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Dallas 16-Year-Old Is Youngest to Attend SMU Dedman School of Law
By Laura Harris	• Published at 8:42 pm on March 22, 2019
Haley Taylor Schlitz is about to do something no person has ever done before. In the fall, she will be the youngest person to attend Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law -- at just 16 years old.
"It's going to be my next thing," she said. "For me, it's like, I just want to constantly keep learning and keep going."
Schlitz has been on the fast track for some time now, thanks to her determination, but also home schooling. SMU is one of nine law schools she was accepted to.
While she is very accomplished for her age, the road certainly hasn't been easy.
"I think it's about being diligent and working hard and not really letting people get to you, because I have been told 'No' all along the journey," Schlitz said.
Her father, William Schlitz, said there have been plenty of people who have downplayed her accomplishments. People who said she had it easy, because she was home schooled. He assured them all, there were no short cuts.
"She took the regular standardized test," William Schlitz said. "There were no exemptions and no scandals with Haley. Haley was in the big room taking the test with everybody else."
A journey her tight-knit family has been on with her. Her younger siblings are also on the fast track -- her 13-year-old brother is a college freshman and her 11-year-old sister is a freshman in high school.
Her father was even brought to tears when he talked specifically about his oldest daughter.
"She's so beautiful and she's so smart and she just works so hard. It's really moving for me. I'm just so glad that I am her dad. The best title I have ever had is Haley's dad," he said.
Haley is also a published author.
"Actually my mom and I published a book! I have a book on home school called 'The Homeschool Alternative,'" said Haley.
Haley Schlitz will graduate from Texas Woman's University in May with a degree in interdisciplinary studies.


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The 1924 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 4, 1924 as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. All contemporary forty-eight states took part, and state voters selected four voters to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Rapid recovery of the economy from a sharp recession following World War I transformed the 1920s into a strongly Republican decade. Even the problematic issue of a farm depression had eased by the time of the election as prices recovered. It was also widely thought that the Teapot Dome scandal could do nothing to revive the Democrats as they were well known to have equally severe problems therewith via the fact that recently deceased Woodrow Wilson had paid one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in legal fees to nomination frontrunner William McAdoo.

Consequently, Utah voters strongly supported incumbent president Calvin Coolidge, who had come to power after Harding's death in 1923. As Harding had done four years earlier, Coolidge won all twenty-nine counties in Utah, a feat to be repeated by later Republican candidates in 1956, 1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2004 and 2012. The conservatism of Coolidge and Democratic nominee John W. Davis – the only ever major party presidential nominee from West Virginia and the first from an antebellum slave state (including border states) since the Civil War – led more liberal supporters of both parties to support Progressive Robert M. La Follette. Utah's conservative Mormonism meant that La Follette was not as popular as in other western states, and he finished third well behind Davis. La Follette nonetheless did outpoll Davis in the Wasatch Front counties of Salt Lake and Weber, as well as the eastern, ethnically more diverse Carbon County.

For this election, Utah essentially voted as the nation did, with the state on a two-party basis coming out as 5.90 percent more Democratic than the nation at-large, although the total Davis vote was within one percent of the national average, and the La Follette vote three percent higher than the country at-large, though lower than any state to the north or west. Utah was along with Arizona and New Mexico the only Mountain state where La Follette did not carry any county.

Results

Results by county

See also
 United States presidential elections in Utah

Notes

References

1924 Utah elections
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UNWTO Secretary-General was invited by the Government of Tunisia for an official visit on March 20-22, coinciding with the 63rd independence of Tunisia and the inauguration of the 36th Craft creation Fair.
Mr.Pololikashvili met with the head of state, H.E. Mr. Beji Caid Essebsi to discuss the role of tourism in Tunisia's economy and congratulated Tunisia on its resilience as seen by the strong recovery of the tourism industry in 2017, with a 23.2% increase in international arrivals.
Furthermore, meeting with H.E. Mr. Youssef Chahed, head of Government reviewed the measures undertook by Tunisia to increase its security levels to ensure the country was safe and secure to welcome tourism.
Discussions with the Minister of Tourism and Handicraft focused on the potential of the destination to diversify both its demand and offer by targeting China, countries of the Middle East but also other countries of the continent. Topics of visa openness and air connectivity were also addressed during the meeting with the Minister of Foreign affairs, emphasizing the need to focus on new markets.
The official visit to Tunisia included the visit of several Tunisian landmarks such as the Medina of Tunis, and the Bardo Museum, one of the most important museums in the Mediterranean region as it is the second museum of the African continent after the Egyptian Museum of Cairo by richness of its collections.
During the inauguration of the 36th Craft creation Fair, the Minister of Tourism and handicraft highlighted the need to valorize cultural handicraft and recognized the need for regional cooperation as seen with the presence of Algeria and Morocco.
As per the signing of an MoU with Tunisia, UNWTO will continue supporting Tunisia on the revival of its tourism industry through capacity building workshop for statistics, hotel certification and tourism education programmes.


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What is it that fuels you? For me, it is The Creative Stay At Home Mom. Since I got started as a blogger back in 2016, I have found such a sense of fulfillment in my own life. I enjoy writing about my passions, what interests me, what interests other people, and sharing it with the world. With each passing day, the Creative SAHM gains more followers and with that, more success.
Hello, my name is Niccole Mucci. I am married to my wonderful husband, Domenick, for 9 years and we have two very active boys, Geovanni and Sebastian. Geovanni is 5 years old and Sebastian is 2, I started this website and blog in order to connect with other families. I wanted to meet other families that were going through the same things we were, and get insight from other mothers as well.
We live in the city of Titusville, Florida which is 1 hour away from Orlando. We moved to Titusville in September of 2016 for my husband's Youth Pastor job. Prior to that, we lived in Debary, which is centrally located between Orlando to the west and Daytona Beach to the east. I started a mommy group while I was living in Debary, and made some wonderful friends that I still keep in touch with. In addition, we lived in the Republic of Panama (where the Panama Canal is). Panama is where I was born, and where my son Geovanni was also born. We were able to enjoy and meet some wonderful friends there; My American husband really enjoyed the Latin American culture and it was a wonderful experience for him to live in Panama for a while. He even learned Spanish!! Sometime Panama is referred to as a third world country, but it is not. It is beautiful and has much to offer. To me, it's a tropical paradise.
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Robert's Snow: A Visit with Snowflake Artist, Diane deGroat!
October 17, 2007 July 16, 2018 ~ jama
Today I am pleased and honored to welcome one of my favorite children's book author/illustrators, Diane deGroat, to alphabet soup! I'm pretty sure you know her work. With 120 illustrated books, 200 book covers, and 18 books that she both wrote and illustrated to her credit, she is quite hard to miss.
I first noticed Diane's art back in the early 80's, when I had just started writing for children. While reading the first Anastasia Krupnik book, I noted how the main character appeared on the cover — the owly eyeglasses and mousey brown hair. After that, Diane's unusual name really stuck with me.
I saw her work everywhere — on picture books, chapter books, and middle grade novels, with titles such as Where is Everybody? (Eve Merriam), Itchy Richard (Jamie Gilson), Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth (Lucy Bate), and Toad Food and Measle Soup (Christine McDonnell). She continued to do the covers for the entire Anastasia Krupnik series, then followed suit with Lowry's Sam books. She illustrated for many other literary luminaries too: Joan Lowrey Nixon, Ann Tompert, Johanna Hurwitz, Susan Shreve, and Ann Munoz Ryan, to name just a few.
Diane's work has two distinctive styles: a realistic one, which can be seen on her many chapter book covers, and a more relaxed, whimsical style, that defines the animal characters in her picture books. I love how she humanizes her animal characters with childlike posturing and spot-on facial expressions. For each scene, for even the sublest shifts in feeling, the pictures emote in a truly convincing way.
After about twenty years of illustrating for other authors, Diane began to write her own stories. Her first chapter book, Annie Pitts, Artichoke (Chronicle, 1992), about a third grader who aspires to be an actress, was described by Booklist as "amusing and highly palatable reading fare, with spritely, realistically drawn illustrations that enhance the book's energy and fun." A sequel, Annie Pitts, Swamp Monster, was released the following year.
Then Diane created the character of Gilbert and she really struck gold. The first picture book featuring this endearing possum, Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink (Morrow, 1995), was a rousing success, earning her the Arkansas and North Carolina State Children's Book Awards, and the Children's Choice Award from the International Reading Association/Children's Book Council. It was so well received that it even spawned a new series. Now, children can't seem to get enough of Gilbert and his first grade friends, Patty, Margaret, Lewis, Frank, Philip, and their teacher, Mrs. Byrd. Diane masterfully captures the small hurts, concerns, and social situations experienced by the 4-8 year-old age group, while the buoyant watercolor illustrations fully engage the reader with its charming detail, verve and playfulness. More than anything else she's done, whether she is conscious of it or not, I think the Gilbert books reveal the child Diane once was.
from BRAND NEW PENCILS, BRAND NEW BOOKS, (HarperCollins, 2005)
(courtesy of R. Michelson Galleries, Northhampton, MA)
Diane's snowflake this year features the one and only Gilbert, waving to all his fans. Recently I asked Diane all about him, the snowflake, and the next book in the series, Mother, You're the Best (But Sister, You're a Pest), due out from HarperCollins in Spring '08.
Jama: Welcome, Diane! Your snowflake for the 2007 Robert's Snow auction, "Gilbert Says Hi," is adorable. He is wearing the signature red and white striped shirt that he wore when we first met him. How did you create it?
Gilbert Says Hi," by Diane deGroat, will be open to bids in the third Robert's Snow auction, December 3-7, 2007!
Diane: I drew it onto paper (with an actual pencil, not a computer!), painted it with watercolors, cut it out and pasted it onto the wooden snowflake. If I had known that most of the illustrators were going to do an illustration on the backside, I would have done that too. Next year.
Jama: You've said you chose to make him a possum because he's "the kind of animal things just happen to." I've never seen you in person, but I detect a resemblance between Gilbert and your author photo (he's a lot hairier, of course)! How close is his personality to your own (how possum-like are you)? Are any of the stories based on real-life incidents?
Diane: I haven't based the stories on my childhood. I made them up. I think Gilbert is the child I wished I had been. He's comfortable with who he is. He has friends, a loving family, and realistic expectations. In other words: normal. These may not exactly be possum-like qualities, but they reflect the character that I wanted to represent. He's reader-friendly. Gilbert similarities? I wear glasses. My hair looks like Gilbert when I get up in the morning. We're both ambidextrous. Possum similarities? I squint in the sunlight. I work best at night.
Jama: When you wrote the first Gilbert book, Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink, was it meant to be a stand-alone picture book, or did you already have a series in mind? What are the best and hardest things about doing a series?
Diane: It was a stand-alone. I hadn't thought of making a series, but because it was so successful, my editor encouraged me to do more Gilbert holiday books. The easiest thing about a series is the fact that the characters already exist. I know how they would act in a story. The hardest thing is coming up with the story! And now that I'm locked into having funny titles, they're hard to think up, too. I'm running out of holidays, so I'm starting a spin-off series. I'll be writing "I Can Read" books for Gilbert and Friends, starting in 2009.
Jama: What kind of research methods have you used in creating the Gilbert series? Your website lists "taxidermy" both as a form of research and as a personal hobby. Does this mean you hunt and stuff animals yourself (gulp!) for work and pleasure? Do you practice anthropomorphic taxidermy (dressing stuffed animals in clothes and displaying them in scenes)? Is there a taxidermied Gilbert in your studio?
Diane: One word: ebay. (Type in "taxidermy" and you'll find some pretty interesting stuff . . .) I would never harm an animal, but the reality is that they exist in taxidermy, and someone sells them. There are well known wildlife taxidermists (not me!) and there are collectors watching for their work on the internet.
When people ask, I usually tell them that I collect taxidermy to use in my work, and that seems to satisfy their curiosity. I do occasionally use them as models to draw from, especially the badger and the raccoon. It's nice to be able to see the backs of their heads for coloring, etc. But the truth is that I simply admire the beauty of the animals and enjoy their presence. Some people see taxidermy as being politically incorrect. (I've had 10-year-old girls in tears after showing them slides of my collection during a school presentation.) But I explain that after the animals have died (naturally), someone has had the foresight to preserve them for artists and animal lovers to admire forever. And yes, I've found doll hats and clothing that fit, so some of my critters are quite well-dressed. Lewis has a baseball shirt and cap. My possum wears specs. But I don't set them up in scenes. That's just plain weird.
Diane's taxidermy collection
Jama: What can you tell us about the newest book in the series, Mother, You're the Best! (But Sister, You're a Pest), which is coming out next spring? What did you learn from making this book (the eleventh in the series)?
Diane: I like this story a lot. I usually have an underlying theme in each book, and sibling rivalry works well here. It was hard giving the story just the right balance. It's not too sappy, it has some humor, and it still feels "real." It's "quieter" than the other Gilbert books, and it takes place mostly at home, not in the classroom. I think teachers will enjoy discussing this story with their students.
What did I learn? I learned that coming up with a funny title for a Mother's Day book is not easy. I wanted to call it "She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not," which I felt expressed Gilbert's worry about whether his mother loved his sister more than she loved him. The publisher said it sounded too negative, and asked my editor and me to come up with a sillier title. We pondered long and hard to come up with the final title approved by the marketing people. (But I still like my title better.)
Jama: I do too! Do you use a computer a lot for your illustrations? How has this new technology changed the way you approach and create new projects? What are the pros and cons of using a computer vs. doing everything by hand?
Diane: I use the computer quite a bit for my illustrations. This one is from the new Mother's Day book:
First I draw on a Wacom tablet, directly into the Photoshop program. This is what I send to my editor for approval.
After the sketch is approved, I change the black line to sepia, so that when I paint it, it has a softer outline.
In the Photoshop program, I start filling in the color.
The computer screen shows how I'm changing Gilbert's position.
This is the digital image carried as far as I want to take it in the computer (about 80% complete). I print this out onto watercolor paper, Arches 140 lb. hot press.
Then I paint right on top of the print with watercolor paint, adding details and depth. The surface that you see is paint, but underneath is digital. The last 4 books in the series were done this way, and (hopefully!) they match the earlier ones, which were done totally in pencil and paint. I started doing it this way because it's more fun, more flexible, and after 4 books, it's finally getting to be faster.
Jama: As a child, you seemed to have been strongly influenced by cartoons. Both your daughter, Amanda, and her husband are animators. Would you like to see Gilbert made into an animated TV series?
Diane: For years I felt that Gilbert should be seen in book form only, as that's the venue with the most integrity. (I cringe when I see "Arthur" underpants in Walmart.) I can't imagine what an animated Gilbert would look like, but if the chance arises (the publisher has been working on this), I'd take a serious look at it. No promises. I think a Gilbert plush toy would be nice to snuggle with, but there's the problem of the glasses and little kids swallowing them.
Jama: Is there something you would like to try artistically that you haven't already done?
Diane: The artwork in the Gilbert books is mediocre, according to my worst critic, me. I did the first one in a looser style than I usually worked in, and the sequels had to follow suit. Even though other people like the art, I think I could have done them better. Someday I hope to have the time and the creative ability to do a book in a totally different style, one that I could say is my very best work.
Jama: Tell us something surprising about yourself.
Diane: I'm going to become a grandmother in December. I look forward to reading to my first grandkid. I have a huge collection of children's books by other illustrators.
Jama: I was excited to learn that your sister owns a bakery, especially since this blog is mainly about food and books. Do you like to cook? If so, do you have a specialty? What do you usually eat for breakfast?
Diane: I do not cook. (I live near a Whole Foods Market!) The gas bill for my stovetop is $1.50 per year. I like tea. I have tea for breakfast. My sister LOVES to cook. But she can't draw.
Jama: If you were banished to a desert island, what one food item would you choose to take along (besides water)? What food seems to inspire your best work?
Diane: A hearty Pinot Noir.
Jama: If you could lunch with any classical painter, whom would you invite? What would you say to him/her?
Diane: If he were alive today, I'd love to see Michelangelo sketching, not eating. I've admired his "hand" since I was a kid. It has so much life! I wouldn't ask him anything. Watching would be enough. But if he wanted lunch, I'd pick up something from Whole Foods.
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For more about Diane, including a full list of all her books, information about school visits, and some great FAQ's, visit her website.
If you are interested in purchasing Diane's original art, visit the R. Michelson Galleries.
And don't forget that you can bid on Diane's snowflake during Auction 3, which will be held December 3-7, 2007. You can view it online along with all the other snowflakes up for auction at the Robert's Snow: For Cancer Cure website.
Here are the other wonderful snowflake artists being featured today:
Don Tate at The Silver Lining
Brie Spangler at lectitans
Ilene Richard at Something Different Every Day
Rick Chrustowski at laurasalas.
Check in with Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast every day between now and November 18 for a complete schedule of Robert's Snow illustrator features.
Thanks, Diane!
See you at the Auction, everybody!!
**All spreads posted by permission, © 2007 Diane deGroat, All rights reserved.
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26 thoughts on "Robert's Snow: A Visit with Snowflake Artist, Diane deGroat!"
kmessner says:
GREAT feature!! I love the sequence of photos showing the process of illustrating on the computer. SO cool! And what a fun snowflake!
You're right — she's everywhere! That's what makes it extra special to learn about her and her processes. I love seeing how she goes from the computer to the painted final image. And that taxidermy collection…WOW!
Thanks for the interview–I especially liked learning about the way Diane makes her pictures!
liz_scanlon says:
Wow! I loved seeing the evolution of that one page. Admiration doubles!! And I also love that Pinot Noir is food 🙂
goadingthepen says:
Wow! Great Job with this.
It looks wonderful and what fun info!
jamarattigan says:
Thanks, Sheri!
Glad you liked it! Diane was SO good about giving me everything I asked for, and quickly, too. She's the best.
That taxidermy collection is something else. She's the first one I've heard of that actively collects this stuff.
Thanks for reading. I was also fascinated by her process, since I'm not artistic at all, but love picture books.
She seems to survive on tea and pinot noir. Maybe we're all eating too much?
Excellent, Jama! What a lot of information. I loved seeing the process images. I think few of us non-illustrators realize just how much work goes into illustrating a book!
Kris Bordessa
Thanks, Kris.
What a great, detailed feature, Jama! Excellent!
I had NO IDEA she did the Anastasia covers. Der. And I agree that I like her Gilbert title better.
That taxidermy collection — now, that was interesting to read about.
Thanks, Jama!
Jules, 7-Imp
Thanks, Jules. She was a total pleasure to work with,too.
Mary Beth says:
The Gilbert series were regulars in my kindergarten classroom! The kids loved them. I find it absolutely fascinating to see how much can be done on the computer and still have it so original!
Re: Mary Beth says:
It is quite amazing.
I love the perspective of that fabulously detailed circle of animals from Brand New Pencils, Brand New Books. Now I see why she needs to know what the backs of animals' heads look like!
Really good interview, jama. Are you sure you're not a journalist? And I love that you asked food questions, too! Go, Pinot lovers!
Sara Lewis Holmes
laurasalas says:
This is fantastic! I have loved the Gilbert books and illustrations since my older daughter was little (10 years ago). I had no idea she was so prolific! I've looked for other books by her, but I guess I was looking for other books *written* by her, too. So her name wasn't coming up at my library.
Anyway, great interview. It was a treat to learn details about her artistic process with the computer and with hand-painting.
I got a huge laugh out of this: "And yes, I've found doll hats and clothing that fit, so some of my critters are quite well-dressed. Lewis has a baseball shirt and cap. My possum wears specs. But I don't set them up in scenes. That's just plain weird."
Umm…yeah. It's only *scenes* that would be weird. But we all have our bizarre (to others) hobbies, and it was fun to learn about her taxidermy collection. I'm off to hunt more of her illustrations.
Thanks! You and Diane both rock!
Glad you enjoyed this, Laura. My library didn't have anything under "deGroat," but had lots listed under "de Groat," so maybe that's why you couldn't find anything.
As for dressing up animals, I can't point any fingers, because I have a house full of teddy bears, dressed and undressed. Still, Diane thought that "scenes" were weird, yet the Gilbert books all feature dressed animals in scenes. Hmmm . . .
If you liked Gilbert, she also has a Lola series, based on Gilbert's younger sister. Adorable illustrations. I can hardly wait to see her "I Can Read" series!!
Thanks, Sara. My niece and I read all the Gilbert books together in Hawaii. It was the highlight of my trip! It was wonderful hearing her read the books aloud to me. Her reading was so fluid, proof of how well the texts are written.
hipwritermama says:
Too funny about her gas bill. What a wonderful interview and sweet, sweet snowflake. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for reading, Vivian!
Thanks–I'm going to look for her Lola books. Haven't seen those before.
How did I miss this?
Diane ROCKS!
She rocks and then some. She is definitely a class act.
Yes, Diane is wonderful person to have a friend and an inspiration as an illustrator!

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US of Ed: Shutdown Just a Distraction From Russia?
The US shutdown has now gone on for 26 days and seems no closer to a resolution than it did on day one. Trump may want his Wall, but given last week the first solid evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia was largely ignored in favor of shutdown updates, is the president stretching it out as a distraction as well? Also talking the Syria bombing, Steve King, and Brexit.


DOVER — Garrison City-based magician BJ Hickman's experience in advertising has meant a busy schedule when combined with his avocation performing magic shows.
His recent retirement from as advertising manager for The Journal of The International Brotherhood of Magicians, and account representative in local radio broadcasting now allows him to add to that already busy schedule — on that was growing before he retired from sales.
Hickman worked in radio beginning during his college years and over a 40-year period for Good Neighbor Radio, Granite State Broadcasting, Garrison City Broadcasting, and Binnie Media, all companies that, over time, owned WTSN and The Bay/WBYY in Dover. While working in advertising (and some "on-air" work), Hickman's sideline of doing magic shows remained busy enough to make the transition to full-time magician.
Hickman entertains family audiences primarily throughout New England and occasionally elsewhere. He is a regular performer at Hollywood's Magic Castle and several other venues in the Los Angeles area.
His performance scheduled for this summer for The Cochecho Arts Festival will mark Hickman's 45th year performing at events for the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce. Other upcoming Hickman magic show performances include The Palace Theatre in Manchester, Stratham Fair, Deerfield Fair, Hooksett Old Home Day, Nashua Parks and Recreation, and many schools, child care centers, special events, and parties. He's returning to his alma mater, Keene State College, this summer for a week-long series of beginner magic classes for their Kids on Campus summer program.


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The research regarding the propagation of nonlinear electrostatic perturbation in a four
component electron-positron-ion-dust (FCEPID) plasma medium (FCEPIDPM) has received a great attention
among the plasma physicists due to the existence of FCEPID not only in space plasmas,
viz., the hot spots on dust rings in the galactic centre \cite{Paul2017,Banerjee2016,Jehan2009,Saberian2017},
auroral zone \cite{Banerjee2016}, around  pulsars \cite{Jehan2009,Esfandyari-Kalejahi2012},
interstellar medium \cite{Sardar2016}, Milky Way \cite{Sardar2016}, accretion disks near neutron stars \cite{Sardar2016},
Jupiter's magnetosphere \cite{Paul2016} but also in laboratory experiments. A number of
authors have studied dust-acoustic (DA) waves (DAWs) \cite{Jehan2009,Saberian2017,Esfandyari-Kalejahi2012},
dust-ion-acoustic waves (DIAWs) \cite{Paul2017,Banerjee2016}, and associated nonlinear structures
in four component dusty plasma. The presence of positron drastically changes the mechanism of the
formation and propagation of nonlinear electrostatic structures, viz., shock, solitons \cite{Banerjee2016},
super-solitons \cite{Paul2017,Paul2016}, and  double layers (DLs) \cite{Banerjee2016}, etc.

The existence of the non-thermal particles (viz., electrons \cite{Paul2017,Banerjee2016,Sardar2016,Paul2016},
positrons \cite{Paul2017,Banerjee2016}, and ions, etc.), which rigorously change the dynamics of the plasma
medium and the mechanism of the formation of various electrostatic pulses,
in space plasmas has confirmed by the Viking \cite{Bostrom1992} and Freja satellites \cite{Dovner1994}.
Cairns \textit{et al.} \cite{Cairns1995} investigated the electrostatic solitary structures in a
non-thermal plasma, and found that both negative and positive density perturbations can exist
in the presence of non-thermal electrons.  Paul \textit{et al.} \cite{Paul2017}
examined that the existence of non-thermal electrons and positrons in a FCEPID model supports the solitary waves of both
polarities. Banerjee and Maitra \cite{Banerjee2016} studied DIAWs, i.e., solitons and DLs, in a FCEPIDPM
having non-thermal electrons and positrons and observed that the  positive
potential can not exist after a particular value of $\alpha$.

The rogue waves (RWs), which appear due to the modulational instability (MI) of the carrier waves,
have been observed in different branch of sciences, viz., Oceanography \cite{Kharif2009},
Biology, Optics \cite{Solli2007}, Finance \cite{Yan2010},
Plasma physics \cite{Chowdhury2018a,Chowdhury2018b,Kourakis2003,Rahman2018},
and  are also governed by the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger
equation (NLSE) \cite{Chowdhury2018a,Chowdhury2018b,Kourakis2003,Rahman2018}.
Chowdhury \textit{et al.} \cite{Chowdhury2018b} examined the stability conditions for the positron-acoustic waves (PAWs)
in a multi-component plasma medium, and found that the critical wave number ($k_c$), which indicates the
stable and unstable parametric regimes of PAWs, reduces with the increase in the value
of $\alpha$. Kourakis and Shukla \cite{Kourakis2003}
studied the MI of the DIAWs in a three component plasma medium and showed that
the existence of the negative dust grains reduces the value of $k_c$.
Rahman \textit{et al.} \cite{Rahman2018} reported the stable and unstable domains in a dusty plasma
medium having non-thermal plasma species, and found that the amplitude of the DA RWs (DARWs)
increases with non-thermality of the plasma species.

Recently, Saberian \textit{et al.} \cite{Saberian2017} studied the DA solitons and DLs in a FCEPIDPM.
Esfandyari-Kalejahi \textit{et al.} \cite{Esfandyari-Kalejahi2012} investigated DA solitary (DASWs)
in a multi-component dusty plasma in presence of non-thermal electrons, and found that the amplitude of the
DASWs increases with charge state of the negative dust grains.
Jehan \textit{et al.} \cite{Jehan2009} considered an unmagnetized FCEPIDPM having
negatively charged massive inertial dust grains, inertialess electrons, positrons, and ions for
examining DASWs, and observed that the existence of positrons and it's temperature
can change the sign of the nonlinear coefficient of the  governing equation. The aim of the present paper is
to further significant amount of extension of Jehan \textit{et al.} \cite{Jehan2009} work by studying the MI
of the DAWs in an unmagnetized FCEPIDPM having non-thermal electrons
featuring Cairns' distribution, and also examine the nonlinear properties of DARWs.

The manuscript is organized as follows: The basic governing equations of our
plasma model are presented in Sec. \ref{1sec:Governing Equations}.  The MI and RWs
are presented in Sec. \ref{1sec:Modulational instability and  Rogue waves}. Results and
discussion are provided in Sec. \ref{1sec:Results and discussion}.
The conclusion is  provided in Sec. \ref{1sec:Conclusion}.
\section{Governing Equations}
\label{1sec:Governing Equations}
We consider the propagation of DAWs in an unmagnetized collisionless FCEPIDPM
consisting of inertial warm negatively charged massive dust grains (mass $m_d$;
charge $q_d=-Z_de$), and inertialess non-thermal Cairns' distributed electrons
(mass $m_e$; charge $q_e=-e$) as well as iso-thermal  positrons (mass $m_p$; charge $q_p=+e$)
and ions (mass $m_i$; charge $q_i=+Z_ie$), where $Z_d$ ($Z_i$) is the number of
electron (proton) residing on a negatively (positively) charged massive dust grains (ions).
Overall, the charge neutrality condition for our plasma model can be written as
$n_{e0} +Z_{d} n_{d0}= n_{p0}+Z_in_{i0}$. Now, the basic set of normalized equations can be written as
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}\frac{\partial n_d}{\partial t}+\frac{\partial(n_d u_d)}{\partial x}=0,
\label{1eq:1}\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}\frac{\partial u_d}{\partial t} + u_d\frac{\partial u_d}{\partial x}+\sigma_1 n_d\frac{\partial n_d}{\partial x}=\frac{\partial \phi}{\partial x},
\label{1eq:2}\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}\frac{\partial^2 \phi}{\partial x^2}=\mu_e n_e-(1+\mu_e-\mu_i)n_p-\mu_i n_i + n_d,
\label{1eq:3}\
\end{eqnarray}
where $n_d$ is the number density of warm dust grains normalized by its equilibrium value $n_{d0}$;
$u_d$ is the dust fluid speed normalized by the DA wave speed $C_d=(Z_dk_BT_i/m_d)^{1/2}$
(with $T_i$ being the ion temperature, $m_d$ being the dust grain mass, and $k_B$ being the Boltzmann
constant); $\phi$ is the electrostatic wave potential normalized by $k_BT_i/e$ (with $e$ being the
magnitude of single electron charge); the time and space variables are normalized by
$\omega_{pd}^{-1}=(m_d/4\pi Z_d^2e^2n_{d0})^{1/2}$ and $\lambda_{Dd}=(k_BT_i/4\pi Z_dn_{d0}e^2)^{1/2}$,
respectively; $P_d=P_{d0}(N_d/n_{d0})^\gamma$ [with $P_{d0}$ being the equilibrium adiabatic
pressure of the dust, and $\gamma=(N+2)/N$, where $N$ is the degree of freedom and for one-dimensional case,
$N=1$ then $\gamma=3$]; $P_{d0}=n_{d0}k_BT_d$ (with $T_d$ being the temperatures of the warm dust grains);
and other plasma parameters are considered as $\sigma_1=3T_d/Z_dT_i$, $\mu_e=n_{e0}/Z_{d}n_{d0}$, and $\mu_i=Z_{i}n_{i0}/Z_{d}n_{d0}$.
Now, the expression for the number density of  non-thermal electrons following the
Cairns' distribution \cite{Paul2017,Cairns1995} can be written as
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}n_e= [1-\beta\sigma_{2}\phi +\beta\sigma_{2}^{2}\phi^{2}]\exp(\sigma_2\phi),
\label{1eq:4}\
\end{eqnarray}
where  $\sigma_2=T_i/T_e$ ($T_e$ being the temperature of the iso-thermal electron), and
$\beta=4\alpha/(1+3\alpha)$ with $\alpha$ being the parameter determining the fast
particles present in our plasma model.
Now, the expression for the number density of  iso-thermal positrons following the
Maxwellian distribution can be written as \cite{Jehan2009}
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}n_p= \exp(-\sigma_{3} \phi),
\label{1eq:5}\
\end{eqnarray}
where $\sigma_3=T_i/T_p$ ($T_p$ being the temperature of the iso-thermal positrons).
Now, the expression for the number density of  iso-thermal ions following the
Maxwellian distribution  can be written as \cite{Jehan2009}
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}n_i=\exp(-\phi).
\label{1eq:6}\
\end{eqnarray}
Now, by substituting Eqs. \eqref{1eq:4}-\eqref{1eq:6} in  Eq. \eqref{1eq:3}, and expanding up to third order of $\phi$, we get
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}\frac{\partial^2 \phi}{\partial x^2}+1=n_d+S_1\phi+ S_2\phi^2+ S_3\phi^3+...
\label{1eq:7}\
\end{eqnarray}
where
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}S_1=(\sigma_2-\beta\sigma_2+\sigma_3)\mu_e +(1-\sigma_3)\mu_i+\sigma_3,
\nonumber\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}S_2=[{(\sigma_2^{2}-\sigma_3^{2})\mu_e +(\sigma_3^{2}-1)\mu_i-\sigma_3^{2}}]/{2},
\nonumber\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}S_3=[{(3\beta+1)\mu_e \sigma_2^{3} +\mu_e \sigma_3^{3}+(1-\sigma_3^{3})\mu_i +\sigma_3^{3}}]/{6}.
\nonumber\
\end{eqnarray}
The terms containing $S_1$, $S_2$, and $S_3$ in the right hand side of
Eq. \eqref{1eq:7} are the contribution of inertialess electrons, positrons, and ions. We note
that Eqs. \eqref{1eq:1},  \eqref{1eq:2}, and  \eqref{1eq:7} now represent the basis set of
normalized equations to describe the nonlinear dynamics of the DAWs, and associated DARWs in
an unmagnetized FCEPIDPM under consideration.
\section{Derivation of the NLSE}
\label{1sec:Derivation of the NLSE}
To study the MI of the DAWs, we want to derive the NLSE by employing the reductive perturbation method,
and for that case, first we can write the stretched co-ordinates in the
form \cite{Chowdhury2018a,Chowdhury2018b,Kourakis2003,Rahman2018}
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}\xi={\epsilon}(x-v_g t),
\label{1eq:8}\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}\tau={\epsilon}^2 t,
\label{1eq:9}\
\end{eqnarray}
where $v_g$ is the group speed and $\epsilon$ is a small parameter. Then we can write the dependent variables as
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}n_{d}=1 +\sum_{m=1}^{\infty}\epsilon^{m}\sum_{l=-\infty}^{\infty}n_{dl}^{(m)}(\xi,\tau)~\mbox{exp}[i l(kx-\omega t)],
\label{1eq:10}\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}u_{d}=\sum_{m=1}^{\infty}\epsilon^{m}\sum_{l=-\infty}^{\infty}u_{dl}^{(m)}(\xi,\tau)~\mbox{exp}[i l(kx-\omega t)],
\label{1eq:11}\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}\phi=\sum_{m=1}^{\infty}\epsilon^{m}\sum_{l=-\infty}^{\infty}\phi_{l}^{(m)}(\xi,\tau)~\mbox{exp}[i l(kx-\omega t)],
\label{1eq:12}
\end{eqnarray}
where $k$ and $\omega$ are real variables representing the carrier wave number and frequency, respectively.
The derivative operators can be written as \cite{Chowdhury2018a,Chowdhury2018b,Kourakis2003,Rahman2018}
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}\frac{\partial}{\partial t}\rightarrow\frac{\partial}{\partial t}-\epsilon v_g\frac{\partial}{\partial\xi}+\epsilon^2\frac{\partial}{\partial\tau},
\label{1eq:13}\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}\frac{\partial}{\partial x}\rightarrow\frac{\partial}{\partial x}+\epsilon\frac{\partial}{\partial\xi}.
\label{1eq:14}
\end{eqnarray}
Now, by substituting Eqs. \eqref{1eq:8}-\eqref{1eq:14}  into  Eqs. \eqref{1eq:1}- \eqref{1eq:2}, and \eqref{1eq:7}, and
collecting the terms containing $\epsilon$, the first order ($m=1$ with $l=1$)  reduced equations can be written as
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}n_{d1}^{(1)}=\frac{k^2}{S}\phi_1^{(1)},
\label{1eq:15}\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}u_{d1}^{(1)}=\frac{k \omega}{S}\phi_1^{(1)},
\label{1eq:16}\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}n_{d1}^{(1)}= -k^2\phi_1^{(1)}-S_1 \phi_1^{(1)},
\label{1eq:17}\
\end{eqnarray}
where $S=\sigma_1 k^2-\omega^2 $. Hence these relations provide the dispersion relation of DAWs
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}\omega^2=\sigma_1 k^2+\frac{k^2}{S_1+k^2}.
\label{1eq:18}\
\end{eqnarray}
The second-order ($m=2$ with $l=1$) equations are given by
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}n_{d1}^{(2)}=\frac{k^2}{S}\phi_1^{(2)}-\frac{2ik\omega(v_g k-\omega)}{S^2} \frac{\partial \phi_1^{(1)}}{\partial\xi},
\label{1eq:19}\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}u_{d1}^{(2)}=\frac{k \omega}{ S}\phi_1^{(2)} -\frac{i(v_g k-\omega)(\omega^2 + \sigma_1 k^2 )}{S^2} \frac{\partial \phi_1^{(1)}}{\partial\xi},
\label{1eq:20}\
\end{eqnarray}
with the compatibility condition
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}v_g=\frac{\partial \omega}{\partial k}=\frac{\omega^2-S^2}{k\omega}.
\label{1eq:21}\
\end{eqnarray}
The coefficients of $\epsilon$ for $m=2$ and $l=2$ provide the second order harmonic
amplitudes which are found to be proportional to $|\phi_1^{(1)}|^2$
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}n_{d2}^{(2)}=S_4|\phi_1^{(1)}|^2,
\label{1eq:22}\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}u_{d2}^{(2)}=S_5 |\phi_1^{(1)}|^2,
\label{1eq:23}\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}\phi_{2}^{(2)}=S_6 |\phi_1^{(1)}|^2,
\label{1eq:24}\
\end{eqnarray}
where
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}S_4=\frac{2S_6 k^2 S^2 -\sigma_1 k^6  -3 \omega^2 k^4  }{2S^3},
\nonumber\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}S_5=\frac{ S_4 \omega  S^2  -\omega k^4 }{k S^2},
\nonumber\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}S_6=\frac{\sigma_1 k^6 + 3\omega^2 k^4 -2 S_2 S^3}{6k^2 S^3}.
\nonumber\
\end{eqnarray}
Now, we consider the expression for ($m=3$ with $l=0$) and ($m=2$ with $l=0$),
which leads the zeroth harmonic modes. Thus, we obtain
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}n_{d0}^{(2)}=S_{7}|\phi_1^{(1)}|^2,
\label{1eq:25}\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}u_{d0}^{(2)}=S_{8}|\phi_1^{(1)}|^2,
\label{1eq:26}\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}\phi_0^{(2)}=S_{9} |\phi_1^{(1)}|^2,
\label{1eq:27}\
\end{eqnarray}
where
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}S_{7}=\frac{S_9 S^2-\sigma_1 k^4-\omega^2 k^2-2\omega v_g k^3}{S^2(\sigma_1-v^2_g)},
\nonumber\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}S_{8}=\frac{S_{7} v_g  S^2-2\omega k^3 }{S^2},
\nonumber\\
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}S_{9}=\frac{2\omega v_g k^3 +\sigma_1  k^4+\omega^2 k^2-2S_{2} S^2(\sigma_1-v^2_g)}{ S^2(1-S_1 v^2_g +\sigma_1S_1)}.
\nonumber\
\end{eqnarray}
Finally, the third harmonic modes ($m=3$) and ($l=1$), with the help of \eqref{1eq:15}-\eqref{1eq:27},
give a set of equations, which can be reduced to the following  NLSE:
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}i\frac{\partial\Phi}{\partial\tau}+P\frac{\partial^2\Phi}{\partial\xi^2}+Q|\Phi|^2\Phi=0,
\label{1eq:28}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\Phi=\phi_1^{(1)}$ for simplicity. In Eq. \eqref{1eq:28}, the dispersion coefficient $P$ is as
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}P=\frac{F_{1}(v_g k -\omega)-S^3 }{2\omega k^2 S}.
\nonumber\
\end{eqnarray}
where $ F_{1}=\omega^3+3\omega\sigma_1k^2-3v_gk\omega^2-v_g\sigma_1k^3$,
and also in Eq. \eqref{1eq:28}, the nonlinear coefficient $Q$ is as
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}Q=\frac{2S_2S^2(S_9+S_6)+3S_3 S^2-F_2}{2\omega k^2}.
\nonumber\
\end{eqnarray}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=80mm]{F1.eps}
\caption{Plot of $P/Q$ vs $k$ for different values of $\alpha$ along with $\mu_e=0.5$, $\mu_i=0.7$, $\sigma_1=0.003$, $\sigma_2=0.4$, and $\sigma_3=0.5$.}
\label{1Fig:F1}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=80mm]{F2.eps}
\caption{Plot of $P/Q$ vs $k$ for different values of $\mu_e$ along with  $\alpha=0.6$, $\mu_i=0.7$, $\sigma_1=0.003$, $\sigma_2=0.4$, and $\sigma_3=0.5$.}
\label{1Fig:F2}
\end{figure}
where $F_2= (k^4\sigma_1+\omega^2k^2)(S_4+S_7)+ 2\omega k^3(S_5+S_8)$.
The space and time evolution of the DAWs in an unmagnetized FCEPIDPM are directly governed by the
coefficients $P$ and $Q$, and indirectly governed by different plasma parameters
such as $\alpha$, $\mu_i$,  $\mu_e$, $\sigma_1$, $\sigma_2$, $\sigma_3$, and $k$. Thus,
these plasma parameters significantly affect the stability conditions of the DAWs in an unmagnetized FCEPIDPM.
\section{Modulational instability and  Rogue waves}
\label{1sec:Modulational instability and  Rogue waves}
The stable and unstable parametric regimes of DAWs are organized by the sign of $P$ and $Q$ of
Eq. \eqref{1eq:28} \cite{Chowdhury2018a,Chowdhury2018b,Kourakis2003,Rahman2018,Fedele2002,Sun2018,Chai2019}.
When $P$ and $Q$ have same sign (i.e., $P/Q>0$), the evolution of the DAWs amplitude is
modulationally unstable in presence of the external perturbations. On the other hand,
when $P$ and $Q$ have opposite sign (i.e., $P/Q<0$), the DAWs are modulationally stable in presence of the external perturbations.
The plot of $P/Q$ against $k$ yields stable and unstable parametric regimes of the DAWs.
The point, at which the transition of $P/Q$ curve intersect with $k$-axis, is known as threshold
or critical wave number $k$ ($=k_c$) \cite{Fedele2002,Sun2018,Chai2019,C1,C2,C3,C4,C5}.
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=80mm]{F3.eps}
\caption{Plot of $P/Q$ vs $k$ for different values of $\sigma_2$, along with $\alpha=0.6$,  $\mu_e=0.5$, $\mu_i=0.7$, $\sigma_1=0.003$,  and $\sigma_3=0.5$.}
\label{1Fig:F3}
\end{figure}
\\
The governing equation for highly energetic DARWs in the modulationally unstable
parametric regime ($P/Q>0$) can be written as \cite{Akhmediev2009,Ankiewiez2009,C6,C7,C8}
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\hspace*{-1.3cm}\Phi(\xi,\tau)= \sqrt{\frac{2P}{Q}} \left[\frac{4(1+4iP\tau)}{1+16P^2\tau^2+4\xi^2}-1 \right]\mbox{exp}(2iP\tau).
\label{1eq:29}
\end{eqnarray}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=80mm]{F4.eps}
\caption{Plot of $|\Phi|$ vs $\xi$ for different values of $\mu_i$, along with $k=1.7$, $\tau=0$, $\alpha=0.6$  $\mu_e=0.5$, $\sigma_1=0.003$, $\sigma_2=0.4$, and $\sigma_3=0.5$.}
\label{1Fig:F4}
\end{figure}
Equation \eqref{1eq:29} describes that a large amount of wave energy, which causes due to the
nonlinear characteristics of the plasma medium, is localized into a comparatively small area in space.
\section{Results and discussion}
\label{1sec:Results and discussion}
We have numerically analyzed the stable and unstable parametric regimes of DAWs in
Figs. \ref{1Fig:F1}-\ref{1Fig:F3}. The effects of non-thermality
of the electrons in organizing the stable and unstable parametric regimes
of the DAWs can be seen from Fig. \ref{1Fig:F1} which indicates that
the $k_c$ as well as modulationally stable parametric regime of DAWs decreases
with the increase in the value of $\alpha$, and this result is a good agreement with the
result of Ref. \cite{Chowdhury2018b}. So, the DAWs become modulationally unstable for small values of $k$
for excess non-thermality of the plasma species.

Figure \ref{1Fig:F2} indicates that the presence of the non-thermal
electrons and negatively charged warm dust grains can significantly
modify the stability conditions of DAWs in an unmagnetized FCEPIDPM.
It is clear from this figure that (a) when $\mu_e=0.3$, $0.5$, and
$0.7$ then the corresponding $k_c$ value is $k_c\equiv1.4$ (dotted blue curve),
$k_c\equiv1.5$ (dashed green curve), and $k_c\equiv1.6$ (solid red curve);
(b) the critical value increases with the increase in the value of the $\mu_e$;
(c) the modulationally stable (unstable) parametric regime of DAWs
increases with an increase in the value of electron (dust) number
density for constant value of the charge state of negative dust
grains (via $\mu_e$).
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=80mm]{F5.eps}
\caption{Plot of $|\Phi|$ vs $\xi$ for different values of $\sigma_3$ along with  $k=1.7$, $\tau=0$,  $\alpha=0.6$  $\mu_e=0.5$, $\mu_i=0.7$, $\sigma_1=0.003$, and $\sigma_2=0.4$.}
\label{1Fig:F5}
\end{figure}
\\
The effects of ion to electron temperature (via $\sigma_2$) on the stable and unstable
parametric regimes can be observed in Fig. \ref{1Fig:F3}, and it is clear from this
figure that (a) the $k_c$ increases with  $\sigma_2$; (b) the modulationally stable
parametric regime increases with ion temperature while decreases with electron temperature.
So, the temperature of the electron and ion plays an opposite role in recognizing the
modulationally stable and unstable parametric regimes of DAWs in an unmagnetized FCEPIDPM.

We have numerically analyzed Eq. \eqref{1eq:29} in Figs. \ref{1Fig:F4}  and
\ref{1Fig:F5} to understand the nonlinear property of the FCEPIDPM
as well as the mechanism of the formation of DARWs associated with DAWs in the
modulationally unstable parametric regime. Figure \ref{1Fig:F4} indicates
that (a) the amplitude and width of the DARWs increase with an increase
in the value of $\mu_i$; (b) the nonlinearity, which organizes the shape
of the DARWs, of the plasma medium increases with an increase in the
value of ion number density whereas the nonlinearity of the plasma medium
decreases with  dust number density when their charge
state remain constant. Figure \ref{1Fig:F5} indicates the temperature
effects of ion and electron (via $\sigma_3$) on the generation of DARWs
in FCEPIDPM. The ion (positron) temperature enhances (suppresses) both
amplitude and width of the DARWs associated with DAWs in the modulationally
unstable parametric regime.
\section{Conclusion}
\label{1sec:Conclusion}
In this study, we have performed a nonlinear analysis of DAWs in an unmagnetized FCEPIDPM
consisting of inertial negatively charged warm dust grains,
and inertialess non-thermal Cairns' distributed electrons as well as iso-thermal positrons
and ions. The evolution of DAWs is governed by the standard NLSE, and
the coefficients $P$ and  $Q$ of NLSE can recognize the modulationally stable and
unstable parametric regimes of  DAWs in the presence of the external perturbation. It is observed that
the DAWs become unstable for small values of $k$ for excess non-thermality (via $\alpha$)
of the plasma species, and the stable (unstable) parametric regimes of the DAWs
increases with the increase in the value of electron (dust) number density
at constant value of the dust charge state. The ion (positron) temperature enhances (suppresses)
both amplitude and width of the DARWs. Finally, these results may be applicable
in understanding the conditions of the MI of DAWs and associated DARWs in astrophysical
environments (viz., the hot spots on dust rings in the galactic centre \cite{Paul2017,Banerjee2016,Jehan2009,Saberian2017},
auroral zone \cite{Banerjee2016}, around  pulsars \cite{Jehan2009,Esfandyari-Kalejahi2012},
interstellar medium \cite{Sardar2016}, Milky Way \cite{Sardar2016}, accretion disks near neutron stars \cite{Sardar2016},
and Jupiter's magnetosphere \cite{Paul2016}, etc) and laboratory devices.

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Harbans Kaur, an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya is partner of Messrs Harbans & Associates., who graduated from the University of London with a LL.B (Hons) degree in 1992 with a second class lower division and she was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor to the Malaysian Bar in 1996. She started practice and during her practice with a few firms, she prepared Corporate Claims and demands against Companies and even headed the litigation department pertaining to hire purchase and housing loan claims. She was even involved in Conveyacing & Corporate matters before she decided to set up her own practice in the year 2003 under the name and style of "Messrs Harbans & Associates".
Ravinder Kaur, an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya was a legal assistant with Messrs T.K.Ooi Goh & Rafidah (formerly known as T.K.Ooi, Loo & Partners). She graduated from the University of London with an LL.B (Hons) degree in 1997 with a Second Class Lower Division and she was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor to the Malaysian Bar on 9th February 2001. She started her practice with Messrs T.K. Ooi, Loo & Partners . During her tenure with Messrs T.K.Ooi, Ravinder has covered many areas of debt recovery in particular credit card matters and execution proceedings ie Bankruptcy, Writ of Seizure and Sale (WSS) and Judgment Debtor Summons (JDS).
Ravinder has handled many contested credit card matters during her practice and areas on Hire Purchase as well. Ravinder has a sound knowledge on most credit card terms as her major portfolio was with United Overseas Bank, Alliance Bank, Eon Bank and AmBank (M) Bhd. She had advised the said financial institutions on issues involving fraud /unauthorized usage of credit cards and issues of laws relating to contracts and has given many opinions on the said related matters. During her tenure with her former firm, Ravinder had obtained many judgments' against defaulters during the contested trials and hearings. Ravinder has also handled some probate matters and drafting of wills.


Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are investigating a two-vehicle crash that seriously injured a passenger in North Babylon this afternoon.
North Babylon, NY - October 15, 2014 - Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are investigating a two-vehicle crash that seriously injured a passenger in North Babylon this afternoon.
William Peycke was a passenger in a 2004 Jeep traveling northbound on Deer Park Avenue, when the Jeep made a left turn toward Prairie Drive and was struck by a 2014 Buick traveling southbound at approximately 2:30 pm.
Peycke, 63, of Bay Shore, was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, where he was in serious condition. The driver of the Jeep, his daughter, Denise Peycke 40, of Bay Shore, and the driver of the Buick, Audrey Lavin, 75, of Carle Place were also transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center with minor injuries.
Anyone with information on this crash is asked to call the First Squad detectives at 631-854-8152.
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A group of international experts meet in a workshop about research assessment. Their discussions are at a very advanced stage, in particular regarding the traditional bibliometrics indicators based on citation in peer-reviewed journals compared to the challenging metrics dedicated to attention and audience. No one pays attention to the mere inscription displayed on the back of one speaker's laptop. However, such an ID number might provoke a breaking move in academia. Names have been attached to scientific claims since the rise of academic journals in the XVII century. Scientists' names have been conceived as the cornerstone of knowledge production in order to resolve priority issues and attribution disputes.
With the move to electronic publications and to repositories of preprints or published papers, homonyms have recently arisen as a growing matter of concern. How to be sure that a piece of work was produced by the right "Mary Smith"? In a context where the adage "publish or perish" seems to be stronger than ever, appropriate citation goes hand in hand with reliable references. Providing a persistent digital identifier to each individual researcher, ORCID negotiates the implementation and interoperability of its identifiers registry with many other databases, manuscript soumission systems, published articles in some journals, patent or grant applications.
Such a technical innovation does not only solve homonyms issues. It would simultaneously support a renewal of scientific contributors' proprieties. Like every juridical person made of a name and a number, scientists' names would be firmly attached to a set of numbers. Thus, the scholarly attribution would be articulated to a form of identification that would facilitate transparency in credit attribution, but also control and surveillance in responsibility ascription.


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Q: Prove that $\lim\limits_{x→4}x^{1/2}=2$ by using epsilon-delta
Prove that $\lim\limits_{x→4} x^{1/2}=2$  given $ε=1$ by using epsilon-delta.

I know that given $ε>0$, $∃ δ>0$ such that if $0<|x−4|<δ$, then $|x^{1/2}-2|<ε$. The thing is I am stuck on how to expand the previous expression to find $δ$.
Can anyone help me? Thank you.

A: Guide:
$$\left|\sqrt{x} - 2 \right|=\left|\frac{x-4}{\sqrt{x}+2} \right| $$

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*Find a lower bound for $\sqrt{x}+2$, you can impose conditions such as $\delta$ can't be bigger than $1$.

A: You can work the problem like this:
$$|x^{1/2}-2| < |x^{1/2}+2||x^{1/2}-2| = |x-4|$$
So if you take $\delta = \epsilon$, we are done.

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Here is what one of our long-time members has to say about Fanshawe Yacht Club…
Buying a sailboat is the first step for years of enjoyment on the water, whether cruising or racing. The next step is considering where to keep and sail it. Fanshawe Yacht Club should be your first choice.
If you live in London, Ontario, you have two predominant options for where to keep your sailboat: at one of the Great Lakes, or at London's Fanshawe Yacht Club (FYC).
In this part of Canada, we have approximately 20 to 22 weeks a year for sailing (May through September). Driving to one of the Great Lakes will take you at least an hour, which rules out any sailing on weekday evenings. This will leave you with 20 to 22 weekends for sailing.
Of those weekends, you will lose half because of too much wind or not enough wind. Now you are down to either 10 or 11 weekends, and you will quite possibly lose another three to four to other commitments. This sailing stuff may start to sound like a hassle for only six to eight weekends of good sailing a year.
I have a friend who owns a 35 foot sailboat at a yacht club on Lake Huron. One year, after attempting to get out on the water on four separate weekends, we only ever enjoyed one good sail. On the first attempt, there was no wind – we motored out and floated for a while. On two of the other attempts, we could not get the boat out of the harbour due to the strong wind and waves.
Fanshawe Yacht Club on London's Fanshawe Lake is close enough for evening sailing. Now you have a full 20 to 22 weeks to sail again. The largest waves you will see, if the wind is strong from the north, are no more than two feet high. This means you have the option sail in strong conditions, provided you are skilled enough.
The environment at FYC is friendly and welcoming. Our members are always willing to lend a hand, or their expertise, to help you help have the best sailing experience. We even have a certified Sailing School where adults and youth can learn the sport.
The club grounds at FYC are exceptional. It's a excellent place for family outings. Have you ever seen the crowds in Springbank Park on summer weekends? How about a quiet place for family picnics and sailing without much hassle – that's typical for FYC every day.
Sure, our club has some negative points. Some years, depending on the combination of rain and long, hot, summer weather, the water quality could be better, but most years, it's not a problem.
Yes, we ask our members to volunteer some time towards club work, such as helping to open the club in the spring, or close for the season in the fall. However, these events rarely feel like work as they have also become social gatherings, where you can get to know fellow sailors and exchange sailing stories. Volunteering is also one of the ways we keep our membership fees low.
Whether you're a racer, cruiser, or just getting into sailing, consider Fanshawe Yacht Club as your home port.
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We encourage Community Organizations to lease space on our grounds and make use of our wonderful facilities so everyone can have fun on the water. Follow the links below to learn more about our Licensees such as the Rowbust Dragon Boat Team, London Dragon Boat Club, Abilities in Motion (Adaptive Paddling) and Community Living London (Able Sail).
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Watford Security and access control system over SilverNet Wireless
Wireless network CCTV solution for Watford Town Centre
An end to end SilverNet Wireless network installed by Videcom Security is providing a full IP infrastructure for the backhaul of Watford Town Centres CCTV cameras. The SilverNet Wireless network has been deployed as part of a project to upgrade the town centres video surveillance system which has also seen the opening of a new state-of-the-art CCTV and public safety control room installed in Watford Town Centre. This has been designed to help police respond quickly to any incidents, whilst also providing the opportunity to monitor traffic flow and the supply of live updates for the Highways Authority. Waltham Abbey based Videcom Security were awarded the contract to provide an IP Network based solution which would support the existing town centre cameras, whilst providing an easy upgrade path to ONVIF compliant Full HD cameras and control equipment that Watford Borough Council may wish to deploy in the future. "One of our top priorities as a council is making Watford town centre as safe as possible for residents and visitors, no matter where or when they visit" said a spokesperson for Watford Borough. The relocation of our control room within Watford Police Station means that we can provide a faster, more efficient and joined up service, and that is good news for all of us. The SilverNet's high capacity Backhaul links which provide a full duplex resilient ring, the 240 Mbps trunk links and 95 Mbps uplinks were used to facilitate the transmission of the images captured by 60 high resolution cameras located throughout the town centre to a central control room where SilverNet's SilverView Network monitoring software is working alongside a Synectics Synergy command & control solution and bespoke VNSoft remote monitoring software. By being able to take advantage of the latest advances in network wireless technology, Videcom Security were able to minimise installation time and costs by negating the need for the laying of new cabling and engineering work and also giving the local authority significant ongoing revenue savings associated with the existing Telco leased circuits which were previously used for CCTV video transmission. The SilverView network management software enables SilverNet wireless equipment and the installed video codecs or IP cameras to be collectively managed regardless of their physical location, via a PC. It features an ultra easy to use on-screen dashboard which eliminates the complexity normally associated with the management of complex network systems. "Working closely with Mike Skett of Goodwill Associates, an independent security consultancy, we utilised the expertise of our engineering team across a number of disciplines including CCTV, Electrical and Project Management, in order to meet the client's expectations for this project" said Bill Mead, Executive Director of Videcom Security. "Despite having a deadline of just twelve weeks and the challenge of working through one of the worst winters on record, we managed to complete the project on time and on budget" "SilverNet is our preferred technology partner for wireless network solutions and our decision to recommend its Wireless solution for this particular project has been more than justified by the performance of the equipment which all worked out of the box, and has helped make this project a jewel in the Videcom portfolio. The equipment was delivered exactly when we needed it and we were impressed by the support provided by the SilverNet team at every stage including site survey assistance, factory pre-testing, training and technical advice during the installation and commissioning process"
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AIG is no longer too big to fail and taxpayers deserve to know why
By Gregg Gelzinis, opinion contributor — 10/10/17 08:00 AM EDT
This month, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) voted to remove the systemically important financial institution (SIFI) label from American International Group, which means AIG will no longer be subject to enhanced regulation and oversight by the Federal Reserve. While the Center for American Progress strongly believes that material stress at AIG would threaten financial stability, reasonable policy observers can disagree on the substance of the FSOC's decision. But no reasonable observer should think that the process surrounding the decision was acceptable.
There are several troubling elements to this decision that erode the credibility of FSOC under the leadership of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Steven Terner MnuchinDemocrat Sherrod Brown torches Facebook at hearing: 'They broke journalism, helped incite a genocide' Beware the digital tax trap The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by JUUL Labs - House to vote to condemn Trump tweet MORE. First, the council's own transparency policy calls for public notice of meetings no less than seven days in advance of the meeting. The Sept. 29 meeting at which AIG was de-designated was publicly announced at 4:00 P.M. on Sept. 28, less than 24 hours prior to the meeting. This meeting was not called to address some imminent threat to financial stability or an emergency in the markets. Mnuchin owes an explanation to the public as to why the transparency policy was violated in this instance.
Second, the Dodd-Frank Act gives FSOC authority to designate and de-designate nonbank financial companies as systemically important if two-thirds of the voting members of the council, including the chairman, vote affirmatively. The voting members are the 10 financial regulators on the council with voting authority. There are five additional members on the council who are nonvoting members. In the AIG decision, six serving members of the council, including the chairman, voted to rescind AIG's designation. This falls short of the required two-thirds majority necessary.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton recused himself from the vote, and the council somehow interpreted the statutory threshold for de-designation as meaning two-thirds of voting members that vote, making the tally six out of nine. Clayton is a serving voting member of the council and should have been counted despite his recusal. If FSOC has 10 serving voting members at the time of a vote, they need seven votes, including the chairman, to designate or de-designate.
The council provided one line in its announcement addressing this issue: "The council determined that a member who is recused from participating in a matter is not included in the vote tally." Based on the statement of Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt, who dissented in the vote, Mnuchin made the interpretation unilaterally, and put affirming his interpretation to a majority vote of the council. This issue puts the legality of the de-designation vote into question. It is unclear whether any of the dissenting agencies, or outside groups, will file a lawsuit challenging this decision in court, but it is an option that should be carefully explored.
Third, the council's initial readout of the meeting, released around 5:30 P.M., did not include any mention of the vote to rescind AIG's designation. Yet, minutes after the release of that readout, at least one insurance industry trade association published a press release praising FSOC on their decision to de-designate AIG. It was not until about 6:00 P.M. that FSOC publicly announced their decision on AIG. Who in the government and industry knew about this decision prior to the public announcement? Did any trading on this material nonpublic information occur during this window? If the SEC has not already opened a preliminary investigation into this matter, it should.
Finally, the key assumptions in the council's analysis of material distress at AIG and the impact on financial stability are different and significantly less severe than the previous analyses conducted in 2013 when AIG was first designated, and in 2014 and 2015, when the company was reevaluated. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg, who dissented in FSOC's vote, stated that the analysis underpinning the AIG decision "largely relies upon the experience of much smaller insurance company failures in moderate stress environments years ago." It appears that FSOC had a predetermined outcome and worked backwards in the analysis to justify it.
The council's decision to de-designate AIG was disappointing because material stress at the firm would pose many of the same financial stability risks that regulators were worried about in 2013 when the company was first designated. But equally troubling is the cavalier decision to ignore the process mandated in the statute. Given the serious nature of the questions and concerns outlined above, it would make sense for the inspectors general of the Treasury Department and other financial regulators to jointly investigate the circumstances surrounding the vote to de-designate AIG.
Gregg Gelzinis is special assistant for economic policy at the Center for American Progress. He previously worked at the U.S. Treasury Department.
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Kolbrin's Bible: 3600-year-old manuscript with an alternate history of the world and a prophecy about the emergence of a "heavenly Destroyer"
The Kolbrin Bible is a monuscript written over 3,600 years ago. This book is also called the Coyle Book, Kolbrin Bible, Kolbrin Manuscript.
Kolbrin's manuscript, as it is also called, was written about 3600 years ago, that is, one and a half thousand years before the existence of Jesus Christ. More precisely, this is a whole collection of manuscripts, consisting of 11 ancient texts that were discovered during the fire at Glastonberry Abbey.
There are many legends around this manuscript, for example, it is believed that the fire was set up specially by order of King Edward I of England. The books allegedly contained information that could undermine the authority of Christianity around the world, and they needed to get rid of.
There were also rumors about the existence of the Great Book, which posed a threat to the Catholic Bible. Therefore, when the books were rescued from the fire, they did not talk about their existence for a long time.
The history of this document begins in Ancient Egypt, and six books were written by the Egyptian priests. Together with the Phoenician seafarers, the books came to the territory of the future England, into the hands of the Celtic druids. They kept the scrolls and supplemented them. Then the manuscripts ended up in Glastonbury Abbey, where the Holy Grail was once rumored to have been. The book was later published in the 18th century, under the name Book of Koil.
These ancient texts describe the events of the Old Testament, only with a different interpretation. The great book describes the history of the flood, only without divine influence. According to Kolbrin's bible, the cause of this event was the fall of a celestial body, the Destroyer (Devastator). It is believed that the Egyptian portion of the text was written after the Exodus, which is described in the Old Testament. It also mentions the existence of ancient civilizations before the creation of Adam and Eve. Even Fallen Angels are mentioned.
The second part of the manuscripts was written by Celtic druids, where they share their knowledge of mathematics and astronomy. Some scholars regard it as the first Bible to be written without divine overtones.
There are many prophecies about the appearance in the future of a terrible celestial object in the sky of our planet and terrible cataclysms that will occur at this time.
Prophecies from the Kolbrin Bible
The Kolbrin Bible (Kolbrin Bible, Kolbrin Manuscript, Kolbrin Bible or the Book of Coil) contains surprisingly accurate information about the appearance of an unusual celestial object near our planet, which is called the Destroyer. It describes in detail a cataclysm that occurred in the distant past, and there is a warning to all mankind that the Destroyer (star) will return again.
I will cite only a small part of this curious document:
3: 1. People have forgotten the days of the Destroyer. Only the wise know where she went and that she will return at her appointed hour.
3: 2. He walked in heaven in the days of anger, and this is his disguise. It was like a billowing cloud of smoke that glowed red. The limbs (prominences. - Author's note) stood out against the background of the limbus. His mouth was an abyss from which fire, smoke and hot ash flew out.
3: 3. When the ages have passed, certain laws apply to the stars in the heavens. Their ways of changing are movement and restlessness, they are not constant. A large reddish light will appear in the sky.
3: 4. When drops of blood fall to the ground, the Destroyer will appear, the mountains will open and begin to spew fire and ash.Trees will be destroyed and living things will be consumed. The waters will swallow the land and the sea will boil.
3: 5. Heaven will burn bright and reddish with a copper tint over the face of the earth, followed by days of darkness. A new moon will appear, collapse and fall.
3: 6. People will fall into madness. They will hear the Trumpet and the Destroyer's battle cry and will seek refuge in the dungeons. Fear will eat up their hearts, and their courage will flow from them like water from a broken jug. They will be consumed by the fire of anger and consumed by the breath of the Destroyer.
3: 7. So it was in the days of heavenly wrath that are past, and so it will be during the Day of Judgment when he comes again. The time of his appearance and departure is known only to the wise.
These are signs and times that must precede the return of the Destroyer: hundreds and tens of generations must go to the West, and peoples will appear and disappear, people will fly like birds and swim in the sea like fish, people will talk to each other about peace, hypocrisy and deceit will be there every day, women will be like men, men like women, passion will be a toy in man's hands.
3: 8. The people of the Magi will rise and fall. And their language will be forgotten. The country of legislators will rule the earth and will disappear into oblivion. They will conquer four quarters of the earth and talk about peace, but bring war. The nation of the seas will be bigger than any other, but it will be like an apple with a rotten core and will not be strong. The people of merchants will destroy the people who work miracles, and this will be their victory. Tall will fight low, north to south, east to west, and light against darkness. People will be divided into races, and their children will be born strangers among them. Brother will fight brother, husband with wife. Fathers will no longer teach their sons, and sons will be wayward. Women will become the common property of men and will not be treated with respect.
3: 9. Then people will be with wicked hearts. They will seek without knowing what, and uncertainty and doubt will bother them. They will have great wealth, but they will be poor in spirit. When the heavens shake and the earth moves, people will tremble with fear and terror will come to them. The messengers of doom will appear. They will come quietly, like thieves to the graves, people will not know that they are, people will be deceived, they will not know that the hour of the Destroyer has come.
3: 11. In those days people will have a great book in front of them, wisdom will be revealed. Few will stand the test hour. Only the fearless will survive, and only the persistent will not find their destruction.
3: 12. Great Eternal God, who established trials for man, be merciful to our children on the Day of Judgment. A person must endure great suffering, but do not rush him unnecessarily …
4: 1. Guardians of the universe watching over the Destroyer, how long will your last ever vigil continue? O mortal people, who does not understand this, where will you hide yourself in the days of fear and doom, when the heavens are torn and the sky is cracked in half, in the days when the children are gray?
4: 2. This is what will be seen. This is what your eyes will behold. It is a body of annihilation that rushes towards you. It is a large fiery body, a flaming head with many mouths and moving eyes. Terrible teeth will be seen in shapeless mouths, and a terrible dark belly will glow from the lights inside. Even the most resilient person will tremble and his guts will be emptied, because this is a thing that people cannot understand.
4: 3. It will be a huge multicolored cloud enveloping and wrapping the sky, burning the Earth with its mouths wide open. It will descend and move along the surface of the earth, capturing everything with its yawning jaws. The greatest warriors will fight against him in vain. His fangs will fall in the form of terrible ice blocks. Huge stones will be dropped on people, crushing them into red powder.
4: 4. Great salty waves will rise in a roaring plume, and its currents will spill over the ground. Even heroes among mortals will be gripped by madness.Like moths that fly to their own death to a lighted flame, so people will rush to their own destruction. The flame will come and destroy all man's works, the water will sweep away what is left. The dew of death will fall softly like a gray carpet onto the cleared ground. People will scream in madness: "Oh, is there any Creature that will save us from this horror, save us from the gray dew of death!"
5: 1. The Body of Doom is called the Destroyer, it was seen in Egypt and in all the lands around it. The color is bright and fiery. When emerging, changing and unstable. It spun like a spiral, like water pouring into a reservoir from an underground source. All people said that this is her worst appearance. It was not a large comet or a dim star, it was like a fiery body of flame.
5: 2. His movement was slow and arrogant, with swirls of smoke swirling beneath him, hiding the face of the Sun. There was a bloody red that changed as it crossed his path.
This resulted in loss of life and destruction as it approached sunrise. Disasters took over the Earth, gray ash rain led to numerous suffering - hunger and disease. It bit the skin of people and animals until they became riddled with ulcers.
5: 3. The earth shook and swayed, hills and mountains moved and swayed. Dark smoke filled the skies and spread over the earth. A great roar was heard by living people, which flew to them on the wings of the wind. It was the cry of the Dark Lord, Lord of Fear. A thick cloud of fiery smoke passed over the people, and a terrible hail of hot stones and fiery coals began. Doom's Body thundered into the sky, and the sky shot out a bright lightning. The water in the riverbeds turned back as the land tilted. Large trees threw up and down and broke like twigs. Then a voice like ten thousand trumpets was heard over the desert, and whole countries burned and mountains melted from its scorching breath. The sky itself roared like ten thousand lions in agony, and bright bloody arrows crossed the sky. The earth swelled like bread on the hearth.
5: 4. This is a description of the Body of Doom, which is called the Destroyer, when it appeared in times long past. This is how it is described in old records, of which few have survived. It is said that when he reappears high in the sky, the cracks of the Earth will open like a nut roasted on a fire. Then the flame will come out to its surface and jump out like a fiery devil with black blood. The water inside the Earth will dry up, pastures and cultivated fields will be consumed by fire, and they and all trees will become white ash.
5: 5. The Body of Doom will be like a rapidly spinning ball of fire that scatters thin flaming appendages and has a fiery trail. It will cover a fifth of the sky and send writhing, serpentine fingers down to Earth. Before that, the sky looks scary, it diverges and scatters away. Noon won't be brighter than night.
This will give rise to many terrible disasters. Read this information about the Destroyer, which is mentioned in the old records, with anxiety in your heart, knowing that the Body of Doom must return at the appointed time. It would be foolish to leave it all unnoticed. People say, "These things won't happen in our day. Maybe the Almighty Great God will not allow it to be so.
But, undoubtedly, this day will come, and, in accordance with its nature, the person will be unprepared."
Bronze Age coffin and ax found on golf course
British archaeologists have examined an early Bronze Age burial discovered during the reconstruction of a pond on a golf course near Grimsby
The oldest forest in the world, unlike anything that could be imagined, confused scientists
The 385 million-year-old fossilized root web has led scientists to re-imagine what the world's first forests might have looked like. The picture they painted could not be more different from what is now in its place. Not far from the small town of Cairo in upstate New York, under an old road department quarry, scientists have restored the remains of a mighty and mature ancient forest, which was home to at least three of the world's first tree-like plants.
In Sochi, a bear attacked tourists and tore apart four tents
At the parking lot at Lake Zerkalnoye, located on the Achishkho mountain ridge in the Sochi village of Krasnaya Polyana, a bear attacked tourists and tore apart four tents
"Carnivorous bull" had a moloch skin unusual for dinosaurs
The Cretaceous Carnotaurus was covered in a mixture of thorns and plates that gave it an exotic appearance. Particularly surprising is the absence of the slightest traces of feathers - in recent years, many researchers assumed that almost all of them had them
Advantages and features of LPG massage machines
The healing effect on the skin, muscles and joints began to be used at the dawn of civilization. However, the effectiveness directly depended on the skills of the massage therapist, his strength and mood


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Features 02 Jan 2021
Saturday Deluxe / 2 January 2021
Hey, streamers! Leave our charts alone.
Wham!'s 1984 single 'Last Christmas' is this week's UK number one. This was confirmed yesterday evening, and since the song is the most famous 'number two' (and the biggest selling) of all time in this country, the general mood was one of 'finally!'
However, at the risk of being called a humbug, I'm rather conflicted by this and feel that a combination of the current chart rules ("reviewed on an ongoing basis by the Official Charts Company in partnership with the music industry") and passive consumer behaviour has, effectively, rewritten chart history. Let me explain…
'Last Christmas' is a brilliant single and is one of the 'classic' festive songs. That was obvious the moment it was released in 1984. Wham! / George Michael had already enjoyed three UK number ones that year ('Wake Me Up Before You Go Go', 'Careless Whisper' and 'Freedom') and it seemed a certainty that 'Last Christmas' would follow. Then Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' happened and 'Last Christmas' was famously held at number two for five weeks, as 1984 turned into 1985. It sold over a million copies. This is clear cut. There are no nuances, no grey areas, no questionable interpretation of what a 'sale' is. A million people actively went into a shop and paid for a physical single. The end.
I am delighted, somewhat amazed & profoundly pleased that WHAM!'s iconic Christmas classic Last Christmas has finally achieved the accolade of becoming a No 1. It's a fitting tribute 2 George's songwriting genius and 1 of which he would've been immensely proud & utterly thrilled.
— Andrew Ridgeley (@ajridgeley) January 1, 2021
Most pop fans of a certain age remember this very well. It's part of the folklore of 1984 and part of Wham!'s history. Many bands have this. The 'what ifs'. The 'could haves', 'should haves'. The Beatles' 1967 single 'Penny Lane'/'Strawberry Fields Forever' (arguably the greatest 45 of all time) deserved to be number one, but Engelbert Humperdinck's 'Please Release Me' kept it off the top spot. This one blip stopped the Fab Four having 18 CONSECUTIVE UK number ones. Ultravox's 1981 single 'Vienna' should have been number one as well, but Joe Dolce had other ideas.
Life isn't fair. We know that. These things happen and such quirky events become the pop quiz questions of tomorrow. But as I said earlier, this is history being rewritten. Today, when I look at Wham's single discography in Wikipedia is now shows a clean sweep of number ones from 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go' onwards. Really?
'Come on', I hear you cry. Plenty of singles have been re-released and and done well. Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' got to number one again in 1991 after Freddie Mercury died. Jackie Wilson's 'Reet Petite' reached the top spot in 1986 having peaked at number six way back in 1957. What's the problem?
The problem is that 'Last Christmas' hasn't been reissued. There wasn't even one of those 'campaigns' to try and get it to number one this year. The problem is that the Official Chart Company (OCC) and the music industry's definition of a 'sale' is so weak and meaningless that it creates hit singles – number ones – just because we as a nation decide collectively to listen to a song a bit more than we normally would.
'Last Christmas' was streamed 9.2m times last week which sounds like a lot – to be fair, it is a lot – but how is listening to a song a 'sale'? It's not. The OCC recognise this and so have determined that a song should be streamed 100* times before it becomes a sale. Hang on, if one stream isn't a sale, why are 100 streams a sale? Don't know. It's just a rule someone invented.
These are paid streams by the way (people who pay £10 a month for Spotify, for example). For unpaid streams to count as a 'sale' it requires 600 streams. You only have to listen to the song for over 30 seconds and that is considered a 'stream'. So if 100 people who have a paid subscription to Spotify all listen to 35 seconds of 'Last Christmas' you have one sale. That, apparently, has equal value to one person getting on the bus, going into town and buying the seven-inch single in a picture sleeve.
We are told that 9.2m streams equated to sales of 40,149 for 'Last Christmas'. It pipped Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' to number one by just 714 sales, apparently. Almost the entire UK top 10 is made up of Christmas classics like Band Aid, Shakin' Stevens, the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl… which makes it blindingly obvious that this week's UK singles chart is defined entirely by people putting a Christmas playlist on their streaming service of choice as they opened their presents or prepared a festive meal. Everyone does that, but should that be allowed to mess around with the charts and re-write chart history?
If you do the 'math', you will see that approximately two-thirds of those 9.2m streams must have been unpaid. Not only are those people not paying 79p for the seven-inch single of 'Last Christmas', they don't even want to pay £10 a month for an unlimited amount of music, that includes 'Last Christmas'!
To put it another way, the rules that currently determine the singles chart allow people who don't buy physical singles, don't buy downloads, and don't actively contribute one single penny towards the streaming that they listen to, to create s significant amount of 'sales'. Around one quarter of the 'sales' (roughly 10,000, equivalent to 6m streams) that have now taken 'Last Christmas' to number one, are from these non-contributors. That is nothing short of a joke.
Converting streams into sales may have been reasonable when the singles chart was made up of a combination of physical sales, digital downloads and streams, but now that the singles chart is close to being 100 percent streams, there is a problem. It works in a vacuum, as a measure of the popularity of contemporary releases when compared against each other (e.g. how is Taylor Swift's new single doing against Billie Eilish's) but it is not fit for purpose when measuring old songs against past chart performance.
The truth of the matter is that while many hundreds of thousands of people actively wanted to buy 'Last Christmas' in late 1984, only 1,555 people wanted to do that at the end of 2020. How do we know this? It's because that's exactly how many digital downloads of 'Last Christmas' were bought last week (yep, people still do that, it seems). Those figures were published by Music Week, along with the streams. That is the only true, comparable measure. The will of fifteen hundred people have overruled the will of a million people. History is re-written.
Arguably, this very specific issue that only rears its head at Christmas time, but nonetheless, the industry should rethink the rules and perhaps exclude 'old songs' from the contemporary UK singles charts. I have a fondness for pop chart history and I don't like to see it messed with. How many campaigns are we going to see to 'right wrongs' and to get old songs to number one?
Loads of people love listening to 'Last Christmas' – which is understandable because it's a great song – but there is something wrong when music industry rules convert passive listening habits (playlists in the background) into chart 'sales' that supersede the highly engaged fans of yesteryear who actually put their money where there mouth was and bought the single and created history.
'Last Christmas' selling well over a million copies and only getting to number two back in the day has, over time, become a badge of honour. Selling just 1555 units and being declared the UK's number one (and supposedly 'surpassing' the previous achievement) is surely quite the opposite. An embarrassing state of affairs.
*Update: Thanks for those who pointed out that with 'old songs' (actually "after 3 consecutive weeks of decline") something called the Accelerated Chart Ratios (ACR) kicks in, which requires 200 paid or 1200 unpaid for one single 'sale'. So this would have been the case for 'Last Christmas', although the total streams quoted is correct and I don't think the general thrust of the argument is affected by this.
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