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Bertalan Árkay est un architecte et un designer hongrois, né à Budapest le  et mort dans la même ville le . Il est l'un des pionniers du modernisme en Hongrie.

Carrière
Il est le fils de l'architecte Aladár Árkay. Il étudie à l'Université polytechnique et économique de Budapest jusqu'en 1925 et travaille avec son père. Il participa ainsi à l'Église catholique romaine et mémorial de Mohács débuté en 1926. Il dessine les plans du pavillon hongrois de la Triennale de Milan de 1936. À partir de 1945, il participe à la restauration de bâtiments historiques, comme le Musée des beaux-arts de Budapest. À partir de 1949, il travaille au développement de la capitale hongroise au sein du Département de l'aménagement public, crée des écoles (comme à Sátoraljaújhely), des immeubles ou encore des villas. Il est inhumé au cimetière de Farkasrét de Budapest.

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Liens, sources
Bibliothèque hongroise en ligne (Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon)

Naissance à Budapest
Naissance en avril 1901
Naissance en Autriche-Hongrie
Architecte hongrois du XXe siècle
Décès en novembre 1971
Décès à 70 ans
Décès à Budapest
Personnalité inhumée au cimetière de Farkasrét

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\section{Introduction}
The numerical determination of interface free energies
and interface tensions in
statistical models is not straightforward. Part of the
difficulties stem from the fact that the interface
free energy is the logarithm of a ratio of partition functions
rather than an expectation value. This prohibits a
straightforward application of the Monte Carlo method.
Various methods have been invented to overcome this
difficulty, each of which has its own merits and disadvantages.
For a number of numerical studies of the 3D Ising interfaces,
all done in the early nineties, see,
e.g., \cite{Klessinger,BergHans,tension,Sanie,direct,ItoPhysA,comparison}.

In this paper, we pick up our methods from~\cite{tension}, focusing
on the critical region of the model.
We present data for the free energies
and interface tensions of
interfaces in the 3D Ising model.
The basic idea,
which is quite old by now, see e.g.~\cite{stauffer},
is to compute the derivative of the interface free energy with
respect to the inverse temperature $\beta$, i.e., the interface energy.
The interface energy is the difference between the energies of
the system with periodic and with antiperiodic
boundary conditions (in one of the lattice directions), respectively.
The interface free energy is then obtained by (numerical)
integration over the energy estimates.

A major advantage of the integration method is that it allows
to study interfaces of quite large cross sections.
This is necessary if one wants to get systematic
errors in the estimates of the interface tension
under control, especially in the scaling region.

In the present paper, we extend our previous results
\cite{tension,comparison} in several ways:
\begin{itemize}
\item
We combine the integration method with
the boundary flip method~\cite{direct}. The latter serves to
provide the initial values for the integration.
\item
We include new efficient algorithms in the simulation
of the systems with antiperiodic and periodic boundary
conditions.
\item
We increase significantly the statistics of the simulations.
\item
We include larger cross sections of the interfaces in
the analysis.
\item
Due to the better precision of our data we can do more
refined fits to theoretical predictions for the quantities
in question.
\end{itemize}

This article is organized as follows:
In Section~\ref{interfaces} we introduce the model, notation
and setup. Furthermore, we discuss the essentials of our
method to compute interface properties and also discuss
finite size effects.
Section~\ref{algorithms} is devoted to a short description
of our Monte Carlo procedures. In section~\ref{freene},
we explain how we determine the interface free energy estimates.
These are the basis for the estimation of the interface tensions
by various fitting procedures. This is discussed in section~\ref{intert}.
Section~\ref{sigma0} reports on our fits to determine the
amplitude $\sigma_0$ and other parameters in the critical law.
It follows section~\ref{Rminus}, where we estimate
the universal amplitude ratio $R_{-}$.
We close with a short summary.

\section{Interfaces in the Ising Model}
\label{interfaces}

Consider the 3D Ising model on
the simple cubic lattice, with the Hamiltonian
\be\label{isiham}
H = - \sum_{<x,y>} s_x s_y  \, , \qquad \quad
s_x = \pm 1 \, .
\ee
The sites of the lattice are labelled by integer coordinates
$x=(x_1,x_2,x_3)$.
The sum in eq.~(\ref{isiham})
is over all (unordered) nearest neighbour pairs of sites
in the lattice. The partition function is
\be
Z = \sum_{\{s\}} \, \exp \left( - \beta H \right) \, .
\ee
Here, the summation is over all possible configurations of
the Ising spins.
The pair interaction is normalized such that $\beta=1/(k_B T)$, where
$k_B$ denotes Boltzmann's constant,
and $T$ is the temperature.

At a critical coupling $\beta_c$ (the estimate of a recent
study~\cite{talapov} is $\beta_c=0.221 6544(6)$) the
model undergoes a second order phase transition.
For $\beta > \beta_c$, the system shows  spontaneous
breaking of the reflection symmetry.

In order to study interfaces separating extended domains of different
magnetization, we consider lattices with extension  $L_1 = L_2 =L$
in the $x_1$- and $x_2$-directions and with extension
$L_3$ in the $x_3$-direction. We
generalize eq.~(\ref{isiham}) to
\be
  H= - \sum_{<x,y>} k_{xy} \, s_x s_y  \, .
\ee
The lattice becomes a torus by regarding the opposite boundary planes
as neighbour planes. In addition to periodic boundary conditions, where
$k_{xy}=1$ for all  links, we consider so called antiperiodic
boundary conditions in $x_3$-direction.
Antiperiodic boundary conditions in $x_3$-direction are imposed  by
$k_{xy}=-1$ for the  links that connect the uppermost
with the lowermost plane. For the other links we keep $k_{xy}=1$.  In the
following we will indicate the type of boundary condition by the subscript $p$
for periodic and $a$ for antiperiodic.
In particular, the Hamiltonian with periodic boundary conditions is denoted
by $H_p$, and the Hamiltonian with antiperiodic boundary conditions by $H_a$.

For sufficiently large $\beta$ and large enough $L$, the imposure of
antiperiodic boundary conditions forces the  system to develop exactly
one interface, a region where the magnetization rapidly changes sign.
This interface is parallel to a (001) lattice plane.

Let us mention that
the Ising (001) interface undergoes a {\em roughening transition} at an
inverse temperature $\beta_R $ that is nearly
twice as large as the bulk transition coupling $\beta_c$.
The presently most accurate estimate  of the inverse roughening
temperature is $\beta_R= 0.40758(1)$~\cite{matching}.
In the region of $\beta_c < \beta < \beta_R$ the interface is
rough. It is smooth (rigid) for $\beta > \beta_R$.

\subsection{Definition of the Interface Free Energy}

We define the interface free energy
as the difference of the free energy
of a system with antiperiodic boundary conditions,
$F_a=-\ln Z_a$, and the free energy of a system
of the same size but periodic boundary conditions, $F_p=-\ln Z_p$, viz.
\be
F_s = F_a - F_p + \ln L_3 \, .
\ee
The term $\ln L_3$ takes care of the possible translations of the interface
along the 3-direction.
For a more detailed discussion of this definition,
see refs.~\cite{tension,direct,comparison,roughbeyond}.

\subsection{Finite Size Behaviour of the Interface Free Energy}
A detailed discussion of
the dependence of $F_s$ on $L_3$ can be found in ref.~\cite{comparison},
section 2. One finds that for
\be
\label{blobi}
 \xi_b <\!\!< L_3 <\!\!< \xi_t \, ,
\ee
$F_s$ is essentially independent of $L_3$.
Here, $\xi_b$ is the bulk correlation length, and $\xi_t$ denotes
the tunneling correlation length.

In ref.~\cite{comparison} we found convergence of the interface energy
within our
numerical accuracy for about $L_3 > 15 \; \xi_b$. The convergence
was found for a large range of interface extensions $L$.
Since $\xi_t = \mbox{ \small $\frac{1}{2}$} \exp(F_s)$,
it is usually no problem to fulfill
the second inequality of eq.~(\ref{blobi}).

The dependence of $F_s$ on $L$ can be discussed in the framework of
effective interface models. It is in a natural way related to
the question of how to define and determine the interface tension $\sigma$.
Note that $\sigma$ can unambiguously be defined
through
\be
\label{origdef}
\sigma_{\infty} = \lim_{L \rightarrow \infty} \frac{F_s}{L^2} \, .
\ee
In order to extract reliable estimates of $\sigma_{\infty}$ from
finite $L$ data (cf.~section~\ref{intert} below),
one profits very much from a more detailed
information on the finite $L$ behaviour of $F_s$.

It was observed already in~\cite{tension} that
for sufficiently large $L$, $F_s$ follows
with good precision
\be
\label{sigmadef}
F_s \simeq C_s + \sigma \, L^2  \, ,
\ee
where $C_s$ is a constant. This type of behaviour is suggested
by the 1-loop approximation of the capillary
wave model~\cite{gelfandfisher,privman,roughbeyond}
and also by the 1-loop semiclassical expansion
in the field theoretic framework~\cite{gernot}.

In \cite{roughbeyond} it was derived from the 2-loop-expansion
of the capillary wave model that the free energy should behave as
\be
\label{2loop}
F_s \simeq C_s + \sigma \, L^2 - \frac{1}{4 \sigma L^2} \, .
\ee

\subsection{How to Compute $F_s$}

In this subsection we outline
our strategy to compute the interface free energy.
The boundary flip algorithm allows for a direct Monte Carlo measurement
of $F_s$. However, the method works well only for
$F_s < 10$. Therefore we combined
the boundary flip method with the integration method
first used in ref.~\cite{stauffer}.
Taking the derivative of $F_s$ with respect to $\beta$,
we obtain the interface energy $E_s$,
\be
E_s = E_a - E_s \; ,
\ee
where $E_a$ and $E_p$ are the expectation values of the corresponding
Hamiltonians, $H_a$ and $H_p$.
$E_a$ and $E_p$ can be computed by  Monte Carlo
simulations of systems with antiperiodic and periodic boundary conditions,
respectively.
The interface free energy in a range of inverse temperatures
is then obtained by numerically performing the integration
\be
F_s(\beta) = F_s(\beta_0) + \int_{\beta_0}^{\beta} d\beta'
\,  E_s(\beta') \; .
\ee
Note that one could in principle choose any $\beta_0$ as
the starting point of the integration. We chose $\beta_0$ close
to criticality, so that the condition $F_s < 10$ is fulfilled
also for the larger interface cross sections (cf.~table~\ref{start}
and section~\ref{freene} below).

\section{The Monte Carlo Algorithms}

\label{algorithms}

For the simulations we used four types of algorithms:

\begin{itemize}
\item
boundary flip algorithm
\item
single cluster algorithm
\item
surface cluster algorithm
\item
demon algorithm
\end{itemize}

The boundary flip algorithm was used to determine the interface free energy
at the smallest inverse temperature $\beta$ considered for a given lattice
size. For the measurement of the energy with periodic and antiperiodic boundary
conditions we simulated the system with
the single cluster algorithm~\cite{ulli}
(combined with a surface cluster algorithm~\cite{surface}
in case of antiperiodic boundary conditions)
for a $\beta$-range
closest to the critical value,
while the demon algorithm was used for the remaining $\beta$-values up to
$\beta=0.23$.

The boundary flip algorithm~\cite{direct}
allows to simulate an ensemble that contains
periodic as well as  antiperiodic boundary conditions. The partition
function
of this system is given by $Z=Z_p+Z_a$. The ratio $Z_a/Z_p$ is given by
$<\delta_{b,a}>/<\delta_{b,p}>$, where $\delta_{b,a}$ is equal to one if the
boundary conditions are antiperiodic, and zero else.
$\delta_{b,p}$ is defined analogously. The boundary flip algorithm is a
modification of the cluster algorithm.
For a detailed discussion of the algorithm see ref.~\cite{finite}.

The single cluster algorithm was introduced in~\cite{ulli}
as an improvement of the multi-cluster algorithm
of Swendsen and Wang~\cite{sw}. For a detailed
discussion of its critical dynamical behaviour see~\cite{ulli2}.

In case of the antiperiodic boundary conditions, and thus the
existence of an interface,
a straightforward application of the bulk cluster
algorithm is not appropriate.
The interface is correlated on all length scales,
whereas the bulk correlation
length is finite. Furthermore, competing interactions
are induced by the interface, and cluster algorithms
become inefficient for frustrated systems.
We therefore combined the single cluster algorithm with
the interface cluster
proposed in ref.~\cite{surface},
and a slight modification of it which is more suitable for
simulations close to the bulk critical temperature.

For the larger $\beta$-values
we used a demon algorithm~\cite{creutz} combined with canonical updates of the
demons~\cite{kari}. The algorithm is a local algorithm.
Its advantage is that compared to standard algorithms one needs much
less random numbers.

The algorithm
can easily be implemented in multi-spin coding fashion. For each spin
(and demon) only one bit is used, and the operations are done simultaneously
on each bit of a given word (in our case 64 bits per word).
For a detailed discussion of the algorithm see ref.~\cite{comparison}.

In order to give an idea of the CPU-times required
we give some typical update times
for a DEC Alpha 250 4/266 workstation,
where most of our simulations were performed.
One boundary flip update for the $96^3$ lattice at $\beta=0.2219$ takes
0.515 sec. The update of a single site with the single cluster algorithm
takes $1.9 \times 10^{-6}$ sec. This time should be compared with
the performance of the demon program in multispin coding:
Here the update of a single spin takes
$46 \times 10^{-9}$ seconds on an HP 735 and
$21 \times 10^{-9}$ seconds on a DEC Alpha 250 workstation, measured on
a $120^3$ lattice.
For $\beta=0.22311$ the integrated
autocorrelation time of the magnetization was $\tau_{int} = 81(2)$ in
units of sweeps.

\section{Determination of Interface Free Energies}
\label{freene}

In order to obtain start values for the integration over $\beta$
we simulated the 3D Ising model with fluctuating boundary conditions.

The $\beta$-values were chosen to be close to $\beta_c$, since
here the interface free energies are small also on the larger lattices,
and the boundary flip algorithm works still very well.

We chose eight different lattice volumes: The spatial extension
(denoted by $L$ in this paper) was 32, 48, 64, and 96. For the
temporal extension (denoted by $L_3$) we used always two different
values, namely $L_3=L/2$ and $L_3=L$. The data for the smaller
extension in $x_3$-direction were taken in order to have a measure
for the finite $L_3$ effects.

Our estimates together with a specification of the number of
boundary flip updates to obtain them are given in
table~\ref{start}.

The next task then was to perform the numerical integration
over the interface energies. Using the various algorithms
described before, we obtained a large number of estimates
for the interface energy, distributed on a fine grid of
$\beta$-values, typically spaced by $\Delta \beta = 0.00005$
or $0.0001$, see again table~\ref{start} for details.
The numerical integration was done using the trapezoidal rule.
For a check we also used interpolation with splines, yielding
consistent results. Part of the integration was also done
employing the ``finite step $\Delta \beta$ method'' described
in~\cite{tension}.

After the laborious procedure we ended up
(for each of the cross sections 32,48,64,96) with 71 estimates
for the interface free energy, in the range $0.223 \leq \beta \leq 0.23$,
spaced by $\Delta \beta = 0.0001$.
For a selection of a few estimates, see our
table~\ref{freeestimates}).
We decided not to quote our
estimates for $\beta < 0.223$, since they seem to suffer from
visible finite $L_3$ effects. Also, the data with $L_3=L/2$, that
were taken for $L=32$ and $L=96$ were after some inspection
discarded from the further analysis.

\section{Determination of the Interface Tension $\sigma$}
\label{intert}

In order to obtain estimates for the interface tensions,
we employed eqs.~(\ref{sigmadef})~and~(\ref{2loop}).

We did five types of fits, to be labelled by {\bf fit1}, {\bf fit2},
{\bf 64vs48}, {\bf 96vs64}, and {\bf fit3}. The various fit
types are defined in the following table.

\vspace{1cm}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
 {\bf fit1}   &   Fit the free energy data for $L$=32, 48, 64, and 96
                  with eq.~(\ref{sigmadef}) \\[5mm]
 {\bf fit2}   &   Fit the free energy data for $L$= 48, 64, and 96
                  with eq.~(\ref{sigmadef}) \\[5mm]
 {\bf 64vs48} &   Compute $C_s$ and $\sigma$ of eq.~(\ref{sigmadef})
                  from the $L=64$ and $48$ data alone \\[5mm]
 {\bf 96vs64} &   Compute $C_s$ and $\sigma$ of eq.~(\ref{sigmadef})
                  from the $L=96$ and $64$ data alone \\[5mm]
 {\bf fit3}   &   Fit the free energy data for $L$=32, 48, 64, and 96
                  with eq.~(\ref{2loop}) \\[5mm]
\end{tabular}

\vspace{1cm}

These fits were applied to our free energy estimates
($L=32, 48, 64, 96$) for the 71 different $\beta$-values specified
in the previous subsection.
Our fit results for
$\sigma$ for a selection of $\beta$-values are given in
table~\ref{sigma_estimates}.
With a few exceptions, the $\sigma$-estimates of the various
fit types seem fairly consistent with each other, indicating that,
for the range of $\beta$-values chosen, the effects from
finite interface cross sections seem under control.
Being cautious in estimating systematic errors, we have
a tendency to announce the {\bf 96vs64} fit results as our
final estimates for $\sigma$.
The fits with the 2-loop approximation eq.~(\ref{2loop})
is, however, also very interesting.
For $\beta=0.223$ we did a more detailed analysis,
comparing {\bf fit1} and {\bf fit3},
with further cross sections included. The results are
summarized and explained in table~\ref{fits_sigma}.
It seems that the fits with the 2-loop formula are
more stable with respect to inclusion of smaller
$L$-values, thus supporting the claims done in
ref.~\cite{roughbeyond}.

In~\cite{hoppemuenster} it is suggested that the interface
free energy should contain an extra term with
a logarithmic $L$-dependence,
\be
F_s = C_s + \sigma L^2 - \kappa \ln L + ...
\ee
with $\kappa \approx 1.65$. We note that our data
are incompatible with such a big logarithmic correction.

It is interesting to look at the combination
\be
G= C_s + \frac12 \, \ln \sigma \, .
\ee
This quantity has a scaling limit that can be compared with
results of the semiclassical calculation of M\"unster~\cite{gernot}.
This calculation yields
\be
G = \ln 2 - \ln S \, ,
\ee
with
\be
S = 4 \frac{ \Gamma\left(\frac34 \right) }
           { \Gamma\left(\frac14 \right) }
      \left( 1 - \frac{u_R}{4 \pi}
      \left( \frac {39}{32} - \frac{15}{16} \ln 3 \right) \right)^{-1/2}
\, .
\ee
Assuming that $u_R = 14.3(1)$ in the critical limit~\cite{michelemartin},
the semiclassical prediction (to this order) is
\be
G \approx 0.29 \, .
\ee
Our numerical estimates for this quantity
are given in table~\ref{constln}.
Note that within the statistical errors there is a
nice agreement of our results with the theoretical prediction.

\section{Determination of $\sigma_0$}
\label{sigma0}

We fitted our estimates for $\sigma$ with the ansatz
\be
\label{critlaw}
\sigma(\beta) = \sigma_0 \;t^\mu \;
\left( 1 \, + \, a_{\theta} \, t^\theta \, + \, a_1 \, t \right) \, .
\ee
In this ansatz, the leading corrections to scaling are included.
Fits according to eq.~(\ref{critlaw}) were recently applied
by Zinn and Fisher~\cite{ZinnFisher} to our data
published in~\cite{tension}.

We compared two different definitions of $t$, namely
\bea
t_1 &=& \beta/\beta_c - 1 \\
t_2 &=& 1 - \beta_c/\beta  \, .
\eea
Agreement of fits with the two different definitions
could be interpreted as a signal that effects from
finite $t$ (and/or higher order corrections) are under control.
Note also that the coefficient $a_1$ should jump by $\mu$ when
changing the definition of $t$.

In our fits, we always fixed the values of
$\beta_c$, $\mu=2\nu$, and $\theta$.
We consider the following choice of these parameters as reasonable:
$\beta_c = 0.2216544(6)$ \cite{talapov}, $\mu=2 \times 0.631$,
$\theta =0.51(3)$ \cite{talapov}.

To compare the different definitions of $\sigma$, cf.~section~\ref{intert},
we did the fits for all the definitions.
Always all 71 $\beta$-values were included in the fit. All the
fits had a very good $\chi^2/$dof (around one or smaller).
Discarding
the $\beta$-values farer away from criticality did not improve
the quality of the fits.

Note that the $\sigma$-estimates for the various $\beta$-values
are not completely statistically independent, since they stem
{}from an integration procedure over the energy data.
In order to take into account the cross-correlations properly,
we redid all fits on a set of 50
suitably generated baby data sets for the $\sigma$'s.
The statistical estimate for the fit parameters was then
obtained from the variance over the 50 babies.

In table~\ref{sigmanull} we give our results for the above quoted
choice of the fixed parameters $\beta_c$, $\nu$, and $\theta$.
One immediately recognizes that the estimates for the
two different $t$-definitions agree nicely. However, the
variation with the
fit types seems a bit stronger. If we disregard the
{\bf 64vs48} which does not include the $L=96$ data,
the results for $\sigma_0$ scatter from 1.54 to 1.57.

Of course, one has to check also the dependence of the fit results
on the parameters fixed in the fit procedure. We found that
the dependence on the choice of $\beta_c$ and $\theta$ is
quite weak, whereas the dependence on
$\mu = 2 \nu$ turns out to be non-negligible. We thus quote
the results for one type of fit ({\bf fit1}) for a range
of ``reasonable'' $\nu$-values in table~\ref{deponnu}.
The estimate for $\sigma_0$ moves more or less from 1.51 to 1.59,
whereas the relative variation  of the other fit parameters is
even stronger.
Doing the same comparison with type {\bf 96vs64} yielded the
same range of estimates for $\sigma_0$.

In summary, taking into account the systematic dependencies
on the fit type and on the dependence on
the input of the exponent $\nu$ we quote as our
final estimate
\be
\sigma_0 = 1.55(5) \, .
\ee
It is interesting to compare our result with those
of the literature. We compiled a few of them in
table~\ref{sig0comp}. A fair agreement with most
of the more recent estimates is found.

\section{The Universal Amplitude Ratio $R_{-}$}
\label{Rminus}

Using the most recent numerical results for the second moment correlation
length $\xi_{\rm 2nd}$ \cite{michelemartin}
we computed estimates for the universal amplitude ratio
\be
R_{-} = \lim_{\beta \searrow \beta_c} \sigma(\beta) \,
        \xi_{\rm 2nd}(\beta)^2 \, .
\ee
In order to extract the limiting value from our data we fitted according to
\be
\sigma(\beta) \, \xi_{\rm 2nd}(\beta)^2 = R_{-} + c \; \xi^{-\omega} \, ,
\ee
where we take the numerical value $\omega=0.81(5)$
from the literature~\cite{talapov}.
Including all $\beta$-values of table~\ref{rminus}, we obtain
$R_{-} =0.1040(8)$ and  $c=-0.023(1)$. The corresponding fit
has a $\chi^2/$dof of $0.55$.
These results remain stable
when the largest $\beta$-values are discarded.
The error is dominated by the uncertainty of $\omega$.

We again would like to compare our estimate with others in
the literature. The perhaps most interesting comparison
is with the semiclassical expansion of M\"unster~\cite{gernot}.
It was recently extended to 2-loop~\cite{hoppemuenster}:
\be
R_{-} = \frac{2}{u_R^*} \left(1 + \sigma_{1l} \frac{u_R^*}{4 \pi}
+ \sigma_{2l} \left(\frac{u_R^*}{4 \pi}\right)^2 + \dots \right) \, .
\ee
with $\sigma_{1l}= -.2002602$ and $\sigma_{2l}=-0.0076(8)$.
Plugging in the most recent result for
$u_R^* =14.3(1)$ \cite{michelemartin} one obtains for
1-loop $R_{-,1l} =0.1080(10)$, and on 2-loop level
$R_{-,2l} =0.1066(10)$.
In both cases the error is determined by the uncertainty of
$u_R^*$.

It might be also interesting to compare with a few results obtained
by numerical studies, see table~\ref{rmincomp}.

\section*{Summary}

We have presented a numerical study of the 3D Ising interface
tension in the scaling region, using the method of
``integration of the interface energy over $\beta$''.
Based on our results for the interface tension we
estimated the amplitude $\sigma_0$ and the
universal amplitude ratio $R_{-}$. Our results are
$\sigma_0 = 1.55(5)$ and  $R_{-} = 0.1040(8)$, respectively.

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The official boycott is on. Just say no to college football. Just a few hours ago, the Florida Gators thrashed the Ohio State Buckeyes in the BCS Bowl (or whatever in the fuck they call that arbitrary new game that adds yet one more dumbass bowl to the most ridiculous postseason contrivance in the history of competitive sports) and will win at least one half of the college football national championship. They'll probably win the AP half of the championship, too.
So why the boycott? Because both Florida and Ohio State finished the season with records of 13-1. Boise State finished the season 13-0. The Boise State Broncos are the ONLY team in Division 1-A college football who DID NOT LOSE a game this year, and they will not be the national champions. They did not even get an opportunity to play in tonight's BCS Bowl to have a chance to win the championship.
Only in college football, ladies and gentlemen, can you win all of your games and not be declared the champion. Indeed, college football remains the one big sport where it is likely that the champion will finish the season undefeated. Most teams in college football play only 12 games - make that 13 games when you add in the bowl game. Some teams have 13-game schedules, like Florida and Ohio State, and so wind up playing 14 games.
In college basketball, teams play upwards of 30 games. Pro football plays 16 games. The last time a college basketball national champion finished the season undefeated was in 1976 (Indiana University); and the last time a pro football team finished the season undefeated was when the Miami Dolphins won the Super Bowl in 1972. You can't even expect to go undefeated in pro basketball or hockey (both leagues play 82 games), or Major League Baseball, which plays a whopping 162 games.
All of those other sports have a playoff system at the end of the season - college basketball, pro football, Major League baseball, and pro hockey. College football does not have a playoff system - and because it does not, teams like Boise State get fucked.
The argument is that teams like Boise State, which plays in the Western Athletic Conference, are not of the same caliber as the teams from the so-called "big six" conferences, which are the: Pacific 10, Big 10, Big 12, Southeastern, Atlantic Coast, and Big East. Teams in conferences like the Western Athletic, Mountain West, Big Sky, and Conference USA don't get the same kind of talent that teams in the "big six" get, those teams don't play the "big six" teams in the regular season, and they don't get the national television exposure.
And that's what this is really about - money. The bowl games are big-money games for college football, and they represent huge amounts of money for the schools that play in them - and the conventional wisdom is that people won't watch those games unless there are big-time teams playing in the games. The Bowl Championship Series was designed to make sure that conference champions from the "big six" conferences got to play in the four biggest bowl games - the Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, and Fiesta Bowl. And yet there is an exception for Notre Dame, which is not affiliated with any conference. There is an entire line item in the BCS eligibility rules that makes an exception and allows Notre Dame into one of the big four bowl games if Notre Dame finishes the season ranked, I think, in the top twelve.
A fifth bowl game was added this season, and the rules expanded, so that teams like Boise State could at least have the opportunity to play in the series and gain some national exposure. Guess what Boise State did in their bowl game - the New Year's Day Fiesta Bowl, where they played Oklahoma, a team from the Big 12?
The game was a thriller, which Boise State won, 43-42, in overtime, thanks to two trick plays - a hook-and-ladder that scored the tying touchdown, and a Statue Of Liberty play for the two-point conversion that gave them the win. It was the most exciting bowl game of the whole stupid season - a season in which everyone pretty much thought Ohio State was just going to run the table and walk away with the national championship. Apparently they did not count on wide receiver and superstar return man Ted Ginn getting injured early in the title game tonight - possibly while celebrating the 93-yard kickoff return for a touchdown that was the first play of the game.
It's time to dump the BCS, which rarely works the way it's supposed to, and go to a playoff system. Here's how it will work. First, you take every team back down to an 11-game schedule. This will peel at least one, and a lot of times two, games off of every school's schedule. Then, you use a ranking system - and I think you can go ahead and use the current BCS ranking system for this, provided that there is an exception allowing entry into the playoffs for any undefeated team that, for reasons passing understanding, does not get into the final top eight - to determine the top eight teams at the end of the season. Those eight teams are then seeded, with the #1 seed playing the #8 seed, and so on. Three games later, you have a legitimate national champion. Even if you wait a week after the end of the regular season to start the playoff, you would still have the season over with by the early part of January, just like it is now.
You get two of the big four bowls to host the first two games, and then you have the title game played in a third of the big four bowls; and to make sure that each of the four big bowl games gets its turn in the spotlight, you rotate which bowls get which games, and which bowl does not participate in the playoff system each year. You still play all of those other little bowl games, for the schools who qualify to play in bowl games but do not qualify for the playoffs, but you just play them around the the playoff games.
Of course, there will be people who are against this kind of system for monetary reasons - but all of those people can go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut. College sports used to be about sports, but now it's mostly about money, and it's time for that to change. Step one is tossing out the BCS and bringing in a playoff system.
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Watch: 93% direct bookings? How Premier Inn does it.
In case we haven't talked about it enough, last week we kicked off the industry's first ever Direct Booking Summit! More than 150 industry experts gathered together to discuss the hottest topic in the industry right now: direct bookings.
Over the next few weeks, we'll be posting blogs about each talk and what we learned.
First up: Simon Jones, Managing Director of Premier Inn.
To give you a bit of background, Premier Inn are pretty much nailing the direct booking game. And when we say nailing it, we mean really nailing it. According to Simon, 93% of Premier Inn's bookings come direct.
So, how did Premier Inn get to it's success?
The number one purchase driver for any Premier Inn hotel is the location. When Premier Inn look to open a new hotel, Simon's main criteria is location – is it close to the city's main leisure and entertainment hubs?
"People don't stay at Premier Inn because they're absolutely desperate to stay at the Premier Inn. They stay because they have other plans, whether it's for a wedding, or a weekend away with the lads, or a business trip.
Customers generally have a core sense of what they're looking for in a hotel, as long as you can tap into this and understand what your customer are looking for in your hotel, you can meet their expectations. Offer them the experience they need to keep them coming back.
For pretty much as long as they can remember, Premier Inn's messaging has centered around the most important thing in all our lives – a good night's sleep.
Throughout all of their communications and marketing, the main focus is on the importance of a good night's sleep and, as a result, this has become a strong part of their brand. Having consistent messaging helps you to create a powerful brand, and having a powerful brand helps drive trust, loyalty, and more direct bookings.
Premier Inn was founded 15 years ago, and right from the beginning getting direct bookings has always been a fundamental part of the business, and is critical to the success they see today.
This is why direct bookings have been a standing principle from day one, and their business model has been built with this in mind from the beginning.
The online world is a weird and wonderful place. For every hotel, it's important to look at how your hotel is being perceived by online communities and make sure it follows through in physical world.
Thanks to review sites, such as TripAdvisor, customers have access to hundreds (or often thousands) of reviews and ratings of your hotel, and this information is a fundamental part of anyone looking to book a hotel.


Trey Gowdy mocks Hillary's 'convenience' excuse: And she wants to be the president?
Trey Gowdy mocks Hillary's 'convenience' excuse: And she wants to be the president?
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's news conference Tuesday created more questions than answers for Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House Select House Committee on Benghazi.
Gowdy told Fox News host Greta Van Susteren that his committee will now be forced to call upon Clinton at least two times.
"We're gonna have to talk to her about the email arrangement — the server, the security," he said.
"If I heard her correctly, she destroyed the emails she deemed personal. There are lots of emails, as you know, Greta, that are a mixture of personal and public," Gowdy said.


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Sir Malcolm Rifkind dismisses reports of Hammond-Johnson plot to unseat Theresa May
The former Tory Foreign Secretary spoke to Julia Hartley-Brewer about the reports of a text message exchange between the two after the result came back
A former Conservative foreign secretary has dismissed the idea Boris Johnson and Philip Hammond were plotting to oust Theresa May after the June General Election.
Reports emerged on Sunday of a text message exchange between Phillip Hammond and Boris Johnson on the night of the vote, when the results were coming in.
The Sunday Times claimed the Chancellor told the Foreign Secretary he would back him to become Prime Minister, which Johnson apparently told his friends.
The newspaper claimed Hammond is one of four Cabinet ministers who plotted for Theresa May's departure on the night, which saw the Tory majority destroyed with a hung Parliament result.
But Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who ran the foreign office under Margeret Thatcher and John Major, said this story is by no means new.
He told Julia Hartley-Brewer: "It's a revelation - so-called - of something obvious.
"If the story is correct - let's assume it is - it means in the hours after we knew we'd lost the majority, there had to be a question around how the Prime Minister would respond.
"It happened in the hours after the general election when – I presume – none of them knew if Theresa May wanted to continue or not.
"So far as one can tell, this wasn't a plot to overthrow her, it was what happens if she chooses to resign as David Cameron had done.
"This is all trying to construct a great house out of rotten materials. There's nothing there."
John Major
Sir Malcolm Rifkind


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A Comparison of Branded Content and Native Advertising
E-commerce Native Advertising vs. Branded Content: Key Differences
– Sentiment: How do you feel after reading the content? Did you learn something new? Did you have an emotional reaction? Did you want to go check out the brand and learn more about their products and services? How the content makes you feel is a good indicator of whether it was native advertising or branded content. If you learned something new or felt entertained, chances are you were looking at branded content. If you felt compelled to make a purchase, it was more likely native advertising.
Virality: Another good indicator of content type is it's shareability. Generally speaking, native ads aren't the type of content that goes viral. Branded content, on the other hand, is often designed to go viral. Perhaps one of the best examples of viral branded content in recent memory is The Lego Movie, which single-handedly propelled Lego to become one of the most famous brands in the world.
– Production value: Another good indicator when learning native advertising vs. branded content is production value. Typically, branded content has a significant investment behind it (i.e. The Lego Movie). It also costs money to place native ads in third-party publications, but brands typically invest more heavily in branded content then they do native advertising.
Location: The last, and perhaps most obvious indicator, is where the content is located. Simply put, if the content exists on the brand's owned channels, like a blog or social media page, it's branded content. If it exists on a third-party website, it's more likely native advertising.


Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) typically presents as a solitary dome-shaped, deep red to violaceous nodule or indurated plaque and tends to have a shiny surface, often with overlying telangiectasia. The overlying skin is usually intact. Histologically, anastomosing cords and strands of neoplastic cells are seen in the dermis and subcutis, but not in the epidermis. The individual cells are monomorphous with round vesicular nuclei and scanty, ill-defined cytoplasm. Ultrastructurally the tumor cells are characterized by the presence of paranuclear filament whorls and membrane-bound neurosecretory granules approximately 100 ~ 150 nm across. Immu- nohistochemistry is an important tool in the diagnosis of MCC. The tumor cells have epithelial and neural properties because coexpression of cytokeratin filaments and neurofilaments can be observed. Immunohistochemical study results are positive for neuroendocrine markers (chromogranin, synapto- physin, neurospecific enolase and neurofilaments), low molecular weight cytokeratins and membrane epithelial antigen. Especially, perinuclear dot-like staining for cytokeratin 20 is a characteristic finding.
MCC in general has a poor prognosis with a median survival of 33 to 47 months and has a high incidence of locoregional recurrence and systemic spread. Hematogenous and/or distant lymphatic metastases ultimately occur in one-third of patients and most frequently involve liver, bone, brain, lung and skin, although metastasis to nearly every organ has been reported. Poor prognostic factors are: occurrence in patients aged over 55 years, location on the head and neck region, size of more than 2 cm, the presence of immunosuppression, advanced stage of disease, more than 10 mitotic figures per single high-power field, small cell size, angiolymphatic invasion, and immunoreactivity for CD44. Local recurrence is a major risk factor for further spreading and distant metastases, and worsens the prognosis. Attempts to reduce the rate of loco-regional metastases might also be capable of improving the prognosis.
Surgical excision with wide clinical margin (2~3 cm) is the mainstay of treatment for MCC without distant metastasis (e.g. stage I, II disease). However, MCC usually presents on head and neck areas where conservation of vital organs is important, so some clinicians proposed Mohs micrographic surgery with intraoperative evaluation of the peripheral and deep margins as the preferred surgical approach in locations where sparing healthy tissue is important. Some studies also suggested that local recurrence rate with Mohs micrographic surgery was lower than with wide excision because of thorough histologic evaluation of the margin. But, the true benefit of Mohs micrographic surgery remains unclear.


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Mt Meru is Tanzania's second highest peak standing at 4566m/14,980′. Mt. Meru is a beautiful, conically-shaped volcano, the photographic centerpiece of Arusha National Park. Its fertile slopes rise above the surrounding savannah and support a forest that hosts diverse wildlife, including many species of exotic birds, monkeys, leopards, cape buffalo, antelope, giraffe, and warthog. On a clear day you can see Kilimanjaro, less than 50 miles away.
Via the Momella Route, we leave the floor of the Arusha National Park, traveling up into the jungle to Miriakamba Hut at 2500m/8202′, where we will spend the first night. The next morning, we hike to Saddle Hut at 3500m/11,482′ where we will lunch and walk to Little Meru, a satellite peak near our camp. Day 3 is our summit day to Socialist Peak at 4566m/14,980′.
We return to Saddle Camp for lunch then pack up and descend to Miriakamba Camp for the night. Day 4 we exit the park gate. Our drive back to Moshi takes us through Arusha National Park where it is possible to see a wide variety of wildlife including giraffes, cape buffalos, zebras, baboons, and much more.


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El Paso-born 'Night Stalker' dies
DON THOMPSON,Associated Press LINDA DEUTSCH,Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Ramirez, the demonic serial killer known as the Night Stalker who left satanic signs at murder scenes and mutilated victims' bodies during a reign of terror in the 1980s, died early Friday in a hospital, a prison official said.
Ramirez, 53, had been taken from San Quentin's death row to a hospital where authorities said he died of liver failure. Prison officials said they could not release further details on the cause of death, citing federal patient privacy laws.
Ramirez had been housed on death row for decades and was awaiting execution, even though it has been years since anyone has been put to death in California.
At his first court appearance, Ramirez raised a hand with a pentagram drawn on it and yelled, "Hail, Satan."
His marathon trial, which ended in 1989, was a horror show in which jurors heard about one dead victim's eyes being gouged out and another's head being nearly severed. Courtroom observers wept when survivors of some of the attacks testified.
Ramirez was convicted of 13 murders that terrorized Southern California in 1984 and 1985 as well as charges of rape, sodomy, oral copulation, burglary and attempted murder.
The killing spree reached its peak in the hot summer of 1985, as the nocturnal killer entered homes through unlocked windows and doors and killed men and women with gunshot blasts to the head or knives to the throat, sexually assaulted female victims, and burglarized the residences.
He was dubbed the Night Stalker by the press while residents were warned to lock their doors and windows at night.
Some of the crimes were grisly beyond imagining: A man was murdered in his bed and his wife was raped beside the dead body. The killer beat a small child and attempted to sodomize him.
There were also signs of devil worship — a pentagram drawn on the wall at one murder scene and survivors' accounts of being ordered to "swear to Satan " by the killer.
Ramirez was finally chased down and beaten in 1985 by residents of a blue-collar East Los Angeles neighborhood as he attempted a carjacking. They recognized him after his picture appeared that day in the news media.
The trial of Ramirez took a year, but the entire case — bogged down in pretrial motions and appeals — lasted four years, making it one of the longest criminal cases in U.S. history.
Because of the notoriety, more than 1,600 prospective jurors were called.
The trial was almost aborted in its final stages when a woman juror was murdered during deliberations. Jurors were 13 days into talks when the juror failed to appear one morning. She was found beaten and shot to death at the home she shared with her boyfriend. The next day, the man committed suicide and left a note saying he killed her in an argument.
Jurors wept when they learned of the tragedy, and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Tynan was faced with one of his most trying legal challenges. Lawyers said there were no legal precedents for the situation.
Defense attorneys argued the jurors were too distraught to resume their talks and noted the murder was similar to the gruesome attacks attributed to the Night Stalker.
Tynan decided to move forward. "We must get on with the task life has given us," he told jurors, ordering them to begin deliberations with an alternate juror.
Jurors later said the death of the juror did not influence their decision.
Tynan said Friday, "The Richard Ramirez case was the most difficult trial I ever handled. It was an experience I will never forget, and I'm glad the ordeal is over."
After the conviction, Ramirez flashed a two-fingered "devil sign" to photographers and muttered a single word: "Evil."
On his way to a jail bus, he sneered in reaction to the verdict, muttering: "Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland."
The black-clad killer, unrepentant to the end, made his comment in an underground garage after the jury recommended the death penalty for his gruesome crimes.
Inexplicably, Ramirez, a native of El Paso, Texas, had a following of young women admirers who came to the courtroom regularly and sent him love notes.
Some visited him in prison, and in 1996 Ramirez was married to 41-year-old freelance magazine editor Doreen Lioy in a visiting room at San Quentin prison.
Relatives called Lioy a recluse who lived in a fantasy world.
Her whereabouts could not be determined on Friday. She was not listed as Ramirez's next of kin, prison spokesman Samuel Robinson said in an email.
"His blood relatives are listed as the next of kin," Robinson said.
In 2006, the California Supreme Court upheld Ramirez's convictions and death sentence. The U.S. Supreme Court refused in 2007 to review the convictions and sentence. Ramirez still had appeals pending when he died.
His lawyers claimed the case should have been moved out of Los Angeles and said Ramirez was incompetent to stand trial.
Two years after his arrest, San Francisco police said DNA linked Ramirez to the April 10, 1984, killing of 9-year-old Mei Leung. She was killed in the basement of a residential hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood where she lived with her family.
Ramirez had been staying at nearby hotels.
Ramirez previously was tied to killings in Northern California. He was charged in the shooting deaths of Peter Pan, 66, and his wife, Barbara, in 1985 just before his arrest in Los Angeles, but he was never tried in that case.
Thompson reported from Sacramento.
Special Correspondent Linda Deutsch covered the trial of Richard Ramirez.
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Undiscovered Mazo de la Roche 9-Book Bundle - Explorers of the Dawn Possession Delight and 6 more
Mazo de la Roche
Publisher: Dundurn
Discover hidden gems from the bestselling author of the Jalna series.
A farm inheritance cultivates an illicit love affair. An orphan finds a home with two sisters and their writer lodger and soon discovers strange and frightening events. Three motherless boys living at boarding school find freedom in their limitless imaginations. With these stories, Mazo de la Roche explores the lives of a fascinating and endearing set of characters.
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Mazo de la Roche (1879-1961) was a Canadian author of the popular Jalna novels which became bestsellers in her time. As a child she moved a lot around Canada with her parents who, due to financial...
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The Son of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs is the American writer who created the legendary characters Tarzan, the jungle hero, and John Carter, the heroic adventurer of Mars.  Burroughs wrote almost 80 novels in total.  This version of Burroughs The Son of Tarzan includes a table of contents.
The Zane Grey Collection
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Zane Grey is probably the most popular writer of Western fiction.  With classics such as Riders of the Purple Sage and Betty Zane, Grey idealized the American frontier in literature and the arts.  This collection includes the following:
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Betty Zane
The Spirit of the Border
The Last Trail
Riders of the Purple Sage
The Rainbow Trail
The Lone Star Ranger
The Border Legion
The Heritage of the Desert
The Young Forester
The Young Lion Hunter
Ken Ward in the Jungle
The Light of the Western Stars
The U.P. Trail
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The Mysterious Rider
The Call of the Canyon
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Fantoms of Peace
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Tales of Fishes
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Alexei is hopelessly in love with Polina, the General's stepdaughter. She asks him to go to the town's casino and place a bet for her. After hesitations, he succumbs and ends up winning at the roulette table. He returns to her the winnings but she will not tell him the reason she needs money.
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The report defines Service Providers as those individuals or companies that offer drone-based imaging or sensing services for outside hire (as opposed to Business Owners, who "use or purchase drone-based imaging or sensing services").
Skylogic's report found that the top three primary service areas for commercial drone work are: Aerial Photography / Videography; Surveying / Mapping / GIS; and Real Estate.
However, as indicated in the pie chart below, the first area (i.e., Aerial Photography / Videography) takes up the lion's share not just of those three, but of the entire services scene, with 41% of the entire chart, while the following category (Surveying / Mapping / GIS) only receives 13%.
A note on the data: Respondents were asked to indicate the primary and secondary commercial product or services they offer. They could pick one primary and up to three secondary services. Skylogic intentionally had them choose a primary because previous research revealed that many service providers boast about their ability to service multiple industries, but have no domain expertise in those industries.
But just because the majority of commercial drone operators are working in aerial cinematography doesn't mean they're actually making money in that sector.
After those first two, the third area listed where people are making over $100K/year is Utilities Infrastructure Inspection or Monitoring—even though this is the seventh item listed in the pie chart above, with only 3% of respondents indicating that they work in that field.
It seems one conclusion we can draw from these data points is that those commercial drone pilots who find a commercial niche (a place where there aren't many people operating, but there is a demand for the work) are likely to make the most money.
Taking a simplistic view, a commercial operator could potentially look at those areas of minimal saturation on the pie chart—the ones lower down the list—and then look at those areas where people are making over $100K/year, and see what might be required to get into that sector.
Of course, transitioning into commercial mapping or inspections isn't as easy as just knowing how to fly a drone. But we can foresee a future where solopreneurs team up with other professionals with specific skill sets—for example, a licensed surveyor—to provide high end services to large industrial operations.
Another chart we want to share from Skylogic's report shows the commercial areas where business owners are outsourcing services.
If you're a solopreneur looking to find a skill set that will help you find work, this graphic could be a great jumping off place for finding skill sets you might want to develop.
The bottom line is that there is money to be made as a service provider in the drone industry, but the most popular field (i.e., aerial cinematography) is not the most lucrative, and the areas where you're most likely to find a solid financial foothold will require additional skill sets beyond knowing how to fly and how to operate a camera.
It will be interesting to see the data in another year or two. Things are developing rapidly, with students beginning to study drones and STEM in high school and the landscape appearing to shift radically to focus more on industrial applications. We may soon see mapping, surveying, and similar commercial use cases rise to the top of the services areas for drone service providers, and we might also see a resulting shift in the market from cheap drones to high end drones developed for niche applications.
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Gyeongseonghakyoo: Sarajin sonyeodeul (2015)
GENRESHorror,Mystery,Thriller
LANGKorean,Japanese
Park Bo-YoungWon-Hee GoRyun JoBo-Bi Joo
Hae-Young Lee
Gyeongseonghakyoo: Sarajin sonyeodeul (2015) is a Korean,Japanese movie. Hae-Young Lee has directed this movie. Park Bo-Young,Won-Hee Go,Ryun Jo,Bo-Bi Joo are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2015. Gyeongseonghakyoo: Sarajin sonyeodeul (2015) is considered one of the best Horror,Mystery,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
Korea in year 1938. Joo-ran is a sickly girl who is transferred to the Gyeongseong Boarding School for ill girls. She is given a new name; Shizuko. At first life seems to be not different from other boarding schools. Joo-ran learns that before she came, another girl named Shizuko had suddenly left the school without saying goodbye to her friends. Soon after other girls in the class are reported to have gone home as well, after disappearing in odd circumstances. Now the young girl is confident, that there is something wrong about the Gyeongseong School. Joo-ran starts a risky research to uncover the secrets surrounding the school, which puts her life in danger.
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Never A Normal Day at this Boarding School
aria-ariana20122015-07-24
The Silenced or it's Korean title translated Gyeongseong High School : The Disappearance of the Girls made me dive into the story right from the start. The story, i believe took place sometime during the Japan colonization in Korea. And the mysterious disappearance of the girls happened in this boarding school. Joo Ran (Park Bo Young) as the centre point in this whole story shoulders her own weight. I couldn't help but sympathize her for the treatment she received. A mysterious incident took place one by one and it makes me wonder what's the deal with this shady boarding school who only has a very few students and was built way too deep into the forest. It's easy to lay suspicion as to whom is the one behind the disappearance but the real question is why this has to happened. I'm just a little bit disappointing near the ends because i was expecting some historical reference to be the reason of the disappearance but surely the story take it's own twist. I've watched too many movies, I started developing an expectation on a certain pattern that a movie with this genre should have. Not really the ending that I want but it's worthwhile for anyone who loves mystery/thriller/crime movies. Happy watching. Sorry for this kinda crappy review. I haven't written in a while.
Atmospherically engaging mystery drama for a lazy autumn or winter night at home
kluseba2016-10-03
''The Silenced'' is an above average mystery drama from South Korea with a few minor horror elements. The plot takes places during the thirties of the last century when the country was occupied by the Japanese. It follows the story of a teenage girl who is transferred to an isolated boarding school. After her mother's untimely death from tuberculosis, her father and his new wife are scared to get infected by the teenage girl whose medical condition is getting more and more critical. She gets various medical treatments at the boarding school and finally seems to recover step by step and ends up standing out as a promising sportswomen who might get the occasion to go to Tokyo with another girl to represent the small school honourably. However, strange things happen at the isolated boarding school. Some pupils disappear from one day to another without leaving any trace behind. Several students seem to be emotionally unstable and react in overtly aggressive ways in seemingly random situations without being able to recall these events later on. When the protagonist starts having strange visions, she wonders whether they are due to her new medication or whether there is more to it than that. Along with a new friend, she tries to uncover the school's gloomy secrets. This movie convinces with a mysterious and slightly gloomy atmosphere from start to finish. This is due to the intriguing settings including the isolated boarding school itself, a secret room in the basement and an old forest with a mysterious pond. The authentic traditional costumes, mostly dimmed lighting techniques and the calm and mysterious score add to the gripping atmosphere. Another winning element are the few and cleverly integrated horror parts consisting of strange emotional outbursts of several characters, the protagonist's continuous nightmares and visions and the emotionally and physically brutal conclusion. The movie doesn't have any particular lengths and develops a coherent flow that is slightly slow in the opening twenty minutes, keeps a regular pace most of the time and ends up being a little bit faster in the final twenty minutes. Even though the numerous young actresses are doing a solid job, there isn't anyone that really stands out. Most characters are slightly too exchangeable, pale and shy to get the audience emotionally involved with any of them. Despite a mysterious tone throughout the movie, the film reveals too many hints too quickly which leads to a quite predictable story halfway through the movie where the movie loses some momentum. The ending was a little bit too exaggerated, intense and stereotypical to go with the rest of the film. This is one of the rare films where I prefer the smooth, slow and gloomy first part of a film over the more intense, fast paced and engaging second half. In the end, fans of South Korean cinema, atmospheric mystery movies and smooth teenage dramas should give this interesting mixture of genres a chance. Those who are expecting a truly original plot, outstanding acting performances or a scary horror film should look elsewhere. This is an entertaining movie for a lazy autumn or winter night at home but nothing more.
amiemica2017-08-29
The purpose of my review is to explain this movie to those who don't understand it, so, yes, there are definitely spoilers in my review. This movie comes across as a mystery, thriller, horror, etc, depending on what point of the movie you're at. It even has what appears to be supernatural elements. They are not supernatural. This takes place in the 1930's during the Japanese occupation of Korea. The boarding school is one of several boarding schools that are near a Japanese military base. They are basically science labs with active experiments. The girls at the schools are the experiments. The goal of the Japanese empire is to create a drug or set of drugs that can create super- soldiers. It is never truly said where the girls in the boarding schools came from, only the stories that they all believe. Every time a girl disappears, they are either doing additional experiments or she has died. If she hasn't died, they brainwash her and erase her memory and return her to the school as a new student. The remaining girls are either knocked out to "end the semester" or they are told that the girl's family came in the night and took her home. They are all given drugs that are called vitamins before every meal and before bed. They are convinced that the girl coming to the school is a new girl, even if she looks familiar. If they were knocked out, they awaken with no memory of anything that happened.each semester is a separate experiment and is labeled as a test group. If girls survive that semester, they continue on into the next semester, or test group. Later in the movie, Ju-ran (Shizuko) and Yeon-deok (Kazue) discover the science notes and film. They watch movies of themselves and Yuka and see film of how they have been in the other groups and have no memory. Kenji tells the headmistress that two have gotten out of her sight. Those two were Eguchi and Yuka. Eguchi has apparently escaped from horrific experiment and cannot find her way out of the school due to injury or whatever, but she is trying to get help or show the girls what is happening. That's why Shizuko saw her under the bed and later Kihira and Shizuko saw her under the stairwell. Apparently, Kihira's reactions to the drugs seem to be instability and what could be triggered programming to kill herself if she sees certain things. Yuka throws herself out of a tree and the headmistress says if she survives a little longer, they will break a record. The girls have been desensitized to pain, so Yuka is left broken to see how long she survives. Shizuko, Yuka and Kazue were in the original test group and kept surviving. They were friends from the beginning, so even though they have been brainwashed, some deep unconscious memories cause them to gravitate to each other, especially Shizuko and Kazue. Eventually, they both start to experience flashes of memory triggered by events happening around them. Shikuzo even has dreams. She thinks she is hallucinating due to her injections. After the whole movie has passed, the last scene is of Shizuko and Kazue in the basement. If you look closely, you'll see that they are much younger and the basement is not decayed. The record player even works. That is when they actually, really met each other for the first time. This scene shows us that the girls have been in the experiment for many years. Likely, all of the girls have disappeared at some point and been returned as "new" arrivals. Only when one dies is she truly replaced with a new girl. Shizuko doesn't exhibit supernatural strength. She is the result of years of drugs and experimentation to create super-soldiers. She has super-human strength and speed.
What secrets lie within the walls of the school?...
Usually the South Korean Cinema makes very great movies and quite often memorable horror movies. However, it would be impossible to keep making such movies. And "The Silenced" (aka "Gyeongseonghakyoo: Sarajin Sonyeodeul") was a deviant from the usual impressive line of horror movies to make it out of South Korea. I hadn't heard about "The Silenced" before I stumbled upon it while browsing the horror selection on Netflix. Being a fan of the horror genre and being particular fond of Asian movies, then of course I would give "The Silenced" a go. However, it turned out to be a less than mediocre experience. The story is about a girl who is sent to a remote boarding school where things seem quite out of place. And in order to survive, the new student must uncover the secrets stored within the walls of the school. "The Silenced" wasn't scary at all, it was not even a thriller; it was, a best a mystery laced with supernatural elements. As such, then it was a major disappointment, because I had expected it to be more within the typical horror genre; a genre that South Korean Cinema does so well. It should be said that the acting in the movie was quite good, and that is what kept me sticking with the movie to the very end. Even after that preposterous turn of events after the reveal of what was actually going on. The story in "The Silenced" just wasn't particularly riveting, nor was it particularly memorable. I have seen the movie to the end, but I am sure that the movie will soon fade from memory, because it just didn't manage to find any foothold. "The Silenced" was a disappointing movie to me, and as such I am rating it a mere 4 out of 10 stars. If you enjoy a good South Korean horror movie, then there are far better choices available.
Lazily written
rosaliesummers2017-02-18
I saw this movie on Netflix and decided to give it a try. To summarize, an ill girl moves to an all girls boarding school which helps sick children. However, all is not as it seems - supernatural displays of strength, disappearing girls, and many death. The idea behind it seemed quite good but unfortunately it was not a great film. The first half hour seemed interesting enough, however after that it all got too samey. There were millions of flashbacks which got pretty tiring, but the most overused scene was the main character staring at blood on her hands. Honestly, I lost count of the times she just stood there staring at her bloody hands after she beat people up or whatever. It's as if they didn't know how to lead on to the next thing so they were just like, "Let's add another hands with blood scene in here!" It was so ridiculous and random, but boring for the watcher. This was just something that irked me as it seemed pretty lazy. My next point - the characters. Shoddy writing to say the least. None of the characters get a proper background or even a glance into what their motives are. Each character is there to serve their purpose to the plot, but the watcher can really feel that and so it is hard to care about any of the characters. The main character is rather bland and boring with not much personality, just looking shocked or scared the whole time. Another thing I considered to be lazy was the ending. They probably thought they were tying all the ends up nicely, but it was so predictable, Also the fact that the headmistress keeps 'treating' the girls when all of her attempts get botched up and people literally die, she keeps going. How desperate is she to find the right 'treatment'? And what do they tell the parents of the kid who dies? Because it is a school for sick children they probably try to pass it off as them dying of illness, but if this were the case wouldn't the parents want the children's body back? I'm sure they wouldn't just be cool with letting the school keep their child's corpse and complaints must have been made, but hey, it's just another technicality that the movie skims over. Overall, The Silenced is rather lazily written, rushing to get to the anticlimactic end scene. Maybe if you have nothing else to do give it a watch but don't set your hopes too high.


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import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.camel.Component;
import org.apache.camel.catalog.CamelCatalog;

/**
 * A component which is based from a Camel Connector.
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public interface ConnectorComponent extends Component {

    /**
     * Adds a new option to the existing map of options
     *
     * @param options  the existing options
     * @param name     the name of the option
     * @param value    the value of the option
     */
    void addConnectorOption(Map<String, String> options, String name, String value);

    /**
     * Creates the endpoint uri based on the options from the connector.
     *
     * @param scheme  the component name
     * @param options the options to use for creating the endpoint
     * @return the endpoint uri
     * @throws URISyntaxException is thrown if error creating the endpoint uri.
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    String createEndpointUri(String scheme, Map<String, String> options) throws URISyntaxException;

    /**
     * Gets the {@link CamelCatalog} which can be used by the connector to help create the component.
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    CamelCatalog getCamelCatalog();

    /**
     * Gets the connector name (title)
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    /**
     * Gets the connector component name (component scheme)
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    String getComponentName();

    /**
     * Gets the camel-connector JSon file.
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    String getCamelConnectorJSon();

    /**
     * A set of additional component options to use for the base component when creating connector endpoints.
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    /**
     * A set of additional component options to use for the base component when creating connector endpoints.
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The Norland products will be incorporated into Thorlabs' existing Vytran business unit, a 20,000 square foot facility located in Morganville, New Jersey. The Vytran team designs and manufactures an array of products geared towards high-volume optical fiber processing and assembly, including high-precision fusion splicers, cleavers, recoaters, and proof testers. Their technologies are utilized in a broad range of precision applications ranging from telecommunications and medical components to fiber lasers and sensing systems.
Thorlabs has also announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) for exclusive rights to a new bessel beam-based, multiphoton volume imaging technique, developed at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus in the lab of Dr. Na Ji. Bessel beams are non-diffractive and self-healing, which allows them to maintain a tight focus and even reform as they pass through tissue. This ultra-fast technique provides video-rate volumetric functional imaging of neuronal pathways and interactions in vivo. If interested, please see the attached PR about this addition to Thorlabs' line of innovative imaging systems and features.


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Anna Zorska (ur. 14 lipca 1947 w Dęblinie) – profesor zwyczajny,  doktor habilitowany nauk ekonomicznych, specjalizacja naukowa:  ekonomia międzynarodowa, biznes międzynarodowy, globalizacja, korporacje transnarodowe, ekonomia innowacji. Pracownik Instytut Studiów Międzynarodowych Szkoły Głównej Handlowej w Warszawie.

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W 1970 r. uzyskała tytuł magistra ekonomii w Szkole Głównej Planowania i Statystyki (obecnie Szkoła Główna Handlowa) na Wydziale Handlu Zagranicznego. Pracę doktorską dotyczącą analizy rynków zagranicznych obroniła w 1981 r. Pracę habilitacyjną pt. Ku globalizacji? Przemiany w korporacjach transnarodowych i w gospodarce światowej obroniła w 1999 r. W 2009 r. otrzymała tytułu profesora zwyczajnego. W latach 2001–2013 Kierownik Zakładu Globalizacji i Regionalizacji ISM KES SGH, od 2013 Kierownik Zakładu Międzynarodowej Polityki Ekonomicznej ISM KES SGH. Od wielu lat kieruje badaniami naukowymi w ISM.

Nagrody i odznaczenia
 Polsko-Amerykański Fundusz Przedsiębiorczości, wyróżnienie 1998 rok
 Nagroda I stopnia Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
 Nagroda Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego, dwukrotnie
 Nagroda Rektora Szkoły Głównej Handlowej, czterokrotnie

Publikacje
Dorobek naukowy to ponad 150 opublikowanych pozycji (również w języku angielskim), w tym dwie autorskie książki:

 Ku globalizacji? Przemiany w korporacjach transnarodowych i w gospodarce światowej,  WN PWN, Warszawa 1998, 2000, 2002
 Korporacje transnarodowe. Przemiany, oddziaływania, wyzwania, PWE, Warszawa 2007

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Linki zewnętrzne

Polscy ekonomiści
Absolwenci Szkoły Głównej Handlowej
Wykładowcy Szkoły Głównej Handlowej
Ludzie urodzeni w Dęblinie
Urodzeni w 1947


I saw the stance he posted but I am more fan of her older look!
Por que ela foi cancelada?
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QOF indicators can change every year, and new measures and indicators are either introduced or retired. The QOF is not about performance management but resourcing and then rewarding best practice. QOF is part of the General Medical Services (GMS) contract for general practice and was introduced on 1 April 2004.
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Párnica és un poble i municipi d'Eslovàquia que es troba a la regió de Žilina, al centre-nord del país.

Història
La primera menció escrita de la vila es remunta al 1382, i amb el nom en llatí de Villa Paranice el 1420. Entre el 1769 i 1772 s'hi construí un molí de paper al poble. El 1778 hi vivien 878 persones, i el 1828 la població baixà fins als 685 habitants, amb unes 196 cases. El 1930, però, la població arribà als 1.104 habitants i més de 219 cases. El 1910, segons el cens, la població era de 1.091 persones (majoritàriament eslovacs). Fins al Tractat del Trianon la vila pertanyia al Regne d'Hongria, dins del comtat d'Árva, després passà sota administració de Txecoslovàquia, i finalment el 1993 a l'actual Eslovàquia.

Viles del districte de Dolný Kubín


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