ & Dec.$^{a}$ &
\multicolumn{3}{c}{$\mathrm{N}_{\mathrm{orb}} \times \mathrm{N}_{\mathrm{exp}} \times {\mathrm{t}_{\rm exp}} ^{b}$} & Prog. ID \\
& [J2000] & [J2000] & UVIS/F606W & IR/F105W & IR/F160W \\
\hline
Q0124+0044 & 01:24:03.78 & +00:44:32.74 & $1\times 4\times 621$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & 14122 \\
Q0139--0824 & 01:39:01.41 & --08:24:44.05 & $1\times 4\times 622$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & 14122 \\
Q0310+0055 & 03:10:36.85 & +00:55:21.66 & -- & $1\times 4\times 653$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & 14122 \\
Q0338--0005$^{c}$ & 03:38:54.78 & --00:05:21.01 & $2\times 4\times 627$ & -- & -- & 12553 \\
Q0918+1636$^{c}$ & 09:18:26:16 & +16:36:09.02 & $1\times 4\times 631$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & 12553 \\
Q1313+1441 & 13:13:41.20 & +14:41:40.60 & $1\times 4\times 623$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & 14122 \\
Q2059--0528 & 20:59:22.43 & --05:28:42.78 & $1\times 4\times 622$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & 14122 \\
Q2222--0946$^{c}$& 22:22:56.11 & --09:46:36.29 & $1\times 4\times 629$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & 12553 \\
Q2239--2949 & 22:39:41.77 & --29:49:54.47 & $1\times 4\times 626$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & $1\times 4\times 653$ & 14122 \\
Q2247--6015 & 22:47:08.93 & --60:15:45.30 & $1\times 4\times 646$ & $1\times 4\times 703$ & $1\times 4\times 703$ & 14122 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\begin{flushleft}
$^{a}$ Right ascension and declination refer to the coordinates of
the quasar.
$^{b}$ $\mathrm{N}_{\mathrm{orb}}$ refers to the number of orbits,
$\mathrm{N}_{\mathrm{exp}}$ to the number of exposures, and
$\mathrm{t}_{\mathrm{exp}}$ to the exposure time of individual
exposures in seconds.
$^{c}$ Re-analysed \emph{HST} images of quasar fields. For
Q0338--0005, the emission counterpart was originally detected with
X-shooter spectroscopy \citep{Krogager2012}, whereas the \emph{HST}
imaging data are presented in this work for the first time. For
Q0918+1636, the emission counterpart was originally detected with
X-shooter spectroscopy \citep{Fynbo2011}, and continuum emission was
later detected with \emph{HST} imaging by \citet{Fynbo2013}. For
Q2222--0946, the emission counterpart was originally detected with
X-shooter spectroscopy \citep{Fynbo2010}, and continuum emission was
later detected with \emph{HST} imaging by \citet{Krogager2013}.
\end{flushleft}
\end{table*}
\section{Observations and data reduction}
\label{sec:obs}
\subsection{Sample selection}
\label{subsec:sampleselection}
The targets for our \emph{HST} observations were selected from
previously identified galaxy counterparts of strong HI absorbers at
$z\gtrsim2$ with spectroscopically confirmed redshifts based on
emission-lines. We do not include `proximate' absorbers ($\Delta
v_{\mathrm{QSO-abs}} < 5000~\mathrm{km}~\mathrm{s}^{-1}$). To optimise
our observational campaign, we pre-selected systems with high
metallicity ($\gtrsim 10$\% Solar) as these are more likely to have
luminous counterparts, thereby enabling a successful characterisation
of the emission. This selection strategy is an extension of the
successful X-shooter campaign targeting metal-rich DLAs (for details,
see \citealt{Fynbo2010} and \citealt{Krogager2017}). In total, we
selected ten quasar fields, with intervening absorber-galaxy pairs
that meet our metallicity and redshift criteria.
The \emph{HST} observations for the sample of ten is composed of new
and re-analysed imaging data of the quasar fields (see
Sect. \ref{subsec:hstdata}). We emphasise that all of the presented
\emph{HST} observations were carried out using the same observational
setup and strategy, which allows us to obtain homogeneous results. The
full sample analysed in this work is presented in
Table~\ref{tab:obslog}.
\begin{table*}
\caption{Literature data for our sample of strong \ion{H}{i} absorbers and their host galaxies.}
\label{tab:abschar}
\begin{tabular}{clccccccc}
\hline
Target & $z_{\mathrm{QSO}}$ & $z_{\mathrm{abs}}$ & \ensuremath{\log({\rm N_{H\, \textsc{i}}\: /\: cm}^{-2})} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{$[\mathrm{M/H}]_{\mathrm{abs}} ^{\star}$} & $\theta$ & $b$ & SFR \\
& & & & Tracer & & [arcsec] & [kpc] & [M$_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$]\\
\hline
Q0124$+$0044 & 3.84 & 2.2618$^{(j)}$ & $20.70\pm0.15^{(j)}$ & Zn\,\textsc{ii} & $-0.67\pm0.16^{(j,s)}$ & $1.3^{(k)}$ & $10.9^{(k)}$ & ${>0.1_{\rm Ly\alpha}}^{(k)}$ \\
Q0139--0824 & 3.01 & 2.6773$^{(f)}$ & $20.70\pm0.15^{(f)}$ & Si\,\textsc{ii} & $-1.2\pm0.2^{(k)}$ & $1.6^{(k)}$ & $13.0^{(k)}$ & ${>0.7_{\rm Ly\alpha}}^{(k)}$ \\
Q0310$+$0055 & 3.78 & 3.1150$^{(a)}$ & $20.05\pm0.05^{(a)}$ & $-$ & $-$ & 3.8$^{(a)}$ & 29.6$^{(a)}$ & ${>0.54_{\rm Ly\alpha}}^{(a)}$ \\
Q0338--0005 & 3.05 & 2.2298$^{(n)}$ & $21.09\pm0.10^{(n)}$ & Si\,\textsc{ii} & $-1.37\pm0.06^{(e,s)}$ & 0.49$^{(o)}$ & 4.1$^{(o)}$ & ${>0.3_{\rm Ly\alpha}}^{(e)}$ \\
Q0918$+$1636 & 3.09 & 2.5832$^{(q)}$ & $20.96\pm0.05^{(q)}$ & Zn\,\textsc{ii} & $-0.19\pm0.05^{(p,s)}$ & 2.0$^{(r)}$ & 16.4$^{(r)}$ & ${8\pm3_{\rm H\alpha}}^{(r)}$ \\
Q1313+1441 & 1.89 & 1.7941$^{(e)}$ & $21.30\pm0.10^{(e)}$ & Zn\,\textsc{ii} & $-0.86\pm0.14^{(e,s)}$ & 1.3$^{(e)}$ & 11.3$^{(e)}$ & ${>0.3_{\rm Ly\alpha}}^{(e)}$ \\
Q2059--0528 & 2.54 & 2.2101$^{(b)}$ & $21.00\pm0.05^{(b)}$ & Zn\,\textsc{ii} & $-0.96\pm 0.06^{(b)}$ & $<$0.8$^{(b)}$ & $<6.3^{(b)}$ & ${0.2_{\rm Ly\alpha}}^{(b, e)} < \mathrm{SFR} < {1.4_{\rm H\alpha}}^{(l)}$\\
Q2222--0946 & 2.93 & 2.35409$^{(n)}$ & $20.65\pm0.05^{(p)}$ & Zn\,\textsc{ii} & $-0.53\pm0.07^{(p)}$ & 0.80$^{(p,s)}$ & 6.7$^{(p)}$ & ${13\pm1_{\rm H\alpha}}^{(e)}$ \\
Q2239--2949 & 2.10 & 1.8250$^{(h,i)}$ & $19.84\pm0.14^{(g)}$ & Si\,\textsc{ii} & $>-0.67\pm 0.15^{(g)}$ & 2.4$^{(g)}$ & 20.8$^{(g)}$ & ${>0.07\pm0.01_{\rm Ly\alpha}}^{(g)}$ \\
Q2247--6015 & 3.01 & 2.3288$^{(c,d)}$ & $20.62\pm0.05^{(c)}$ & Zn\,\textsc{ii} & $-0.91\pm0.05^{(m,s)}$ & 3.1$^{(c,m)}$ & 26$^{(c,m)}$ & $33^{+40}_{-11}~ _{\rm H\alpha}^{~~(m)}$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\begin{flushleft}
The projected separations (impact parameters) between the background
quasar and foreground galaxy are given as angular separations in
arcsec ($\theta$) and physical separations in kpc ($b$). All star
formation rates (SFRs) are reported for a Chabrier IMF. Sub-scripts on
SFRs refer to the spectral line from which the SFR was inferred. For
Q\,0124+0044 and Q\,0139--0824 the impact parameters and SFRs refer to
the new spectroscopic measurements published in this work
(Sect. \ref{subsubsec:Q0124+0044} and
Sect. \ref{subsubsec:Q0139-0824}, respectively). For Q\,0139--0824,
the metallicity refers to the value obtained from the absorption
analysis in this work (Appendix~\ref{subsec:absanalysis}).
$^{\star}$ All metallicities are given with respect to the Solar
reference as summarised by \citet[][their Table 1]{DeCia2016}.
{\bf References:}
$(a)$ \citet{Kashikawa2014}, $(b)$ \citet{Hartoog2015},
$(c)$ \citet{Bouche2012}, $(d)$ \citet{Lopez2002},
$(e)$ \citet{Krogager2017}, $(f)$ \citet{Wolfe2008},
$(g)$ \citet{Zafar2017}, $(h)$ \citet{Cappetta2010},
$(i)$ \citet{Zafar2013}, $(j)$ \citet{Berg2016},
$(k)$ This work, $(l)$ \citet{Peroux2012}, $(m)$ \citet{Bouche2013},
$(n)$ \citet{Bashir2019}, $(o)$ \citet{Krogager2012},
$(p)$ \citet{Fynbo2010}, $(q)$ \citet{Fynbo2011},
$(r)$ \citet{Fynbo2013}, $(s)$ \citet{Moller2020}.
\end{flushleft}
\end{table*}
\subsection{HST data}
\label{subsec:hstdata}
We have acquired \emph{HST} broad-band images using the Wide Field
Camera 3 (WFC3) in three filters: F606W, F105W and F160W. Seven of
the fields are new observations (ID 14122, PI: Christensen) and three
fields are re-analysed (ID 12553, PI: Fynbo), of which two were
published as single-object case-studies prior to this work
(Q0918+1636; \citealt{Fynbo2013} and Q2222-0946;
\citealt{Krogager2013}). Given the redshifts of our targets, this
setup allows us to constrain the stellar continuum emission around the
rest-frame Balmer break, and thereby to constrain the stellar mass.
Each target was imaged during one orbit per filter (except
Q\,0338--0005, which was observed during two orbits in F606W only, and
Q\,0310+0055, which was observed only in the near-infrared filters),
subdivided into four exposures of equal lengths. We used a standard
four-point dither pattern\footnote{WFC3-UVIS-DITHER-BOX for the F606W
filter and WFC3-IR-DITHER-BOX-MIN for the F105W and F160W filters.}
observing strategy designed to provide an enhanced sub-pixel sampling
of the point-spread function (PSF).
The positions (impact parameter and position angle) of the emission
counterparts relative to the background quasars are known from
previous spectroscopic observations. This allowed us to optimise the
orientation of the diffraction spikes of the PSF and to avoid detector
bleeding effects. A log of the observations is provided in
Table~\ref{tab:obslog}.
To reduce individual exposures we use the official {\tt AstroDrizzle}
processing pipeline based on the Python package {\tt
DrizzlePac}.\footnote{{\tt DrizzlePac} is a software product of the
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).} For a detailed
description of {\tt AstroDrizzle}, we refer to the {\tt DrizzlePac}
documentation. The {\tt AstroDrizzle} procedure performs sky
subtraction and cosmic ray rejection before aligning and combining
individual exposures. For each filter, the individual exposures are
reconstructed on a sub-sampled pixel grid leveraging the sub-pixel
offsets used in the dither patterns to provide higher spatial sampling
in the final, combined images. For this purpose, we use a fixed `pixel
fraction' of 0.7 for all filters and a final pixel scale of
0.024~arcsec per pixel for the F606W observations and 0.067~arcsec per
pixel for the F105W and F160W observations. We use the same image
combination parameters for all targets, which allows us to construct
empirical, non-parametric PSFs based on the quasars themselves (see
Sect. \ref{subsec:psfsub}).
\subsection{Literature data}
\label{subsec:archivaldata}
In this Section, we review the relevant literature data compiled for
our sample. In Table~\ref{tab:abschar}, we have collected the
previously published constraints regarding the spectroscopic
identifications of counterpart locations and limits on the derived
star formation rates (SFRs). For completeness, we also provide the
neutral hydrogen column densities and absorption-derived
metallicities. More details for the individual absorbers are
presented below.
For consistency, we standardise all star formation rates to a Chabrier
IMF. Literature values based on a Salpeter IMF are converted to their
Chabrier IMF equivalents by applying a downwards correction factor of
1.8. For objects solely detected in Ly$\alpha$ emission, we have
implicitly assumed standard Case B recombination theory
($f_{\mathrm{Ly}\alpha} / f_{\mathrm{H}\alpha} = 8.7$) and escape
fractions of unity to convert the Ly$\alpha$ flux to a H$\alpha$-based
star formation rate following \citet{Kennicutt1998}. Due to the
assumed escape fraction of 1.0, all SFR estimates based on \mbox{${\rm Ly}\alpha$}\ are
conservative lower limits. Furthermore, all measurements of line
fluxes based on slit spectroscopy, where the counterpart location was
not known in advance, provide lower limits to the total line flux due
to possible slit-loss. We also provide Galactic extinction
corrections for the used photometric measurements based on
re-calibrated extinction maps by \citet{Schlafly2011}.
\subsubsection{Q\,0124+0044}
\label{subsubsec:Q0124+0044}
This quasar was observed as part of the large X-shooter legacy sample
`XQ-100' \citep[][Programme ID 189.A-0424]{Lopez2016}. The X-shooter
slit was placed at a single position angle of $+130\degr$ east of
north that serendipitously contained emission from the galaxy
associated with the DLA at $z_{\mathrm{abs}}=2.2618$. Remarkably, the
slit position was only $1\pm 1$ degree off from the true position
angle as measured on the \emph{HST} images presented in this work (see
Table \ref{tab:galfit}). This implies that slit-loss was minimal and
caused by slit-width, not by false angle.The emission counterpart was
discovered during the XQ-100 campaign by one of the authors of this
work (LC), but never reported in previous studies, as XQ-100 papers
focused on the absorption properties of the DLA in the 1-dimensional
(1D) quasar spectrum. Here we present an analysis of the 2-dimensional
(2D) X-shooter spectrum, and report on the emission associated with
the DLA counterpart.
We detect Ly$\alpha$ emission at $z_{\rm em}=2.2616$, spatially offset
from the quasar by 1.3~arcsec (see Fig.~\ref{fig:0124}). Integrating
over the line profile gives a line flux in \mbox{${\rm Ly}\alpha$}\ of $f({\rm Ly}\alpha)
= (5.8 \pm 0.3) \times 10^{-18}$~erg~s$^{-1}$~cm$^{-2}$ after
correcting for Galactic extinction, which yields a lower limit to the
SFR of $>0.1$~\ensuremath{\textrm{M$_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$}}.
Extinction corrections are applied as follows for the F606W, F105W and
F160W filters: 0.071, 0.022 and 0.014~mag, respectively.
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[bb=80 518 1130 995,clip,width=0.48\textwidth]{figs/Spec_Q0124.eps}
\caption{Zoom-in of the Q\,0124+0044 X-shooter spectrum, centered on
the Ly$\alpha$ line at $z = 2.2616$. The top panel shows the 2D
spectrum, smoothed by a Gaussian filter with a FWHM of 3 pixels, and
centered on the quasar trace. Ly$\alpha$ emission from the DLA
counterpart can be seen at an impact parameter of $\sim$1.3~arcsec
below the quasar. The bottom panel shows the 1D spectrum extracted
at the position of the offset Ly$\alpha$ emission, employing a flux
scale in units of $10^{-19}$~erg~s$^{-1}$~cm$^{-2}$~{\AA}$^{-1}$. A
Gaussian profile was fitted to the emission line, and is overlayed
on the 1D spectrum (in blue).
\label{fig:0124}}
\end{figure}
\subsubsection{Q\,0139--0824}
\label{subsubsec:Q0139-0824}
The absorber towards Q\,0139--0824 was presented in \cite{Wolfe2008}.
A tentative detection of Ly$\alpha$ emission associated with the
absorber at $z_{\rm abs} = 2.6773$ was originally found with a low
signal in IFU data from VLT/VIMOS (Programme ID 077.A-0450, PI:
Christensen) but never published. To confirm the detection we
conducted deeper follow-up spectroscopic observations using the VLT
FORS spectrograph (Programme ID 081.A-0506, PI: Christensen). The
deeper data confirmed the detection of Ly$\alpha$, spatially offset by
$\sim$1.6~arcsec south-west of the quasar (see
Fig.~\ref{fig:0139}),and is published here for the first time. During
subsequent X-shooter observations aimed at identifying additional
emission lines (Programme ID 088.A-0378, PI: Christensen) a position
angle of $-98\degr$ east of north was used. No additional emission
lines at the DLA redshift were detected. However, given the redshift
of the DLA, the strongest rest-frame optical emission lines are
severely affected by telluric absorption. We note that the slit
position angles used for spectroscopy do not correspond exactly to the
position angle of the galaxy measured directly in the \emph{HST}
images, since sufficient spatial information about the counterpart was
not available prior to the X-Shooter observations.
Integrating the Ly$\alpha$ line profile observed in the X-shooter
spectrum gives a line flux of $f({\rm Ly}\alpha) = (2.2 \pm 0.2)
\times 10^{-17}$~erg~s$^{-1}$~cm$^{-2}$ after correcting for Galactic
extinction, and yields a lower limit to the SFR of $>0.7$~\ensuremath{\textrm{M$_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$}}.
In terms of origin and precision, the metallicity of the DLA towards
Q\,0139--0824 reported in the literature was rather uncertain. We
therefore performed a new analysis of the absorption system using the
X-shooter data. The new metallicity measurement is reported in
Table~\ref{tab:abschar} and the details of the absorption analysis are
presented in Appendix~\ref{subsec:absanalysis}.
Extinction corrections are applied as follows for the F606W, F105W and
F160W filters: 0.068, 0.022 and 0.014~mag, respectively.
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[bb=80 518 1130 995, width=0.49\textwidth]{figs/Spec_Q0139.eps}
\caption{Zoom-in of the Q\,0139--0824 FORS1 spectrum, centered on the
Ly$\alpha$ line at $z = 2.6773$. The top panel shows the 2D
spectrum, smoothed by a Gaussian filter with a FWHM of 2 pixels, and
centered on the quasar trace. Ly$\alpha$ emission from the DLA
counterpart can be seen at an impact parameter of $\sim$1.6~arcsec
below the quasar. The bottom panel shows the 1D spectrum extracted
at the position of the offset Ly$\alpha$ emission, employing a flux
scale in units of $10^{-17}$~erg~s$^{-1}$~cm$^{-2}$~{\AA}$^{-1}$. A
Gaussian profile was fitted to the emission line, and is overlayed
on the 1D spectrum (in blue).}
\label{fig:0139}
\end{figure}
\subsubsection{Q\,0310+0055}
The emission counterpart of the absorber towards Q\,0310+0055
was detected using long-slit spectra from Subaru/FOCAS
\citep{Kashikawa2014}.
To accommodate the Subaru/FOCAS narrow-band detection
($\mathrm{mag}_{\mathrm{NB502}} = 25.46\pm 0.13$;
\citealt{Kashikawa2014}) in our stellar mass analysis (see
Sect.~\ref{subsec:SED}), we first remove the contribution from
Ly$\alpha$ line emission. Based on the reported Ly$\alpha$ luminosity
of $L_{\mathrm{Ly}\alpha} = (1.07 \pm 0.14) \times
10^{42}~\mathrm{erg~s}^{-1}$, and assuming a flat continuum shape over
the NB502 bandpass, with a filter width of
60~\AA \footnote{\url{https://www.naoj.org/Observing/Instruments/FOCAS/camera/filters.html}},
we obtain a NB continuum magnitude of $\mathrm{NB502}_{\mathrm{cont.}}
= 26.8\pm 0.6$. For the SED fits using {\tt LePhare} (see
Sect.~\ref{subsec:SED}), we construct a simple tophat narrow-band
filter transmission curve with a central wavelength $\lambda_c =
5025$~{\AA} and a width of 60~{\AA}. We also include their $B$- and
$V$-band non-detections (25.32 and 25.50 magnitudes, respectively)
reported as $3\sigma$ limits in 2 arcsec apertures at the position of
the narrow-band detection. The observed Ly$\alpha$ line luminosity by
\citet{Kashikawa2014} corresponds to a lower limit to the SFR of
$>0.54$~\ensuremath{\textrm{M$_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$}}.
All magnitudes (measurements and limits) were corrected for Galactic
extinction using the following corrections for the $B$, NB502, $V$,
F105W, and F160W filters: 0.414, 0.343, 0.305, 0.082, 0.052~mag,
respectively.
\subsubsection{Q\,0338--0005}
The emission counterpart of the DLA towards Q\,0338--0005 was
originally detected by \citet{Krogager2012} as part of the
VLT/X-shooter campaign, and was confirmed in an archival VLT/UVES
spectrum by \citet{Bashir2019}. \citet{Krogager2012} report the
detection of Ly$\alpha$ emission at an impact parameter of 0.5~arcsec
with a position angle of $-58\degr$ east of
north. \citet{Krogager2017} report a lower limit to the SFR of
$>0.3$~\ensuremath{\textrm{M$_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$}}\ based on the line flux of Ly$\alpha$ as measured in
the long-slit spectra taken during the X-shooter campaign.
The Galactic extinction is rather high for this sightline, with an
extinction correction in the F606W filter of 0.207~mag.
\subsubsection{Q\,0918\,+1636}
There are two DLAs towards Q\,0918+1636. The detection of the emission
counterpart of the $z_{\rm abs} = 2.583$ DLA was reported by
\citet{Fynbo2011} and \citet{Fynbo2013} as part of the VLT/X-Shooter
campaign. The authors detect emission lines from [\ion{O}{ii}],
[\ion{O}{iii}], H$\alpha$ and H$\beta$ associated with the DLA at
$z_{\rm abs} = 2.583$ and infer a star formation rate of
8~\ensuremath{\textrm{M$_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$}}\ based on the observed H$\alpha$ line flux.
Using \emph{HST} data, \citet{Fynbo2013} detect the continuum emission
of the DLA at $z_{\mathrm{abs}} = 2.583$ at an impact parameter of
1.98~arcsec from the quasar at a position angle of $-115\degr$ east of
north, and obtain a stellar mass of $\log ({\rm M}_{\star} / {\rm
M_{\odot}}) = 10.1_{-0.1}^{+0.2}$.
In addition to the re-reduced \emph{HST} images and their associated
magnitudes, we also include the Galactic extinction corrected SDSS
$u$, $g$, and K$_s$-band observations from the Nordic Optical
Telescope NOTCam \citep{Abbott2000} reported by \citet{Fynbo2013}. For
the F606W, F105W and F160W magnitudes we adopt extinction corrections
of 0.058, 0.018 and 0.012~mag, respectively.
\citet{Fynbo2013} furthermore detect emission lines from Ly$\alpha$
and [\ion{O}{iii}] $\lambda$5007 associated with the second absorber
at $z_{\rm abs} = 2.412$ at a very small impact parameter
$<0.25$~arcsec at a position angle of $\sim 130$ deg east of north.
We are not able to test for such an object in our \emph{HST} imaging
data, as detailed in Sect.~\ref{subsec:psfsub}, due to the strong
residuals of the quasar PSF subtraction at these small impact
parameters.
\subsubsection{Q\,1313+1441}
\label{subsubsec:Q1313+1441}
The emission counterpart of the absorber towards Q\,1313+1441 was
detected by \citet{Krogager2017} as part of the X-shooter campaign
\citep{Fynbo2010, Krogager2017}. The detection is based on Ly$\alpha$
emission in the trough of the damped Ly$\alpha$ absorption profile at
an impact parameter of 1.3~arcsec. The authors report detections in
two slits with different orientations yielding seemingly inconsistent
relative positions of the emission. The quoted impact parameter
refers to the brighter of the two detections.
\citet{Krogager2017} suggest that the two detections may arise from
two different neighbouring galaxies. With the \emph{HST} data in hand,
we can revise this explanation. We do not detect multiple counterparts
around the quasar that would coincide with the detections reported by
\citet{Krogager2017}. Instead, we identify a single counterpart in the
near-infrared data with an extended, disturbed structure (see
Sect.~\ref{subsec:psfsub}). Such an extended structure could explain
the appearance of emission in the two slits at orientations of +60 and
$-$60$\degr$ (east of north) used by the authors.
Extinction corrections for the F606W, F105W and F160W filters are
applied as follows: 0.051, 0.016 and 0.010~mag, respectively.
\subsubsection{Q\,2059--0528}
The emission counterpart of the DLA towards Q\,2059--0528 was detected
by \citet{Hartoog2015}, as part of the X-Shooter campaign
\citep{Fynbo2010, Krogager2017}. The authors tentatively detect
Ly$\alpha$ emission in all three slit orientations (at $\sim 3 \sigma$
in individual slits). By stacking all three observations,
\citet{Hartoog2015} obtain a robust detection in Ly$\alpha$ of $f_{\rm
Ly\alpha} = (10.19\pm1.67) \times 10^{-18}$~erg~s$^{-1}$~cm$^{-2}$.
The Ly$\alpha$ line flux provides a lower limit to the SFR of
$>0.2$~\ensuremath{\textrm{M$_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$}}. The fact that emission is seen in all three slits
suggests a low impact parameter for the counterpart ($<$0.75~arcsec).
\citet{Peroux2012} used VLT/SINFONI IFU observations to search for
H$\alpha$ emission associated to the absorber. They report a
non-detection, which translates into an upper limit to the SFR of
$<1.4$~\ensuremath{\textrm{M$_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$}}.
Extinction corrections for the F606W, F105W and F160W filters are
applied as follows: 0.104, 0.033 and 0.021~mag, respectively.
\subsubsection{Q\,2222\,--0946}
The counterpart of the absorber towards Q\,2222--0946 was detected by
\citet{Fynbo2010} as part of the VLT/X-shooter campaign. The authors
report a detection of the emission counterpart at an impact parameter
of 0.8~arcsec, at a predicted position angle of $\sim 40\degr$ based
on triangulation from the observations with different slit
orientations. Using \emph{HST} data, \cite{Krogager2013} confirm the
detection at an impact parameter of 0.74~arcsec.
Using deep VLT/X-shooter data obtained with the slit aligned towards
the emission counterpart, \citet{Krogager2013} detect emission from
Ly$\alpha$, [\ion{O}{ii}], [\ion{O}{iii}], H$\alpha$, and H$\beta$
lines. Further data was obtained from Keck/Osiris
\citep{Jorgenson2014} and VLT/SINFONI
\citep{Peroux2012}. \citet{Krogager2013} report a SFR based on
H$\alpha$ of 13~\ensuremath{\textrm{M$_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$}}\ and a stellar mass of $\log ({\rm M}_{\star}
/ {\rm M_{\odot}}) = 9.3\pm0.2$ based on SED fitting.
For the F606W, F105W and F160W magnitudes we adopt extinction
correction factors of 0.103, 0.032 and 0.021 magnitudes, respectively.
\subsubsection{Q\,2239--2949}
The emission counterpart of the absorber towards Q\,2239--2949 was
identified by \citet{Zafar2017}. The authors report a detection of
Ly$\alpha$ emission at $z_{\rm abs} = 1.825$ spatially offset by
2.4~arcsec from the quasar. The Ly$\alpha$ emission line flux of the
counterpart translates into a lower limit on the SFR of $>0.07\pm
0.01$~\ensuremath{\textrm{M$_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$}}. The absorber is a sub-DLA and no ionisation correction
was applied to the reported metallicity, which should therefore be
interpreted with care.
We adopt the following extinction corrections for the F606W, F105W and
F160W filters: 0.043, 0.013, and 0.009~mag, respectively.
\subsubsection{Q\,2247--6015 (alternative name: HE\,2243--60)}
The absorber towards Q\,2247--6015 was first analysed by
\citet{Lopez2002} using data from VLT/UVES. \citet{Bouche2012,
Bouche2013} conducted comprehensive followup observations of the
quasar field using VLT/SINFONI IFU data and detect the associated
counterpart in H$\alpha$ at an impact parameter of 3.1~arcsec. The
authors report a dust-corrected H$\alpha$ star formation rate of
33~\ensuremath{\textrm{M$_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$}}, which owing to the aperture-free IFU data is not affected
by slit-losses.
Extinction corrections for the F606W, F105W and F160W filters are
applied as follows: 0.047, 0.015 and 0.009~mag, respectively.
\section{Results}
\label{sec:results}
Based on the \emph{HST}\ observations presented in
Sect.~\ref{subsec:hstdata}, we successfully detect continuum emission
for all targets in our sample in at least one filter (nine robust
detections; one tentative detection in the Q\,0338--0005 field, see
Fig.~\ref{fig:PSFs} and Fig.~\ref{fig:my_label}). Eight of these
continuum detections are presented in this work for the first time
(the seven targets associated with Programme ID 14122 and the
previously unpublished Q\,0338--0005 observation associated with
Programme ID 12553). We analyse the surface brightness distributions
of the detected continuum emission and provide measurements of the
half-light radii (see Sect.~\ref{subsec:galfit}).
For eight of the ten targets in our statistical sample (six associated
with Programme ID 14122 and the two re-analysed objects associated
with Programme ID 12553), we secure detections in more than one
filter, which enables us to estimate the SFR and stellar mass by
modelling the photometric spectral energy distributions (see
Sect.~\ref{subsec:SED}). Our analysis of the \emph{HST}\ data is presented
below.
\begin{figure*}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.78\textwidth]{figs/PSFs.eps}
\caption{Mosaic of 9$\times$9 arcsec cutouts centered on each quasar.
Rows show individual targets. Each column of two sub-panels shows
one \emph{HST}\ filter. Each sub-panel displays the science image
(\textit{left}) and quasar subtracted residual image
(\textit{right}) with confirmed detections (red circles) and
proximate candidates with no redshift information (blue
circles). Each panel is aligned north up, east left. Science images
are displayed with a histogram equalisation to enhance faint
structures, and residual images are Gaussian smoothed with a fixed
smoothing-length of 0.06~arcsec.}
\label{fig:PSFs}
\end{figure*}
\subsection{Subtraction of quasar point spread function}
\label{subsec:psfsub}
To detect the faint stellar continuum of the absorbing galaxy and to
search for objects hiding under the bright quasar PSF, we must isolate
the flux from the quasar and subtract it from each
image. Traditionally for \emph{HST} images, a synthetic PSF is either
created using {\tt TINYTIM}, or empirically modelled from bright,
unsaturated stars in the same exposure \citep[e.g.][]{Kulkarni2000,
Krogager2013, Fynbo2013}. The former method is noiseless, can be
constructed for the position of the quasar on the detector, and
captures the profile of the outer PSF wings. However, the model is
limited by the details in its construction; by the accuracy of the
recorded telescope aberrations; and can produce unsatisfactory models
for saturated objects \citep[e.g.][]{Krogager2013}. The latter,
empirical method takes advantage of the high S/N of bright stars and
is observed simultaneously with the quasar, which mitigates temporal
differences. However, this method is sensitive to the position of the
bright star on the detector plane and aberrations of the
telescope. The empirical approach is often unable to model the
extended wings of the PSF as the outer regions are dominated by noise
in the sky background. Further limitations include the number of
suitable stars in the field as well as potential colour differences
between the object of interest (in our case, the quasar) and the stars
used to construct the PSF model \citep{Warren2001}.
Since our \emph{HST} programme targets multiple quasar fields with the
same observing strategy, and since the final data products are
combined with identical settings (see Sect.~\ref{subsec:hstdata}), the
aforementioned caveats can be mitigated by modelling the quasar PSF
(qPSF) from the targeted quasars themselves \citep[e.g.][]{Warren2001,
Augustin2018}. For each quasar ($i=1...10$) in a given band, we
construct empirical, non-parametric models of qPSF$_i$ from the
median-combined stack of all remaining qPSFs of the same
filter. Before combining the images, the individual images are
sub-sampled on a 4-times finer grid and re-centered to the PSF
centroid.
Finally, our empirically constructed qPSF models are resampled back to
the original binning and fitted to their respective quasar image in
order to subtract the quasar emission, see Fig.~\ref{fig:PSFs}. After
subtracting the qPSF, we search the field for faint stellar continuum
emission associated with the foreground absorber at the locations
identified in previous spectroscopic observations (highlighted as red
circles in Fig.~\ref{fig:PSFs}). Moreover, we can look for potential
candidates at smaller impact parameters down to a limit of $\sim
0.5$~arcsec where residuals from the qPSF subtraction start to
dominate (blue circles in Fig.~\ref{fig:PSFs}).
In the field of Q\,0139--0824, we identify a bright object in the
F606W band at low impact parameter (blue circle in
Fig. \ref{fig:PSFs}). This object clearly overlaps with the quasar
PSF, but is unidentified in the other bands. We therefore revisited
the quasar spectrum to see whether this object has an absorber
counterpart. The spectrum reveals a weak absorber at a redshift
$z_{\rm abs} = 2.233$, which we hypothesise is the counterpart of the
bright object. However, the absorption lines are too weak to be
compatible with a strong \ion{H}{i} absorber, and we therefore leave
it to be pursued in future work. Alternatively, the object may be part
of the quasar's local galactic environment.
For Q\,0310+0055, we note that our PSF subtracted images reveal two
objects at lower impact parameters (blue circles in
Fig.~\ref{fig:PSFs}). However, \cite{Kashikawa2014} do not detect
\mbox{${\rm Ly}\alpha$}\ emission at the absorber redshift at lower impact parameters.
Since evidence for a physical connection is absent, we disregard them
in the remainder of this work, but note that the detections may be
either nearby galaxies that do not emit \mbox{${\rm Ly}\alpha$}; part of the local
environment of the quasar; or simply low-redshift interlopers.
Further spectroscopic investigation of the field is needed to reveal
the nature of these objects.
In the field of Q\,0338--0005, we only obtain a tentative detection of
the counterpart observed in spectroscopy by \citet{Krogager2012}. The
tentative detection of the continuum emission of the counterpart is
shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:my_label}, located at an impact parameter of
$0.39\pm0.02$~arcsec from the quasar line of sight at a position angle
of $-55\pm2\degr$. The impact parameter and position angle are
consistent with those reported by \citet{Krogager2017}. Nonetheless,
given the strong residuals of the PSF subtraction we only consider
this a tentative detection.
\begin{figure}
\centering
\scalebox{1}[1]{\includegraphics[width=0.38\textwidth]{figs/part1.eps}}
\vspace{1mm}
\scalebox{1}[1]{\includegraphics[width=0.38\textwidth]{figs/part2.eps}}
\vspace{1mm}
\scalebox{1}[1]{\includegraphics[width=0.38\textwidth]{figs/part3.eps}}
\caption{ Tentative detection of the counterpart associated with the
DLA towards Q\,0338--0005. The panels show from top to bottom: a
zoom-in of the quasar; the image after subtraction of the qPSF; and
the residuals after simultaneously fitting the qPSF and the
tentative counterpart. The location of the tentative counterpart is
shown by the red ellipse in the middle panel. Note that the panels
display the native image axes. }
\label{fig:my_label}
\end{figure}
For Q\,2059--0528, the PSF-subtracted image reveals multiple objects,
all of which have larger impact parameters than the limit ($b <
0.75$~kpc) reported by \cite{Hartoog2015}. We note, however, that this
limit is based on the assumption that the individual Ly$\alpha$
signals in the three slits are detecting the same
counterpart. Relaxing this assumption, we note that their reported
detection in the $\mathrm{PA}= -60\degr$ slit is the only detection
formally above $3\sigma$ significance. We therefore identify the
bright object immediately north-west of the quasar as the most likely
source of the Ly$\alpha$ emission, and as a candidate counterpart to
the DLA. The impact parameter of 1.43~arcsec measured in our
\emph{HST}\ image is furthermore consistent with the location of the
emission in the spectrum with slit angle $\mathrm{PA}= -60\degr$ by
\citet{Hartoog2015}. Such a configuration with several components
seen in emission appears similar to the DLA host galaxy system towards
Q\,2206--1958, shown to be in an active stage of merging
\citep{Moller2002, Weatherley2005}.
\subsection{Modelling surface brightness profiles}
\label{subsec:galfit}
Having identified the continuum emission counterparts, we use {\sc
galfit} \citep{Peng2002} to model their surface brightness
profiles. Here, we do so by iteratively adding S\'ersic components
that are fitted simultaneously with the quasar point source until the
galaxy emission is fully captured. We set up {\sc galfit} to resample
the PSF back to its original binning during fitting. {\sc galfit}
automatically takes the PSF convolution into account when performing
the fit.
{\sc galfit} has been used to derive structural parameters and
magnitudes for individual absorption-selected galaxies in the past
\citep[e.g.][]{Krogager2013,Fynbo2013,Augustin2018}. We here make an
effort to outline and emphasise certain aspects of the fitting
procedure in this work that differ from the standard case of
retrieving parameters for a galaxy on a flat sky background.
\begin{itemize}
\item The brightness of the quasar causes the qPSF profile to
extend far into the field. It is therefore essential to use a
large PSF model, capable of subtracting the flux in the PSF
wings. If the PSF does not account for this, {\sc galfit} will
overestimate the sky background.
\item The large PSF model necessitates a large fitting region. We
found that a fitting region of 800$\times$800 pixels for a pixel
scale of 0.067~arcsec per pixel was needed to ensure robust
quasar magnitudes matching known SDSS optical photometry.
\item The S\'ersic function associates higher light concentrations
with larger extended wings. Any over/under estimation of either
the sky background and/or the quasar PSF wing will therefore be
compensated for by (wrongfully) adjusting the S\'ersic
index. This will minimise the $\chi ^2$ statistic at the expense
of unrealistically large concentrations. It is therefore
essential to fit the galaxy and quasar simultaneously, and
determine the background independently. This is particularly
important as our objects lie at small impact parameters. Given
the high contrast between the quasar and the galaxy brightness,
a small change in the quasar magnitude may generate large
differences in final galaxy parameter estimates.
\end{itemize}
We therefore fix the sky value to independent measurements determined
from the mean of the pixel counts in sky regions free of sources and
hot pixels. The zero-point (ZP) for each filter was calculated with
the PHOTPLAM and the PHOTFLAM FITS header keywords, giving values of
ZP$_{\rm F606W} = 26.104$; ZP$_{\rm F105W} = 26.270$; and ZP$_{\rm
F160W} = 25.947$. Finally, we pass the science image to {\sc galfit}
in the recommended units of counts. This is particularly relevant for
our science case, as the brightness contrast between the quasar and
the galaxy causes pixel values to span a large dynamic range.
Adopting a single S\'ersic component does not capture the clumpy light
distribution observed in many of the objects, but results in large
residuals. This behaviour is also reflected in the {\sc galfit}
solution, which under such conditions (or for faint objects) becomes
unstable to perturbations in initial parameter values. Iteratively
adding S\'ersic components, which collectively capture the effective
light distribution of the source, stabilises the parameter range
within physically acceptable S\'ersic indices $(0.5 \leq n \leq 8)$
and effective semi-major axes ($0.2 \leq a_e~/~\mathrm{pixels} \leq
20$), although the distribution of the parameters remains sensitive to
the initial guesses, giving near-identical $\chi^2$-statistics for
different combinations.
For Q\,1313+1441, the fit to the extended and disturbed structure
identified as the emission counterpart requires the introduction of an
intermediate S\'ersic profile to converge on a satisfactory model. The
{\sc galfit} solution suggests a bright component $\sim0.7$ arcsec
from the quasar, but at this proximity it is sensitive to quasar
subtraction residuals, and it lies a factor of two off the
triangulated position (see Sect. \ref{subsubsec:Q1313+1441}). We
therefore choose to disregard this component when reporting the
results, and emphasise that further work is needed to establish the
nature of the bright signal detected in both the IR bands.
The final fits suggest that $\sim 40\%$ of absorption-selected
galaxies at redshift $z\sim 2-3$ require multiple S\'ersic profiles to
mitigate apparent systematic residuals and accurately capture the
light distribution (for individual number of S\'ersic components
employed in each fit, see Table~\ref{tab:galfit}). We note that the
number of S\'ersic profiles employed for each host galaxy should be
considered lower limits, as they correlate with spatial
resolution. However, the fact that $40\%$ reveal multiple star-forming
clumps at a drizzled F160W spatial resolution of 0.067~arcsec per
pixel at $z\sim 2-3$ agrees with the general trend of clumpy
morphologies of high-redshift galaxies \citep{Livermore2015}.
\subsubsection{Non-parametric size measurements}
Previous studies, often motivated by observational considerations,
chose to report structural parameters and morphology based on the band
with the highest spatial resolution. Here, we attempt a physically
motivated approach, and report morphologies based on the reddest
(F160W) band in order to capture the main stellar component. We then
fix the morphology in the remaining bands to that derived in F160W,
appropriately scaled and rotated to the resolution, pixel sampling and
orientation of individual frames.
To systematically analyse and compare objects fitted with a single
S\'ersic profile to those that require multiple components we adopt a
conservative approach, and report non-parametric half-light radii
($r_{1/2}$) calculated from growth curves originating at the centroid
of each galaxy model together with its total magnitudes (summed over
individual S\'ersic components). For $r_{1/2}$ the final uncertainty
reflects an inverse variance weighted sum of the relative
uncertainties from each component contributing to the model. We
estimate magnitude errors from the flux of the modelled light
distribution and flux errors measured directly in the quasar and
galaxy subtracted residual image as $\Delta F=\sqrt{\sum_{i \in A}
\sigma^2_{\mathrm{tot},i}}$, where $A$ is the non-masked pixels in a
$5 \times r_{1/2}$ circular aperture at the position of the centroid
of the galaxy model, and $\sigma_{\mathrm{tot},i}$ is the residual
flux in pixel $i$. These results are recorded in
Table~\ref{tab:galfit}.
\subsubsection{Comparison to literature measurements}
Independent {\sc galfit}-based sizes were reported for
the sources in the fields of Q\,2222--0946
\citep[][both based on the F606W filter]{Krogager2013, Augustin2018}
and Q\,0918+1636 \citep[][based on the F160W filter]{Fynbo2013}.
In the former field, \citet{Krogager2013} report an effective semi-major
axis of $a_e = 1.12 \pm 0.06$~kpc, and \citet{Augustin2018} find a
corresponding value of $a_e = 1.5 \pm 0.1$~kpc. To compare these size
measurements with our growth curve based $r_{1/2}$, we convert the
reported $a_e$ to circularised radii as
$r_{\text{circ}} = a_e \times \sqrt{b/a}$,
where $b/a$ refers to the semi-major-to-minor axis-ratio.
For $b/a = 0.17 \pm 0.02$ \citep[][]{Krogager2013} we obtain
$r_{\text{circ}} = 0.46\pm 0.03$~kpc (consistent with our $r_{1/2}$ measurement within $1.4\sigma$). \citet{Augustin2018} report an axis ratio of $b/a = 0.38 \pm 0.06$, which translates to $r_{\text{circ}} = 0.9\pm 0.1$~kpc (indicating a $\sim 3.6\sigma$ tension with our value).
For the counterpart of the $z=2.583$ DLA towards Q\,0918+1636,
\citet{Fynbo2013} report values of $a_e = 1.4 \pm 0.1$~kpc and $b/a =
0.4 \pm 0.1$ which translates into $r_{\text{circ}} = 0.9 \pm
0.2~\mathrm{kpc}$, perfectly consistent with our $r_{1/2}$
measurement. These results demonstrate that our generalised method to
retrieve non-parametric half-light radii is robust and provides
consistent results with those from the literature. The $\sim
3.6\sigma$ tension between our $r_{1/2}$ and the circularised
effective radius reported by \citet[][]{Augustin2018} cannot purely be
attributed to the analysis being performed in different filters
(theirs using F606W; ours using F160W) and therefore sampling
different underlying stellar populations. Our size measurement is
consistent with the value obtained by \citet[][]{Krogager2013}, based
on their analysis of the F606W filter image. Nor can the discrepancy
be explained by methodological differences, as our $r_{1/2}$
measurements agree remarkably well with the $r_{\text{circ}}$ of two
separate studies, conducted in two independent quasar fields
\citep[][]{Fynbo2013, Krogager2013}.
\begin{table*}
\caption{Results of {\sc galfit} modelling of absorber counterparts.}
\label{tab:galfit}
\begin{tabular}{clccccccc}
\hline
Target & N$_{\rm S}$ & P.A. & $\theta$ & $b$ & $r_{1/2}$ & mag$_{\mathrm{F606W}}$ & mag$_{\mathrm{F105W}}$ & mag$_{\mathrm{F160W}}$ \\
& & [deg] & [arcsec] & [kpc] & [kpc] & [AB] & [AB] & [AB] \\
\hline
Q0124$+$0044 & $1$ & $311\pm1$ & $1.25\pm0.04$ & $10.5\pm0.3$ & $0.4\pm3.1$ & -- & -- & $26.9\pm0.2$ \\
Q0139$-$0824 & $1$ & $244.6\pm0.7$ & $1.83\pm0.03$ & $14.8\pm0.2$ & $0.4\pm1.5$ & $27.2\pm0.1$ & $27.3\pm0.2$ & $26.8\pm0.1$ \\
Q0310$+$0055 & $1$ & $77.9\pm0.5$ & $3.77\pm0.04$ & $29.4\pm0.3$ & $0.5\pm0.9$ & -- & $26.9\pm0.1$ & $26.7\pm0.1$ \\
Q0338$-$0005 & $1$ & $305\pm2$ & $0.39\pm0.02$ & $3.3\pm0.2$ & $1.5\pm0.1 ^{a}$ & $25.7\pm0.1 ^{a}$ & -- & -- \\
Q0918$+$1636 & $1$ & $245.78\pm0.06$ & $2.00\pm 0.01$ & $16.37\pm0.02$ & $0.81\pm0.03$ & $25.65\pm0.06$ & $24.53\pm0.03$ & $23.66\pm0.01$ \\
Q1313$+$1441 & $2$ & $241\pm2$ & $1.20\pm0.04$ & $10.3\pm0.4$ & $2.2\pm0.7$ & $26.7\pm 0.4$ & $26.5\pm0.3$ & $25.7\pm0.2$ \\
Q2059$-$0528 & 2 & $334.8\pm0.3$ & $1.43\pm0.01$ & $12.05\pm0.09$ & $1.7\pm0.3$ & $25.23\pm0.08$ & $24.71\pm0.08$ & $23.74\pm0.06$ \\
Q2222$-$0946 & $1$ & $41.1\pm0.2$ & $0.74\pm 0.01$ & $6.17\pm0.02$ & $0.52\pm0.03$ & $24.32\pm0.03$ & $24.59\pm0.09$ & $23.63\pm0.06$ \\
Q2239$-$2949 & 3 & $348.8\pm0.7$ & $2.31\pm0.03$ & $19.8\pm0.3$ & $1.5\pm0.4$ & $25.00\pm0.06$ & $24.39\pm0.03$ & $24.05\pm0.03$ \\
Q2247$-$6015 & $2$ & $222.3\pm0.3$ & $2.99\pm0.02$ & $25.0\pm0.2$ & $2.6\pm0.3$ & $23.48\pm0.06$ & $23.33\pm0.07$ & $22.65\pm0.04$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\begin{flushleft}
N$_{\mathrm{S}}$ refers to the number of S\'ersic components used
in the fit. The position angle (P.A.) of the galaxy position
relative to that of the quasar is measured in degrees east of
north. Magnitudes are tabulated without correction for Galactic
extinction.
$^{a}$ The fit of the tentative counterpart of Q0338--0005
required highly fine-tuned parameters. The half-light radius and
the associated magnitude should therefore be treated with caution.
\end{flushleft}
\end{table*}
\begin{table}
\caption{Results of SED modelling of absorber counterparts.}
\label{tab:SFR}
\begin{tabular}{lccc}
\hline
Target & $E_{B-V}$ & $\log (\text{SFR} / \mathrm{M}_{\odot} ~ \mathrm{yr}^{-1})$ & $\log (\mathrm{M}_{\star} / \mathrm{M}_{\odot})$ \\
\hline
Q0124$+$0044 & -- & -- & -- \\
Q0139$-$0824 & 0.00 & $0.0\pm0.3$ & $8.2\pm 0.2$ \\
Q0310$+$0055 & 0.00 & $0.4\pm0.3$ & $8.6\pm 0.3$ \\
Q0338$-$0005 & -- & -- & -- \\
Q0918$+$1636 & 0.25 & $1.3\,^{+0.1}_{-0.2}$ & $10.2\,^{+0.1}_{-0.2}$ \\
Q1313$+$1441 & 0.00 & $0.0\pm0.3$ & $8.6\,^{+0.4}_{-0.6}$ \\
Q2059$-$0528 & 0.20 & $1.2\,^{+0.3}_{-0.4}$ & $9.7\,^{+0.6}_{-0.5}$ \\
Q2222$-$0946 & 0.00 & $0.9\,^{+0.2}_{-0.1}$ & $9.2\pm 0.1$ \\
Q2239$-$2949 & 0.35 & $1.7\pm 0.2$ & $9.0\pm 0.1$ \\
Q2247$-$6015 & 0.10 & $1.6\pm 0.3$ & $9.8\,^{+0.7}_{-0.6}$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\begin{flushleft}
Star formation rates and stellar masses are reported as median
values with $1\sigma$ uncertainties based on the 16th- and 84th
percentiles, determined using the built-in maximum likelihood
routine of {\sc LePhare}.
\end{flushleft}
\end{table}
\begin{figure*}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.38\textwidth]{figs/SED_Q0139-0824.eps}
\includegraphics[width=0.38\textwidth]{figs/SED_Q0310+0055.eps}
\includegraphics[width=0.38\textwidth]{figs/SED_Q0918+1636.eps}
\includegraphics[width=0.38\textwidth]{figs/SED_Q1313+1441.eps}
\includegraphics[width=0.38\textwidth]{figs/SED_Q2059-0528.eps}
\includegraphics[width=0.38\textwidth]{figs/SED_Q2222-0946.eps}
\includegraphics[width=0.38\textwidth]{figs/SED_Q2239-2949.eps}
\includegraphics[width=0.38\textwidth]{figs/SED_Q2247-6015.eps}
\caption{Spectral energy distribution (SED) for the objects where a
fit was possible. Blue (yellow) filled symbols refer to included
measurements (limits), with horizontal error-bars indicating the
FWHM of each filter. Grey empty squares show the best-fit
transmission-weighted filter-flux. The two SEDs in each panel show
the best fit with and without nebular emission. In many cases the
two fits overlap, indicating the robustness of the solution. Each
panel displays target name, absorber redshift, and the SED-based
stellar mass of the counterpart. The conservative B- and V-band
non-detections reported in \citet{Kashikawa2014} were included as
upper limits during fitting, but lie above the Q0310$+$0055 panel's
displayed flux range.}
\label{fig:SEDs}
\end{figure*}
\subsection{Modelling the spectral energy distribution}
\label{subsec:SED}
We determine the stellar mass (M$_{\star}$) for each of the absorbing
galaxies by fitting the SEDs using the code {\sc LePhare}
\citep{Arnouts1999, Ilbert2006}. For each target, we fix the redshift
and apply the corrections for Galactic extinction to the magnitudes.
{\sc LePhare} fits the SEDs by minimising $\chi^2$ across a user
defined grid of parameters. As input, we use standard
\citet[][BC03]{Bruzual2003} single stellar population (SSP) templates
for a \cite{Chabrier2003} IMF, with default model metallicities
$Z/Z_{\odot} = $ 0.2, 0.4 and 1.0. We assume exponentially declining
star formation histories with $e$-folding time-scales spanning 0.1 --
30 Gyrs and limit the stellar population ages to span $0 -
4~\mathrm{Gyrs}$, which corresponds to the age of the Universe at the
lowest absorption-redshift in our sample. We adopt a
\cite{Calzetti2000} attenuation-curve as we are probing redshifts
around the peak of cosmic star formation. The colour excess,
$E_{B-V}$, is sampled in steps of 0.05 in the range $0 - 0.3$~mag. The
range is extended, as needed, to ensure that the preferred $E_{B-V}$
is associated with a $\chi^2$-minimum rather than a grid-boundary.
The resulting SED fits of the absorbing galaxies are shown in
Fig.~\ref{fig:SEDs} and the resulting colour excesses, SFRs and
stellar masses are reported in Table~\ref{tab:SFR}.
All values are based on SED fits including the nebular emission lines
apart from Q\,2222--0946 and Q\,0310+0055, for which information on
spectroscopic emission-line fluxes was used to isolate the stellar
continuum \citep[see][respectively]{Krogager2013,Kashikawa2014}. For
completeness, we also overplot the best-fit SEDs using the same grid,
but excluding emission lines.
\subsubsection{Comparison to literature measurements}
In the case of Q\,2222--0946, we correct our F160W broadband magnitude
for a 33\% nebular emission-line contribution, as determined by
\citet{Krogager2013}. This yields results which are in good agreement
with those presented by \citet{Krogager2013}, despite their use of a
randomised library of different star formation histories instead of a
parameterised approach as we have assumed in this work. The
consistency between these results is contrasted by the measurement of
$\log(\mathrm{M}_{\star}/\mathrm{M}_{\odot}) = 9.7\pm 0.3$ reported by
\cite{Augustin2018}. Similar to our work, the authors use {\sc
LePhare} for their analysis; However, our parameter-grids differ in
important aspects. In particular, their models use a single burst of
star formation whereas we allow for a range of star formation
histories. It is also unclear (i) how they include dust reddening
(both in range and sampling); (ii) whether they correct their
magnitude measurements, adopted from \citet{Krogager2013}, for
Galactic extinction; and (iii) whether the template fit included
nebular emission (as supported by the SED fits presented in Figure 5
by \citet{Augustin2018}), or not (as supported by Table 3 of
\citet{Augustin2018} in which they report the F160W nebular-emission
corrected continuum magnitude of \citet{Krogager2013}). Indeed, by
restricting the input models to a single burst population, using the
F160W magnitude which includes the emission-line flux reported by
\citet{Krogager2013}, and enabling {\sc LePhare}'s nebular emission
prescription, we are able to retrieve a stellar mass of
$\log(\mathrm{M}_{\star}/\mathrm{M}_{\odot}) = 9.6\pm 0.3$ which is in
closer agreement with the value reported by \citet{Augustin2018},
whilst maintaining a near identical star formation rate of $\log
(\text{SFR} / \mathrm{M}_{\odot} ~ \mathrm{yr}^{-1}) = 0.9\pm 0.2$ to
that which we report based on our own grid (see Table \ref{tab:SFR}).
Our magnitude measurements reported for Q\,0918+1636 (see
Table~\ref{tab:galfit}) appear in tension with those reported by
\citet[][their table 2]{Fynbo2013}. Whereas our values refer to the
measured observables, \citet[][]{Fynbo2013} tabulated the magnitudes
after applying Galactic extinction corrections. Once these
corrections are applied to our measurements
(Sect.~\ref{subsec:archivaldata}), all magnitudes are consistent
within $\lesssim 1\sigma$. Reassuringly, the stellar mass of the DLA
counterpart derived in this work is in perfect agreement with the
value of $\log(\mathrm{M}_{\star} /
\mathrm{M}_{\odot})=10.1^{+0.2}_{-0.1}$ reported by \citet[][their
Table 3]{Fynbo2013}.
\begin{figure*}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{figs/MassSize_log_v4.eps}
\includegraphics[width=0.485\textwidth]{figs/MainSeq_v4.eps}
\caption{The mass--size relation (left) and the `main sequence' of
star-forming galaxies (right) of our sample of absorption-selected
galaxies at $z\sim 2.3$ observed with \emph{HST}. The absorption-selected
galaxies preferentially select the star-forming galaxy population,
with an extension to lower stellar masses. In both panels, the black
line and its associated grey shaded regions depict the best fit
relation and the $1\sigma -$ and $2\sigma$ confidence intervals to
the absorption-selected galaxies presented in this work. The fit in
the right panel uses only the SED-based SFRs (black squares). In
the left panel, we show the scaling relations observed for
luminosity-selected samples of early-type (red) and late-type (blue)
galaxies at redshifts $\langle z \rangle = 2.25$ by
\citet{vanderWel2014}, with dark shaded regions representing medians
and their errors and the light shaded regions representing the 16-
and 84-percentile ranges. Solid lines show the relations derived
from effective semi-major axis measurements, with dashed segments
illustrating an extrapolation beyond the reported completeness
limits. The box-shaped shaded regions show the mean and $1\sigma$
scatter of circularised radii, whose definition is closer to our
half-light radii. In the right panel, we show the `main sequence' of
star-forming galaxies at redshifts $2.0<z<2.5$ (MS-SFGs, yellow
line) from \citet{Whitaker2014}, with yellow shaded regions
indicating the $1\sigma$ and $2\sigma$ confidence intervals
including the scatter in the data from \citet{Whitaker2015}. The
extrapolation to lower masses is illustrated by the dashed segments.
The black squares show SFR measurements based on the SED fit whereas
red diamonds show spectroscopic measurements based on H$\alpha$. The
blue triangles represent SFR lower limits based on \mbox{${\rm Ly}\alpha$}. }
\label{fig:scalingrelations}
\end{figure*}
\section{Discussion}
\label{sec:discussion}
Having analysed the emission properties of our sample of high-redshift
galaxies associated with strong \ion{H}{i}\ absorbers, we can now investigate
how these objects compare to samples of luminosity-selected
galaxies. In Fig.~\ref{fig:scalingrelations} we show the established
mass--size relation \citep{vanderWel2014} and the so-called `main
sequence' of star-forming galaxies (MS-SFGs) from
\citet{Whitaker2014}, both constructed from luminosity-selected
samples at similar redshifts to our sample, which has a mean redshift
$\langle z_{\rm abs}\rangle = 2.3$. A more detailed comparison of our
\emph{HST}\ sample to each of these relations is presented below.
\subsection{Mass--size relation}
\citet{vanderWel2014} investigate the stellar-mass--size relation for
early- and late-type galaxies over a large range in redshift based on
the 3D-\emph{HST}/CANDELS survey. Early- and late-type galaxies are
separated by colour-criteria. The authors derive stellar masses
assuming the same initial mass function \citep{Chabrier2003} as we do
in this work. \citeauthor{vanderWel2014} report their size estimates
in two ways; as the effective semi-major axis ($a_e$) from S\'ersic
models; and as circularised effective radii. In
Fig.~\ref{fig:scalingrelations}, we indicate the mass--$a_e$ relations
for early- and late-type galaxies at $\langle z \rangle=2.25$ reported
by \citet{vanderWel2014} as the red and blue lines,
respectively. Below the reported completeness limits of their work, we
show an extrapolation of these relations as dashed lines. The
circularised effective radii by \citeauthor{vanderWel2014} are shown
as shaded boxes, where the vertical extent depicts the $1\sigma$
dispersion within a given stellar mass bin, and the horizontal extent
depicts the stellar mass range of the bin. We note that the
circularised radii, in definition, more closely resemble our
non-parametric approach, and should therefore make a more fair
comparison to the $r_{1/2}$ size-estimates of the absorption-selected
galaxy sample presented in this work.
In Fig.~\ref{fig:scalingrelations}, we also show our sample of
absorption-selected galaxies. We fit a mass--size relation to our
sample with a power-law, similar to \citealt{vanderWel2014}. For the
fit, we adopt the minimisation method described in \citet{Moller2013}
including a term for the intrinsic scatter, and taking into account
the asymmetric uncertainties in $\log({\rm M}_{\star} /
\mathrm{M}_{\odot})$ and measured radii. We obtain the following best
fit relation:
$$\log(r_{\mathrm{1/2}}/{\rm kpc}) = (-0.8_{-2.0}^{+2.3}) + (0.1\pm0.2) \log({\rm M}_{\star}/{\rm M_{\odot}})~,$$
\noindent with an internal scatter of $\sigma_{\log r_{1/2}} =
0.26$~dex. The best-fit relation for our sample is shown as the solid
black line with $1\sigma$- and $2\sigma$ confidence intervals shown as
grey shaded regions around the line. The relation inferred from our
sample matches more closely the relation for late-type (blue) galaxies
than the one for early-type (red) galaxies. Quantitatively, we assess
the similarity between our sample and the two relations for early- and
late-type galaxies using the reduced $\chi^2$ statistic. For eight
degrees of freedom ($\nu=8$) and assuming a simple extrapolation of
the relations from luminosity-selected galaxies, we obtain $\chi^2 /
\nu = 9.5/8 = 1.2$ to the blue line, and $\chi^2 / \nu = 70/8 = 8.8$
to the red line. Given the number of degrees of freedom, the
expectation value of the reduced $\chi^2$ statistic is $\chi^2/\nu
\approx 1 \pm \sqrt{2/\nu} \approx 1.0 \pm 0.5$. We therefore
conclude that our sample is consistent (to within $<1\sigma$) with the
relation for late-type galaxies and inconsistent with the relation for
early-type galaxies at more than $15\sigma$.
Albeit limited by sample size and individual measurement
uncertainties, it is encouraging to see that, even towards the
low-mass end, our absorption-selected sample follows the extrapolated
luminosity-selected mass-size relation for late-type galaxies at
$z\sim2$. This result is consistent with the notion that identifying
galaxies in absorption preferentially selects faint, gas-rich,
star-forming galaxies \citep[e.g.,][]{Fynbo1999}. Remarkably, more
than $50\%$ of our sample has stellar masses below the formal
completeness limit of the luminosity-selected \emph{HST}\ survey, despite
the fact that our metallicity cut pre-selects the most massive
(sub-)DLA galaxies known.
\subsection{Main sequence of star-forming galaxies}
In this section we consider only the sub-sample of 8 galaxies for
which we derive SED-based SFRs and stellar masses, as listed in Table
\ref{tab:SFR}.
In Fig.~\ref{fig:scalingrelations}, we show the polynomial
parameterization of the MS-SFGs for the luminosity-selected galaxies at
$z\sim 2-2.5$ reported by \citet{Whitaker2014}, with the associated
$1\sigma-$ and $2\sigma$ scatter in the relation based on the
intrinsic dispersion $\sigma_{\rm intrinsic} = 0.14$ reported in
\citet{Whitaker2015}. For our sample, we have incomplete data from
three different SFR tracers: lower limits from \mbox{${\rm Ly}\alpha$};
recombination-line measurements of H$\alpha$ which trace the
near-instantaneous SFR on time-scales of $\sim 10$~Myr; and SED-based
values (see Section \ref{subsec:SED}) that trace the ongoing SFR (see
the documentation of {\sc LePhare}). To form a complete census, we
plot all the SFR tracers for each object in
Figure~\ref{fig:scalingrelations}.
The results of the various diagnostics can be summarised as
follows. For objects with SFR measurements in \mbox{${\rm Ly}\alpha$}\ and either
H$\alpha$ or SED, the lower limits from \mbox{${\rm Ly}\alpha$}\ are consistent with the
other tracers in all cases. Considering the limited number of
photometric bands available to constrain our SED fits, we find a good
agreement between H$\alpha$ and SED based SFRs where both are
available, with the notable exception of Q\,2059--0528. For this
object, expressed in terms of logarithmic SFR, our SED based
measurement is in 2.6$\sigma$ tension with the H$\alpha$ upper limit
reported by \citet{Peroux2012}. We note, however, that the H$\alpha$
limit may be underestimated due to the added uncertainties introduced
by the quasar PSF and its subtraction. In addition, the characteristic
SFR timescales differ, and our \emph{HST} filter selection is
optimised for the determination of SED-based stellar masses, not of
SED-based SFRs. We therefore resort to the SED-based SFR on a
statistical level of the sample, but emphasise caution not to
overinterpret the SED-based SFR for individual objects.
Since the SED-based SFRs are available for all galaxies in the
sub-sample treated in this section, we use these SFR estimates to
investigate the relation between stellar mass and star formation. A
log-linear (i.e., power-law) fit of the stellar-mass--SFR$_{\rm SED}$
relation using an orthogonal linear regression method with asymmetric
uncertainties to our sample yields:
$$\log({\rm SFR}/ \ensuremath{\textrm{M$_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$}}) = (0.7 \pm 0.5)\log({\rm M_{\star}/M_{\odot}}) - (5.2 \pm 4.3)~.$$
In Fig. \ref{fig:scalingrelations} we plot the best-fit relation to
our sample as a solid black line, and its $1\sigma$ and $2\sigma$
confidence intervals as grey shaded regions around the line.
The MS-SFG relation at $2.0<z<2.5$ by \cite{Whitaker2014} suggests a
linear relation with a steepening slope of order unity towards low
stellar masses, consistent to $<1\sigma$ with our fitted
relation. Whereas this comparison is based on an extrapolation of the
\citet{Whitaker2014} relation below the reported mass completeness
limit, our results are furthermore consistent with
\citet{Kochiashvili2015}, who report a log-linear slope of $1.17$
based on an emission-line selected galaxy sample at $z \sim 1.85$ with
measurements probing low stellar masses in the range of $8.5 <
\log({\rm M_{\star}/M_{\odot}}) < 9.4$.
The fact that our sample matches the established MS-SFGs is
interesting, when comparing to lower redshifts, where
absorption-selected galaxies are found to lie \emph{below} the `main
sequence' at $z\sim 0.7$ \citep{Moller2018,Kanekar2018,Rhodin2018}.
The differences hint at a redshift evolution in the way
absorption-selection traces the underlying galaxy population.
However, our high-redshift \emph{HST} sample probes lower stellar
masses on average
($\langle \log {\rm M_{\star} / M_{\odot}} \rangle = 9.2$)
than the low-redshift sample
($\langle \log {\rm M_{\star} / M_{\odot}} \rangle = 10.0$;
\citealt{Rhodin2018}). This inhibits us from discriminating any
evolution with redshift from an evolution with stellar mass.
\section{Conclusions} \label{sec:conclusions}
In this work, we performed a systematic analysis of high-redshift ($2
\lesssim z \lesssim 3$) galaxies associated with strong
\ion{H}{i}\ ($\ensuremath{\log({\rm N_{H\, \textsc{i}}\: /\: cm}^{-2})} > 19$) absorbers, for which the emission counterparts
were known in advance based on spectroscopic emission line
identifications. In seven fields, we obtained new \emph{HST/WFC3}
imaging data. In addition, we re-analysed three fields with archival
\emph{HST}\ images of similar configuration and quality, which renders a
total homogeneous sample of ten fields compiled from two \emph{HST}
campaigns.
The high spatial resolution of the \emph{HST}\ images combined with a
careful subtraction of the quasar PSFs allow us to robustly detect
continuum emission counterparts for nine systems in at least one
filter (seven new detections; two confirmations of previously
published detections), and to report one tentative detection in the
Q0338--0005 field.
Accounting for the quasar PSFs, each absorbing galaxy is modelled with
a multi-component S\'ersic model to describe its light
distribution. This enables us to measure broad-band magnitudes and
half-light radii. Combined with redshift, known from spectroscopic
observations in absorption and emission, the detection of the galaxy
in more than one filter allows us to derive SED-based stellar masses
and star formation rates for eight out of the ten targets. The main
results can be summarised as follows:
\begin{itemize}
\item With stellar masses of $\log ({\rm M_{\star} / M}_{\odot}) =
8 - 10$ and half-light radii of $r_{1/2} = 0.4 - 2.6$~kpc, our
sample forms a relation consistent with the mass--size relation
for luminosity-selected, late-type galaxies at $z=2.25$
\citep{vanderWel2014}, extrapolated towards the faint end of the
galaxy luminosity function by more than one order of magnitude
in stellar mass.
\item Combining the stellar masses with SFR estimates of $1 -
50$~\ensuremath{\textrm{M$_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$}}\ based on spectroscopic H$\alpha$ emission line
fluxes and SED-fits, our sample forms a relation consistent with
the MS-SFGs derived for luminosity-selected samples at similar
redshifts \citep{Whitaker2014}, extrapolated to ten times lower
stellar masses.
\item With $\sim 40\%$ of our sample displaying complex light
distributions, whose modelling requires multiple S\'ersic
components, absorption-selected galaxies at $z \sim 2 -3$ are
consistent with the findings of clumpy morphologies in
high-redshift galaxies \citep{Livermore2015}.
\end{itemize}
Lastly, we revisit the absorption-line metallicity of the DLA towards
Q\,0139--0824 using VLT/X-Shooter data. We furthermore provide new
measurements of the spectroscopic detections of emission counterparts
of the absorbers towards Q\,0139--0824 and Q\,0124+0044 using archival
VLT/X-Shooter and VLT/FORS1 data.
Based on our sample of absorption-selected, high-redshift galaxies we
suggest that, at redshift $2-3$, galaxies associated to strong
\ion{H}{i}\ absorbers predominantly trace gas-rich, late-type, star-forming
galaxies from the faint end of the Lyman-break galaxy luminosity
function. Previous analyses of a smaller sample led to similar
conclusions \citep{Moller2002}. With the \emph{HST}\ observations presented
in this work, we demonstrate that such galaxies follow scaling
relations between stellar mass, SFR, and size established for
luminosity-selected samples, and extend these relations to lower
masses by one order of magnitude.
\section*{acknowledgments}
NHPR and LC are supported by the Independent Research Fund Denmark
(DFF - 4090--00079). JKK acknowledges support from the Danish
Council for Independent Research (EU-FP7 under Marie-Curie grant
agreement no. 600207; DFF-MOBILEX -- 5051-00115). KEH
acknowledges support by a Project Grant (162948--051) from The
Icelandic Research Fund. FV acknowledges support from the
Carlsberg Foundation Research Grant CF18-0388 ``Galaxies: Rise and
Death'' and the Cosmic Dawn Center of Excellence funded by the
Danish National Research Foundation under the Grant No. 140.
\section*{Data availability}
Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA \emph{Hubble Space
Telescope}, obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute,
which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research
in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. Data
obtained for this article were accessed via
https://archive.stsci.edu/hst/ (Programme ID 12553).
Based on archival FORS1 and X-Shooter observations collected at
the European Southern Observatory under ESO programme IDs
189.A-0424 and 081.A-0506, accessed via http://archive.eso.org.
This research has made use of the SIMBAD database
(\url{http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/}), operated at CDS, Strasbourg,
France \citep{Simbad2000}. Astropy \citep{Astropy2013}, Photutils
\citep{Photutils2016}, Matplotlib \citep{Matplotlib2007}, and
Drizzlepac \citep{Drizzlepac2012}.
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Martin Garrix On Scrutiny Received On "Animals"
by Chris Wood
in About, EDM News
The young Dutch superstar Martin Garrix receives mixed reviews within the Electronic Dance Music scene. With his career launch primarily attributed to the release and massive popularity of his Big Room "Animals" track, Garrix receives a lot of scrutiny on his hit track being over played on the radio. Now although it is safe to say that "Animals" has climaxed in popularity and at this point the industry should award Martin his Gold status award along with the master copy of "Animals" where he can then shelf both, Garrix sure does take the criticism like a champ.
In a recent interview Martin Garrix states that, "he is proud of what "Animals" has achieved" and that he, "did not produce the track to reach the amount of success it has", it was intended to be "played in his own sets and clubs and festivals", fair enough. The first step any music producer needs to realize is that a career in music starts with the music you create. You're not going to headline Coachella on both weekends with nothing tangible to show for.
Now some of you may be offended when I compare Martin Garrix with a quote Tupac shared, which is that "small minds cannot comprehend big spirits" but it has been said. Sure Garrix has his fair share of criticizers based on both the over saturated playing of Animals and the same 4/4 timed template tracks Martin Garrix has been producing as of late but the young guy doesn't let that get to him. Martin claims to be straying away from the "sub kick tunes" and is on his way to be "doing more mellow stuff" but before recreating himself he fends off the die hard EDM fans who show steadfast dedication to defending the genres uniqueness, rightfully and thankfully so, by stating, "I honestly don't really care about the criticism towards "Animals". "It isn't my fault that it's getting played so much on the radio" Garrix exclaims, "I made the record as a club record, not to be on the radio".
Harsh words from such a young guy but as he goes on to say, "I just love to play and make other people happy". His parents and management told him last year after doing six straight months of touring that he "needed some rest", but without skipping a beat exclaims that sharing his passion and creating everlasting memories for his fans that he performs for is what he loves.
-Chris Wood-
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All-new Subaru Impreza is 2017 Japanese Car of the Year
Subaru's new compact beat out the Toyota Prius and Audi A4 for Japan's top honour
Published: December 9, 2016, 6:55 AM
Updated: December 12, 2016, 9:27 PM
2017 Japanese Car of the Year - Subaru Impreza
The all-new Subaru Impreza was voted the 2017 Car of the Year Japan by a jury of 59 automotive journalists from that country (including Autofile contributor Peter Lyon). The winner was announced and the award presented at a ceremony held inside the Tokyo International Exchange Center on Tokyo Bay.
The Impreza earned 420 votes to clearly beat the Toyota Prius by 49 votes, while the Audi A4 polled 149 to edge out the Volvo XC90 for third place and the Import Car of the Year trophy.
This COTY win is only the second ever for Subaru and its first in 13 years.
In accepting the award, Impreza chief engineer Kazuhiro Abe said, "When we started developing the Impreza over 4 years ago, never did I imagine I'd be standing here today with such a prestigious award. This must be what it feels like to win an Olympic gold. The Impreza's new global platform has great meaning for the company moving forward and will underpin nearly all of our cars over the next decade. On behalf of all of my R&D team, I'd like to thank the jurors for their support of this car."
Japan's COTY organization is made up of 59 jurors who each start with 25 votes and must give their most highly rated vehicle 10 votes. Their remaining 15 votes are then spread across their next best 4 cars. Each juror must vote for five cars out of the final Top 10.
The Nissan Serena captured the Innovation Award for its Propilot driver-assist, hands-free sliding door technology and clever seat arrangement, while the Daihatsu Move Canbus won the Small Mobility award for its packaging.
Earning high marks for its performance and handling, the BMW M2 won the Emotional Award, while the Honda NSX picked up the Car of the Year Japan steering committee's Special Award for its revolutionary V-6 twin-turbo hybrid powertrain.
The Mazda MX-5 won the Car of the Year Japan award for 2016 and the Mazda2 was the winner for 2015.
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Third in a row for Russian men's volleyball
Volleyball 21/09/2015
Russian players celebrate their victory during the Award Ceremony.
Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico, September 20, 2015 - Russia won their third crown in a row after a victory over Argentina in five sets (20-25, 18-25, 25-16, 25-21 and 15-11).
Russia played their first tie-break at the World Championship but could solve the match in their favor after a 0-2 deficit. Dmitry Volkov scored 24 points for the defending champions, while Denis Bogdan finished with 16, Sergei Pirainen tallied 13 and Maxim Belogortcev 12.
For Argentina Bruno Lima was the top scorer with 16 points, while Nicolas Lazo scored 14.
The South Americans had a dominant start of the game and even neutralized Russian reaction in the first set. Argentina made the best from Russians mistakes and took concentration as well as some advantage on the scoreboard.
For Russia this was their third championship in a row in this category after winning the editions of 2011 in Brazil and 2013 in Turkey.
China 3-1 Brazil (Bronze medal)
China won the bronze medal by scores of 25-19, 25-21, 27-29 and 25-21. Rodrigo Leao topped the actions for the Brazilian team with 21 points, while Caio Oliveira scored 17 and Gabriel Kavalkievicz scored 11.
Libin Liu finished with 18 points for China, while Zhejia Zhang scored 15 units. China distributed the ball along with Yuanbo Li and Runtao Xia, who also recorded double digits. Li finished with 13 points and Xia with 12.
Italy 3-0 Turkey (Fifth place)
Italy finished with the fifth place after beating Turkey in straight sets. Scores were 25-22, 25-17, 25-16 after one hour and 9 minutes of game.
Marco Pierotti was the top scorer of Italy with 14 points. He was followed by Andrea Argenta, who recorded 12. Giacomo Raffaelli also registered double digits, as he tallied 11 points.
Once again, Yasin Aydin was the leading scorer for Turkey, that really struggled against the Italian offense. Aydin rescued 16 points for the Turkish team, while Melih Siratca closed with 11.
Slovenia 3-1 Canada (Seventh place)
Slovenia finished in the seventh place after beating Canada 3-1 (23-25, 25-28, 25-28, 25-11).
Stern Toncek and Jan Kozamernik finished as top scorers for Slovenia with 12 points apiece, while Jure Okroglic scored 11.
Brandon Koppers topped for Canada with 16 units, followed by Blake Scheerhorn, who scored 9, as well as Andrew Richards.
Canada controlled the blocking game by leading 10-6 with Gabriel Chancy and Brandon Koppers (with 3 and 2 blocking points, respectively). However they surrendered 45 points by mistake and Slovenia only 21.
Poland 3-0 (Ninth place)
Poland finished in ninth place at the FIVB Men's U21 World Championship after beating France 3-0 (25-20, 20-28, 25-19).
Aleksander Sliwka was the best player with 17 points, while Rafal Szymura closed with 11, both for Poland, that also had another player with double digit as Bartlomiej Lemanski scored 10 points.
Luka Basic was the top scorer for France with 9 points, while Timothée Carle registered 8. France could not work with their serve as they had no aces, while Poland finished with two by Marcin Komenda.
USA 3-2 Iran (Eleventh place)
The United States defeated Iran for the second time at the FIVB Men's U21 World Championship.
The Americans, coached by Daniel Friend won in five sets by scores of 25-18, 25-18, 21-25, 12-25 and 15-10 to claim the eleventh position of the championship.
John Hatch, captain of USA, was the most effective player with 14 points, while Colby Harriman finished with 10. Iran finished in twelfth place with Salim Cheperli as leader in their offense after finishing with 11 points, while, Amin Esmaeilnezhad scored seven.
Cuba 3-0 Japan (Thirteenth place)
Cuba finished in place 13 after winning against Japan 25-21, 25-19, and 25-16. Miguel David Gutierrez and Abrahan Alfonso Gavilan finished as top scorers for the Cuban team after recording 13 and 9 points respectively.
On the Japanese side of the net, Tsubasa Hisahara, Ataru Kumakura and Kenta Takanashi, recorded 9 points apiece. Cuba overcame 12-3 in blocking with Javier Concepcion as their best man in this department.
Concepcion blocked for a total of 4 points while his teammates Abrahan Alfonso Gavilan and Ricardo Calvo finished with 3 apiece.
Egypt 3-0 Mexico (Fifteenth place)
Egypt claimed their first victory at FIVB Men's U21 World Championship after beating Mexico in three sets.
Scores were 27-25, 25-19, 25-21. Mohamed Abdelmohsen Seliman and Abdelrahman Abouelella closed as top scorers for Egypt with 11 points apiece. Alan Gabriel Martinez and Ridl Alexis Garay Nava were the top scorers for Mexico with 12 and 11, respectively.
The key to Egyptian victory was based in blocking and serving. Egypt outplayed Mexico in blocks by claiming 12 points against only 2 by the hosts. Mohamed Seliman closed as top blocker with 4 points.
1st Outside Spiker: Dmitry Volkov, Russia
2nd Outside Spiker: Denis Bogdan, Russia
1st. Middle Blocker: Zhejia Zhang, China
2nd Middle Blocker: Osman Durmaz, Turkey
Setter: Matias Sánchez, Argentina
Opposite Spiker: Caio Oliveira, Brazil
Best Libero: Santiago Danani, Argentina
Most Valuable Player: Pavel Pankov, Russia
Final Ranking
1.- Russia
2.- Argentina
3.- China
4.- Brazil
5.- Italia
6.-Turkey
7.- Slovenia
8.- Canada
9.- Poland
10.- France
11.- USA
12.- Iran
13.- Cuba
14.- Japan
15.- Egypt
16.- Mexico
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Nirmala in a 'must watch' show, Modi yet to face Rafale test
Defence minister speaks for over 2 hours, but is accused of running away from Rahul Gandhi's questions
By Our Special Correspondent in New Delhi
Published 5.01.19, 3:00 AM
Updated 5.01.19, 5:11 PM
Nirmala Sitharaman outside Parliament on Friday. Picture by Prem Singh
The Prime Minister is yet to take the Rafale exam but on Friday, the attendance did get upgraded from former defence minister to serving defence minister.
Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke for over two hours in the Lok Sabha, at the end of which Arun Jaitley, her predecessor who was deployed on Tuesday to defend the fighter deal, tweeted: "Well done! Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman ji, for an outstanding performance. You demolished the fake campaign. We are all proud of your performance."
Although he himself skipped the test, Prime Minister Narendra Modi played examiner and gave Sitharaman full marks. Modi tweeted in the evening: "Defence Minister @nsitharaman's speech in the Parliament demolishes the campaign of calumny on Rafale. Must watch!"
Sitharaman had indeed delivered a "must-watch" performance.
However, after the long and dramatic exercise, it boiled down to two objective-type questions that could have been easily answered with either a "Yes" or a "No". The defence minister did not do so explicitly.
The questions were asked by Congress president Rahul Gandhi who had originally framed them for the Prime Minister.
"The crux of the matter is, Modi changed the deal. She accepted this that the Prime Minister had created a new deal owing to an emergency situation. I asked her to reply in 'yes' or 'no' to this simple question — Did defence ministry officials object when the Prime Minister was doing this bypass surgery? Did they tell him defence procurement procedures should not be bypassed?" Rahul told reporters in the evening outside Parliament.
In the House, Sitharaman had steered clear of a direct answer although the Congress had made public in the morning what it said were objections noted in the Rafale files by defence ministry officials.
Sitharaman told the Lok Sabha: "During the negotiation, a lot of opinions are recorded also. We did not hide anybody's viewpoint. But that joint secretary, who they love quoting saying that he differed from the whole process, was the one who also signed the report. All the seven members signed the report and he was the one to sign the draft, which went for the CCS (cabinet committee on security) approval. So, do not constantly raise that question without hearing the reply.
"During the discussion, a lot of things are said and they are recorded. They are not hidden. They are not wiped off. It is the same joint secretary who signed the report, which went to the CCS for approval. He along with six others, who make up for the seven members in total, signed the INT (Indian negotiating team) report."
In an interview last year, Sudhanshu Mohanty, the former head of finance in the defence ministry, had wondered why the benchmark price was changed and what the justification was for overruling senior ministry officials who had negotiated the contract.
The reality is, they don't have the answers. Drama shuru kar diya. Insulted me, called me a liar. Phir bhag gayi (then ran away).
On Friday morning, the Congress said the Prime Minister had overruled the objections at a meeting of the cabinet committee on security. The Opposition party asked why Modi had increased the benchmark price from Rs 39,422 crore to Rs 62,166 crore.
The Congress also made public what it said were file notings from the defence ministry.
The Congress said one noting on the file read "the Maintenance Terms and Conditions including PBG (performance-based guarantee) of 36 Rafale IGA (inter-government agreement) was not better than that of 126 MMRCA bid (the original bid for 126 aircraft when the UPA was in power)." (The italicised words are annotations by this newspaper.)
Another noting, according to the Congress, read: "The delivery schedule of 36 Rafale IGA was not better than that of 126 MMRCA bid."
The Congress said that according to the deal cleared by the Modi government, the first Rafale aircraft is scheduled to be delivered in September 2019 and all the 36 aircraft by 2022, about seven years after the Prime Minister gave his nod on April 10, 2015.
Another purported noting that the Congress made public: "The 20% discount offer of EADS (the European aerospace corporation) in 126 MMRCA tender was ignored. The INT (Indian negotiating team) should take EADS quote for 36 Rafale delivery equivalent and then compare prices."
The Congress said the Eurofighter Typhoon had written on July 4, 2014, to Jaitley, who was defence minister then, "offering to reduce the price by 20 per cent".
Once Modi had decided to make a fresh purchase of Rafale in April 2015, Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon should have been asked to bid afresh "so as to arrive at the lowest price in favour of public exchequer", the Congress said, asking: "Why was this ignored?"
Another purported file noting cited by the Congress was "as per the prices reflected in Dassault's financial results, it has sold Rafale at a cheaper rate to Qatar and Egypt as compared to India".
The Congress estimated the additional payment by India at Rs 10,487.16 crore, compared with the price of 48 Rafale aircraft Egypt and Qatar had bought in 2015.
Sitharaman said in the House that the Egyptian and Qatari figures were neither official nor comparable.
Later, Rahul told reporters outside the House: "The reality is, they don't have the answers. Drama shuru kar diya. Insulted me, called me a liar. Phir bhag gayi (then ran away)."
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Update: San Angelo homicide suspect caught in Jones County
Laura Gutschke
Abilene Reporter-News
ABILENE — A man wanted for a homicide in San Angelo was arrested Tuesday morning in Jones County after a multi-agency manhunt that began in Abilene with a high-speed chase.
William James Martinez, 39, also known by the last name Hernandez, was wanted in connection with the death of his ex-girlfriend Selena Bradley, also known as Selena Burney, according to a Tom Green County arrest affidavit issued Monday.
San Angelo police believed Martinez was headed to Abilene, according to a news release from that agency.
Police on Monday evening spotted Martinez's vehicle at a car wash in north Abilene. Martinez allegedly eluded apprehension by colliding with the officer's vehicle and fleeing at a high rate of speed, according to information from San Angelo and Abilene police.
The Jones County Sheriff's Office reported the suspect led officers from several agencies on a multi-county pursuit.
Martinez's vehicle was located in a field after crashing near the intersection of county roads 115 and 158 near Hamlin, the sheriff's office said in a social media post at 5:08 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020.
The suspect was not found in the vehicle and was believed to have fled on foot, the sheriff's office said.
A Hamlin police officer saw Martinez walking on an undisclosed road and took him into custody, San Angelo police said. The apprehension took place before 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, when Abilene police made a social media update.
Also assisting in the search were officers from Anson Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas game wardens, the sheriff's office said.
Martinez has been charged with murder and on an older warrant for assault causes bodily injury-family violence and booked into the Jones County Jail. His bond was set at $1 million, the Jones County Sheriff's office said.
Victim's body found in freezer
The homicide investigation began Monday when a Tom Green Sheriff's Office investigator interviewed a childhood friend of Martinez, the affidavit said.
The friend stated Martinez admitted three days earlier to hurting Bradley and that a body was in a freezer in a residence at 123 Allen St. in San Angelo, the affidavit said.
The investigator also contacted a former girlfriend of Martinez. The woman confirmed that he had been dating Bradley, the affidavit said.
San Angelo police reported Monday that Bradley was last seen Friday.
Tom Green County deputies, along with San Angelo police, executed search warrants Monday afternoon at the residence and at a commercial building in the 1100 block of South Chadbourne Street, where Martinez worked, the affidavit said.
Officers at the residence located an operational freezer in the kitchen. Inside the freezer, officers found a woman's body wrapped in a blue tarp, the affidavit said.
Through photographs and distinct purple hair color on the head, officers were able to identify the deceased as Bradley, the affidavit said.
The woman had "marks on her neck on the left side of her face consistent with being struck and assaulted," the affidavit said.
The cause and manner of death are pending an autopsy, San Angelo police said in a Monday update on the case.
As part of the investigation, a San Angelo police detective interviewed a woman who had a child with the suspect. The woman stated Martinez called Monday to speak to the child and was upset and crying, the affidavit said.
The woman also stated that during the call, Martinez "admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend," the affidavit said.
Child sex crimes case
On Feb. 25, Martinez was arrested on suspicion of the charges of continuous sex abuse of a child younger than 14, two counts of sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact, the San Angelo Standard-Times reported.
The arrest was made after being indicted on the charges by a Tom Green County grand jury. The assaults allegedly happened four times in one day on June 15, 2017, according to court documents.
Martinez was released from the Tom Green County Jail hours after his arrest on a $50,000 bond with a condition of no contact with the victim, the Standard-Times reported.
San Angelo Standard-Times reporter Alana Edgin contributed to this story.
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by WKU News on May 2, 2017 in Awards and honors, International reach, Student life, TopNews, Upcoming events, WKU News
WKU's Office of International Programs (OIP) is preparing to launch the 2017-2018 International Year of (IYO) Bosnia and Herzegovina. The IYO program places a yearlong spotlight on a specific country and provides WKU and Bowling Green with a greater understanding of that country's history and culture and its intersections with the U.S. The IYO is […]
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WKU's 181st Commencement set for May 12-13 at Diddle Arena
by WKU News on May 1, 2017 in Awards and honors, International reach, Research, TopNews, Upcoming events, WKU News
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Regents approve tuition, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
by WKU News on April 28, 2017 in Awards and honors, Student life, TopNews, WKU News
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WKU to rename building in honor of Rep. Jody Richards
WKU's Board of Regents today (April 28) approved renaming a campus building to honor long-time WKU supporter and state representative Jody Richards of Bowling Green. Mass Media and Technology Hall will become Jody Richards Hall during a May 4 ceremony. Richards, whose 14-year tenure as Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives was the longest […] | {
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Sherri Holliday-Sklar recently moved to Rogers, Ark. from the Washington DC area upon her retirement from the U.S. Department of State. Sherri grew up on a farm near Coffeyville, Kansas. She earned History and Political Science Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Kansas in 1985 and a Master of Arts in Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota in 1988. She worked as a budget and policy analyst for the Kansas State Division of the Budget from 1988 until 1991.
In 1991, Sherri became a foreign service officer. Over the span of her 29-year career, she lived and worked overseas, representing the United States in Sofia, Bulgaria, Singapore, Baku, Azerbaijan, Toronto, Canada and Helmand Province, Afghanistan, where she worked with the U.S. Marine Corps. She worked at the State Department in Washington on foreign policy related to global export controls, the Pacific Islands, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg, South Korea, maritime Southeast Asia, and regional security, including cybersecurity, in the East Asian and Pacific region, and nuclear nonproliferation. Sherri also served as a foreign policy advisor to the three-star director of strategic plans and policy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon.
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\section{Introduction} \label{sec:intro}
Fabricating chips in untrusted facilities is increasing worldwide, which paves the way for an easy entrance of counterfeit chips into the supply chain in different formats, such as recycled, remarked or forged documentation, tampered, cloned, reverse-engineered, out-of-spec/defective, and overproduced \cite{Ioannis, guin, Forte:CHES, PVal:Basak, JV:Counterfeit,rahman2021systems,contreras2013secure}. Recent studies show that memory and memory integrated ICs (microprocessors, programmable logic devices, etc.) consist of ${\sim}$50\% of the total counterfeit market share \cite{Forte:CHES}. Most counterfeit memory chips suffer from sub-standard quality, poor performance, and shorter lifespan, severely affecting the security and reliability domains \cite{guin, Forte:CHES,talukder2020towards}. To date, there have been several anti-counterfeiting solutions to avoid fake chips, such as hardware metering, secured split testing (SST), on-chip sensor, split manufacturing, electronic chip ID, IC camouflaging, DNA marking, physical inspection-based test, burn-in test, and electrical test \cite{Forte:CHES, guin, PVal:Basak, JV:Counterfeit}. Unfortunately, all of these techniques suffer at least one of the following limitations- (i) focused on a single counterfeit type (e.g., only identifying remarked chips), (ii) requires hardware modification, (iii) involves complex supply chain management, (iv) requires help from the subject-matter of experts, (v) suffers from low test accuracy, and (vi) requires expensive lab facility \cite{guin, guin_comprehensive, Forte:CHES}. In contrast, watermarking is considered a cost-effective anti-counterfeit solution because watermark imprint/extraction can be performed without circuit modification, subject-matter experts, or extensive testing \cite{Watermarking}.
This article focuses on preventing counterfeit ReRAM chips or chips with embedded ReRAM by watermarking technique. The emerging ReRAM has several advantages: architectural simplicity, high scalability, ultra-low power operation, high density, cross-bar structure feasibility, excellent reliability at high temperature, high endurance compared to other traditional storage memories. \cite{ReRAM_Yi, ReRAM_Yang, Fujitsu}. Therefore, ReRAM has been investigated to a great extent to integrate into low-power applications, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), wearable devices (e.g., smartwatch, smart glasses), tablets, smartphones, automobiles, and medical devices (e.g., hearing aids). Such elevated use of ReRAMs makes it a lucrative target to counterfeiters. Our aim is to prevent counterfeiting of such chips by embedding watermarks in ReRAM cells by leveraging analog characteristics of ReRAM.
Technically, ReRAM is analogous to a two-terminal passive variable resistor where two resistance states, high resistance state ($HRS$) and low resistance state ($LRS$), represent the binary data values. Our technique imprints the watermark by repeatedly stressing the memory cells by alternatively writing '1' and '0'. Repeated stressing through switching operation (`1' $\rightarrow$ `0' or `0' $\rightarrow$ `1') gradually decreases the $HRS$ resistance, degrading the memory performance and eventually causing endurance failure \cite{ReRAM_Switching, ReRAM_Mao}. Our experiment indicates that repeatedly stressing the ReRAM cell increases its \textit{write} time (for both logic `0' and `1'). To this extent, we propose a technique of imprinting logic `0' and `1' by representing the fresh and stressed memory cells, respectively. Later, we retrieve the imprinted sequence by observing the \textit{write} time of corresponding memory cells. Our proposed technique is irreversible as the impact of cell stressing is immutable. Hence, the imprinted watermark cannot be tampered. Additionally, our proposed technique does not require any hardware modification and can be directly deployed into available commercial products. Furthermore, the embedded watermark is robust against temperature variation as ReRAM is inherently insensitive to temperature \cite{Bogdan:ReRAM}. Moreover, our proposed method can be evaluated using standard ReRAM \textit{read/write} operation and only costs ${\sim}2$\% of the total endurance of ReRAM cells. The major contributions of this work are as follows.
\begin{itemize} [leftmargin=*, topsep=0pt,itemsep=-1ex,partopsep=1ex,parsep=1ex]
\item We characterize the impact of repeated stressing on ReRAM \textit{write} time experimentally and show that the ReRAM \textit{write} time increases monotonically with respect to the stress count.
\item We present a novel idea of ReRAM watermarking by storing logic `0' bit in fresh ReRAM cells and logic `1' in stressed ReRAM cells. We experimentally show that the imprinted data can be retrieved by observing ReRAM \textit{write} time.
\item {We demonstrate the system throughput and verify the robustness of our proposed watermarking technique in multiple commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) ReRAM chips.}
\end{itemize}
The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Sec. \ref{sec:reram} briefly overviews the ReRAM memory preliminaries. Sec. \ref{sec:method} presents the proposed watermark imprinting and extracting mechanism, including the method for characterization of changes in ReRAM \textit{write} time caused by stress. Sec. \ref{sec:evaluate} explains the experimental setup and exhibits obtained results. Finally, Sec. \ref{sec:end} concludes our work.
\section{ReRAM Preliminaries} \label{sec:reram}
Resistive switching phenomena in a dielectric material is the core mechanism of ReRAM to store logic states \cite{ReRAM_hist, ReRAM_Mao}. The capacitor-like ReRAM bit cell structure consists of two electrodes ($Electrode_{Top}$ and $Electrode_{Bottom}$) separated by a metal oxide resistive switch material (Fig.~\ref{fig:ReRAM}). Studies show that various metal oxide materials can be used to build the resistive switch layer, such as $\ce{Al2O3}$, $\ce{NiO}$, $\ce{SiO2}$, $\ce{Ta2O5}$, $\ce{ZrO2}$, $\ce{TiO2}$, $\ce{HfO2}$, and $\ce{Nb2O5}$ \cite{ReRAM_hist, ReRAM_Mao}. However, different materials result in different device characteristics such as endurance, retention, and scalability \cite{ReRAM_hist, ReRAM_Mao}. Whenever a voltage is applied to the $Electrode_{Top}$, the metal oxide breakdown process is initiated and produces oxygen vacancies in the oxide layer. Consequently, these oxygen vacancies form a conductive filament between two electrodes and produce the low resistance state ($LRS$ or logic `0' state). A voltage with opposite polarity is applied across the metal oxide to eliminate the conductive filament, representing the high resistance state ($HRS$ or logic `1' state) of the ReRAM cell. The ratio between $HRS$'s resistance to LRS's is required to be large enough to ensure robust \textit{read/write} operation \cite{ReRAM_Mao}. The switching operations from $HRS$ ($LRS$) to $LRS$ ($HRS$) is known as \textit{set} (\textit{reset}) operation, and the time required for switching is known as the \textit{set} (\textit{reset}) time. In summary, the ReRAM \textit{read/write} operation is performed as follows:
\begin{itemize} [leftmargin=*, topsep=0pt,itemsep=-1ex,partopsep=1ex,parsep=1ex]
\item The \textit{write} operation ensures appropriate voltage magnitude and polarity across the ReRAM cell; as a result, the ReRAM cell obtains the appropriate resistance state ($LRS$ for logic `0' and $HRS$ for logic `1').
\item During the \textit{read} operation, a small voltage is applied across the ReRAM bit cell, and the measured resistance (by sensing current) determines the stored logic state.
\end{itemize}
\begin{figure}[ht!]
\centering
\captionsetup{justification=centering, margin= 0cm}
\includegraphics[trim=0cm 12.4cm 20.5cm 0.1cm, clip, width = 0.32\textwidth]{Figures/ReRAM.pdf}
\caption{ReRAM cell structure with two logic states \cite{ReRAM_Mao}.}
\label{fig:ReRAM}
\end{figure}
Each switching operation (i.e., changing state from $LRS$ to $HRS$ or $HRS$ to $LRS$) on ReRAM gradually decreases the resistance of $HRS$, wearing-out the device \cite{ReRAM_Switching}. Hence, fresh memory cells possess distinctly different analog properties from the stressed cells (i.e., cells that undergo repeated switching operations). For example, the reduction of resistance of $HRS$ due to the wear-out process degrades the resistance ratio of $HRS/LRS$ \cite{ReRAM_Switching, ReRAM_Mao}. To maintain the desired resistance ratio of $HRS/LRS$, \textit{set} and \textit{reset} times must be increased for stressed memory cells\footnote{The ReRAM internal control circuit maintains appropriate \textit{set/reset} time by initiating write-verify-write operation sequence \cite{jain:ReRAM}.}. In this work, we use this property to distinguish between the fresh and stressed ReRAM cells.
\section{Proposed Watermarking Technique} \label{sec:method}
The flowchart in Fig. \ref{fig:wMark_step} shows the steps of imprinting watermark chronologically. At first, we characterize a few memory cells to understand the analog physical characteristics of ReRAM cells at different stressing levels up to the maximum endurance. Second, we imprint watermarks through repeated stressing the memory cells. These two steps are required to be performed only once. Finally, in the retrieval step, the end-user or manufacturer extracts the physical properties of the memory cells through standard digital interfaces.
\begin{figure}[ht!]
\centering
\captionsetup{justification=centering, margin= 0cm}
\includegraphics[trim=0cm 11.6cm 19.5cm 0cm, clip, width = 0.3\textwidth]{Figures/wMark_step.pdf}
\caption{Steps used for ReRAM watermarking.}
\label{fig:wMark_step}
\end{figure}
\subsection{Cell Characterization} \label{subsec:Char}
Repeated switching operations (alternatively writing 0's and 1's) change the physical properties of ReRAM; therefore, the \textit{set/reset} timing of stressed cells deviates from the fresh cells. The degree of deviation depends on the number of switching operations performed on stressed cells. Our proposed technique imprints logic `1' with stressed cells and `0' with fresh cells. Later, we retrieve the data by separating the fresh cells and stressed cells based on their switching time. However, ReRAM stressing reduces cell endurance. Therefore, we want to keep the stress level as little as possible and simultaneously ensure that fresh and stressed cells are reliably separable with \textit{set/reset} time.
\begin{algorithm}[ht!]
\SetAlgoLined
\KwData{
$\mathcal{N_M}$: \note{Max rewrite operations (data endurance)} \break
$\mathcal{A_S}$: \note{Set of memory addresses targeted to stress} \break
$w_L$: \note{Word length} \break
$\mathcal{D}$: \note{Data vector of length $w_L$, intended to write in target memory cells belong to $\mathcal{A_S}$} \break
$t$: \note{Timer}}
\KwResult{
$\mathcal{S_T}$: \note{\textit{Set} time of memory cells belongs to $\mathcal{A_S}$} \break
$\mathcal{R_T}$: \note{\textit{Reset} time of memory cells belongs to $\mathcal{A_S}$}}
\BlankLine
\tcp{Initialization}
$\mathcal{S_T} = \{ \};\ \mathcal{R_T} = \{ \};\ \mathcal{D} = Ones(1 \times w_L)$\;
\ForEach{a $\in \mathcal{A_S}$}{ \label{alg1:init0}
$write(a, \mathcal{D})$\;
} \label{alg1:init1}
\BlankLine
\tcp{Stressing memory cells}
\For{$i = 0$ to $\mathcal{N_M}$}{ \label{alg1:stress0}
\ForEach{a $\in \mathcal{A_S}$}{
$\mathcal{D} = Zeros(1 \times w_L)$\;
$tic = t$\;
$write(a, \mathcal{D});$ \tcp{\textit{Set} operation} \break
$toc = t - tic$\;
$\mathcal{S_T} = \mathcal{S_T} \cup \{toc\};$ \tcp{Accumulating \textit{set} time} \break
\BlankLine
$\mathcal{D} = Ones(1 \times w_L)$\;
$tic = t$\;
$write(a, \mathcal{D});$ \tcp{\textit{Reset} operation} \break
$toc = t - tic$\;
$\mathcal{R_T} = \mathcal{R_T} \cup \{toc\};$ \tcp{Accumulating \textit{reset} time} \break
}
} \label{alg1:stress1}
\caption{Pseudo-code for characterizing memory cells using repeated switching operation.}
\label{alg:Char}
\end{algorithm}
To this extent, we propose Algorithm \ref{alg:Char} to understand the ReRAM cell characteristics and the impact of switching operation on \textit{set/reset} timing. This algorithm allows us to determine the minimum number of switching operations required to separate the stressed cell from the fresh cell reliably. It also builds a relationship between ReRAM switching time and corresponding stressing level. The sequence of operations for this algorithm is as follows. We initiate our algorithm by writing all `1' data patterns to selected memory addresses (line \ref{alg1:init0} through line \ref{alg1:init1} of Algorithm \ref{alg:Char}). Then, all `0' and all `1' data patterns are written alternatively to those addresses (line \ref{alg1:stress0} through line \ref{alg1:stress1} of Algorithm \ref{alg:Char}). The switching times are captured and stored as \textit{set/reset} times accordingly. We repeat the switching operation until the target memory cells are fully worn-out (i.e., no longer able to store data reliably). We observe that both the \textit{set} and \textit{reset} times increase due to the repeated switching operation, and after a certain number of switching operations, the stressed cells completely become separable from fresh cells.
Note that, according to our observation, the relation between switching characteristics (i.e., \textit{set/reset} time vs. stress count\footnote{One `stress' means a pair of \textit{set-reset} operation.}) is almost uniform for all memory chips sharing the same part-number. Therefore, it should be sufficient to sample a small set of memory chips from each part-number and perform cell characterization over those chips.
\subsection{Imprinting Scheme} \label{subsec:imprint}
After characterization, our next step is to imprint watermarks in ReRAM. Chip manufacturers perform the proposed watermark imprinting technique into the memory during the die-sort testing phase \cite{sakib:flashmark}. The watermark may include standard device ID, chip-specific unique ID, and other manufacturing-related information \cite{sakib:flashmark}. In the proposed technique, we reserve a set of addresses for the watermark; the number of addresses depends on the length of the watermark. Initially, all memory cells possess perfect or near-perfect analog properties since they are fresh. To imprint watermarks, (i) initially, logic `1' is written to those reserved addresses (line \ref{alg2:init0} through line \ref{alg2:init1} of Algorithm \ref{alg:wMark}), and (ii) repeated switching (\textit{set} and \textit{reset}) operations are performed (line \ref{alg2:wmark0} through line \ref{alg2:wmark1} of Algorithm \ref{alg:wMark}) to only those ReRAM addresses, which are supposed to hold the logic `1' of target watermark. The switching operations are repeated until sufficient differences are developed in the \textit{set/reset} time between fresh cells and stressed memory cells. Each switching operation gradually degrades the resistance of $HRS$, which are permanent; thus cannot be reversed. However, the number of repeated switching cycles, $\mathcal{N}$, used to imprint the watermark must be determined through the cell characterization phase for given memory chips (see Sec. \ref{subsec:Char}). From an imprinting perspective, it is desirable to minimize $\mathcal{N}$ because the imprinting time of the watermark is directly proportional to the number of switching cycles. However, higher $\mathcal{N}$ enhances the accuracy by distinguishing fresh and stressed memory cells more perfectly.
\begin{algorithm}[ht!]
\SetAlgoLined
\KwData{
$\mathcal{N}$: \note{Number of stress count (i.e. \textit{set-reset} pairs)} \break
$\mathcal{A_W}$: \note{Set of memory addresses containing watermark.} \break
$w_L$: \note{Word length} \break
$wMark$: \note{Watermark} \break
$\mathcal{D}$: \note{Data vector of length $w_L$, intended to write in target memory cells belong to $\mathcal{A_W}$} \break
$t$: \note{Timer}} \break
\KwResult{
$\mathcal{S_T}$: \note{\textit{Set} time of memory cells belongs to $\mathcal{A_W}$} \break
$\mathcal{R_T}$: \note{\textit{Reset} time of memory cells belongs to $\mathcal{A_W}$}}
\BlankLine
\tcp{Initialization}
$\mathcal{S_T} = \{ \};\ \mathcal{R_T} = \{ \};\ \mathcal{D} = Ones(1 \times w_L)$\;
\ForEach{a $\in \mathcal{A_W}$}{ \label{alg2:init0}
$write(a, \mathcal{D})$\;
} \label{alg2:init1}
\BlankLine
\tcp{Imprinting watermark}
\For{$i = 0$ to $\mathcal{N}$}{ \label{alg2:wmark0}
\ForEach{a $\in \mathcal{A_W}$}{
\If{wMark[Bit]==1}{
$\mathcal{D} = Zeros(1 \times wS)$\;
$write(a, \mathcal{D})$\;
$\mathcal{D} = Ones(1 \times wS)$\;
$write(a, \mathcal{D})$\;
}
}
} \label{alg2:wmark1}
\BlankLine
\tcp{Extracting watermark}
\ForEach{a $\in \mathcal{A_W}$}{ \label{alg2:read0}
$\mathcal{D} = Zeros(1 \times w_L)$\;
$tic = t$\;
$write(a, \mathcal{D})$; \tcp{\textit{Set} operation} \break
$toc = t - tic$; \tcp{Accumulating \textit{Set} time} \break
$\mathcal{S_T} = \mathcal{S_T} \cup \{toc\}$\;
\BlankLine
$\mathcal{D} = Ones(1 \times w_L)$\;
$tic = t$\;
$write(a, \mathcal{D})$; \tcp{\textit{Reset} operation} \break
$toc = t - tic$; \tcp{Accumulating \textit{Reset} time} \break
$\mathcal{R_T} = \mathcal{R_T} \cup \{toc\}$\;
}\label{alg2:read1}
\caption{Pseudo-code for imprinting and extracting watermarks.}
\label{alg:wMark}
\end{algorithm}
\subsection{Retrieval Scheme} \label{subsec:retrive}
System designers read watermarks to verify the chips' authenticity before incorporating them into the products or verify later in the product life-cycle. In order to retrieve watermarks and imprinted status information, the physical properties of memory cells are extracted (in our case, \textit{set/reset} times) to distinguish between fresh and stressed memory cells. Line \ref{alg2:read0} to \ref{alg2:read1} of Algorithm \ref{alg:wMark} outlines the required steps of extracting the \textit{set} and \textit{reset} times from the watermarked addresses. We observe that both \textit{set} and \textit{reset} time change with stress counts, and both can be used to imprint watermarks. For example, the manufacturer can define a threshold value of \textit{set/reset} time after imprinting the watermark, which can be used to differentiate between fresh and stressed memory cells.
It is worth mentioning that \textit{set/reset} characteristics of ReRAM cells appear to be uniform across all ReRAM chips that we have tested. Therefore, the manufacturer can define a fixed standard set of addresses for all memory chips for watermarking. Such arrangement should simplify the evaluation process. For example, the manufacturer can make the addresses that are used for watermarking publicly available. Anyone with this information should be able to access the watermark data and verify the chip authenticity.
\section{Results and Discussion} \label{sec:evaluate}
\subsection{Evaluation Setup and Analysis}\label{subsec:setup}
The analysis is performed over five \textit{MB85AS8MT}\footnote{We have also verified our proposed technique with \textit{MB85AS4MT} ReRAM chips produced by the same manufacturer. However, the Fujitsu \textit{MB85AS4MT} (180nm technology node) ReRAM chip is commercially discontinued, and the \textit{read/write} operation is much slower than the \textit{MB85AS8MT}. If the reviewers want, we will present data for \textit{MB85AS4MT} chips as well.} (40nm technology node) 8-bit serial peripheral interfaced (SPI) $8Mb$ memory chips manufactured by Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited. We have used our own custom-designed memory controller implemented on \textit{Teensy 4.1} microcontroller development board.
The \textit{MB85AS8MT} ReRAM chips are byte-addressable. Therefore, a single byte is the smallest unit for which we can measure \textit{set/reset} time. As a result, we need at least a one-byte storage area in the ReRAM to imprint a single bit of data. However, the measured \textit{set/reset} time might vary due to the external and internal noise. Therefore, we imprint a single bit data into 256 consecutive addresses of the ReRAM to suppress the impact of noise. During evaluation, we have measured \textit{set/reset} time for each address and computed the average. From now on to the rest of the paper, we denote the average \textit{set/reset} time over 256 addresses as $t_{Set,256}$, and $t_{Reset,256}$, respectively. Note that the \textit{write buffer} size of our tested ReRAMs is also 256, which enables us to stress 256 addresses with a single \textit{write} command and hence, reduces overall stressing time. Although the figures (except Fig. \ref{fig:summary}) we present in this section are based on one ReRAM chip (randomly chosen from five test chips), the observation is valid for all test chips. Additionally, the Fig. \ref{fig:summary} summarizes the result from all five test chips.
\begin{figure}[ht!]
\centering
\captionsetup{justification=centering, margin= 0.5cm}
\begin{subfigure}[t]{0.49\textwidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[trim=0.2cm 9cm 4.5cm 0.1cm, clip, width=0.9\textwidth]{Figures/SetT_char_ch2.pdf}
\caption{}
\label{fig:SetT_char}
\end{subfigure}%
\vspace{\medskipamount}
\begin{subfigure}[t]{0.485\textwidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[trim=0.2cm 8.9cm 4.4cm 0cm, clip, width = 0.9\textwidth]{Figures/ResetT_char_ch2.pdf}
\caption{}
\label{fig:ResetT_char}
\end{subfigure}
\caption{ReRAM cell characterization under stress- (a) $t_{Set,256}$ and (b) $t_{Reset,256}$.}
\label{fig:char}
\end{figure}
Fig. \ref{fig:char} shows the switching characteristics (\textit{set/reset} time vs. the stress counts) of the ReRAM chips at $25^{\circ}C$. This figure represents the maximum, minimum, and average of $t_{Set,256}$ (Fig. \ref{fig:SetT_char}) and $t_{Reset,256}$ (Fig. \ref{fig:ResetT_char}) as a function of different stress levels (up to maximum possible rewrite operations\footnote{Maximum rated endurance for \textit{MB85AS8MT} ReRAM chip is $1M$ rewrite cycles (i.e., $500K$ \textit{set-reset} pairs). However, we observe that most memory cells can endure more rewrite operations than the rated endurance. In our experiment, we stress memory cells with up to $1M$ \textit{set-reset} pairs.}) over the 2K random address-space. Fig. \ref{fig:char} demonstrates that both the $t_{Set,256}$ and $t_{Reset,256}$ increase monotonically with stress levels, making it possible to distinguish between stressed and fresh memory cells. For example, the right-side zoomed plot of Fig. \ref{fig:SetT_char}, and \ref{fig:ResetT_char} represents \textit{set/reset} time up to $50K$ stress count, which demonstrates that the minimum value of $t_{Set,256}$ and $t_{Reset,256}$ at stressed count ${\sim}12K$ is larger than the maximum value of $t_{Set,256}$ and $t_{Reset,256}$ at fresh condition. Therefore, a proper threshold value of $t_{Set,256}$ or $t_{Reset,256}$ can reliably identify fresh cells and stressed cells with ${\sim}12K$ \textit{set/reset} operations. Although Fig. \ref{fig:char} is constructed with $2K$ memory addresses, a similar characteristic is valid for the whole address space.
Next, the following steps are performed to verify the feasibility of the proposed watermarking. We have imprinted an arbitrarily chosen 32-bit random data into $(256 \times 32) = 8192$ memory addresses varying the number of switching cycles, $\mathcal{N}$, up to $20K$ times to experimentally demonstrate the watermark imprinting (discussed in Sec. \ref{subsec:imprint}) and retrieval (discussed in Sec. \ref{subsec:retrive}) process.
Fig. \ref{fig:T_rep} represents the experimental data from arbitrarily chosen test chips with imprinted data 0xC2F740EB\footnote{Also verified for other random data.}. We imprint the data in a random memory location. The red and blue dot represents the imprinted logic 1's and 0's, respectively. Fig. \ref{fig:T_rep} shows that logic `1' and logic `0' begin to separate at $5K$ stress count (Fig. \ref{fig:SetT_rep_5K}), and they become well-separated at $10K$ stress count (Fig. \ref{fig:SetT_rep_10K}). With further stress, the separation between logic `1' and logic `0' further increases (Fig. \ref{fig:SetT_rep_15K}). Similarly, with $t_{Reset,256}$, logic `1' and logic `0' begin to separate at $10K$ stress count (Fig. \ref{fig:ResetT_rep_10K}) and become well-separated at $15K$ stress count (Fig. \ref{fig:ResetT_rep_10K}). Therefore, with a proper threshold value of $t_{Set,256}$ (at $10K$ stress) or $t_{Reset,256}$ (at $15K$ stress), one can easily separate logic `0' and logic `1' bits.
\begin{figure}[ht!]
\centering
\captionsetup{justification=centering, margin= 0cm}
\begin{minipage} []{.235\textwidth}
\centering
\captionsetup{justification=centering, margin= 0cm}
\begin{subfigure}[t]{1\textwidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[trim=0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm, clip, width=0.9\textwidth]{Figures/SetT_5K_rep_ch2.pdf}
\caption{$\mathcal{N}=5K$}
\label{fig:SetT_rep_5K}
\end{subfigure}%
\vspace{\medskipamount}
\begin{subfigure}[t]{1\textwidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[trim=0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm, clip, width = 0.9\textwidth]{Figures/SetT_10K_rep_ch2.pdf}
\caption{$\mathcal{N}=10K$}
\label{fig:SetT_rep_10K}
\end{subfigure}%
\vspace{\medskipamount}
\begin{subfigure}[t]{1\textwidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[trim=0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm, clip, width = 0.9\textwidth]{Figures/SetT_15K_rep_ch2.pdf}
\caption{$\mathcal{N}=15K$}
\label{fig:SetT_rep_15K}
\end{subfigure}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage} []{.235\textwidth}
\centering
\captionsetup{justification=centering, margin= 0cm}
\begin{subfigure}[t]{1\textwidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[trim=0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm, clip, width=0.9\textwidth]{Figures/ResetT_10K_rep_ch2.pdf}
\caption{$\mathcal{N}=10K$}
\label{fig:ResetT_rep_10K}
\end{subfigure}%
\vspace{\medskipamount}
\begin{subfigure}[t]{1\textwidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[trim=0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm, clip, width = 0.9\textwidth]{Figures/ResetT_15K_rep_ch2.pdf}
\caption{$\mathcal{N}=15K$}
\label{fig:ResetT_rep_15K}
\end{subfigure}%
\vspace{\medskipamount}
\begin{subfigure}[t]{1\textwidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[trim=0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm, clip, width = 0.9\textwidth]{Figures/ResetT_20K_rep_ch2.pdf}
\caption{$\mathcal{N}=20K$}
\label{fig:ResetT_rep_20K}
\end{subfigure}
\end{minipage}
\caption{Imprinted data at different stress count-\\ (a)--(c) $t_{Set,256}$ at stress count $5K$, $10K$, and $15K$; \\ (d)--(f) $t_{Reset,256}$ at stress count $10K$, $15K$, and $20K$.}
\label{fig:T_rep}
\end{figure}
Fig. \ref{fig:summary} verifies the watermark data imprinted in all five test memory chips. This figure represents the distribution of $d(b_0,b_1)$ at a different level of stresses, where $d(b_0,b_1)$ represents the distance between logic `0' bits ($b_0$) and logic `1' bits ($b_1$). Each dot in Fig. \ref{fig:summary} represents $d(b_0^i,b_1^j)$ for each possible $(b_0^i,b_1^j)$. For well-separated logic `0' and `1', the distance should be positive. A larger value of $d(b_0^i,b_1^j)$ is more desirable as it provides better separation between logic `0' and logic `1' bits. However, if the maximum value of \textit{set/reset} time of logic `0' bits is larger than the minimum value of \textit{set/reset} time of logic `1' bits (similar to Fig. \ref{fig:SetT_rep_5K}), then logic `0' bits and logic `1' bits cannot be separated properly. In such a scenario, the $d(b_0^i,b_1^j)$ can be negative for a few pairs of $(b_0^i,b_1^j)$. The figure demonstrates that the separation between logic `0' bits and logic `1' bits improves monotonically with respect to stress count. For all test chips, the logic `0' bits ($b_0$) and logic `1' bits ($b_1$) are clearly separable after $10K$ stresses with $t_{Set,256}$ and $15K$ stresses with $t_{Reset,256}$ (i.e., $\min \big( d(b_0^i,b_1^j) \big) > 0$).
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\caption{Verifying watermark in test chips, using- (a) $t_{Set,256}$, and (b) $t_{Reset,256}$.}
\label{fig:summary}
\end{figure}
\subsection{Robustness Analysis}\label{subsec:robust}
The watermark should be resilient to the variation of operating conditions, i.e., it will not be possible to modify or change the watermark information with localized heating or operating voltage. Inherently, all modern ICs are resilient to small variations in operating voltage as they are usually integrated with a voltage regulator. Voltage regulators are capable of retaining the operating voltage within a valid range of supply voltage. However, to verify the robustness of our imprinting technique against the temperature, first, we have watermarked a fixed address-space with $15K$ stress. Then we have isolated watermarked memory chip from the system and baked it at $80^{\circ}C$ for $3$ hours. Lastly, we have evaluated the $t_{Set,256}$ and $t_{Reset,256}$ while maintaining the chip temperature of $80^{\circ}C$. We have observed that the watermark information is not affected by temperature and remains well-separated (Fig. \ref{fig:robust}) after the high-temperature baking and high-temperature system-level operation (considering both $t_{Set,256}$ and $t_{Reset,256}$). Such behavior of ReRAM is expected as the resistance ratio of \textit{HRS}/\textit{LRS} is relatively temperature insensitive \cite{Bogdan:ReRAM}. Note that, ReRAM chips that we have used in our experiment are rated to operate up to $85^{\circ}C$.
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\caption[]{Robustness analysis after high-temperature baking ($80^{\circ}C$) with- (a) $t_{Set,256}$ (b) $t_{Set,256}$}
\label{fig:robust}
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\subsection{Performance Analysis}\label{subsec:perf}
\subsubsection{Imprinting Time}
The proposed technique for imprinting watermarks relies on repeatedly switching state of ReRAM cells. Thus, the time required to imprint the watermark is directly proportional to the number of stress count, $\mathcal{N}$.
The estimated time to imprint watermark is, $\mathcal{T}_{imprint} = (\mathcal{N} \times \mathcal{B}_{WMark} \times \mathcal{T}_{switch_{pair}})$; where $\mathcal{T}_{switch_{pair}} = (\mathcal{T}_{set} + \mathcal{T}_{reset})$ represents stressing time (\textit{set-reset} pair) for 256 addresses (switching resistance state with single \textit{write} command), and $\mathcal{B}_{WMark}$ represents the number of imprinted bits. The chip used for our experimental evaluation has the following timing parameters: $\mathcal{T}_{switch_{pair}} = (5ms +5ms) = 10ms$, and $\mathcal{B}_{WMark} = 32$. Thus, the baseline implementation requires $((5ms +5ms) \times 32 \times 10k) = 3200s$ for $10K$ switching operations to imprint the watermark. Therefore, the throughput for the watermark imprinting is $\frac{32bits}{3200s}= 0.6bit/min$.
It is worth mentioning that the imprinting time of our proposed technique heavily depends on the \textit{write} speed of the ReRAM chips. Fortunately, in the past few years, the \textit{write} speed of ReRAM chips significantly improved and will continue to improve in the future. For example, the \textit{write} speed of \textit{MB85AS8MT} ReRAM chips is improved ${>}3X$ over its previous generation \textit{MB85AS4MT} ReRAM chips\footnote{\textit{MB85AS8MT} and \textit{MB85AS4MT} chips were launched in 2019 and 2016, respectively.}.
\subsubsection{Retrieval Time}
Unlike the imprinting procedure, the extraction procedure is significantly fast. The estimated time to retrieve the watermark can be calculated by- $\mathcal{T}_{retrieve} = (\mathcal{T}_{switch} \times \mathcal{B}_{WMark} \times \mathcal{N}_{rep})$; where $\mathcal{T}_{switch}$ is the average value of $t_{Set,256}$ or $t_{Reset,256}$; and $\mathcal{N}_{rep}$ represents the number of addresses used to imprint single bits. After $10K$ stressing, the average value $t_{Set,256}$ is ${\sim}250{\mu}s$, and we used $\mathcal{N}_{rep}=256$ in our implementation. Therefore, the throughput for the watermark retrieval is $\frac{\mathcal{B}_{WMark}}{\mathcal{T}_{retrieve}}=\frac{32bits}{250{\mu}s \times 32 \times 256} = 15.625bits/s$.
\subsubsection{Watermarking Cost}
Our proposed technique only requires $10K$ \textit{set-reset} operations (i.e., $20K$ rewrite cycles) to make a distinguishable separation between logic `0' and `1' of the imprinted watermark (using $t_{Set,256}$). However, the rated endurance of ReRAM chips is $1M$. Therefore, our proposed technique costs only $2\%$ of the rated endurance of imprinted addresses
\section{Conclusion} \label{sec:end}
This paper demonstrated a cost-effective watermark imprinting and extraction technique using commercially available ReRAM chips. In our proposed technique, we utilize repeated switching operations to change the physical properties of the memory cells. The effectiveness of the proposed technique is evaluated by metrics of interest, i.e., the bit separation, imprinting throughput, extraction time, and imprinting cost. Additionally, our proposed technique is robust against temperature variation and does not require any hardware modifications.
\section{Acknowledgments}
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DGE-2114200. We would also like to thank Mr. Tomohiro Kawakubo of Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited for sharing the necessary ReRAM chip information.
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Konami And Bloober Team Announce Partnership
Layers of Fear developer working with Konami
Konami has some incredible IPs but recently has not done much with them. Recently rumors state that the publisher is seeking third-party developers to create news games using Konami's IPs and now the company has announced a partnership with Bloober Team.
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Hooray for summertime! In all fairness, I'm such a winter baby, that I can't handle this heat! The main issue for me is hotter weather= eczema flair! Because of that, I have to make sure I take extra care when looking after my skin.
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The Affordable Care Act contains a provision–the so-called "Cadillac tax"–providing for a 40% exci se tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage. The bar for "high cost" is fairly low, and the Cadillac tax is ultimately expected to apply to a significant number of employer-sponsored health plans.
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Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA"), an applicable large employer may be responsible for an "employer shared responsibility payment" (an "ESRP") if the employer (a) fails to offer minimum essential health coverage to most (generally, at least 95 percent) of its full-time employees and their dependents, or (b) offers coverage to most, but not all, full-time employees and their dependents, or offers coverage that is not affordable or that does not provide minimum value. However, an employer that falls into one of the above categories will be subject to an ESRP only if at least one of the employer's full-time employees has enrolled in a qualified health plan through a health insurance exchange and received a premium tax credit.
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Maudie Dunham ( – ) foi uma atriz britânica da era do cinema mudo.
Filmografia selecionada
The Beetle (1919)
The Winning Goal (1920)
The Ugly Duckling (1920)
Love in the Wilderness (1920)
The Night Riders (1920)
A Temporary Gentleman (1920)
All the Winners (1920)
The Magistrate (1921)
Mr. Pim Passes By (1921)
Sinister Street (1922)
What Money Can Buy (1928)
Ligações externas
Fotografias de Maudie Dunham no National Portrait Gallery
Naturais de Essex
Atores de cinema mudo
Atrizes de cinema do Reino Unido | {
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At Mon Abri Grace Gardner and her daughter Christine offer comfortable and welcoming Bed and Breakfast accommodation in the seaside village of Fairlie, Largs, Ayrshire.
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Instruction manuals for products are absolutely vital to translate accurately. Depending on the complexity of the product, having accurate instructions can make all the difference between safely operating it or putting the user in danger. At Tomedes, we have access to a pool of professional translators who specialize in instruction manual translation, and ensure that complex and important information about a product is accurately conveyed.
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On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law. Section 1502 of this Act requires certain companies to disclose the extent to which the products they manufacture or contract to manufacture contain "conflict minerals" as defined under the Act ("Conflict Minerals"), which include but are not limited to tantalum, tungsten, tin and gold sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries recognized worldwide for human rights violations and environmental degradation.
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High above Austin, Texas, in an undulating topography of limestone, evergreen shrubs, live and red oaks, the uncompromisingly contemporary architecture of the Balcones Residence makes a bold statement.
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'World Special Ability Day': Are we doing enough?
Indrani Thakurata
Bengaluru: "We don't celebrate World Disability Day. It is strange to 'celebrate' someone's disability. We recognise world special ability day," clarifies Jenny Dsouza, community leader, Sandesh, the NGO for children with special needs, when she speaks about Disability Day, which falls on December 3.
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The frustration is palpable, but Babu S, Assistant Director of strategy at the Association of People with Disability thinks 'Disability Day' is a big step towards awareness. "It has provided space for recognition, dignity and self-respect for all disabled people."
Apparently in India, NGOs and individuals working with people with disabilities are quite active in organising events based on themes proposed by United Nations; the theme this year is, 'Achieving 17 Sustainable Goals for the future; creating an inclusive and equitable world for persons with disabilities'.
Is the government sensitive to the needs of the disabled? "In the recent years, opportunities in jobs, education and sports have seen an increase. The Karnataka government is proactive towards people with disabilities, with the State spending more than Rs 100 crore to provide facilities for them, including monthly pensions for 7.71 lakh people," says Babu.
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The UNC School of Medicine has an admissions system entitled the "Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program" or BBSP. Prospective students with interest in the Ph.D. degree in Toxicology must apply for Graduate School admission through the BBSP.
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List Toxicology as your first choice in the Research Interest field in the Online Application for Admission to the BBSP. This will ensure that your application will be reviewed by the Admissions Committee with representatives from the Curriculum in Toxicology. Furthermore, we will track your application as it moves through the admissions process because of your interest in the Curriculum.
Contact the Director of Graduate Admissions for the Curriculum, Dr. Edward Bahnson. He can provide further information about the admissions process as well as insight into the academic requirements of the Curriculum in Toxicology.
Finally, we wish to reassure all applicants interested in the Curriculum in Toxicology that the new BBSP admissions mechanism will not prevent them from focusing their efforts on the requirements of our doctoral program, starting from their first year of training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Students who arrive at their final selection of a training program only at the start of the second year should not experience delays in their progress toward earning the Ph.D. in Toxicology.
Please complete your application by following the instructions provided at the BBSP website.
Pre-Doctoral Studies in Toxicology
Students interested in graduate training in toxicology have received (or expect to receive by the intended enrollment date) the B.A. or the B.S. degree in a scientific discipline. Previous courses in biological sciences (including histology and animal physiology), chemistry (including analytical and organic), and mathematics through calculus, are desirable, although all of these are not absolutely essential. A strong course in general biochemistry and a previously earned M.S. degree accelerates the student's progress through the training program. Major emphasis has been on the doctoral training program with the first Ph.D. in Toxicology awarded in 1984. As of Fall 2007, 110 Ph.D. and 8 M.S. degrees have been awarded by the UNC-CH Curriculum in Toxicology Graduate Program.
The selection of graduate courses is influenced by the student's prior academic background. Information on core and elective courses, research activities and seminars, format of doctoral exams and other expectations of the program can be found in Graduate Studies.
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Bolt d'Oro Taking the Right Path
01 December, 2017 2:15 PM
It is that time again to get up on my lonely pulpit and preach to deaf ears. Yes, it is almost time to embark on the Kentucky Derby trail, and with the recent announcement that top 2-year-old Bolt d'Oro is scheduled to make his 3-year-old debut in the seven-furlong San Vicente Stakes, what better time to try yet again to force feed the concept of a sprint debut to trainers who have no appetite for such mundane matters.
But to their defense, they have fallen victim to the Derby's point system, which fails to reward performances in sprint races, making them useless when it comes to accumulating sufficient points to quality for the Run for the Roses. But that certainly does not make them useless when it comes to actually winning the race, as you will see farther down.
With so many trainers now intent on running their Derby hopefuls only two times before the big race, they know all too well that it is imperative to earn as many points as possible in those two races. Even trainers planning on three starts head right to two-turn races. That can eventually dull your horse, adding more two-turn races to the ones he already had at 2. The old-time trainers believed a sprint debut is designed to take the spit and vinegar out of a horse after his layoff from 2 to 3 and sharpen him for the big two-turn preps.
On rare occasions you will find trainers nowadays who think old school and actually do what they feel is best to get their horse to peak on the first Saturday in May. These are trainers who have faith in their horse's ability and are willing to say "points be damned, I need to sharpen him up in a sprint and feel confident he will accumulate the necessary points in the big 50- and 100-point preps in March and April."
We saw two examples of that two years ago in the same race when trainers Doug O'Neill and Keith Desormeaux went out of the box and decided that their respective Derby hopefuls, Nyquist and Exaggerator, who had been competing in major two-turn stakes at a 2, needed to start off the year with a sprint sharpener, so they ran them in the San Vicente and they finished first and second, respectively, in a blazing 1:20 3/5 and then returned to two-turn prep races leading up to the Derby. Both colts, sharpened by that race, duplicated their efforts on the first Saturday in May, finishing first and second in the Kentucky Derby. Exaggerator then came back to win the Preakness, with Nyquist getting nosed out for second. So the San Vicente – yes, a sprint race -- proved to be the most successful prep of that year's Triple Crown.
The facts speak for themselves. There is a reason why only one Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner, in addition to Nyquist, has won the Kentucky Derby in 33 years. There is a reason why only three of 44 Remsen Stakes winners have won the Derby since the race went to 1 1/8 miles, the last being 23 years ago. There is a reason why only one winner of the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes has gone on to win the Derby in 29 years. There is a reason why only one winner of the Hollywood Futurity (now the Los Alamitos Futurity) has won the Derby in 34 years, the last being 20 years ago. And there is a reason why only one winner of the Breeders' Futurity has won the Derby in 36 years, the last being 34 years ago.
Is it merely a coincidence why, excluding Nyquist, there have been only seven Kentucky Derby winners to come out of the five major two-turn 2-year-old stakes in 176 runnings? Each person can form his own conclusion. Perhaps horses are peaking at two turns as 2-year-olds, and continued two-turn races without a sharpener makes it more difficult to maintain that form and then peak on Derby Day. Remember, the Derby is often won with speed as much as it is with stamina. Speed to get position early; speed to keep pace in a 20-horse field; speed to launch a bid and outrun others to a hole; and speed to outclose the contenders in the stretch. That speed has to come from somewhere, and it's sure not going to come from running the last six or seven months in nothing but two-turn races.
As a historian and traditionalist, I have stated on several occasions that I am a firm believer, as were the trainers of the past, in starting a horse's 3-year-old campaign in a sprint to sharpen him up for the rigors of the Triple Crown trail, especially those with extensive 2-year-old campaigns competing at two turns at the highest level.
Once again, going back to the 1960s and 1970s and even the 1980s, the following 2-year-old and 3-year-old champions and classic winners made their 3-year-old debut in a sprint:
In the 1970s, Triple Crown winners Secretariat, Seattle Slew, and Affirmed, Spectacular Bid, Riva Ridge, Foolish Pleasure, Hoist the Flag, Little Current, Key to the Mint, Honest Pleasure, Bold Forbes, Rockhill Native, and we'll include Alydar on the list.
In the 1960s, Damascus, Buckpasser, Arts and Letters, Majestic Prince, Kelso, Northern Dancer, Bold Lad, Top Knight, Chateaugay, Successor, and Vitriolic.
And in the 1980s, Easy Goer, Sunday Silence, Swale, Spend a Buck, Devil's Bag, Chief's Crown, Conquistador Cielo, Forty Niner, Gulch, and Plugged Nickle.
And before that, Triple Crown winners Citation, Whirlaway, War Admiral, and Assault, as well as Swaps, Round Table, Bold Ruler, Gallant Man, Sword Dancer, and Tim Tam. As many people are aware, Man o' War made his 3-year-old debut in the Preakness. But as a 2-year-old, in 10 starts, he never raced farther than six furlongs.
The sprint debuts by the horses listed above came in allowance races, the Hutcheson Stakes, Bahamas, Bay Shore, Swale, Swift, Hibiscus, Los Feliz, San Vicente, San Miguel, Key West Stakes and Experimental Free Handicap, many of which no longer exist.
As mentioned earlier, all the emphasis now is on earning Derby points, and there are zero points given to sprint stakes, because Churchill Downs is trying to keep the pure sprinters out of the Derby and avoid suicidal paces caused by horses who don't belong in the race. That is understandable. But those pure sprinters are not going to earn any more points in the longer races, and chances are they won't qualify even if their misguided connections are determined to do wrong by their horse. Maybe once in 10 years one will somehow sneak in. So while I can understand why they have eliminated points for sprints, they are depriving top-class horses and trainers of the chance to get to the Derby sharp and in peak form.
So, good for Mick Ruis and Ruis Racing for believing in their horse and running where they feel he belongs and what will get him to the Kentucky Derby the right way, despite not earning any points. With his class and brilliance and natural ability, there will be plenty of opportunity in the San Felipe Stakes and Santa Anita Derby to assure a spot in the Derby field.
After all, when you think of the name Bolt, you think of the greatest sprinter in the world. It all makes sense.
Exit pulpit. Nothing like a good cleansing before the Derby Dozen.
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Q: Modifying the Parameters of a TextBox's Text Binding through the use of a Style I would like to have a TextBox that displays a number in currency format (by setting StringFormat=c on the binding). When the TextBox is selected (when IsKeyboardFocused==true), I would like the formatting to go away, until the focus on the TextBox is lost.
I found a way to do this, code pasted below. My problem with this is that the binding is specified inside the Style - this means I have to retype the style for every TextBox I want to do this for. Idealy I would like to put the style somewhere central, and reuse it for every TextBox, with a different binding target for each.
Is there a way for me, using a Style, to set a parameter on the existing binding, something like Text.Binding.StringFormat="" ? (As opposed to setting the entire value of Text to a newly defined Binding)
Other suggestions to accomplish this would also be appreciated.
Code (this works, it's just inconvenient):
<TextBox x:Name="ContractAmountTextBox">
<TextBox.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsKeyboardFocused, ElementName=ContractAmountTextBox}" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Text" Value="{Binding Path=ContractAmount, UpdateSourceTrigger=LostFocus, StringFormat=c}"/>
</DataTrigger>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsKeyboardFocused, ElementName=ContractAmountTextBox}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Text" Value="{Binding Path=ContractAmount, UpdateSourceTrigger=LostFocus}"/>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</TextBox.Style>
A: It is feasible with an attached property, but it means you have to replace the binding entirely, then put it back.
Here's a quick and dirty implementation:
public static class TextBoxBehavior
{
#region StringFormat
public static string GetStringFormat(TextBox obj)
{
return (string)obj.GetValue(StringFormatProperty);
}
public static void SetStringFormat(TextBox obj, string value)
{
obj.SetValue(StringFormatProperty, value);
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty StringFormatProperty =
DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached(
"StringFormat",
typeof(string),
typeof(TextBoxBehavior),
new UIPropertyMetadata(
null,
StringFormatChanged));
// Used to store the original format
private static readonly DependencyPropertyKey OriginalBindingPropertyKey =
DependencyProperty.RegisterAttachedReadOnly(
"OriginalBinding",
typeof(BindingBase),
typeof(TextBoxBehavior),
new UIPropertyMetadata(null));
private static void StringFormatChanged(DependencyObject o, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
TextBox textBox = o as TextBox;
if (textBox == null)
return;
string oldValue = (string)e.OldValue;
string newValue = (string)e.NewValue;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(oldValue) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(newValue))
{
// Update target for current binding
UpdateTextBindingSource(textBox);
// Restore original binding
var originalBinding = (BindingBase)textBox.GetValue(OriginalBindingPropertyKey.DependencyProperty);
if (originalBinding != null)
BindingOperations.SetBinding(textBox, TextBox.TextProperty, originalBinding);
textBox.SetValue(OriginalBindingPropertyKey, null);
}
else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(newValue) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(oldValue))
{
// Get current binding
var originalBinding = BindingOperations.GetBinding(textBox, TextBox.TextProperty);
if (originalBinding != null)
{
// Update target for current binding
UpdateTextBindingSource(textBox);
// Create new binding
var newBinding = CloneBinding(originalBinding);
newBinding.StringFormat = newValue;
// Assign new binding
BindingOperations.SetBinding(textBox, TextBox.TextProperty, newBinding);
// Store original binding
textBox.SetValue(OriginalBindingPropertyKey, originalBinding);
}
}
}
private static void UpdateTextBindingSource(TextBox textBox)
{
var expr = textBox.GetBindingExpression(TextBox.TextProperty);
if (expr != null &&
expr.ParentBinding != null &&
(expr.ParentBinding.Mode == BindingMode.Default // Text binds two-way by default
|| expr.ParentBinding.Mode == BindingMode.TwoWay
|| expr.ParentBinding.Mode == BindingMode.OneWayToSource))
{
expr.UpdateSource();
}
}
private static Binding CloneBinding(Binding original)
{
var copy = new Binding
{
Path = original.Path,
XPath = original.XPath,
Mode = original.Mode,
Converter = original.Converter,
ConverterCulture = original.ConverterCulture,
ConverterParameter = original.ConverterParameter,
FallbackValue = original.FallbackValue,
TargetNullValue = original.TargetNullValue,
NotifyOnSourceUpdated = original.NotifyOnSourceUpdated,
NotifyOnTargetUpdated = original.NotifyOnTargetUpdated,
NotifyOnValidationError = original.NotifyOnValidationError,
UpdateSourceExceptionFilter = original.UpdateSourceExceptionFilter,
UpdateSourceTrigger = original.UpdateSourceTrigger,
ValidatesOnDataErrors = original.ValidatesOnDataErrors,
ValidatesOnExceptions = original.ValidatesOnExceptions,
BindingGroupName = original.BindingGroupName,
BindsDirectlyToSource = original.BindsDirectlyToSource,
AsyncState = original.AsyncState,
IsAsync = original.IsAsync,
StringFormat = original.StringFormat
};
if (original.Source != null)
copy.Source = original.Source;
if (original.RelativeSource != null)
copy.RelativeSource = original.RelativeSource;
if (original.ElementName != null)
copy.ElementName = original.ElementName;
foreach (var rule in original.ValidationRules)
{
copy.ValidationRules.Add(rule);
}
return copy;
}
#endregion
}
Usage:
<TextBox x:Name="ContractAmountTextBox"
Text="{Binding Path=ContractAmount, UpdateSourceTrigger=LostFocus, StringFormat=c}">
<TextBox.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsKeyboardFocused" Value="True">
<Setter Property="local:TextBoxBehavior.StringFormat" Value="N"/>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</TextBox.Style>
</TextBox>
Using this, you can also reuse the style for different TextBoxes
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package org.onosproject.net.behaviour;
import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
import java.util.Objects;
/**
* A representation of system stats of device.
*/
public class DeviceSystemStats {
private final DeviceMemoryStats memory;
private final DeviceCpuStats cpu;
/**
* Creates deviceSystemStats object.
*
* @param memoryStats memory statisics of the device
* @param cpuStats cpu statistics of the device
*/
public DeviceSystemStats(DeviceMemoryStats memoryStats, DeviceCpuStats cpuStats) {
this.memory = memoryStats;
this.cpu = cpuStats;
}
/**
* Get memory usage statistics.
*
* @return deviceMemoryStats, device memory usage stats in KB
*/
public DeviceMemoryStats getMemory() {
return this.memory;
}
/**
* Get cpu usage statistics.
*
* @return deviceCpuStats, device cpu usage stats
*/
public DeviceCpuStats getCpu() {
return this.cpu;
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(getClass())
.add("memory", memory)
.add("cpu", cpu)
.toString();
}
@Override
public boolean equals(Object o) {
if (this == o) {
return true;
}
if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
return false;
}
DeviceSystemStats that = (DeviceSystemStats) o;
return Objects.equals(memory, that.memory) &&
Objects.equals(cpu, that.cpu);
}
@Override
public int hashCode() {
return Objects.hash(memory, cpu);
}
}
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The National Association of Social Workers Foundation Announces the 2009 Ruth Knee/Milton Wittman Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Washington, D.C.– The National Association of Social Workers Foundation is proud to recognize Dr. Ronald W. Manderscheid, Ph.D., a mental health educator, program administrator and policy leader, with the 2009 Ruth Knee/Milton Wittman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health and Mental Health Policy.
Dr. Manderscheid's career spans the public, private, and academic sectors. He has served in numerous leadership roles at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)--both components of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). He served for several years on the faculty of the University of Maryland where he taught statistics, sociology, and social organization. He currently is the Director of Mental Health and Substance Use Programs at Constella Group, LLC, and is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
While at NIMH, Dr. Manderscheid served as a researcher in the Biopsychosocial Research Program, where he collaborated with Dr. Julius Axelrod, a prominent Nobel Laureate in brain chemistry. He served as chief of evaluation research and as a founding chief of the mental health services grant and intramural research program. At SAMHSA, Dr. Manderscheid led the national mental health statistics and informatics programs as well as efforts to integrate mental health and substance use care services with primary care and to develop a national training agenda for the mental health field. He also served on the Clinton Health Care Reform Taskforce, and as a Senior Policy Advisor on Health Care Reform in the Office of the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health.
Dr. Manderscheid's life-long interests in mental health encompass policy, research, and services. He is known both nationally and internationally throughout the mental health field as a leader who works with all groups to advance mental health research, care, and the well-being of mental health consumers in the community. He is particularly noted for his work with the consumer and family communities and for introducing consumer participation in federal workgroups and consumer assessments of mental health care. Such assessments are now commonplace in the field.
For 25 years, Dr. Manderscheid led the National Reporting Program on Mental Health Statistics and the Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program. He was an early supporter of consumer satisfaction surveys, electronic records and informatics. He led the mental health statistics improvement program, working with various organizations in the field.
Dr. Manderscheid has received many awards for his professional work including multiple distinguished service awards from the Secretaries of HHS and the Administrators of SAMHSA. He has also received lifetime achievement awards from the American College of Mental Health Administration, NASMHPD, and NCCBH, as well as public service awards from the Mental Health Section of the American Public Health Association; the Federal Executive Institute Alumni Association; his undergraduate institution, Loras College; and the American Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation, among others. Dr. Manderscheid is a Life Fellow of the Washington Academy of Sciences and the International Academy of Art and Science.
Today, Dr. Manderscheid continues to be an advocate for mental health and substance use care consumers and is leading efforts to reform mental health and substance use care benefits in Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance.
About the Knee/Wittman Outstanding Achievement Award:
The Knee/Wittman Outstanding Achievement Award recognizes an individual or group that has had a significant impact on national health and/or mental health public policy, professional standards, or exemplary program models. The contribution may be in the development, interpretation, implementation, institutionalization, or expansion of health or mental health policy or legislation. Such achievement should be reflected in positive improvements in the social work profession and in the services provided to clients (individuals, families, communities, or institutions). This award includes but is not limited to social workers.
It is with great honor that the NASW Foundation recognizes Ronald Manderscheid with the Knee/Wittman Outstanding Achievement Award.
For more information about the award, or to interview Dr. Manderscheid, please contact the NASW Communications Department at (202) 336-8212 or [email protected].
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW), in Washington, DC, is the largest membership organization of professional social workers with 132,000 members. It promotes, develops, and protects the practice of social work and social workers. NASW also seeks to enhance the well-being of individuals, families, and communities through its advocacy. | {
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Jennifer Garner Recreated Her Iconic Neutrogena 'Splash' — Watch
Jennifer Garner recreated her iconic Neutrogena face wash splash in a new Instagram video.
Fans loved the actress' video, especially her fun attempt to look "beatific" while drenching herself with water.
She made the clip in celebration of Neutrogena's 15th anniversary.
Let's be honest: To make face washing more fun, we've all pretended to be Jennifer Garner in that Neutrogena ad. (You know, the one where she rinses her face with an ocean wave-sized splash of water—somehow without drenching herself?) If you haven't, you've at least giggled at the commercial's unrealistic and messy depiction of the nightly practice.
Over 10 years later, Garner, a longtime Neutrogena ambassador, is making it clear that she's in on the joke. In celebration of the brand's 15th anniversary, she recreated her epic first splash—and it didn't go exactly how she remembers it.
"Happy 15th Anniversary, @neutrogena! To celebrate and look back on my first splash I went straight for chaos and grandma wet T-shirt contest vibes," the 13 Going on 30 star captioned the post.
In the clip, Garner watches the original ad, reminiscing on her past. "Oh, you're a little peanut," she says. "I can't believe she was already a mom, that chick." Then it was on to the assignment: waterworks.
"OK, I kind of remember. The splash takes a couple of takes, so ignore this," she said, motioning toward her already spattered t-shirt. She then launched into a couple of consecutive attempts, her hair pulled back in a messy bun.
Coming up for air, the actress laughed. "I'm getting a little, a little questionable in the ratings," she said, her white tee dampened to slight transparency. "I'm supposed to look beatific."
After trying one more time (edited in slow motion, for dramatic effect), she wrapped the shoot. "It went up my nose," she laughed again, before crouching down to sop up the puddles she left on the floor. "I remember people helping with this part," she joked. "Happy anniversary, Neutrogena."
It goes without saying that friends and followers got a kick out of Garner's dedication to the bit. "I couldn't love you more. This is adorable!!" one person commented. "😂😂😂 naaaailed it!!!!" another added. "The way I literally just laughed out loud. 😂" someone else wrote.
In concluding her post, Garner invited everyone else to give the Splash a try using the hashtag #MakeASplash for a chance to win $5,000 and a year's worth of Neutrogena Hydro Boost products. "Make a mess! Have fun! #Neutrogena is inviting YOU to showcase your best splash—just please don't be so good that you toss me out of a job that I love!" she wrote.
Don't tempt us with a good time (and clean skin to boot)!
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www.whereisrachelhine.blogspot is the original blog and is in it's tenth year.
Fairly regularly I think I'm going to stick to some new regime or idea, like this one. 2015, I'm going to try to write proper blog posts about subjects that get in my brain a bit. Ideas I usually bore my friends and family with...Let's see how I go.
In this blog, I have from time to time talked about copying and also about research. More knowledgeable folks than me can articulate these better than I can...I did do my Masters and wrote piles of pages, but, I'm afraid it was so hard, I'd always find myself nodding off.
The gist of my thinking today is, that the two subjects are heavily linked together, for better or worse.
Firstly, let's think about research, and what that really means in terms of the creative person. To me, it's about finding out- finding out about the "thing". Which usually means some reading, from a book, from a library or through an online purchase, which is happily delivered to my door. I rarely look to a Youtube tutorial as a first port of call, and, I'll talk about that in a tick*.
The next part of research is, trying things out either by drawing or making the "thing". Not just once. Over and over, this is where process and practise come into play. Also, this is where discovery and change can happen. This is also where you can become the best at doing the "thing"...therefore creating something with a starting point, and an unknowable end.
What's the link to copying?
In art school, and other academic places of learning, PLAGIARISM, is so looked down upon, that the student can be excluded - thrown out. The threat of this is so real, that usually the student is forced into researching their line of study so thoroughly that this will not be a reality for them.
So, coming back to today, and the overwhelming event of social media and the outrageous trawled picture collecting sites...For folks who have not had the benefit of academic training, how or why would they even know or bother pursuing the model that I just described?
In a time where just about anything is available to -kind of learn- for free, why would any of it seem valuable or precious? When ideas are flung about (as everybody wants to be noticed) freely why would a 'new comer' even know they are copying? When they say they have been "inspired" by someones work, what are they really saying?
The newbie cannot be expected to be able to differentiate between a tutorial, for free, and an achievable finished object made by an artist or designer. If well regarded and fashionable makers do it, how is the newbie to know any better?
While I'm writing this, the last thing I want to do is to discourage anyone from being creative and expressing themselves. Mostly, I guess, one should be wary of starting that new online business, playing with the big girls and banging on about your "inspiration" and originality...if you haven't done your homework. There is always someone who's been around longer than you have. Read more books, done more travel etc.
Hopefully, I haven't lost you.
Find your own path. Find a real life expert. Find a book written by an expert. Email people, have real conversations. Work out of a journal, DRAW, record thoughts, names, things to look up later. Enrol in an art course. Learn from every single person who wants to teach you. Look out of your specific medium for inspiration....build a background of research for yourself, so you can stand proud, and completely know that what you are doing is your own.
*Youtube tutorials will show you how to do the "thing" they are demonstrating...so you'll be able to do that...handy for learning how to cast on stitches in a fancy way for knitting...not so great for 'ideas'. | {
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Parliament proceedings
U.P. bags top honours at PMAY-U Awards 2021
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu bag top three positions in PMAY-U awards; poll-bound Gujarat gets 5 'Special Category' awards; J&K adjudged 'Best performing UT'
October 20, 2022 08:43 pm | Updated October 21, 2022 12:37 am IST - New Delhi/Rajkot
Jatin Anand
Hardeep Singh Puri's comments came on the sidelines of the PMAY-U Awards 2021. | Photo Credit: Reuters
Over half the homes sanctioned under the BJP-led Centre's flagship Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) housing scheme have been delivered and the rest are under various stages of completion, Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday.
Mr. Puri's comments came on the sidelines of the PMAY-U Awards 2021 — scheduled annually to recognise the contribution of States, Union Territories and urban local bodies with regard to the implementation of the scheme — in Rajkot.
In the awards, Uttar Pradesh bagged the first position followed by Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu at second and third place, respectively.
Poll-bound Gujarat saw five special category awards — for performance related to Affordable Rental Housing Complexes and 'Convergence with other Missions' — coming its way.
Madhya Pradesh got three special category awards followed by Jammu and Kashmir, which was adjudged the 'Best Performing UT' alongside Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.
PMAY-U scheme is aimed at confronting and tiding over the shortage of housing facilities in urban India for beneficiaries under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Low-Income Groups (LIGs) and Middle Income Groups (MIGs) categories.
According to Mr. Puri, 1.23 crore houses were sanctioned under the scheme of which 64 lakh — over 52% — have already been completed and delivered while the rest were at various stages of completion.
PMAY-U, he added, had emerged as the largest housing scheme in the world since its launch seven years ago in June, 2015 with the number of houses sanctioned under it so far — 1.23 crore — "9 times the number that was achieved in the 10 years of the previous regime" between 2004 and 2014.
PMAY-U, Mr. Puri said, was a perfect example of "the spirit of co-operative and competitive federalism" with all States across the country participating in it "enthusiastically."
Besides having the power to appraise and approve housing projects, all the States also had healthy competition with each other to ensure that their State came on top. The ultimate winner, he added, had been the people, and especially those who belonged to the vulnerable EWS and LIG sections of society.
Prior to the award ceremony on Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that more than 3 crore pucca houses had been given to the poor in villages and cities across the country in the last 8 years.
As many as 10 lakh among these had been approved for the poor in the cities of Gujarat, of which 7 lakh has already been completed.
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function sp=orthpoly(n,opfamily,alpha,beta)
% orthpoly: generate an n'th order (symbolic) orthogonal polynomial
% usage: sp=orthpoly(n,opfamily,alpha,beta);
%
% arguments: (input)
% n - order of polynomial requested
%
% opfamily - (OPTIONAL) character string - specifies the
% type of orthogonal polynomial to be generated.
% Legal polytypes are: {'legendre', 'hermite',
% '1cheby', '2cheby', 'laguerre', 'jacoby'}
%
% Default == 'legendre'
%
% Note: 1cheby refers to first kind
% chebychev polynomials (Tn(x)),
% and 2cheby refers to second kind
% chebychev polynomials (Un(x))
%
% The domain of support is [-1,1] for the polynomial
% families 'legendre', '1cheby', '2cheby', 'jacoby'.
% It is [0,inf] for 'laguerre', and [-inf,inf] for
% the 'hermite' family.
%
% See Abramowitz & Stegun for in-depth information
% on all of these polynomial families.
%
% alpha,beta - scalar - orthogonal family parameters -
% See Abramowitz & Stegun for more information.
%
% These parameters are ignored for 'legendre',
% 'hermite', '1cheby' and '2cheby' polys.
%
% arguments: (output)
% p - sympoly object containing the polynomial
% Copyright 2006-2010 John D'Errico
% defaults
if (nargin<2)|isempty(opfamily)
% default is legendre
opfamily = 'legendre';
else
if ~ischar(opfamily)
error 'Opfamily must be a character string'
end
valtypes = {'legendre', 'hermite', 'cheby1', '1chebychev' ...
'cheby2', '2chebychev', 'laguerre', 'jacobi'};
ptind = strmatch(opfamily,valtypes);
if isempty(ptind)
% no match
error 'Invalid opfamily'
elseif length(ptind)>1
% match more than one
error 'Ambiguous opfamily'
else
% there was exactly one match
opfamily = valtypes{ptind};
end
end
if nargin<1
error 'Polynomial order must be supplied. No default for n.'
end
if (nargin<3) || isempty(alpha)
% default is 0
alpha = 0;
end
if (nargin<4) || isempty(beta)
% default is 0
beta = 0;
end
% initialize (-1)'th and zero'th order sympolys
% for the three term recurrence relation.
pnm1=sympoly(0);
pn=sympoly(1);
x=sympoly('x');
if n==0
% p0 is easy to get
sp=pn;
return
elseif n<0
error 'Polynomial order must not be negative'
end
% iterate to get polynomial
for i=0:(n-1)
switch opfamily
case 'legendre'
pnp1=((2*i+1)*x*pn - i*pnm1)./(i+1);
% normalize so that Tn(1)=1
pnp1=pnp1./double(subs(pnp1,'x',1));
case 'hermite'
% neither alpha nor beta is meaningful
pnp1=2*pn*x - 2*i*pnm1;
case 'laguerre'
% only alpha is meaningful here
pnp1=((2*i+alpha+1)*pn - pn*x - (i+alpha)*pnm1)./(i+1);
case {'cheby1' '1chebychev'}
% first kind chebychev
% neither alpha nor beta is meaningful
pnp1=(2*pn*x - pnm1);
% normalize so that Tn(1)=1
pnp1=pnp1/double(subs(pnp1,'x',1));
case {'cheby2' '2chebychev'}
% second kind chebychev
% neither alpha nor beta is meaningful
pnp1=(2*pn*x - pnm1);
case 'jacobi'
% both alpha and beta are needed
if (alpha~=0) | (beta~=0)
a1n=2*(i+1)*(i+alpha+beta+1)*(2*i+alpha+beta);
a2n=(2*i+alpha+beta+1)*(alpha^2-beta^2);
if (2*i+alpha+beta)<=150
a3n=gamma(2*i+alpha+beta+3)./gamma(2*i+alpha+beta);
else
a3n=exp(gammaln(2*i+alpha+beta+3)-gammaln(2*i+alpha+beta));
end
a4n=2*(i+alpha)*(i+beta)*(2*i+alpha+beta+2);
pnp1=(a2n*pn + a3n*pn*x - a4n*pnm1)/a1n;
else
pnp1=((2*i+1)*pn*x - i*pnm1)/(i+1);
end
end
pnm1=pn;
pn=pnp1;
end
% return the generated sympoly
sp=pnp1;
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IPOB Appoints New Commander
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IPOB Appoints New Commander Barely 24 hours after one of its commanders, Ikonso, was killed by security operatives in Imo State.
GoldenNewsNg gathered that the Media and Publicity Secretary to the group, Emmanuel Powerful, made this known during an interview on Channels Television's Sunday Politics.
Powerful also distanced the group from an attack on the country home of Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma.
He, however, refused to mention the name of the newly-appointed commander when asked.
"They can say whatever they like, but we are intact. Another commander has taken over. I won't tell you (the name)," he said.
On possible reasons why Ikonso was killed, the IPOB spokesperson alleged, "Yesterday (Saturday), our commander went to his village. They ambushed him with some politicians … they ordered the military to kill him. Imo State administrator knows very that he has committed a crime and we must follow him up.
"He ordered for the killing of this guy (the late commander) because he refused his offer to come and head the Ebubeagu which the South-East governors established.
"He (the governor) sent some people to meet him (the late commander), but the guy refused that he cannot betray Biafra's agitation and our leader – Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Since then, they have been threatening him.
"In Imo State, they arrested more than 50 people … they have been going to people's houses to arrest them; in Anambra, they arrested so many people; in Abia, they arrested so many people."
He clarified that neither IPOB nor the Eastern Security Network was responsible for the attack on Uzodinma's residence.
"They are liars, and they are not saying the truth. They don't want to tell the citizens that Nigeria is almost collapsing, and IPOB has decided that nothing will stop them to back out on this course for Biafra restoration.
"We are planning to get Biafra, but God knows the time. Anybody can say whatever he or she likes, it does not concern us," he added.
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